Strengthening

"???"

Three question marks popped into Xie Yusheng's mind.

Who is this idiot?

Taiyi Emperor? And the chosen child?

How old is he this year?

Thirty-one.

A 31-year-old child?

But then he seemed to realize something, that sound...

It seemed to come directly from his mind.

He gasped in shock.

Holy crap, this isn't stupid.

He's a big shot.

He jolted awake, his body trembling involuntarily. "You... what did you say!? I've become a chosen child!? Do I need to pay... ah, I mean, what do I need to give in return?"

"..."

Gu Jinlai hearing Xie Yusheng's reaction, everyone fell silent for a moment.

So...

For the past few years, he had been communicating with this very person.

"Big Boss? No, I mean, Emperor Taiyi, are you still there? The Spiritual Qi has revived? The demon gods have returned? Could you tell me more about it, Big Boss?"

Xie Yusheng asked somewhat nervously.

"You don't need to know too much right now. What you need to do first is find a place suitable for cultivation. I will point out a few locations to you."

This Gu Jinlai.

This time, Xie Yusheng was certain; that voice...

It truly echoed in his mind.

He immediately grabbed his phone, eager to take a few photos and post them on his WeChat Moments: "Tell me, I'll open the map app on my phone right now to search and record it."

"No need. Keep your computer running, and I will use my divine sense to retrieve the map information directly."

This Gu Jinlai.

"Keep the computer running..."

Xie Yusheng felt that it was a bit strange for this big shot to say the word "computer," but he still tried to flip through the documents page by page as before.

"So?"

"Good."

Gu Jinlai responded calmly, "The speed you maintain is a frequency. As long as I grasp the frequency, I can extract the information within it."

"Hiss!"

Xie Yusheng gasped.

Is this a humanoid CPU?

Did the ancient masters use such advanced technology?

Xie Yusheng flipped through the pages one by one, quickly finishing the document on "Repulsion Shield".

He had to open the next document.

Large nuclear-powered engine!

For a moment, Gu Jinlai, who had intended to ask him to stop, stared wide-eyed.

"This Xie Yusheng..."

He suddenly realized...

This kid has a great imagination.

He not only has an amazing imagination, but he is also a top student with a lot of relevant knowledge. However, this knowledge is not completely bound by the physical rules of the real world.

The stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade.

To the physics community, he is a gem born from another mountain range.

His location in the mountains and rivers was unremarkable, but at critical moments when the project team encountered difficulties, he became a guiding light, opening up new ideas for others.

"He has potential."

It has been on my mind Gu Jinlai.

Perhaps...

Shouldn't we let him make a name for himself?

If such a talented seed were led astray onto the path of cultivation, wouldn't that be a misguided path?

"I need to think carefully about how to guide him properly."

Thinking Gu Jinlai, I flipped through the location of my "hometown" in my mind—Nankai City.

Then, two places were randomly selected and transmitted directly into Xie Yusheng's mind through spiritual resonance.

This genuinely fantastical technique once again widened Xie Yusheng's eyes. "This... this is..."

"Go ahead. It's only the early stage of Spiritual Qi revival. My time to awaken is limited. Go to the first location and find a factory to await my next instructions."

The sounds of the Gu Jinlai echo.

"A... factory?"

"The development of civilization in your world is somewhat similar to the path of demons and gods in the cultivation world, which relies on external objects, but it is far inferior to the path of demons and gods. However, since you have a foundation, it is not a problem for me to guide you onto this path."

"The path of the Demon God...?"

"Good."

Gu Jinlai packaged his concepts of high-ranking spirits, immortal towers, demonic bodies, celestial masters, and giant warriors, and conveyed them to Xie Yusheng in a way that Xie Yusheng could understand.

Xie Yusheng shuddered violently.

He whispered almost piously, "Flesh and blood are weak, machinery ascends!"

"Um!?"

"This... these beings known as the Demonic Spirit Race have actually uploaded their entire racial consciousness to a server called the Tower of Immortality... My God, the legends are actually true!? The so-called immortals and Gods and Devils are actually just research giants who have mastered super technology!? The end of scientific development really is theology, making people like real Gods and Devils!?"

Xie Yusheng shouted excitedly.

"Upload racial consciousness to a server called the Tower of Immortality!?"

Gu Jinlai, those who have heard Xie Yusheng's words have all had a flash of inspiration in their eyes.

This...

Is this the truth about the Demon Realm civilization?!

The Demonic Spirit forms are simply their stream of consciousness!?

The true core of their race is the Tower of Immortality!?

Those Spirit Lords are equivalent to complete streams of consciousness, possessing their own personalities. The remaining Demonic Spirit, even Demonic Spirit at the Disaster Level, are actually just incomplete individuals formed from thought and consciousness.

"This is great, this is great, master, I want to learn this! Please teach me! Beauty and ugliness are just skin and bones, appearance and sound are indistinguishable, only the mechanical aura is the way to immortality!"

