Future Mirror, Tomorrow Mirror, Today Mirror

Yes, the first and biggest change during the Golden Age is the abundance of resources!

"Acquired Mythical" personally cut flesh to feed plants and animals. This incredible practice alone yielded unimaginable benefits!

Fast results, low cost, high output!

In the First Era, which Acquired Mythical would do this? Anyone who proposed this idea would be beheaded and offered as a blood sacrifice!

But things are truly different now. Lu Tiantian only needs to contribute a test tube of blood each week, within her body's capacity.

Researchers isolate stem cells, artificially cultivate blood, separate bloodline factors, and through a series of complex conversions, produce the final synthetic meat.

When animals eat these meat chunks, they grow rapidly with "awoos," and when plants are watered with blood residue, they grow with "swooshes." Such immense yet effortless scientific achievements have made many observing civilizations incredibly envious.

Thus, heavy pressure accumulated in the high-risk containment laboratory.

The number of extraordinary animals is increasing, and the level of "Painted Skin" is rapidly improving.

Without enough containment, something bad will happen!

The primary person in charge of this laboratory is Professor Hai Zhiyun, who possesses the dual God's Skills of "Parallel Thinking" and "Super Thinking." Recently, her happiness has been tinged with anxiety.

You are developing so quickly, what are we supposed to do?!

Seeing the Immortal Level material "Dragon Blood Tree Bark," she felt a moment of confusion – she had never used such a high-level experimental material in her life.

Lu Ying, the officer who personally delivered the materials, smiled and said, "Professor, our mission is critical. The Mythical laboratory is confident in upgrading 'Painted Skin' to its mature form."

"At that point, the Painted Skin will exceed level 25 and weigh over 700,000 tons, becoming a great weapon capable of destroying a Level Four Civilization with a single 'Yao'."

"If we can't contain it, it will be a big problem... Our Giant God Soldiers can't even defeat a level 25 'Yao'..."

Hai Zhiyun said speechlessly, "Before 'Painted Skin' reaches level ten, our Ark Shield Type III can definitely contain it!"

"Tell them to upgrade with peace of mind."

"But reaching level 25 is too exaggerated, isn't it? Don't expect it anytime soon. Breakthroughs in basic materials are very difficult. Having money is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one."

Lu Ying chuckled and didn't argue, "Also, Commander Lu Da asked me to tell you that negotiations are underway for the limbs of 'Blood Guai'."

"If the talks are successful, we might obtain a mostly complete 'Blood Guai,' which could then be pieced together."

"This is a being even more formidable than a level 25 'Yao,' so we need to find a way to restrict and contain it in advance."

Hai Zhiyun's heart skipped a beat.

This matter is quite difficult.

Even among 'Guai,' 'Blood Guai' is considered a powerful type, and 'Blood Guai Bullet' remains a best-selling item in civilization trade.

But to pursue higher destructive power, one must inevitably increase the completeness of the 'Blood Guai.'

Hai Zhiyun kept scratching her scalp, "This is truly a headache."

"You don't think some Immortal materials can create a cage to trap a 'Guai,' do you?"

Lu Ying reached out and took the transparent box, complaining, "Professor Hai, I've noticed you've been a bit arrogant lately. You're even looking down on Immortal Level materials. You must realize that this material was found by Commander Lu on a small tree bark during one of his travels. He then spent his life force to activate the bark and cultivate it slightly."

"So, the Commander has given the order: if you don't have confidence, sell it. The Turtle Civilization might have ready-made cages."

"No! Absolutely not!" Hai Zhiyun immediately snatched the box back, "I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

She led Lu Ying to a secret laboratory, where a piece of silver-white, metal-like substance, about the size of a fingernail, was displayed.

Hai Zhiyun said proudly, "I've named it 'Strong Metal Hydrogen.' Its primary principle is the regular arrangement of hydrogen atoms at absolute zero. Then, this layer of matter undergoes idealistic rendering and magnetic field ordering. The specific rendering rules are very special... they require the use of space and time attributes..."

"I don't understand. Just tell me the conclusion."

"Ahem, its theoretical strength is approximately 12,230 times that of Ark Shield III, which is more than enough to contain a level 25 Painted Skin. It's slightly inferior to electron degenerate matter."

"As for whether it can contain a fully formed 'Blood Guai'... I can't judge that yet."

"But it might take several years to mass-produce, and it will require a significant amount of funding and more extraordinary items... its manufacturing cost is very high! We can only make a few cages at most; covering the entire city is impossible!"

Lu Ying burst out laughing. This was truly a good thing. "No rush... in our future, we lack many things, but we certainly don't lack money!"

"I'll report back immediately!!"

In Green Field City, the Hall of Artisans was solemn and majestic, yet bustling with activity, having become a pilgrimage site for artisans.

Every day, thousands of foreign artisans came here to learn the latest knowledge.

The biggest task now was naturally the replication of the "Future Mirror." If even humans couldn't produce a replica internally, then "Mythical Industrialization" would be like a tree without roots.

