Chapter 398: A Big Surprise

"Ignite!"

In a super-large space laboratory orbiting outside Water Blue Star, built with the help of transcendent power.

Following a resonant and powerful command issued by a white-haired but spirited scientist from the Eastern Ancient Kingdom.

Inside the silver-white cylinders full of a sci-fi aesthetic within the laboratory, after a buzzing sound arose, brilliant blue light emerged.

Outside the blue light, circles of purple halos also formed.

Making it look extremely beautiful and full of mystery.

"It actually succeeded..."

"A difficult problem that my teacher, and my teacher's teacher, struggled their whole lives to solve, has actually succeeded so easily in my generation?"

Following the successful startup, looking at the various data displayed on the surrounding projection panels.

The white-haired old scientist felt a sense of trance.

Even though the experiment succeeding was a great thing, it gave him a sense of unreality.

The several experts standing behind the old scientist were all the old man's students and grand-students, and they were also the best in this field, otherwise they would not have been qualified to be selected to come in and participate in the test.

Seeing their distracted teacher, they also understood his feelings at this moment in their hearts.

After all, what was in this laboratory before them was once an absolute pillar of the nation: controllable nuclear fusion!

Known as the controllable nuclear fusion that is always fifty years away, although in reality, their Eastern Ancient Kingdom had already made quite a lot of progress, and after compromising on various requirements, had built commercialized controllable nuclear fusion projects.

But in the true sense of what the public understands as controllable nuclear fusion representing massive, cheap energy, it could only be said that they had barely seen the Dawn.

Yet unexpectedly, with the arrival of the transcendent.

Transcendent forces found them through spokespeople and said to them: An Elder thinks your research project is very interesting, and he has decided to increase support for you.

Then, everything was like a dream.

In addition to the suddenly increased funding by dozens of times.

Their test site was also able to be upgraded from the ground to space.

However, what made them feel most dreamlike was the transcendent's solution to the technical problems they encountered.

Problems with the parts processing engineering?

Directly dispatch an Artifact Refiner to refine the most suitable parts on-site.

The laid materials could not block neutron radiation and would break after one use, and breaking meant sky-high replacement costs.

This was also a major reason why so-called successful controllable nuclear fusion was controllable every time, and the output was greater than the input, yet it could still only remain in the laboratory.

Not to mention that every time it was controllable, the cost spent could all be regarded as hype for money.

It was just that this problem had plagued experts in related fields for a hundred years.

They could only wait bitterly for a breakthrough in materials science, only to find that the materials science on the technology tree had not broken through.

But the materials on the transcendent tree completely met the requirements.

Of course, in fact, even for heavenly materials and earthly treasures, it is very difficult to withstand the strong radiation impact emitted by nuclear fusion for a long time.

After all, this is not for a short while but requires long-term resistance; heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can fully meet this condition on their own are too precious—wouldn't it be better to use them to refine divine weapons and Dharma treasures?

Therefore, what truly solved the device material problem were the Dharma Arrays inscribed on those internal patches.

And the High-grade Spirit Stone that served as the core of the Dharma Array.

Relying on the Dharma Array formed by the High-grade Spirit Stone.

It was enough to allow a controllable nuclear fusion device to operate stably for three or four hundred years.

This was also why, after Su Ping obtained a large number of medium and high-grade Spirit Stones from the North King Time Domain Golden Crow World and was temporarily free of Spirit Stone worries.

He began to use the method he was previously unwilling to use to solve this controllable nuclear fusion device problem.

And the reason why he was willing to invest such heavy capital.

Was that after Su Ping had a large number of High-grade Spirit Stones.

He had the possibility of building and deploying star-giant ships with super-large Dharma Arrays.

And if such giant ships wanted to play a supporting role in battles against high-level Cultivators and pose a danger to high-level Cultivators.

They undoubtedly had to increase the output power.

And in terms of high-power energy output.

Technological civilization still had its merits.

Nuclear fusion was the concrete embodiment of this merit.

