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Three nights later, in the conference center on the east side of the park …
The Magical Equipment Exposition was still in full swing. Hundreds of thousands of tourists were still lingering in the park even though it was late at night. The sound and visual effects illuminated the center of the Grand Desolate Plateau into a colorful paradise on earth.
In the conference center, the sixth Yuanying Congress was about to begin, too.
Since five years ago, the Meeting of the Nascent Soul Stage had become a regular meeting that was held every year. No matter how busy they were, all the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators would try their best to drop everything they were doing and attend the meeting. They would exchange their experiences in training over the past year, the progress of their projects, the forward-looking developments in their research fields, and the resources and opportunities for mutual cooperation.
Although the Yuanying Congress was just a spontaneous meeting among the people, it was of great significance for the future development of the three Sectors.
Many super projects that cost a lot of money and were of paramount importance originated from the inspirations of a few Yuanying experts during the Yuanying Congress.
It was safe to say that the New Federation, the Galactic Behemoth that was destined to swallow the universe, had been conceived during the Yuanying Congress.
This was the first time that Ding Ling Dong had attended the Yuanying Congress.
When she walked into the hall hand in hand with Li Yao, she was particularly excited. She looked around with her eyes wide open.
The decorations of the hall, on the other hand, surprised her.
The Yuanying Congress retained the shabby, rustic, and even messy decorations of the first meeting.
Such an environment gave all the Yuanying a sense of urgency that time and effort were not on their side.
Over the past five years, all the Yuanying had been training themselves wholeheartedly. Every one of them had a couple of super projects on their hands. They were so busy that they could only meet each other once a year.
Even the Yuanying, who had not been close to each other in the beginning, had become close friends during the five years of development. They greeted each other warmly.
The Yuanying Congress this year was very different from the previous years.
The first five years of the exploration of Kunlun had passed. The technologies, techniques, and training systems of the three Sectors had been basically integrated. The assimilation of the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Pangu civilization had reached the limit, too.
The Heaven's Origin Sector, the Blood Demon Sector, and the Flying Star Sector were about to embark on a new journey.
The host of the Yuanying Conference was not Jiang Hailiu, the Federation Speaker. Instead, it was Li Yao's old friend, Professor Mo Xuan.
Ever since he was transformed into a 'star spirit', a special life form, and swallowed the computational ability of the star child, Professor Mo Xuan's expertise in refining had soared.
After the battle of Kunlun, he had swallowed the mainframe crystal processor on 'Flourishing Sun', the war base of the Immortal Cultivators, which gave him a new understanding of the refining system of the Immortal Cultivators.
On that basis, Professor Mo Xuan had become the main force in the exploration of Kunlun. On the other hand, with the support of the Glorious Sunlight Group, the Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution had been expanded and communicated with the colleges of the Flying Star Sector and the Blood Demon Sector. A lot of specialists and scholars from the two Sectors had been hired to teach in the Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution.
To this day, the Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution had risen abruptly. Its comprehensive capability was close to that of the Refining Department of Deep Sea University, the best university in the Federation. In many cutting-edge and cross-research fields, it was even better than the Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution.
Professor Mo Xuan himself had been elected as the president of the Refiners' Association of the Federation last year, making him one of the best refiners in the Federation.
Since the Yuanying Congress was held at the same time as the Magical Equipment Exposition, it was only natural that he would be the host of the meeting.
"Over the past five years, we have made breakthroughs in the fields of magical equipment and techniques. Many super projects that will affect the next hundred years have come to fruition."
In the Yuanying Congress, Professor Mo Xuan cut to the chase and said, "The most important achievements are in five fields.
"Firstly, the mass training of super soldiers. With the incessant spiritual energy generated by the radiation of the pulsar that Kunlun absorbed, we started the five-year strengthening and three-year sprinting projects. Many talented training geniuses have been improving at the speed of light. Fellow Cultivator Ding Ling Dong, who is sitting next to you right now, is the greatest success of the project so far.
"Secondly, the super long hibernation and thawing of human bodies. In this field, we have received the help of Fellow Cultivator Gui Suishou, who has the longest life in the three Sectors. We have also acquired a lot of precious technology from the debris of the escape capsules of the Pangu civilization. We have made substantial breakthroughs in the field, too.
"Right now, we have achieved a success rate of almost 100%, and the energy consumption has been reduced to a level that is practical enough for long-term hibernation. Even if a Cultivator hibernates for five hundred years in a row, his body and his level will not be damaged.
"Thirdly, the starship technology, especially the cross-world starship technology that can perform dozens of space jumps continuously.
