Immortal-Version Computer Concept
Yang Ning never expected that Li Yuan would have the complete set of information on making Identity Jade Token, and that he would give it to him directly!
"You're giving this to me already? Don't you need to keep it a secret?" Yang Ning asked, somewhat surprised, as she flipped through the documents.
"Why keep it a secret?" Li Yuan's attitude was also casual. "It's not some kind of Divine Ability, and Identity Jade Token always need to be crafted by Artifact Forging Master. If my cultivation level weren't limited to the Qi Refining Stage, I might even have given a copy of this information to the Ascension Academy!"
Yang Ning was speechless. So, Divine Ability powers are more valuable than the internet?
He knew the value of the internet; if it appeared in the Cultivation World, it might be even more useful than Supreme Dao Arts!
Of course, in the Cultivation World, the internet is definitely more useful, because everyone else has Daoist techniques.
In the modern world, Daoist techniques are definitely more useful, because everyone else has the internet.
It turns out that such a crucial thing wasn't kept secret.
However, Huaxia's awareness of patents has only been around for a few years. In fact, if Yang Ning had been born a few decades earlier, he wouldn't have had that sense of confidentiality.
"Looks like I need to start cultivating this sense of secrecy from scratch!" Yang Ning Heart Dao.
That was his purpose in coming to Taiheng; he got a girlfriend purely because he ran into Xiao Huan by chance.
After asking Li Yuan for a quiet room, Yang Ning unfolded the documents and began recording them in the Spirit Realm.
This is also a thick book. Yang Ning already knows that it uses a technique called "Meso-Sumeru Paper," a secret paper-controlling technique that combines Meso-Sumeru methods.
But for the Spirit Realm, there's really no difference between thick and thin books; flipping through them doesn't take much time.
After finishing, Yang Ning appeared in the Spirit Realm and asked, "How was it? Was it difficult?"
"Not difficult!" Deep Blue said, "It's already cracked!"
Yang Ning nodded. Li Yuan said that no one could understand this set of information, only apply it, but Deep Blue cracked it instantly!
It's clear that cultivators possess abilities, but not many!
"Tell me about it!" Yang Ning said.
"Here, we must first mention something: runes!"
"Runes are naturally formed or discovered by humans—a kind of Spiritual Qi circuit. The creation of talismans and the construction of formations cannot be separated from the participation of runes. Different runes have different sizes, different structures, and different effects!" Deep Blue said, "Cultivators divide runes into three levels: Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3, from easy to difficult, from simple to complex. According to our definition, Level 1 runes refer to one-dimensional runes, Level 2 runes refer to two-dimensional runes, and Level 3 runes refer to three-dimensional runes."
Deep Blue displayed three different runes, the simplest of which was a line drawn with Law Power, representing the meaning of transmission.
The most complex one is shaped like a walnut, with countless winding lines of Law Power inside.
Its meaning is complex, encompassing multiple connotations such as sealing off, suppressing, isolating, and enclosing.
"Whether it's formations, Spiritual Qi, magical artifacts, or Dao artifacts, all of them utilize runes. Therefore, in a sense, artifact crafting is truly a science and technology—a rune technology that uses Spiritual Qi energy as its energy source!"
"So the Identity Jade Token is also made of runic technology?" Yang Ning asked.
No wonder Li Yuan said that Identity Jade Token could only be made by Qi Refining Stage cultivators. How could Body Refinement Realm cultivators construct runes without Law Power?
"Yes!"
"But if it's just runes, there's no reason why others wouldn't understand them!" Yang Ning asked.
"This is because the creator of the Identity Jade Token reconstructed the runes!" Deep Blue's voice carried a hint of admiration. "The inventor of the Identity Jade Token is named Jiang Boming. The information describes him as intelligent from a young age, with a strong curiosity and a passion for weapon crafting, which is quite similar to your character!"
"That was just a persona I created; he might be real!"
Deep Blue nodded and continued, "Jiang Boming believes that although runes vary in size and structure, there should be some conventional principles behind them. After more than five hundred years of in-depth research, he finally discovered that all runes are composed of the two most basic Yin and Yang runes!"
