Chapter 636

Chapter 636: Strategizing

In the Xia calendar year 6060, in Haigang City

Lin Jiang reviewed the geological reports written by Huaxia experts over the past few years. He asked for a simplified version for easier understanding.

Lin Jiang had invested a lot of money in recent years, using various technologies to make significant progress in geology.

According to geological experts, there was indeed a mysterious energy flow deep underground or in some seabeds. However, this energy was very weak and almost useless once it dispersed into the air.

Data showed that this energy had been increasing over the years, roughly at a rate of about ten percent annually. The accuracy of the data was not perfect, but generally reliable.

"When the Great Dao disappeared, it took a hundred years to progress from Tao Achieving to Void Achieving. After that, the process accelerated, and it took several hundred years to fully recover spiritual energy. I wonder how much time it will take."

Lin Jiang looked at the analysis of the geologist, combined with his own experience, Lin Jiang concluded that the spiritual energy recovery had begun slowly. It might take hundreds or tens of years, definitely not a one-day process.

Closing the file, Lin Jiang rubbed his temples, feeling a lot of pressure. While spiritual energy recovery may seem like a return to the era of cultivating immortality for others, it wasn’t so simple for Lin Jiang.

He hoped that through this spiritual energy recovery, those around him would have the opportunity to become immortal. This was difficult because Lin Jiang knew that the reconciliation of the heavens was done by the demon race. When the time came, the heavens might favor the demons, and the human race would have to contend with the demons for the opportunity to become immortal, inevitably leading to struggle and conflict. He also had formidable enemies.

"Let’s make preparations early. In times of great turmoil, we must strive to find a path to immortality."

Lin Jiang made up his mind. Since the recovery had started hundreds of years early, time could not be wasted, preparations had to be made early.

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"Sir."

Inside the villa estate, Wu Jiang bowed to Lin Jiang. Standing behind him were thirty people, each wearing black robes and masks, showing no useful emotions.

All thirty of these people were Martial Saints, the direct power that Lin Jiang had accumulated over the years. If indirect controls were taken into account, there were even more.

"They rarely show themselves, hiding in various corners of society. They could be a taxi driver or a homeless person. They are only activated when needed."

"Is everyone here?"

"Everyone is here. These are the master’s trusted subordinates, guaranteed to be loyal."

"Okay, I’ll just tell you straight. I need eight people for a long task. There won’t be any fighting or danger involved. You just need to reveal your identities and cooperate with various checks and experiments. Let’s start drawing lots now. Those chosen will wait in the next room, and the rest can go."

Lin Jiang said, then he handed out a pile of lots for them to draw. Thirty people silently approached, picked a lot, and left without saying a word.

"Sir, what do you want them to do?"

"Experiment, didn’t I say that?"

"It won’t involve slicing, right?"

"You are mistaken. In this modern society, we don’t need to slice for biological information. Besides, if we needed slicing, I would do it myself. Why bother with others? There are many experts in the world, not just us Martial Saints."

"That’s right, then you can relax."

Wu Jiang chuckled, he just casually asked, knowing they wouldn’t harm their own people.

"The chosen eight, sent to eight research centers, I’ve already instructed them, they will know what to do."

Lin Jiang said, Lin Jiang had decided to use scientific methods to thoroughly study spiritual energy, and the eight of them were the test subjects, to research internal strength first.

Internal strength is like a primitive version of spiritual energy, theoretically, when one reaches Martial Saint level, they can cultivate their internal strength to become spiritual energy at the Building Foundation Period.

So studying internal strength is essentially studying spiritual energy, in fact, Huaxia has been studying internal strength all along, just not with much investment, so progress has been slow.

And this time, Lin Jiang raised the requirements, not only for them to thoroughly research the source of internal strength, but also to study the practical applications of internal strength.

For example, using internal strength as a power source to drive certain things, this is for future preparations, so that the flying boats from the immortal cultivation era can be used on spaceships in the future.

