Infinity: Our Zhongzhou team is really amazing!

Chapter 274 What is Cultivation
Whether it is the mutated ring or the captain's determination, these need to be determined based on the specific development of the world after entering.

Obviously, the next world must be a world with extremely high difficulty.

Therefore, it is urgent to improve everyone's combat effectiveness.

Zhuang Boshi pondered and said, "Chu Xuan, how is your research on the heritage of the cultivators in the world of gods and ghosts going?"

As soon as he finished speaking, as if triggering some kind of chemical reaction, Chu Xuan's calm face immediately became enthusiastic, and he repeatedly exclaimed: "As expected of the cultivator who created the Lord God!"

"Their explanation of the world's principles far exceeded my imagination!"

"I still underestimated the rune skills of the cultivators."

"Twenty-four hours, and I haven't even scratched the surface."

Zhuang Boshi glanced at Chu Xuan and said, "Do you really want to build the foundation in one day and achieve the golden elixir in three days?"

But seeing the others looking confused, Zhuang Boshi still knocked on the table and said, "Can you tell me more specifically? Do you have any results that can immediately increase everyone's combat effectiveness?"

Chu Xuan shook his head slightly: "For the time being, it cannot be transformed into combat power."

"Can't we just practice immortal arts directly?" Saito asked curiously, "Is it extremely difficult and requires a specific physique?"

"Maybe it takes hundreds of years to practice. That's what it's written in novels." Zhan Lan guessed.

"No, cultivation is different from what you imagine as immortal cultivation. They are two different concepts." Chu Xuan replied.

Everyone said "Oh" and was a little disappointed.

Especially Cheng Xiao, who was so excited after knowing that they had inherited the legacy of the cultivator, and kept saying that he was a genius in cultivation.

He grumbled in dissatisfaction, "I thought we could figure out something in 24 hours."

"If I had known what I was going to do with you, you should have given it to me. I might have a supreme immortal body, with supreme bones, golden pupils, and saint blood. I can build my foundation in three days, become a golden elixir in one month, become an infant in three months, and become an immortal in one year."

Although the sound was small, everyone could still hear it clearly.

Chu Xuan's expression became even colder, and his knife-like gaze swept across Cheng Xiao's forehead, then he set his gaze on Wang Xia, whose eyes were blurred but who was still pretending to listen very attentively.

"Wang Xia, what do you think cultivation is?"

Wang Xia had just been resurrected and was still in a very confused state when he suddenly heard himself being cueed.

And it’s some kind of cultivation.

Wang Xia was stunned, his face immediately flushed, and he stood up: "What... What... Cultivation? Is this the Cultivation I'm thinking of?"

"White robes fluttering, swords flying all over the sky, the way of nature, longevity and longevity."

He had a look of longing on his face. As one of the few hobbies he had in the army, he loved to read novels during his rest time, including romance, martial arts, fantasy, and cultivation of immortals.

My favorite are novels about cultivating immortals.

Chu Xuan pushed his glasses up: "So do you want to practice Taoism?"

"Can I?!" Wang Xia raised his voice.

"Wang Xia, how are you doing in advanced mathematics, calculus, and applied physics?" Chu Xuan continued to ask.

"Huh?" Wang Xia was stunned, his face pale. "Colonel, I haven't been to college. I don't quite understand what you're talking about in physics."

Chu Xuan explained: "Cultivation is not the mysterious and profound cultivation of immortals that you imagine."

“It’s a very complex scientific system.”

Chu Xuan looked around at everyone, and the collar projected a 3D image, and a crystal stone that had been taken from Lingkong Xu Pavilion appeared out of thin air in front of everyone.

Pointing at the image of the crystal, Chu Xuan said, "This crystal actually exists in the form of pure energy!"

"As we all know, in the physical universe, pure energy entities cannot exist on their own; they must rely on matter."

"But this crystal breaks the rules of physics. Not only does it truly exist in the form of pure energy, but it's also extremely stable. Even when I bombard it with high-energy particle beams, it doesn't change at all!"

"Wow!" Although many people didn't understand it, they still looked very impressive.

"Not only that."

Chu Xuan pointed at the image of the crystal and continued:
"Essentially, it's an information storage device that uses quantum entanglement and low-dimensional unfolding technology to record massive amounts of information with extremely high efficiency."

"This is an unprecedented method of storing energy and information. The amount of information stored in this palm-sized crystal is billions of times greater than all the information storage devices in the real world since the birth of mankind!"

"Wow——" Everyone still looked confused and impressed.

Chu Xuan sighed: "What I mean is, just such a small piece can record all the information of the entire earth, from microorganisms to humans."

"Wow!"

Now everyone understood.

Having said that, Chu Xuan changed the subject and said with regret:
"Unfortunately, due to its unique coding structure, even if I use a quantum computer to decipher it, it will take a very long time to fully decipher the information contained therein. At least, there is no possibility of completely deciphering it in the short term."

As he spoke, Chu Xuan grabbed the three-dimensional image of the crystal with both hands.

