Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1536 Historiography No Longer Exists
Historiography no longer exists. The theory itself no longer exists either.

Recall the era when bamboo could be broken and pieced back together, and dust could be thrown and meat chased; all knowledge lay within the realm of direct human comprehension. The transmission of this knowledge did not require writing—not even complex language. That knowledge came through experience passed down through observation, imitation, practice, and oral tradition, not theory.

However, with the development of human civilization, knowledge itself began to detach from specific contexts such as flying earth and chasing meat, and gradually became alienated from experience:
Knowledge began to become abstract because humans began to need to use words, numbers, formulas, and concepts to understand it.

Knowledge is becoming specialized because it is divided into countless sub-fields, making it difficult for those outside the field to grasp its full scope, let alone understand its underlying logic.

Knowledge began to require intermediaries because individual direct experience became increasingly insignificant in the face of the vastness of human civilization.

Ultimately, it's because human civilization has become increasingly sophisticated, but humanity's ability to acquire experience hasn't evolved explosively in the same way. This is because human civilization has evolved too rapidly; our fragile, physical bodies simply couldn't have undergone any significant changes within ten thousand years.

But all of this will come to an end in the near future, and those who came to this class have only just realized this.

Through glorious evolution, humanity's ability to acquire experience will once again encompass all knowledge in the mortal realm. And the first step on the ladder to heaven is the mobile phone in their hands.

"Let me start with a small survey." Master Sanfeng stopped acting and walked out from behind the podium. "How did you all obtain your cell phones? I'll divide them by time. Which of you obtained your cell phones before the Shin-Anteyok explosion?"

The doomsday weapon "Tenchi Taishin" (天地大同), launched by the Suiryu rocket from Sinanogora, completely removed Sinanogora from the Earth. This generated a surge of spiritual energy that swept across the entire planet, drastically altering its landscape.

Advancement in extraordinary power thus became somewhat easier. Generally speaking, the number of Qi cultivators increased by about 20% in the short term. Considering that the Ming Dynasty itself had a system for supplying spiritual objects to the entire population, whenever such an auspicious event occurred that pushed the environment past its critical point, a large number of people who were right on the edge would be promoted.

That incident set a very good precedent—at least for the Ming Dynasty itself. Because it meant that as long as enough doomsday weapons were detonated, creating ripples of spiritual energy, the entire world could receive a spiritual boost as a result.

Of course, this increase is uncontrollable. No one, including Shangluo, wants to indiscriminately amplify the spiritual energy of the entire world—or, from Rome's perspective, they don't want to subject the entire world to demonic ascension, because that would create countless demons and monsters. There are already many demons and monsters before the ascension; the potential for further ascension is unimaginable.

Receiving the phone before and after this landmark turning point presents two completely different levels of difficulty. To some extent, this is why everyone feels it couldn't be more "exciting."

Before that massive explosion, the Spirit Network's connection was unstable; only a few Qi cultivators could possess mobile phones, usually requiring them to have clearly reached the Qi Refining stage. While this might be an exception for many cultivators, most on the path of cultivation, even those just a step away from the Qi Refining stage, couldn't use their previous mobile phones. For example, Shangluo's classmate Qi Yuan, and Lu Liang, with whom she often traveled, couldn't use them normally.

After the Big Bang, although the total number of Qi cultivators only increased by 20%, the widespread availability of spiritual energy devices suddenly became much easier. This was because the increased spiritual energy level didn't directly lead to easier advancement for Qi cultivators; rather, it improved the signal strength of the spiritual network.

If we use electrical conductivity as an analogy, previous aura communication was like forcibly cutting a path of lightning through nearly insulated air. After the tide rises, the problem becomes not discharge, but leakage. Current aura communication is as simple as conducting electricity in water—although water's resistance isn't usually very low, and varies greatly under different conditions, conducting electricity in water is far simpler than lightning striking through air.

This makes it a true "phone," because previously it wasn't called a phone, but rather a "Feixin" (a type of mobile phone). Its use relies almost entirely on the user's own spiritual power, so those of insufficient skill level simply cannot use it.

After this crucial standard was removed, the production of the Fetion card itself was not difficult, requiring only jade. It does not actually perform computational functions; instead, it relies on cloud computing.

Originally, cloud computing power was quite strained, but the new system introduced in Shangluo shared a large portion of the computing power, making everything possible.

Specifically, he moved the chat functionality from the cloud to local processing, and his server is still running. Because the information exchange in the forum takes up a large portion of the bandwidth, the Lingwang entity can then focus on more important tasks.

Additionally, the Heavenly Nobleman has taken on some specialized tasks—this is also very necessary. For example, aircraft navigation used to be done in the cloud, but with the introduction of the Heavenly Nobleman, navigation can be performed locally. Many such tasks are better suited to be done locally. Shangluo has also broken down some online functions through player-to-player connections, which eliminates the need for the Spirit Network to send the same content four or five times.

With the help of these two preliminary steps, Lingnet Ontology now primarily provides network access authentication services. At least within the coverage area of ​​the servers deployed in Shangluo.

This part of the work doesn't consume much computing power, but it requires extremely high privileges to ensure security. This is the work best suited for Lingnet.

With the help of the Spirit Network, everyone present can now access information through their own channels.

“But there’s still one thing I don’t understand.” Shang Luo held up his phone. “Why does everyone have one? Does everyone have connections with the Embroidered Uniform Guard?”

"Hmm, good question." Master Sanfeng looked at everyone. "How did you all get your cell phones? It seems only Shangluo doesn't know, right?"

"Huh? Everyone took it together?"

Everyone nodded: "We redeemed them."

"Good heavens!" Shang Luo pressed his forehead. "I was wondering why everyone had one. I was wondering why it seemed like no one had anything to do with the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

(End of this chapter)