Chapter 17

Qin Mu looked up in surprise.

Soon.

Qin Mu reacted.

Thoughtfully: "It should be because after the system pointed to it, the first living being was born in the world..."

The definition of living being is very broad.

As long as a true spirit is born, it can be called a living being.

Just a moment ago...

It is estimated that the Thirty-Three Heavens airborne platform awakened its true spirit, and although it fell asleep, a living being was indeed born.

So he received faith casting, which caused the divine fire value to skyrocket.

After finding the reason.

Qin Mu looked at the current universe again.

After the Big Bang, the area of the entire world was still extending and expanding.

The world had been evolving naturally.

With the Thirty-Three Heavens as the center.

Small "planets" of different sizes floated around.

They were pulled by gravity and strong and weak nuclear forces, and were rotating and revolving.

Currently, it can be considered the most primitive universe.

"Next, I need to find a way to perfect and optimize this primitive universe..."

Qin Mu looked around, about to think about which places needed to be perfected.

Suddenly.

The system’s voice rang out.

"Ding! Detected that the current universe barrier is weak, there is a safety hazard, please treat it with caution!"

"Ding! Detected that the current universe barrier is weak, there is a safety hazard, please treat it with caution!"

"Ding! Detected that the current universe barrier is weak, there is a safety hazard, please treat it with caution!"

The system prompted three times in a row.

Qin Mu was stunned.

Could not help but look at the entire universe.

Indeed.

Since the Big Bang, the space of the entire world had been infinitely stretched.

Therefore, the world barrier was indeed very weak.

His projection floated in space, and with a light effort, he could pierce through the barrier.

"It seems it really needs to be strengthened and reinforced."

After a simple test.

Qin Mu could not help but frown.

This is also a disadvantage brought about by the Big Bang.

Although space can be infinitely extended, the barrier will be pulled thinner and thinner.

Obviously.

This is not suitable for the healthy development of the universe.

"System, start the simulation deduction function, deduce a plan to strengthen the world barrier!"

Took a deep breath.

He directly started the deduction function.

"Ding! Simulation deduction function started!"

"Ding! Collecting data related to the universe barrier!"

"Ding! Data collection completed, deducing the optimal strengthening plan!"

In a vast and boundless space.

The system bloomed with light.

Began to deduce rapidly.

Three hours later.

The system’s voice rang out again:

"Ding! Deduction finished, there are 93,218 strengthening plans!"

"The optimal strengthening plan has been selected: Four Great Heavenly Gates Plan!"

"Four Great Heavenly Gates Plan: Bind the Four Great Heavenly Gates in the Heavenly Court to the four universe barriers, which can limitlessly strengthen the universe barrier!"

Subsequently.

The system instilled all the plans deduced to Qin Mu.

The core of this plan is to add the four heavenly gates in the Heavenly Court to the four sides respectively.

For example, the South Heavenly Gate guards the southern universe.

The North Heavenly Gate guards the northern universe.

The West Heavenly Gate guards the western universe.

The East Heavenly Gate guards the eastern universe.

With the addition of the four heavenly gates, the universe’s barrier will also be strengthened unprecedentedly.

At the same time.

With the growth of the sci-fi version of the Heavenly Court, the defense of the universe barrier will also be continuously strengthened!

And the operation process of this plan...

Is also relatively complex.

But with the "correct answer" deduced by the system.

Qin Mu can directly copy the parameters, transform the four heavenly gates, and use various technological means to integrate them into the world barrier.

Jiangcheng University.

World Observation Room.

A group of mentors were gathered around the divine fire stone pillar.

Looking up, staring at the stone pillar.

In the entire observation room, it was silent.

No one spoke.

They just silently looked at the line of text at the very top of the stone pillar.

Everyone seemed calm.

But deep in their hearts...

A monstrous wave had been set off.

After a long while.

Finally, a mentor with a flushed face could not help but speak: "Outrageous! It’s simply outrageous! 8452! His divine fire value is actually 8452!"

Other mentors looked at each other.

And discussed among themselves.

"If I remember correctly, he evolved a normal technological civilization, right? There is no transcendent energy converted in the world, right?"

"The new record of our Jiangcheng University... I’m afraid it will make future generations despair!"

"Who still remembers what the old record was? I think it was seven hundred something, right?"

"Speaking of which, there are quite a few geniuses this year. Li Mingyi, Zhao Qiao, Lin Ge, their divine fire values have all broken through 1000, all breaking records."

"..."

It was not just Li Mingyi and the others.

Stimulated by Qin Mu, the grades of many graduates were like they had been injected with chicken blood.

...surged.

