"What..... Tartarus? ”

Adalbert blinked.

He didn't react a little.

The myth of the underworld of Terra is not well developed, probably because some legends have been lost due to the catastrophe of the Heavenly Fall, and now the folk are even more

Plus the common is the system of "Heaven and Hell", which is well known to the vast majority of sublimators

The final destination of the soul is to return to the natural cycle.

With the exception of the Cult of the Underworld, not many people are interested in the "afterlife" - just seeking to be comfortable and happy for a lifetime is the absolute mainstream.

Ian took the thick stack of ideas and calculations from the young deceased's hand, and scanned the thinking and calculation process on them.

Adbert's idea is indeed optimized according to Ian's original idea.

Originally, Ian thought of using artificial souls to gather a number of them to activate the spirit core.

Ordinary people really can't stimulate the active offensive ability of the spirit weapon core like the second and third energy levels.

However, it can also trigger the conversion of essentia psionic energy and activate the psionic shield. Of course, the most important point is to have a strong "energy heart... And this is actually the best way to solve.

Whether it's the Leyline Furnace, the Aether Furnace Technology that Ian already has, or the Nether Engine at the bottom of Lake Radiance." But the problem with this idea is that it takes time to gather enough people to activate the psionic shield.

It's okay to pay for natural disasters, for example, if there is a big storm, there will be at least an hour or so of signs, which is enough time for local residents to gather in key shelters to activate the spirit core.

But if it was the kind of raid that Ian went to the Xiahui Territory, how could ordinary people react?

Once a war starts, it will still cause great casualties.

Adbert saw this from the beginning, and he was keenly aware of the potential and drawbacks of this technology, so he was

Try to make up for it with the means available.

Since the speed of body movement and reaction is slow, and it can't keep up with the surprise attack of the sublimator, then don't have a body!

The meditation method can increase the strength of the soul, and the average second-level sublimator can only win in terms of quantity, plus the traction and protection of the spirit core, it is completely feasible.

Since this is the case, then simply strengthen this function, so that people can leave the body and the soul wander outside!

Under the traction of the spirit weapon core, the speed of the soul can almost reach the point of almost teleportation, and as long as it encounters danger, it can immediately go to the spirit machine core to urge the shield to activate.

This idea is obviously much more refined than the humble idea that Ian had conceived in the first place.

At first, Ian also wanted to praise Adbert, but then, one thing came to mind. - After entering the Spiritual Core, the soul can return to the body after the end of the shelter......

However, shields are not omnipotent, and there are still many surprises.

What if my body is damaged in a calamity?

Unless Ian establishes a supporting national DNA storage and a convenient and fast clone cultivation system, otherwise, this soul can only stay in the spirit core.

Moreover, without the support of an exercised body, the clone simply cannot contain the soul of a meditator who has practiced meditation.-it does not have enough essentia and associated spiritual channels in its body for the soul to enter it

It will only deplete itself, and it will soon die, just like staying in the outside world.

But here's the problem.

Do you really need to get out?

Ian asked himself: Of course there is no need, staying in the core of the spirit machine can still nourish the soul, and casually entering the inappropriate body will lead to death.

So, how many souls can the spirit machine core store?

Ian hasn't made it yet, but it is estimated that it should be no problem to accommodate tens of thousands of ordinary people, and the core of the spirit weapon on the Construct Knight is limited by the size of the mobile war construct and the heart of the furnace

The limitation of energy is not the limit of the technology itself of the spirit machine core, just like the gap between mobile computers and desktops, the spirit machine core placed in the territory must be more powerful.

Souls that have lost their bodies can enter it to seek refuge, but can the souls of ordinary old dead?

Of course you can, the longevity of the soul and the body is another system, the old dead

The soul dissipates only because the body collapses, and without spiritual support, the spiritual core can replace all the supplies of the body. Also, the core energy of the spirit machine

How long does it take to shelter souls?

The answer is that as long as there is enough energy, it is infinite.

The more he asked himself, the more shocked Ian became.

An artificial soul, a sanctuary for storing souls, enough energy and a long-lasting afterlife..... Here it is

The Underworld made by man!

"If it is said that the Grand Duke of Thorin is to maintain an afterlife for almost eternity, so he goes to the center of the earth to use the thermal energy of the planet to create hell, then the concept you just proposed is to establish a temporary "Hades" above the surface of the earth! “

"Moreover, the more souls that are sheltered in it, the stronger the shield of the spirit core..... As long as you arrive at a certain amount

Order of magnitude, more than 300,000, that is, the critical point of the Avak Territory's population, even

Excitedly grabbing the Dead Monarch Researcher's shoulder, Ian noticed that the other party was still a little dazed.

