Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 324 Satellite Launch Test
The dramatic changes that occurred in the Star Luo Empire did not affect the Tian Dou Plain, which remained a thriving place.

All the cities on the Tiandou Plain were connected as one, and the system left by the Tianhun Empire was completely replaced by enthusiasm. The people welcomed this wholeheartedly, and no one would dislike a more advanced regime.

The old city here began to be renovated and expanded, fully embracing the construction of soul tools. High-rise buildings and large shopping malls, soul tool factories sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

As many new cities began to be established, a labor shortage ensued.

Fortunately, the prosperity of the Tiandou Plains attracted a large number of people from the Tianhun Empire to settle here with their families. They were amazed by the development of the area and the unimaginable welfare benefits.

Because of the terrifying vitality of the emerald soil and the various magical soul skills of the soul masters, the grain yield was terrifying, the grain price was at an extremely low level, and the farmers were given a lot of subsidies.

To put it bluntly, the Tiandou Plain alone is enough to feed the entire Douluo Continent.

A young and middle-aged man can support his entire family through a normal job, and even have enough money to live on, think about and pursue more things.

It has a distinct feel of America's golden age in the 1980s and 90s.

On the Magic Network, the Tiandou Plain has become synonymous with civilization. Huo Yuhao doesn't even need to look for people; they start writing all sorts of outrageous little stories on their own.

For example, the passionate leader could stop the operation of the Soul Guidance Factory to save a cat, Xilu City is so clean that you can drink the toilet water directly, and all school-age children can go to school even if they don't have soul power. Well, that's true.

Various sights and news from the Tiandou Plain spread throughout the continent via the magic network and caravans, triggering waves of migration and a massive influx of people into the Tiandou Plain.

If you can be a human on the Tiandou Plain, who would want to go back to their hometown to be a dog?
The Heavenly Soul Empire saw this and was very anxious.

A large-scale loss of population is a major event for any country, especially a feudal imperial state like the Heavenly Soul Empire.

With everyone gone, who will the emperor and nobles rule? All those peasants have fled to the Tiandou Plain; who will cultivate the land, provide them with food and all sorts of delicacies? How will the large landowners and princes maintain their positions?
The Heavenly Soul Royal Family attempted to use forceful measures to limit population loss, but the matter was reported to Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy believes this is an act that violates the justice of the continent. Nobles should not restrict the freedom of commoners or arbitrarily deprive them of their freedom and lives. What is the difference between this and evil spirit masters? The inspection team was dispatched on the spot.

Of course, this is only the superficial reason. The main reason is that the population migration wave is beneficial to Shrek Academy. Shrek City is also expanding and is in short supply of labor, so it is eager for more immigrants to come.

However, the label of "evil soul master" is quite serious; even the Heavenly Soul Emperor wouldn't dare to wear it.

Shrek Academy was personally promoted as a holy land for Soul Masters by the Douluo Three Kingdoms. They declared you an evil Soul Master, and you had better really be an evil Soul Master.

Once someone is identified as an evil spirit master by Shrek Academy, they are basically no different from a rat crossing the street.

Now the Heavenly Soul Royal Family has gone from being stubborn to being caught in two traps, shooting themselves in the foot. If they had known this would happen, they wouldn't have supported Shrek Academy in the first place.

Now, Shrek Academy has firmly controlled the definition of "evil soul master," and I could easily be labeled as one.

If we take a step back now, the Heavenly Soul Empire's population is dwindling; if we take a step forward, we'll be branded as evil soul masters.

Emperor Tianhun felt worse than if he had eaten shit, not to mention that after the Star Luo Empire announced the Spirit Pagoda project, the god-level powerhouse Silver Dragon King and Emperor Tian personally came to the Tianhun Empire to persuade them to keep up with the times.

With several major powers serving the Heavenly Soul Empire, how could this be considered a small blessing?

But what can they do? They can only submit. If they want to rebel, they should go and see what the Tiger Might Mountains look like on the Magic Network now.

That's beyond what a Limit Douluo could do.

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"Professor Xuan, the research center is looking for you."

A petite girl carrying a stack of documents ran up to Xuan Ziwen, her bare chest heaving slightly, looking quite anxious.

This girl is named Keke. She is one of Xuan Ziwen's four students and came to Xilu City with Xuan Ziwen later.

Of Xuan Ziwen's four students, only two showed up: Zi Mu and Ke Ke.

The other two are Wang Shaojie and Ju Zi.

Otto has assigned Ju Zi to the military of the Sun Moon Empire. Wang Shaojie, being a member of the royal family, cannot leave the Sun Moon Empire, especially since he is also on Otto's death list. It's impossible for him to escape.

