Douluo Continent: I ushered in this era

Chu Ci controlled the spider robot to puncture a small box in its abdomen, and a black, unidentified liquid flowed out of the small box, quickly spreading all over the spider robot's body.

A miraculous scene unfolded: the spider robot instantly turned into fine gray powder, which was then blown away by the wind and disappeared into the air.

The body was destroyed to cover up the crime, and no one in the world except Chu Ci himself knew that the Tang Clan's secrets had been stolen once.

After doing all this, Chu Ci began to browse the Tang Clan's internal secrets that she had obtained.

The gains this time were substantial. It can be said that, apart from the most fundamental aspects of the Tang Clan recorded on paper, most of the Tang Clan's internal information was stolen.

Looking at the Tang Sect's internal documents, Chu Ci's eyelids twitched. Double-digit level nine mecha manufacturers, level nine mecha designers, and top-tier mecha arsenals—even the Federation might not have such a powerful force.

Especially considering that even military forces like the Mech Armory and the Temple of War have only a handful of such facilities, the Tang Clan has a full sixteen, and that's the highest level. Countless smaller ones exist as well.

Chu Ci knew that the Tang Clan's power was terrifying, but he didn't expect it to be this terrifying; they could really rebel at any time.

What chilled Chu Ci to the bone was that these arsenals were all built underground in the city.

In any city of any significant size, the area about 500 meters underground has been hollowed out. It's truly a world where the Federation exists above ground and the Tang Clan exists underground.

If the Tang Sect were to excavate like this, the ground would have collapsed long ago if Douluo Continent weren't a transcendent world.

What angered Chu Ci the most was that the arsenal produced powerful weapons such as soul-guided cannon shells. The manufacturing of these weapons had a certain probability of going out of control, and a significant portion of the defenses that the Tang Sect had set up for the arsenal would be unable to withstand the explosions that would occur if the arsenal went out of control. This could potentially kill the entire city.

Chu Ci looked at the information about the arsenal on the screen, pursed her lips tightly, and saved this information separately.

If this information were to leak out, everyone in the Federation would likely be restless and anxious, and the mainland would probably be thrown into turmoil immediately.

After much deliberation, Chu Ci did not choose to reveal this information.

There's no other reason than that doing so would have far too great an impact. If things go wrong, the Federation would be plunged into bloodshed and widespread devastation.

Building arms factories without authorization, or even building them all over the continent, would be considered treason in any country.

If the Federation knew this information, it would definitely take action. The Tang Clan would certainly not sit idly by and would retaliate. The battle would be extremely fierce, but the Federation could not bear the consequences, nor was it within Chu Ci's expectations.

Given the Tang Clan's nature, they would rather destroy the arsenal than hand it over to others, but the major powers within the Federation definitely want it, and a struggle between the two sides is inevitable.

Most importantly, the arsenal is built underground in the city, not in the suburbs. If the two sides were to clash at the arsenal, the entire Federation would likely be ablaze with fireworks due to the explosion.

By the time the fighting is over, the Federation will probably be almost finished.

The Federation can be destroyed, since Chu Ci doesn't care about it anyway, but not now.

The current Chu Ci is not strong enough and needs a large amount of resources to strengthen its power. The War God Temple can obtain a large amount of precious resources from the Federation to provide to the weaker Chu Ci. From this perspective, the Federation is still quite useful to Chu Ci.

In short, let the Tang Clan's arsenal take its course. We can make a move on it when the opportunity arises, but for Chu Ci at this stage, the most important thing is to become stronger. Everything else can wait.

Besides the information on the arsenal and the powerful figures of the Tang Clan, what interested Chu Ci the most was the Tang Clan's advanced soul tool technology.

Soul tools have always been one of the main focuses of the Tang Sect. After ten thousand years of development, the Tang Sect is almost unmatched in the field of soul tools. The Tang Sect has participated in the manufacturing process of the most powerful top-level soul tools in the entire Federation to some extent.

This part of the information was the biggest gain from this infiltration of the Chu Ci (Songs of Chu).

Chu Ci quickly browsed through the stolen Tang Sect information and gained a lot. He had a clearer understanding of the overall strength of the Tang Sect, and Taiyi's database was also supplemented.

……

The next day, all the first-year students who had gone out to take assessments had returned. Inside the classroom, Shen Yi began the final end-of-term summary.

