Huo Yuhao from The Peerless Tang Sect is incredibly talented.

After finishing his duty for the free martial soul awakening at the mutual aid association today, Huo Yuhao returned to his own private laboratory in the Soul Guidance Department.

He proposed strategic guidelines for the Soul Guidance Department and helped the department solve many problems in the Ultimate Fire Project. In addition to the problem of binding the Ultimate Fire, he also solved the problem of transmitting fire elements to the central core chamber and binding the fire elements in the core chamber to prevent them from escaping.

Besides these, there are countless other problems, both big and small, including the optimization of the gravity-binding core array.

According to Huo Yuhao's estimate, without his participation, it would have taken Shrek Academy at least several hundred years to complete this project.

This is based on the premise that Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department can find a substance that will not be vaporized at the extreme temperature of fire.

After all, you can't rely on the wisdom of the people of Douluo Continent; this is a world where even running out of food is considered a brilliant strategy.

Even more astonishing is the ability to deduce the soul-guiding core array using mathematical deduction.

To be honest, before Huo Yuhao came into contact with Shrek Academy's soul system, he knew that their technology was backward, but he did not expect that the basic core magic array of the soul tool was not complete.

I never imagined you guys could go this far.

What really made Huo Yuhao lose his composure was their soul tool, which was made by a primitive man and was incredibly crude.

I thought that soul tools relied on the properties of rare metals, using them as catalysts to change the nature of the incoming soul power.

In fact, the soul tools in Douluo Continent rely on the powerful elemental properties of rare metals to forcibly assimilate foreign soul power. The so-called core formation is to make the assimilation of soul power by rare metals more thorough.

As for other fan-made works similar to chip and electrical circuit diagrams, those are completely irrelevant.

All the soul-guided core formations are designed with only one purpose: to transform the nature of soul power into the inherent properties of rare metals.

Huo Yuhao was completely dumbfounded.

It should be noted that this method greatly damages the lifespan of rare metals, while Huo Yuhao used rare metals as rare earth elements in Tiandou City.

The simulation completely stunned Huo Yuhao.

It had a tremendous impact on Huo Yuhao's values.

After demonstrating his skills, Huo Yuhao naturally acquired the Secret Soul Guidance Laboratory, and his stipends were second only to the dean and vice dean, even surpassing Fan Yu.

Huo Yuhao's secret laboratory can only be described with one word: chaos.

The ground was covered with pipes of all sizes, and all sorts of soul tools of different types were scattered everywhere, making it impossible to find a place to step.

What's even more bizarre is that there's a small water jar in the middle of the laboratory, which is exquisitely carved.

The sculpting techniques described above are more like a display of skill. Relief, sculpture in the round, line carving, openwork carving, intaglio carving, chain carving—all these techniques bring the sculpture to life.

In the middle of the water basin is a sphere that looks like a sphere from a distance, but up close it is a sphere nested inside another sphere, with more than a dozen layers of them.

The technique was pure and exquisite; even a level nine soul master from the Sun Moon Empire would be left in awe of this person's carving skills upon seeing this ball.

A master, an absolute master, and a master among masters.

It was precisely after Huo Yuhao sculpted this sphere that the entire Soul Guidance Department had no further doubts about his abilities.

Aside from his soul power, Huo Yuhao's carving skills are already comparable to any level nine soul master.

Huo Yuhao's strategic vision was previously beyond question, and his subsequent optimization of the Soul Guiding Array was unparalleled.

Furthermore, in their daily interactions, the Soul Guidance Masters received a great deal of help from Huo Yuhao.

At this point, Huo Yuhao had essentially become the pillar supporting the soul masters, the golden beam that held up the sky.

Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er regarded Huo Yuhao as their personal disciple. He had already taken the Soul Ascension Pill, and had taken no less than three Xuan Shui Pills. He had also taken a lot of the Yuan Replenishment Pills processed by the Xuanming Sect. They even got Huo Yuhao a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual head soul bone.

Although these things were of no use to Huo Yuhao.

The effects of the Soul Ascension Pill and the Profound Water Pill were not even as good as Huo Yuhao's absorption of the Life Gold in his Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm with a single deep breath.

As for soul bones, they are practically useless.

Skills? It's not like Huo Yuhao can't create his own skills, he can even use skills like cause and effect, destiny, and time and space. But right now his level is too low, he can't use them, and he's not within the scope of the Heaven Dou City's Void Realm.

Thinking of all this, Huo Yuhao shook his head.

Logically speaking, extraordinary worlds generally don't develop technology, but instead develop ultimate life forms that can alter physical constants. Unfortunately, there are currently no such beings in the Douluo Continent.

However, while Huo Yuhao was still creating his virtual realm in Heaven Dou City, he discovered something very interesting: Douluo Continent was very open.

It allows for the existence of many extraordinary systems.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao casually made a hand seal and threw it towards the water jar.

"Come forth, you astonishing wisdom."

As the words fell, the water in the water jar surged and rose, transforming into a human figure.

This water jar appears to be made without any rare metals, and in fact, it really doesn't contain any rare metals at all.

