On the Possibility of System Distribution (Hand-Crafted)

"So you were persuaded to quit?"

The girl, like a flame spirit, stormed out of the dormitory, full of indignation, ready to settle a score with someone.

"My Soul Power Level of forty-one already had some distance from the internal academy's assessment standard," Chen Fu said, silently packing his luggage.

Hearing this, the girl who had rushed out of the dormitory immediately ran back angrily and rebuked:

"I, a Level Fifty-five Battle Soul King, couldn't even defeat you. Their assessment mechanism is blind!"

"Just borrowing external power." With a raise of his hand, the messy metal materials in the room flew into other Spatial Soul Tools in an orderly fashion.

After the girl calmed down, Chen Fu continued, "Actually, it's just that they really have nothing more to teach. Instructor Fan Yu's skill level hovers around Level Seven or Eight, and I've learned all the techniques he knows. As long as my auxiliary equipment is ready, I can slowly make conventional Level Seven Soul Tools."

"Can this conventional Level Seven Soul Tool you made also be activated?" The girl stared intently at Chen Fu with her orange-red eyes.

"Alright, Xiaotao, stop messing around." Pushing the girl's forehead, Chen Fu removed all the duvet covers. "The Ark Technology hasn't been updated yet. Relying solely on a Level Four Ark Core, using the Energy Storage Matrix, theoretically, I can barely activate it once with twelve units."

He piled the removed duvet covers into a ball and then pointed at them, "Xiaotao, breathe fire."

"I'll breathe fire up your—!" The girl angrily punched Chen Fu. "Do you know what this means... Wait!"

The girl suddenly calmed down at this moment. "Then why don't you directly teach the Ark Technology?"

Four mismatched Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, yellow—pulsated behind Chen Fu. After their movement, the miscellaneous items slowly turned to ash.

"This isn't just about overlapping Soul Tool circuits. The supporting design logic, layout logic, optimal material properties, and macroscopic variable control all need to be solved."

"I figured these out by relying on my Martial Soul's characteristics. This is a good practice project. If I directly told them the answer, they would be crippled from the start and unable to innovate independently."

Chen Fu spread his hands, indicating that this black technology he had created with his Martial Soul and cognition could be used as a reference, but not copied.

"Then what are you planning to do in the future?"

"I'll build a research institute in Shrek City to earn some money and update the Ark Technology. Level Four is a bit outdated."

"Oh, right. You can help me refine metals then, and I'll give you a share."

"Share my foot! Who cares about your shares?" the girl, whose family had a long tradition, said disdainfully.

Walking by the lake, watching the girl stomping ahead indignantly, Chen Fu smiled.

"Don't be angry anymore. I'll give you a gift." Chen Fu took out a matte black metal box from his bracelet.

"What is this?"

The girl turned her head, her long orange-red hair dancing in the wind, her golden-orange eyes reflecting the young man.

"My true graduation achievement." With a hint of relief, the young man wore a rare relaxed expression.

The girl accepted the metal box with a mix of belief and doubt. It wasn't that she doubted anything, but she was curious about the meaning of "true graduation achievement."

"You can open it and take a look," Chen Fu gestured.

The box opened. There were no dazzling colors, no energy fluctuations. A metal ring with black patterns and a gold border lay quietly inside. In the center of the ring's surface was a red inscription carved with a phoenix spreading its wings.

"How do I use this?" Looking at the ring in her hand, which was clearly larger than her arm, Ma Xiaotao curiously looked at Chen Fu.

"Wear it around your neck..." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the girl press the button and fasten the metal ring around her neck.

"Now you can try circulating your Soul Power."

As soon as Ma Xiaotao circulated her Soul Power, she noticed something was wrong. The ring had a strange attraction to Soul Power; a portion of the flowing Soul Power was consumed by the ring, and then it was spat out after a while.

The expelled Soul Power seemed purer, more... refined!

"Don't get excited." Chen Fu raised his hand and opened an energy shield, stopping the agitated Ma Xiaotao before adding:

"It's just a Soul Power purification device. It can support your normal cultivation. Remember to turn it off during combat, or it might burn out."

