101: Starry Market, Technological Singularity

The demise of the Black Skeleton Pirate Alliance was like a super storm sweeping across the Star Sea, imprinting the Cloud Court's majesty deep into the Soul of every being who heard of it. What followed was an even more surging wave of worship and cooperation. However, Yun Feng saw the hidden worries behind the prosperity—over-relying on military deterrence and resource trade was not a long-term solution.

"We need a platform, one that truly allows us to integrate into the Star Sea, and even... lead the trend." Inside the Star Gazing Hall, Yun Feng's fingertip traced across the star map, finally landing on the intersection of the Demon Spirit Continent and several major friendly plane routes. "Here, we will establish the 'Star Sea Market'. There are no restrictions on race or origin; as long as the basic order is followed, anyone can trade, communicate, and post tasks here."

A glint flashed in Nie Li's eyes: "Court Master is brilliant! Once the Market is built, we will be able to gather resources, information, and talents from all the myriad worlds, no longer passively accepting, but actively absorbing! We can also radiate our influence in a gentler yet deeper way!"

The plan was immediately put into action. The Cloud Court cooperated fully with friendly planes, mobilizing massive resources. Elders skilled in Formation and Great Masters from the Gold Stone Fortress worked together, beginning to construct this unprecedented super Market at the chosen Void Realm anchor points.

Several months later, a magnificent Void Realm creation, beyond imagination, was born. It was not a city in the traditional sense, but rather a complex composed of countless floating platforms of varying sizes and styles, circular corridors, and transparent dome buildings, all connected by stable spatial passages. At the center of the Market, a towering "Myriad Worlds Information Tower" stood majestically, continuously displaying real-time requests for purchase, sale, employment, and exploration from various planes.

"The Star Sea Market officially opens today!" As Nie Li's voice, transmitted through a special Formation, echoed throughout every corner of the Market, merchants, explorers, scholars, and mercenaries from hundreds of different civilizations and races, who had long been waiting outside, surged in like a released flood.

In an instant, the entire Market transformed into a bizarre, vibrant exposition of myriad worlds.

Artisans from the Lava Realm publicly forged fiery weapons, Dwarves from the Gold Stone Fortress showcased exquisitely crafted precision components, Wood Spirits from the Green Source Star Realm sold Spirit Medicine that could prolong life, and even silicon-based life forms from mechanical planes tinkered with energy weapons full of futuristic technology... The sounds of hawking, bargaining, and communication in different languages mixed together, boisterous yet full of vitality.

The Cloud Court naturally also set up official shops, selling its unique Chaos series Medicinal Pills, standardized equipment inscribed with simple Formations, and various strangely effective Spirit Foods improved by Yun Qiao, all of which became hot commodities. But Yun Feng's gaze was not limited to these.

He quietly walked among the bustling crowd, his Divine Sense like the most precise scanner, capturing overlooked details, seemingly useless "waste" containing unique rules, fragmented creations from lost civilizations, and... "eccentrics" who were talented but unrecognized, with peculiar ideas deemed alien by their own civilizations.

In an inconspicuous corner, a young man from a small plane called the "Crystal Brain Race" was looking dejectedly at his complex but ignored "portable energy analysis device." His people excelled at precise calculations and microscopic energy manipulation, but due to their plane's low energy level and scarce resources, many brilliant ideas could not be realized.

Yun Feng stopped at his stall, picked up the instrument, and after a brief probe with his Divine Sense, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. The principle of this instrument for analyzing energy structures actually touched upon the rule level; although crude, the approach was extremely novel.

"How much for this thing?" Yun Feng asked.

The young man looked up, saw Yun Feng's extraordinary demeanor, and quickly said respectfully, "Se... Senior, it only costs ten standard energy crystals..." His voice lacked confidence.

Yun Feng put down the instrument and looked at him: "I don't have energy crystals. But I can offer you a laboratory, ample resources, and... the possibility of realizing all your ideas. Are you interested in joining the Cloud Court's 'Curiosity Institute'?"

The young man, named Crystal Pupil, was stunned, then trembled with excitement. To him, this was nothing short of a meteoric rise!

Similar scenes played out across the Market. Yun Feng quietly recruited these buried "pearls," whether with resources, opportunities, or respect for knowledge. A "Void Elf" obsessed with spatial folding theory but ostracized by his people, a "Forest Singer" who could communicate with plants through song and cultivate mutated Spirit Plants, an "Archaeological Fanatic" attempting to recreate ancient Puppets with runic technology... These individuals with unique talents or obsessive ideals were successively invited into the Cloud Court's newly established "Curiosity Institute."

The Star Sea Market had been operating for half a month with remarkable results. The Cloud Court not only acquired massive amounts of scarce resources but, more importantly, gathered a group of "technical eccentrics" with groundbreaking thinking and obtained firsthand information and countless ingenious ideas from all the myriad worlds.

On this day, Crystal Pupil excitedly rushed into the Star Gazing Hall to show Yun Feng his latest achievement—the first "Prototype: Rule Simulator," created by combining the Crystal Brain Race's computing core, the Gold Stone Fortress's precision components, and a trace of Chaos runes bestowed by Yun Feng. Although it could only simulate the most basic energy particle movements, its inference speed and accuracy astonished even the knowledgeable Nie Li!

"Court Master! With it, our efficiency in deducing new Cultivation Techniques, improving Medicinal Pills, and optimizing Formations can increase by at least a hundredfold! It might even... simulate the complete forms of certain incomplete Divine Abilities!" Crystal Pupil stammered with excitement.

Yun Feng looked at the prototype, which shimmered with a Chaos glow, and finally revealed a satisfied expression in his eyes.

The Star Sea Market gathers not just resources, but also sparks of wisdom. When these sparks from different civilizations and different Domains collide and fuse on the Cloud Court's platform, what will be produced is not a simple superposition, but rather... a technological singularity explosion!

The Cloud Court's development will enter an unprecedented fast lane, one that even he cannot fully predict. And the pattern of the endless Star Sea may also quietly change due to the emergence of this Market and these "eccentrics."