Li Yao lowered his head and listened to the rumors about the star child, a super crystal processor genius, from Huangpu Bo, when he suddenly heard angry roars from the Grand Illusionary Land. He raised his head, only to discover that Si Koulie, the leader of the Ice God Project who had just stepped down, had reappeared on the podium and confronted Xiao Xuance angrily.
"Just now, Xiao Xuance said that the Ice God Project had several fatal flaws and that it would be a waste of manpower and money and was destined to fail. So, Si Koulie couldn't help but come up and debate with him face to face."
Xue Yuanxin explained.
Li Yao was dazed. "Is that even possible?"
"Of course. One of them is a leader, and the other is a CEO, and both of us are big shots of the Yuanying level. But the issue concerns too many people. It is an out-and-out competition of beliefs."
Xue Yuanxin opened his hands and said, "Both of us believe that only our own plan can destroy the Temple of Immortals and save the Flying Star Sector. Who cares about their demeanor when they are faced with the great path? Just think about what happened five thousand years ago! "
Li Yao thought for a moment and realized that it did make sense. Five thousand years ago, assassination attempts had taken place in the Grand Congress for the sake of the great path. Right now, the two of them were merely arguing. It was already quite harmonious.
The two Yuanying experts were at each other's throats. Their intimidating aura almost tore apart the Grand Illusionary Land.
Si Koulie was like a ball of lightning that was blossoming with electric arcs, while Xiao Xuance was as tranquil as a frozen ocean. His opponent's aggression did not bother him at all. He still said casually, "Please calm down, Leader Si. I may have been too direct when I said that the Ice God Project was a waste of manpower and money and was destined to fail, but it was not entirely groundless.
"First of all, time. According to your estimation, how long will it take for the Ice God Project to be completed?"
Si Koulie craned his neck and said, "With enough manpower and resources, it will be completed in about twenty years!"
"Twenty years?"
Xiao Xuance smiled. "Then, how are we going to deal with the Temple of Immortals after we've spent tremendous resources in the past twenty years? You don't think that the space pirates and the Immortal Cultivators will just sit there and wait for nothing. Do you think that they will wait for us to carry out the Ice God Project and crash their nest into pieces?
"Besides, as you said yourself, it is only when there are enough manpower and resources!"
"As we all know, the Flying Star Sector does not have a unified government right now. There are almost a thousand sects and almost ten thousand space towns scattered in dozens of space zones. If I may ask, how can you guarantee that all the sects will offer abundant resources promptly, quickly, and willingly? "
"Don't forget that five thousand years ago, in order to collect the resources to produce stellar magical equipment, our ancestors led to a gory tragedy. At that time, we at least had a supreme government!
"Let's take the current situation as an example. If the Ice God Project was to be carried out, who would decide how many resources a sect would have to fork out? What if some sects spread out their hands? What should I do if I don't have the resources? What if a sect was hiding resources? Who had the authority to punish it? What if some sects refuse to participate in the Ice God Project and instead want to enjoy the fruits of our labor? "
"The Ice God Project looks beautiful, but the premise is the entire world of cultivators. Is it possible for thousands of sects to work together selflessly? "
"As long as one or two sects are slightly selfish and hide some of their resources, the other sects will follow suit. If a chain reaction is raised, the whole project will collapse in the end!
"Besides, before the modification of Ice King is completed, its combat ability will be zero no matter how many resources are invested.
"If there is one tiny mistake in the process, a lot of resources will be wasted!"
Si Koulie swallowed hard, but he was rendered speechless. After a second of daze, he asked solemnly, "What's the difference about the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project?"
"Of course, it's different," Xiao Xuance said calmly.
"The Ice God Project seems to be dominating, but it is still a piece of traditional, if not outdated, planetary-level magical equipment.
"The Grand Illusionary Soldier Project, on the other hand, is a piece of brand-new magical equipment based on big data. You can call it 'Cloud Magical Equipment System'.
"Compared to the Ice God Project, the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project is mainly about quantity. The cost of producing a Grand Illusionary Soldier and connecting it to the star brain is very low.
"Before the modification of Ice King is completed, its combat ability will be zero. But even a Grand Illusionary Soldier will be able to wield very little combat ability. As the number of soldiers increases, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand … the combat ability of the Grand Illusionary Legion will soar exponentially!
"More importantly, the Grand Illusionary Soldier is a piece of free, open-source magical equipment. What is shown in the video is just a model.
"In fact, as long as the critical 'telepathic thoughts reception rune array' is available, any sect or refiner will be able to produce a Grand Illusionary Soldier according to their own ideas. They can even modify the Grand Illusionary Soldier with the obsolete Crystal Suit!
"In such a case, there will be no 'resource collection' at all. The entire project will be carried out in dozens of space zones and thousands of sects in the Flying Star Sector at the same time!
"In short, the 'Grand Illusionary Soldier Project' is just a standard that we have proposed. Under the standard, the major sects can devote their resources to the Grand Illusionary Group and ask us to produce the Grand Illusionary Soldiers for them. They can also produce a wide variety of Grand Illusionary Soldiers according to the structural designs and designs that we provide!