But the hardest thing in the world is to transfer the knowledge in my brain into yours.

They just can't learn it!

"Teacher Li, this is too difficult!" an artisan complained after a class.

"We simply don't have the skill to forge an Epoch Masterpiece."

"We can't even feel our civilization's River of Luck... Is there a simpler method?"

Li Datie was left speechless by their complaints. Damn it, if you can't do this and you can't do that, why did you even come here?

What a bunch of useless trash!

But they're the clients, they paid the tuition, so I have to teach them well no matter what.

Li Datie was very annoyed. He was always deeply troubled by not seeing Commander Lu Da, but when he looked back and saw his companions also missing, he became even more annoyed.

Finally, he took a deep breath: "Everyone, then let's settle for the next best thing and temporarily not aim to create the [Future Mirror]."

"Let's just forge a simplified version of a mirror, its function is to... use Space-Time Tidal Energy to improve one's destiny."

"Yes, it's similar to the [Future Mirror], but its function isn't as strong. At most, it can elevate ordinary people into 'Advanced Bloodline Adepts'."

"Its manufacturing cost is naturally much lower than the [Future Mirror], but it won't be so low that it can be forged at will. We can't afford Immortal materials, but Epic Level and Legendary Level are essential, after all, we have to consider space, dream, and time attributes."

"Its name is... [Tomorrow Mirror]. What do you all think?"

Li Datie lived up to his reputation as a newly promoted Grandmaster Artisan. In just a few words, he came up with a new idea.

The many artisans who overheard also fell into deep thought.

They came from all over, and their civilizations had different strengths.

The manufacturing cost of the [Future Mirror] was over a thousand Civilization Points, and the Spirit Essence required tens of thousands.

If they failed, the loss would be unbearable.

But the [Tomorrow Mirror], after estimation, only needed 70 Civilization Points plus several thousand Spirit Essence, which was affordable for most Level Three and Level Four Civilizations...

Even if the effect was a bit worse, and the [Tomorrow Mirror] couldn't catalyze "Acquired Mythical," it was still cost-effective.

However, Advanced Bloodline Adepts themselves were a major research direction.

If they could produce tens of thousands of "Advanced Bloodline Adepts," it wouldn't seem like a bad deal...

Of course, if it were just "Advanced Bloodline Adepts," no one would be willing to be the first to try, even if a loss of seventy or eighty Civilization Points wasn't small.

They all wanted to wait and see, waiting for the plan to mature.

"Since everyone wants to wait and see, I will build a [Tomorrow Mirror] for the Buzhou Alliance and link it to the Buzhou Alliance's luck," Li Datie said. "Most people's contributions to civilization are just so-so, not enough to become Acquired Mythical. It's not that I'm being harsh, but it involves affinity with the civilization's fortune."

"If a civilization's history is a large net, then only those few people at critical nodes on the net matter. It doesn't matter whether ordinary people are one more or one less; such ordinary people have no chance of becoming Acquired Mythical."

"So, Advanced Bloodline Adepts are already a benefit of the era."

"The [Tomorrow Mirror] we are building now is not bound to the luck of a single civilization, but to the fortune of the entire Buzhou Alliance! As long as one is a member of the Buzhou Alliance, they can borrow its power."

"The Buzhou Alliance has luck too?" everyone was excited.

"Of course, since the concept of 'Buzhou Alliance' was created and widely recognized, it naturally has luck. However... the forging materials and costs will be paid by the Alliance."

"That's only natural!"

Several alliance leaders quickly agreed. The public opinion pressure was too great in the current situation, and quickly creating some "Advanced Bloodline Adepts" would be a way to report back to the various civilizations.

As for the subsequent Acquired Mythical, they could only say... they weren't in a hurry, and they couldn't be replicated in a day or two.

Just like that, the emergence of Mythical Industrialization brought about all-round changes in all industries!

An industrial chain centered around "Acquired Mythical" was rapidly being built.

Especially the great success of the [Tomorrow Mirror] gave ordinary civilizations a more suitable choice – the cost was reasonable, the benefits were passable, and most importantly, it kept up with the trend of the times!!

If a civilization did not even have "Advanced Bloodline Adepts," it would be impossible to integrate into the latest production system.

In a short period, the title of "Advanced Bloodline Adept" became popular throughout the great desert, with tens of thousands of Bloodline Returners appearing every day.

It was as if having this title made one directly superior!

But in fact, it was true. Although Advanced Bloodline Adepts were not as exaggerated as Acquired Mythical, they could easily break through the original racial limits, reaching Extraordinary Level 10 or even 11, and their Spirit Attributes would also increase accordingly.

Although people usually claimed "What era is this, Extraordinary Level is useless," when it really came down to it, with improved levels and clearer thinking, they were all honored and vigorously promoted it.

Following this, the Buzhou Alliance promoted another item called the [Today Mirror], whose function was to create "Low-level Bloodline Adepts."