Xuan Ziwen had just come out of the computing center when he learned that the center had successfully developed the third-generation supercomputer, so he rushed over to check on the situation. The main architecture of the third-generation supercomputer is based on a high-precision integrated soul-guiding core array. By simulating the brain of a spirit-attribute soul master, it maximizes the mobilization of every inch of spiritual power, and combined with the latest computing logic, it achieves a calculation speed of eight quadrillion calculations per second.

This speed would be astonishing in the Douluo Continent, but compared to the quantum computers of the previous life, it's like a mayfly seeing the blue sky, and even inferior to traditional silicon-based supercomputers.

The third-generation supercomputer is roughly equivalent to the calculation speed of a Spirit Abyss Realm peak-level titled Douluo with spiritual attributes, who, without eating or drinking, without any other thoughts, devotes all his spiritual power to calculation, and whose logic is extremely clear.

Although it couldn't compare to his previous life, Huo Yuhao was still very happy to see the emergence of this kind of computer, which showed that the research center had found its own path.

While the supercomputer in Xilu City shares the same basic concepts as the computer in the previous life, its structure and even its implementation are completely different.

The research center insists on using mental power for computation, a method that is more compatible with intelligent life, and creating artificial intelligence in the future should be much easier than in the previous life.

Xuan Ziwen stared wide-eyed at the incredibly complex soul tool in the research center, which was practically the size of a small building.

Hundreds of millions of soul-guiding arrays can be activated simultaneously, each performing its own function, all for the same goal.

Every design element is meticulously calculated, and the cold metallic luster silently speaks of the beauty of the soul tool.

This is what a soul tool truly looks like! It's not the crudely constructed pile of materials found in the Sun Moon Empire, devoid of any mechanical aesthetics.

Xuan Ziwen couldn't even define this soul tool using the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool rating system.

The simple ranking of soul tools from level one to nine is too superficial and crude. Xuan Ziwen hadn't paid attention to this before, but after coming to Xilu City and learning about the soul tool concepts here, he realized that soul tools should not be defined by levels.

Every soul tool has its value; there is no inherent hierarchy among them.

Even the simplest glowing soul tool contains natural philosophy that is no less profound than that of a level nine soul tool.

Unfortunately, Xuan Ziwen had not yet fully mastered computer-related technologies and was unable to join the computer research and development team.

He was truly passionate about this field; looking at the terrifying computing speed, Xuan Ziwen felt that was the future.

Xuan Ziwen even imagined that if one day there were a computer with a computing speed close to infinite, could it calculate all the problems in the world?
Going even further, if we find the laws governing how everything works and put them all into computers, could we use computing power to observe or even lock onto the past and future of the world?
These conjectures lingered in his mind, and he really wanted to see just how far computers could develop.

"The research center contacted me? I understand."

"I am going now."

Xuan Ziwen immediately realized why the research center had contacted him; it must be because the satellite launch test was about to begin.

When Jing Hongchen first packed him up and sent him to Xilu City, he was a little worried that he wouldn't be valued or get any resources there.

After all, he was from an enemy country. Putting himself in their shoes, if the Douluo Three Kingdoms sent exchange students to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he wouldn't let them access the core technology.

Fortunately, Xilu City was far more open and generous than he had imagined. The laboratories were top-notch, and the experimental equipment exceeded his expectations.

He hasn't used a carving knife for months now; carving knives have been phased out here because they're too inefficient at carving soul-guiding arrays.

In the Sun and Moon Empire, many traditional Soul Masters would perform rituals before carving rare metals, praying for the Soul Master's delight so that the carving of the magic array would go smoothly.

If the carving goes wrong, at best the materials will be ruined, and at worst the soul tool will explode, sending the soul master to his death on the spot.

Letting Xuan Ziwen leave the computer now is worse than killing him. The computer is too convenient; it's like having a tireless, mission-oriented soul master like a bull or horse.

In the Sun Moon Empire, even if a spirit-attribute Soul Master is considered an ox or horse, they are the top-tier ox or horse, and only a hall master is worthy to command them.

Moreover, computers can automatically control the carving of soul-guiding arrays, which is much more precise and faster than manual carving.

Upon arriving in Xilu City, the research center immediately assigned him to a technical team whose main task was to develop satellites.

High-altitude exploration has always been Xuan Ziwen's forte. He did not expect Xilu City to be even bolder, actually wanting to send an artificial soul tool to the vacuum space.

Upon seeing the technical details, Xuan Ziwen knew he could never go back; the Sun Moon Empire should never contact him again.

Is there anything more exciting than building and launching a satellite yourself?
(End of this chapter)