Suddenly, the image seemed to have a real entity and he could move it around in his hands at will.

Then, he stretched it to both sides, and the crystal was immediately magnified countless times. At the same time, the inside of the crystal was also magnified, and the details inside were suddenly displayed to everyone's eyes.

Inside the crystal, tiny and dense energy circuits were flowing at high speed along a very strange route.

Each energy circuit is entangled with each other, and each one is a two-dimensional "paper" with no height.

When no one is observing, the entire crystal is in a chaotic state.

But when someone looks closely, they can only see the information appearing in the direction they are observing.

"This is the quantum entangled state under dimensional expansion," Zhuang Boshi exclaimed. "A cultivator combining these two technologies, just for information storage, is truly unimaginable."

"Although there is still a long time before it is completely cracked. Any deciphering of the content will be a huge improvement for the team!" Chu Xuan said excitedly.

Zhuang Boshi laughed, "Chu Xuan, I've noticed that you sometimes get stuck in a rut."

"Why do we have to decipher these things? Can't we just read them directly?"

Chu Xuan's glasses reflected a light and he looked straight at Zhuang Boshi's forehead.

"Your Eye of Horus, can it even do this?"

"Horus may not be able to do it, but I can definitely do it." A divine light flashed on Zhuang Boshi's forehead, shining on a crystal piece.

It takes a certain amount of time for his spiritual light to adapt to various conditions. Combined with the true vision of the Eye of Horus, it can directly read the relevant information in the crystal.

Compared to Chu Xuan's scientific research of deciphering word by word and summarizing and organizing from an objective perspective, Zhuang Boshi is like a traditional cultivator, who reads directly with a sweep of his spiritual consciousness.

In an instant, the crystal seemed to melt and turned directly into a stream of energy that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and merged into Zhuang Boshi's divine light.

Zhuang Boshi closed his eyes, feeling the huge amount of information being stuffed into his brain. If he hadn't been used to it, his brain would probably have burst again.

"This is also a way to interpret crystals!" Chu Xuan's eyes became even more scorching.

"That's right. Just like a computer interface reads a hard drive and an optical drive reads a CD, a cultivator's crystal must also have a dedicated reading mechanism."

"Simply cracking it is both laborious and time-consuming. It seems we must develop specialized reading equipment!"

After a long while, Zhuang Boshi finally opened his eyes. He tapped his dizzy forehead and said, "I underestimated this thing."

"How is it, Doctor?" Zhao Yingkong asked nervously.

"It's okay. This chip records what should be called a technique." He said a little confusedly.

"Kung Fu?!" Zheng Zha's eyes lit up. "What kind of Kung Fu? Nine Profound Arts, or Eighty-Nine Profound Arts?" "Monkey wisdom!" Chu Xuan sneered. "Don't use your shallow understanding to describe the techniques of cultivators."

"Chu Xuan is right. Cultivation is not quite the same as what you imagine it to be." Zhuang Boshi also explained.

"Compared to the traditional cultivation of immortality, the idea of ​​refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, and refining emptiness into harmony with the Tao is to comprehend the way of heaven with one's heart."

"Cultivators are more like a group of immortal scientists."

"Huh?" Everyone was a little confused.

Zhuang Boshi went on to explain, "Cultivation is mainly divided into three elements. The first is Zhen Yuan Force, which is the foundation of a cultivator. This energy is different from other types of energy."

“The energy level is higher, stable, yet adaptable and pure.”

"This kind of system needs to be acquired through the evolution of 'foundation building'. Of course, you can use foundation building pills, or you can use other external forces to build the foundation."

"After building the foundation, a special type of mitochondria will be born in the cells. These mitochondria will produce true energy."

"Of course, under normal circumstances, cultivation will not conflict with bloodline, unless it is a very extreme bloodline."

"The second is the cultivation method, which is the crystal I just absorbed. It contains a technique called 'Tongtian Jue'."

Cheng Xiao said anxiously, "'Tongtian Jue', this name sounds very profound. Can I learn it?"

"Cheng Xiao, Wang Xia, if you really want to practice Taoism," Zhuang Boshi said, "you must be mentally prepared."

"Cultivation is not what you imagine, where you can achieve enlightenment in one day and ascend to heaven in the next."

"'Tong Tian Jue' is just a name I gave it so that you can understand it better." Zhuang Boshi explained to everyone.

"Specifically, the information contained in the crystals mainly consists of 32 papers in the series 'Research Papers on the Formation of Heavenly Grade First-Rank Golden Elixir in a High-Energy Environment,' and 1,480 citations to related papers!"

"Plus a miscellaneous collection of research logs, experimental diaries, work reports, formula calculations, various data analyses, and experimental records spanning over 1,300 years."

"There are also 100,052 Easter eggs left behind by researchers."

The other members of the Zhongzhou team began to turn green in the face.

"By the way, this first-grade heavenly grade does not refer to the quality of the golden elixir, but to the model of the golden elixir." Zhuang Boshi pointed out again.

