Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1007 - 91: The Present Divine Capital Special Zone
While Wang Qi was striving overseas, Shenzhou did not stop its pace.
The Divine Capital Special Zone has become a center for empirical verification of humanistic technology. More and more cultivators are gathering here. Unlike the "preparation for war" state of West Sea Langde, those gathering here are cultivators whose talents are not outstanding or low-level cultivators who are refining their hearts in the mortal world and honing themselves. Those who come here are all already famous and interested in the major subject of the "Power of Human Dao."
Among these cultivators, indeed, there are some who are not skilled, who just want to seize opportunities, but more of them are scholars with a firm heart for seeking the Dao and pioneers sensing the opportunity.
It can be said that the city of Divine Capital is gradually re-emerging in the prosperous manner of Leiyang City before the "Incomplete Theorem Shock."
This time, what attracted those cultivators is no longer the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror.
Known as the "Supreme Heart Net," commonly called in a small area as the "Heart Demon Mysterious Net," the special human Dao system formally named the "Supreme Heart Demon Model Virtual Realm" is open for many to research here.
Among the gathered cultivators, not all have the courage to let themselves be infected by the Heart Demon Great Curse, and not everyone is like Chen Feng or Ai Qinglan, who have low-authority Heart Demon Great Curse Memory to protect themselves and are not afraid of the erosion of diffuse spell power—even Wang Qi, such a madman, would also weigh the pros and cons before letting himself be infected. These cultivators mostly stayed on the outskirts of Divine Capital, entering the city only at critical moments to work, or simply not entering at all, merely exchanging with others outside.
For a convenient life, these cultivators simply become self-sufficient and establish towns. How efficient is the action of cultivators? In less than two years, several "satellite cities" appeared around Divine Capital.
Moreover, surprisingly, Divine Capital City has always been an inhabited place for mortals, the population of cultivators being less than five percent, while the surrounding "satellite cities" are indeed cultivator towns. This configuration of an "Immortal City enveloping a Mortal City" is the first of its kind in Shenzhou.
The cultivators who came to conduct research brought not only residences but more resources. Each of them can apply for fixed funding from the Immortal Alliance, usually with "funding following the people." The arrival of these researchers has also made Divine Capital exhibit an unprecedented prosperous scene.
More empirical projects are unfolding in the city.
Among these empirical projects, a significant part has been modified based on data and plans transmitted by Wang Qi from Spirit Phoenix Island.
These empirical projects also include the "system," special cultivation methods under human Dao environments, and various hypotheses proposed by Wang Qi some days ago.
The way the Immortal Alliance operates is different from Wang Qi's behavior on Spirit Phoenix Island. First, all projects conducted here earnestly implement the principles of "informed" and "voluntary." All volunteers participate in the experiments knowing the empirical content and potential consequences. Secondly, the Immortal Alliance has also explicitly stated in its promotions that this technology is currently immature, and the official actually advocates traditional cultivation more.
However, there are simply too many people in Divine Capital—millions of people—even if only one in a thousand participates in the empirical verification, it's still a large project on the scale of thousands.
Those involved in these empirical projects are all full of praise for this new technology. For those who were at the bottom of society more than a year ago, just having mana is a blessing. They do not have much of a pursuit for "eternal life" or "longevity."
Moreover, participation in the experiments comes with subsidies.
This is even more comfortable for those lazy people. As long as they participate in the experiments, they don't have to do anything every day; just lying in those facilities where food and shelter are provided, they can receive ten units of spell power.
Some participants also fervently recommend this to their friends and family.
Zhang Dazhong was waving his arms, telling his street mates and neighbors about his experiences over the past six months. He's only twelve or thirteen, stocky, with a double chin and a pancake face, his stomach fat already forming a ring. No one would have thought that this chubby boy was actually skinny as a rail two years ago.
He gestured animatedly, his bulging clothes swaying: "Really! Really! If I'm lying, I'm a dog! That Immortal Master also said, as long as you accept the 'Function System' law, you can directly enhance the spell power within and gain the strength equivalent to mana, even without cultivation... Look! Like this!"
With a flip of his hand, he conjured a fireball.
For a real Immortal, this is merely a trivial matter, not even considered a spell. However, the audience in front of him consisted only of ten-year-old kids. They immediately exclaimed, "Oh oh oh!"
This chubby boy had no interest in cultivation before, not even in martial arts, his skin and bones untrained. How could he have easily practiced mana with such a body?
Even Wang Qi had to spend several years conscientiously building a foundation before cultivating some mana.