"Yin and Yang?" Yang Ning blinked.
"Well, but that's just his naming of the basic structure of the runes, it has nothing to do with the real Yin and Yang!" Deep Blue said, "Yin represents absorption and access, Yang represents gushing and flowing out, simply called Yin in and Yang out. In addition, each rune also has two states, dynamic and static, which Jiang Boming calls Ping and Zhi. Ping means to calm down, and Zhi means to work."
"Therefore, the most basic structure of runes consists of two fundamental runes, Yin and Yang, and four basic states: Yin-Yang balance, Yin-Yang balance, Yin-Yang control, and Yin-Yang control."
Looking at the diagram, Yang Ning immediately chuckled, "Isn't this just the AND operation, one of the three bitwise operators: OR, AND, and NOT?"
The AND (&) operation uses the following algorithm:
0&0=0,0&1=0,1&0=0,1&1=1.
If we use 1 to represent "treat" and 0 to represent "balance", then "Yang-balance-yin-treat" is 0 & 1 = 0, "Yang-treat-yin-balance" is 10 = 0, "Yang-treat-yin-treat" is 1 & 1 = 1, and "Yang-balance-yin-balance" is 0 & 0 = 0, which corresponds perfectly to the four algorithms!
"This genius actually figured out a basic algorithm from scratch! Amazing!" Yang Ning was genuinely impressed, because algorithms on Earth were the result of countless experts' research and exploration before being summarized by the genius Leibniz.
Moreover, Earthlings study pure numbers, and finding patterns in numbers is much more difficult than finding patterns in thousands of runes.
"It's a pity that Jiang Boming didn't continue his research on this basis; instead, he stopped there!" Deep Blue said. "After discovering this phenomenon, he reported it to the sect, hoping to get their support. However, the sect didn't know what this thing was for, so Jiang Boming turned to research on the application side. After combining the effects of Divine Sense and Qi and Blood field, he created the Identity Jade Token!"
"What a pity!" Yang Ning sighed. The very opportunity that gave birth to the internet in the Cultivation World, gone just like that?
That's such a pity.
Deep Blue also felt a bit disappointed. They'd already figured out the computational methods, so how far away could algorithms like OR, NOT, and XOR be?
At worst, how about taking on a few apprentices to study together?
However, the Artifact Forging Master of Taiheng are not qualified to take on apprentices, and everyone cultivates for immortality, but this thing cannot grant immortality. The Artifact Forging Master have not discovered how powerful this Identity Jade Token is, so naturally no one is willing to study it in depth.
More importantly, this thing is really difficult.
If anyone can still understand the part about Yin-Yang balance, then the part about converting algorithms into text and displaying images involves extremely complex algorithms. Jiang Boming only invented one bitwise operator, and he used this one operator to build complex functions, which is equivalent to using addition and subtraction to perform four arithmetic operations and a linear equation in two variables.
It's definitely possible to calculate it, but the process will be extremely complicated. How could someone new to the field, without even a basic understanding of algorithms, possibly comprehend it?
If Yang Ning hadn't appeared, Jiang Boming's ideas might have taken thousands, even tens of thousands of years before they were understood.
"So, I can now create a computer with Law Power?" Yang Ning pondered, stroking his chin.
He could follow Jiang Boming's line of thought and use runes to implement binary operations.
Yang Ning did not possess Law Power, but that did not prevent him from inferring the nature of Law Power based on Divine Ability manifestations.
In terms of speed, Law Power should far exceed that of electric current, and may even surpass the speed of light, since Law Power can distort space and interfere with time.
In terms of weight, Law Power can be light or heavy. When it's light, it has no weight, since it can lift people up. When it's heavy, it can transform into mountains to suppress mortals.
Based on these two properties alone, Spiritual Qi can be considered an energy quantum that is faster and lighter than light. Wouldn't a computer made with Law Power then surpass the performance of a photon computer?
The key to Law Power is that it is relatively easy to control because its components are Spiritual Qi energy, human mental energy, and human Qi and Blood Field, and it is limited by human thought.