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All those who aided the demon lord's cruel suppression of ordinary living beings received varying degrees of karmic fire punishment under the judgment of the divine seal.

Although there was no danger to their lives, it was still unpleasant. Accumulating merit and luck was already difficult, so how could they withstand the burning of karmic fire?

Fortunately, these demon realm lords were not qualified to have the legends of Qingyun Mountain work for them. Otherwise, just because of these punishments, leading to a decline in their luck and merit, they would be eliminated from Qingyun Mountain.

The passage of time would not stop for these people.

On this day, the Town Evil Department, the Merit Hall, and the Listening Tower jointly announced that the Taishi Transcendent Technology City had been completed.

This was a piece of news that everyone was looking forward to. It had been almost two years since the Dao Lord bestowed transcendent technology, and the first transcendent technology city was finally completed.

The construction ability of cultivators has always been strong, perhaps due to the potential carried in their genes.

These years have been a process of exploration and construction. They have built a brand-new cultivation civilization on the ruins.

Xuanhuang was like a designer who provided blueprints, but the cultivators completed the construction bit by bit.

The Transcendent Technology City was built in this way.

Because there was no energy and materials to start with transcendent technology, the replenishment of these aspects was entirely completed by cultivators.

Whether it was the array needed for energy or the materials needed for large machines, they were all refined by cultivators.

It cannot be regarded as a complete transcendent technology city in the full sense.

But this is irrelevant. The requirements of the Town Evil Department and the Merit Hall do not include these. The most important thing is to get it running first, and the shortcomings can be slowly made up for.

It doesn't matter if there is no energy and materials, it can be built bit by bit.

In a simple planning headquarters.

Han Wu and Xia Qing were still in charge.

"So far, the points spent have exceeded 80 million. If it really starts running, and until they are truly independent, it will take at least 20 to 30 million more. That is to say, the construction of a transcendent technology city costs at least 100 million points."

Xia Qing said with some emotion.

Compared to normal cultivation, a cultivator can do without points. If comprehending visualization diagrams and cultivation techniques doesn't require points, there are almost no expenses.

Of course, such cultivation will be very slow. Without external assistance such as elixirs and talismans, it will be very slow for cultivators to cultivate on their own.

However, slow is slow, at least it can run. Transcendent technology is not the same. There must be massive investment in the early stage.

"In this way, transcendent technology is difficult to compare with cultivation, unless we continue to invest endlessly as always," Xia Qing concluded.

"Yes!"

Han Wu nodded in agreement. Currently, apart from the two major departments, no other family has such financial resources and manpower to build a transcendent technology city.

Although due to the first time, insufficient experience caused a lot of waste, and many difficulties were overcome.

These expenses should actually be counted as research and development expenses, not real construction expenses.

But even if these are removed, it would still take at least 30 million points to build such a transcendent technology city.

Moreover, how to solve the manpower demand?

Even the Four Superpowers would find it difficult to mobilize the entire cultivation world to participate.

The best reward given by the Four Superpowers is points, but it is difficult to make so many cultivators willingly participate with just points.

There are many places to earn points, so there is no need to be this architect.

The Merit Hall and the Town Evil Department are different. Not to mention occupying a great reputation, the rewards they give are coveted by the Four Superpowers.

Various five-element spiritual objects, various Dao soldier pools, various innate spiritual intents, various domain enlightenments, various treasures on the blood sea burial grounds, and so on.

These are the fatal attractions that make the cultivation world willingly come to get rewards.

Because there is no second family selling these to the outside world except here.

Great reputation plus scarce resources, this is why they are willing to build Taishi City.

The Four Superpowers do not have such conditions.

"This is also the question I have been thinking about recently. How to keep the Transcendent Technology City running is very important. We can't keep investing in raising them. If this is the case, they will not have any competitiveness and will be eliminated."

"That's right, this is not the transcendent technology that the Dao Lord wants. If transcendent technology needs long-term feeding to persist, then such persistence is meaningless."

Although the two had built the Taishi Transcendent Technology City, they were also worried about the future of the Transcendent Technology City.

Only technology that can self-circulate, self-accumulate, and self-evolve can persist, otherwise it is a castle in the air.