The "Temporary Hades" has few drawbacks other than the amount of energy it takes. Of course, for the vast majority of forces, this is the biggest drawback.

It's no wonder that the other party is not going to know how much energy technology he has in his hands except for Ian himself, so it is impossible to think about "sustainability."

Yes, is it that powerful? “

Adbert is a very smart person, he didn't understand the situation at first, but now he reacted, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Yes, yes, this is a far better method than Archduke Thorin!" And it doesn't need to be completely

It is a shelter built spontaneously by people! “

What about the Archduke Thorin who is still thinking about you? It's long overdue for the old stuff to retire from the environment.

Ian complained in his heart, but he also knew that it was normal for the other party to be worried, and the researcher of the dead monarch had been holding his breath in his heart, wanting to prove that he had made the wrong route in the past.

But, to be honest, it's also quite strange.

Adbert is a man who, at a time, is trying to create a result that is far greater than his idea itself, for the sake of an idea that is not very grandiose.

It's like this time - he just wanted to find a better and faster way to protect the souls of ordinary people, but instead created the prototype of a man-made Hades.

The same is true of the Dead King and the Artificial Soul, who at first simply completed the task assigned by the Grand Duke of Thorin.

It can only be said that Adalbert's talent is really incredible, and it is no wonder that Grand Duke Thorin values him so much that he even gives him all his Inaga inheritance.

Of course, the artificial Hades technology is now only a prototype in the embryonic form, and it can only be said that a new folder has just been created and two PTTs have been written.

There are still many technological breakthroughs to be made.

For example, how to adjust meditation methods, how to create a spiritual core, and how to use artificial intelligence to speed up the reaction speed of ordinary people, such as using artificial intelligence to monitor the surrounding situation, and when someone is raiding, immediately use the psionic network to notify everyone, and speed up the speed at which the shelter can raise its shield.

In general, there are many problems that need to be solved. And most importantly.....

"Yisi, I still need funds."

Adbert looked at Ian seriously: "The two thousand thalers of the last batch have been used almost, even if the spirit machine core is a miniaturized experimental version, the raw materials are more than five hundred thalers, considering the experimental wear and tear and trial and error.... Five thousand five hundred thalers is a must. ”

"Okay, but wait a minute."

Ian didn't change his face on the surface, but in fact, he was already nervous about 115500 thalers, in fact, it was not much, and the price of a house in the imperial capital was three times the price, not to mention anything else, Xia Hui led recently

In total, nearly 7,000 thalers were spent on large-scale infrastructure

But Ian is a researcher himself, and he knows exactly what Adalbert means by this five thousand five hundred thalers... This is only the first stage of experimental funding, and there are at least three or four more stages that need to be continuously burned before the results can be produced!

Not to mention, there are other projects that are also funded independently.

Sure enough, Adalbert then honestly reported the development funds for technologies such as "artificial intelligence" and "practical use of artificial souls".

According to the report, the total funding requirement is more than 10,000 towers

It's a big deal.

Looking at Adalbert's expectant expression, how could Ian say that there was no money! I really don't have any money! "of

Speech? He could only nod his head calmly: "Leave it all to me." ”

I have to say that Adalbert is a man who will surprise people, whether it is the progress of technology research and development or the strength of funding.

"I cheated money from my boss and other people, and then I paid money to my own researchers... Here it is

The daily life of the middle nobles of the empire? “

After leaving the alchemy laboratory, Ian shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, at least Adbert won't cheat the money."

I, so many projects, don't give me a hundred thousand thalers before and after, I won't do it in the first phase

It's really not like Ian Lion is opening his mouth - if nothing else, just the problem of artificial intelligence, the empire's research funding must exceed millions of thalers, and this is only the beginning, and the gradual improvement in the future is a lot of money.

If it weren't for Ian prostituting the most expensive part of the technology for nothing, he wouldn't even think about it with Xia Huiling's foundation!

It is imperative to attract investment.

Back at the Lord's Mansion, Ian thought about it and decided to contact everyone he knew: "Marquis of Batun, the Flint Group, the Platinum-Iridium Workshop, the Second Prince, and the goblins.... All those who are interested in cooperation will be contacted.

"Although the mountain people are poor, it is also a big market, and at this time, I believe that there will be people who are willing to open up new markets." Nowadays, in addition to the traditional "spiritual energy tonic extract", Xiahui Ling also has a lot of competitive products.

Some time ago, Ian had already used the channel of the platinum-iridium workshop to submit patents for charged rifles and magnetic storm generators, and the Flint Group was very interested in these products.