Chen Fu, who was once known as the "final boss guarding the last level of the Academy Library," naturally understood Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul problem.

Although it couldn't cure the root cause, it could provide a continuous symptomatic treatment.

"Thank you!"

Feeling the "warmth" of the girl in his arms, Chen Fu suddenly felt helpless.

In the end, he patted the girl's back to comfort her.

"How long did you prepare this?" the girl's voice was slightly hoarse.

"Since the second-year class division, I suppose." That was when the Ark Technology was initially perfected, no longer just the demonstration version for Instructor Fan Yu.

"The technical design took about two years, and the final execution took one year." Chen Fu's Martial Soul had a natural advantage in micro-manipulation of materials. The Soul Tool rifle that was originally put into storage was merely an experimental product driven by interest. His real free time was mostly spent making this "gift."

"Then that means... it's very valuable?"

"Indeed. So please take good care of it. Recreating it is very troublesome."

It would take several days of rush work.

The metal used for the ring was a brand-new superalloy nurtured by his Martial Soul, named "Technology Throne." The Soul Tool circuits used on it were integrated circuits similar to chips, painstakingly carved out by his Martial Soul.

"Mhm, I'll take good care of it. Does it have a name?"

"An auxiliary Soul Tool of no rank, an extension of Ark Technology. You can call it [Nirvana]."

Purely from a technical standpoint, it was enough to baffle Fan Yu for twenty years.

"This sixteenth birthday gift, do you like it?"

"Chen Fu..."

The girl in his arms had a surprisingly strong grip, and Chen Fu felt a little helpless.

"Mhm, I'm here."

"I'll get revenge for you in the future."

Silly child, always saying such discouraging things.

After finally seeing off the girl, who had found a new toy, Chen Fu slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked towards the Academy's main gate.

Along the way, he said goodbye to some friends who had come to see him off, some from the inner court, but more from the outer court.

Chen Fu's Soul Power cultivation was relatively behind among these prodigies at the Academy. At sixteen years old with a Soul Power Level of forty-one, he was always the one being averaged out.

For example, in his class with Ma Xiaotao, the average Soul Power Level was forty-eight, and he was the biggest drag on the class.

At the school gate, a little boy with resolute features but a youthful appearance, accompanied by a little girl, stood waiting as if for someone.

Seeing them, Chen Fu suddenly remembered that the instructor's new apprentice, that little ball of soot, was also in this year's batch of New Lives.

"I remember you, the top New Life this year, Beibei, right? Is something the matter?"

Ma Xiaotao had dragged him along to watch when they had their first-year assessment.

"Hello, Senior Chen!" the little boy greeted respectfully, then tugged at the little girl behind him.

"We wanted to ask Senior Chen if you have any plans after graduation. If not, our Tang Sect would be willing to hire you as a Guest Elder."

"And we can teach you Secret Manuals that can improve your slow cultivation," the little girl behind the boy added.

"That's a pity, I already have plans."

Given the relationship between the Tang Sect and Shrek, it was indeed a good place to go. The Academy would have little chance of intercepting him, and this Tang Sect was also unusually weak.

Unfortunately, this Chen Fu didn't like bullying children.

He patted the little girl's head and left amidst her dejected gaze.

After walking a distance, he took out a pair of glasses from his wristband and put them on. With a wave of his hand, he drew in the air, and a panel appeared before Chen Fu's eyes.

Name: Chen Fu

Level: 41

Martial Soul: Technology Throne / Spirit Body (A mass of irregular pale blue spirit body, born from Chen Fu's heart as a stress reaction to something)

Martial Soul Passive: Material Control (Microscopic)

Soul Skill: Force × 4 (Accelerates the degree and speed of Material Control)

"It feels quite rudimentary at the moment. I can continue to optimize it, add a quest log, and the Battle Soul Instrument could be an early product of the research institute. Yes, that's good, I'll make a note of it."

[Quest Log Updated]