"The management personnel of the Transcendent Technology City are very important. How is the selection going?" Han Wu asked.

This is very important. Whether or not they can be self-reliant depends on these management levels.

"They have been selected. There are cultivators and ordinary technology personnel. Overall, their abilities are okay. They stood out in this construction. They are all solid abilities."

"Have you asked them about their vision for the Technology City?" Han Wu asked again.

"I haven't, but I can feel that they look very confident," Xia Qing recalled.

"Oh?" Han Wu was very curious.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Why don't we call them together and ask them? The two of us are still thinking like cultivators. Many places of understanding and planning are not as clear as theirs, and they think differently. Perhaps they are the key to solving the problem."

"I think so too," Xia Qing nodded.

It's not that the two of them are not smart. It is impossible for them to occupy the position of the first deputy of the two major departments for a long time if they are not smart. This position is not indulged, but a solid ability.

But as Han Wu said, both of them are thinking like cultivators, and some places may not be clear.

Both of them have very decisive personalities.

They left as soon as they thought of it, and soon gathered a group of people. These people are the management team who will take over the management of the Transcendent Technology City.

If Zuo Qiuming were here, one of the young people would be very pleased. This young man is Ye Shou.

After a round of greetings, Han Wu and Xia Qing entered the topic.

"You are the first batch of management of the Taishi Technology City selected by us. Your abilities are good. We have also seen your performance in the past year. Now that the Technology City is about to be completed, the moment for you to fulfill your mission has arrived. Are you all ready?" Han Wu asked.

"Reporting to Minister Han Wu, we are ready."

The person who took the lead in answering was a cultivator, and also a second-order cultivator of Confucianism. This person also has a famous name called Doctor.

That's right, it is the founder of the Outer Scenery Spiritual Root Method, Confucian Doctor, one of the four geniuses of the past.

Daoist Wild Daoist, Buddhist Sweeping Monk, Confucian Doctor, and Yuan Tianchun of the past.

The four were once legends, and now they have become legends.

Each of them shines brightly in their respective fields, pioneering a system that belongs to them alone.

Starting from spirit rune materials, Doctor later obtained the Jianmu branch as his spirit root, something all Outer-Scenery Spirit Root Law cultivators were proud of.

Though he hadn't been showy these past years, not wielding power like Dream Cultivation Sweeping Monk and Origin Array Sect's Yuan Tianchun, no one dared underestimate him, and he held a high position in the Confucian school.

He was revered as the Patriarch by the Outer-Scenery Spirit Root Law lineage.

Being a scientist at heart, he quickly made a decision the moment he heard about the establishment of the Transcendent Tech City.

He resolutely left the Confucian school, becoming a newly independent cultivator.

The Confucian school initially opposed this decision, seeing it as a weakening of their forces.

Fortunately, Yan Lai agreed later. It's unknown what Yan Lai said to the others, but Doctor left the Confucian school, though not entirely. He became the nominal Vice-Sect Leader of the Confucian school, but without any actual power, merely a title.

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He chose to dedicate himself to the construction of the Transcendent Tech City.

At this point, everyone generally understood his thinking; it was the stirring of a scientist's heart.

After so many years, he still hadn't forgotten that he was a scientist.

Originally, all his achievements had started with scientific research, and now he was simply returning to his old profession.

With his Second Order cultivation, although he practiced the Outer-Scenery Spirit Root Law, he could store his spirit root in his dantian, allowing him to move freely.

It was just not as beneficial as placing the spirit root outside, such as in spirit mountains and great rivers with dense spiritual energy and luck, which would enhance both the spirit root and his own aptitude.

After dedicating himself to the construction of Transcendent Tech, it lived up to its legendary status; his existence solved many difficult problems.

It could be said that without him, Taishi Transcendent Tech City would never have been built so quickly.

He naturally became the first City Lord of Taishi Transcendent Tech City, a position everyone wholeheartedly accepted.

Both major departments were happy to see this outcome.

Entrusting such a large tech city to anyone was not easy; an ordinary person really couldn't hold it down, only a legendary figure like Doctor could manage.