This year's assessment has undergone significant changes, causing many students who thought they were well-prepared to stumble.

Many students were severely taught a lesson by students from the "trash" academies they had always looked down upon.

For example, at the first stop of Chu Ci's group, the Heavenly Dou Soul Master Academy, Zou Yu and Tan Lanchu went on a killing spree. With their exceptional talent and age advantage, almost every Shrek Academy student who chose the Heavenly Dou Soul Master Academy was taught a lesson by the two of them.

Zou Yu had talked about this with Chu Ci. The kid regained the confidence he had lost after being severely defeated by Chu Ci through a series of victories.

Of course, it also made Zou Yu realize just how terrifying the Chu Ci (Songs of Chu) truly was.

Especially after witnessing Chu Ci's performance at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, the two began to communicate more frequently, and Zou Yu expressed a strong desire to join the War God Temple after graduation.

Returning to the first-year students of Shrek Academy, although many were defeated and had points deducted, Chu Ci's group, after defeating the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, received a bonus of extra points for the entire class, just like in the original story. Many students who were on the verge of elimination received a boost and successfully passed the assessment.

……

Chu Ci accompanied Gu Yue quietly along the academy's main road, escorting her all the way to the academy gate.

"See you in a month, Gu Yue," Chu Ci said gently, his eyes warm.

Gu Yue gave a bright smile and said softly, "Okay, see you next semester."

A luxury car stopped in front of the two of them. Gu Yue waved and turned to get into the car.

Watching the luxury car speed away, Chu Ci smiled knowingly.

Chu Ci's heart stirred as she sensed two familiar auras behind her. She suppressed her smile, turned around to look at the man and woman behind her, and said calmly, "Wu Siduo, Luo Guixing."

Chapter 129 Return to Mingdu, Soul Gathering Successfully

"Class monitor!" Wu Siduo and Luo Guixing called out in unison.

Chu Ci nodded slightly, his gaze falling on Luo Guixing, and asked, "Are you sure? Once you join the Temple of War Gods, it won't be so easy to leave."

Luo Guixing put away his usual gentle smile, put on a helpless expression, spread his hands, and said, "My greatest strength is that I know how to be pragmatic. If there's a powerful figure around, I'll definitely stick with them."

“Okay,” Chu Ci nodded. It just so happened that the team he was building in the War God Temple lacked an excellent control-type Soul Master.

Although Zhang Yangzi is a control-type Soul Master, the strength of his Martial Soul is clearly inferior to the others. His greatest strength lies in his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Wang Jinxi.

"Are you going home first, or coming directly back to the Temple of War with me?" Chu Ci asked.

Wu Siduo said calmly, "My home is on the Star Luo Continent, which is too far away. I only have a month's vacation, so I won't go back."

"Hehe, I've already told my family that I'll be cultivating away from home for now, and I'll go back to see them during the last few days of my vacation," Luo Guixing said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go." Chu Ci led the two to Long Tianwu, and Long Tianwu escorted them all the way back to the Temple of the God of War.

……

In the underground soul guidance laboratory of the Chu Group, Chu Ci stared intently at a complex-looking, technologically advanced machine in front of him.

"Taiyi, how's the extraction of the source going?"

Taiyi's cold, mechanical voice rang out, "The fire element source within the Flame Essence has been fully extracted."

The Source is a core energy source extracted from metals, and the Eternal Heaven, a level 12 fixed-position soul-guided artillery shell, is composed of it.

The sources can generate chain reactions, causing fusion and releasing the contained energy exponentially, which is very similar to nuclear fission and nuclear fusion in the past.

Therefore, in order to create a reactor with a massive amount of soul power, Chu Ci set his sights on the Source.

In order to obtain a circulating soul guidance array that could utilize the source, Chu Ci slept on the floor outside Guan Yue's office for more than a week before Guan Yue finally relented and gave him a very small portion of the source circulating soul guidance array.

What Guan Yue gave, plus some minor details from the Tang Sect's materials, was enough for Chu Ci, who possessed the Scales of God.

Chu Ci's eyes burned with fervor; the Soul Gathering Plan was about to be completed.

Chu Ci pressed a few buttons on the control panel, and the little sun, known as Dongjun No. 1, rose from the experimental platform.