This magical scene left everyone clicking their tongues in wonder.
"This is the 'Function System' Spell!" the chubby boy shouted: "Even now, the likelihood of cultivating mana isn't high. But as long as you have this system, you can directly possess the skills of a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator!"
"Really!"
"Not only that, but there are many benefits to it every day! And you don't have to endure the hardship of daily school!" The chubby boy put his hands on his waist: "And we can spend every day playing together from now on!"
An eleven-year-old girl, Li Xiaomeng, frowned: "But... Mr. Chen reminded us before he left, that those experiments, which seem to easily give us power, may demand more from us in return..."
Chen Feng isn't a near-fanatical technocrat like Wang Qi. To him, new technology is good, but it has to be built on the basis of "people."
From his perspective, it wasn't suitable to prevent Divine Capital residents from voluntarily participating in Immortal Alliance's experiments. Furthermore, he didn't have the reason to forcibly stop them. After all, to the people of Divine Capital, the path of cultivation is too distant, and enjoying life timely with empirical subsidies is the true pursuit. But before he left, he did his best to explain the consequences of participating in such experiments.
"Think carefully about what you'll give up and what you'll gain, weigh the pros and cons."
That was Mr. Chen's last advice before he left Divine Capital.
"Isn't it just the possibility of breaking off the path of cultivation?" The chubby boy snorted with disdain: "Now you can possess the power of a Qi Cultivation Stage practitioner just by participating in the experiments! Furthermore, the supervising cultivators also said this tech... tech technology will eventually progress, and by then, we could have the abilities of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. Currently, the peak of general cultivation is the Golden Core Stage, isn't it?"
It seems he knows some things.
A little boy murmured: "Primordial Spirit... there's also the Primordial Spirit Stage!"
The chubby boy spat: "A vagrant like you, also dreaming of a Primordial Spirit? Achieving a Primordial Spirit is for those rare geniuses, reincarnations of celestial stars..."
"That's not how it is." Li Xiaomeng couldn't help but correct: "The stars in the sky are all extremely distant, not some Immortals..."
The chubby boy blushed. Then he made a fuss: "Ah ah ah ah! Li Sanya, you're good at studying! But have you Broken through Heavenly Communication? How long have you been studying now? Almost two years, right? Counting the time when Mr. Chen taught you, how many years? It has to be four or five years, doesn't it? Mr. Chen studied by himself for less than two years and broke through Heavenly Communication!"
Chen Feng was the only elite cultivator these children had come into contact with.
Then, the storytelling child and the children listening to the stories started a rumble among themselves.
After laughing, making noise, and crying, the children dispersed. Li Xiaomeng then returned home.
Looking at the formerly financially strained home, she didn't know why a shadow flashed across her eyes.
The Immortal Alliance made it clear long ago that the spell power in their bodies is both a gift and a burden. It may become difficult for those with internal spell power to cultivate mana in the future.
This made the living-on-divine capital one's enthusiasm for seeking immortality diminish greatly.
Had the Immortal Alliance not mandated that children under twelve must study at the Immortal School, and teenagers between twelve and eighteen had limited schooling, who knows how many would have already given up on cultivation.
Moreover, with spell power in their body, they might not be able to leave Divine Capital for a long time.
So now, more people focus on developing the magical uses of the spell power within them.
Her parents had not yet returned home. The little girl flicked through a book titled "Simplified Wanxiang Diagrams——From Introduction to Mastery." This book was also issued by the Immortal Alliance. The market still had things like "Thirty Days Learning Simplified Wanxiang Diagrams" and "Simplified Wanxiang Diagrams Primer," but currently, this one was considered the best.
——Allegedly, this book was compiled by Mr. Chen's good friend. Mr. Chen is remarkable, even his friends are so strong...
Thinking of her own friends, the little girl involuntarily sighed like the old grandfather next door.
——No one can understand me...
Everyone says that life is so good now, are you crazy to cultivate?
Compared to the past, life now is really extraordinarily better. And if you join that so-called "project," it might be even better?
——But, is it really okay to completely rely on "spell power" for your own strength?
The little girl also heard sayings like this——as long as they leave Divine Capital, the spell power within them will weaken and eventually disappear.
If that's true, then even if the residents of Divine Capital gets powerful strength in Divine Capital, they'd end up with nothing left when they leave Divine Capital.
Everyone says it's hard to leave one's homeland, but the little girl Li Xiaomeng thinks...
"The world is so big, I want to go see it..."
