Chapter 58 A far-reaching energy plan

Chapter 58 A far-reaching energy plan

Chapter 58 A far-reaching energy plan

In the dim underground hall, four cylindrical glazed jars were neatly arranged. Apart from these jars, the hall was empty. It was obvious that space had been reserved, and many bases had been laid on the ground to fix the jars.

In four glazed jars, just like soaking monsters in formaldehyde, the four remaining dead members of the Dingguang Immortal Sect were soaked. These people all wore fully enclosed helmets on their heads, and many wires and pipes extended from the bottom and top of the jars, connecting to the helmets and bodies of the people in the jars.

Wen Rui stood in front of the glass jar with a tablet computer in his hand, checking the information scrolling on the tablet screen.

"The six senses have been sealed, artificial internal circulation has been established, the artificial digestive and respiratory systems are functioning normally, the subject's consciousness has been transferred into the 'Matrix' metaverse, the brain wave threshold remains stable, and no rejection reaction has occurred."

Seeing this information, Wen Rui nodded with satisfaction and said, "The progress is very smooth. At least it proves that the prison function of the 'Matrix' system has been realized."

The "Matrix" project is a prison for cultivators that Wen Rui designed, developed and built based on his inspiration from "The Matrix".

The fully enclosed helmet has the function of shielding the five senses as well as spiritual consciousness. Combined with the tactile shielding solution in the glass jar, it completely cuts off all interactions between the prisoner and the outside world, putting him in a purely idealistic state of "I think, therefore I am".

At the same time, the nanorobots establish a brain-computer interface inside the brain and connect to the data cables in the helmet, transferring the prisoners' consciousness to the digital metaverse virtual world. Then, using Rick's memory adjustment technology, they mistakenly believe that the virtual is reality and are reborn in the virtual world.

In this way, their bodies are imprisoned but their minds are free, but they can only live in the beautiful dream that Wen Rui has woven for them. That dream is based on the design concept of the Infinite Tsukuyomi world, which can definitely make people indulge in it, never want to leave, and sink to it forever.

In reality, they are just ordinary sect disciples in the Jindan and Yuanying stages. In their dreams, they are the Immortal King, Immortal Emperor, Nine Heavens Saint, Cyber ​​God King, and they are not directly at the maximum level. There is a whole library of scripts such as "Don't bully the young and poor", "Falling over the old fish", "Pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger", "Pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face", and "Old grandfather kneeling and licking", and the sense of expectation, experience, accomplishment, gain, and pleasure are all at the maximum.

If one wants to fully experience all the script routines in a dream, one has to be immersed in it for at least three to five thousand years. Even if one accidentally wakes up and returns to reality halfway, they will probably not want to escape and will beg the guards to let them dream again.

As the saying goes, "Once you have seen the sea, all other waters are but puddles; once you have seen Mount Wushan, all other clouds are but mounds." After experiencing a virtual world with extremely rich imagination and high realism, who would want to be woken up by urine and drag their tired bodies to carry bricks in misery?

"Start the second phase of the experiment, extract the prisoner's spiritual energy and test the output power." Wen Rui ordered Jarvis.

A slight "buzzing" sound was heard in the hall, and the pipe inserted into the prisoner's dantian area emitted a light blue light. Dense monitoring data information scrolled on Wen Rui's tablet again.

"Monitor the brain wave threshold to confirm whether the extraction of spiritual energy will stimulate the prisoner who is sleeping and cause him to wake up unexpectedly."

"The frequency of brain wave threshold fluctuations has increased, but it is still within the normal range. The simultaneous appearance of battles and fights in dreams, which consume a lot of spiritual energy, can reduce the sense of disharmony between the body and the dream, and reduce the frequency of brain wave fluctuations."

Wen Rui nodded with satisfaction. Jarvis' report showed that the first half of the second phase of the experiment was also successful.

"Then here comes the key point. We need to calculate the difference between the cost of the spirit stones consumed by injecting the spirit medicine solution into the experimental subject and the cost of extracting the spirit stones artificially synthesized from the experimental subject's spiritual energy to see what the input-output ratio is."

