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That afternoon.

To smooth over some opinions, and more importantly, to encourage this global mutual assistance and collaboration model of '全民算力' (nationwide computing power).

Following instructions from Zhang Feng and Old Liu.

News of the Spirit Stone was disseminated from the Data Center.

Furthermore, photos and videos of the 'completely spiritualized' green steel stone were also posted on Great Xia's official website.

For a time, with the appearance of the magnificent Spirit Stone and various publicly available spiritual energy data.

It was as if a ten-thousand-ton boulder had been thrown into a calm lake.

The long-heavy atmosphere was completely ignited at this moment!

Not only were netizens celebrating wildly online.

Even official media outlets in various regions featured news headlines that were somewhat exaggerated, yet seemed more like a release of suppressed emotions.

Because the investment of this global computing power, as well as the nationwide participation, had enveloped officials around the world in a stressful atmosphere.

Now the pressure was dispersed, and anticipation was released.

This also made their headlines reflect a 'mythological' color different from usual.

Among them, on the official website of the Mei Dynasty's largest monthly magazine, the headline was "The Pioneer Ignites the Divine Fire for Humanity".

It not only described the calculation and manufacturing of the Spirit Stone but also detailed Zhang Feng's various global achievements one by one.

Such a detailed introduction already ensured that as soon as this issue of their monthly magazine came out, it would definitely be a bestseller.

It was just that Zhang Feng had not granted them 'image' permission, so they couldn't print Zhang Feng's likeness on the cover, instead using the 'Spirit Stone' as the cover.

This was outrageous, because in their monthly magazine, the cover had always featured a person; something like 'using an object to represent a person' had never happened before.

Truly, if anyone else showed them such disrespect, even the Mei Dynasty's number one, they wouldn't publish it.

But it was precisely Zhang Feng, this god who had already changed the entire civilization.

Then nothing was a problem.

It was an honor for their monthly magazine to be able to depict Zhang Feng's achievements.

And in Great Xia.

Apart from website news that likes big headlines.

The official stance was very steady, with the headline being "When Fantasy Appears in Reality: The Spirit Stone".

The content inside was a standard introduction.

Great Xia's officials, while the entire internet was going wild today, maintained the demeanor of a steady elder brother.

But also today, at 8:30 PM.

The Data Center launched its official website.

The moment the website was launched, all global media outlets were driving traffic to the Data Center.

And the Data Center also released a headline.

"Will You Choose Spirit Stones? Or Technology?"

This didn't sound like news, but rather like a question and answer.

The content inside separately introduced the basic functions of the Spirit Stone and Z1 Technology.

At the end, there was one last sentence.

(Science is the exploration of knowledge, and knowledge is closely related to cultivation)

This sentence made those who saw it fall into a moment of contemplation.

Of course, it wasn't the sentence itself that gave them deep insights, but rather the signature at the end of the sentence,

'Zhang Feng'

This sentence was spoken by the Pioneer.

This was already enough to make people pay attention, and worth spending time to ponder, to figure out, to understand, and to integrate.

Unfortunately, the Data Center's official website did not allow comments, otherwise countless people would have left their thoughts and excitement at this moment.

At the same time.

While the world was in a frenzy of 'labor rewarded'.

At the base, in the personal office.

Zhang Feng looked at the ten Spirit Stones on the table and also fell into thought.

First of all, spiritual energy had appeared, which was a good thing.

Secondly, its spiritual energy content was quite high; the amount in one Spirit Stone was enough for him to cultivate for two hours.

Excluding sleep, ten stones a day would be enough.

With the blessing of spiritual energy and spiritual sense, he currently only needed four hours of sleep a day.

However, Zhang Feng preferred to sleep for 7 to 9 hours until he woke up naturally.

Sufficient sleep would make the mind smooth, deepen the spiritual sense, which was equivalent to indirectly repairing the 'spiritual pool'.

However, even if he only cultivated for 16 hours a day, he would still need eight stones.

And currently, with the researchers using a mix of instruments and manual work, the output was 9 to 10 stones per hour.

The cost was 1.25 billion per stone.

He needed 'tens of billions' in cultivation consumption per day.

At the current cost and output rate.

It was a bit unbearable.

So at this moment.

