After finalizing the deal with Lux, Jiang Yan left the training ground.

According to the terms of the deal, he could extort more research talents from Lux, in exchange for having to give Lux an artificial meridian and a spirit crystal for private research.

Of course, once Lux gets something, he can only do some simple research in private, and it is forbidden to pass it on to others, and he can't take the technology he cracked as his own and register it with the Imperial Technology Bureau in exchange for merit or something.

Due to the need for secrecy, Jiang Yan only handed over a finished product to Lux, and there was no information on the development of related technologies. And Jiang Yan believes that Lux will not be able to research something truly valuable. Because the most critical secret of Jiang Yan's spirit crystallization lies in the parasitic data-transformed soul bodies sealed in the crystal, which is the key to the automatic operation of the spirit crystal.

Lacking the data soul body equivalent to the 'machine spirit', the remaining so-called spirit crystals are at best just a spar engraved with the effect of the low-level "Meditation Technique", although as long as the magic array in this spar is driven, it can still be automated to cultivate spiritual power, but that requires the user to take the initiative to control.

And those who can independently drive this kind of magic array, only elven magicians and others who already know the cultivation method of "Meditation Technique", laymen can't do it, but for transcendents who already know how to cultivate, although Jiang Yan's "Meditation Technique" magic array engraved in the crystallization of the spirit is a new type of magic array, but if you use this thing to cultivate spiritual power, the actual cultivation effect is not very good. After all, the "Meditation Technique" that Jiang Yan chose as the prototype of the technique itself is a very popular basic cultivation method, emphasizing versatility rather than efficiency. It's okay to get started, but this is definitely not some kind of advanced cultivation method! For those transcendents who already know the way of cultivation, it can only be said to be chicken ribs.

With the help of this kind of spiritual crystallization to cultivate, if they lacked the advantage of 'automation', it would not be as high as the efficiency of their own cultivation.

Therefore, unless Lux can imitate something similar to the digital transformation soul type created by Jiang Yan's ability to replace the function of the 'machine spirit', the value of the spirit crystal to him is only the relevant inspiration that the technique model structure of the "Meditation Technique" array may bring.

If this old man could develop a more advanced and efficient new type of technique array to assist cultivation according to the idea of the low-level "Meditation Technique" technique array in the Lingshu crystal, then Jiang Yan would be very happy—because as long as the other party could develop it, Jiang Yan would have the confidence to 'steal' the other party's technical achievements!

If Lux could really imitate a machine spirit similar to the data-based transformed soul body created by Jiang Yan's ability without the help of an ability similar to Jiang Yan's, then Jiang Yan would only be even happier, and then he would also 'steal' the other party's technology, so as to enrich his own knowledge.

As for the other transaction object, the manufacturing technology of the 'artificial meridian', because of the limitations of the technical process, even if the technical information is shared, it is difficult to be imitated by outsiders, so Jiang Yan is also not very worried.

In addition, Jiang Yan is willing to share these technologies with Lux, not only because he is not afraid of leaks, but also for an incidental purpose.

It was for this reason that the 'machine spirit' soul body in the corpse crystal he gave to Lux had not been removed beforehand.

......

Things were just as Jiang Yan expected, after getting the material production technology of the "Spell Engraving Seal" circuit and a sample of a corpse crystal from Jiang Yan, Lux hurriedly said goodbye to Jiang Yan and returned to his private laboratory.

Because of the secrecy required during the transaction, these things could only be studied by him in private, so Lux directly dismissed the assistants who usually helped him, and let the guards guard the gate of the laboratory, and then he couldn't wait to take out the corpse crystals and put them on the experimental table, and used some auxiliary instruments to carry out observations.

"I see, is it based on the spiritual power furnace heart, and the principle of the 'Basic Meditation Technique' has been reversed inside the magic crystal, so as to build a magic array model similar to the spiritual power furnace heart......? Wait, what's this?"

