From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 388 *Beep!* Haotian's barbarians are stealing your currency! [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

Although there is a joke circulating in many technological civilizations that "flesh and blood are weak, while machines are superior," in many areas of technological application, machines are far more suitable than flesh and blood.

Logically speaking, as long as the essence of life forms is still matter and has not entered the conceptual level, then the fact that life forms can survive safely in the universe at least shows that the universe itself is a super matter that transcends super life forms.

In other words, if you believe that the world exists based on matter, then there will always be matter, or material weapons, that are more powerful than your physical body.

Conversely, when you believe that the world is not necessarily dependent on matter, and that super life forms have already transcended matter and become conceptual, then your concept of life and matter have become two dimensions and cannot be affected.

Therefore, whether it is a technological civilization or a fantasy civilization, the upper limit of machinery is very high, or rather, the upper limit of matter.

Chen Hong didn't actually need any mechanical ascension; he just wanted to illustrate a point: at this stage, using secondary soul cores on soul tools is more efficient than using them on soul masters.

Living organisms are inherently complex and sophisticated systems, making them very difficult to modify. However, machines are different. Under the same logic of creation, the importance of a secondary soul core to a soul tool is no less than that of the heart to the human body.

What?

You're asking where the brain is?

Such a sophisticated and mysterious thing naturally needs to be paired with a soul bone spirit that is equally full of mysticism.

"Hiss..." Inside the Soto Soul Guidance Research Institute, Qian Daoliu was shocked upon hearing Chen Hong's explanation, and he couldn't help but gasp, reducing the power of the Snow Emperor for Douluo Star by a trace.

"Hmm." Suddenly, Qian Daoliu raised an eyebrow, looking at Chen Hong with a somewhat serious expression, and finally asked the question that Chen Hong had been eagerly anticipating: "So, can your current-grade soul core be used in soul tools?"

"Hehe." Hearing Qian Daoliu's question, Chen Hong didn't show surprise. Instead, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face. He turned his face towards Qian Daoliu and then asked with a smile, "What do you say, senior?"

Chen Hong previously believed that he could defeat the old Qian Daoliu (without any enhancements) head-on when his personal soul power reached the Soul Saint stage. Now, he feels that he has a chance to defeat the new Qian Daoliu (soul core + intent) head-on at the Soul Saint stage, relying on the accumulation of soul guidance technology over the years.

Even now, Chen Hong feels that if given a few years to research, he could potentially develop a level nine soul-guided battle armor using existing technology, and have a royal city PK with a peak Douluo like the level ninety-eight Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu fell into a long silence. After a long while, he slowly came back to his senses, looked at Chen Hong deeply, patted Chen Hong on the shoulder, and left with the words: "Do a good job, and tell me if you need anything."

After saying that, Qian Daoliu prepared to leave. Chen Hong had clearly watched every step with his own eyes, but for some reason, he suddenly couldn't understand it anymore.

"Please wait a moment, senior." Chen Hong called out to Qian Daoliu, who was about to leave, and waved to the big-headed doll floating above his laboratory. The doll immediately understood, and spatial fluctuations appeared around it. It disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the next moment, it reappeared on Chen Hong's shoulder, holding a fist-sized white crystal.

Chen Hong took the brand-new ignorant bone spirit [Angel] from the big-headed doll [Huang] and handed it to Qian Daoliu, who looked puzzled.

Qian Daoliu took the familiar yet unfamiliar jade swan soul bone from Chen Hong with a blank expression, and asked in confusion, "This jade swan?"

Qian Daoliu gave Chen Hong a total of three soul bones, representing the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Xuanming Turtle, and the Emerald Swan.

The Jade Swan Soul Bone was originally carried by Qian Renxue, helping her to disguise her Holy Six-Winged Angel as the Jade Swan, a martial soul of the Heaven Dou Royal Family. However, as Qian Renxue's disguise became stable, the Jade Swan Soul Bone became less important, so it was retrieved by Qian Daoliu, who wanted Chen Hong to help refine it into a bone spirit.

This jade swan soul bone is the most similar to the six-winged angel's soul bone. Above that is the Spirit Hall's Angelic Armor, something Qian Daoliu doesn't dare to covet. Initially, Qian Daoliu didn't know Chen Hong could refine the power of faith, so he planned to use the new soul spirit [Angel] as an information anchor for the ancient city of Spirit City to modernize. However, now that Qian Daoliu understands Chen Hong's method of refining the power of faith, he plans to use [Angel] to create a divine kingdom of faith for Qian Renxue.

Although he was puzzled as to why there were so many "fanatics" in the Soto spiritual network, making Soto City's two million people equivalent to an empire with ten million people, Qian Daoliu decided to create a "pseudo-god kingdom" for Qian Renxue based on the principle of joining if you can't beat them.

Soto Netizen A: Big Head Kid! Why is there no internet again?!

Soto Netizen B: Why is the internet lagging again? Hey, Big Head Kid, stop running around everywhere!

Chen Hong can directly refine the power of faith using his special soul skill, but Qian Renxue cannot. However, as the chosen successor of the angels from birth, Qian Renxue possesses the ability to absorb the power of faith. This is why, in Qian Daoliu's eyes, Chen Hong's trait is 'faith specialization,' while Qian Renxue's is 'faith perception.'

The second soul bone, the Xuanming Turtle Soul Bone, was the one that Chen Hong took to the Sea Soul Islands. It was the first to be awakened, and the second was the Angel.

The third soul bone, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Soul Bone, is currently being mined, leveled up, and nurtured in the Soto Spiritual Network. Its current location is unclear and will only be known after the Blue Lightning Soul Bone awakens. However, Chen Hong believes that after the Blue Lightning Soul Bone awakens, he might be able to take the opportunity to subdue the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan.

Thus, the three sects above, Qibao and Landian, were all incorporated into the power blueprint of the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

The remaining Haotian barbarians... well, those barbarians seem to be using Title Douluo to steal the Merchant Guild's new Soul Coins lately. Something they're capable of doing.

"But... why has it changed so much?" Qian Daoliu held the white crystal [Angel], his expression somewhat dazed.

If I remember correctly, his Emerald Swan Soul Bone was a head soul bone, right?

Unexpectedly, Chen Hong, who was feeling frustrated that Haotian Barbarian was making a fortune in silence, first rolled his eyes at Qian Daoliu upon hearing this. If he could do that...

Then he said, "The soul ring system is all fake, so why bother with the soul bone system?"

After about half a month of traveling and nearly a week of recuperation, I've finally started to get back into the swing of writing. My writing habit, which I'd maintained for over a year, was completely disrupted by that half-month of traveling, and I'm only now slowly coming back to my senses. I'll make up for yesterday's chapter.

(End of this chapter)