Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 229 Virtual Helmet in Progress

The narrative phase begins with Huo Yuhao, who is about to go to the Sun Moon Empire, and his senior brother Lin Kun, who is also a disciple of Fan Yu. However, the climax of the narrative phase is when Long You takes out his PPT.

When Long You presented a complete plan for building a private base, along with several satellite images of the new continent, the entire private room fell into absolute silence. Every single one of the dozen or so people in the room felt their minds were overwhelmed.

It's only been a few months since the competition ended, so how did Long You manage to cause such a big incident?

"Good heavens, really good heavens. So you're not going back to the academy because it's limiting your ability to cause trouble!"

After a long while, some of the dozen or so people who were frozen in place finally regained their normal thinking ability.

"What do you mean by causing trouble? I'm doing this to improve my own skills, to enrich the foundation of my Tang Clan, to... (500 words omitted here)..."

Long You, who was rambling on, was silenced by Bei Bei's slap. "Shut up, let's get down to business. Are you planning to build a base first or find a new continent first?"

"Neither of these two things can be done right now. Without dealing with the giant turtles in the frozen lake at the base, the construction work at the base cannot begin. This is one of the reasons I came back to the academy. I first need to know what kind of creature these giant turtles are that can deform slate with playful force."

"Then why do you insist on building a private base in the frozen lake? If we're talking about secrecy, the New World would be a better choice!"

"Okay, I admit it, I'm just curious! I'm really curious about what kind of methods those giant turtles used to make my soul-guided detector unable to detect any signal at such close range."

Moreover, that valley was quite strange. If I hadn't been testing the sensitivity of the latest version of the soul-guided detection device while scanning the map at the highest precision, I wouldn't have noticed anything odd about that valley.

"Stop, stop for a moment. You keep saying that valley is strange, but what exactly is strange about it? It's not just a frozen lake that never freezes, is it?"

"It's space. The space in that valley has a sense of dislocation and compression. When my soul-guided probe passed by that valley, it detected an internal space that was completely different from the surface appearance. That's why I went there to investigate in person."

"When you went to investigate later, didn't you use a soul-guided detection device to thoroughly probe and determine whether there was any special energy in that icy lake valley?"

"Of course I tried to probe, but I couldn't find anything. There was no energy reaction on my soul probe."

"How could that be? Didn't you say you sensed something was wrong when you were outside?"

"That's the effect of sonar detection; the cavity area reflected back by the sonar is significantly larger than the cavity area detected by direct image scanning."

Furthermore, the signal jamming capabilities of the Ice Lake Valley are absurd. Even if I set up a signal tower in the valley, the video signal simply couldn't be transmitted outside the valley.

"After hearing your description, I'm really curious about this icy lake valley. When is the next time we explore it? Take me with you."

"Have some shame, Beibei. Even Xiaoyou doesn't understand this. What's the use of bringing you along? Bring me instead. Compared to Beibei, whose function overlaps with yours and is weaker, your brother Sanshi is an absolutely reliable shield!"

The discussion was going well, but Xu Sanshi managed to steer it in a completely different direction. Fortunately, Long You wasn't too bothered by it anymore. Judging from the eagerness in everyone's eyes, Long You was certain he could achieve his goal of begging for alms.

With money in hand, Long You can approach building large aircraft or cruise ships with a relatively calm mindset. After all, with money, even if time is truly tight, he can simply use money to persuade his assistants!

After finishing his meal, Long You found himself with a gold card. Thanks to Liu Fengtang's transfer machine, the card now held over 100 million gold soul coins, enough for Long You to purchase the rare metals he planned to acquire.

However, the amount of rare metals needed to be purchased this time is quite large, and buying them directly from the original three kingdoms of Douluo Continent would likely result in a significant loss. Since Huo Yuhao and Senior Brother Lin are going to the Sun Moon Empire for exchanges, sending a delivery robot along to purchase the metals directly from there is the wise choice.

After a successful dinner party and a comfortable night's sleep, Long You opened his eyes on his big bed in the dormitory and felt as if he had been completely rejuvenated.

"Hmm—this is really comfortable! I didn't feel like I was sleeping badly when I was outside, but I was able to sleep so soundly after coming back. I don't know if it's because I feel safe, or if the life energy on Seagod Island is more abundant."

Feeling a noticeable increase in his soul power reserves, and muttering to himself, Long You was enjoying the rare pleasure of staying in bed. Since he was already too late for his morning exercise, he might as well continue relaxing in bed.

However, this is Shrek Academy, and as a student still under supervision, Long You often cannot fully control his own time. Just now, Long You was lying in bed thinking about what to eat after he got up, but now he has hurriedly rushed out of the dormitory with a piece of toast in his mouth.

There was no other way; Long You received a summons from Fan Yu on his phone. The Soul Guidance Department was overwhelmed and desperately needed help. As Long You ran out of the dormitory, he already foresaw that his day would probably be no different from He Caitou's yesterday.

Arriving at the Soul Guidance Department as quickly as possible, Long You noticed that the entire building was in complete chaos, practically a massive demolition site. A quick glance revealed that the vast majority of the dismantled soul guidance components were parts of the Panlong Realm.

Long before Long You and his companions even departed for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, the Soul Guidance Department had already begun upgrading the Panlong Realm. The Panlong Set couldn't be removed yet, but the fact that access to the Panlong Realm could only be done through a dedicated Panlong Classroom was utterly foolish. The Soul Guidance Department had expended considerable effort to bring the entire department building within the range of readily accessible Panlong Realm, but judging from the current situation, it seemed they were about to dismantle all that effort!

"Hey you over there, what are you standing there for? Can't you see everyone's busy? Come over here and take all these receivers off the wall."