It was only slightly refined by Huo Yuhao using his soul power, serving as a developer for his extraordinary wisdom.

As for why not connect directly through the Sea of ​​Spirit, it's because that would give it a more villainous feel!

In a private, secluded room, the mastermind disguises himself as a member of the forces of justice, colluding with his base of operations—it's incredibly futuristic, isn't it?

Forever a young man, Huo Yuhao, with his youthful idealism.

Although the creature of extraordinary wisdom is in the shape of a water person, with four arms, a head, and a torso, it is only human-shaped, without facial features or visible expressions.

But anyone can sense the helplessness of such extraordinary wisdom towards its own chuunibyou (delusional) nature.

Huo Yuhao paid no attention to the emotional fluctuations of his split soul. He casually rummaged through the messy pile of parts and found a relatively intact chair to sit down. He crossed his legs, put his hands on his knees, and struck a pose like the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Amazing wisdom. Report on the progress of Heaven Dou City's infiltration of Shrek City."

Without wasting any words, the brilliant mind directly uploaded the work records of the people of Tiandou City into Huo Yuhao's mind.

When people from Tiandou City infiltrate Shrek City, they usually allow the virtual realm to read their visual information, except for private matters.

The scene unfolds from the perspective of a middle-aged man. His name is Wang Dachui, a three-ring earth-attribute soul master, and his martial soul is a shovel. At this moment, Wang Dachui is wielding a shovel and digging forward, with a narrow tunnel behind him that can only be passed by one person bending over.

The soil on the tunnel walls was still damp, and occasionally an earthworm would peek out from the soil, only to be swatted back down by Wang Dachui with a shovel.

"Hey Lao Li, are you sure we're heading in the right direction?" Wang Dachui asked without turning his head.

Behind him followed a gaunt middle-aged man wearing a pair of homemade thick-rimmed glasses. His martial spirit was a digging rat, and he was skilled at detecting energy fluctuations and life force.

"We're heading in the right direction. Dig another twenty meters down, and we should find what we're looking for." Old Li pushed up his glasses, his tone carrying a scholarly certainty.

Virtual Realm Quest: Explore the extent of the Golden Tree's root system in Shrek City.

"Ugh, I'm exhausted. Why is this golden root so shallow and short? We've almost dug all the way from the city wall to Shrek Academy," Wang Dachui said irritably, but his shovel didn't stop.

"Pah, Shrek City is awful. Look at the signal strength of this crappy place. You have to burn your soul power to open a virtual realm. You can only send text messages, you can't even send voice messages, you can only type."

Old Li's lips twitched: "You have a wife?"

"Yes, my wife is incredibly beautiful. Her martial soul is a peach blossom. In spring, when it blooms, the whole yard is filled with petals." Wang Dachui's voice suddenly softened, and the shovel in his hand became lighter. "After finishing this work, I'll have saved up enough Saint Coins, so I'll go to the Void Realm Shop to get her a martial soul evolution item. Then her peach blossom martial soul can evolve, and my martial soul can level up too. Oh dear!"

While the Holy Coins are indeed non-transferable, Huo Yuhao added some rules to the list, considering that everyone in Douluo Continent is obsessed with romance.

Except for those who are truly in love and make a pact under the watchful gaze of the virtual world.

Huo Yuhao was terrified that the love-obsessed characters in Douluo Continent would cause him trouble.

The shovel suddenly struck empty air.

Without warning, the soil in front collapsed, revealing a thick root with a pale golden sheen.

The roots were as thick as two people could hug, and their surface was covered with a dense layer of blue-silver patterns. These patterns pulsated rhythmically like blood vessels, and each pulsation emitted a soft blue halo, illuminating the narrow tunnel as if it were underwater.

Wang Dachui and Lao Li both held their breath.

"This is..." Old Li's eyes widened, and his pupils behind his glasses suddenly contracted. "The roots of the Golden Tree? No, this color, this soul power fluctuation—it's a branch of the Blue Silver Emperor's root system!"

Old Li was confused. This wasn't right. Where did the Blue Silver Emperor come from in Shrek City? Aren't the plants in Shrek Academy the Golden Trees?

As for why Old Li, an ordinary resident of Tiandou City, recognized this thing as the Blue Silver Emperor.

Of course, it's because he has the ability to recognize objects in the virtual realm activated. If he doesn't recognize it, how could I, Huo Yuhao, not recognize it?

Task prompt: Task completed. The root distribution of the Golden Tree (Blue Silver Emperor) has been identified.

"Keep your voice down!" Wang Dachui shouted in a low voice, but it was too late.

The thick root, like a giant python awakened from its trance, suddenly shone with a dazzling light on its blue-silver patterns.

The surrounding soil began to churn violently, and countless tiny roots emerged from the soil walls, like thousands of tentacles, rushing madly toward the two people's location.

"Run! Run! Run! Run!" Wang Dachui grabbed Lao Li by the back of his collar, shoveled into the ground, and unleashed his third soul skill at full power. The soil parted like water, and the two men rose rapidly upwards, but the roots were even faster—a thumb-thick blue root had already wrapped around Lao Li's ankle. The icy touch came through his trouser leg, and Lao Li felt his soul power, along with his life force, being frantically drained away by that root.

