Chapter 148: 120: Chip (Extra for book friend 171021102948988)_2 - Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 148: Chapter 120: Chip (Extra for book friend 171021102948988)_2

Li Shiming thought to himself that if he could arrange his own Gathering Spirit Array soon, his cultivation efficiency would improve even further. Although there were upper limits, even a 0.1 increase per cultivation session accumulated significantly over time.

The next day, through his Identity Jade Disc, Li Shiming exchanged for Storage Spirit Runes, Acceleration Runes, Solidifying Runes, Sharpness Runes, Flame Runes, and Frost Runes. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to exchange more, but his good deeds were running low.

With the remaining good deeds, he exchanged for a special formation named the Cloud-shocking Thunder Formation.

The Cloud-shocking Thunder Formation was the only thunder and lightning type formation he found among the formations available for exchange.

Because thunder and lightning type formations possess high burst attack power and are naturally effective against Demon Cultivation Techniques, they are extremely popular.

However, the issue with thunder and lightning type formations was that they had a significant flaw: the thunder and lightning in the formation were not generated without cause; it required the condensation of thunderclouds in the sky before heavenly thunder would fall.

Any cultivator who saw thunderclouds suddenly appearing in the sky would stay alert, making it difficult to trap them in a thunder and lightning type formation.

Furthermore, the Cloud-shocking Thunder Formation required too long to gather clouds, making this knowledge of the thunder and lightning formation exceptionally cheap and somewhat impractical.@@@@

Learning these runes was unproblematic. On this matter, Li Shiming, having memories from a previous life and the support of IBMz15, found it easier to perceive true meanings the first time he encountered spells.

His learning of spell runes was not for the purpose of making magic artifacts, not least because he lacked the energy for it at the moment.

Even with the help of IBMz15, his time and energy each day were limited.

It’s worth mentioning another advantage of Spiritual Thought: having cultivated Ice Heart Jade Thought Technique and nurtured his Spiritual Thought, his spirit would fully recover. Moreover, practicing Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique aided in his physical recovery, meaning he no longer needed sleep to restore his spirit and body.

This meant he could almost, like a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, go without rest for at least a month.

This allowed him more time each day, and naturally, the things he learned also increased.

As time passed, after several days’ efforts, what he referred to as his “industrial mother machine” was finally completed.

The entire machine was endowed with “Solidifying Runes”, giving it stability far surpassing that of previous designs.

The machine’s cutter head made use of a Low Grade Magical Artifact, personally enchanted by Li Shiming with Storage Spirit Runes, Solidifying Runes, and Sharpness Runes, and connected to a small Spiritual Power Pattern that continuously replenished the power inside the Storage Spirit Rune.

The information from IBMz15 was plentiful, but actual manufacturing still differed from the documentation.

To speak of these three months, even if the manufacturing of the wafers and micrometer-level optical lithography machine was challenging, with the unmatched sharpness of the five-axis industrial mother machine and the aid of his spiritual thoughts, even some especially needed components could be sent into the machine room space to be completed by the control of third-grade sword bases, manufacturing these pieces of equipment shouldn’t take long.

However, he encountered many difficulties during this process; time slowly slipped away amidst repeated trial and error.

Fortunately, during these days, nothing disturbed him, allowing him to peacefully continue with his activities while cultivating.

Li Shiming activated a formation in an underground space, the air was expelled from within the formation, creating a temperature-stable environment similar to a vacuum.

This formation was meant for trapping enemies. For cultivators, losing air wouldn’t affect their ability to mobilize spiritual power for a long time; the effect of withdrawing the air was not significant.

However, it was the best choice for creating a sterile and dust-free environment, achieving this without the need for complicated filtration equipment.

Li Shiming did not need to enter the formation; he controlled the micrometer-level optical lithography machine with his spiritual thoughts, loading a cut wafer into the device.

A cable extended from the machine room space and connected to the micrometer-level optical lithography machine.

The world’s first chip was not an advanced design, but rather a product quite behind compared to his previous world.

As IBMz15 took control, the micrometer-level optical lithography machine started operating, its internal lights shining on the wafer’s surface.

Like printing a photograph, except it was transferring intricate designs onto the wafer’s surface, etching the required design circuits.

The micrometer-level optical lithography machine was just a tool; the actual precision work was carried out by the operations of IBMz15.

Waiting for the chips to emerge from the micrometer-level optical lithography machine, the first batch of 450 chips was successfully etched.

Afterwards, following the packaging process, the finished chips were not pretty, and even somewhat ugly, even more, their surfaces were marked with bizarre runes, all intended to confound.

Upon inspection, out of the 450 chips, only about 164 met the design standards, the rest were flawed rejects.