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On that day, when words like 'immortal arts' and 'spiritual energy' plunged the entire nation into a frenzy.

A day later.

Dazhou.

Zhang Feng and a group of foreign officials arrived by car at this, the largest medicinal plant cultivation park in the West.

"No. 1635 is normal..."

"No. 315 temperature is normal..."

"This medicinal plant requires timed injections of this type of element for cultivation..."

At this moment.

Within the greenhouse area of the cultivation zone, which stretched as far as the eye could see for ordinary people, there were nearly thirty thousand staff members.

A small portion of them were people from Great Xia who had come to guide the cultivation of medicinal plants in the West.

They explained everything tirelessly, with no intention of holding anything back.

Furthermore, they hoped that the sparsely populated lands of the West would be planted with the medicinal materials needed for the enhancement formula.

Similarly, in terms of the widespread adoption of medicinal plants, the West held an absolute advantage.

Because they had too few people and too much land.

This was an undeniable fact.

Perhaps, after a period of development, the West might even surpass Great Xia at an absolute speed, becoming a major 'medicinal material' exporting nation in one fell swoop.

By then, Great Xia would become a medicinal material importing country.

But before, Great Xia was exporting the finished product, the Huajin Potion.

The Huajin Potion was also the foundational medicine for universal cultivation.

And now.

When the motorcade arrived at a hundred-meter 'artificial high slope' in the distance.

Zhang Feng got out of the car while looking at the entire park below.

Rustle—

Old Egnaard and others from the various foreign dynasties also got out of the cars and followed behind Zhang Feng, surveying their largest 'medicinal material project' here.

Looking down from the high point at this moment.

This scene, where the entire ground seemed covered in white greenhouses, brought a very shocking visual effect.

"I need Element No. 6 here, transfer to greenhouse No. 6433..."

In the gaps between the greenhouses, the thirty thousand staff members were like a clearly divided ant colony, diligently doing their work and coordinating every link.

Everything was developing in an orderly manner, contributing to a larger, nationwide 'ant colony'.

To put it bluntly.

When they saw such a massive medicinal material project, Egnaard and the others were very proud.

Because the preliminary phase of this project alone took nearly four years to flatten mountains and fill pits.

Afterwards, there was also the work of reclaiming land and fertilizing, a work volume that was terrifying.

Just like the hundred-meter artificial high slope beneath Zhang Feng's feet, it was originally a small mountain within the park that was 'moved' here.

"According to the data, this place is about 2.1 times larger than our largest cultivation base..."

At the same time, some Great Xia officials and reporters also openly expressed their astonishment.

Furthermore, this project was also reported in the newspapers and was referred to by the West as the 'Century Medicinal Material Project'.

Although the name was somewhat exaggerated, it also provided data stating that this medicinal material project could meet the medicinal needs of one million people!

And they had sixteen such medicinal material bases in the preliminary stages of progress, with another three in the preparatory phase of land selection.

If all were implemented, they would be able to meet the Huajin Potion supply for twenty million people globally!

Adding the area of the secondary bases in Great Xia and other dynasties, then within the next five years, they would be able to meet the medicinal needs of fifty million people!

By then, the most obvious result would be that the price of medicinal materials would drop infinitely.

If the scale were even larger and the optimization greater, the Huajin Potion might even replace grain, achieving true universal consumption.

As for the cost, as long as cultivation technology and related technologies advanced a few more steps, it could theoretically achieve the cost price of growing wheat.

Because the widespread adoption of Z1 fundamentally solved the biggest energy cost problem.

Now, only the transportation problem remained.

This was also a headache for the entire world.

Not just Zhang Feng.

But at this moment, the 'fantasy utopia' Zhang Feng envisioned had also drawn much closer.

Now.

Zhang Feng also understood that if his envisioned utopia were described with a more precise term, it would be 'a celestial realm where everyone can live long lives'.

This was indeed a big challenge.

At the same time.

After finishing his tour of the cultivation park here, Zhang Feng also looked at Egnaard and the others behind him.

"Not bad."

...

The two words 'not bad' represented Zhang Feng's affirmation of the Western cultivation efforts and also marked the temporary conclusion of this Western visit.

But on the way back.

Zhang Feng also saw that new 'computing power buildings' were beginning to be built on most of the vacant land in the West.

Computing power buildings were currently the largest source of 'computing power' globally.

Naturally, the more, the better.

Of course, they were also currently the biggest energy monsters.

Their specifications were 'half-step transcendent level', higher than world-class.

The only truly transcendent-level technology currently was Z1.

