140: First-class scientific and technological civilization inheritance

"Dean Hou, regarding the acceleration of basic research in natural sciences, especially the project exploring the Fusion path between technological and cultivation civilizations, I believe it is of paramount importance!"

"Please make sure to convey my opinions exactly as they are!" Zhang Sheng's tone was decisive.

On the other end of the phone, Hou Wu clearly felt the weight in Zhang Sheng's words and immediately responded solemnly, "Rest assured, I won't miss a single word. I guarantee it will be conveyed properly!"

Less than an hour later.

The Smart Terminal on Zhang Sheng's wrist vibrated slightly, and a massive flow of information poured down like a waterfall—a full ten thousand terabytes of data!

The detail, systematic nature, and breadth of the content far exceeded his expectations.

The Materials encompassed almost every discipline on Earth today, from the most basic principles to the most cutting-edge explorations.

Within the existing cognitive framework of humanity:

Mathematics, physics, and chemistry were the cornerstones for insight into the underlying laws of the Universe;

Biology, medicine, and agronomy maintained the survival and health of living beings;

Computer science, engineering, and economics were the core engines driving the leap of civilization.

In terms of providing universal tools, mathematics, statistics, and logic were the Foundations of all science.

Furthermore,

there were the unique and profound social sciences that attempted to analyze civilization itself.

The barriers between disciplines had long been blurred; emerging fields like artificial intelligence and synthetic biology were constantly surfacing, with various disciplines highly cross-integrated to serve human society together!

However,

at the very moment Zhang Sheng had a thought and tried to transform this vast sea of technological knowledge into his own "skills"—

Within his Sea of Consciousness, his majestic Mental Energy poured out frantically, like a flood breaching a dam!

A strong sense of dizziness suddenly struck him!

Zhang Sheng had almost forgotten the last time he felt this dizzy!

He immediately swallowed several blood essence pills while circulating three Spirit Refining incantations to forcibly steady his mind.

At that moment, on the talent panel, a line of glaring large characters struggled to emerge, flickering in and out of existence:

"Learning... Legacy of a Level 1 Technological Civilization, Progress: 0.0000...001%"

A strong sense of nausea and the urge to vomit continued to assault his senses!

Legacy of a Level 1 Technological Civilization!

"As expected! Technological knowledge can also be turned into an ability by the Talent!"

Zhang Sheng's heart shook violently, "But this consumption... is too Heaven-Defying! So many zeros at the end? You've got to be kidding me!"

Amidst the shock, a surge of immense joy followed!

This validated his hypothesis—Earth's technological civilization possessed a ladder to climb upward!

"Wonderful! Truly wonderful!"

Returning to the quiet room in his villa.

Zhang Sheng quickly connected his Smart Terminal to the surrounding display screens and began playing the torrent of knowledge sent by Hou Wu.

"Start with mathematics! Sixty times speed!" he issued a voice command.

A dozen display screens lit up instantly, and mathematical knowledge from basic to advanced scrolled frantically at a speed incomprehensible to ordinary people!

Zhang Sheng held his breath and focused, constricting all his Mental Energy within the quiet room, as if turning it into an invisible giant net.

A massive amount of mathematical symbols, formulas, and theorems surged into his Sea of Consciousness, being forcibly imprinted as memories.

The consumption rate of Mental Energy was several times more terrifying than when he continuously unleashed second-tier Spells with all his might!

blood essence pills were constantly popped into his mouth like jelly beans.

Since stepping onto the path of cultivation, this was the first time he felt such a sharp, swelling pain from his brain!

This continued for over a dozen hours.

Zhang Sheng finally stopped.

Because that flickering line of large characters on the talent panel finally appeared steadily:

"Analyzing—Legacy of a Level 1 Technological Civilization, Progress: 0.00000001%"

Zhang Sheng let out a long breath of turbid air.

The total amount of Mental Energy consumed before and after had already exceeded his Sea of Consciousness's capacity by a hundredfold!

This was simply inconceivable!

One must know that usually, even after learning eight or ten second-tier Spells, he could barely feel any Mental Energy consumption.

At this terrifying rate of consumption, the time required to fully master the so-called Legacy of a Level 1 Technological Civilization would be an unimaginable number!

"It seems I can only prioritize mastering the core disciplines: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and Materials science!"