With further careful observation, Lux found the data-transformed soul body that was in a standby state in the depths of the corpse crystal.

The reason why I didn't find it at the beginning when I first got the soul crystallization was because the difference between the data-transformed soul body transformed by Jiang Yan's ability was too big and that of ordinary souls, and if this kind of soul body was not actively active, it would give people a very low sense of existence. There is almost no emotional component, as long as they restrain their soul breath, then their existence will be as inconspicuous as the weeds and stones on the side of the road, even for people who are born with keen perception.

Data-based souls with extreme precision and control, if they want to perfectly restrain their breath without leaking the slightest, it is as simple and casual as eating and drinking as humans.

In fact, part of the reason why Lux can suddenly notice it now is that he is active.

After perceiving Lux's gaze observing himself, the level 0 wisdom brain soul body in the corpse crystal took the initiative to turn into an 'active' state, and the extremely faint soul breath manifested, and a faint light also lit up inside the corpse crystal, and if you looked closely, you could find that it was a small silver-white ball of light smaller than a fingernail.

At the same time, an invisible fluctuation of mind locked on Lux's position and spread out towards him.

The next moment, Lux felt a spiritual message contained in the fluctuation of thoughts coming to him.

『Suspected user found, search permission...... Permission confirmed!Hello, Dr. Lux, the unit has confirmed that you have temporary access to the unit, do you have any instructions?"

Hearing this spiritual transmission in Lux's senses, he was slightly startled, if he hadn't noticed the slightest malice in the other party's spiritual transmission, he would have almost activated the soul protection techniques specially prepared for himself on his body.

However, for the sake of caution, Lux was still prepared just in case, silently raised his vigilance, looked at the corpse crystal, and asked, "You...... What is it?"

If it weren't for the fact that after careful observation and the fact that this thing was actually a 'living' soul body through the breath leaking from the other party, Lux would have even wondered if it was just a ball of some special energy.

The small silver-white light cluster emitted a faint light that fluctuated slightly, and a thought once again entered Lux's senses: "Answer: This machine is the auxiliary control brain of the Soul Crystal, and its duty is to provide assistance to the users of the Spirit Crystal. 』

"What is the Auxiliary Control Brain? What can you do to help?" Seeing that this thing seemed to have no malicious intent on the surface, Lux became curious and began to communicate with the other party.

"This machine is the 'wisdom brain', which is a 'prop' with a certain amount of wisdom made from the soul of a living being, which can be understood as a kind of auxiliary spirit; 』

After Luxs recalled the information given by the other party, he finally suddenly realized: "The reason why the Soul Crystal can operate automatically without relying on the user is because you are controlling the crystal?"

"Yes. 』

"What else can you do other than automate the spiritual power cultivation array in the Spirit Corpse Crystal?"

"This machine is good at recording, compiling, organizing, and analyzing data, and can also provide users with assistance in fine operations. If the user is willing to give authorization, this machine can also control the spiritual power on behalf of the user, such as speeding up the construction of the magic array that the user wants to release according to the user's wishes, or issuing an alarm when the user cannot take care of it, or actively driving the force to protect the master and meet the enemy. 』

"I see......" Lux roughly understood what kind of existence this soul body was.

If what the other person says is true......

"You just said that you were made from the soul material, so who is your maker?" Jiang Yan?" he thought for a moment and asked another crucial question.

『Retrieval Information...... Sorry, this unit can't answer this question. 』

"Hey——? this corpse crystal was given to me by Yan Xiaozi, if Yan Xiaozi made it, you don't need to hide it, right? ......" Lux asked with a very curious look, "In other words, your maker is someone else?"

"I'm sorry, I can't answer. This Level 0 brain neither denied nor acknowledged Lux's question, and still gave meaningless answers.

Actually, it really doesn't know, because its own memories were specially processed when it was first created, and even if Lux wanted to use coercive means to read its memories, it would be useless.

