Give Douluo a technological shock

Even if he were to become a cartoon version of "Octopus Brother," for Xiao Hongchen, the thought of personally dissecting "Octopus Brother" would still be an unimaginable and terrifying scene.

“Okay, continue.” Facing Xiao Hongchen, who wanted to slack off, Chen Fu nodded and said, “Remember, cut along the lines Youlan gave you, and make sure they look nice. These energy patterns are the source of the soul guide inscriptions for the soul guide. Don’t be picky. With this learning opportunity, it won’t be difficult for you to advance directly to your level nine soul guide master.”

To this, Xiao Hongchen could only give a wry smile and a weak "oh".

However, when he looked at Huo Yuhao beside him, who was recording the special energy patterns on "Octopus Brother's" body in his Soul Guidance Notebook, and saw his numb expression, Xiao Hongchen felt a little better.

'Luckily, I still have a fellow sufferer,' he thought to himself.

At the same time, he felt that if there were something that could monitor "cognitive anchors" in real time, then numbers would definitely be constantly flashing above his and Huo Yuhao's heads:

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Leaving aside the fact that Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao, the two interns whose internships lasted two and a half days, were constantly bubbling with "-1" in their heads, Xiong Jun, who had just walked in with his head held high and an air of arrogance, turned and left without looking back after putting down the can of food containing Mu En. He came in with great strides and left with great strides, without a trace of regret or leaving a trace behind.

At this moment, in the cubicle that Chen Fu had specially prepared for those with weaker mental fortitude, all the top executives of Xingdou Absolute had arrived and were silently gathered around the Moon brand canned food. No one knew what to say, or rather, how to say it.

The wise dragon king Gu Yuena, the increasingly long-titled beast god Di Tian, ​​the Heavenly Dao dog internet administrator Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, the polar representative Snow Empress with extremely low presence, Long Xiaoyao who hasn't been stuffed into the Long Xiaoyao Cannon to live on another planet and doesn't have a martial soul true body, and the young but already has white hair and is the shortest compared to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, all of them stared at each other with wide eyes, looking at Mu En who was put into the jar, each with different thoughts in their hearts.

It wasn't until she saw Chen Fu walk in that Gu Yuena couldn't help but ask first, "Chen Fu, this stuff is so polluting. If something goes wrong, the Star Dou Great Forest might not be able to survive at all, right?"

The leaked aura earlier was because everyone discovered that the laws emanating from "Octopus Brother" possessed a strong corrupting effect. So, they opened a crack in the mental energy sealing array that everyone had worked together to create, and used the people outside to test the effect.

Good heavens, that tiny, insignificant leak of energy almost caused Xingdou to exceed its reasonable loss reporting quota for this year.

Even a wisp of energy can affect the emotions of an ordinary person. If one were directly exposed to this strange power, they might just think, "I'm not human anymore!"

However, facing Gu Yuena's concerns about her home base, the Star Dou Great Forest, Chen Fu removed her gloves, which were stained with red dye, and replied with a complicated expression, "Who knew this guy would just explode like that? It's not good for these scattered, perhaps [Abyss Sea] power auras to keep lingering in Star Dou City. There's no other way but to try it on Mu En and see if he can absorb it. We'll also see if we can work on that life embryo born from destruction to share the burden of the Abyss Sea Law's erosion on Mu En."

From Chen Fu's words, we can learn that they originally planned to do some research on the Abyss Sea Demon Emperor Zhang, also known as "Octopus Brother," to see why this guy's realm was so high yet he was like a wild beast, and at the same time to see what was going on with the power in this guy that was almost identical to that of the pitiful Mu En.

As a result, "Octopus Brother" was tough and just exploded.

