thefictionvixens Chapter 230 Getting Started with the Intelligent Light Brain
Chapter 230 Getting Started with the Intelligent Light Brain
"This news is not bad. Regardless of whether the academy reopens a new line, my own plans will mainly rely on my own strength. Once this batch of rare metals arrives, I can start building large aircraft. The New World will be my main battlefield for the next few years."
After reading a fairly good message, Long You was too lazy to think about the deeper meaning of the previous message. Since he was in the food street, filling his stomach was the first priority.
Of course, eating didn't stop Long You from looking at her phone. She had already noticed that the next message was from He Caitou. The message was similar to Fan Yu's, both telling Long You to come find her after she woke up.
After browsing through all the messages and immediately deleting those with little substance, Long You sped up her eating. At first, when she saw Teacher Fan Yu's message, Long You was quite "indignant," convinced that her efforts were completely futile. However, seeing her friends repeatedly emphasizing meeting up after she woke up, yet refusing to tell her what had happened, Long You realized things might hold some surprises.
Upon returning to the academy, Long You first went to see Bei Bei and Tang Ya, a married couple. These two had recently been working with Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, cooperating with the academy to conduct tests related to martial spirit consciousness and the second awakening of martial spirits. In truth, Long You's existence had indeed influenced the fates of many people.
The method of secondary awakening of a martial soul alone directly prevented Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao from being abducted by the Holy Spirit Cult due to the flaws in their martial souls, thus avoiding their descent into the path of evil soul masters. At the same time, it was precisely because the consciousness of her martial soul had awakened that Dai Yueheng was able to preserve her martial soul during Ma Rulong's manipulative judgment attack.
Following these successive incidents of spirit consciousness protecting spirit masters' spirits, Shrek Academy's emphasis on spirit consciousness has clearly risen to a new level. After Bei Bei and Tang Ya became inner court students, the Sea God Pavilion directly participated in the development of spirit consciousness applications. According to Long You's understanding, there has been some progress, but it hasn't reached the stage where it can be announced publicly, so Long You doesn't know the details.
However, none of that matters. As the developer of the Martial Soul Consciousness project, Long You has the right to know whatever the academy develops later. This is clearly stated in the agreement Long You signed when he handed the project over to the academy.
Near the Sea God Pavilion, Long You found the couple spreading their love. He tentatively asked the academy about their progress on the virtual reality headset, but unfortunately, the agreement between them seemed quite solid. Bei Bei and the other person just looked at Long You with a mischievous expression, showing no intention of answering his questions.
Fortunately, Long You is currently in a very calm state of mind. Regardless of what the academy has accomplished, Long You is clear about his own progress. The prototype manufacturing drawings have already been completed, and all functions meet Long You's expectations. The only problem is that the manufacturing difficulty is a bit high.
To be honest, the reason Long You came here to find Bei Bei wasn't actually to find a companion or get any spoilers. He just wanted to get some treatment. Although he had slept for almost a whole day and filled his stomach, Long You had overexerted himself too much in the previous week, and he could still feel uncomfortable all over his body.
The healing aura of the Emerald Swan remained surrounding Long You until he entered the Soul Guidance Department building, at which point the aura, so vibrant with life force that it was palpable even to the naked eye, completely vanished.
He twisted his shoulders, and his bones cracked one by one. Only then did Long You realize that he had recovered from his previous state of cultivation.
"Thank you, Big White. Your presence always brings warmth to people's hearts."
Extending his right hand, Long You gave the emerald swan a high-five, his voice filled with genuine gratitude. Although the swan didn't need payment, a heartfelt thank you made both of them feel comfortable.
Knocking on Fan Yu's office door, it's unclear whether Bei Bei sent messages to others on the way, but when Long You stepped into the office, all the people who had left messages for Long You's phone before were already waiting inside.
"Hello teacher, it seems I'm a little late."
As was his usual custom, Long You first bowed to Fan Yu in the master-disciple etiquette before straightening up and looking around the entire office, hoping to find some clues to understand why Fan Yu was making such a big fuss.
The clues weren't hard to find. Long You was quite familiar with Fan Yu's office. The only extra thing in the entire office was a large chair that looked like a massage chair, and a "hair perm helmet" placed above the massage chair? Uh, forgive Long You for using this tool that he often saw in barbershops in his previous life to describe what looked like a helmet. This thing was completely different from what Long You had imagined; it was far too bulky.
"Um, this isn't what you're celebrating, is it?"
Ask away your questions; in front of these people, Long You didn't need to hide his true emotions. Everyone who heard Long You say this could clearly sense the disdain in his tone.
In other words, this is the real world without any animation effects. Otherwise, Long You would definitely have seen all the people in this office gradually turn into gray-white sculptures under the attack of his words.
"Hey Xiaoyou, you don't have to be so heartless. It's true that every soul tool you bring out is both powerful and good-looking, but this is just a prototype! The most important thing is that it works!"
Having been dealt a heavy blow, Fan Yu and He Caitou, who had poured their hearts and souls into the prototype, were momentarily stunned. Fortunately, there were other people present. Although these martial spirit-type guys were also interested in the virtual helmet, they were essentially guinea pigs, having not invested much effort in its creation. Therefore, they quickly recovered from Long You's complaints and turned around to attack him.