Zhang Feng felt that optimization was still needed, and calculations must continue; the 'Computing Power Buildings' around the world could not be dismantled.

Next, people would be sent to modify their programs, replacing them with 'advanced calculations' for Spirit Stone optimization.

At that time, the general public would no longer be able to participate, because this required extensive practice + calculation by scientists, not just 'drawing and puzzle-solving'.

Now was the time to demonstrate the role of high-end research capabilities.

This message had also been conveyed, and scientists were working overnight to modify the data in the buildings across various locations.

However, compared to the calculation of material subjects, now that the foundation was laid, relative optimization would be much simpler.

After all, what the researchers at the Data Center had often done in recent years was to optimize various prescriptions and medicines.

In this regard, they had a foundation of experience.

Likewise, Zhang Feng was also very concerned about their health and strictly required that they could only stay in the laboratory for a maximum of '12 hours' per day.

If they exceeded this time, regardless of whether they were having a scientific epiphany or whatever, special personnel would uniformly escort them out.

Because Zhang Feng had experienced too many worlds, and he also knew that knowledge was endless.

So, to have a little scientific epiphany, they would deplete their 'lifespan'.

Zhang Feng felt it wasn't worth it for them.

And this feeling of it not being worth it wasn't unfounded, but rather Zhang Feng had deduced some examples.

For example, a 10-year-old medical genius whose memory correction was 1.3, which was equal to the final correction of his own 'Six Paths of Spiritual Sense + Memory Entries'.

With such memory correction, he was actually already 'non-human'.

Then, this non-human, who had followed him since childhood, and to whom he had selflessly taught medicine-related knowledge.

Finally, something outrageous happened.

By the time he learned until he was 25 years old, he could only reach the minimum threshold to enter the Data Center.

At 35, he could reach the level of Professor Zhao, who had 'obtained the Era Notebook twice'.

Therefore, the 'lifespan' of the researchers in Hall 2 was extremely precious.

Similarly, in Zhang Feng's opinion, the greatest manifestation of the current emergence of spiritual energy was that it could nourish their 'lifespan'.

The longer their lifespan, the more they learned; the more they learned, the more knowledge they gained.

The more knowledge they had, the faster they researched.

The faster they researched, the longer their lifespan.

This was a growth process that could be infinitely recycled.

Furthermore, Zhang Feng also wanted to cultivate several 'expert level' individuals according to the text judgment.

It was also estimated that one or two people should reach that level within twenty years.

As for them surpassing him 'personally', that was out of the question, completely a fantasy and nonsense.

Even if he didn't study now, no matter how talented a person was, he would need at least 40 years to fully grasp his current medical knowledge.

One must know that he had already studied medicine for nearly three hundred years.

Although medicine was not his main focus, with the accumulation of time, it was inevitably a vast amount.

And now, the reason why everyone could still follow him and research topics for him was entirely because he had divided his lifetime of learning into hundreds or thousands of parts, and then each person chose to specialize in a few, or a dozen or so.

As for the martial arts he mainly cultivated, this could be considered an incredible amount.

Even if he taught them without any reservations, it would still take them over 150 years.

Because they didn't have enhanced talent, nor did they have that much personal practice.

For an ordinary person to fully grasp it, even if he supervised them 24 hours a day and taught them hand-in-hand, it would take at least 80 years.

But now, Zhang Feng had so many prescriptions, as well as the Spirit Stones that were being optimized.

Waiting for spiritual flowers, spiritual fruits, and other such things to be researched and developed, although ordinary people still wouldn't be able to learn his knowledge, their physical fitness would improve a bit faster.

At the same time.

After Zhang Feng finished thinking about these things, he also finished absorbing the Spirit Stone on the table.

Then he would switch to another one.

Including the time that followed, Zhang Feng chose to go into seclusion first.

Furthermore, regarding the method of cultivating spirit, Zhang Feng currently decided not to pass it on.

Because the matter of Great Immortal Lingshan and the Mouse was an example that currently could not be dealt with.

Moreover, Spirit Stones could not be popularized at the moment.

This topic would be left to the researchers for now.

...

Late at night, officials from various dynasties and various super-organizations all received a second message from the Data Center.

'No release'.

None of these researchers could leave.

