"A minor accident, a minor accident."
Zi Yang’s voice came through weakly in response twice more before falling silent.
Heavenly Dragon Wood glanced at the vibrations that were gradually subsiding and didn’t press further.
As his and Zi Yang’s responsibilities have always been external and internal respectively, since Zi Yang said it was nothing serious, perhaps it really wasn’t.
Thinking this, Heavenly Dragon Wood didn’t lie back down but continued to look around and observe, staying vigilant.
Even he had felt a lethal threat from the energy that had just been released from inside Aries Star Palace.
If he were to be hit directly...
He might not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, whether it was to protect Aries Star Palace or...
to worry about Aries Star Palace having another minor accident, he had to be spirited and pay attention to any changes that might occur.
Inside Aries Star Palace, Gu Jinlai let out a long breath as the vibrations around him finally stopped.
"It’s okay now, fortunately, it’s still within the range of control."
Although he didn’t know how much trace elements Zi Yang had used for the experiment, it goes without saying that the defensive power of Aries Star Palace, the residence of a top Heavenly Master Civilization’s strong figure, was undoubtedly strong.
"There should be some data now."
Gu Jinlai thought to himself.
At the same time, he felt somewhat envious.
He cultivated the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method, which gave him the foundation to heat the trace elements extracted from Krypton Gold to tens of millions of degrees.
The hard part was purifying enough trace elements from the Krypton Gold.
However, if he really was willing to spend enough time refining these trace elements, then injecting them into the Heavenly Sword Missile, and remotely activating the fusion reaction of deuterium and tritium through True Spirit Manifestation...
This thought lingered in Gu Jinlai’s mind for a moment before he shook his head and dismissed it.
The Great Sun Core visualized by the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method allowed him to heat deuterium and tritium to the point of generating thermonuclear reactions.
But the power needed... that is, the quantity of his spiritual sense was immensely vast.
With his current strength of spiritual sense, he couldn’t achieve this yet.
Even if he could, it would take time for the deuterium and tritium to undergo fusion.
"It’s of no use in a life-or-death fight, but it shouldn’t be a problem to launch a surprise attack when the enemy is unprepared," Gu Jinlai mused.
Nevertheless, whether a surprise attack would be successful was also an unknown.
After all, any opponent who warranted the use of such a weapon would at least have to be a Primordial Spirit True Monarch, right?
Such beings had a far from insignificant perception of danger.
"It might be difficult against human cultivators, but if it’s against a large, slow-moving Demon King..."
Gu Jinlai thought of the Fierce Bear King in Mu State and had an idea.
At that moment, a streak of light was cast in front of Gu Jinlai, condensing into the figure of Artifact Spirit Purple Sun.
Gu Jinlai quickly bowed in greeting.
As for the results of the experiment...
Fortunately, Artifact Spirit Purple Sun wasn’t one to hold petty grudges.
He looked at Gu Jinlai with a complex expression for a while before speaking, "Heavenly Monarch Gu, you truly are... surprising."
"You flatter me," Gu Jinlai responded modestly.
"This kind of Slaughter Spirit Artifact... did you create it?"
Zi Yang completed his question and then seemed to remember something, "Right, before this, I had never heard of such a method, to heat a precious material like Krypton Gold to tens or hundreds of millions of degrees..."
As he spoke, he looked at Gu Jinlai curiously and asked, "How did you come up with it?"
Gu Jinlai didn’t know how to explain.
But Zi Yang assumed it was his exclusive secret technique.
The Heavenly Masters highly valued such things.
So, he didn’t pursue the matter further: "I understand. The Spiritual Artifact you plan to create, its core is to use this energy as a kind of stable output device?"
"Yes," Gu Jinlai said. "Since we can control the intensity of those trace elements in our Co-spirit State, we can easily grasp the specific output power. Ultimately, the energy it can release will definitely not be weaker than the Power Core of the Floating Island."
Zi Yang looked at Gu Jinlai with a somewhat speechless expression.
"Lord Zi Yang, have you acquired the data? Could you perhaps help me demonstrate this Spiritual Artifact?" Gu Jinlai asked.
Zi Yang didn’t speak, he simply waved his hand lightly in the air.
Soon, a model of the nuclear fusion engine appeared before him.
This time, with the simulation data, the nuclear fusion engine quickly completed the steps from assembly to activation, ejecting dazzling blue flames.
Gu Jinlai concentrated his spirit to memorize everything, unwilling to miss any detail.
Any slight spiritual change.
Even though he could not understand these changes, he utilized them based on the foundation provided by Qingguang and what he had encountered in his mind.
In other words, even though he could not understand them, this did not prevent these changes from becoming the foundation for his growth.
"Thank you, Lord Zi Yang. This is the second Spiritual Artifact that I needed to present."
Gu Jinlai sincerely conveyed his gratitude.
Without Zi Yang’s simulation, relying only on the text transmitted from Blue Star for understanding, he did not know how much more Qingguang it would take him.
As long as there was enough material, he could immediately produce the power heart of the Cheng Ying Mecha.
"Would you like to hear my assessment of this Spiritual Artifact?"
