CHAPTER 354: CHAPTER 217: INCREDIBLY POWERFUL DEVICE_2

It has even faintly become a symbol, a kind of emblem.

Of course, even so, Sage Saint Shen Shi can still easily influence the entire civilization, and even make decisive choices in some major decisions. Apart from Gong Chu, there are still quite a few people who absolutely obey him. Not to mention, the sheer influence possessed by the vast number of "Sage Saint Faction" Primordial Energy Cultivators is significant.

So, even though there’s a faint unease about the Es Civilization’s reputation and influence within the Human Civilization, internally, no major issues will arise in the short term.

Shen Shi asked Gong Chu to investigate the few council members who showed some interest in the "Star Sea," not because he suspected them of betraying humanity by allying with the Es Civilization, but because he thought they might have been influenced by the Es Civilization. Once this can be confirmed, the purpose of the Es Civilization can basically be determined.

"Since Gus Land has had such a chance, your investigation can be slowed down a bit. There’s no need to rush; at worst, we prepare for the worst-case scenario," Shen Shi finally said.

"Yes." Gong Chu withdrew.

Shen Shi’s consciousness also returned to the consciousness within modern society.

Then he couldn’t help but slowly exhale a breath.

Even now, when he enters the incarnation of Sage Saint Shen Shi, he can clearly feel the impact of this incarnation on himself.

This influence stems from the changes in thinking brought by vast memories.

After all, the modern society’s Shen Shi has only decades of memories and experience, while Sage Saint Shen Shi has spent three millennia as the ruler and key decision-maker of the Human Civilization. His rich experience and way of thinking are vastly different from the current Shen Shi.

The adaptation alone keeps Shen Shi’s nerves tense.

But it’s not without benefits.

Shen Shi can clearly feel that his decision-making ability is rapidly enhancing, becoming clearer when facing numerous affairs within the Human Civilization, especially as he is now managing trillions of Cosmic People, allowing him to quickly integrate and comprehend.

He has already managed the construction of the Star System Fortress and the various relationships in the interaction of two civilizations in a well-organized manner.

This has further enhanced his reputation.

He can even faintly influence the future, the most direct change being the periodic differences in Sage Saint Shen Shi’s strength and memory.

Shen Shi’s growth is also driving the growth of Sage Saint Shen Shi.

"I wonder what kind of astonishing changes will occur when the third future line emerges. The Human Civilization should already have become a B-level civilization," Shen Shi muttered softly, finally chuckling.

In modern society, the Human Civilization hasn’t even fully reached D-level civilization yet, still striving toward C-level civilization, yet his sight has already set upon the B-level civilization.

This is the change brought to Shen Shi by the incarnation of Sage Saint Shen Shi.

It has greatly broadened his horizons.

After all, what Sage Saint Shen Shi primarily considers is not all B-level civilization matters. He even intends to deepen the association with Gus Land, which may be an A-level civilization, often contemplating these matters, so it would be strange if his horizons hadn’t increased.

However, when facing reality, the approach still needs to be realistic. A dignified Master of Primordial Energy must avoid making low-level mistakes like having aspirations beyond abilities.

Shen Shi set his sight on the large black sphere already within his consciousness.

He wondered how much change this device might bring to the future of civilization if taken out.

Could it possibly open the third future line?

"Just take it out and you’ll know." Shen Shi stopped overthinking and contacted Tao De, saying directly, "I’ve acquired a B-level Civilization-type Energy Device, which will have a very significant impact on civilization and need a series of cooperation from the Human Federation."

"What kind of device is it?" Tao De first showed joy, then quickly asked.

The primary role of a Civilization-type Energy Device is to assist the Master of Primordial Energy in focusing the Primordial Energy of the entire civilization, but its forms can be diverse.

The relatively low-level and primitive ones are similar to a virtual world helmet.

However, they use consciousness connections to facilitate everyone’s access to the Master of Primordial Energy’s consciousness world, but the power contributed and the difficulty of management are quite poor, which is what the Human Civilization originally created for itself in the first future line.

While the "Crystal Tree" that the first future line now uses is already considered quite advanced, with numerous "branches" between virtual and real on the tree, it can span spatial distances, connect to everyone’s consciousness and manage well.

Besides this, it has many other forms.

Some even link through music, and others aggregate parts of everyone’s consciousness into a collective consciousness akin to "Alaya."

But regardless of the form, it inevitably has different profound impacts on the entire civilization.

This is also why Tao De is so urgently asking.

They have already conducted complex research on this, and unanimously concluded that a powerful Civilization-type Energy Device can even become a turning point for humans.

After pondering for a while, Shen Shi gave a most apt description.

"Have you heard of Main God Space?"

"..." Tao De was clearly startled.

He hadn’t read such novels, but, for him at this moment, he could instantly find the answer from the personal terminal implanted in his mind.

"If someone acquires this device, they might establish a true ’Main God Space,’ unknowingly pulling humans into another world, and depending upon each ’dungeon’ and ’plot,’ absorbing primordial energy from the emotions stirred by ’reincarnators.’" Shen Shi explained.

What he said was actually accurate, not even an analogy.

Main God Space has three cores.

Recruitment, dungeon, punishment.

The first core doesn’t require humans to actively wear helmets or link "branches." As long as Shen Shi wants, he can freely extract every human’s consciousness through information transmission, which is also an advantage of this device regarding its range, making it B4-level instead of B3-level.

As for the second, the black sphere in Shen Shi’s consciousness world can be regarded as a high-performance computer, far superior to most virtual world servers. Due to the reality of the consciousness world, using it to create myriad "True Dungeon Worlds" at the consciousness level comes with no pressure.

Even from its initial design, it had this role to stir emotions, forcibly extracting large amounts of primordial energy, almost equivalent to a Civilization-level Energy Battery Device.

As for the last one.

This is why Shen Shi said the device is fit for autocrats.

It can really punish, even erase any consciousness pulled in, including the Master of Primordial Energy, as its owner can mobilize the power of the entire civilization.

In short.

This device is genuinely powerful, to such an extent that it could support a character in an interstellar novel.

If Shen Shi hadn’t acquired the Time Crystal but this device, he could equally build a "Main God Space" in the city, constantly enhance his primordial energy strength using the collective power of the Human Civilization, reverse the enhancement of other humans’ primordial energy strength, enter a virtuous cycle, and gradually forge a powerful Primordial Energy Civilization. Not just the Worren, even Daike Civilization could have a chance to win, and given sufficient luck, achieving a B-level civilization is not impossible.

As Shen Shi’s thoughts spread here, he suddenly paused.

Come to think of it...

Is the Three-Day Civilization and the Void Civilization really selling these extremely powerful devices only for trade benefits?

Just like the far-reaching impact of the Gods Civilization on the Cosmic Civilization, any bit of leakage from these immensely powerful civilizations can create miracles for the weak.