"Croak, Lord of the City, save me!" The two shouted these four words almost at the same time.

A white light suddenly shone on them, enveloping their bodies. The next second, Wang Dachui and Lao Li disappeared into the tunnel, leaving behind only a cloud of flying dirt and a blue root that was flailing wildly after losing its target.

The scene shifts. On the ground, at the entrance to the abandoned cellar, Wang Dachui and Lao Li appear out of nowhere, sprawling on their backs.

Old Li's trouser leg was torn in half, and a purplish-blue mark remained around his ankle. Wang Dachui's shovel spirit weapon had a hole in it, and he was lying on the ground, panting heavily, his hair a little gray.

"Damn... this job..." Wang Dachui rolled over, lying on his back, gave the sky a thumbs-up, then a middle finger, "So easy!"

"Easy my ass!" Old Li sat up, clutching his ankle and wincing in pain. "I was almost drained dry by a blade of grass!"

He casually pulled a Vitality-Replenishing Pill from his pocket to replenish his life force.

This is the monthly allowance for residents of Tiandou City; after the age of six, it's one per month.

"What I mean by 'easy' is—think about it, we just dig some holes, look at the plants, and the task is done." Wang Dachui counted on his fingers, "Last month, I was prospecting for minerals in the southern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire. I spent half a month in the wilderness, encountered three groups of patrolling disciples from hidden sects, and was even chased for eighty miles by a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that mistook me for an egg thief. And this task? It's just digging some holes, noting the coordinates, seeing where the golden tree's roots have grown, and then uploading the data. Isn't that easy?"

As for the danger to their lives, the city lord has been watching them the whole time. If there is a real danger to their lives, the city lord will take action. Otherwise, how could a weak soul master like him possibly escape from the clutches of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast?

It had already reached my stomach.

"It's easy, but the conditions are terrible." Old Li finished bandaging his ankle, leaned against the broken wall of the cellar, and looked around with disgust. "Shrek City, they hyped it up like crazy, but what's the result? There's not a single cute creature on the streets. In Tiandou City, you can walk around for a couple of steps and you'll run into a bouncy Phantom Rabbit or a puppy that tells corny jokes. Here? It's just people, nothing but people. The signal in the virtual realm is so bad it's practically nonexistent. You can't even watch a video. You can only contact your family by typing."

When the virtual realm is not within its coverage area, people of their strength can only afford to transmit information by typing.

Even if the virtual realm were willing to provide them with energy, their brains and mental strength wouldn't be able to process the images and videos given to them.

"The signal is really bad. I tried to send my wife a voice message yesterday, but I couldn't send it at all," Wang Dachui sighed, deeply agreeing. "In the end, I could only send a text message, but she couldn't even hear my voice."

Old Li was silent for a moment, then let out a deep sigh: "Seeing is believing. Shrek City is really not as good as the current Heavenly Dou City."

The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously gave a wry smile.

Second visual record. Location: Shrek City, a shop.

It was the shop of that person with the illusory sense of touch.

The basement reception room was decorated to resemble a small lecture hall.

More than thirty chairs were arranged in three rows and were filled with people—there were well-dressed merchants, stewards of Soul Master families, and not a single commoner.

Everyone listened quietly to the shop owner speaking. The shop owner was dressed in a plain-colored robe, with a thin face and gentle eyes. On the wall behind him hung a neatly framed calligraphy scroll with eight characters: "With great power comes great responsibility."

"We walk in darkness, but we are not alone." The shopkeeper's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears, carrying a peculiar rhythm that compelled them to believe. "Because every traveler carries the same light in their heart. That light is not to illuminate their own path, but to let those who come after them see—this path has been walked before."

"We are here because we are strong, and our light shines brighter than that of others!"

He paused for a moment, his gaze slowly sweeping over every face in the room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I am saying here is not some profound doctrine, nor is it the will of God. I am simply stating a simple fact—each of us is supported by them, and it is our duty to guide them for this reason."

"Every grain of rice you eat was grown by farmers. Every piece of clothing you wear was spun by weavers. The house you live in was built by craftsmen. The road beneath your feet was paved by laborers. The reason you can sit here peacefully and listen to me speak is because countless people—countless people whose names you don't know and whom you will never meet—are living for you."

"Therefore, our doctrine has only one thing: to guide them."

"It's not about kneeling before a statue to pray, not about throwing money into a donation box, not about reciting a few scriptures to ask for blessings in the next life. It's about going out, going to the streets, going to the fields, going to those who need help. Helping a child awaken their martial spirit, teaching a farming family how to grow high-yield crops, giving a sick elderly person a dose of medicine. This is your cultivation. This is your responsibility."

A plump merchant dressed in silk raised his hand and asked cautiously, "Manager, which god do we... believe in?"

The shopkeeper glanced at him, a meaningful smile playing on his lips: "Our god prefers to call himself a man."

In short, a genius.

The shop owner silently added a sentence in his mind.