Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 194 Soul Editor

The 208th year of the Wanling calendar.

The first forging world in the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm, the capital of the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation, the Heart of the Furnace.

Decades have passed since the last study and exchange in the capital of the Dawn Empire.

After that, Isher, Alvin and others returned to the Court of Life, while Thoraus concentrated on studying the problem of the incomplete souls of the People of No Light.

Because he himself is a person without light, and the people without light are constantly producing more and more special individuals like him.

Compared to other scholars who seem to have no idea where to start in their research on the People of No Light, Solaus's research project is undoubtedly clearer and more specific.

During this period, he also formed his own research team.

Among them are a large number of scholars from the People of Darkness, as well as scholars from normal backgrounds and even scholars from other fields.

As the first special individual among the People of No Light, he is also currently the most likely to become a Level 5 scholar and the first Person of No Light to establish a school in the academic world.

Those Lightless People or other scholars who knew of Thoraus's existence regarded him as one of the best candidates to solve the plight of the Lightless People.

Thanks to this, Thoraus's appeal is unmatched by other people of the Darkness and even some top scholars at the master level.

Even many level five and even level six scholars have had some cooperation with him.

Although he has not yet become a level five scholar, in the academic circle of the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm, Solaus's status is not much inferior to that of most level five scholars.

As his research on the People of No Light became more and more in-depth, Thoraus felt more and more that when he and Isher and his party met Gray in the capital of the Dawn Empire.

The concept of soul prosthesis proposed by Gray is a project with great research value.

It is not realistic to completely solve the problem of the incomplete souls of the People of No Light in one step.

But if we just create some kind of substitute first, it is not absolutely impossible.

In Solaus's vision, it would be possible to create some kind of external soul simulation device.

Perhaps it can solve the problem of the incomplete souls of the people without light, or at least improve it.

Regarding this soul simulation device, Thoraus has already come up with many ideas and corresponding theoretical support.

However, whether it can be realized still lacks sufficient technical support.

That is why Thoraus led his research team to the Heart of the Furnace.

It is to use the forging technology here to create the soul simulation device that he envisioned.

Even the Dawn Empire cannot compare with the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation in terms of forging technology alone.

As the capital of the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation in the material world, the Heart of the Furnace is home to many forging masters and grandmasters.

It is not an easy task to achieve a certain simulation of the soul by relying on the forging technology of the material world.

Even many forging masters and even forging grandmasters have no idea where to start.

Their forging technology has reached a level that is unimaginable for ordinary people.

Even some ordinary materials can be transformed into something magical in their hands, and the equipment they create can far exceed the original strength of those materials.

However, this kind of soul simulation device not only requires sufficient forging technology, but also requires sufficient understanding of the soul field.

However, Solaus' research team has already reached a very in-depth level in their research on the People of No Light.

It has sufficient theoretical support, coupled with the techniques of many forging masters and grandmasters.

It is not impossible to create a soul simulation device that only exists in theory.

"Master Thoraus, welcome."

The group who had just been teleported to the Heart of the Furnace were warmly welcomed by the Heart of the Furnace.

"I have carefully read the information you sent us before."

"I never thought that our Ten Thousand Furnace Federation could become the key to resolving the plight of the Lightless People. This is truly a sudden surprise."

The official who came to greet him was smiling, which was the main reason why he was so enthusiastic.

The Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation actually rarely cares about the issues concerning the People of No Light. After all, their development focus is on areas related to forging.

The soul realm is already unpopular in the material world, and it is even more unpopular in the Thousand Furnace Federation.

Even if there are occasionally some special talents who are interested in the soul realm and do have relevant talents.

It is also necessary to go to civilizations outside the Ten Thousand Furnace Federation to learn in order to achieve better development.

Therefore, in the research on the People of No Light, the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation is ranked as the second most powerful civilization in the entire Ten Thousand Spirits Alliance.

However, he has always been in an invisible state and has basically not made any contribution worth mentioning.