At least not now.

The main reason was optimization.

Furthermore, even if the Data Center drove these scholars away, they wouldn't leave.

After all, here they could directly access the 'Fantasy Spirit Stone'.

They still had many questions and topics that had not been resolved.

The knowledge about fantasy directly tied down those who yearned for knowledge.

And again on the morning of the second day.

The Data Center issued another global announcement, seeking world-class 'engineers of various types' to research the topic of achieving mass production and instrument manufacturing.

The Data Center was now openly 'directly demanding personnel from all parties,' not even bothering with polite formalities.

Various technologies, coupled with the current emergence of Spirit Stones, gave the Data Center ample confidence.

They were betting on no one refusing.

Of course, as a firm condition.

The Data Center also manually produced a hundred Spirit Stones overnight.

Zhang Feng kept most of them, and a portion was secretly escorted to various dynasties.

Along with them, the 'algorithm code' for the formation of Spirit Stones was also sent.

Its value was 'one quadrillion seven hundred trillion'.

It also represented the global computing power running for 'two years and three months'.

Most of it was still handled by Z1, otherwise, it would be on the 'ten quadrillion' level.

After all, the construction cost of a single 'Computing Power Building' was in the hundreds of billions.

Its electricity cost was also provincial-level, like that of an eastern industrial powerhouse province, approximately 900 million to 1 billion yuan daily.

Daxia alone had a thousand Computing Power Buildings, making the daily electricity bill in the trillion yuan range.

In the end, it was entirely supported by Z1.

...

Mei Dynasty, it was night here.

It was still that top-secret research base.

The head and his deputy, along with hundreds of soldiers, were standing by, watching the tarmac.

A Z1 helicopter had just landed there, along with twelve 'escort aircraft' belonging to the Mei Dynasty.

But in reality, they were fighter jets, and they were the Mei Dynasty's latest models.

The reason for such high-level security.

Was because this helicopter came from the Data Center, and even more so, because inside the helicopter was a 'Magic Stone (Spirit Stone)' and the 'Magic Algorithm Code'.

Such a valuable algorithm code naturally required extreme caution.

Even if no one dared to rob the Data Center's helicopter, if something were to happen, the trouble would be immense.

Because in less than a single day, this algorithm code had been dubbed by many as the 'password that can ignite divine fire for one's country'.

Whoosh—

At this moment, the helicopter cabin door opened.

The head and others also excitedly took small steps forward to greet them.

The head could even swear that he had never been this excited when receiving their governor or the top leader before.

Because he was also one of the great council members, with an immensely powerful family behind him, second only to some multinational 'super giants'.

He was also a person of status and couldn't lose face for his family.

But now, he was very excited and quite pleased with himself.

Because the Magic Stone and Magic Algorithm Code that those whales hadn't obtained, he could see first.

The reason was that he was the head of the Mei Dynasty's research base.

At the same time.

At the cabin entrance.

A researcher from the Data Center first stepped out, followed by two special personnel.

These two special personnel had a physique of 35, wearing short sleeves, their muscular arms giving off a strong sense of power.

This left the surrounding Mei Dynasty soldiers inwardly astonished, never expecting that people could cultivate such a 'beast-like physique!'

The special personnel's arms were genuinely thicker than these soldiers' calves.

And it wasn't the bulk of bodybuilding, but a kind of 'sense of danger' like that of a wild beast.

This had actually already formed a 'biological suppression'.

Just like how a person is bound to feel fear when seeing a tiger.

And as a Great Master carrying a box came down, the soldiers' eyes widened even further.

This Great Master had opened 12 meridians, had a physique of 55, was 1.95 meters tall, and had the broad-shouldered, thick-waisted build of an ancient fierce general.

Especially since his skin was a bit dark, he was wearing black clothes, his eyes weren't large, and his face was a bit round.

At a glance, it was as if a standing black bear had emerged from the helicopter.

Especially at this moment, he took one step out from the helicopter onto the ground, and with another step, he instantly covered a distance of ten meters, catching up to the researcher ahead.

Such a direct display of powerful physique and high-speed movement left the soldiers even more incredibly astonished.

Although they had previously seen the even more terrifying 'God' in some videos, Zhang Feng, who could cover nearly forty to fifty meters in a single step.