At the same time, accompanying the nuclear fusion was the super-high-temperature plasma beam, a great killer weapon that Su Ping obtained from the Kalo Civilization side, which they had developed in a crooked way.

Using the nuclear fusion device to provide massive energy, and with the help of the power of the great Array, condensing this energy at the output device to form a plasma beam and then blasting it out to smash people.

This was one of the uses Su Ping thought of by relying on his knowledge of Arrays.

And as the research deepened, Su Ping believed there would be more ways to use it.

For example, the Heaven-Turning Seal gave Su Ping a lot of inspiration.

Just waiting to have the Spirit Light Misty Fish to analyze, understand, and then surpass this World-Breaking Divine Artifact, and then use it in other places.

And then, under the energy provided by the nuclear fusion device, perform multiple pseudo-Heaven-Turning Seal level attacks.

Just think about it, the application prospects of nuclear fusion with the help of the transcendent are quite worth looking forward to.

And while the controllable nuclear fusion test in space was successful, and the news was transmitted to the earth, causing a stir in various news media.

The vast Commoners of Water Blue Star also happily discovered that the Transcendent Cooperation Project Management Office, which they had always been closely following.

Had begun to release information intensively during this period.

A large number of new cooperation projects were established, and the funds were soon in place, expected to be implemented in less than a month.

At the same time, a large number of cooperation projects recruited a large number of staff.

Because the demand for manpower was truly too great.

So much so that the standards were being lowered step by step.

This allowed more ordinary people to enjoy the dividends brought by the extraordinary, and for a time, social stability increased significantly.

Three days after the successful ignition of controlled nuclear fusion.

The Moon suddenly increased in brightness and emitted a circle of white halo.

The Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree also suddenly shot up by another thousand meters, growing more than a dozen huge branches and thousands of leaves that looked like gold and jade.

The Primordial Spirit of the Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree appeared in the cavern inside the Moon, looking at the lake that had appeared in the cavern, filled with joy and surprise.

"I have created an artificial Spirit Vein."

"I have reactivated the Moon's earth veins."

"Before the one thousand High-grade Spirit Stones in the artificial Spirit Vein are exhausted, the Moon will be no different from the Cultivation World from now on."

"We can take this opportunity to set up more cooperative projects on the Moon Surface."

"Whether it is planting bases or breeding factories, they can all be rolled out quickly."

"In addition, the external Spirit Root can also be gradually introduced, allowing those without Spirit Roots to come and work, only needing to pay an extra rental fee for the external Spirit Root."

After sweeping through the Five Elements World, Su Ping already possessed the capability for these external Spirit Roots and a considerable amount of corresponding inventory equipment.

He hadn't used them before simply because manpower was not in short supply.

Now, after developing at full speed, he discovered that the available manpower in his hometown was starting to run short, so Su Ping had no choice but to deploy this equipment ahead of schedule.

It could also be considered giving the people of his hometown more opportunities to come into contact with the extraordinary.

Besides production on Blue Star and the Moon Surface.

Large-scale production was also underway within the Cave Heaven Secret Realm inside the Sun Moon Star Chart.

Moreover, the Artifact Refiners and alchemists in these Secret Realms were all using many scientific instruments for assistance.

Cultivators were not lacking in intelligence, and their memory was such that they could remember everything they saw.

After learning a little, there was no difficulty at all in using these scientific instruments.

Some Artifact Refiners used thousand-ton forging machines and micro-carving printers to double their production efficiency.

There were also Talisman masters who, relying on scientific calculation assistance, streamlined their Talisman drawing nodes, successfully saving time and costs.

Alchemists performed micro-operations through instrument observation, allowing one person to manage more than a dozen alchemy furnaces.

There were also some large processing plants that performed rough processing on materials, which used assembly line methods, combining Dharma Arrays and automated machines.

With the work of only a small number of low-level Cultivators, they were able to produce large quantities of strengthening materials containing a certain amount of heavenly treasures.

"We are one step closer to a world where everyone has a job."

After Su Ping completed the artificial Spirit Vein, he looked at the changes and future trends during this period under his wise and mighty leadership.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Afterwards, he focused more of his attention on his own cultivation.