The [Today Mirror] was another degraded version of the [Tomorrow Mirror], its quality dropped to Legendary Level, and its function was at most one-thousandth of the [Future Mirror].

But its cost was lower, and the manufacturing process was simpler.

Most importantly, its consumption was very small.

"What is this thing?"

Lu Yuan had not participated in this aspect of research. Reading the relevant reports, he felt a sense of wry amusement.

"[Future Mirror], [Tomorrow Mirror], [Today Mirror], the number of these is increasing. Do we need to add a [Yesterday Mirror]?"

"Hmm... it should be impossible. The working principle of the [Future Mirror] involves future karma. The [Today Mirror] is already the smallest karma."

Lu Yuan looked at the design principles and muttered to himself: "Collective wisdom is indeed powerful. This design for the smallest karma, and its discovery, is very clever."

"The [Today Mirror] is the most worth promoting. As long as our civilization has a few Artisan Masters, they can forge it. Moreover, the Space-Time Tidal Energy required to give birth to an Acquired Mythical can catalyze 30-400,000 Low-level Bloodline Adepts!"

"However, 300,000 Low-level Bloodline Adepts have a productivity that cannot compare to one Acquired Mythical... This is really..."

"Lu Yuan, you're wrong about that," Old Cat said. "The Alliance's intention is to first greatly reduce the difficulty and promote it. Low-level Bloodline Adepts can increase Extraordinary Level by 1, and the Spirit Attribute cap can increase by 1-2 points. This is already a good effect."

"Moreover, Low-level Bloodline Adepts also have a trace of Bloodline Power within them. Even if it's just a trace, it can be used to cultivate 'bloodline seeds' or something..."

"As long as enough civilizations are bound to this technology, they'll have no choice but to walk the path of 'Mythical Industrialization'."

Lu Yuan was also speechless. His [Future Mirror] also had the ability to "prevent corruption." Without enough luck, one couldn't become an Acquired Mythical.

But this [Today Mirror] even added some cheat-like techniques.

Anyway, "Low-level Bloodline Adepts" didn't consume much. As long as some external forces were used to stir things up slightly, they could tap into that bit of luck to upgrade their own fate.

The success rate was almost 100%!

"Alright, letting the leaders go first is indeed a powerful tool for promotion."

"Now these bloodline adepts have become a status symbol for showing off."

Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel despair for this world. Even within the Buzhou Alliance, there were all sorts of unspoken rules, let alone civilizations outside.

Fortunately, he didn't like to be deeply involved in politics, nor did he promote ideologies. Otherwise, this world would truly be filled with malice everywhere.

In the end, he could only comfort himself: "All things rise in a spiral. As long as the general direction is progressing, that's enough."

"There are two more negotiations coming up that require your participation," Old Cat suddenly said.

"Are you referring to the Neutrino Industrial Union and the Haishen Civilization?"

"Yes. They are eager to meet you, but learning through public information is too slow."

There's not much to say about the Neutrino Industrial Union. Because their Artisans weren't strong, they were learning the forging process from [Today Mirror]. The Neutrino Industrial Union was scarce in extraordinary resources, but their only output was an overwhelming amount of Civilization Points. Lu Yuan estimated that the entire Neutrino Union, with less than ten civilizations, could collectively have 200,000 to 300,000 Civilization Points. They were truly as extravagant as children of fortune.

Having arrived in the affluent Buzhou Alliance, these guys started spending lavishly. Their spending was comparable to "nouveau riche who have mines and don't know the meaning of money," driving up the prices of extraordinary resources in the entire market!

They even directly purchased 1,000 [Artisan Talent] and 1,000 [Glyph Reading] in the Divine Temple. Lu Yuan was stunned by their generosity.

In contrast, the Haishen Civilization, as an old civilization from the Eighth Era, was stingy and didn't even buy God's Skills from the [Greedy God Temple].

They had only just awakened in this era. Even though they were permitted by the World Will to reproduce in small numbers, they couldn't achieve Civilization Milestones, and thus wouldn't have many points.

Therefore, the potential of the Haishen Civilization was indeed inferior to the Neutrino Union.

However, regardless of anything else, they were an established Level Five Civilization, and it was indeed necessary to go and understand them.

Lu Yuan put on the formal attire personally designed by his wife and casually brought some small gifts.

They were some plant seeds from the Qiankun World. They weren't innate plants, but they required long-term nourishment through Bloodline Power to be cultivated, making them precious gifts for most civilizations.

"Their city... its defensive capabilities are much stronger than ours."

From a distance, Lu Yuan saw a giant seashell through the spaceship's window, puffing clouds and mist. The circular growth rings resembled carved patterns, forming natural glyphs.

"To be able to preserve themselves completely even after an Era Disaster, the defensive capabilities of this [Yao] are naturally top-notch," Old Cat said. "Our Green Field City's light curtain defense can't even compare to a tenth of it."