"The efforts of the starship specialists of the Flying Star Sector are mainly credited to us.
"On one hand, they completely analyzed the war bases of the Imperium of True Human Beings. On the other hand, they studied the remnants of the starships that the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan left on the surface of Kunlun. In only five years, they have advanced the level of starships by at least five hundred years."
"Fourthly, the space navigation technology is closely related to the starship technology. As we all know, five years ago, in the escape center of the Pangu civilization deep inside Kunlun, we discovered an ancient space map left by the Pangu civilization, which included all the information about the space zones around us.
"The deciphering, restoring, and deducing of the space map have not stopped for even one second in the past five years. Right now, we have basically grasped the basic information about the thousands of space zones around the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Blood Demon Sector, and the Flying Star Sector.
"Lastly, the techniques and technologies related to the Colossi.
"Yes. We haven't completely figured out the mysteries of the Colossi yet, and we cannot develop brand-new Colossi on our own. We can only perform simple assembly and modification work. After five years, we have only assembled five Colossi in total."
"There are too few of them. However awesome a single Colossus is, it is impossible for it to decide the outcome of a war.
"However, the techniques, techniques, spells, and runes that have been parsed from the debris of the Colossi and the units can be applied to all kinds of aggressive magical equipment, especially the production of the Crystal Suit.
"After making deep use of the runes and techniques related to the Colossi, together with the great flux magical equipment of the Imperium of True Human Beings, our Crystal Suit is taller, faster, and stronger than five years ago. Our survivability and endurance on a battlefield have both been revolutionized."
Together with Professor Mo Xuan's opening speech, the colorful light beams around the Yuanying experts displayed information that was as vast as an ocean, too, displaying the breakthroughs in hundreds of major fields and tens of thousands of sub-fields.
"It is not an exaggeration to say that, after five years of integration and the great development of Kunlun, the comprehensive capability of the three Sectors right now is at least three times higher than five years ago."
Professor Mo Xuan extended three fingers to strengthen the power of his words.
All the Yuanying experts were quite calm. The astonishing breakthroughs in the past five years had already made them numb.
They all knew that Professor Mo Xuan was not bluffing. Three times higher comprehensive capability was still a conservative estimate.
"However …"
Professor Mo Xuan suddenly changed the topic and said solemnly, "I believe that you are all as clear as I am about how such an explosive development came about.
"Over the past five years, we have been developing the fields that are the least technically difficult, have the most abundant heritage, and are the easiest to crack.
"Let's say that we are faced with a test paper on the development of a civilization. But right now, we have already answered the simplest questions in the beginning. Those questions only account for 10% of the total score. Even if we answer all of them correctly, it doesn't mean that we will definitely pass the test.
"The remaining 90 questions will certainly not be easy. In the next ten years, we are destined to be faced with tough, brutal, and bloody battles. We have to grind them bit by bit and gnaw on them one by one. It is impossible for us to make rapid progress as smoothly as we did in the past five years.
"I believe that you all know what the most important thing for us to pass the test paper is.
"That's right, it's our size."
"Right now, we only have three Sectors. In terms of population, resources, relics, and training system, we are too few, too weak, and too thin after all. How big can a dojo be in a shell?
"The development at the speed of light in the past five years has laid a solid foundation. Next, we will march into the sea of stars, the universe, and the mysterious three thousand Sectors.
"We will discover brand-new Sectors, find new resources, Cultivation arts, techniques, and relics, and recruit the compatriots there to our side. The most dazzling sparks will be raised when different Sectors collide.
"Three Sectors are far from enough to compete with the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Alliance of the Holy Covenant.
"However, if we can discover seven to ten brand-new Sectors in the next hundred years and completely digest and absorb them, they will definitely be a force that cannot be underestimated at the edge of the cosmos. We will have leverage for the strategic balance between the Imperium and the Holy League.
"Time waits for no man. Nobody knows how long it will take to travel in the vast sea of stars if we seize every moment. Even if we do discover a Sector where the civilization of human beings exists, it will take a lot of time to digest and absorb them. Therefore, we have to be prepared right now and try to send out the first batch of explorers in one year.
"The Yuanying Meeting this year will be carried out around the theme of marching into the universe. We will discuss it from three perspectives.
"Firstly, from the perspective of technology, how and where to march into the universe. How and where to go, and how to explore and lock onto the target.
"Secondly, from the perspective of integration, if we do discover a brand-new Sector where the civilization of human beings exists, how to incorporate them into our system? After all, judging from the examples of the Curly Dragon Civilization, the Medicine Fork Civilization, and the Martial Meritocrats Civilization, they might not be willing to abandon their independence and work with us.
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