Of course, this explosion is on a mental level. On a physical level, it's completely suppressed by [Azure]. Any high-energy reaction is forcibly targeted at microscopic particles, cutting off the path for a chain reaction to self-destruct. It can only cause small bubbles to explode, slightly interfering with Chen Fu's dissection progress. This level of interference is like being pinned to the ground by a strong man, one hand covering your mouth and the other your buttocks, but you can't withstand the opponent targeting you with both hands against your one hand. You can only look ahead and behind, crying out "Brother Jie, no!"—that kind of profound helplessness.

Yes, the words may be crude, but the principle is sound; that's the gist of the matter.

Therefore, "Octopus Brother" directly self-destructed, and the highly polluting aura of law contained within it overflowed uncontrollably. Chen Fu had no choice but to gather his friends to seal it together, otherwise his Star City would already be full of "squid babies" crawling everywhere.

"Hey, you!" Hearing Chen Fu say that, Gu Yuena was a little annoyed and wanted to accuse Chen Fu of having no sense of safety at all, bringing such a big bag of rotten eggs home. But when she thought that she was the deliveryman for those rotten eggs, she immediately deflated and could only helplessly ask, "Are you sure you're safe now?"

“Yes, scientific research is a journey of exploring the unknown.” Chen Fu walked to Moon’s can, wiped the transparent glass, looked at Moon’s high-quality sleep inside, like a baby, and then said to Gu Yuena:

"We must always have a heart that dares to explore the unknown. Nothing is 100% successful. Even with a 99.9% success rate, there is always the possibility of failure. For most people, 99.9% is a heavy 100% when it comes to an individual."

Just like before challenging a god, everyone would think that the god is invincible, unbeatable, and an existence that mortals can never touch.

The result was that a mortal, at almost the same level, crushed a god-proving person from ten thousand years ago in his prime.

"The new generation always surpasses the old, Gu Yuena. It's rare to find a perfect solution in this world. In life, one can choose to live wisely or foolishly; in death, one can choose to die quietly or passionately. The grandeur of life lies in the fact that we are always faced with different choices."

"And now, Your Majesty the Silver Dragon King," Chen Fu turned back, her deep eyes holding a hint of a smile as she looked at Gu Yuena's beautiful, captivating purple eyes, as bright as the sun, and solemnly said:

"I have two options here. One is to give up on the idea that Moon can completely resolve the overflowing aura of the Abyss Law. The other is to risk turning Star City into a wasteland and gamble on Moon's 99.9% chance of being reborn."

"Let me think about it." Gu Yuena was stared at so directly by Chen Fu, and subconsciously wanted to look away, but when she remembered that she was the proud Dragon King, she immediately glared back, and at the same time began to think about the so-called "choice" given by Chen Fu.

As she furrowed her beautiful brows in deep thought, she noticed that the way Electrolux, Tianmeng, Xuedi, and the others were looking at her was rather strange.

With her keen senses, she looked over in confusion, only to suddenly hear a voice.

puff!

"I'm sorry, Sister Gu Yuena, I couldn't help it."

Unable to suppress her laughter, Xue Di immediately covered her mouth and apologized to Gu Yuena.

However, Gu Yuena was even more puzzled by Xue Di's apology. Why would she suddenly apologize? Her beautiful purple eyes were filled with even more confusion.

At this moment, the honest Emperor Tian cautiously reminded him, "My King, perhaps the 99.9% that Chen Fu mentioned refers to our probability of success? As for the remaining 0.1%, perhaps Chen Fu only meant the loss of an uninhabited city due to loss of control? And even if we lose it, it doesn't necessarily mean complete failure?"

Faced with her younger brother Di Tian's series of "maybes," Gu Yuena immediately realized what was going on. Her face flushed red. She first glared fiercely at Chen Fu, who was still pretending to be innocent, then stepped on Chen Fu's toes. As Chen Fu's eyelids trembled slightly, she snorted coldly and crossed her arms, staring coldly at Tian Meng and the others.

She angrily said, "So the reason you're all silent is that you're all waiting to see me make a fool of myself?"

Electrolux, who had maintained a calm expression, said indifferently, "No, it's just that Tianmeng made a bet with them, betting that you would be the first to lose your temper."

