CHAPTER 24: CHAPTER 22: CHIVES, OCTOPUS, DEMON REFINING_2

I also heard their whispered murmurs:

"Wow, there’s actually someone here, is this a hidden scene? So beautiful."

"It’s so interesting, the scenery is beautiful, and there’s hidden interaction with people."

"Handsome guy, handsome guy, quickly touch me, I’m so itchy."

...

Seeing the other party being so flirtatious, Zhu Zhengwei plucked him away.

What is Qi?

The essence of Qi is the soul power that pervades this world!

And these server humans, as living beings, are constantly emitting soul energy, commonly known as mining!

So with these mining machines, it’s like a "spring" that continuously gushes out living water, nourishing the entire barren mountains and rivers, eventually forming a bountiful world.

Unfortunately, there are still too few mining machines in this world.

The Qi being mined has a very low concentration in the air, so people cannot sense it.

Only by consuming these spring sources, which contain a large amount of Qi, can one truly enter the path, start sensing the sparse Qi in the heavens and earth, and begin their cultivation journey!

Zhu Zhengwei took a few glances and continued to walk forward.

"If you think about it this way, aren’t these plants equivalent to ’innate spirit roots’? Acquiring them means following the Dao?"

End of Dharma Era equals a scarcity of servers, leading to insufficient Qi production.

"Then those previous servers, aren’t they people with ’spirit roots’? For other mortals to cultivate, they must seize these spirit roots to embark on their path?"

Zhu Zhengwei thought randomly, "Of course, after being turned into a wild grass by me in this world, they no longer have a root dream, no birth or dwelling place... they truly become a randomly born wild grass."

He passed through the Bronze Kingdom, where this land is retracing the path of technological civilization.

Smelting of bronze and black iron, steam civilization is very developed yet very unique, because it combines with "Qi" and has forged its own path.

He took a round tour, discovering that this world, after countless years of development, is ultimately a feudal era civilization, with only some unique extraordinary seeds budding, blooming slowly with time.

Think about it,

In the five thousand years of human civilization on Earth, the first four thousand eight hundred years were mostly about accumulation and sedimentation, entirely the agrarian era, with most of the time being meaningless.

It wasn’t until the last two hundred years that the accumulation was complete, leading to a civilization explosion, laying the foundation of basic physics, chemistry, from ancient agrarian times to modern civilization, taking only two hundred years.

"Should I also wait for five thousand years of slow accumulation?" Zhu Zhengwei did not want to wait.

Zhu Zhengwei eventually settled in the Seaside Ghost Kindom.

For no other reason, just because this country is by the sea, with nice scenery, suitable for him to try something, he intends to plant some seeds in these feudal dynasties.

To make some attempts of his own.

"Since humans cannot succeed in a short term, and Zhang Zhi can’t achieve it after working hard so far, then let’s change direction: what about other animals?"

As for if animals were to rise, and humans fall off the food chain?

Hehehe.

Influenced by one’s position, from Zhu Zhengwei’s perspective, all living beings are equal.

The human species, ultimately because the brain is too powerful, can only circulate the "Qi" in the brain, making it hard to pass below the neck, leaving the body unrefreshed and weak, but animals have no brains, only instincts, perhaps they could be permeated throughout the body.

Therefore, Zhu Zhengwei settled down in a quiet port in the Seaside Ghost Kindom, there were quite a few fishing villages around, and he planned to start his second life outside Bamboo Scenic Village, or a second "A Dream of Millet," also a retreat for research.

The ultimate goal was still for the development of the world.

...

Three months later.

Some steamships from the Bronze Kingdom sailed across the sea, arriving at the port for trade between the two countries, and the Slave Dynasty was in chaotic turmoil over there.

The sea breeze was strong, with a heavy, humid ocean smell.

Zhu Zhengwei waited at the port, occasionally seeing scholars from the Bronze Kingdom disembark with large boxes, holding beast hide books to record their travel experiences.

In this world, books are very precious, absolutely unaffordable for an average household, knowledge is very precious in the feudal era, and most books are beast hide books, it’s said that only the upper echelons of the Bronze Kingdom have mastered the papermaking technology of ancient civilization.

"Carrying a book wherever they go, probably learned from Zhang Zhi," Zhu Zhengwei joked.

But he also knew that as a country of scholars, students in the Bronze Kingdom must graduate by going on a long journey, their academies advocate not to become bookworms.

Feudal, studying hard for exams to become great scholars, with fame spreading far and wide.

Whether in Western or Eastern ancient civilizations, it was pretty much the same, with a lot of insider manipulation, family influence, and aristocratic nepotism everywhere.

Very unfair, yet relatively fair.

But upon reflection, the civilized societies of the real Earth are also this way.

"Here it is!" After waiting for a while, a dark-skinned girl handed a wooden bucket to Zhu Zhengwei.

Several octopuses squirmed energetically inside.

Zhu Zhengwei nodded after looking, and handed over three beer caps with barely discernible text and flattened textures, "Three copper coins."

"Okay." Although it was just three, the girl still counted them carefully, she needed to save money for her brother’s education.

Zhu Zhengwei turned and left.

The laboratory was very simple.

The level of this era could only smelt some crude glass, but even that was for nobles.

The room was filled with ceramic clay pots, giving it an ancient pharmacy vibe.

"The essence of Qi is soul energy, so what does it look like when soul energy circulates throughout the body?"

Zhu Zhengwei held a plant and put it in a jar, "Honestly, this is also something Zhang Zhi told me from his diary, it’s the result of his painstaking research over these years! I have no idea, but it doesn’t prevent me from following his thoughts and transferring them to animals."

"Eh? What’s he doing? Asking me to lie down?"

Zhu Zhengwei picked up a pestle, aiming at the plant that was mumbling to itself.

"So big and thick."

The pestle came crashing down.

"No, don’t."

The plant was pounded several times before it realized, "Am I going to die?"

Bang bang bang!

It was quickly pulverized.

The entire plant was completely bewildered.

Isn’t this supposed to be a sleeping sedation game?

Are you sure it’s not a horror game?

But hearing the sound of pounding medicine, da-da-da-da, it only felt quiet and sleepy, its consciousness gradually fading away.

Its consciousness completely blurred, maybe it was about to fall asleep?

"Whoa! This works! This production team is amazing, I’ve realized!"

"There’s actually such a method for sleeping, death itself is a psychological suggestion for sleep! The production team is so thoughtful!"

"As they say, every person is a completely different new scene, I, as a plant for life, truly encountered its meaning!"

"So in love with it!"

...

Zhu Zhengwei carefully mashed it into green mud, then fed it to the octopuses kept in the aquarium, closely observing this wriggling marine creature,

"Octopuses have nine brains located throughout the body, I just want to see if with nine brains in the body, the Qi can perfectly circulate through the mind and every part of the body..."