Then, Su Ping spent a rare period of peaceful life.

His Primordial Spirit Avatar led the fleet to find one shining trading platform after another in the Shikong Haiyu, selling space-type Spirit Herbs in exchange for a considerable amount of Spirit Stone resources.

Su Ping himself ran between the Biyuan World and Blue Star.

From time to time, he would go to the Golden Crow World to buy various new and good items.

Or, on the Blue Star side, an Avatar constructed from the branches or leaves of the Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree would arrive at its destination.

Su Ping would use a Teleportation Talisman to reach those asteroids, then perform divine abilities and Secret Techniques to seize the heavenly treasures in those places.

The asteroid belt brought Su Ping a lot of high-quality ore and Innate Gang Qi.

And Jinxing and Mercury did not disappoint Su Ping either, allowing Su Ping to obtain a lot of Innate Gang Qi and Cold Ice Heavy Water.

Deep within Jinxing, Su Ping obtained the Core of Extreme Cold.

This strange object could allow the Dharma Power converted by Su Ping's Dharma Array to carry a trace of extreme cold power.

Su Ping unceremoniously installed this strange object on the output device of the main cannon of the warship under construction.

Deep within Mercury, he obtained a new wisp of Five-Colored Divine Light, allowing Su Ping's Five-Colored Divine Light divine ability to be slightly improved.

And besides these visible materials, after traveling to one strange and mysterious environment after another.

Su Ping could feel that his state of mind was also constantly improving.

His cultivation, which already had no obstacles, also improved continuously.

Thus... three months later.

When the ten-thousand-meter-long star warship outside the Moon Surface already looked like the real thing.

Su Ping, with the assistance of the Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree.

After spitting out a breath of Golden Light that lingered for a long time.

His entire being reached the Return to Void Great Perfection realm.

This step, if placed in that Great World, the Canghaojie, would also allow one to be called a Return to Void True Monarch, situated at the pinnacle of that Great World.

And Su Ping, who already knew the key to Dao Integration and had already completed those key requirements himself.

Was full of confidence in crossing that line between Return to Void and Dao Integration.

In these three months, Su Ping fished out ten Red Blood Dragon Carps, bringing the progress of his Immortal Body to sixty-two percent.

At the same time, the second Spirit Light Misty Fish was also successfully caught.

This allowed Su Ping to find the time to use two Spirit Light Misty Fish in succession, learning the Sixth Realm and Seventh Realm cultivation techniques.

And after learning them, the first thing Su Ping did after coming out of seclusion was to go to the star warship project department and directly change his previous plan beyond recognition.

At the same time, he added a World-Breaking Divine Artifact launcher to the weapon system.

As for those fake World-Breaking Divine Artifacts, they still needed to be refined separately.

He also obtained two Snow Dragon Fish, allowing him to quickly bring the fishing spot of the Changqing Realm back to the Pot Heaven.

As for the new fishing spot obtained from the Fishing Compass, because it was an identical Second-tier Fishing Spot, Su Ping chose to merge them.

It actually saved the requirement for one Snow Dragon Fish.

Then there was the Juvenile Xuan Turtle; in these three months, Su Ping had caught five.

All of them were used for the enhancement of Xuangui Baxia.

This caused Xuangui Baxia, whom Su Ping had thrown into the asteroid belt to eat and eat, to directly sublimate into a royal bloodline within the Xuan Turtle clan.

And it was not just an ordinary royal, but a direct second-generation royal.

It became a genuine Emperor of the Xuan Turtles.

Its status was so high that it was nearly that of the peerless-quality Queen of Space.

Also, following the bloodline improvement, Xuangui Baxia's cultivation speed increased accordingly, and as of today, three months later, it had grown to the late Sixth Realm.

Counting the blessing of its innate divine abilities.

Su Ping guessed that it could forcefully hold off the attack of a Seventh Stage, that is, a Dao Integration human Immortal.

Even after meeting certain conditions, this Xuangui Baxia could unleash its Xuan Turtle divine ability, swallow the opponent in one gulp, and trap them within its stomach, which formed its own Small World.

