chsdbacks Chapter 211 Testing Xuan Ziwen
Chapter 211 Testing Xuan Ziwen
Chapter 211 Testing Xuan Ziwen
After hearing Xuan Ziwen's words, Huo Yuhao gently put down the water glass in his hand.
"If I become the head of the Creation Hall, I will definitely invite Researcher Xuan to be the deputy head."
"The Hall of Creation represents the Empire's departure from the past, and it needs people like us to infuse it with entirely new blood."
Huo Yuhao said this to test Xuan Ziwen's loyalty to the Sun Moon Empire.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwen's weary eyes revealed a hint of longing.
"In the future, I just want to be able to focus on researching soul tools and don't want to get involved in too many political disputes."
This power struggle between the two crown princes of the Sun Moon Empire has shown Xuan Ziwen too much about the interplay of human nature, leaving him feeling utterly exhausted.
"Those things are not issues that I, as a researcher, should be concerned with."
"I only care about how to develop more powerful, more practical, and more innovative soul tools."
"In my opinion, soul tools should actually have nothing to do with soul masters."
"Its significance lies in progress, in promoting the evolution of human society, and even in enabling us to step out of this world and explore broader possibilities."
Xuan Ziwen's voice was incredibly passionate, and his eyes shone with the light of idealism.
But the light in his eyes quickly dimmed: "It's a pity that the continent is currently divided into factions fighting their own wars. All of humanity needs a war of unification to lay a solid foundation for a true technological revolution in the future."
"The Sun and Moon Empire originally had a very high chance of completing this mission."
"But now, with the Mingdu explosion, the younger generation of the Heavenly Soul Empire has been given the most crucial time to grow. What will the future hold? —"
At this point, Xuan Ziwen suddenly realized that he might have said something he shouldn't have.
Huo Yuhao replied, "It's alright. Facing the enemy squarely is facing ourselves squarely."
"Besides, the Heavenly Soul Empire is also Researcher Xuan's hometown, so I won't go and report him for something like this."
Huo Yuhao's words made Xuan Ziwen's tense shoulders relax slightly.
"Actually, most of the time, I share the same view as Researcher Xuan."
Huo Yuhao patiently guided him: "I also believe that a unified environment is most conducive to the research of soul tools."
"The current turbulent situation has led us to devote all our energy to war soul guides, while we have invested very little in people's livelihoods or even real scientific research."
"I believe we should have a sharp sword, but we also need a hoe."
Xuan Ziwen glanced at Huo Yuhao in surprise.
"I thought with the Ice and Fire Creation Furnace," he said, "that Lin Gongfeng would only focus on improving his strength."
Huo Yuhao smiled and then selectively told Xuan Ziwen about some of the Azure Dragon Guard's future plans for soul tools related to people's livelihood at the Starlight Auction House.
Finally, Huo Yuhao brought the topic back to the Heavenly Soul Empire: "Unfortunately, just as we were discussing, if the Heavenly Soul Empire wins the future war, I'm afraid the future of soul tools will come to an abrupt end."
"From a purely academic point of view, it would be great if the Heavenly Soul Empire also valued soul tools."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwen sighed: "Tianhun is a traditional soul master country. Even though they have developed many soul tools in recent years, the overall atmosphere is still not suitable for academic researchers like us."
"In my opinion, Tianhun has the future direction for the advancement of soul tools."
"They have the Tang Sect. If they can purchase the remaining hidden weapons from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, which has a long-standing cooperation with the Tang Sect, and then study the hidden weapons to achieve a new branch of soul tool development, it is not impossible."
A glint flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes.
Xuan Ziwen's words gave him a keen insight into finding a breakthrough.
This at least shows that Xuan Ziwen is not completely opposed to the Heavenly Soul Empire.
As long as he doesn't harbor any aversion towards the Heavenly Soul Empire, there's a possibility of winning him over.
"Yes," Huo Yuhao sighed, "that way they can at least catch up with the Empire's progress a little."
"However, to catch up completely, it would probably require a revolution in the field of soul guidance, or even a complete overthrow."