"Yes, yes, yes." Tianmeng Bingcan, who had grown to be almost as tall as Electrolux, chuckled, "I told you guys before that if she revealed even the slightest weakness, Chen Fu would confront her. Now you believe me, hahaha!"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm laughed heartily, the golden rings on his round body swaying slightly with his laughter, like two pairs of fluttering butterflies. Anyway, he usually stayed in the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Space and wasn't afraid of Gu Yuena, the girl who had used him as a wound medicine.

Before Gu Yuena could get angry and reprimand Tianmeng Bingcan, Chen Fu rubbed his toes, smiled silently, and then told everyone to stop fooling around, as he was about to get down to business.

"Throughout the myriad myths and histories of the cosmos, there is one who may not be the most powerful or the most mysterious, but is undoubtedly the most incredible. His remarkable life was spent surviving a series of unbelievable miracles, growing stronger step by step, and ultimately illuminating the entire universe."

"The world has given him many names and countless myths and legends, to the point that people have forgotten his real name and that he was the first person to pierce the night of divine power."

—From *Yuan Shuo* and *Yao Zhuan* [rare copy]

Chapter 188: Trading lifespan for cultivation speed?!

After gathering everyone together, Chen Fu leaned against the Moon brand canned food and said to them:

"You are all the most important core personnel of Xingdou, so there are some things I need to tell you in advance. Because of the confidentiality procedures for many major projects, you often don't understand what I'm doing."

Chen Fu took in the different expressions on everyone's faces. Compared to Electrolux, who was the only one who could keep up with her train of thought, most of the others were in a state of confusion. However, each person expressed their confusion in different ways.

However, among Gu Yuena and her group, aside from Electrolux, their true companion, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was the most unique. Due to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's innate spiritual talent, which was seemingly forcibly nurtured by the heavens, Chen Fu entrusted Tianmeng with managing the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Network. Furthermore, during this process, Chen Fu continuously guided Tianmeng Ice Silkworm to adapt to the "gathering myriad things to nourish one" spiritual growth model. If Chen Fu's [Azure Blue] was a product of his self-personality datafication, then Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was a born top-tier spiritual being.

As the only Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in the past Dragon God Era to successfully advance to the threshold of a million-year soul beast, Chen Fu would always give the same two words in his evaluation no matter how he analyzed it: miracle.

Because not all soul beasts can possess endless lifespan, just as human soul masters are limited by their innate soul power and the multiple influences of their cultivation environment, and their soul power level becomes difficult to increase after reaching a certain level and the internal and external soul power pressure reaches a balance, soul beasts are also limited by their own talent in this respect. At a certain stage, they will stop progressing and begin to age. However, because the lifespan of soul beasts is so long compared to humans, almost no one has specifically recorded it, and therefore there is no related research.

Humans in the Douluo Continent often subconsciously believe that the end of a soul beast's endless lifespan is the tribulation of lightning. However, this is actually a narrow-minded perception based on survivorship bias. Soul beasts also age, enter old age, and then reach the end of their lives.

Only the most outstanding among those with exceptional bloodlines can break through all obstacles in a state of near-perfect youth, ultimately challenging the tribulation of lightning, shedding their mortal form, and transcending the ordinary to become a saint.

Although Gu Yuena, Bingdi, Ditian and others all think that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm is a useless person who got a huge bargain, is it really useless?

If it were truly useless, Chen Fu wouldn't have placed the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm next to [Youlan] in her spiritual realm, which is the Heavenly Dao spiritual network.

Because once the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm sheds the constraints of the ice element law and its weak racial stats, and takes a purely spiritual path, it will become unimaginably powerful.

Therefore, Chen Fu exposed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm to many things, while also imposing very strict restrictions on him.

So when Tianmeng Bingcan heard Chen Fu say that, he roughly understood what Chen Fu wanted to say, but he just shook his head and pretended not to understand.