"If a sect does not approve of the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project, it will be fine. They can always choose not to join the project.
"After all, the Grand Illusionary Soldiers produced by the major sects will be responsible for the safety of the towns and sailing routes within the territory of their sect.
"Open-source, freedom, and swiftness are the three core principles of the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project!"
Finishing his speech, Xiao Xuance gestured at Si Koulie that he was looking forward to your enlightenment.
Si Koulie's face was as red as a pig's liver. "Getting to the bottom of it, the Grand Illusionary Soldier is still a piece of defensive magical equipment. Even if they are distributed throughout the Flying Star Sector, they can only prevent the sailing routes from being attacked by space pirates. How can they annihilate the space pirates?
"Enough ants can kill an elephant. Quantity can lead to quality," Xiao Xuance said casually.
"Protecting the sailing routes is just the first step. When we have enough Grand Illusionary Soldiers, we will be able to gather them into a Grand Illusionary Legion and attack Spider Den directly!
"After all, they are all cheap cannon fodder. The worst that will happen is that some resources will be lost.
"According to our calculation, if 80% of the sects can produce Grand Illusionary Soldiers at full speed with abundant resources, it is estimated that they will have a considerable combat ability in one to two years and will be able to protect the sailing routes from the scourge. In five to seven years, they will be able to gather an enormous Grand Illusionary Legion and attack Spider Den!
"The specific data and process of the calculation have been sent to the specialists and scholars. You can calculate it carefully and see if I am exaggerating or not!
"Not only is the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project one and a half times faster than the Ice God Project, it also has one of the greatest advantages.
"The Ice God Project is a mutual destruction plan. After a violent collision, the resources that we've painstakingly accumulated over the past twenty years will all be used up!"
"What if the Temple of Immortals has other backup plans?
"As for the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, even if they are just cannon fodder, it is unlikely that they will be annihilated, right? Even if they are all annihilated, it will be more convenient to produce a new batch of them than to build a new planetary-level crystal warship! "
Si Koulie was rendered speechless. He took a deep breath and glared. "What about safety? The Grand Illusionary Soldiers are commanded by the virtual star brain. If the Temple of Immortals hacks the Spiritual Nexus and controls the star brain, won't they be able to control the entire Grand Illusionary Legion? "
Xiao Xuance chuckled. "Ever since the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus were invented, people have always been wary of the magical equipment that can simulate the 'thoughts' of human beings. In fantasy novels, it is not uncommon that the Spiritual Nexus goes out of control and the crystal processors develop self-awareness and turn into evil 'spirits'.
"But rest assured, everybody.
"Firstly, for the sects that are participating in the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project, we will disclose the primitive telepathic thoughts and the production logs of the virtual star brain to the maximum extent possible so that all the sects can understand the development process and the mechanism of the virtual star brain.
"Secondly, we will provide a 'clone of the star brain', also known as a 'child brain', for every space zone. The Grand Illusionary Soldiers of every space zone will be under the control of everybody.
"In fact, it is impossible for the Grand Illusionary Group to control all the Grand Illusionary Soldiers at the same time. The universe is too vast. The transmission of telepathic thoughts on the Spiritual Nexus is delayed, too. The Grand Illusionary Group in Heavenly Saints City cannot directly control a Grand Illusionary Soldier dozens of space zones away, can it?
"Thirdly, the Grand Illusionary Soldiers can only carry out 100% of their combat ability if they are connected to the Spiritual Nexus. Once the Spiritual Nexus is cut off, they will only be able to carry out 5% of their combat ability at best. They will be no different from garbage.
"Even if the crystal processor specialists in the Temple of Immortals can hack the 'clone of the star brain' of a certain space zone and seize control of the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, all the Spiritual Towers will still be under the control of the Cultivators.
"As long as we cut off the Spiritual Nexus, we will be able to paralyze the Grand Illusionary Soldiers that have gone out of control!
"Look. Even if the Grand Illusionary Soldiers are controlled by the Temple of Immortals, we will still be able to stop them. But Leader Si, what if your Ice God Warship is infiltrated, looted, or claimed by the Temple of Immortals after it is successfully produced?
"Do you have any emergency plans?"
Si Koulie coughed. "Well —"
Xiao Xuance smiled and did not press further. He turned to the camera again and extended his hands, before he said sincerely, "Fellow Cultivators, since the 'Millennium Meeting' is being held today, our vision should not be limited to one day and one place!"
"Both the space pirates and the Immortal Cultivators are nothing but insignificant obstacles on the path of the human civilization of the Flying Star Sector!
"Now that we are gathering the resources of the entire Sector to produce stellar-level magical equipment again after five thousand years, we will have to lay the foundation for the Flying Star Sector in the next thousand years if not ten thousand years!
"Close your eyes and imagine that the Grand Illusionary Soldiers will not only help us protect the sailing routes and towns in the rear but also develop the planets with harsh environments that are uninhabitable for human beings. They will even work as vanguards to explore new worlds that are unfrequented so that the light of the human civilization of the Flying Star Sector will illuminate the entire universe in the next thousand years!"
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