But this time, they were witnessing this 'extraordinary' phenomenon with their own eyes.

This direct visual experience seen with the naked eye on site was even more terrifying and oppressive.

'Oh my god! He's too powerful!'

'Is this a Great Master from Daxia? I remember Daxia is simultaneously shipping Magic Stones to 59 countries today, which means they have at least 59 such "superhuman" Great Masters...'

'Ancient martial arts will always belong to Daxia, they are far too fast in the aspect of cultivating martial arts compared to us...'

The soldiers were shaken, clearly feeling a sense of oppression coming from a 'higher species'.

"Hello, Lin... Sir?" When the head saw this Great Master, the excitement and enthusiasm on his face instantly turned into unconcealable nervousness.

Because any person wouldn't want to come into contact with an unfamiliar 'super-human'.

Especially when this super-human was from a different race.

That immense pressure, and the feeling of danger that they could be killed at any moment, only those who experienced it firsthand knew how oppressive it was.

"Hello." The Great Master, however, felt very relaxed and laughed heartily, saying to the head, "Your Xiawen is very good."

"Thank you..." The head was clearly a very articulate person, but at this moment, he didn't know what to say.

"I will be staying at your base from now on." The researcher, however, spoke in a business-like manner, took the box from the Great Master's hand, and handed it to the head.

"I will assist you in mastering Spirit Stone manufacturing as quickly as possible."

...

The events in the Mei Dynasty happened in various countries around the world within these two days.

And in the following days, it spread to some super organizations and multinational giants.

Including some civilian organizations, who also obtained a copy of the algorithm code for Spirit Stones.

This was also a part of Zhang Feng's plan, allowing them to also achieve a portion of 'productivity'.

Of course, regarding optimization, if they had the conditions, they could also do it.

Differentiation, decomposition, and top-tier data sharing.

It was the first step of the 'Federation Plan', and also the 'second link' in Zhang Feng's plan.

...

Half a month later.

Data Center.

Inside Zhang Feng's office.

Old Liu was holding paper documents, which recorded the matters of sending out the 'algorithm code' within the past half month.

After reading, Zhang Feng also looked at Old Liu, who was drinking tea on a stool.

"Last time's nationwide computation regarding Spirit Stones, we could say we tasted the sweetness of global computing power."

Zhang Feng picked up a Spirit Stone from the table, "Although the storm of nationwide computation has now subsided, major institutions and various countries are helping us optimize.

In terms of high-end research capabilities, I think the matter of the federation can be attempted.

Sharing high-end research capabilities and computing power will be inevitable in the future.

Also, weren't you pleased with the previous period of nationwide computation?"

"Absolutely pleased!" Old Liu laughed with deep empathy, "General Zhang, the concerted efforts of the nationwide computation in the past two years truly moved me immensely!

I feel that if we can continue to maintain this, then no difficulty can trap us Daxia, us humanity!"

"Yes, that's what I mean too." Zhang Feng looked at the smiling Old Liu.

"So, please arrange it for me. In about half a year, I plan to go and take a look at the Mei Dynasty.

They invite me every day, I can't keep not going."

"General Zhang?" Old Liu suddenly froze for a moment, not understanding Zhang Feng's sudden shift in thought, "Why do you suddenly want to go abroad?"

In Old Liu's impression, General Zhang was always between the base, home, and the Extraordinary Main School, a three-point line.

At most, he would stroll in a park or go to a certain province for a meeting.

But suddenly wanting to go abroad after half a year, and traveling so far at once.

Old Liu was instantly dumbfounded.

However, he reacted shortly after.

Knowing that General Zhang's trip abroad seemed to be for integrating high-end research capabilities and for the matter of the federation.

...

After chatting for a few sentences, Old Liu left.

Back in the office.

Zhang Feng absorbed spiritual energy while looking at the Spirit Stone.

At the same time, as Zhang Feng saw it, the Spirit Stone was just the 'beginning'.

In the future, as the adventure world's level gets higher and higher, strange items and magical technologies will naturally become more and more numerous.

If that's the case.

Then relying solely on the Data Center will not be enough.

It is necessary to integrate the power of the entire world.

And to demonstrate deterrent power.