The Marquis of Batun is quite optimistic about the new agricultural planting that Ian wants to develop, of course, it may also be purely an investment in Ian himself, but for Ian, the hero who has completed all his tasks perfectly, he will definitely not skimp on money.

On top of that, Ian has an army formation status.

It's really not good, he can still ask for a military salary - a blow stained by the meritorious troops of the knights, just a military expense, can the Marquis of Batun not give it?

And the goblins who are contacted through the birch side are mainly aimed at the goblin lair on the other side of the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, as the master of the labyrinth, Ian believes that he has a lot of things to talk to the other party. There are only two princes, and the content of the letter written by Ian is purely "playing money".

It is difficult to live without money, and alchemy research cannot produce results, as long as the second prince still values his identity as the inheritor of Yinaga's alchemy skills, he, the person in charge of the main front in the Western Realm, will definitely find some excuses to give himself

Of course, it must be a reasonable excuse to make some money, and this is the rule of the empire.

If there are relationships and channels, there will definitely be investment, which can also accelerate the regularization of various industries in Xiahui City.

Only, it may not be enough.

"That's all there is to the investment intentions within the empire."

The next day, when Ian held a meeting of the management of Xia Hui Ling, he pointed to the map and said to Scott Qingchao and Farr and the others: "If you want more, at least we have to build an alchemy park in the Xiakou District to make a name for yourself - but it is different abroad, the Flying Flame Land and the Empire are at war, but it does not mean that other forces are also idle, the Seven Cities Alliance and the Capital of Knowledge are next to the Flying Flame Land, and the Far Shore Island is also in a hurry."

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Not to mention that Canaan Moore and our empire are nominal allies, and they have been selling a lot of supplies lately, as well as fairly cheap raw materials, and that's the point. "If you want to grow fast, you have to start with those multinational fleets in Port Harrison."

Ian set the tone for development, and naturally there would be no other opinions within the territory.

Time flows, and during the development period, there are also some chores.

When Isengard, located in the Eastern Great Plains, received the "Earth Molten Snake Vertebrae" sent by Ian, he happily communicated directly with Ian across the province - Ian was still wondering, for the little young master of the Ellen family

Mi, the son of the princess, said that the third-level Huanglu material should not be so valuable.

But when he knew that this was probably the first time Ellen had received a gift from a friend other than his mother's teacher, he couldn't help but sigh.

Some people are not short of money, but they lack friends.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read.

After chatting with Ian, Isengard also told Ian a good news: because Ian had previously attracted everyone's attention about the armor design of the "Cyclops", and several alchemical papers published in the name of Ian's laboratory in the platinum-iridium workshop were also favored by an alchemist in the imperial capital, and now no one in the platinum-iridium workshop dares to question Ian and his professionalism.

Up to now, Isengard has completely secured his position as the director of the southern border, and the employees in the department are also very obedient and completely controlled by him..... This can basically be said to be the credit of Ian. And Ian told Esengard that this was as it should be, they were originally allies who helped each other, and Ethan developed an agreement,

He will also be able to get more benefits in the future.

Not to mention anything else, the internal alchemy matrix of the Platinum-Iridium Workshop is the reason why Xia Hui Ling's funds have not collapsed due to large-scale alchemy production in recent times. Ethan was going to stay in the East for a while longer, and for a rich man like him, it would be the same for him to experiment anywhere.

In addition, after coming over to see Theo's dragon's lair, Anfa also plans to return to Canaan Moore.

The green-haired elven scholar had all the information he wanted, or rather, his body should have similar problems to Theo, all suffering from dragon blood or other toxins.

The two sides are considered patients, so the chat is so compatible.

Knowing that the healing and purification degree of the Holy Mountain was really useful, and he also obtained the Earth Healing Secret Technique of the Dragon God, for Anfa, whether it was from himself or from the Canaan Moore Dragon Worship Sect, he gained a lot

"Soon after, you and I will see you again."

Before leaving, the elf gracefully said goodbye to Ian: "The place of goodbye, perhaps the half-moon lake-dragon worship cult and the empire and Canaan Moore have entered the final stage of cooperation negotiations, and it is estimated that the exploration of the underground cavity of the half-moon lake will begin within the year." “

"And after that, I'll go back to Southridge again.

I'm looking forward to it too. “

Ian has a good impression of Anfa, the other party is meticulous and very intelligent, and many things can be understood by both parties without being explained.

Moreover, it is the channel of Anfa that allows Xia Hui Ling to buy a large amount of Canaan Moore's grain and fruit at a low price or even cheaply, otherwise, I don't know how many mountain people will starve to death this winter, and even Xia Hui Ling's grain reserves will be stretched.