"But this is easier said than done. The Imperial Soul Tools have been developed for so many years and have long since formed a complete system."
Xuan Ziwen looked at Huo Yuhao: "Elder Lin is wrong."
"It is true that the soul tool has formed a solidified system, but the existence of Elder Lin is to break the solidification."
Huo Yuhao feigned interest: "Researcher Xuan, how about we do a sand table simulation?"
"I will inevitably have to face the Heavenly Soul Empire in the future, so why don't we take this opportunity to relax and conduct a sand table simulation of the soul-guided war between the two countries from a purely academic perspective?"
Xuan Ziwen did not refuse.
Previously, Mingdetang's researchers would conduct sand table simulations in their spare time, but these were all from a military and war perspective.
This is the first time that Huo Yuhao has proposed a purely academic field.
"If I were the Soul Guidance Leader of the Heavenly Soul Empire," Huo Yuhao said, standing on one side of the sand table, "I would prioritize referencing the Tang Sect's Rain of Pear Blossom Needles. This combines area-of-effect hidden weapons with soul guidance devices, making it the most direct application on the battlefield."
Huo Yuhao was not afraid of these studies being exposed, because the Sun Moon Empire was unaware of the core structure of the hidden weapons.
They want to design soul tools based on their own words, which requires a lot of manpower and resources, and this is exactly what the Sun Moon Empire will need most in the next few years.
Furthermore, conducting sand table simulations with Xuan Ziwen also allowed Huo Yuhao to understand the shortcomings of these soul tools.
Once Huo Yuhao returns to the Heavenly Soul Empire, they can immediately update their tactics and soul tools to counter Xuan Ziwen's methods of deception, catching the Sun Moon Empire off guard in the future.
Xuan Ziwen traced several lines on the sand table with his fingers.
"The armor-piercing properties of the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles are indeed astonishing."
Xuan Ziwen's eyes gleamed behind his glasses: "But they're unlikely to be very effective against the piercing cannons I've been researching."
"By simply changing the rifling structure of a traditional piercing cannon and adding a rotation acceleration module, I can triple its penetration and explosive power. However, this comes at a high cost, as the required consumption of rare metals will increase dramatically."
Huo Yuhao stared at the lines of soul power on the sand table.
Without revealing his soul forging technique, Xuan Ziwen's proposed soul guidance concept would indeed deal a devastating blow to the Heavenly Soul Empire's Wrath of the Sky.
Because the characteristics of the Wrath of the Sky are somewhat similar to those of the Sun and Moon Needles.
It simply transformed the latter's scattering attack into a thunder and fire double-explosive bomb, replacing penetration with explosion.
Huo Yuhao wasn't worried about whether Ye Yulin would get some ideas from this to upgrade the Sun and Moon Divine Needle in the future.
With the ideas he gained from the Hall of Offerings, Huo Yuhao had too many ways to counter the upgraded Sun and Moon Divine Needles.
The first round of the sand table simulation ended in defeat for the Heavenly Soul Empire.
Huo Yuhao then demonstrated some of the characteristics of several soul tools developed by the Heavenly Soul Empire based on Tang Sect hidden weapons, and conducted sand table simulations with Xuan Ziwen one by one.
Xuan Ziwen became increasingly excited.
During this period, Wang Yiheng also visited Huo Yuhao once.
When he saw Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen conducting a sand table simulation, he stopped to observe for a while before leaving.
Wang Yiheng might be somewhat interested if they were conducting war simulations.
However, let academic talents like them handle the simulations that are purely academic research-oriented.
After hearing Wang Yiheng's report, Kong Deming nodded in satisfaction: "That's not bad either."
"Xuan Ziwen's research approach has always been unique. Having him and Lin Yi conduct academic sand table simulations will allow them to make progress together."
Inside the lounge, Huo Yuhao took out the split-type collaborative soul tool he had developed using the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Gallbladder.
This soul tool mimics a mother-child separation structure, with the main body of the soul tool carrying multiple sub-units. It can be used as an offensive soul tool or achieve the effect of energy diversion through energy nesting technology.