"Okay, you guys have a point. The most important thing is that the prototype works. But can you tell me what I was working so hard on last week? What role did my work play on this ugly prototype?"
"Even with this rough prototype, given three or four more days, I could build a much more sophisticated one. At least that one would be recognizable as a helmet and could be worn normally."
Long You admitted that he had absolutely no interest in Fan Yu producing such a prototype. Although as Fan Yu's disciple, Long You had no objection to helping Fan Yu, he needed to understand the meaning behind his work. Work that lacked meaning was a waste of time for Long You at this point.
Although he couldn't find a definite reason, Long You felt inexplicably anxious. This inexplicable feeling was familiar to him; it was a hint given by the Pearl of Imagination. According to Long You's understanding, this anxiety was probably a reminder that if he couldn't accomplish what he wanted to do soon, the whole process would become very complicated.
Long You's tone was quite harsh, but when he asked that question, the atmosphere in the room inexplicably eased a bit. In the past week, including after Long You re-logged back online today, almost all of his close friends present had sensed his impatience, which was why they were all eager to surprise him.
Be patient!
Having figured out what was causing Long You's impatience, Fan Yu was ready to step in and sort things out.
"I know that your expertise in soul tools has surpassed that of many people, but you can't always put yourself in the position of overall control. Being patient and just doing your part well might make things much easier for you."
Just like with the prototype of this virtual reality headset, you actually played a very important role. Do you remember when you first came to the Soul Guidance Department building after returning to the academy and were assigned to dismantle the sensors on the wall? One of the very important tasks I assigned you was to modify these sensors, making them more sensitive, able to directly link with mental energy, carry more information, and have a faster transmission speed.
It's fair to say that the success of this sensor is a major reason why this virtual reality headset prototype was able to be built.
“I think I understand what you mean, teacher, but I still have to say that this is a waste of my time. I have a better and more mature solution here. If you had explained your purpose to me from the beginning, I probably would have taken out the mature drawings in the next moment.”
I think I can understand the academy's Soul Guidance Department's desire to improve its research and development capabilities and not rely entirely on my martial soul's abilities, but I don't need that. If my martial soul malfunctions, I can't possibly remain normal; my martial soul's abilities are my personal abilities.
An awkward silence fell over the office once again. Fan Yu knew that Long You was right. Although they did have the idea of giving Long You some responsibility, the academy hadn't informed him of the overall project progress this time. The main reason was that they wanted to improve the academy's own innovation and research capabilities in soul tools.
The silence lasted for a short while, but Long You decided not to waste any more time.
"The academy remains my most relied-upon platform, and I will share some of my ideas and basic information with it. However, from now on, I will no longer participate in anything the academy wants to research on its own. My youth is not to be wasted; I have my own goals that I must achieve."
"In two weeks, I will need about 20 level-three Soul Masters and 4 level-four Soul Masters to help me. What will I need to give in return?"
At that moment, Long You realized some new problems. As he grew, the academy's goals and his own objectives could no longer overlap infinitely. As an inner court student of Shrek Academy, Long You could still rely on the academy's power, but he needed to begin cultivating a power that he could completely control.
It was precisely because of this understanding that Long You did not directly seek He Caitou's help this time, but instead made a hiring request to Fan Yu. After all, since Long You had his own development needs, He Caitou, who was at the same stage, would certainly have his own ideas and could not continue to be Long You's shadow.
However, Long You also had to admit that at this stage, his rapid development was absolutely inseparable from the Shrek Academy platform. Take the question Long You just asked Fan Yu, for example. Unless Long You was at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he wouldn't be able to so confidently say that he wanted to hire such a large number of Soul Masters in any other place.
Silence. This silence seemed even more oppressive than before. But no one paid attention to the atmosphere; everyone was pondering. Long You's outburst seemed illogical, yet it had served as a wake-up call for everyone present.
“You are right,” Fan Yu said after a long silence, affirming Long You’s previous actions. “Unbeknownst to you, all of you have grown to the point where you can stand on your own and need to work hard for your own future development.”
Xiao You has taken the first step, and the rest of you need to think about it carefully. The Inner Court stage is ultimately a stage where you need to rely on your own strength to grow step by step.
The academy has a sufficient number of Soul Masters, but whether your idea of hiring them will be feasible, Xiao You, I need to speak with Dean Qian Duoduo to confirm. Take a good rest these next few days and make some preparations; there's a high chance Dean Qian will agree.”
After the office gathering ended, Long You did not go to rest, but went to his soul guidance laboratory.
Although the prototype virtual reality helmet developed by Shrek Academy was extremely bulky and didn't meet any usage standards, Long You still found some inspiration for improving his own virtual reality helmet design after experiencing it. No, the improved virtual reality helmet shouldn't really be called a virtual reality helmet; it should be called an intelligent optical brain.
"Sigh, it's really frustrating to have an absolutely detailed development blueprint in your hands but not be able to handle the development process yourself."
Before taking out his special drawing pen to start drawing the blueprints, Long You muttered to himself as usual. Earlier in the office, although Long You had said that Xiao Yan's ability was his own, he clearly knew where Xiao Yan's ability came from. Having already received this reminder, Long You naturally couldn't give up on improving his soul tool design skills.