And the mechas, using spiritual energy instead of nuclear power, so they won’t be easily destroyed, maybe the mechas can truly be used in combat and so on.

The change in energy involves the whole world. Lin Jiang’s ultimate goal is to combine technology and cultivation, not to go back to a simple cultivation era.

Lin Jiang treated the eight people to a meal, then improved their conditions and promised benefits for their families, so that they could cooperate with the experiment without worries.

The eight people had no worries about Lin Jiang breaking his promise because in the past two hundred years, Lin Jiang had never done that. Lin Jiang had many subordinates, some doing dirty work, and some in white gloves.

It can be said that as long as they didn’t do foolish things to cross Lin Jiang’s bottom line, they all lived well and basically enjoyed their later years. These people were either masters or seniors of these Martial Saints.

Like those Hollywood movies in Lin Jiang’s memory, where old secret agents were not given retirement benefits by the organization, leading to their annihilation, which had never happened to Lin Jiang.

It was Lin Jiang’s reputation over the past two hundred years that made most of his subordinates extremely loyal, after all, who wouldn’t be loyal to a boss who changed their destiny, helped them rise in class, enjoy their later years, and bless their descendants?

Wu Jiang sent off the eight people, and when he returned, he was carrying a box. He came to Lin Jiang and said, "Sir, this is a strange species brought back by the geological exploration team, would you like to take a look?"

"Okay."

Lin Jiang nodded, Wu Jiang opened the box, inside were two fish and some plants.

Lin Jiang reached out his hand and sensed some magical energy and spiritual essence on these things, but it was very weak, not much different from before. These magical powers could transform these fish monsters, but not advance them. They were still just trash.

"Have the backups been made at the research institute?"

"They must have been backed up, but not many. The main ones are still here."

"Yes, let’s continue like this. Also, send more people to strengthen the armed forces of the exploration team. They will encounter many dangerous situations in the future. Talent is hard to cultivate."

"Okay, sir, what about these things?"

"They are of no use to me. I will grill the fish tonight."

"Can we eat this fish?"

"It won’t kill you."

Lin Jiang chuckled. These mediocre magical fish were nothing. With Wu JiangMartial Saint’s cultivation, he wouldn’t burst from not eating second-tier magical beast meat.

That evening, Lin Jiang grilled some fish and shared them with Wu Jiang and others. After eating, Wu Jiang felt the specialness of those fish because he sensed the energy inside and knew it was something good.

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Three years quickly passed, reaching the year six thousand sixty-three in the Xia calendar.

During these three years, Lin Jiang received more and more things marked with the imprints of the immortal cultivation era, but overall, it had not yet impacted the real world society.

The effect of spiritual energy was mainly in some uninhabited places, like underground and underwater. This level of supernaturalization was not enough to affect people by the supernatural fish.

However, the anomalies they brought made various countries take notice. More and more countries invested resources into research. They were starting from scratch, but Lin Jiang was one step ahead of them.

Lin Jiang’s research center already had a comprehensive understanding of internal strength. After all, Lin Jiang invested more than billions of dollars each year.

Experts and professors all admitted that if the energy of internal strength could continue to increase, it could replace the current energy sources. However, they didn’t know how far it could be enhanced as they lacked research foundations.

In applications, they had made enough progress. For example, they could use internal strength to power a light bulb through complex transformations, replacing electricity to make the bulb light up.

This achievement may seem insignificant, but it is actually groundbreaking for the future. It is all about laying the foundation for the time when spiritual energy is restored, so that they can catch up to several generations ahead of other countries.

"If spiritual energy is restored, should we awaken some cultivators in advance?"

When Lin Jiang is bored, he thinks about such questions. Should we awaken some cultivators early and let them adapt to modern society in advance? After all, modern society is very different from the cultivation era, especially in terms of mindset. They need to change their view of ordinary people as ants, or there will be intense conflicts with them.