Zhang Sheng quickly adjusted his strategy, "The goal remains unchanged—to build a Star-Destroyer Cannon as soon as possible!"

Of course, this grand goal was currently just a thought.

After a night of frantic absorption, Zhang Sheng's mathematical attainment was already comparable to a top-tier master's student in mathematics.

During the day, even while refining Spiritual Qi within the Secret Realm, he continued to absorb the mysteries of mathematics through the holographic projection of his Smart Terminal, racing against time.

At the same time, he also distracted himself by screening the collected Cultivation Technique Jade Slips, though most were redundant and useless.

Time flowed by in his state of focus.

Zhang Sheng was completely immersed in the ocean of knowledge.

His Mental Energy, which far exceeded that of ordinary people, gave him terrifying calculation speeds, photographic memory, and super-strong comprehension abilities.

A few days later, he finally thoroughly mastered the boundaries of Earth's existing mathematical knowledge!

"Analyzing—Legacy of a Level 1 Technological Civilization, Progress: 0.0000001%"

However, the growth of the progress bar remained minuscule.

Reality sat cruelly before him: even if he mastered all of Earth's technological knowledge, it would be like an ant trying to shake a tree compared to mastering the Legacy of a Level 1 Technological Civilization; the time required was immeasurable.

Zhang Sheng had no choice but to temporarily set aside the idea of continuing to dig deeper into Earth's science.

The Psionic Cannon plan was also pushed back accordingly.

At this moment, his Physical Body state had reached Perfection, so he immediately began the cultivation of the seventh cycle of life and death in the Qi Sea Realm.

Cultivation knows no time; half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Sheng finally cultivated the Nine Calamities Secret Codex - Qi Sea Chapter to Perfection!

Through nine cycles of Reincarnation of life and death, his life level leaped to a staggering hundred times the base level.

The spaces of his niwan palace, Qi Sea Dantian, and blood-qi crimson heart palace also expanded to their current limits.

During this period, he studied several more second-tier Spells, further enriching his offensive and defensive methods.

Unfortunately, there was still no word on any new Spirit Refining methods.

The strength of Earth's Cultivators was advancing by leaps and bounds every day.

For Zhang Sheng, besides the unshakeable task of condensing the Qi Sea spirit suns, the only thing that could significantly enhance his combat power was the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex - Divine Breath Chapter.

Regrettably, the Secret Codex ended there, with no subsequent cultivation methods for the True Fetus Realm.

The cultivation of the Divine Breath Chapter was vastly different from before; it was no longer a pure tribulation of the Physical Body's life and death.

Every cycle of life and death required drawing 'Spirit' into the body!

Using violent spiritual power of different attributes to destroy one's own cells, while simultaneously, the cells had to forcibly refine and absorb this spiritual power, attaining Nirvana and Rebirth amidst destruction!

The process was so domineering and dangerous that it far exceeded anything prior!

Although Divine Breath Realm cultivation no longer directly raised the Physical Body's life level, it could greatly enhance affinity and control over various types of spiritual power.

Not only would the power of Spells double, but Qi Refining efficiency would also skyrocket.

Once cultivated to Perfection, it would be comparable to the legendary 'Innate Spirit Body'!

Innate Spirit Body?

Although Zhang Sheng didn't know the details, he figured it must be extraordinary.

By now, he had gathered seven of the nine spiritual power attributes (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, and Lightning) for second-tier Spells.

As for the remaining two, he would likely have to wait for the arrival of a Red-level Secret Realm.

At this time, within the borders of Huaxia,

Song Xian had already taken the lead in reaching the Perfection of the Divine Breath Realm.

Every day, new experts at the Perfection of the Divine Breath Realm were being born.

What blocked them from going a step further was precisely the method of condensing the True Fetus!

And this crucial method was very likely hidden within a Red-level Secret Realm.

Zhang Sheng had long ago learned of the dangers of Red-level Secret Realms from Xiao Ling:

The strongest existences within were True Fetus Realm creatures!

To obtain the True Fetus method meant one had to challenge True Fetus Realm creatures while still in the Divine Breath body!

And that was far from the most terrifying part of a Red-level Secret Realm!

The creatures within the Secret Realm possessed normal intelligence!

Even more fatal was that each person only had one chance to enter.

Only by completely clearing the entire Secret Realm could one leave alive!