Although some underlying data is not included in the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Network, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm understands best what kind of game Chen Fu is playing based on the general trend of Xingdou's current internal data.

In this game of chess, no one is a complete outsider; everyone, including Soul Masters, Soul Beasts, and even the highest gods, will be drawn into the game.

His Tianmeng should be a little special; it's not a chess piece, but a chessboard.

"Whether it's trading Pandora for land or creating an atmosphere of an arms race, I can only say that these actions have many purposes and their effects are complex, so you don't need to worry about them."

Chen Fu was indeed once called a person of transparent thought, but what if his thoughts were "colorless"?

"I still think we should have wiped out all the high-ranking humans outside back then, and we could have easily unified the continent."

Speaking of this, Gu Yuena came out to refute, saying that she still thought her original "once and for all" method was great, and it was only because Chen Fu disagreed that they were still stuck in Xingdou.

As soon as Gu Yuena uttered those words, Long Xiaoyao's face immediately darkened, his already pale face turning even blacker.

At the same time, the group of highly skilled individuals also noticed that the mental fluctuation diagram displayed on the metal can behind Chen Fu suddenly jumped.

"Hmm, may I ask where the benefits of unifying the continent lie?"

Chen Fu looked at Gu Yuena with a smile, while the latter noticed that everyone was looking at her.

Electrox glanced at Gu Yuena indifferently, not wanting to say anything. After all, he was a member of the human camp.

"Uh..." Gu Yuena felt a little embarrassed by everyone's stares, but she still felt that her idea was not wrong, so she stubbornly said, "We can integrate resources in advance, then develop vigorously, and finally use the power of the whole world to overthrow the God Realm!"

Well, our Gu Yuena is still very ambitious.

"Not bad, there's been progress." Chen Fu smiled. The fact that Gu Yuena could say things like integrating resources and accelerating development showed that she was indeed studying hard.

"However, unification does not mean that the speed of development will be as fast as it is now. For example, the battle armor and related ultimate individual soul tools that have appeared in the Tianling Empire. Or the solar energy storage technology, communication technology, and the war mechs that they are quietly developing in the Sun and Moon Empire. These technological achievements can only be developed rapidly under the threat of war."

"At the same time, when the technology of the three major powers develops to a certain level, the war that breaks out later will cause the existing technology to advance by leaps and bounds again. After the final unification, we will have three technological paths. Only by combining these three technological paths will we have the opportunity to officially enter the era of creating gods."

"Furthermore, the stronger other countries are, the more time we will have to develop peacefully. We will have the initiative in the war, and the longer we drag it out, the higher our ultimate potential will be. At the same time, we can also accumulate more god-slaying weapons."

"Does that make sense?"

As for the balance of power between humans and soul beasts, Chen Fu did not mention it, because it would be detrimental to unity.

"Uh..." Faced with Chen Fu's long-winded speech, Gu Yuena felt that the lectures she had taken at the Military and Political Academy in her spare time were not enough. However, before she could even open her mouth to argue, her little brother Di Tian cautiously asked:

"So, Moon is a god-slaying weapon?"

"Hmm, not bad." Chen Fu smiled with some satisfaction as she looked at Di Tian. Compared to Gu Yuena, who was always slacking off, Di Tian, ​​who was always worried about the future of the soul beasts, was undoubtedly more qualified as a leader.

The decline of spirit beasts was inevitable, because the organizational structure of this race was based on the conquest of wisdom through force. Any power whose survival strategy relies on stronger individual strength is already on the verge of extinction.

The Silver Dragon King's wisdom and identity as the Elemental Dragon King are not due to her intelligence, but rather because she is the strongest in the realm of spiritual power and elemental laws.

Just like why Gu Yuena is the Wisdom Dragon King, it's because she can't defeat the Golden Dragon King, so she is the Wisdom Dragon King, it's that simple.

“The abyss beyond the open sea makes me a little uneasy. We need someone who can gain an advantage in the abyss environment to explore it, so we need to awaken Moon.”