Bengtie: A Genius's Out-of-the-Domain Idea

Lin Yi was taken aback: "So efficient? You really are something else."

It's only been a few days! This is a miracle of abundance; the people of the Celestial Ship must be utterly ashamed of themselves.

But if you put it in Ruan Mei's case... well, that makes sense.

Ruan Mei: "The form of that bountiful miracle has undergone a dramatic change due to the stimulation of the illusion. It has entered the growth stage from the juvenile stage, and even the top of the tree has begun to nurture divine fruit."

"I've given it a name, darling, see if it suits you—named after its shape: its leaves resemble mulberry leaves, and it suddenly soars upwards, as if reborn from the ashes... hence the name Fusang (Hibiscus)~"

Lin Yi pulled back a light screen to view the new posture of the Abundant Miracle, and this image was indeed as Ruan Mei had described.

And the name is quite coincidental; right outside "Shenxiao Space City" are the "Ten Golden Crows."

The names Lin Yi gave to those ten activated stars were—

"Yao Ling", "Yang Li", "He Yan", "Hao Huang", "Chi Hui", "Zhu Xi", "Dan Yang", "Yan Zhao", "Yu Xiang", "Ling Ye"

It was named after the Ten Golden Crows, and now with the addition of the Fusang tree, it's truly fitting.

Lin Yi nodded: "This name is very clever and quite suitable."

Ruan Mei: "The growth of hibiscus and the nurturing of its fruit both require vast amounts of nutrients and fertile soil. Even if left unattended, it can draw what it needs from 'abundance' and become self-sufficient."

"But if you want to accelerate its growth and the gestation of its divine essence, it would be best to prepare some primordial planets rich in life for it to absorb."

"This is similar to the fact that the Wingers belong to the Qiongsang."

Ugh~ I didn't succeed despite my efforts.

Chapter 226 But Ask the Prayer at the Spirit Tree

Ruan Mei: "The first phase of research didn't actually uncover much information. We could only determine the following points."

Ruan Mei brought up many screens, displaying a lot of relevant data.

For example, a comparison of similarities with other miracles of abundance (Green Vine/Jianmu/Qiongsang).

Green vines and Jianmu trees are the easiest to obtain; you can get as much of the relevant materials as you need. However, there are very few Qiongsang branches; the few available are ancient spoils of war delivered by the immortal ship.

This war of abundance will be a perfect opportunity to replenish our supplies—not only "Qiong Sang," but also "Lang Geng, Fu Tan Sui Geng, Gan Cheng Mo Gua Bu, and so on."

Ruan Mei: "I've sent you the detailed research. You can read it slowly later. These are just the brief highlights."

"The genetic similarity between Fusang and Qiongsang is extremely high, reaching 97.7%, to the point that they can even be considered to be of the same genus and species. There is a high probability that they can be grafted together and survive."

Two pairs of nearly identical genome slices were projected and magnified, revealing that only a few gene segments differed.

"I suspect this is also a major reason why the 'Wingmakers' lost their minds and mobilized their allied forces to attack 'Divine Firmament Space City.' Qiongsang is extremely important to them."

Lin Yi asked doubtfully, "But the Fusang plant was only planted not long ago. Even if there are traitors within the 'Divine Firmament Space City,' it's impossible that these traitors were so lucky as to secretly collect samples and send them out to the Wingmakers without everyone's knowledge. And the Wingmakers could have figured it out so quickly with such a small amount of scrap material, right?"

Lin Yi laughed as he spoke. Ruan Mei had only just begun to understand it. If the wing-makers could truly make the above conjectures, they would have obtained samples in such a short time and completed preliminary research based on such a small sample.

Then the "Genius Club" will probably be welcoming newly born geniuses.

Ruan Mei frowned, introducing another set of data: "I suspect that when Fusang was born, the remains of the Qiongsang beneath the Azure Stone Sanctuary of the 'Wingmaker' instinctively resonated with it."

"Perhaps it stems from the instinct for survival, a desire to devour similar beings without sacrificing oneself. Or perhaps it arises from a desire for abundant offering and sacrifice, a wish to sacrifice one's remaining body to become the resources for the rebirth of Fusang?"

Lin Yi nodded, agreeing with Ruan Mei's guess: "Indeed, that's more likely. The 'Wing Maker' has shared life with Qiong Sang for a long time, so understanding Qiong Sang's feelings shouldn't be difficult. Then, all they need to do is understand the current global event—the 'panacea.'"

"This way we can basically guess the source of Qiong Sang's palpitations. With a little investigation, we can lock onto the target and finally find it."

This guess is at least much more plausible than the previous one.

Ruan Mei shook her head: "It's a pity that Qiong Sang isn't here, so everything is just speculation and can't be verified. But if this speculation is true, there might be a mutually beneficial relationship between Qiong Sang and Fusang."

Lin Yi raised his hand: "That's simple. After the Bountiful War is over, Qiongsang will naturally become a spoil of war. Even if it doesn't become a spoil of war, it will still be accepted as war reparations. Then we can experiment with it."

