Chapter 2: Evolving a Technological Civilization

"I didn't expect the textbooks in this world to actually classify technological civilization as an ordinary civilization..."

Recalling the content in the textbooks.

Qin Mu felt a bit emotional.

Clearly.

The people of this world...

Had completely failed to realize the potential and upper limits of a technological civilization.

One had to know.

A top-tier technological civilization could completely transcend the boundaries of cosmic space and time, with infinitely high potential for future growth.

A single drop of water could destroy a world.

A two-dimensional foil could even collapse a solar system into a sheet of paper.

Theoretically, as long as the dimension was high enough, technology could continue to develop without an upper limit.

"What? You want to design a technological civilization?"

Upon hearing Qin Mu's choice.

The other classmates were full of disbelief.

They only thought he was joking.

In their eyes, a technological civilization belonged to the most ordinary of civilizations.

Using this as a graduation project, after graduation...

He would probably only be able to provide resources for other transcendent civilizations to earn a living.

There was almost no future in it.

Qin Mu shrugged, not offering much explanation.

Soon.

On the plaza.

The graduates had all successively ignited their divine fire and obtained their origin crystals.

They had all dispersed and returned to their residences.

Everyone had begun their own attempts at the graduation project.

And Qin Mu...

Had also returned to his residence.

The first thing he did was to hold the origin crystal in his palm, just as the textbook said.

Immediately after.

Ignite the divine fire!

The divine fire at the center of his brow continuously radiated light and heat, slowly merging into the origin crystal.

Refining it in an instant!

"Boom!"

Qin Mu quickly sensed that deep within his mind, a gray cloud had suddenly appeared.

And the divine fire hovered above the cloud, burning quietly.

This cloud was precisely the origin he had just refined.

"The next step should be to find a way to open up the world."

He took a deep breath.

Qin Mu began to follow what was taught in the books, urging the divine fire and the origin to forge the world!

"Rumble!"

In his mind.

Under the illumination of the divine fire, the cloud rolled and surged.

A gray land was slowly taking shape within the cloud.

And it was constantly expanding.

Getting larger and larger.

One kilometer, two kilometers, three kilometers...

Before long.

The diameter had broken through to 1000 kilometers!

At this point.

Qin Mu stopped burning the origin, keeping the evolved world at a diameter of 1000 kilometers.

The area was roughly equivalent to two provinces on Earth in his previous life.

Such a size was exactly the standard range required for the graduation project.

Any larger...

Not only would it waste the origin, but it might also increase the risk of the graduation project failing.

"Next, it should be the conversion of the origin..."

Looking inward at the vast world in his mind, Qin Mu began to ponder the next step.

Technological civilization—someone in this world had designed it before.

But the technology they designed belonged to low-level technology.

At most, they had developed firearms and bullets.

Compared to those transcendent civilizations that could move mountains, fill seas, and shatter the void, it was indeed not worth mentioning.

The reason for this...

Was mainly because they had not evolved the core energy of a technological civilization.

"According to the theories in my previous life, there are four core forces in a technological civilization: strong interaction, weak interaction, gravity, and electromagnetic force."

Strong interaction refers to the strongest interaction force existing between objects.

For example, nuclear fusion and nuclear fission are actually just applications of a negligible aspect of the strong interaction.

Used to the extreme, the strong interaction can instantly cause the universe to collapse from within.

Weak interaction, used to the extreme, can distort time and space.

And objects with mass have gravity.

Once one can utilize this power to create black holes and terrifying destructive matter...

It would be a piece of cake.

As for electromagnetic force...

In daily life, the energy generated in any activity is actually electromagnetic force.

It is simply everywhere.

These four forces exist in all things in heaven and earth.

No matter what kind of civilization it is, it is impossible to escape these four forces.

Even in an immortal cultivation civilization, as long as there is matter and living beings, it is equally impossible to escape these four forces.

"But how can I convert the origin into these four basic forces..."