Although Anfa himself always humbled himself that "this matter is not worth mentioning", in fact, this elf is in no way inferior to anyone else's help in the development of Xia Hui Ling. According to Ian's news in Naumman, Anfa's departure coincided with the departure of Master Oak.

It seems that Master Oak is nominally coming to capture the members of the Nanling Dragon Worship Sect, but in fact, I am afraid that the family behind Anfa has sent to escort him. The friend leaves, and the days go on.

At the end of the war, Xia Hui Ling entered a period of rapid development.

Many mountain tribes need to be rebuilt, there is a shortage of food, and the spring ploughing in a few months also needs to be prepared in advance, which requires a lot of tools and materials, and Xia Huiling can fully supply them.

large quantities of tools, fertilizers and processed masonry; Boxes of sugar and truckloads of grain were gathered from all over the country to the Xiahui Territory, and then various caravans set out to carry these goods from the Xiahui Territory to the depths of the Baisen Mountains.

The mountain people don't have much thaler, but they have other supplies: ores, herbs, monster materials.... These are hard currencies.

Xia Hui couldn't absorb all of these materials, so he resold them to the alchemy workshops around Nauman City to get cash and continue infrastructure and commercial activities.

Of course, Ian is not simply sucking the blood of the mountain people, he is also planning for the development of the mountain people.

To put it bluntly, it is very simple: give full play to the advantages of location and develop characteristic industries.

Even though there are three mountain basins and excellent farming areas such as riverside land, the only way to make the mountain people self-sufficient in food is to rely on new technologies. So, only minerals.

In this era, territories with a large number of uneducated and low-end populations can only rely on selling resources to get development funds.

And the mountain people happen to be sitting on a large number of mines in the Baison Mountains, which has to be said to be a blessing.

However, they do not have modern mining technology, and they may not be able to make a profit by spending a lot of effort.

This was a kind of restriction of the empire in the past, and now, because of the activities of the Marquis of Batun, the restriction is opened.

Naturally, Ian would not let go of this opportunity.

It just so happened that among the several dwarven brothers that Roland brought from the Falling Star Hills, one of them was a professional in the relevant field, although it was Terra's racial prejudice that the dwarves were blacksmiths who knew how to mine, but it had to be said that the best mining workers in the world were all dwarves.

Under the guidance of this professional, the mountaineers quickly finalized the relevant mining rules and regulations, and Xiahuiling was working overtime to produce the relevant machinery and equipment.—for the first time in hundreds of years, the mountaineers were able to use alchemy rails and minecarts to transport ore, rather than manual transporting ore.

It was fast approaching the end of January.

During this time, Ian once again felt that the "barony" of Xia Hui was too small in terms of population and talent.

Except for Old Farr and Roland, Yisi did not find other talents that could be of great use in the Xiahui Territory, and Old Fahr and Roland were not actually trained locally, they were both returned from other places to study abroad."

This is also the reason why the frontier aristocracy may not be able to develop any career for several generations: the real cutting-edge technicians will be siphoned and retained by the imperial capital or several other big cities, and the frontier region has neither research conditions nor financial support, and the academic atmosphere is a mess.

Staying in this kind of place, you will gradually lose touch with the forefront of the industry.

Unless the local aristocracy has become a professional himself, and like Ian, he is responsible for all matters of reform and construction by himself, otherwise he may not be able to change some of the problems in this area for decades. And if he wants to cultivate by himself, it takes time to even spend four or five years learning the entire alchemy inscription system.

The door population is better to solve some ...... It is a good idea to attract some laborers from the mountain people who want to work in the "Holy Land" and serve the emissaries of the dragon gods, or to accept those refugees from the western frontier who lack food due to the food disaster.

As long as they do a good job in auditing and training, they will soon be able to join the development of Xiahui Lingda, which is now in full swing.

Of course, there are problems, and there are gains.

In addition to dealing with various territory matters, Ian, who is improving the Lords of Steel, has received two pieces of good news from Scott, who came to report.

The first: With the hard work of an earth sublimator and a professional construction team, the skeleton of the first "hydroponic farm building" next to Xiahui Lake has been built, and he is waiting for him to inspect and make sure that there are no problems with the key structure, so that the details can be optimized and the construction of other hydroponic farm buildings can be accelerated.

The second: Taimo, Viscount Dicas, walked around Nanling, and after waiting for several new news from the imperial capital, he came with the imperial capital's rewards, rewards and a whole support team. Along with him, there were several leaders of different caravans,

They were all attracted by Ian's recent fame and wanted to look at investment.