After all... it's perfectly normal for people to plunder each other among the bountiful. Of course, if plundering miracles sparks a war, one must be prepared to pay the price, don't you think? — "Wing Maker".

Ruan Mei: "There's one more thing~ Darling, do you remember the scene when the 'God of Abundance' Apothecary performed the miracle? Every time the Apothecary performs a miracle, it's accompanied by a prayer."

"But this Fusang breaks with tradition; at least based on my investigation during the research period, no supplicants have been found in the 'Divine Firmament Space City.'"

"Aren't you curious, my dear? Is there more to this story? What's the truth? Is it really that the 'God of Abundance' broke with tradition, or are there some undiscovered supplicants hiding somewhere?"

"If it truly was the 'God of Abundance' who broke with convention, what internal factors drove this change?"

Ruan Mei raised a series of questions, questioning the real reason why Fusang was planted by the medicine master.

Lin Yi frowned, then shook his head: "I'm not quite sure. At the time, I was trapped in the time rift that was passively created due to my confrontation with Polka. I knew nothing about the outside world."

"To be honest, I initially overlooked or didn't pay much attention to this. Because the timing was similar to when I met the apothecary. With Qing Teng coming first, I thought this was also a favor from the apothecary."

"But thinking about it now, it does seem a bit off. If it was a creation given to me, then the apothecary shouldn't have said nothing, not even a single divine decree."

After all, whether it was the green vine given when researching the panacea, the elixir of salvation given when promoting the Envoy of Abundance, or the token given when parting with a broken branch that could summon the apothecary to make a wish.

The pharmacists were very considerate and provided explanations.

But Fusang didn't. During his audience with the Medicine Master, He didn't mention Fusang once; Lin Yi only learned of it from the Black Tower after they left...

Lin Yi: "I still tend to believe that there were other special supplicants who heard the prayers and received the miracles when the Medicine Master's gaze was fixed on this land."

"Proving this is quite simple. The spacetime anomaly data from that time has been preserved. We can analyze it, calculate the spacetime distortion, convert the time, and then compare the results."

Let's do it!

I have to say that the Phantom is really useful. You don't need to infuse it with Destiny Energy anymore, and you don't feel bad about building the "Phase Walker".

The "Phase Walker" in Lin Yi's hand emitted a faint, ethereal white light.

That's the halo generated by the secondary conversion and utilization of energy channeled during crystal computer calculations.

The crystal computer completed the calculation in a short time with all its power turned on.

Lin Yi drew a curve in the air and then drew a diagram that looked like an infinity symbol with one large and one small figure.

Lin Yi: "The constant of spacetime has been unfolded, and the result is now clear. As expected, the truth is exactly as guessed: the giant tree sprouted three minutes after I exited the 'Crossroads of Fate.'"

"The time difference was too short, and coupled with the confusion caused by the spacetime distortion, it was as if it were all happening at the same moment, which almost made me overlook this anomaly..."

Lin Yi: "Thank you, Ruan Mei. I will investigate this matter. But did you find any suspects during your investigation?"

Ruan Mei pondered for a moment, and indeed there was: "The existence of Fusang has increased the activity of the active stars outside the 'Shenxiao Space City' by 3%."

"I used Stephen's 'Variable Frequency Catcher' to capture 30 minutes of activating stellar light. During these 30 minutes, the hibiscus's growth rate increased, and its overall activity also improved. Furthermore, this was positively correlated with light intensity."

"Therefore, it can be preliminarily determined that a favorable symbiotic relationship exists between 'Fusang' and active stars, and its optimal planting location should be in space, coexisting with active stars and receiving saturated light."

Lin Yi: "You mean... the ones making the wishes are likely 'Yao Ling' and a few others? Heh~ that's interesting, shall we go ask them?"

*cough*, Chapter 2 is still being written.

Chapter 227 "Multifunctional Large-Scale Activated Star-Specific Electronic Equipment"

Ruan Mei nodded slightly; she was also quite interested—activating stars to pray to the God of Abundance, and the God of Abundance even responded to the prayer.

This is just...unbelievable.

Lin Yi opened a spatial portal and, in a flash, arrived near Yao Ling with Ruan Mei.

A gigantic device, comparable in size to a Dyson sphere, floated beside Yao Ling. It was a gift from Dongfang Qiqing to Yao Ling—a "multi-functional, large-scale, dedicated electronic device for activating stars."

Initially, Dongfang Qiqing only ordered one unit, but after seeing the hellish scene of ten stars almost touching each other, and learning that there were nine more such stars, Dongfang Qiqing urgently ordered nine more units overnight.

Yao Ling and the others aren't grouped up together anymore, but they're playing a multiplayer cooperative first-person shooter developed by "Interstellar Peace Corporation" called "Damn, I'm Surrounded by the Legion!"

This is a multiplayer cooperative online game where you play as a sea patrol ranger. It's quite popular right now, and Lin Yi has played a few rounds of it.