The top leaders of the Wanqian Furnace Federation also saw the occurrence of this phenomenon and were worried.

Especially as more and more special people without light have appeared in recent years, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

It is only a matter of time before the problems of the People of No Light are solved.

At that time, nothing else matters, as long as these hundreds of billions of people without light can join in the development of the Alliance of All Spirits.

It will definitely promote the development of the entire Wanling Alliance.

Even if it is just hundreds of billions of ordinary people, it is a huge force that cannot be ignored.

What's more, the People of No Light have endured more than two hundred years of suffering, and after solving the problem of their incomplete souls.

They must have greater value than ordinary people, otherwise what is the point of keeping them around?

Over the past two hundred years, the citizens of the All-Spirit Alliance have already filled the entire All-Spirit Realm with areas suitable for living.

If it weren't for these people without light, the population of the All-Spirit Alliance could have expanded by hundreds of billions again, thus creating greater value instead of becoming a burden to the All-Spirit Alliance.

Under the influence of the oracle, the major civilizations not only did not feel too sorry for the countless resources they invested in the People of No Light, but instead had an inexplicable expectation.

The more you invest, the more you can prove the great value of the People of No Light.

Similarly, before solving the problem of the incomplete souls of the People of No Light, the greater the contribution a civilization makes to this problem, the more rewards it will receive later.

Under such circumstances, although the major civilizations will not invest resources recklessly to solve the problem of the damaged souls of the People of No Light, they are basically doing their best.

However, the Wanqian Furnace Federation has always been in a supporting role in this process.

The only contribution is to ensure the basic survival of the people in the dark land under his jurisdiction, which is difficult to get much return.

There is such a big piece of cake right there, but they can only take a small bite. How can the top leaders of the Ten Thousand Furnace Federation not be anxious?

And Solaus's arrival this time brought them great news.

I can only cooperate with Thoraus to create the soul simulation device.

The contribution of the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation will immediately increase rapidly, and may even be ranked directly at the top.

In this regard, the top leaders of the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation have absolute confidence.

After all, in the entire Wanling Alliance, when it comes to forging technology, if they are second to none, no one dares to claim to be first.

Even when the Dawn Empire was creating some advanced creations, it would often invite the forging masters and grandmasters of their Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation to participate.

If they can't even build it, other civilizations can forget about it.

Thoraus nodded in response to the other party's enthusiasm.

"I can only provide you with some theoretical support. How to build it specifically depends on your support."

After hearing this, the thousands of officials from the Furnace Federation who came to greet them didn't take it to heart at all.

"Haha, don't worry."

"Not to mention having sufficient theoretical support, even if it's just some vague ideas, we can create corresponding items."

"Long before your research yielded sufficient results, other scholars in the spiritual field had come to us."

"With their vague ideas, we can still create corresponding accurate objects."

"It's just that there's still a gap between those assumptions and the actual situation of the Lightless People, which is why there's no effect."

"But as a senior scholar from the Dark People, if even the theoretical support you provide is ineffective, then the problem of the Dark People will truly be an unsolvable problem."

"I believe the future of the Lightless People will not be so hopeless. Your appearance is the first ray of light for the Lightless People."

"It was only after the appearance of your light that more and more special individuals appeared among the people of the Darkness. This is also fate's favor to you."

These words from the other party fell into Solaus' ears, making him silent for a moment.

After a long while, he slowly spoke: "Fate..."

In the entire world of all spirits, no one would take the concept of fate as a joke.

After all, the extraordinary people in the destiny system really exist, and the god of destiny also really exists.

The first special individual born among the people of darkness, like Thoraus, will naturally occupy a very important position in the fate of the people of darkness.

It’s like the first life born between heaven and earth, or the ancestor of a race.

The existence of Solaus is destined to be an important node for the people of No Light.

Sometimes Thoraus would feel that his birth indeed carried an important mission: to open up a new future for all the people without light.