Z1 now held the position of global hegemonic technology.

Apart from this.

Zhang Feng did not focus on discussing 'federation' matters with Egnaard and the others.

He only had a brief chat about it during a casual conversation with the officials in the White House and a group of governors the previous night.

Now.

On the plane back to Great Xia.

Zhang Feng also sent the questions they raised to the Planning Department for focused analysis.

Furthermore, Old Liu and others also discussed with Egnaard and a group of foreign dynasty officials for several hours via online conference.

About three hours later, the results came out.

The answer was, no.

There were too many problems within it.

Firstly, should the currency be unified? Or mixed?

If it was mixed, following the current original route, then it would be no different from not having a federation.

But if it were unified, there would be a great benefit: global economic flow would increase, and risks such as inflation and exchange rates would significantly decrease.

But even if unified, should the accounts be managed separately or centrally? How should the autonomy of each dynasty be calculated?

It was difficult to reach a unified consensus in a short period.

The argument of 'making concessions for the evolution of the entire population' was not enough to cause major chaos in the entire civilian economy.

Because the increase in economic flow seemed good.

But before the increase, it might lead to the collapse of the underlying logic of foreign exchange and local large enterprises' settlements, subsequently leading to bankruptcy, causing millions of people to lose their jobs and creating chaos, as well as a major reshuffle of the global economy.

Of course, some people also proposed a gradual phase-out and slow progression, which might be feasible, at least allowing many people to struggle a bit, adapt a bit, and perhaps survive.

However, while the economic problem seemed solved, the military aspect was a big problem.

Should nuclear weapons be managed separately or jointly?

And in terms of military strength, should it be managed separately or unified?

Truly, facing the evolution of the entire population, and with tangible results currently, everyone had the desire to work together, but this was not something they could decide with a single word.

As the leaders, they had to be responsible for the people behind them.

Zhang Feng also strongly believed this statement.

Because they currently had everything and lacked nothing; spirit stones had extended their lifespan by at least 5 to 10 years.

Besides being responsible for the people, what else could they do?

All that was left was to leave a legacy.

This was already the last thing, and the only thing they sought.

Zhang Feng believed it, absolutely believed it.

Because his life in reality, apart from acquiring knowledge, was already similar to theirs.

They wanted to leave their signature in the history of 'building a utopia', imprinted within a new civilization.

He also wanted to create a 'celestial realm'.

Everyone's ideas were similar, at most adding the desire for even longer life.

Furthermore, to achieve longevity, the strength of the entire world must be integrated.

This was inevitable.

The nationwide computing power of the past few years had already shown everyone the great progress of civilization through global collaboration.

Then, now everyone had a headache.

After all, to truly unify in form seemed very difficult.

Coordination among all parties was not just a matter of saying so.

To put it figuratively, even a married couple will argue about money, let alone billions of people on a planet.

Everyone was crossing the river by feeling the stones; there was truly no certainty.

It was better to be like dating while living separately now; when they wanted to meet (had a new topic), they would get together, and when the matter was concluded (research finished), they would separate.

But some people also proposed a very outrageous idea.

Directly target some enterprises and individuals who might be affected now and make them start transforming.

...

Three days later.

Inside the base.

Zhang Feng didn't concern himself with this matter anymore.

Although unification was something he proposed, it was enough to understand the general idea and then hand it over to professionals to handle.

Furthermore, through this matter and the trip to the West.

Zhang Feng also understood the current basic global situation.

This could also be considered a practical investigation.

It gave him a more intuitive understanding of the foundation of his rear base.

And in the following days, Zhang Feng also wrote various unified training methods for spiritual energy body tempering.

Although there were many cultivation techniques in the ocean world.

They could basically all be integrated, like martial arts, to achieve 'integrated' teaching.

Furthermore, there was also ancient martial arts body tempering.

Zhang Feng also meticulously dissected them, and then used the method of identifying gaps and making up for deficiencies to perfect some boxing techniques and Huajin training methods.

This was to a greater extent to improve the physical fitness of the entire population and provide high-end data resources.

As for corpse refinement techniques and 'beast rearing techniques' similar to the big and small crows, that was out of the question.

Regarding beast rearing techniques, it involved injecting spiritual energy into animals daily according to a certain method to help them cultivate.

They also cultivated methods like Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment.

After a long time, if they were forcibly raised to the realm of 'Qi', they might be able to open their minds.

And this 'Qi' was the realm before Qi Refining.

Only by sensing Qi could one begin to cultivate.

Of course, to a greater extent, it was because these two crows themselves had exceptionally high talent.