Zi Yang looked somewhat expressionless.
"Please, Lord Zi Yang, enlighten me."
"The initial intent of your design was to make it output energy just like the power core of a Floating Island; however, as a power core similar to that of a Floating Island, it’s a failure!"
Zi Yang was unsparing: "Not to mention the complexity of its industrial manufacturing, but the sheer amount of materials used during the process is incalculable. Especially, to maintain the continuous activation of this engine, more elements extracted from Krypton Gold need to be invested? This considerably increases the operational cost of this Spiritual Artifact, making its nearly identical functionality to the Floating Island’s power core non-competitive in the Spiritual Artifact market."
Gu Jinlai humbly accepted the criticism.
Without the backing of a vast industrial civilization, he could indeed only extract these trace elements from Krypton Gold.
Consequently, the costs in manpower and resources were naturally quite astonishing.
Even if he had an industrial civilization akin to that of Blue Star, the investment needed to produce a nuclear fusion engine would still be immense.
Therefore, Gu Jinlai did not dispute Zi Yang’s statement.
"Although it’s a failure as a power core, if we discard those meaningless parts and focus solely on your use of Krypton Gold energy, and if we transform it into a weapon..."
Zi Yang looked at Gu Jinlai, a glint of light flickering in his eyes: "This could well be a top Slaughter Weapon, second only to the Heavenly Dragon and Ruins Beast!"
"Second only to the Heavenly Dragon and Ruins Beast..."
"So, the final performance score I give it is..."
Zi Yang paused deliberately at this point, glancing at him.
Seeing that he indeed looked somewhat anxious and perturbed, Zi Yang slowly continued, "One thousand points."
"One thousand points?"
Gu Jinlai was first taken aback by the score, then he raised an eyebrow, "One thousand points!?"
Jumping directly from a hundred-point scale to a thousand-point scale!?
"Your method of refining Spiritual Artifacts that utilizes Krypton Gold has sparked new inspiration in me. Although we know that different spiritual materials present differently in various environments, I had never thought about using Co-spirit to give them over a hundred million degrees of high temperature to transform their state. Plus, although I’ve completed the energy release effect you mentioned, where this energy comes from and what principles are contained within it— all this makes me very curious."
Zi Yang said, smiling, "This almost points me in a new direction for research, ensuring that I won’t be bored for a long time to come. Therefore, I give it a thousand points."
After saying this, he looked at Gu Jinlai: "Do you have any other Spiritual Artifacts you would like to display? Come on, just speak up if you need my help with the simulation."
"I do have some ideas."
Gu Jinlai nodded, "Lord Zi Yang, you must understand that ever since the Holy Land fell, almost all the treasures of the Heavenly Master Civilization left behind have been nearly lost. Yet, that era represented the peak of our Heavenly Master Civilization. I’ve always been thinking about how to recreate those glorious scenes, so I’ve spent time coming up with many grand concepts."
As he spoke, he added, "Of course, the things I’ve conceived are quite basic, and for many devices, I even consider having the Heavenly Master assist with the precision operation. For the less precise parts, they could be built with the help of apprentices, or even ordinary people, so the level is somewhat inferior compared to the true pinnacle of a thousand years ago."
"Recreating the peak splendor of a millennium ago..."
Zi Yang was somewhat touched by Gu Jinlai’s words.
Unfortunately, he was merely an Artifact Spirit.
He did not know the cause of the war that erupted in the Heavenly Master Holy Realm a thousand years ago, nor why that war led to the decline of the Heavenly Master Civilization.
Not only him, but the Heavenly Dragon Wood was also unaware.
Just as top-level technicians and elite special forces wouldn’t know the actual commands issued by the decision-making hierarchy.
Nevertheless, they too aspired to that bygone era of splendor.
Hearing Gu Jinlai’s words, Zi Yang became somewhat more serious: "Then tell me, how exactly do you plan to realize the peak splendor of the Heavenly Master Civilization from a millennium ago."
"My conceptions are not yet comprehensive; some War Weapons have extremely poor cost-effectiveness, existing only in theory without any practical value, just like the nuclear fusion engine I’ve just created, which actually doesn’t compare to the Floating Island’s Power Core."
Zi Yang nodded his head.
"My next concepts mainly continue in several directions: the Heavenly Sword Missile with offensive capabilities, the Fighting Machine Xuan Nu similar to the Heavenly Dragon, the Qingluan Mother Ship akin to the Floating Island, and the Cheng Ying Mecha resembling the giant divine weapons and even the Ruins Beast..."
Gu Jinlai spoke, laying out the data and information obtained from the leaders of Blue Star.
Zi Yang listened patiently, discussing with Gu Jinlai the feasibility of realizing these weapons.
With the previous experience of the "nuclear fusion engine" in mind, he had no small respect for Gu Jinlai, this Heavenly Monarch, and the two communicated on nearly equal footing.
In this exchange, technology that was almost tantamount to science fiction was brainstormed by the two, and they solved one challenge after another.
Practicable concepts for the Fighting Machine Xuan Nu, Qingluan Mother Ship, and Cheng Ying Mecha were refined by both one man and one spirit.