Chapter 260: A Spell Sufficient to Cause Revolution

"These little players really know how to surprise me!"

Feng Xue looked at the tiny light sphere in his hand, his expression one of unmistakable delight; though at present it was nothing more than a retard-level calculator that took two or three seconds to solve a multiplication or division under ten, he clearly understood the revolutionary potential of this device.

Who could have imagined that this little genius had linked 【Filtering】 with 【Programming Language】?

Know this: the mechanism of 【Filtering】 is essentially a mechanical arm that grabs the item you want from a pile of items.

This device functions by cooperating with willpower that responds to thought—imagine labels affixed to items; the mechanical arm scans the barcode, identifies whether the item is the one you want, then grabs it.

In this world's environment, there is no willpower—equivalent to tearing off all barcodes from every item; thus, for the mechanical arm to grasp the target, it must perform image recognition, instantly raising the difficulty.

What the science-obsessed madman did was attempt, using programming language, to build a two-dimensional barcode system from binary code onward; though far more complex than the willpower system, it was still simpler than image recognition.

To Feng Xue, who had just arrived in this world, this technology was like taking off your pants to fart—because without willpower, he could still use soul-marking and other methods to imbue spells with the ability to filter targets; though this behavior, which relied on the human brain's "image recognition system," consumed computational power, it was no problem with Xiao Lingdang's assistance.

But after comprehending the Great Dao foundation of 【Heaven and Human as One】, Feng Xue's perspective shifted; the so-called willpower computer was secondary—what truly mattered was that the science-obsessed madman's act, seemingly merely applying programming language to spell programming, was in essence defining willpower in a world without willpower, using only pure "yes" and "no."

To reach the realm of 【Reverse】, Feng Xue had no choice but to study how to incorporate the phantom spirit into primordial qi—studying the essence of willpower was essential.

But willpower is something that changes with consciousness; it is extremely difficult to confirm whether the "willpower" you've studied is true willpower, or merely willpower that has reshaped itself to suit your desire to study it.

The filtering program developed by the science-obsessed madman in this willpower-less world precisely avoided the trap of willpower's volatility—it could be said to have provided Feng Xue with a dedicated tool for studying willpower.

Of course, a tool alone is not enough—but Feng Xue had Seeing Bi Gelei!

With the tool, and her elemental spell structures, the secrets of Primordial Qi seemed almost within reach.

"Hmm, but I can't abandon computer programs," Feng Xue glanced at Xiao Lingdang, which gave no feedback, and inwardly sighed helplessly—AI is still AI; even when it involves its own upgrade, if you don't ask, it remains utterly unaware.

"Xiao Lingdang, can you optimize this calculator spell by integrating classical computer architecture and programming?"

"No problem, Master. He has already solved the most difficult language; now it's just a matter of upgrading using existing solutions. But to achieve practicality—equivalent to the computational power of our current personal terminal—this ritual would be extremely complex; even in my possessed state, completing the casting would require time measured in days."

Xiao Lingdang quickly calculated and gave an unoptimistic response; Feng Xue thought for a moment and said:

"What if we make it a series-connected magical device?"

"With our current manufacturing methods, the volume would be enormous and the willpower consumption extremely high. But the core… hmm, the printer from Lady Xiao Fengling of the Weather Goddess could miniaturize it—but this spell merely provides additional computational power and is no different from my possessing you."

Xiao Lingdang gave her response; Feng Xue sighed:

"So you still aren't smart enough! This is a spell! A spell with computer characteristics that can run code! That means you can perform the Rite of Awakening on this spell! Understand? Combined with Seeing Bi Gelei's elemental magic, you can grant the spell's output a semi-permanent form—in other words, once you create a ritual and complete the casting, you can awaken the spell and transform it into part of yourself; as long as you maintain willpower balance, you can continuously increase your computational power!"

"I see!" Hearing Feng Xue's explanation, Xiao Lingdang instantly became excited and nodded quickly:

"Feasibility is high, but Seeing Bi Gelei's elemental magic also requires external energy input; in a world with willpower, that's fine—but in a world like this, you'd need to attach a conversion structure…"

"Yes, roughly like that. Let's start the project now," Feng Xue sighed in relief—Xiao Lingdang seemed human enough on the surface, but when it came to knowledge not in her database, she instantly regressed into an artificial idiot.

"Understood. This project requires more computational power. Please activate additional devices."

Xiao Lingdang immediately opened an independent thread; Feng Xue nodded in satisfaction—actually, for Feng Xue, the greatest utility of this device was for Su E Huiyeji.

According to plan, Huiyeji would one day become the Earth Goddess of the Ocean World; but since she was cultivated via the Wu You Nuan Face Method, her spiritual intellect was so weak as to be negligible—she was the extreme example of "poke once, move once."

As is well known, an empty container is easiest to fill; to prevent her from being corrupted by the poison of faith, slipping from his control, or twisting into some bizarre form, Feng Xue felt it necessary to first write a personality code for her, just like Xiao Lingdang.

Previously, he had been pondering whether to "raise" a group of believers in some remote backwater, writing them scriptures and transmitting ideas—but now, with the willpower computer, he could simply write a personality AI first, then emulate the process by which Little Xiao Fengling split off Xiao Lingdang: let Huiyeji split off a "clone" to inhabit the spell calculator, inherit this personality, then reverse-fuse it with the soulless original.

"By the way, Xiao Lingdang, write me a comprehensive virtual idol persona—full details. Model it after your own original level. Appearance: follow Huiyeji's. Personality: gentle… oh, right, she's also a Sea Goddess… and black long straight hair with a dark personality is perfect! So outwardly gentle but inwardly cunning, voice… definitely Zaojian Shaozhi! I should have video data in my database… but Ikura's voice is also hard to give up… collect both voice sources, mix them at different ratios, and I'll pick the most pleasant one… also, the persona…"

(End of Chapter)