Otherwise, an ordinary animal would need to be fed normal spiritual energy for at least several decades before it could gradually cultivate on its own.

All of this was deduced by Zhang Feng.

Furthermore, Zhang Feng had also concluded that if crows had talent, their aptitude should be around 0.7.

It's just that their talent is far inferior to that of mice that can 'cultivate spiritual sense'.

The aptitude of mice should be in the range of 1.8 to 2, and they have extremely strong comprehension.

As for raising mice, it involves storing spiritual sense and constantly influencing them, allowing them to gradually awaken their spiritual sense as well.

Then Zhang Feng also had an idea: if the next world is longer than 50 years, he would try raising a small pet.

This is one way to observe different functional structures.

It is also a method for cultivating spiritual sense.

Zhang Feng hadn't tried it, so he wanted to see what the differences would be.

By comparing them back and forth like this, he might even be able to optimize his own cultivation path.

...

More than half a month later.

The secret manual regarding spiritual energy body tempering was released globally, first allowing the public to become familiar with the training methods within.

Subsequently, the cultivation of spirit fruits and spirit flowers was also successfully completed.

And in terms of effectiveness, after a series of optimizations, they were about 5% more effective than those in the ocean world.

This is considered an improved variety.

Through consumption and cultivation, Zhang Feng also increased his extra physique by 0.6, and the remaining 3.5 physique would be fully replenished within half a year.

After that, it was about how to achieve widespread implementation.

And the root of the problem returned to optimizing spirit stones.

After Zhang Feng's trip to the West, all official organizations adopted the necessary attitude, which was to further expand the scale of Z1 manufacturing and the computing power buildings.

Increase computing power, and then turn around to optimize the spirit stone plan.

Especially in the past few years, a huge wave called 'Engineering Fever' has swept across the world.

Engineering colleges in various places have seen seven times more students than in previous years.

And among the current students, young martial artists are gradually appearing.

The era is moving forward, and civilization is evolving.

Children who started practicing martial arts at the age of twelve or thirteen have now become adult martial artists of eighteen or nineteen.

Especially the experimental primary schools in various places, the 'first batch of formal cultivation' flowers, are now entering the second semester of fourth grade this year.

Their number is one hundred thousand.

Their current age is 10 to 11 years old.

Their physique is 10 to 16.

The people teaching them are the first batch of students from the former Supernatural Academy, as well as those from the Martial Arts Department, military and police circles, and occasional lectures from various martial arts hall masters.

Their teaching resources are incredibly abundant.

But relatively speaking, their management is also incredibly strict.

In terms of psychological guidance, there is basically one psychological counselor assigned to every 10 people.

Strictly adhering to the 10:1 ratio stipulated by the Martial Arts Department.

Even for some problematic students, it reaches 5:1, 4:1, or even 1:1 for 'psychological correction'.

After all, a 10-year-old child, damn it, has a physique of 10 to 16, and is proficient in some fatal killing techniques.

If they are not managed well, it would be very frightening.

It's possible that on a certain street,

an adult riding a bike bumps into him, sees he's a child, and then curses, 'You brat, watch where you're going'.

Then, the child gets angry, delivers a hand knife, a strike to the throat, leaving no chance for rescue.

This is what the Martial Arts Department is worried about.

Cultivating from a young age is certainly good, but psychological education must also be prioritized more intensely.

Especially during the rebellious period, the tension is even greater.

Zhang Feng has deduced that with the current teaching staff and the situation where spirit flowers and spirit fruits will be used for them in the second stage, by the time they reach around 12 to 18 years old,

at 12 years old, their physique could potentially reach 30.

at 18 years old, 70.

With a physique of 70, they can already try to lift a small car, and pistol bullets will not injure their internal organs and bones, at most they will get stuck in the muscles.

It is estimated that there will be one hundred thousand such people in 8 years.

And every year after that, another one hundred thousand.

This directly puts the Martial Arts Department, military, and police under immense pressure.

However, after they turn 18, if they cannot enter the Supernatural Academy, they will largely enter the military.

There are still four years of training in the military.

After the four years are over, if they don't want to stay and wish to transfer, they can be assigned to various local Martial Arts Departments, police forces, or official martial arts halls.

Of course, their final choice still depends on their personal wishes.

Including after they turn 18, if they don't want to join the military, they can also choose a regular university.

And Zhang Feng has also speculated.

If they really go to regular universities, these universities would certainly be very willing to accept them.

...

A few days later.

Zhang Feng also heard an interesting piece of news.

That is, many official organizations abroad are researching 'magic theory'.

