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Chapter 243 Soto Mental Network! Activated! [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

Finally, at noon one day, a strange, invisible spiritual fluctuation slowly spread throughout Soto City. Against the backdrop of the weak spiritual energy released by the instincts of millions of living beings, and with the spirit machine baby [Huang] as the first-generation root server, an invisible giant net called 'Soto' was slowly weaving in the sky above Soto City.

Soto Spiritual Network! Activate!

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The weak mental energy field within the tranquil city of Soto seemed to have encountered some kind of chain reaction, causing a huge ripple effect. Like a domino effect, it began to be activated, and the still waters began to ripple. Almost every Soul Master in the city wearing a Soul Device with goggles could sense that the world in their eyes was quietly changing!

"I see it! I see it! So many illusory projections, so many illusory projections in the air!"

In the bustling city of Soto, countless Soul Masters carrying Battle Soul Devices walking through the streets couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

From their perspective using their battle spirit devices, they saw the faint spiritual energy permeating the air sketching out illusory screens in front of them, displaying small sections such as forums, knowledge bases, and film and television zones.

"Hahaha! Is this the legendary interface? I heard that as long as you concentrate your mental energy and click on one place, you can see different things inside!" A Soul Master wearing goggles and a Soul Device kept gesturing rapidly at the empty air in front of him, muttering to himself.

"Quick, quick! Let me try it too!"

"Alright, it's my turn to play!"

The Technology Chamber of Commerce currently has a limited production of the Goggles Battle Soul Device. Only 10,000 sets can be sold in the first batch. Soul Masters and ordinary people who cannot buy them can only wait for the next batch of goods or borrow other people's Goggles Battle Soul Devices to play together.

Ten thousand sets of protective goggles were looted by various Soul Master forces and wealthy merchants in Soto City in less than half an hour. This was because online shopping had not yet appeared in this world, and the Technology Merchants Association had added a purchase limit to all those who bought the protective goggles in order to allow more people to experience the Soto network world. That is, each person could only buy a maximum of five sets at a time.

Therefore, given the limitations of physical stores, purchase restrictions, and the waiting debuffs caused by crowds, it was quite fast for 10,000 sets of the protective goggles to sell out within half an hour.

"Ahhh! Tech Chamber of Commerce, hurry up and ramp up production!" Someone had been queuing up overnight, and just as it was about to be his turn, he suddenly saw a "Sold Out" sign hanging outside the Tech Chamber of Commerce's shop in front of him. He immediately banged his head on the ground, heartbroken.

"Huh? What is data traffic? Top up? What the hell does this cost money? Technology Chamber of Commerce, don't you have a conscience? It consumes mental energy to top up??? In the end, it's practically free!" Some Soul Masters and civilians who had purchased the Goggles Battle Soul Device began to realize that the Soto Mental Network built by the Technology Chamber of Commerce seemed to require payment.

However, based on the prompts inside the goggles' battle spirit device (an announcement issued by [Huang] that everyone in the mental network could see for free), people finally realized what exactly the 'traffic' required by the mental network was.

For example, if you want to read a certain book, read a certain sentence, or watch a certain video, you need to consume the corresponding volume of mental data flow in order to receive that data in the mental network.

The specific process is as follows: Information prompt -- Netizen applies to receive -- [Huang] transmits the data -- Netizen successfully receives and sees the spiritual signal content.

Because normal people cannot transmit the messages carried by their mental energy signals that far and ensure that the information is not distorted, it is necessary to rely on the power of beings who can freely move in the weak mental field generated by the biological activities of Soto City, such as [Huang] and Chen Hong, to decode and then complete the data transmission.

To reduce the mental burden on netizens, all the data that netizens see in the mental network, before being decoded by [Huang], are just basic mental '01's, serving only as prompts to tell others that a message exists here.

Compared to using mental power to transmit a long and complex string of text to other places, it is much easier for netizens to simply transmit a basic mental element to other places.

All activities of netizens on the spiritual network require the consumption of a most basic thing: spiritual data traffic, which is Chen Hong's patent fee and [Huang]'s overtime pay.

When people first saw that this mental network required money, there were some complaints from the crowd. However, when they discovered that this money was not actually spent, but rather consumed their mental energy that they could recover on their own every day, the songs of praise from the Technology Chamber of Commerce resounded throughout the city of Soto once again!

Recharge with mental energy? The kind of thing that replenishes daily? Rounding it up, isn't that basically free stuff?!

Since almost everyone is a producer of mental energy, and the production cost is infinitely close to zero, people have expressed strong support for the Technology Chamber of Commerce's "fee-based" model!

In Chen Hong's technological courtyard in Soto City, Chen Hong was lounging lazily in a grand chair by the pond, flipping through a manuscript titled "Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms." Beside him sat a handsome young man in white, wearing goggles and a battle spirit device. A small head peeked out from behind a rock in the pond, secretly observing the young man in white.

"Your thing is truly amazing!" After a long while, the white-robed young man, Qian Daoliu, slowly removed the protective goggles and battle spirit device from his face, his golden, majestic eyes filled with amazement at Chen Hong.

"If we can achieve communication between the two places, then this thing can truly change the lives of everyone on the mainland!" Qian Daoliu looked at Chen Hong, who was swaying in the armchair beside him, and sincerely praised him. Then he poured himself a bowl of tea.

The release of such a bizarre and intriguing new product by the Technology Chamber of Commerce attracted the attention of the entire continent, including Qian Daoliu, who was naturally drawn to the event.

"If we have enough soul bones to serve as the root server for the spiritual network, then establishing a cross-regional communication network like what you mentioned is not impossible. At least, there is theoretical potential." Chen Hong closed the "Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms" in his hand, then turned to Qian Daoliu and smiled.

Chen Hong wasn't too surprised that Qian Daoliu was here, but he was still pleasantly surprised.

After all, Chen Hong always felt exceptionally safe when he was with Qian Daoliu.

Even if Tang Hao came, the Clear Sky Hammer would shrink into a Clear Sky Bamboo Shoot.

(End of this chapter)