From the beginning, it was just an obsession that kept him alive, but it gradually became a mission he actively carried out. But every time he thought about it, he would instinctively avoid it.

If this is his mission, then is the death of his wife and children also part of this mission?

In the process of growing up, he had to endure the endless pain of his soul being torn apart every moment, but he never experienced any happiness. He didn't care about these.

But the death of his wife and children is an eternal pain in his heart.

This kind of pain is different from the heart-wrenching pain of having the soul torn apart, but it is even more unbearable for him.

Was the death of his wife and child a pure accident, or part of his so-called mission? This is a question that Solaus has thought about countless times but still cannot get an answer.

If there is anyone who can give him an answer, it is only the God of Time, Space and Destiny.

It’s a pity that even his current status is considered upper class in the entire Wanling Realm.

In any civilization of the Alliance of All Spirits, you can get enough respect and super high treatment.

But compared with those gods who are above all things and beyond the world, he is still just an insignificant ant.

If he is also a believer of God, he can try to communicate with the other party by relying on the connection between believers and God.

But he is not a believer of any god and cannot communicate with the gods in this way.

In this case, the only possibility for communicating with the gods is that he has reached the same level as the gods.

Given his current identity and status, just having such an idea is already an act of great disrespect.

Without dwelling on these unanswered questions, Thoraus spoke again.

"The Alliance is now preparing for external conquest. All major civilizations are actively preparing for war, and even the Crucible is operating at full capacity."

"Do those forging masters, even the Grandmasters, still have time to build soul simulation devices for us?"

More than two hundred years have passed since the All-Spirit Alliance completely took over the All-Spirit Realm.

During this period, the transformation of the entire Wanling Realm had long been completed, many civilizations had almost recovered, and the situation had basically stabilized.

Under such circumstances, wars against other realms of the T09-3054 Crystal Wall System are naturally also being actively prepared.

As a scholar, Thoraus did not possess any extraordinary powers, so he naturally would not participate in foreign wars.

However, as the largest weapons producer in the entire Alliance of All Souls, the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation is also the busiest civilization when war is approaching.

Not only did they need to prepare an army, but they also received a large number of orders from many civilizations. Everyone from top to bottom was already overwhelmed.

Thoraus originally wanted to wait until the war was over before cooperating with the other party to build a soul simulation device.

However, the other party's reply to him stated that there were enough manpower to support the construction of the soul simulation device anyway, so he went directly to the heart of the furnace.

Faced with Solaus's question, the officials of the Ten Thousand Furnaces Federation gave an affirmative answer without any hesitation.

"Don't worry, while external conquests are important, they won't require us to devote all our strength."

"Although the Heart of the Forge is already operating at full capacity, these orders are mostly for low- to mid-range weapons and equipment."

"As for orders for high-level weapons or even legendary weapons, even in this state, they are extremely rare."

"Except for those who need to accompany the army to participate in the war, all other forging masters and grandmasters can participate in the creation of the soul simulation device you proposed."

After hearing the other party's answer, Thoraus nodded and said, "That couldn't be better."

Thoraus and his team were soon arranged into the research institute inside the Heart of the Furnace.

With the support of many forging masters and grandmasters, the progress of the soul simulation device has been steadily improving.

Things didn't go very smoothly at the beginning.

Even if they are all forging masters or even grandmasters, with the sufficient theoretical support provided by Thoraus.

Due to his lack of understanding of the soul realm, the final product he created was slightly different from Solaus's requirements.

But this is not a big problem. With the continuous accumulation of many skills, the forging techniques are becoming more and more proficient.

The final product was getting closer and closer to Solaus's requirements.

In the third year after Thoraus and his party arrived at the Heart of the Furnace, the soul simulation device that perfectly met Thoraus' requirements was finally completed.

But unfortunately, this finished product, which perfectly meets Thoraus's requirements, still cannot solve the problem of the incomplete souls of the People of No Light.