Xie Yusheng quickly replied.

"..."

Upon hearing Xie Yusheng's words, people from Gu Jinlai twitched at the corner of their mouths.

He felt...

No need to persuade me anymore.

This guy is a severe science fiction addict.

"In that case, let's rent a factory first. The path of the demon god involves the use of 'spiritual' power, so the location is very important. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, I'll go to Nankai City to set up a machinery processing plant right away!"

Xie Yusheng was radiating boundless energy.

Nothing excites him more than bringing something that originally existed in a game to life.

What's more, the things he likes are actually trends of the future.

This is even more exciting than having your 2D wife walk into the 3D world.

"Go ahead, I'll give you the next instructions later."

Gu Jinlai.

"Yes."

Xie Yusheng responded honestly, and couldn't wait to take out his phone to log in to the software to buy tickets.

After he bought the ticket, no more voices came to his mind. He couldn't help but tentatively call out, "Emperor Taiyi? Senior Taiyi? Are you still there?"

There was no response.

Xie Yusheng wasn't too disappointed.

It's the early stage of the Spiritual Qi revival.

It's not so easy for the big shots to fully wake up.

"So this is what cultivating immortality is like. I've made up my mind. From today onwards, I will cultivate immortality."

Xie Yusheng clenched his fist tightly. "I will work hard! I will work hard!"

As for Qiao Siyu and the matter of being transferred to the True Immortal Research Institute, he completely forgot about them.

What's more fun for a woman than lifting weights?

"Call!"

Gu Jinlai, people have exhaled a long breath.

He rubbed his temples.

Although searching for Xie Yusheng's spiritual light didn't take much effort, Blue Star seemed too far from the Realm of Immortality.

In just that short time, it placed an enormous burden on his True Spirit.

Without the ability to restore his true spirit, he had no choice but to withdraw his True Spirit and guide Xie Yusheng towards his home after Xie arrived in Nankai City.

"This time, Xie Yusheng obviously didn't meet at his workplace, but in his private room? Judging from the decoration and space, his conditions seem quite good... We could try to persuade him to demolish my old house and provide financial assistance, so that my family can be a little better off financially."

The Way of the Heart, from Gu Jinlai.

The "old house" he was referring to wasn't the house his parents currently live in, but rather a courtyard house in the suburbs, which is quite large.

In addition, the surrounding land would be suitable for building a machine processing plant.

That is...

If you want to create a second-generation Cheng Ying mecha that is ten or twenty meters long, the area is a bit too small.

But the six-meter-tall Chengying Mech Unit 1 is still sufficient.

After resting for a while, Gu Jinlai recovered his spiritual state.

"Repulsion shield, large nuclear-powered engine..."

He pondered it carefully for a moment and felt that he had gained some insight.

The use of electromagnetic force in the repulsion shield, in particular, sparked his interest.

With the help of the Star Child derived from the Chaotic Astral Body and its electromagnetic rotation properties, he can further improve the effect of the Repulsion Shield.

In addition, there's the power output of a large nuclear-powered engine...

The combined combat power of the second-generation Cheng Ying mecha is outstanding even among the Void Immortals.

"Because of the increased reactor volume and the force field generator, the size will have to be expanded again, from ten or twenty meters to twenty or thirty meters... However, due to the repulsive shield, it does not need to rely entirely on the defensive power of the material itself, so the cost has not increased much. About a thousand pieces can still complete the forging of one Cheng Ying mech."

Gu Jinlai, people have pondered how exactly this works...

He still needs to optimize it with Qingguang and further refine it with Zhang Lihuo, Zhou Yi and others.

For a time, he ordered Xin Tianqi to thoroughly investigate illegal and criminal activities in all states of Tiannan and send them to Lingxiao Palace for him to judge personally. At the same time, he had the two of them study and research his new information.

He also took out the Cheng Ying mecha that was originally stored in the Qiankun Ring and handed it over to Zhang Lihuo, Zhou Yi and others for physical modification.

The initial version of the Cheng Ying mecha has not seen any improvement in combat power compared to the Gu Jinlai, so he simply handed it over to several Heavenly Lords for them to study in detail.

In addition to the Cheng Ying mech prototype, he also left behind the Aries Star Palace and granted Zhang Lihuo and Zhou Yi some permissions. With these permissions, they could utilize the simulation function of the artifact spirit Ziyang and the spiritual environment of the Aries Star Palace to assist their learning.

After doing all this, three days had passed without me even realizing it.

And this time is also the time when the ancient Lord of the Abyss, who lived a hundred years ago, was about to return to Qiantian.

Gu Jinlai, many have wished to meet this Lord of the Abyss and see if they could learn any information about the ruins of the Libra Star Lord's space city from him.

At that moment, he selected Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, Gu Qingmei, Lu Zhanxian, and Xuan Yue to accompany him, and led them directly into the air towards Yuezhou, where the Sanqing Palace was located.