A few days later, Mingde Hall's highest-level theoretical seminar was held in the central hall of the core district.
Everyone seated here was a towering figure in the world of Soul Engineers. At the very least, they were seventh-level Soul Engineers, and several eighth-level Soul Engineers with the strength of Titled Douluo were also present.
Jing Hongchen, the master of Mingde Hall, sat at the head of the table. Beside him were his grandson and granddaughter, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, known as the twin stars of the Sun Moon Empire.
Huo Yuhao—or rather, "Tang Yu"—sat in the most inconspicuous corner as Fan Yu's assistant, nearly blending into the wall.
"Good grief, this lineup is like some grand martial arts convention." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm clicked his tongue in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. "Pick any one of these old men, and outside, they'd be worshipped like ancestors."
Huo Yuhao turned a deaf ear. His [Thought Palace] had long been operating at high speed, incorporating everyone's soul power fluctuations, emotional responses, and even microexpressions into its analytical model.
The seminar began.
A white-haired eighth-level Soul Engineer stepped onto the stage and began presenting his latest research on the "energy-gathering core."
"...After three hundred and forty-two experiments, I discovered that increasing the proportion of 'dragon-patterned mithril' by three thousandths can steadily raise the core's energy output by 1.2 percent!"
Polite applause rang out from the audience.
Yet within the [Thought Palace], Huo Yuhao's consciousness merely gave a cold evaluation.
[Analysis: A typical trial-and-error method, reliant on experience and material stacking, lacking a theoretical foundation. Cost increases by 15%, efficiency improves by 1.2%; extremely poor cost-effectiveness. A dead end.]
Next, another Soul Engineer took the stage and displayed a newly designed energy conduction circuit.
"...I changed the traditional linear circuit into a spiral