This is no longer a problem on the Heart of the Furnace's side, but the theoretical support provided by Thoraus still has certain loopholes that have not been taken into consideration.

After that, Thoraus further modified his theories based on the finished product created by the Heart of the Furnace.

As the two sides continued to adjust to each other, time came to the tenth year since they arrived at the Heart of the Furnace.

Inside the research institute, Thoraus calmly looked at a soul simulator in front of him, which was no bigger than an ordinary person's fingernail, and slowly said, "Prepare to implant the chip."

Ten years have passed, and Thoraus's ideas about the soul simulation device have undergone many changes.

At the beginning, his idea was still similar to a physical prosthesis.

The finished products produced based on this idea are basically external devices that cannot solve the problems of the people without light.

Later, Solaus's ideas gradually shifted from the outside to the inside, from numerous external devices to internal devices that could be directly implanted into the body.

This chip is his latest achievement, and it is also the culmination of his more than 200 years of study and his own situation.

The many forging masters and grandmasters in the Heart of the Furnace are naturally not the traditional forgers who only know how to use hammers.

It is also not difficult for them to create a chip like this.

If there is any difficulty, it is that without understanding the soul field, one has to create a corresponding finished product based on some theories. This is the most difficult part.

But once it is created, it is no longer too difficult.

After all, when Solaus was conceiving the idea, he naturally took into account the cost and difficulty of the finished product.

Otherwise, the cost is too high or the difficulty of making it is too great. Even if it is effective for the people without light, it will be difficult to achieve real popularization.

The cost and difficulty of a chip like this are within the affordability of the Wanling Alliance.

The most difficult part is the wisdom of Thoraus for more than two hundred years and the technical support of many forging masters and grandmasters.

If even this chip still has no effect, then Solaus will not be able to think of any other solution in the short term.

When the staff of the institute heard this, they immediately prepared to transplant the chip for Solaus.

In order to ensure the highest efficiency, every time a finished product is created, Solaus will directly experience its real effect so that the results can be obtained as quickly as possible.

If there is no effect, the next round of research can be carried out directly.

Soon, the staff of the institute transplanted the chip into the center of Solaus's eyebrows.

During this period, Thoraus did not even take any anesthesia. He just watched calmly as the staff dug open his eyebrows to transplant the chip.

This level of pain was less than one-tenth of the pain he usually suffered.

After a while, Thoraus finally felt that the chip inside his eyebrows was taking effect.

At this time, a group of forging masters and grandmasters around, as well as many scholars from the research institute, came over and asked about the specific effects of the Solaus chip.

Solaus did not answer immediately, but just silently felt the effect of the chip. He finally spoke until anxious expressions appeared on the faces of the people around him.

"The chip works."

"Great!"

Everyone felt relieved, and some people even had excited expressions on their faces.

It is really not easy. The research on the People without Light in the entire World of All Spirits has lasted for more than two hundred years.

Even though the life expectancy of the current people without light has increased to over 40 years old, this has already seen the passing of more than ten generations of people without light.

Including those scholars who are not from the People of the Darkness, there are also many scholars who, for various reasons, have devoted all their energy to related research.

The fact that no results have been achieved is also a huge blow to these scholars.

Now that their hard work has finally paid off, how can they not be excited?

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, a smile appeared on Solaus's face.

"The soul damage of the Lightless People is a backlash of the rules, and it is also a congenital deficiency. This is an unchangeable fact."

"So the chip's function isn't to completely repair the souls of the Lightless People. That's impossible."

"The most serious problem facing the people of the Darkness today is that there is no hope."

"This is not just due to the lack of innate hope, but also an objective fact."

"Because of the incompleteness of our souls, every time we think, we have to endure great pain."

"And there's no future. I can't become a Transcendent, so I can only live my life in a daze."

"And the function of the chip is to provide an extra hope for all the people without light."

"It brings us a brand new transcendental system. Every person without light can become a transcendent in this transcendental system."

"I call this new extraordinary system 'Soul Editor'."

(End of this chapter)