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Chapter 118 What do you think emptiness is?

Bleach World!

Shen Yi, who hadn't appeared for a long time, sat in the director's office of the Zhenyang Institute of Technology, with Fei Zhen standing to his left.

The appearance of the spirit rice has rapidly improved Hishima's physical abilities, and she is now able to adapt to the spiritual pressure in the Spiritual Court. Of course, no one has been able to exert spiritual pressure on her in front of her for a while.

However, although her strength is impressive, she is now the secretary of the vice dean of the True Central Academy of Spiritual Arts. People are too busy currying favor with him to attack her.

"How's Rukia doing lately?"

Some time ago, with Shen Yi's help, Hishin found Rukia. Incidentally, while Shiba was searching for someone, he also found a young girl with extraordinary talent and a broad mind, a blonde loli and a white-haired squinty-eyed girl. Shen Yi packed them all up and threw them into the Shinigami Academy. Oh, and there was also a red-haired mad dog.

"Captain Shen, Vice-Captain Aizen has arrived."

Shiba Kaien's voice pulled Shen Yi out of the pile of documents. This young man, whom he had poached directly from the Shinigami Academy, was now the executive secretary of the Shinigami Institute of Technology, working even harder than Shiba Isshin, looking like a reserve soldier about to die from overwork.

As for your question about what kind of secretary Fei Zhen is, she is of course a personal secretary!

Shen Yi looked up and met a pair of gentle eyes hidden behind glasses. Aizen Sousuke stood at the door, holding a neatly bound document in his hand, with that unchanging smile on his lips.

"Lieutenant Aizen, what brings you here?"

Shen Yi leaned back, resting his hands behind his head, while Fei Zhen made Aizen a cup of tea.

Since Aizen applied to join the Shinigami Institute of Technology, the frequency of their meetings has increased significantly. Although Shen Yi's vigilance automatically goes all out every time they meet, it has to be said that Aizen is indeed Aizen. Even knowing that he is the future BOSS, Shen Yi still has a good impression of him.

"I have a proposal that I would like Captain Shen to review."

Aizen walked to his desk, gently placed the document on it, took the tea that Hisa had brewed, and sat down opposite Shen Yi.

Shen Yi looked down and saw several large characters printed on the cover—"The Virtual Reality Development Manual".

What the hell?

Shouldn't this be your secret activity?

Why did you write it as a project proposal?

Are you planning to turn the villain's conspiracy into a PowerPoint presentation?

Shen Yi's expression twisted for a moment, barely suppressing the urge to complain. He opened the document, which contained a clear and organized analysis of Hueco Mundo's geographical environment, comparative data on spiritual particle concentration, estimates of developable areas, and even a theoretical feasibility assessment of cultivating spiritual rice in Hueco Mundo.

Every item was written meticulously, every data point was cited, and the entire document was formatted even more formally than a proper academic paper.

"This shouldn't be Captain Aizen's request, right?"

Shen Yi flipped through it and quickly realized that this was not Aizen's Hueco Mundo conquest plan, but rather the nobles' Hueco Mundo conquest plan.

"I can't help it, you know I've never been good at saying no to people."

Aizen gave a wry smile, looking utterly helpless.

"Isn't the Soul Society big enough for them to grow?"

Because of the appearance of Spirit Rice, Soul Society ushered in an unprecedented transformation, directly transitioning from feudalism to capitalism.

First, there's the ordinary preparation. In order to make the environment suitable for them to grow spirit rice and adapt to the spiritual pressure, and with old man Yamamoto around, the nobles had no choice but to grit their teeth and pay money to provide food and lodging.

With the first harvest of spirit rice, the nobles were overjoyed. After all, although the Grim Reaper is called the Grim Reaper, he does not have eternal life. The stronger one is, the longer one can live. Spirit rice can significantly extend their lifespan.

But soon they discovered that while the thieves they hired would indeed obey and hand over the spirit rice, the other thieves would not, especially those from the outermost districts, who would resort to theft, robbery, and fraud.

Left with no other choice, in order to protect their own land, they naturally needed guards. But how could old man Yamamoto allow these people to train their own private army?

So these tasks were handed over to the Shinigami, but unlike in the human world, the Shinigami responsible for patrolling Soul Society became some older Shinigami, since these people only had to deal with some ordinary enemies.

But for nobles, this also costs money.

So they turned their attention to Hueco Mundo, which they couldn't reach. "If I farm in the New World, I won't have to pay taxes, right?"

But all of this is predicated on the Shinigami going to Hueco Mundo to expand their territory.

So Shen Yi naturally refused without hesitation. Even if he were willing, Yamamoto would never agree to it. Using his own troops to fight for the nobles was a losing proposition for Yamamoto, who had lived for over two thousand years and was senile.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the nobles are making a fortune now. The True Central Institute of Technology is the one that holds the core technology. Shen Yi has already completed the gene editing of the spirit rice. If the nobles want to grow spirit rice, they can only buy seeds from the True Central Institute of Technology. They can forget about using the spirit rice they harvest as seeds!

"Hollow Sphere is actually more suitable for growing Spirit Rice."

Aizen was not discouraged by the rejection. Instead, he pushed up his glasses and explained with a kind expression.

He wasn't lying. Although Hueco Mundo may seem desolate and forever shrouded in darkness, its concentration of spiritual particles far exceeds that of Soul Society and the human world.

As long as the technology is in place, the spiritual environment of Hueco Mundo is actually more suitable for the growth of spiritual rice. This is just like planting crops on volcanic ash versus on saline-alkali soil. Will the harvest be the same?

"We'll have to wait until the Soul Society is more or less developed before we talk about that."

Shen Yi curled his lips. Don't be fooled by the fact that the Soul Society and Rukongai together occupy a large area. In reality, the Soul Society is much larger than that. The area currently being developed is only a small part of the area that extends outward from the Soul Society. The Soul Society hasn't even used up all its land yet, so why the rush to grab land in Hueco Mundo?

Aizen didn't really take it seriously, but his "good guy" persona required him to hand the document to Shen Yi. So, he changed the subject, his tone suddenly becoming more like a purely academic discussion: "I heard Captain Shen has been researching Hollows lately?"

Shen Yi raised an eyebrow. So this was Aizen's real purpose. It seems the bait I laid out worked.

"What do you think emptiness is?"

He didn't answer Aizen's question, but instead asked a question in return, because for these people, they only believed the answers they themselves had come to.

"An inner emptiness, a desperate desire to fill the void within."

Aizen's control is the standard answer for Soul Society, but Shen Yi interrupted him, saying, "I asked what Hollow is."

Aizen frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with Shen Yi's question. Wasn't Hollow just a corrupted soul?

"How about this, if we compare the world to a human body, then theoretically, the virtual world should be something like white blood cells, right?"

Seeing Aizen nod, Shen Yi snapped his fingers and continued, "You should know that before that being was born, Hollows were also part of the spiritual particle cycle. In other words, the original world also allowed the existence of Hollows."