"Golden elixirs are divided into grades one to nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, and are further divided into eight major categories, including heaven and earth, mysterious yellow, universe, and wilderness, with more than four hundred categories and seven thousand one hundred and twenty-one items."

"Well, there may be more, but the cited literature only records this."

"A first-grade golden elixir is not superior to a nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth-grade golden elixir. Instead, each is suitable for different occasions, different cultivators, and different purposes."

"It's like some people like Apple laptops, some like Alienware computers, and some use 4090s for gaming, but they don't need graphics cards of this specification for watching videos."

“Airplanes, trains, cars, and bicycles—none is more advanced than the others; they just have different applications.”

"They are applicable in different occasions and have different energy consumption, so there is no distinction between high and low."

"By the way, Tongtian means the name of the paper. It's the Tongtian Research Bureau, affiliated with the First-Class Rune Technology Institute under Honghuang Futu, abbreviated as Bureau 749."

"Huh?!" Everyone looked like they had seen a ghost.

Only Chu Xuan stood up, his face full of enthusiasm: "As expected, no matter how things change, they still remain essentially the same."

"Science is cultivation, and cultivation is science!"

“To achieve the truth is the process of pursuing the truth!!”

"Cough cough." Zhuang Boshi quickly faked coughing twice to interrupt Chu Xuan's enthusiasm.

He glanced at Cheng Xiao and Wang Xia, who were already lost in thought, and said, "This involves mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other knowledge that goes back countless years beyond the real world."

"If you want to cultivate, even at the most basic stage of Qi training, you must learn advanced mathematics, linear algebra, physics and chemistry, quantum mechanics, and a hundred other basic subjects."

"It's not the passing level of an average college student, but an academic level that surpasses the limits of real human beings by about fifty years."

"In other words, if you are prepared to practice Qigong, then in the real world, the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize will be within your reach."

"Besides, this is just the entry requirement, equivalent to the kindergarten entrance exam!"

"If you can't even pass this test, then there's no point in even getting started."

In the entire Zhongzhou team, except Chu Xuan, no one else loves studying.

Even Cheng Xiao, a college student military officer, turned pale and looked extremely miserable when he heard about advanced mathematics and linear algebra.

What’s more, there are Wang Xia, Zhang Jie, Lingdian, Zhu Wen who have never been to college, and Saito Yi, Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, and Ming Yanwei who studied liberal arts.

Only Zhao Yingkong, who was gifted and self-taught and had a doctorate degree, had some confidence.

Zhuang Boshi took a sip of tea and continued, "Oh, right, the last element is rune technology."

“Only cultivators who can master more than 180,000 runes can be considered to be in the true Golden Core stage.”

"As for the Nascent Soul, it may take more than five million runes."

"Only those who possess true energy, cultivation methods, and rune technology can be called cultivators."

"Those who only master two of these can only be considered fake practitioners."

"From this perspective, I can't even be considered a true cultivator."

Not to mention Zhuang Boshi himself, Luo Yinglong has not mastered rune technology and can only be considered a half-cultivator.

But he is really talented, and he can reach the Nascent Soul stage by relying on the cultivation methods and some magic tools.

"Can I stop learning?" Cheng Xiao asked confusedly.

"It's not that I'm afraid of difficulties, but I failed advanced math every year in college."

Wang Xia also backed off. He only graduated from high school, and reading the formulas was like reading an incomprehensible book.

Zhang Jie also felt the same way and sighed, "Can there be a simpler method? Don't say that we high school graduates can't understand it."

"If you ask college students like Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan to learn it, they probably won't be able to do it!"

Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan nodded quickly. One of them was in the Management Department, and the other was in the Chinese Department. They studied liberal arts and were not good at science.

Zhuang Boshi glanced around and found that there were very few people who could practice orthodox cultivation.

The Zhongzhou team, apart from other things, is not satisfactory in terms of academic qualifications. Half of the members have not attended college. For example, Zhao Yingkong and Lingdian don't even have a primary school diploma. One attended a family school, and the other simply taught himself.

"Don't panic, everyone. If we can't be real cultivators, we can still be fake cultivators." Zhuang Boshi encouraged.

"Cheng Xiao, you can choose a simpler way of cultivation. First, master your true energy. At worst, you can become a martial artist who can only chop people."

Cheng Xiao stammered a few words, but was finally scared off by advanced mathematics and linear algebra, and didn't dare to agree easily.

He may be a genius in cultivating immortals, but he can never be a genius in mathematics.

Mathematics will not lie. If you don’t know, you don’t know.

The story of a random math genius beating up the math prodigies from all the major sects only exists in exciting novels.

Zhuang Boshi looked at Zheng Zha, who gave an awkward smile, "I also failed advanced math in college, and I was in the liberal arts class in high school."

Zhuang Boshi was helpless. It seemed that for an ape like Zheng Zha, the magic cannon training method was more practical.

　One update today, a lot of things to do at the end of the year.

　　
　
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