He possessed both talent and strength, and his reputation was beyond question.

With such a City Lord, people could see hope.

"Since Doctor is so confident, we can rest assured, but..."

Han Wu changed the subject and asked, "There are still some questions I'd like to ask."

"Minister, please ask."

Han Wu said, "As you probably know, establishing the Transcendent Tech City is quite expensive, but that's just the initial setup. How to ensure it can operate and evolve in a self-sustaining cycle is still a difficult problem. Have you considered this aspect?"

Doctor knew about the astronomical number of merit points required for the expenses.

Even his old employer, the Confucian school, couldn't come up with such a sum.

As the Minister said, it's just been built, but how to operate it hasn't been resolved yet. No one can say for sure if it will become a bottomless pit.

But they, including Doctor and the management team, were confident. They had discussed this issue more than once.

"Reporting to the two Lords, we have considered it and have formed a positive cycle outline. We can't guarantee the specific implementation effect yet, but we are confident that we can achieve self-circulation and self-evolution."

Doctor said confidently.

"Oh?"

Han Wu and Xia Qing exchanged glances, both very satisfied.

"Explain in detail," Han Wu said.

"Yes!"

The reason why everyone was satisfied with Doctor as the City Lord was because he not only had great cultivation and reputation, but also management experience, experience in reporting to higher-level departments, and a calm and capable demeanor.

He was a comprehensive talent; even if he wasn't such a person before, he had been tempered into one over the years.

"Minister, Palace Lord, to solve the self-circulation of the Tech City, we must first have a clear positioning, which is: who do we serve first?"

"Mm!"

Han Wu and the other nodded, signaling him to continue.

"We must never serve the legends of Qingyun Mountain first, nor the cultivators of Nanshi and other top cities. These fellow cultivators are too high-end; we can't serve them for the time being, and we can't afford to serve them. Our first target is the endless middle and lower-level cultivators, even the bottom-level cultivators."

"Huh?"

Han Wu and Xia Qing seemed to suddenly realize something.

This was a blind spot; because of their status and cultivation, coupled with their lofty positions, all they could see were the legends of Qingyun Mountain and some experts, and they really overlooked the 80-90% of the population who were bottom-level people.

"Give a few specific examples, such as the Bursting Talisman. Almost all cultivators use this kind of spirit talisman, but almost all the cultivators who can use this talisman without changing their expression are either experts or have a lot of wealth, while the bottom-level cultivators are not like that. Every merit point they earn is extremely hard-earned, so how can they afford to use this kind of Bursting Talisman? We can provide high-quality and low-priced energy bombs."

This was an obvious example.

Hearing this, Han Wu and Xia Qing understood.

It wasn't that the Bursting Talisman was so important, but that this idea was very important.

They could produce energy bombs on an assembly line, and although the effect was very different from a real Bursting Talisman, having something to use was a world of difference from not being able to afford it.

"Also, some materials for spirit talismans, including spirit ink, etc., are how I started. We can mass-produce some transcendent chemical materials to replace the materials for refining spirit talismans, magical artifacts, etc. Again, our quality may not be good, but we have enough and it's cheap enough."

"Furthermore, we can even scientifically formulate and synthesize some bigu pills, that is, high-energy food, some standardized weapons, etc. These are all our products."

After saying these, there was no need to say anything else.

Although they were inferior, the demand was wide. High-level cultivators naturally looked down on them, but countless bottom-level cultivators would welcome them.

As long as a positive cycle was formed, they could completely improve the inferior products and gradually refine and advance.

"In addition, there is the ordinary human population. Although we can't develop evolution potions or gene potions in a short time, we can still do reinforcement, and as humanity progresses, diseases and viruses are also progressing. We can also overcome viruses with vaccines, etc. These are also very much needed by ordinary people."

Doctor mentioned an even broader group, the ordinary people.

Although this was an advancement, it was best not to get involved, but what was the purpose of transcendent technology?

It was important to understand that its appearance was completely different from that of cultivators.

Cultivation was an individual's hope, while technology was a holistic hope. Ordinary people avoided cultivators, but for transcendent technology, it was the best choice.

… … (End of this chapter)