There's even something called the 'Grand Magic Association'.

Although it sounds very abstract, let them tinker with it.

If they really come up with a technique to fly on a broomstick, it would also be a breakthrough integrating spiritual energy, aerodynamics, and the like.

In a roundabout way, Great Xia could also have something very abstract like 'stepping on a wooden sword'.

Zhang Feng liked this atmosphere of nationwide research.

Especially after these three years, 34 new meridian pathways have been discovered.

Equivalent to a 'high-level martial art'.

There are also some skill data regarding internal energy, and data on small internal energy blood vessels.

This has also greatly benefited Zhang Feng.

Data on internal energy is now starting to yield results.

Some people have generated internal energy and opened some small blood vessels that Zhang Feng had not yet opened.

Zhang Feng can use this as a reference to speed up the expansion of his blood vessels.

In a roundabout way, it speeds up the process of the internal energy small circulation.

Currently, apart from spiritual energy which has just been rolled out, everything else is yielding results.

Including research on Z1, and research on medicinal materials and elemental recombination.

Zhang Feng is also learning.

...

Unconsciously, the last day before returning arrived.

Morning.

Inside the office.

Zhang Feng was looking at the report handed to him by Lao Liu.

It showed all the problems currently hitting bottlenecks.

The focus of the optimization section was spirit stones and the computing power building.

The focus of the unconquerable problems was superconductivity.

Zhang Feng glanced at it and had a concrete impression in his mind.

It's just that there were quite a few problems.

But thinking about the rewards given by the entire population.

This seems to be even more.

Then, he also had his own project: trying to raise spirit beasts, observe new methods for cultivating spiritual sense, and then integrate them into the normal spiritual sense system.

Waiting for the ideas to become clear.

Zhang Feng handed the report to Lao Liu and asked, "What is the spiritual energy density of the entire data center now?"

"It's reached 1."

Lao Liu took the report, "Now, while maintaining the spiritual energy of the base, we are trying our best to allocate it to planting bases to start cultivating spirit flowers and spirit fruits."

"What is the current production of spirit stones?" Zhang Feng didn't want to ask the production department and asked Lao Liu directly.

"The base produces 510 to 515 stones daily."

Lao Liu looked at the wristband on his hand, which had the specific data, "The total of our country's other bases is 220 to 240.

Outside of our country, the total of all other parties is 1900 to 2100."

"The failure rate is still too high." Zhang Feng nodded, knowing that this fluctuating number was affected by the failure rate.

And although the base produces 510 to 515 daily, the production volume is 750, with a failure rate of nearly one-third.

As for the West, their production volume is 4000, with a failure rate of half.

Because the synthesis of elements is very precise; it's not like two elements collide and form a new element.

Instead, ninety-something elements need to form a 'relatively stable' magical structure in a very peculiar arrangement.

Especially since the magical structure is changing; when combined, it will 'vibrate' irregularly for 10 to 20 seconds, similar to a kind of repulsion.

Only after the repulsion is complete will it truly stabilize.

During the repulsion period, this requires people to use some precision instruments under a scientific research-grade microscope to assist in stabilization.

Currently, it is entirely manual, and it depends on the proficiency of the researchers.

Including the fact that they are all waiting for the mass-produced spirit stone machine.

Because theoretically, the future 'integrated spirit stone machine production line' has already recorded all possible elemental vibrations in the calculations of the computing power building.

If everything goes normally, the success rate of spirit stones will increase, and their cost will also decrease by 50%.

By then, it will be the same as the price data Zhang Feng obtained a month ago: a spirit stone will be around 3 to 4 hundred million.

Although it is impossible for everyone to cultivate, by gritting their teeth, they can achieve benefits for the major hall masters and the first batch of students.

Zhang Feng had no better way regarding this.

But it was precisely the change in the spirit stone structure.

It also allowed Zhang Feng to learn about a kind of 'diversity in the change of material elements'.

Even more absurdly, Zhang Feng's ever-changing internal energy became even more specialized because he learned this diversity.

Zhang Feng also suddenly realized that knowledge seems to be interconnected, and one can draw inferences from one case to another.

...

Evening.

Zhang Feng chose to go for a run in the small park near his home.

It was a form of relaxation before the next adventure.

Because this countdown was too long, a full three years.

He always needed to adjust his mindset and enter the best combat state.

Then, as usual.

Although there was no Xiao Li accompanying him for the run.

Zhang Feng returned home early.

Subsequently.

Washed up, went to bed.

Zhang Feng looked towards the new adventure that was about to arrive.