Chapter 130

For a long time.

He calmed his excited mood and looked at the people from the Research Institute again.

He said in a deep voice: "Talents like Shen Lian should not be buried among the common people, and should not be reduced to captive status!"

"Convey my decree: specially recruit Shen Lian into the Great Yan Research Institute, responsible for the sound transmission over a thousand miles research project!"

"In addition, exempt Shen Lian from captive status, grant Shen Lian Great Yan citizenship. Such a talent should be treated as a national scholar!"

Besides these.

Yan also gave many rewards: land, houses, money, titles, and so on.

All kinds of favors were bestowed upon him.

Southern City.

Construction site.

Shen Lian was performing daily labor with his immortal cultivator companions.

His heart was constantly thinking about how to perfect sound transmission.

Just at this time.

The imperial edict arrived.

On the construction site, the Great Yan army knelt down with full piety.

And the other low-rank extraordinary beings did not dare to be slow.

Hurriedly lowering their heads and kneeling on the ground.

"By the decree of His Majesty, Shen Lian has studied diligently and researched science, making huge contributions. It is of infinite benefit to the country and the people, and he should be treated as a national scholar!"

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"Specially recruit Shen Lian into the Research Institute, specifically responsible for matters of transmitting sound over a thousand miles, exempt him from captive status, and promote him to a Great Yan citizen..."

In the imperial edict.

Various rewards were listed.

Shen Lian slowly raised his head.

Listening to these astonishing rewards.

He showed an expression of disbelief.

He had once fantasized that he might be exempted from captive status.

But he never dared to hope...

That he could enter the Great Yan Research Institute!

You must know.

The Great Yan Research Institute is the most noble place in the Great Yan Kingdom.

It gathers the top talents of Great Yan.

A place countless people dream of entering!

"Shen... Shen Lian thanks His Majesty for his heavenly grace!"

For a moment.

Shen Lian was in tears, his face streaming with them.

This year, he was already over forty years old.

After the immortal cultivation world was destroyed.

Like the other two hundred thousand immortal cultivators, he was captured and brought to Great Yan.

Working diligently every day.

He never thought that one day, he would be specially recruited into the Great Yan Research Institute!

And the low-rank extraordinary beings on the side...

Also looked at this imperial edict with full shock.

Shen Lian, who had always been mocked by them, actually turned the tables and directly got rid of his captive status!

Getting rid of captive status meant that Shen Lian would no longer need to perform labor in the future.

And could enjoy the same rights as Great Yan people in all fields!

The news of Shen Lian's special recruitment soon spread throughout Great Yan.

Throughout the country.

Three hundred million people knew that there was an immortal cultivator named Shen Lian who was honored as a national scholar by the great Emperor because of his research on transmitting sound over a thousand miles!

And he was exempted from captive status and specially recruited into the Research Institute!

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Because of Shen Lian.

Unknowingly.

He triggered another wave of scientific research throughout the world.

Science is what the Great Yan Kingdom has always admired the most!

Those low-rank extraordinary beings, encouraged by Shen Lian's example...

Abandoned their respective extraordinary powers one after another.

And embarked on the path of scientific research.

Great Yan Calendar Year 79.

Great Yan Research Institute.

This is the second year since Shen Lian was specially recruited into the Research Institute.

During this time.

Shen Lian made persistent efforts and perfected the sound transmission device generation by generation.

Producing the initial versions of the telegraph and telephone.

The telegraph can encode text into currents of various frequencies through the current inside the electric wire, thereby sending it to distant places.

The distant place then restores these frequencies into text according to special rules!

This fast text transmission method soon attracted Yan's attention.

Because...

Once it is applied on a large scale, there will be no need for messengers to travel specifically for long-distance communication in the future.

With one telegraph, the entire Great Yan Kingdom can know the political decrees issued by the palace in an instant.

It can greatly integrate administrative efficiency and improve the speed of office work and construction.

And the telephone...

Is the optimal version of transmitting sound over a thousand miles.

Converting sound into different current sounds and transmitting them to distant places, it can realize real-time barrier-free communication!

However...

Proceeding to this step, the Research Institute soon encountered a bottleneck.

Shen Lian knelt before Yan.

Looking at the old and majestic man in front, he smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the power of lightning is limited. Even if stored in large quantities, wanting to supply the whole country..."

Now, a major breakthrough has indeed been made in transmitting sound over a thousand miles.

But...

Fundamentally, it cannot be popularized.

Electric wires can be laid.

But without lightning as a carrier, it is impossible for sound and text to be transmitted quickly.

And lightning...

Is not available every day, and the quantity is limited.

The Great Yan area is extremely vast, and wanting to cover the whole country is basically unrealistic.

"The only way now, the best method, is... artificial electricity generation!"

Finally.

Shen Lian said his long-held idea.

But it shocked Yan greatly: "Artificial electricity generation? Man-made lightning from the sky?"

Just four words.

But it made a deep shock appear on his face, which had experienced the vicissitudes of life.

His heartbeat accelerated "thump-thump".

Using the body of an ordinary human to touch that unknown divine realm!

This...

Perhaps is the true meaning of the three research tasks issued by the God.

Shen Lian took a deep breath and nodded: "That's right, only by finding our own method of manufacturing can we not rely on natural phenomena, create it ourselves, and supply the whole country!"

Yan lowered his head, looking deeply at this former immortal cultivator at his feet.

This "captive" he had promoted with his own hands!

In Shen Lian's eyes, a strong desire for exploration was revealed.

Just like himself decades ago.

For a long time.

Yan waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, then do as you say!"

"Within three years, I want to see electric wires all over the Great Yan territory, and every city equipped with telegraphs and telephones!"

His voice echoed in the hall.

Carrying some expectations.