Under the control of the robotic arm, Dongjun No. 1 slowly split into more than fifty parts of different shapes.

Taiyi's voice continued, "After a year of experimentation, the structure of Dongjun No. 1 can perfectly maintain the stability of a large amount of soul power, and can serve as a carrier for a soul power fusion reactor."

"Begin setting up the Source Circulation Soul Guidance Array," Chu Ci calmly issued the command.

Under Taiyi's control, countless mechanical arms rose up, forming a soul-guiding array and placing the source in the designated position. A wave of scorching fire element rushed towards them, and drops of hot sweat slid down their foreheads.

Under the influence of the Source Circulation Soul Guidance Array, pieces of fire element source from the Flame Essence slowly merged together, and violent soul power fluctuations erupted underground, but were perfectly blocked by the soul guidance shield that rose from the experimental platform.

The components of Dongjun-1 closely followed, merging and gathering with the source, precisely splicing under Taiyi's control, and slowly enveloping the reacting source.

The soul-guided array folded and shrank to its smallest size. A screw fell from Dongjun No. 1, and a small sun, about one meter in diameter and radiating a strong crimson light, appeared in front of Chu Ci.

Looking at the little sun in front of him, Chu Ci suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "Taiyi, continue the experiment."

Two thick, long wires extend out one end and connect to the small sun, and the other end connects to a huge machine.

This machine looks unremarkable and useless, and in fact, it really is useless.

Its only characteristic is that it can't do anything when it's in operation, but its soul power is consumed exceptionally quickly.

"Soul Fusion Reactor No. 1, codenamed 'Dongjun No. 1,' is starting to transfer soul power."

As Taiyi gave the command, the little sun, also known as Dongjun, burst forth with dazzling light. Soul power containing rich fire element flowed out from the little sun and surged into the large machine that had no power.

The machine roared, and the blue bar for storing soul power on the display screen was filled in just ten seconds.

At this moment, Taiyi cut off the transmission of soul power, and the light of the little sun gradually dimmed.

"Experiment duration: ten seconds. Dongjun No. 1 consumed less than one-tenth of its soul power."

"In conclusion, the experiment was a success, Dongjun was successfully developed, and the Soul Gathering Project is complete!"

In the end, Taiyi's cold, mechanical voice subtly revealed a hint of joy.

"Perfect!" Chu Ci snapped his fingers, his eyes filled with confidence and arrogance.

Once the soul fusion reactor is completed, Chu Ci will have a lot more to do.

For example, Chu Ci's laboratory requires a huge amount of energy, which results in enormous daily expenses for the Chu Group. However, with the Soul Power Fusion Reactor, Chu Ci can reduce these expenses by more than 60%, and the savings can support him in conducting many other experiments.

Take soul tools for example. Many top-tier soul tools share a common characteristic: they are bulky and difficult to move. They also consume a lot of energy, requiring a long time to replenish their energy after each use.

But with the Soul Fusion Reactor, everything is different. Its small size, light weight, and extremely high capacity for storing Soul Power make it a perfect solution to these problems.

With the Soul Power Fusion Reactor as a foundation, Chu Ci can be bolder in its research on Soul Guidance Devices in the future.

Following the same method, Chu Ci chose to recreate a small sun by extracting the source of the magic crystal.

Because the energy within a magic crystal is the most balanced, unlike a flame essence where a certain element is too prominent, it is very suitable for use as the purest energy source.

Chu Ci officially named this small sun, constructed from the source of magic crystals, Dongjun, and equipped it in the Soul Guidance Laboratory to provide energy for machines such as the Hetu Supercomputer, the Soul Guidance Alchemy Furnace, and the Soul Spirit Cultivation Equipment.

After I finished doing all this, a message suddenly popped up on my phone.

"gather!"

Chu Ci smiled slightly, quickly left the underground soul guidance laboratory, and arrived at the headquarters of the War God Temple.

"Boss!"

As soon as Chu Ci entered the War God Hall, a loud shout came from behind him. Luo Hongchen suddenly appeared out of nowhere and blocked Chu Ci's way.

Luo Hongchen handed a soul-guiding array to Chu Ci as if it were a priceless treasure, "Boss, what do you think of this one I carved?"

Chu Ci glanced at it and nodded slightly, "Hmm, the connections are all done quite well."