Chapter 97: Can this count as a betrothal gift?

Of course, Bai Zhou didn't have that much stamina either.

After dallying with Xian Lin'er for a good half-hour and accompanying her through a lovely breakfast, Bai Zhou finally began to continue his studies in soul tool crafting.

As for the assessment, naturally, there was no need for much preparation; he could just step onto the stage and get to work.

What Bai Zhou was researching this time was, naturally, the transmission issue of the Micro Card.

The current functions of the Micro Card were basically sufficient, so there was no need for rapid updates.

Moreover, as for updates, that was for the other Soul Tool Masters at Shrek to research; it wasn't considered too difficult.

At present, the greatest difficulty was the issue of transmission distance.

Bai Zhou had already thought of a solution to this problem long ago: learn from his past life and build base stations.

Of course, satellites would actually be the best, but at Bai Zhou's current level—or rather, the level of this world—there was no way to build something like a satellite.

Although there were many Micro Card users, it was completely incomparable to the mobile phone users of his past life, so base stations were perfectly adequate.

The role of a base station is to be responsible for the transmission and amplification of signals.

The Sun Moon Empire might have the technology for this, but the Three Great Empires definitely did not.

After all, in the Three Great Empires, only the Soul Tool Master Association and the Shrek Academy Soul Tool Department had anything of substance.

Other wild Soul Tool Master organizations were like dog shit—all a bunch of trash, researching things that the Sun Moon Empire had phased out a hundred years ago.

Strategic-level technology like signal transmission would naturally not be revealed by the Sun Moon Empire.

Bai Zhou didn't need to rely on the Sun Moon Empire either; he directly used two wishing opportunities to obtain the construction blueprints for signal amplification base stations.

Base stations also had different levels, from the lowest Level 4 to the highest Level 9, and Bai Zhou obtained all the blueprints.

Although Bai Zhou could only be considered a Level 3 Peak Soul Tool Master right now, base stations—while Level 4—had a massive physical size, which significantly lowered the difficulty of crafting them, so it wasn't much of a challenge for Bai Zhou.

But it wasn't something that could be finished in a day or two either.

So, after pondering for a moment, Bai Zhou didn't hesitate to find Xian Lin'er and hand over all the base station blueprints.

After all, by himself, even if he were...

"Base stations... amplifying signals!! Where did you get these blueprints again???"

When Xian Lin'er saw the blueprints Bai Zhou brought out, she was completely dumbfounded.

Good heavens! Just a few days ago, she had allocated millions of gold coins to assemble a large team of dozens of people to research a major project similar to signal base station amplifiers.

Never did she expect that this project would end before it even began...

Where on earth did this kid Bai Zhou get these things??? "Hehe, I picked them up on the road."

Bai Zhou shifted his gaze slightly, feeling a bit guilty, and made up a reason.

"Alright, alright, I won't pry into your secrets..."

Xian Lin'er rolled her eyes lightly, then hugged Bai Zhou gently, saying with some pleasant surprise: "Little White, you really are my little treasure, bringing me such a big surprise so quickly."

"Then can this count as a betrothal gift?" Bai Zhou blinked and looked up at Xian Lin'er.

"Dummy, why do you always think about that!"

Xian Lin'er pinched Bai Zhou hard, feeling very speechless.

Was this kid crazy about wanting to marry her? Why did he think of everything in that direction?

"Hehe, then can I get some kind of reward?"

Bai Zhou felt a bit sheepish; although it couldn't count as a betrothal gift, he still wanted a reward.

"Don't worry, the Academy won't treat you unfairly. I had originally started a research project like this, intending to invest 3 million Gold Soul Coins in funding for the first phase."

"Although you only have the blueprints, their value is immeasurable. I'll apply for a 1 million Gold Soul Coin reward for you first; as for the follow-up, I'll give you a share just like with the Micro Card."

As Xian Lin'er spoke, she pressed Bai Zhou into her embrace again, clearly very happy.

After all, the funds invested in researching a project were an extremely massive amount, and most of it would be wasted. Now that these funds didn't need to be thrown down the drain but were instead given to Bai Zhou, she was naturally very happy.

This wave could be called a win-win! "One million, that much! Then wouldn't I be able to buy a house in Shrek City!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhou's eyes lit up instantly, and he said with some pleasant surprise.

"You still want to buy a house? Not allowed!"

Upon hearing this, Xian Lin'er immediately knitted her willow brows and flatly denied it.

"You are only allowed to live in the mansion I gave you; you are not allowed to buy any others!" Xian Lin'er pinched Bai Zhou's chin, her entire aura extremely overbearing.

If she hadn't given Bai Zhou a house, she wouldn't have minded him buying one himself; she might even have subsidized some...

But now that her house had been given away, this little rascal Bai Zhou actually wanted to buy another house—this was going too far! Was he looking down on her house?

Or was he afraid she was monitoring him? No matter which one it was, Xian Lin'er felt very unhappy.

At this moment, Bai Zhou had the feeling of becoming the female lead in a CEO romance novel and being manipulated by the CEO, feeling a bit of a headache...

However, Xian Lin'er's reaction was so intense that it was clear his previous thought had caused her dissatisfaction.

"Alright, alright, I was wrong. From now on, I will only live in the house you gave me, Teacher; I will never live anywhere else, and I definitely won't buy a house!"

Bai Zhou hurriedly apologized sincerely.

Although Xian Lin'er almost never got angry at him, this was the first time she had acted so excessively.

Clearly, Bai Zhou saying that had indeed hurt Xian Lin'er a little.

So Bai Zhou apologized very honestly, no longer daring to have any thoughts of buying a house himself.

"Hmph hmph, that's more like it."

Seeing Bai Zhou's attitude in admitting his mistake was so good, the unhappiness in Xian Lin'er's heart dissipated by more than half.

"Mm mm mm, Teacher is the best~"

Seeing this, Bai Zhou leaned right in, kissing and coaxing her, finally managing to coax Xian Lin'er into a good mood.

Although Xian Lin'er had experienced much, she had spent more of her time in sorrow.

Therefore, she cherished this sweet romance she had now.

As long as Bai Zhou coaxed her a little, she could be coaxed back quickly; she hadn't really been angry anyway.

The two of them hugged together and discussed the future development of the Micro Card.

Bai Zhou directly brought out the development history of "mobile phones" from his past life.

Although it was quite difficult to realize many of the functions, as long as even a little bit was realized, it would be a huge shock to this fantasy world.

At the same time, it would also bring extremely massive profits.

Although Xian Lin'er had long known that Bai Zhou's imagination was vast, she hadn't expected that he would have so many wild and untethered ideas.

Although in her view, wanting to realize the visions Bai Zhou spoke of could be called a fantasy.

But if it were placed on Bai Zhou...

Then that was hard to say.

After all, Bai Zhou was best at creating miracles.

The two of them researched for the better part of the day.

It wasn't until dark that Bai Zhou finally said goodbye and returned.

After all, he hadn't been back for a long time, and Wang Dong's resentment must be very deep; he had to properly resolve it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 98 =====