But wanting to truly convert these four forces was not an easy task.

Qin Mu frowned and began to rack his brains.

Just at this moment.

"Ding! Detected that the host is evolving a technological world, Technological System binding..."

"Ding! Loading progress... 1%... 10%... 60%..."

"System binding complete!"

"Functions unlocked!"

"Currently possesses the simulation evolution function: the host can simulate the evolution direction to correct the correct evolution direction in real-time!"

"The host needs to accumulate enough origin to upgrade the system and unlock more functions!"

The next moment.

Qin Mu only felt a clarity in his mind, and the entire system's functions and methods of use became clear instantly.

A full five minutes passed.

Qin Mu finally let out a deep breath of shock.

He had been in this world for three years and finally awakened a system.

And this system...

Was undoubtedly what he was currently lacking the most.

Although it was relatively simple and currently only had one function.

But this simulation evolution function...

Could help him deduce the most correct evolution route in the shortest possible time.

To complete his graduation project!

"System, simulate the best energy conversion plan!"

Qin Mu took a deep breath.

He directly issued the command.

"Ding! Simulation evolution function started, currently analyzing the origin!"

"Ding! Analysis complete!"

"There are 128,931 plans to convert the origin into the four basic forces."

"Currently evolving one by one..."

Hearing this voice from the system.

Qin Mu couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Good heavens.

120,000 plans...

If he had to evolve it himself, without complex and profound evolutionary knowledge and experience, it would be impossible to evolve the four basic forces.

It was no wonder that the technological civilization of this world had always been classified as an ordinary civilization.

Time passed second by second.

In his mind.

The system was running at high speed, simulating and listing the evolution results one by one.

One hour later.

The system's voice sounded again:

"Ding! Plan elimination successful, two most likely plans have been screened out."

"One: Decompose the four basic forces, merge them into heaven and earth, evolve living beings, impart knowledge, and climb the technological ladder!"

"Two: Decompose the four basic forces, merge them into artifacts, suppress heaven and earth, and form a self-contained cycle!"

Hearing this, Qin Mu couldn't help but frown.

The first plan...

Was simply too long.

It also required evolving living beings, imparting technological knowledge, and letting them climb on their own.

During this period, it was easy to encounter all kinds of problems.

And the second plan was relatively simple.

Merge the four basic forces into artifacts, suppress the entire heaven and earth, and form a self-contained cycle.

That is to say...

He could directly skip the step of evolving living beings!

"And the artifacts that fuse the four basic forces... I already have a plan!"

Thinking of this.

Qin Mu's mouth curled up, and he decisively chose the second plan!

"Sci-fi version of the Heavenly Court, Thirty-Three Heavens airborne platform, suppressing the world, forming a self-contained cycle..."

That's right.

The artifact he wanted to build was precisely the sci-fi version of the Thirty-Three Heavens!

Integrate the four basic forces into it.

On one hand, it would suppress the entire heaven and earth.

On the other hand, it could also complete the conversion of the origin, suppress the world, and lay the foundation for a technological civilization!

Subsequently.

Qin Mu began to conceive his graduation project in his mind.

Ignite the divine fire.

Forge the origin.

With the refining of the origin, above the 1000-kilometer-diameter land...

A massive, modern-looking, steel-cast airborne platform was slowly forming.

Not long after.

It revealed its full appearance.

The First Heaven, the South Heaven Gate stood towering, exuding a modern mechanical aura.

The Second Heaven, a winding mechanical road...

The Thirtieth Heaven, the golden, brilliant Lingxiao Palace exuded an inviolable pressure.

The Thirty-Third Heaven, the Tushita Palace suppressed the entire Heavenly Court.

"Origin conversion!"

Qin Mu waved his hand.

All the remaining origin was ignited by the divine fire.

Energy was consumed rapidly.

Surging like a tide, according to the plan analyzed by the system, it poured into the Thirty-Three Heavens platform.

In this process, the four basic forces were quietly born.