Huo Yuhao's idea aroused Xuan Ziwen's suspicion.
"Master Lin has a deep understanding of Tang Clan's hidden weapons; some of his ideas are ones I hadn't even considered."
Huo Yuhao replied, "I studied the descriptions of Tang Clan's hidden weapons when I was in Orleans."
"Since we're just hypothesizing right now, let's broaden our thinking and fully incorporate our ideas into the hidden weapon."
Xuan Ziwen nodded: "That's true. Without knowing the core structure, every time we have a burst of inspiration, it's like drawing inspiration from the Tang Sect's hidden weapons to create entirely new soul tools."
"But Lin Gongfeng, have you considered adding a fixed-installation element to the split-type collaborative soul tool?"
As Xuan Ziwen's fingers continued to leave traces of soul power on the sand table, Huo Yuhao's sand table simulation ended in failure once again.
But Huo Yuhao was not discouraged; he simply silently memorized Xuan Ziwen's various ideas.
In the end, Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen concluded that by simply innovating based on the Tang Sect's hidden weapons, the Heavenly Soul Empire could defeat Douling and Xingluo, but in the field of soul tools, it would still be difficult to compete with the Sun Moon Empire.
"It seems that the Heavenly Soul Empire will find it difficult to defeat the Sun Moon Empire in the field of soul tools alone."
Huo Yuhao restored the sand table to its original state: "Their strength lies only in the traditional Soul Master aspect."
“That’s right,” Xuan Ziwen said, regaining his composure. “If the Heavenly Soul Empire truly has the ability to reverse its shortcomings, this will be a revolution that will overturn the entire Soul Guidance System.”
"At that time, it will probably become a holy land for Soul Masters, making countless Soul Masters yearn for it."
Huo Yuhao laughed heartily: "If it weren't for the Ice and Fire Creation Furnace, would Researcher Xuan have ended up like this?"
"To put it bluntly, if I didn't have this martial spirit, I would definitely yearn for it."
"But the Heavenly Souls are unfortunate; they have neither such means nor the Ice and Fire Creation Furnace."
"Therefore, in the future, they can only be suppressed by me."
Xuan Ziwen pushed up his glasses: "If the Heavenly Soul really exists, then I will definitely go there to learn it."
"Unfortunately, just as Lin Gongfeng said, they didn't have it."
Their conversation was an open secret that was not meant to be seen by anyone in the Sun Moon Empire.
Even when Shrek Academy still existed, countless people in the Sun Moon Empire longed for this holy land of soul masters.
Even Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall, hoped to study at Shrek Academy when he was young.
This is something everyone knows, but it absolutely cannot be brought up in public.
However, Huo Yuhao had already set many preconditions for himself, and given his identity, even if Wang Yiheng and Kong Deming heard his words, they wouldn't have any bad thoughts.
Just as Huo Yuhao himself said, only the Sun Moon Empire can unlock the full potential of his Ice and Fire Creation Furnace.
When he went to the Heavenly Soul Empire, he could only "degenerate" into a pure Soul Master.
After hearing Xuan Ziwen's words, Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Alright, Researcher Xuan, it's getting late. You should go back and rest. We still need to do our best to treat the wounded tomorrow."
After Xuan Ziwen left, Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh of relief.
He knew in his heart that his plan to win over Xuan Ziwen was already half successful.
Xuan Ziwen's pure love for soul tools and his weariness of political strife are weaknesses that can be overcome.
If we continue to give him hints, the possibility of turning this genius researcher to his side is very high.
"Brother Hao, when are you planning to confront Xuan Ziwen?" Tianmeng asked.
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment: "Let's wait until the ground structure of the Creation Hall is roughly completed, which should take about two months."
"This way, I can not only explore the structure of the Transparent City Soul Master Academy and the Creation Hall, but also learn as much as possible about the future situation of the Sun Moon Empire."
Meanwhile, in the core area of the far north.
Suddenly, the Snow Empress noticed that the Ice Emperor's Egg, which had been lying dormant near the Snow Lotus, was now trembling slightly.