Long You, who hadn't received his inner-school uniform yet, only lingered at the entrance for a short while before being irritably assigned work by an upperclassman from the outer college, who was dressed in a black school uniform and looked extremely busy.

Shrugging, Long You didn't really care what he was doing. Teacher Fan Yu hadn't specified what he was supposed to do when he called him over, so he figured he might as well demolish the wall. He could also see if there was anything he could learn from the process. Manufacturing large aircraft could be outsourced, but the War God Palace virtual reality helmet had to be built himself. Long You planned to see if there was anything he could directly borrow from the academy's hard-earned research and development.

However, Long You's plans were thwarted once again. Fan Yu's hasty dredging of Long You from the bed wasn't to make him do manual labor. The Soul Guidance Department's current large-scale renovation was entirely due to their desire to avoid exposing the Panlong Realm to the Sun Moon Empire. However, throwing the baby out with the bathwater wasn't Shrek Academy's style. The Panlong Realm was extremely convenient for Soul Guidance Department students, and the department couldn't tolerate completely abandoning its use during the Sun Moon Empire's visit. Therefore, naturally, the academy brought up the virtual helmet project that Long You had previously submitted.

Didn't you submit your project application? Now the college is allocating funds to you, so hurry up and get your project up and running.

To be honest, when Long You received this task in Fan Yu's laboratory, his feelings were quite complicated. There was speechlessness, and also a secret joy.

The speechless reaction stemmed from the fact that the Soul Guidance Department had overestimated their capabilities. Long You had planned to spend several months developing this virtual reality helmet, and the fact that the Soul Guidance Department wanted to produce results before the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy's exchange students arrived seemed highly improbable. The secret delight, however, lay in the assumption that since their project had been selected by the academy, the necessary resources and personnel would be plentiful, making the entire experimental process much easier.

Returning to his familiar laboratory, surrounded by numerous cold, rare metals and experimental tables, Long You inexplicably began to miss his temperature-controlled body pillow. Without realizing it, Long You had grown accustomed to having a large tiger beside him, handing him tools while he worked.

Since he couldn't calm down, Long You decided to act on his idea and made a phone call to Xiao Muyang, who was still holed up in his dorm cultivating. Anyway, Xiao Muyang had already mastered the basics of soul tool making, so he could just leave the simple basic processing work to Xiao Muyang. Long You thought to himself that he had obtained free labor.

A week later, the Shrek Academy exchange student team left the academy. The most elite members of the Soul Guidance Department's working group all joined the exchange team, causing the production and verification process of the virtual reality helmets on the Soul Guidance Department's side to come to a standstill for a time.

When Long You heard the news from Fan Yu that the experiment had been suspended, he didn't even have time to let out a cry of excitement and happiness before he crawled into the temperature-controlled massage bathtub in the luxury sphere and fell fast asleep.

It's unclear whether the academy truly intended to resolve the issue of upgrading the login equipment for Panlong Realm before the arrival of the Sun Moon Empire's exchange student team. In any case, Long You, who had initially thought he had found a powerful patron and could enjoy some shade, has now thoroughly experienced the pain of being exploited by capitalists.

In his sleep, Long You was certain that his phone had rung, but subconsciously, he had completely given up and ignored the ringtone. Since it wasn't a particularly urgent call, meaning nothing life-threatening had happened, he decided to ignore it. At worst, he'd get caught and beaten up by Teacher Fan Yu; he didn't care.

He slept soundly until dawn, relying entirely on the electronic calendar in the lab to keep track of how much time had passed. With plenty of time before the cafeteria opened, and starving, Long You cast an invisibility spell on himself and decisively left the academy, heading towards Shrek City's food street.

With food finally filling his stomach, Long You's "reason" returned to his mind. He shivered uncontrollably and "reluctantly" pulled out his phone, which had been neglected for quite some time.

According to Long You's somewhat hazy memory, there should be multiple missed calls and text messages on his phone right now.

On the lit-up phone screen, there were indeed quite a few missed calls from various sources. Perhaps out of some kind of "better to die sooner rather than later" attitude, Long You clicked on Fan Yu's message first.

Come to my office after you've rested. We already have a prototype of the virtual reality headset that's ready for use.

——Fan Yu

"???"

Long You admitted that he was completely dumbfounded when he saw the message. As someone who was involved in the entire process of manufacturing the virtual reality helmet, Long You was certain that he had not seen any signs that the virtual reality helmet could be put into use before he fell into a deep sleep.

"So, the academy has created a separate research line for me, excluding me? What have I been busy with all these days? I could have just relaxed and waited to optimize the prototype the academy made! What was the point of all this hard work deriving from the source?!"

In that instant, Long You admitted that the oden-braised egg in his mouth no longer tasted good.

Listlessly opening the next message, Long You was filled with frustration at having done so much useless work.

Senior brother, I've already entered the territory of the Sun Moon Empire. Currently, it seems the evil spirit masters of the Holy Spirit Cult aren't openly displaying themselves. The general public of the Sun Moon Empire has a strange attitude towards this evil spirit master organization; some are afraid, but the vast majority surprisingly welcome them.

So far, I haven't found the reason why the residents of the Sun Moon Empire welcome the Holy Spirit Cult, but I think they probably confuse the Holy Spirit Cult with the Mingde Hall.

Mingde Hall enjoys a high reputation within the Sun Moon Empire, and with the support of the royal family, they have vigorously promoted the use of everyday soul tools. I'm not entirely sure if my understanding of your previous use of the word "modernization" is accurate, but I genuinely feel that the lives of the residents of the Sun Moon Empire are far more "modern" than those of the original Douluo Continent's three kingdoms.

P.S. Dongfeng has begun purchasing the corresponding rare metals, and Dongfeng will be back in your possession within a week at most.

Huo Yuhao