amaotonovel Chapter 584 Artificial Spirit Stones
Chapter 584 Artificial Spirit Stones
After observing with great interest the various "construction sites" along the way where array patterns were being inscribed, Cangnian finally arrived at the main control room of the Ark, guided by the light paths on the ground and walls.
Upon entering the control room, Cang Nian's eyes lit up.
The entire control room is over 100 meters high and over 1 kilometer in diameter. It would be more than enough to house all the members of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom.
"Noah, it seems you really are rebuilding the Ark to starship standards!"
Cang Nian couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Master, Noah is not yet able to make the Ark escape gravity and break free from Earth's constraints."
However, given the support of a more powerful computing system and more time, it's not impossible.
Noah's voice rang out in the control room, full of confidence.
“Computing power system… I remember that before the spiritual energy revival, Quancheng had a Shenwei series supercomputing center.”
However, I heard from people in Jinan that because of the earthquake during the first spiritual energy revival tide, the Yellow River changed its course and was flooded, so it's probably unusable.
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian muttered something.
Jinan was already more than 500 kilometers away from the Yellow River before the spiritual energy revival.
It was only after the second spiritual energy revival tide that it was pushed further north due to the additional landmasses.
Originally, the main urban area of Jinan was south of the Yellow River, but after the Yellow River changed its course, it cut diagonally through the southern suburbs of Jinan's main urban area, causing countless deaths and injuries, and destroying large areas of the city.
"With the permission of the survivors of Jinan, Noah has already gone to explore the original site of the Sunway Blue Light Supercomputing Center."
The damage to the Sunway Blue Light was too severe to be repaired, and the materials were severely corroded, making them difficult to recycle.
According to the map of the Dragon Kingdom before the spiritual energy revival, the two supercomputing centers closest to Quancheng are...
These are the Yuzhou Shangdu National Supercomputing Center and the Tianjin Tianhe-1 Supercomputing Center.
When Cangnian mentioned the supercomputing center in Jinan, Noah replied.
After he finished speaking, a map of the Dragon Kingdom appeared in front of Cangnian, with Yuzhou Shangdu and Tianjin highlighted.
"Then let's choose one of the two options: get our hands on the supercomputing center!"
Yuzhou, the capital of the Shang Dynasty, is located on the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It's conveniently on the way, so let's go with this one!
Upon hearing this, Cangnian stepped forward to look at the map and then spoke.
"Master, Noah has calculated that the Tianhe-1 in Tianjin is a better choice."
However, Noah retorted as soon as Cang Nian finished speaking.
"Why? Although Tianjin is closer as the crow flies, the entire route is land!"
The old man did not understand.
"Because the Tianhe-1 supercomputer in Tianjin is more likely to be still intact than the National Supercomputing Center in Shangdu, Yuzhou."
The Yellow River itself has high dikes, so even without an earthquake, there is a risk of it changing its course.
The situation is even more severe along the coast of Yuzhou, with many sections even forming above-ground rivers.
It is very likely that the course of the two spiritual energy resurgence tides changed.
Taking Jinan's Sunway Blue Light as an example, the Yuzhou Shangdu National Supercomputing Center is more likely to suffer losses.
Tianjin has no major rivers, so the probability of it suffering losses is even lower.
As for how to get to Tianjin... if the Ark's power system is fully upgraded, then there will be no problem.
Noah said that the new discovery he needed to report to his master was related to this.
Noah explained clearly and logically.
"Can it really make the Ark fly? But you already have the answer, so why are you asking me?"
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian was overjoyed, but then said somewhat speechlessly.
"Because Noah can only offer advice to his master, but cannot make choices for him."
Noah said very seriously.
"Okay... what about the new discovery you mentioned?"
Cang Nian nodded helplessly, then asked.
"Recently, Noah studied the spirit stones that his master obtained from the banyan tree, as well as the spirit stones that the members of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom had used up."
The discovery of spirit stones, a natural substance with a remarkably unique internal structure, represents a near-optimal method for storing spiritual energy.
Seeing Cangnian's question, Noah began to explain.
"and then?"
Cang Nian, on the other hand, felt that Noah was saying something that was both correct and meaningless.
If spirit stones are not a good way to store spiritual energy, can they still be called spirit stones?
"Therefore, Noah created an artificial spirit stone based on the structure of the spirit stone that stores spiritual energy."
By using a spirit-gathering array to create a high-concentration spiritual energy environment, the artificial spirit stone is then placed within it.
The artificial spirit stone will automatically absorb the surrounding spiritual energy and store it within.
A spirit stone that has absorbed spiritual energy is like a battery in an electrical circuit.
Noah could then extract the spiritual energy from it at any time to power the formation.
As Noah explained, an array plate rose from the floor of the control room, and under its activation, the surrounding spiritual energy converged towards the center of the array plate.
In the center of the array plate, a dull, lifeless object, identical to a used spirit stone, began to emit a faint, flickering glow, as if it were breathing.
"Then...does that mean we'll have an inexhaustible supply of spirit stones?"
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian's eyes widened, and he breathed rapidly.
With an unlimited supply of spirit stones, Cang Nian dared not imagine how rapidly the strength of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom would increase!
"No, Master, you've misunderstood."
The artificial spirit stones synthesized by Noah cannot be used for cultivation.
Because it simply collects and stores natural spiritual energy.
The reason why natural spiritual stones can be used to promote evolution is that their spiritual energy is pure and easily absorbed.
Furthermore, the damage to the meridians is negligible.
Artificial spirit stones cannot achieve this; at most, they can only eliminate the process of gathering spiritual energy.
A simple spirit-gathering array can achieve the same effect.
Seeing Cang Nian's agitation, Noya immediately explained.
"Uh... what's the use of these artificial spirit stones?"
"Anything it can do, a spirit-gathering array can do too!"
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian felt as if he had been doused with cold water, and remained speechless.
What a disappointment!
"The main function of artificial spirit stones is to store spiritual energy."
Noah was unable to determine the conditions under which the spirit stone was created.
However, to date, the concentration of spiritual energy in most parts of the Earth has been relatively even.
In different areas, the total amount of spiritual energy per unit space is almost the same.
The original power system of the Ark used thirty-six spirit-gathering arrays distributed inside the Ark to collect spiritual energy.
Then, the energy is gathered at the bottom of the ark through an array, where propeller units driven by the array provide the power to propel it forward.
However, with this kind of power, the spiritual energy gained per unit of time is only enough to propel the ark to sail on the water.
Such a power source is far from sufficient to make the ark take off.
However, if there are artificial spirit stones, the spiritual energy gathered by the spirit-gathering array can be stored.
When there are enough artificial spirit stones filled with spiritual energy, it will be enough to propel the ark free from the constraints of gravity and allow it to travel through the air.
Noah offered a more in-depth explanation to Cangnian's doubts.