Not to mention whether he could decipher the digital format that was different from normal creatures unique to Jiang Yan's ability, even if he was deciphered, he would only get nothing.

“...... Tsk!" Lukes, who secretly launched the "Mental Detection" type of technique, did not read any distracting thoughts from the mind of the brain, so he could only give up.

This strange soul body obviously doesn't feel that the soul strength is very strong, at least Lux doesn't feel any sense of crisis, but the other party always gives him a very strange feeling, not like a normal intelligent creature at all.

Lux, who had given up asking for information about the Maker for the time being, replaced himself with a question he was also concerned about: "How did you get made?"

But he heard a disappointed answer again.

"Sorry, this machine can't answer this question. 』

“...... Why?" asked Lukes patiently.

"This is not available on the machine, so I can't answer it. 』

That is to say...... You don't know it yourself?" asked Lukes.

"Yes. 』

“...... Are there any secrecy measures?"

Lux wasn't sure if he was telling the truth, but at least the feedback from the detection technique didn't see a problem, but he was also a little unsure if his detection technique would work on the strange soul.

Because the other party really doesn't feel like a normal biological soul.

However, from the few records of the relics of some civilization on the continent that had fallen in the past, Lux had seen something similarly described, and he remembered that it seemed to be called a 'machine spirit' or something.

I wanted to ask the other party if he had anything to do with that kind of civilized country, but thinking about the previous question, Lux still gave up this futile move.

'No wonder Boy Yan traded this corpse crystal so happily, did he have already taken insurance measures...... But where did that kid get this special soul body?' Lukes frowned and pondered, 'Is it another 'alien god?'

"Hey, it's called ...... 'Brain', right? Do you know the 'Alien God'?" asked Lux tentatively.

『Search...... This information is not available. 』

"And what about the 'Lord of Dreams'?"

"No such information. 』

Well, at this point, Lux knew that he couldn't ask anything useful from the brain's side. He stopped asking meaningless questions.

Although Lux was a little skeptical about the authenticity of the other party's words, and he also wanted to directly use violence to forcibly read the memory information that might be contained in the other party's soul, he finally endured it.

Through his own observation and the examination of auxiliary instruments, Lux can preliminarily determine that this strange soul body in the corpse crystal is not very powerful, so if he uses violence to extract information from it, it may cause irreparable damage to this group of soul bodies.

After all, it was something that was traded from Jiang Yan, and there was only such a thing at present, if it was broken, Lux didn't want to trade with Jiang Yan again, after all, who knows what kind of trading chips that kid will ask for next time!

Putting the 'Brain' aside for the time being, Lux opened the folder containing the manufacturing technology related to the circuit of the "Spell Engraving".

But as the information was flipped through one by one, soon, Lux's originally excited look faded a little, and he frowned slightly.

Based on the information here, he had already seen how difficult the production process of this "Spell Engraving Seal" circuit was, even if it was a senior spirit guide technician with extremely rich experience in hand operation and proficient in alchemy techniques, it would probably be difficult to meet the requirements!

The measurement and matching ratio of each component of the basic material alone is extremely fine, and the subsequent steps required to refine the material and the timing of the connection are also extremely demanding, and the process is very cumbersome and complex, and on the whole, it is not something that normal people can do.

Even if Lux himself did it, he was not too sure that he would be perfect for it. Even with the help of tools, mechanical aids made with existing psychic guidance technology are still somewhat lacking in precision.

'That's why you're trading the means of manufacturing, that cunning little devil!' Lux scolded with a grim face.

Just when Lux was in a bad mood, the corpse crystallization that was hanging aside suddenly spoke.

"Excuse me, do you have any instructions, if not, please allow the unit to sleep to reduce energy consumption. 』

Lux's eyes fell on the corpse crystal, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

"By the way, Zhi Brain, did you say it before, you...... Can it provide assistance for users in fine operation?" I want to talk about "The Almighty Supreme of All Worlds" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~