Chapter 426: Chapter 237: Magical Treasure Design, Where the Way Resides

The night at the retirement home.

Zheng Fa sat in a chair, holding a teacup in his hand.

The tea was the Forget Machine Tea cultivated by the retirement home, which oddly matched Zheng Fa’s current mood.

Recently, under the threat of the Demon Ancestor’s descent in the Xuanwei Realm, Zheng Fa actually felt considerable pressure in his heart.

But now he was the leader of the Jiushan Realm, the linchpin of the Jiushan Sect from top to bottom, and he often had to bear this pressure alone, not revealing it to outsiders.

It was only in the retirement home that he could find a moment’s ease.

The mountain breeze and the bright moon above, a river of stars overhead, surrounded by good teachers and beneficial friends.

His emotions also gradually relaxed without him noticing.

Old Man Bai was tilting his head and talking to Mrs. Tian, who had been amused and gently patted him.

Tang Lingwu lay back in her chair, stretching out her hand as if caressing the breeze.

Professor Tang gazed up at the sky, seemingly with a sigh.

Zheng Fa looked at him curiously.

“Actually, DNA is a miracle, and so is the universe,” noticing Zheng Fa’s gaze, Tang Mudao began to speak, “In cosmology, there is a very controversial theory called the theory of cosmic fine-tuning.”

“The theory of cosmic fine-tuning?”

Hearing him say that, Old Man Bai and the others also looked over.

“You know, there are some constants in the universe that determine the structure and evolution of the universe, such as the gravitational constant, the electromagnetic force constant, the mass of the proton, the ratio of dark matter and dark energy…”

Zheng Fa nodded slightly, not speaking, just listening to Professor Tang continue to explain.

“On the other hand, if these constants were to change a little bit, the universe could not possibly be as it is now.” Thinking this, Tang Mudao turned his head to look at Zheng Fa.

“For instance, if the gravitational constant were higher, all celestial bodies would collapse, and if it were lower, celestial bodies would scatter, unable to form planets.”

“If the electromagnetic force constant were higher, chemical reactions would become very difficult, complex molecules like DNA could not form.”

“If it were lower, elements could not be produced.”

Tang Lingwu listened with interest and asked softly, “What’s the range for this?”

“If the electromagnetic force constant changes by more than four percent, the sun would explode immediately. And the mass of protons must be accurate to thirty-two decimal places for elements other than hydrogen atoms to form in the universe.”

Old Man Bai frowned upon hearing this and said, “That’s too improbable.”

Tang Mudao looked at the star river, seemingly lost in thought, and simply said, “Such independent cosmological constants, we currently know about thirty-two, and if every cosmological constant were by chance, just within this range…”

“Hmm, it’s nearly impossible.”

Zheng Fa somewhat understood what Tang Mudao was talking about.

“Professor Tang, are you saying…”

Tang Mudao shook his head, his tone vague, “To address this issue, there are roughly two interpretations— the multiple universe hypothesis and the intelligent design theory.”

“Multiple universes are easy to understand; the cosmological constants are indeed not fixed, but there are an infinite number of universes, and we just happen to be in such a universe.”

Tang Lingwu understood: “So it’s like the nearly infinite number of stars, but we just happen to be on a planet suitable for living?”

“Pretty much that idea.”

“Intelligent design theory…” Tang Mudao paused, some uncertainty in his words, “is considering whether our universe is designed.”

“…”

Zheng Fa understood why Tang Mudao wanted to say this—the correspondence between the Five Elements spells and reality, perhaps, is artificial?

The similarity between DNA and the Wood Element spells, is it a deliberate design?

“If I was to say before, I supported the multiple universe hypothesis… but now, aren’t there Immortals?”

Everyone fell silent, each lifting their heads to gaze at the star river above, the silent starry sky yet concealing endless words.

…

“So, we have more or less figured out the elemental materials of the Five Elements,” Old Man Bai shook his head, as if trying to toss these confounding thoughts behind, and then started to speak: “Then how are you considering your Lifebound Magical Treasure?”

Zheng Fa thought for a moment and then slowly said:

“From the material point of view, each spiritual material has its own characteristics, for example, the Gold Element spiritual material, is like metal, possessing qualities of toughness and sharpness, often most suitable for making slaughtering magic treasures.”

This was his conclusion from Xiao Yuying’s treasure trove.

“But what I want to create is something akin to a server-like magical treasure, the most important parts are actually just three:”

“Information transfer.”

“Storage.”

“Calculation.”

Everyone understood this.

“For calculation, I can rely on the spiritual energy circuits, and as my cultivation improves in the future, the more perfect the spiritual energy circuits get, the stronger the computing power should be.”

“That’s right, didn’t they design many corresponding circuit diagrams for you before?”

Old Man Bai also remembered.

“For information transfer, I plan to use Communication Talismans to achieve it.”

The analysis of Communication Talismans was exactly the starting point for Zheng Fa’s desire to transform into a server.

“Only storage…” Zheng Fa slowly said, “I probably need to rely on spiritual materials.”

“What spiritual material?”

Old Man Bai asked out of curiosity.

“Jade!” Zheng Fa explained, “Many cultivation techniques and secret texts are stored inside jade tubes… this relies on the characteristics of the jade as a spiritual material.”

“What characteristics?”

“Jade belongs to the Earth Element spiritual material, mainly encompasses all, very suitable for storing information.”

Jade as a spiritual material was quite common in the Xuanwei Realm, just like Zheng Fa said, the jade tube was one application of jade material—this spiritual material’s information storage capability was extremely strong, ideal as the “hard drive” for a server.

Hearing this, everyone knew that he indeed had plans.

“Server,” Old Man Bai leaned back, muttering, “In the future, could our research and such also be stored on your magical treasure?”