Wen Rui's tone was even a little nervous. This was the most important step in the experiment. If the experiment was successful, it would have far-reaching and significant implications.

This is like nuclear fusion power generation. Igniting the reactor is certainly important, but if the input power is higher than the output power, then this fusion generator has no practical value and is still just a test machine.

For cultivators, eating spiritual herbs can speed up the recovery of spiritual energy in their dantian. However, planting spiritual herbs requires spiritual stones to nourish the fields, and this is the cost.

But as long as a cultivator is alive, he is constantly consuming spiritual energy in order to maintain the powerful functioning of his body, and this is the loss.

After deducting costs and losses, if there is still extra spiritual energy, that is profit. Take this profit and invest it in spiritual grass planting, and return to the first step to start a continuous cycle.

If the input-output ratio of this cycle is greater than 100%, then the matrix factory-based breeding industry of immortal cultivators can be profitable. In other words, spiritual energy can be artificially manufactured, making spiritual energy, a resource that is gradually entering a period of depletion, renewable.

"After comprehensive actuarial calculations, the current input-output ratio of the matrix system is 100.00023%."

"Great!"

Wen Rui was greatly inspired, his joy was beyond words, and he could not help but wave his fist. Unfortunately, no one shared this joy with him, only Jarvis beside him clapped his hands symbolically, making a harsh metallic collision sound.

If happiness cannot be shared, it will be greatly reduced. Wen Rui, who has been alone, has long been accustomed to it. He once again shifted his attention to the detailed analysis data on the tablet screen to confirm whether Jarvis had made any calculation errors.

Although the rate of return is very low, as long as a breakthrough from zero is achieved, its significance is so important that no matter how Wen Rui celebrates, it is not excessive. It's a pity that "I am alone" and there is no one around me who shares the same ideals and understands him, so Wen Rui can only take it indifferently.

The phenomenon of spiritual energy depletion has been verified in the spiritual world. It can be clearly seen that the spiritual energy in the current period is many times scarcer than in ancient times.

The spiritual energy in the real world before Wen Rui crossed over was even thinner, and after the founding of the country, no spirits were allowed to be formed. Unless the spiritual energy revived, the attributes of the world would never change. The world of Fengshen is not a random setting of a certain continent or a certain world with unlimited resources without any foundation. Although it contains elements of myths and legends, it also has a certain historical background.

The long river of history continues to flow, and the world line will most likely converge after thousands of years, with a high probability of evolving into a near-real world where spiritual energy is completely exhausted.

The success of the new energy plan has realized the sustainable development of spiritual energy thousands of years ahead of schedule, which can definitely change the world and history, no less than achieving controlled nuclear fusion in the real world.

"Start the third phase of the experiment and test the use of vapor deposition crystallization to transform spiritual energy into high-purity spiritual stones."

After the power generation equipment is completed and put into operation, the next step will inevitably be to develop supporting high-efficiency energy storage equipment, otherwise the instability and dissipation characteristics of spiritual energy will cause great losses, and spiritual stones are the best form of spiritual energy storage.

The blue tubes extending from the four glazed jars first lead to a purification device. After a series of processes including high-frequency vibration spiritual field, purification array, and Sanskrit baptism, the spiritual imprint of the original owner is removed.

The purified spiritual energy is led through a conduit to a huge device, which is the spiritual energy vapor deposition crystallizer. It artificially creates an ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure environment, and continuously compresses the volume of spiritual energy filled into it, just like artificially making diamonds, depositing and compressing the spiritual energy and crystallizing it into spiritual stones.

After a long time, an industrial robot came to Wen Rui holding a tray. On the tray was a spirit stone particle with a diameter of only 1 mm.

Although it is small in size, this spirit stone is crystal clear and shines as brightly as a diamond. Just from its appearance, one can tell that it is a high-level spirit stone with very high purity.

Comparing this artificial high-level spirit stone with the high-level spirit stones mined from nature is like comparing artificial diamonds to natural diamonds. There is no difference at all, and its purity and quality are even higher than those of natural high-level spirit stones.