A Small World within the body with chaotic and complex space, and then a powerful digestive ability...

The growth path of Xuangui Baxia made Su Ping faintly feel as if he were seeing the Supreme Mother God in her juvenile form.

Su Ping could not help but be full of anticipation, thinking that after his Xuan Turtle's bloodline reached the Emperor level or even the Saint level, and its realm reached above the Ninth Stage.

Would it eventually grow into another Supreme Mother God?

Or a Supreme Mother God that was under his control and possessed subjective initiative!

If that were truly possible, he would likely be able to run rampant across various Time Domains from then on.

It would not even be impossible to occupy several Time Domains and become a Domain Lord.

Su Ping continued to let Xuangui Baxia feed in the asteroid belt and wait for his summons at any time.

Then, Su Ping suddenly felt something in his heart and hurriedly returned to the North King Time Domain from the Water Blue Star World.

After three months of peace.

Su Ping finally encountered an accident.

Or rather, the Immortal Boat Fleet of Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar encountered an accident.

Not long after leaving a Small World within the sphere of influence of the Dao Alliance.

The Immortal Boat Fleet of Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar, while halfway to another trading platform destination, encountered a robbery by the Demon Clan.

At first, Su Ping suspected that his Primordial Spirit Avatar had been discovered while selling Spirit Herbs.

Later, he realized he had overthought it.

It was just encountering professional robbers among the Demon Clan.

Those robbing Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar were the Desolate Wolf Clan, ranked in the top ten of the Demon Alliance.

The wolf demons of the Desolate Wolf Clan were naturally combative and had made robbery their main profession since the ancient era.

They not only robbed the trade fleets of the Daoist sects and Fomen, but also plundered the indigenous people of those Small Worlds that hid themselves.

They also dealt heavy blows to their own people in the Demon Alliance.

Except for the face of the Dragon and Phoenix clans, the Desolate Wolf Clan would ignore everyone else.

That Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar fleet ran into the Desolate Wolf Clan could be called an accident, but it could also be called inevitable.

After all, the Desolate Wolf Clan had always been active on these routes.

As long as the Immortal Boat Fleet traveled these routes, it would always encounter them.

The leaders of the Desolate Wolf Clan's robbery were two wolf demons of the Harmony Realm.

Plus, it was an ambush.

Su Ping's Immortal Boat Fleet fell into their Yuanling almost instantly.

The Primordial Spirit Avatar was also restrained.

Then, together with the fleet, it became a prisoner of the Desolate Wolf Clan.

Fortunately, every time a trade was completed, the Primordial Spirit Avatar traded the items back to the main body through the Pot Heaven.

Being robbed this time, the only losses were the fleet itself and a small amount of material reserves.

Currently, the Primordial Spirit Avatar and the fleet were being taken to a certain lair of the Desolate Wolf Clan, waiting for the affiliated forces to send a ransom before releasing the people.

After Su Ping perceived the specific situation, he inquired with an intelligence merchant in the Golden Crow World.

He learned that the Desolate Wolf Clan robbing and then demanding ransom was considered standard operating procedure.

Generally speaking, unless they could not help it, the Desolate Wolf Clan would not eat their prisoners.

In principle, the more valuable the prisoner, the safer they were.

Additionally, if one could pull strings and find a regular member of the Dragon or Phoenix clans to help speak up.

It was still possible to get a discount on the ransom.

Speaking of this, as if guessing something, that intelligence merchant also hinted that he had a way to contact a certain noble person of the Dragon clan.

This made Su Ping suspect whether this route of the Desolate Wolf Clan had long ago become some kind of tacitly accepted path to wealth for everyone.

Besides the Desolate Wolf Clan, the Dragon and Phoenix clans as well as the various forces acting as intermediaries might all be sharing the spoils.

However, compared to giving gifts and paying ransoms.

Su Ping looked at the Abyss Challenge Scroll that had already been updated.

He decided to give the Desolate Wolf Clan and all parties involved a big surprise!