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Interesting, my foot!
The Ice Empress looked like she was about to bite someone, but in the end, she did not strike. She just asked, how exactly do I use this thing? Do I have to sign this contract?
Don't worry, just sign it, Kong Mingan explained with a smile. I wouldn't trick you with something like this.
The Ice Empress pouted, still sharp-tongued. Hmph, who knows what evil intentions you're brewing this time.
As she spoke, her thoughts followed Kong Mingan's words and made a choice to sign. The next moment, a neutral mechanical voice sounded in her mind.
Contract signed. User: Ice Empress. Authority Rank: Sub-Creator. Identity confirmed. Welcome to the lingshu protocol.
After the voice faded, the text interface paused for about one or two seconds. Then, the neutral mechanical voice sounded again.
Successfully connected to the Ling Shu Network. The Ling Shu Network User Guide has been sent to your personal inbox. Please review it yourself and explore the various functions of the Ling Shu Network. Please read the guide carefully and strictly adhere to the relevant rules. We wish you a good user experience.
As the voice fell, the complex text interface in front of the Ice Empress instantly simplified and converged, eventually leaving only four small characters that seemed to be for self-introduction. Those characters were lingshu protocol.
The small characters disappeared, and a wealth of information surfaced in her mind. This was the content of the guide. The Ice Empress, whose mental force was already strong, quickly absorbed this information. After a slight pause, she tentatively moved her thoughts, issuing a command to this so-called lingshu protocol.
Command accepted. User attempts to access data: star ring God Ascension Staircase. Authorizing... User Authority Rank: Sub-Creator. Access granted.
As the words fell, the next moment, countless pieces of data belonging to the staircase naturally appeared in her mind. Kong Mingan had explained these to her before, but she had not understood much of the information at the time. Now, it was presented to her again in text form.
Unconsciously, she again issued a command in her mind, checking other things she still remembered, things Kong Mingan had explained to her. And as long as she issued a command, that data would appear in her mind the next moment, allowing her to browse freely.
The Ice Empress blinked. With the vast knowledge present in her mind, her eyes became a little clearer. Unconsciously, she turned her head and asked, what exactly is this?
Kong Mingan revealed a slight smile. This is the lingshu protocol.
The Ice Empress was puzzled, so Kong Mingan patiently explained this creation that had taken him two months to bring about.
First, this is the product of an inspiration I had a few months ago, finally realized. It is the spiritual pivot. Kong Mingan pointed to the silver spirit ring beside him. Its core is an information processing hub that I constructed using a portion of my naturally dissipated soul fragments as a seed. My first spirit ring, this spirit ring from a Thorny Dragon that carries spatial elements, is the main engine.
As is well known, a Spirit Master's spirit ring possesses malleability and editability. What he did was transform the spirit ring from an emitter that could only activate fixed soul skill modules to cast spirit abilities into a computing platform. This platform had complex interfaces capable of receiving, storing, and processing complex information. Kong Mingan called this the spiritual pivot.
The core function of this spirit ring, named spiritual pivot, was not to aid in thinking, but to serve as a foundational architecture. It provided services for all information processing needs.
I've built a large number of independent information processing threads within the spiritual pivot. Of course, more accurately, they can be called soul threads. Each thread will connect to and drive a soul computational unit through spiritual probing, and each unit will provide computational power for me.
His gaze turned to the dark purple Myriad Souls Banner beside him. The so-called soul computational units were actually the more than three hundred souls within the Myriad Souls Banner. These were from Evil Spirit Masters that he had specially purified.
He had completely erased their self-awareness and retained only their most basic logical computing capabilities. He personally transformed them into soul computational units, becoming the cornerstone of the Ling Shu Network.
As for the Ling Shu Network you just joined, it's a user interface built with spiritual probing as core technology, possessing numerous functions. Kong Mingan's thoughts moved, and immediately, a more complete interface with options such as user info, personal mailbox, contacts, database, and history appeared before the Ice Empress.
He took the Ice Empress's hand and used her finger to point to the contacts option. For example, in addition to viewing the various data I've uploaded, you can also contact me at any time through the Ling Shu Network. Of course, this only works within the coverage area of the Ling Shu Network, including all other functions mentioned above.
Kong Mingan explained everything patiently. The so-called Ling Shu Network was actually something he constructed based on the concept of networks from his previous life's memory.
He used the spiritual pivot and numerous soul computational units to make it work. Currently, it was more like a small local area network with a single function. It was only capable of limited information sharing and transmission between him and a few people around him. It was a form of self-entertainment in a sense.
However, there was a lot of room for future improvement. If he wanted to continue improving in the future, he would only need to add more and higher-quality soul computational units.
At the same time, the carrying capacity of the spiritual pivot spirit ring, which served as the main engine, would also need to be continuously enhanced. The former was relatively simple to deal with. He could just capture more Evil Spirit Masters later, and all their souls could be made into soul computational units.
Also, do you remember the soul capture spirit tool he used before to strip the remnant souls of spirit beasts from spirit rings? It was inevitable that he would spread the spell cultivator system later.
The spirit rings of spell cultivators naturally should not contain remnant spirit beast souls. To become a spell cultivator, stripping remnant spirit beast souls was necessary. These stripped remnant spirit beast souls could be used as soul computational units.
Although these remnant spirit beast souls, which did not even have consciousness, might be one-tenth or even one-twentieth the size of complete Evil Spirit Master souls in terms of volume, there were so many spirit masters. It would be easy to collect many remnant spirit beast souls. This would be completely sufficient for the early stage of development. And later, the target would again be all spirit masters.
The Ice Empress listened to his explanation with a blank expression. She understood some parts but was confused by others. However, she could feel the power of this system. It was like having a library in her head that she could talk to.
She looked at Kong Mingan and realized he was far more dangerous and brilliant than she first thought. He wasn't just a Spirit Master; he was changing how the world worked.
Is this what you want to do? she asked softly. Connect everyone?
Kong Mingan looked at the horizon. Something like that. Information is power, and sharing it changes everything. This is just the beginning.
The silver spirit ring pulsed with a soft light, reflecting in his eyes. He knew the road ahead was long, but with the spiritual pivot active, he finally had the foundation he needed to move forward.
The Ice Empress just sighed, realizing she was now part of something much bigger than a simple contract. She looked at the text interface again, her finger hovering over the database, wondering what other secrets Kong Mingan was hiding in this network of souls.