We bear people have power

Guan Bo didn't care at all about how the Li Shan Sword Sect planned to retaliate. If they were even slightly intelligent, they would have simply come knocking on his door; he could have just taught them a lesson. He didn't need their cooperation for the performance a month later.

If someone's intelligence is off the charts and they go looking for trouble with ordinary people, Guan Bo wouldn't mind first flattening their mountain gate with a single bear's paw, then skinning the surviving ones and hanging them on the wall to dry in the wind.

Upon returning from the outer void, Guan Bo noticed that his killing intent had increased considerably, probably because he had killed too many Heavenly Demons and was now killing them with too much ease.

There is only one month left. Although the discovery of chaotic spiritual energy, or rather, zero energy, allows mortals to use spells without cultivating the "Longevity Technique," this spell is simply too weak.

To rely solely on this bracelet to fight against cultivators would be a complete joke. However, going from one to two and then to three isn't particularly difficult in this world; the hardest part is going from zero to one.

The reason Guan Bo went to so much trouble to create the "Longevity Manual" was because mortals without magical power simply cannot use the power of magical artifacts. Even the simplest talisman is useless to them.

Those talismans that work when stuck on a zombie's forehead rely on the creator's magic power to produce their effect, and since the magic power is constantly dissipating, they quickly become ineffective without replenishment.

When a mortal uses a magical artifact, it's like giving him a lit torch; he can't add fuel to the fire and can only wait for the torch to burn out.

While it's not impossible, the number of cultivators is still a tiny minority compared to ordinary people. Supplying the needs of the majority with such a small number of people would be impossible unless the Great Zhou Kingdom immediately implemented widespread automation, making one person equivalent to a thousand or ten thousand, thus distributing magical artifacts to every household.

However, now that we have the Zero Energy Bracelet, we can begin a new phase.

For three days, Guan Bo devoted himself to acting as a translator for the Trisolarans, exchanging ideas with researchers from the Great Zhou Kingdom. It must be said that Guan Bo's influence was enormous; faced with this unimaginable extraterrestrial life, the researchers from the Great Zhou Kingdom did not show much surprise or resistance.

After all, their boss was a birdman, and the founder of the Great Zhou Kingdom was a panda, so it wasn't surprising at all.

Translation between researchers is a very tiring task, even though Guan Bo himself is highly skilled and has a deep understanding of magic. However, translating many technical terms is a major problem, so he mostly relies on direct mental connections between the two parties to ensure a more accurate understanding of each other's meaning.

Three days wasn't a long time; it only allowed the Silver Eggs to learn about the basic structure of magic and some of the simplest talismans. The key point was the quantum entanglement talisman invented by Nie Shuhuan, which could sense objects regardless of spatial distance.

Of course, only Guan Bo used this name. Neither the Silver Egg Tri-Star People nor the locals knew anything about quantum entanglement.

Nie Shuhuan preferred to call the talisman he invented the Two Elements Talisman.

"The greatest significance of the emergence of tools lies in the fact that we can achieve the same goal with less time and less effort. Although we cannot fully explain the principles of magic for the time being, we can use the known effects of magic to achieve the same goal. Please allow us to introduce our latest achievement - the mana access device." Silver Egg Tokiomi presented a helmet-like object with his tentacles, but the helmet seemed a bit too big, looking like an afro wig.

It has to be said that these silver eggs are very skilled with their hands. The structure of this helmet is extremely complex. Even if Guan Bo were to make it according to the design, it would take more than three days.

"What's the use of this?" Guan Bo asked.

"Well, I wonder if you understand the concept of networks, sir, regarding launching a suicide attack at a critical moment. On our Tristellar, energy networks are a very mature technology. Similar to the array in your city, it covers the entire city and is omnipresent. The only difference is that we use electricity, while you use magic."

"Based on our understanding over this period of time, we have made a somewhat inaccurate distinction between magical power and spiritual energy. Spiritual energy is energy that exists anywhere in the world; while magical power is energy that has been infused with personal spiritual power and can be used flexibly. Therefore, everyone can absorb spiritual energy, but magical power is like having a special key attached, which can only be used by the individual."

"The array formation in your city is like a huge, independent user, absorbing massive amounts of spiritual energy and imprinting it with the unique mark of the array, thus transforming it into magic power specific to the array and generating power. This is why the control of array formations is generally held by only a few people, because array formations are built by a few people from the very beginning, and their spiritual imprints are unique and difficult to share with others. Therefore, you invented objects to control array formations."

"In reality, what is called the array eye or the array suppressor is nothing more than the builder imprinting their own spiritual characteristics on it, allowing the user to use this tool to replace the builder's spiritual frequency. But this is very inefficient. The control center of the array can only be created by the builder. If the builder dies, the array is almost half finished. Even if the successor preserves the control center well, it will still suffer from wear and tear or the array will malfunction and become unmaintainable."

"It's just that cultivators who can build large-scale formations have very long lifespans, and this situation won't occur unless they die or leave unexpectedly, which is why you don't subconsciously take this flaw seriously."

Shi Chen explained so much in one breath that Guan Bo was somewhat enlightened.

In countless cultivation stories, ancient times were always filled with powerful figures who left behind countless precious treasures—arrays, magical artifacts, or large sects, etc. Why is it that each generation seems less impressive than the last? This is probably because this unique characteristic affects the transmission of knowledge and skills.

In a cultivation sect, the founder is often the strongest individual, with a certain patriarch or elder acting as a pillar of strength. A major reason for this is that the transmission of cultivation is rarely guaranteed, and once the sect leader or similar figure passes away, the sect quickly declines. The sign of this decline is often the malfunction of the sect's protective formations, or their inability to function at full power, allowing others to exploit the vulnerability and breach the defenses from the outside.

"So, what's the purpose of this afro wig?" Guan Bo asked the most crucial question.

A crimson hue flashed across the silver surface of the clock. Guan Bo, having spent a long time with the San Yao Xing people, knew that this was how they reacted when they were excited.

"This mana access device can simulate the mental characteristics of the array's creator, thereby extracting mana from the array for use, and even controlling the operation of the entire array," Shichen explained.

Guan Bo didn't grasp the key point at first, but Nie Shuhuan reacted faster, asking in shock, "This thing can infiltrate other people's formations and directly control them?"