Wen Rui looked up at the disciples of Dingguang Immortal Sect in the four jars, with a glimmer of greed in his eyes, as if he was looking at four fat Holstein cows.

The feasibility of the new energy plan has been proven, but unfortunately the energy conversion rate is too low. These four people can only convert 0.001 spirit stones a day. Even if the purity is extremely high, it has no practical value due to the low output.

Subsequent continuous improvements and expansions will still take a lot of time, and we are not even sure whether the goal of industrial mass production of spirit stones can be achieved within the mission deadline.

It is too early to be happy about such a result.

"The universe is like a furnace, and all living things are suffering. You are all foolish and stubborn, entangled in sin. If I had not shown my great compassion and cut off your karma, you would have fallen into the Avici Hell and suffered for eternity, unable to be reborn. I sacrificed myself in hell for seven days to experience the suffering of sinful spirits. I was deeply moved and made a great vow to create the 'Matrix' illusion hell to save the evil spirits."

Wen Rui said to the four people in a very high monk-like manner: "In the prison of illusion, all false and evil thoughts can be vented, but too much is as bad as too little. When desire is full, it will be exhausted. When all is vented, it will be empty. Then you will realize the wonderful truth that 'form is emptiness, emptiness is form, all are born from the mind, and you should not dwell on anything.'

"If the sinful spirits can voluntarily abandon all the false temptations of perfection in the Paradise Illusionary Prison and repent of their past sins, they can return to the original reality. Then, their mind cultivation will be perfect, their sins can be eliminated, and they will no longer be punished by falling into the Avici Hell."

"Your souls will serve their sentences in the Illusory Prison, and your bodies will return to the real world. All the spiritual stones produced will be used to support all living beings, atone for sins, and make up for the spiritual deficiencies of the heavens. Use the benefits of humanity to make up for the losses of the heavens! From now on, there will be no more fallacy that 'Heaven created all things to feed humans, but humans have nothing to repay heaven'!"

"Amitabha, good, good!"

After finishing this oath, Wen Rui suddenly had an epiphany. He felt as if an obscure message was pouring down his head from the void. The power of Buddha gradually grew in his spiritual sea, and a feeling of peace, joy, tranquility and serenity arose in his heart. This was the interaction between heaven and man caused by the merits and blessings bestowed by heaven.

It turns out that there is no harm in giving it a try, and here comes a pleasant surprise.

No matter what business you are in, you must do a good job of publicity and emphasize social benefits. When running a business, you must also fully demonstrate your sense of social responsibility and social commitment.

Even if it is a prison for cultivators, one must strike a balance and not blindly pursue maximization of profits.

Wen Rui, who traveled from the modern times, understood this principle very well. It is humane not to abuse animals. Therefore, when compiling the feasibility study report for the new energy project, he specifically studied the Buddhist rules of making aspirations and dedications and the system of merits of the heavenly way.

Prisoners are limited to those who have committed heinous crimes and are bound to go to hell. They are given a glimmer of hope, and a certain percentage of the profits they gain are returned to heaven. In this way, they make great Buddhist vows and follow the example of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who vowed not to attain Buddhahood until hell is empty. In the name of saving the souls of the sinners, they endow their actions with justice and stand firmly on the moral high ground.

All aspects have been taken into consideration. Even if this deal is accidentally exposed in the future, one can confidently say that one is following the will of heaven and is doing legitimate business and public welfare.

To make great aspirations and obtain dedications through Buddhist teachings is to obtain the endorsement of Heaven. With this Heavenly merit as proof, even Taoist Master Hongjun cannot say that Wen Rui did something wrong.

Otherwise, capturing monks and raising them like pigs, extracting their spiritual energy to make money from spiritual stones is simply the act of the devil, and is no different from sacrificing millions of lives to the evil gods to satisfy their evil desires. It is not unfair for them to become the target of public criticism and be eliminated to defend the way of righteousness.

The unexpected surprise is that this attempt actually received rewards from heaven and merits. As this breeding business continues to grow and develop, there will be more rewards in the future. It really snatched the business of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and obtained the merits that should have been obtained by him.

(End of this chapter)