It's worth mentioning that this also includes a Portio character created with Portio's image license.

This collaboration was a win-win situation. As a notorious and highly wanted criminal with a huge bounty, Potio is quite popular, and the game happens to be based on that theme, making it a perfect fit. The game operations team received a generous performance bonus for this collaboration.

But Potio's motivation wasn't for any economic gain... well, at least not entirely.

Credits certainly played a part, but more importantly, the game operations team promised Potio that they would develop a mod that would replace "Legion" with "Company".

They are also willing to secretly provide a special code that can replace the final boss with "Oswaldo Schneider".

If you can't kill them in real life, you can experience it in the game first!

As for whether the head of the marketing department will be held accountable for this? Sorry, that's not within the scope of the game operations team's consideration.

"Interstellar Peace Company" isn't a monolithic entity either. You think your "Market Development Department" can cut down my "Traditional Projects Department"? You're so powerful! Go tell our Manager Tian!

Traditional project departments have always been neglected in Interstellar Peace Company. As long as they can achieve results, they don't care about such small matters when Supervisor Tian takes on them.

This specially made electronic device has a rather large screen, to be honest. Lin Yi glanced at the screen first, watched Yao Ling play for a few dozen seconds, and couldn't help but shake his head: "So bad~ This skill is even worse than Silver Wolf when he's in a panic and transforming."

Yao Ling was startled by the sudden appearance of Lin Yi and Ruan Mei, which manifested as a massive solar flare and solar wind on the planet.

The unique gravitational field, however, neutralized these ripples within a radius of tens of kilometers, preventing the magnetic storm and particles from affecting the outside world.

Lin Yi teased, "It seems you really like this equipment. You're so engrossed in it that I only noticed it after watching it for several dozen seconds."

Activating stars—special celestial life forms. Although Yao Ling and the others have relatively low intelligence, only equivalent to that of a normal 9-year-old human child.

However, as celestial life forms, their horizons and invisible gravitational pull will unfold on astronomical scales, far beyond human vision.

Correspondingly, their mental strength is also strong, and multitasking is a basic skill. After all, unlike humans, whose hormone secretion, heartbeat, breathing, and blinking are all automatic and require very little manual control.

Celestial life would truly have to operate manually in all aspects—gravity, magnetism, rotation, temperature... everything must be controlled autonomously, there is no automatic transmission.

But even with all that effort, Yao Ling didn't realize Lin Yi until now.

The allure of video games is just too strong; should we add an anti-addiction system? Lin Yi thought wickedly to himself.

Tear the umbrella! Tear the umbrella!

Yao Ling whimpered and waved to Lin Yi and Ruan Mei, even trying to come over and cuddle with them.

This is truly hardcore!

But this is too much to do! Lin Yi quickly stopped him: "Don't move around. Most people can't handle this kind of closeness. I'm not afraid, but I don't really want to bathe in the sun either."

Yao Ling let out a pitiful whimper.

Lin Yi comforted him, "It's okay. Not everyone is off-limits. I'll bring the Star Core Hunter's Blade with me next time. He can wear it then. He shouldn't mind."

Truly reborn from the ashes.

Yao Ling ignored the friendly greetings from his teammates and started searching for Star Core Hunter O Blade.

Lin Yi: "This silly goose~"

It's a joke to say that the star has taken on a human form and possesses some human-like qualities.

But those active stars like Yaoling are indeed somewhat human-like—

Ruan Mei also participated in the creation of these 10 activated stars. However, compared to Gaia, her intelligence is far too low.

When asked about celestial bodies with spirits, Gaia was even able to assist Ruan Mei in her research after repeated instruction.

However, the Yaolings could hardly speak complete sentences; they mostly expressed emotions, which were barely translated by synesthetic beacons.

However, it's not fair to blame them. The effort Lin Yi put into them was on a completely different level compared to the effort Ruan Mei put into Gaia.

Lin Yi saw that there was a chaotic star system with ten bodies in "Traltecourtli" and wanted to create a bodyguard or "watchdog" for fun and to modify the environment.

The spirit point experiment was conducted by combining multiple factors.

Gaia is a special experiment led by Ruan Mei after the Spirit Pointing Experiment—"creating innate geniuses and perfect life."

Ruan Mei put a lot of effort into this.

Lin Yi: "Yao Ling~ wait a minute. Listen to me, did you guys... recently..."

Lin Yi went to great lengths, but in the end he still used the old method—Memory Essence.

This made Yao Ling understand the problem.

Yes, it was indeed their wish to the apothecary. They wanted a place to live like the people in "Shenxiao Space City." They didn't want to keep drifting here like this.

A pharmacist moved by pure thoughts and prayers.

In fact, hibiscus is their nest.

Lin Yi exclaimed, "Wow, this really matches the mythology, doesn't it? What about Hou Yi who shot down the sun?"

Wait a minute! It can't be Lan who shoots, can it?

Well, it shouldn't be that bad.