If it were any other year, with so many geniuses appearing...

They would certainly be thrilled.

But...

The moment they thought of Qin Mu’s absurd Divine Fire value, their faces filled with distress.

In their teaching.

They had warned students countless times about the vast gap between ordinary civilizations and transcendent civilizations.

Yet in this graduation project.

Qin Mu had used facts to tell them...

That there was indeed a massive gap between the two.

But...

The weaker side was the transcendent civilization!

Furthermore.

Qin Mu’s Divine Fire value crushed the second-place contestant by more than eight times.

The gap was shockingly large.

This was undoubtedly a slap in their faces.

"Eh? Look, what is Qin Mu doing again?"

Suddenly.

An instructor turned his head.

He inadvertently saw that in the projected world, Qin Mu was standing before the South Heaven Gate again.

He had begun to modify the South Heaven Gate.

He first dismantled the mechanical structure of the South Heaven Gate directly.

He took apart the various mechanical components of the South Heaven Gate one by one.

Then, he reassembled them in a brand-new way.

"The graduation assessment is almost here, and he hasn't even cultivated any living beings yet. How will he fend off the alien races when the time comes?"

"To think he’s still obsessed with technological modification. Even if he makes the world look perfect and his Divine Fire value is high, if his combat power is lacking, he still won't pass the graduation assessment!"

"Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

"Once the Divine Fire value reaches 10,000, one can attempt to break through to the Lower God realm. Could he be trying to take this opportunity to break through to a Lower God?"

"..."

Everyone watched Qin Mu dismantle and reassemble the South Heaven Gate, shaking their heads one after another.

In this graduation project.

Although Qin Mu was stunning, they did not have high hopes for him.

An ordinary civilization could not possibly defeat a transcendent civilization.

Facing an invading alien race...

An ordinary civilization was even less likely to hold them off!

At the same time.

In the dormitory.

Qin Mu was immersed in his thoughts, projecting his consciousness into the Thirty-Three Heavens.

He was carrying out the Heaven Gate modification plan.

But as he modified it...

He realized he had overlooked a very serious problem.

"System, does reinforcing the world barrier with the Heaven Gates require a massive amount of World Crystals?"

The system’s cold, mechanical voice replied: "Or you can use a Source Crystal as a substitute."

Upon hearing this, Qin Mu frowned.

For the Four Great Heaven Gates to merge with and reinforce the world barrier, they needed a medium to strengthen them.

And World Crystals, or rather, Source, were that medium.

"So I must find a way to obtain World Crystals, or Source..."

He temporarily set aside the modification plan.

Qin Mu pondered: "World Crystals are produced after a world is destroyed and are quite rare. Conversely, Source is easier to obtain."

As a top-tier university, Jiangcheng University did not lack Source.

And for him to obtain Source, it was quite simple.

He just needed to break another record.

After determining his direction...

Qin Mu began to think about which records he could currently break.

Regarding world area, he had already far surpassed the others.

Divine Fire value...

He had no rivals there either.

Among the reward measures set by the school, only one record remained.

"Break through to Lower God!"

In the history of Jiangcheng University’s graduation projects, the most powerful person...

Had never broken through to Lower God.

And he, right now, was not far from being a Lower God.

"My Divine Fire value has already reached 8,831. As long as I reach 10,000, I can attempt to forge a godhood and charge toward the Lesser God realm."

Qin Mu took a deep breath and muttered: "And as the world continues to expand, my Divine Fire value increases every moment. In about a day, it will reach 10,000."

Therefore.

He only needed to wait patiently now.

At the same time.

He summoned the system and issued a command: "System, start the simulation deduction function. Deduce the best plan for achieving godhood through technology!"

After exploring for this period.

He had already discovered the heaven-defying nature of the system’s deduction function.

As long as there was sufficient data and parameters, it could deduce anything.

Cultivation arts, evolutionary paths, evolutionary directions, modification plans, etc., could all be simulated and deduced.

And then, the best plan could be found from them!

Immediately after.

The system’s light flickered.

"Ding! Simulation deduction function activated!"

"Ding! Host-related data collected. Currently performing simulation for the godhood achievement plan!"

The system began to operate at high speed.

Various parameters intersected, simulating countless scenarios for achieving godhood, as well as potential accidents.

And Qin Mu sat cross-legged in the boundless space.

He began to wait patiently.

The next day.

Jiangcheng University, World Observation Room.

Chu Tiange walked in.

Several instructors hurried forward to report on the graduation project progress of the students over the past few days.

"Principal, over these past few days, the performance of this year's graduates has generally surged, with a significant increase in Divine Fire values!"