Chapter 396 - All Roads Led To Same Destination
Chapter 396: All Roads Led To Same Destination
Imperial capital, on Purple Gold Mountain.
Li Shouyi stepped into the hall where the golden body of Emperor Guan was worshiped.
He solemnly picked up an incense stick, bowed respectfully and inserted it into the incense burner.
Emperor Guan was the Guardian God of the Federal Empire.
The latest title was: Federal Empire of Xia, protector of the people, loyal, righteous, godly, and valiant Emperor Guan.
It was the seal used by the Emperor, written in the central federal government and officially approved by the Council of Ministers.
It was also one of the trump cards of the Federal Empire.
It was the Emperor who enjoyed the country’s worship and was sealed by the Emperor.
Once the ceremony was started and he was fully awakened, he would have at least the power of a Lord God.
Now, the Emperor had awakened a bit of his spiritual sense and could officially communicate with him.
That was why Li Shouyi personally came here and tried to communicate with him to get more information.
“Emperor!” He held his official seal and the golden book behind the Emperor’s seal and bowed, “I am under the orders of the Emperor to pay my respects to Emperor Guan!”
“Please show your spirit, Emperor Guan!”
The huge golden body gradually showed a bit of spirit.
A mighty divine aura appeared from the statue.
A majestic divine consciousness sounded in Li Shouyi’s ears, “Commander-in-chief, please ask.”.
Li Shouyi’s expression turned slightly cold.
“He recognizes the rank of the Empire?”
This was a very important piece of information!
In the past, the deities that the Blackguard had communicated with would always be arrogant when they first met.
They would even treat mortals as slaves, pigs, and dogs.
They would always ask for burnt offerings!
To such fellows, the Blackguard would naturally be very considerate and prepare a full set of services for them.
The process of destroying temples and eliminating sacrifices was completed.
These gods, who only had a little bit of spiritual sense awakened, were all obediently crying and begging for mercy.
However, this was the first time Li Shouyi had met a god like Emperor Guan, who had been very cooperative from the very beginning and was even willing to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Empire.
Thinking about this, Li Shouyi asked, “May I ask Emperor, what do you think of the current world?”
This was also the first question the Blackguard would ask most gods.
A golden light appeared on the statue, and the Imperial Emperor’s voice rang in his ears, “I am the Guardian God!”
“Decree, my orders!”
Li Shouyi raised his head and looked at the god in disbelief.
Guardian God?
The highest legal institution in the Federal Empire was the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Judge of the Supreme Court was the Supreme Guardian.
The Supreme Protector held the power to interpret the constitution.
He was only responsible to the Emperor and he was under the orders of the people.
He was elected by the Council of Ministers and officials, and the Emperor ordered him to do so.
Therefore, the Supreme Protector, who claimed to be the gatekeeper and guardian dog of the Constitution, was widely regarded by the public as a living sage and a living moral role model.
As if sensing Li Shouyi’s doubt, the Emperor Guan said, “I was born from an illusion, a divine being born from the prayers of the people…”
“I was conferred the title of the son of Heaven, the God supported by the nation…”
“Today… the son of Heaven is under the command of the world… I am under the command of the son of Heaven…”
“Therefore, I am the guardian of the world!”
Li Shouyi raised his head, his face full of disbelief because the words of Emperor Guan revealed a fact: this emperor did not wake up from a deep sleep.
He was created from nothing by the people with the recovery of the spirit aura.
More importantly, this emperor revealed a fact that made his heart beat faster: he said, ‘The Emperor is under the command of the world, and I am under the command of the Emperor.’.
In other words, this emperor would also change with the development of society, especially the development of ideology and culture.
Therefore, he was not a god in the usual sense.
…
When he walked down the Purple Gold Mountain, Li Shouyi’s mind kept echoing the moment he communicated with Emperor Guan.
The Emperor did not have much time to wake up.
According to him, he could only wake up three times a month.
Each time could not be more than five minutes.
If it was more than five minutes, it would damage the origin and require a long time of recuperation.
However, as the recovery of spirit aura increased, the Emperor could wake up longer and longer in the future.
One day, Emperor Guan would fully recover.
“It seems…” Li Shouyi looked back at Emperor Guan’s temple on Purple Gold Mountain and thought, “The Supreme Court might have a tenth Supreme Protector!”
This was the biggest result of his communication with Emperor Guan today!
This emperor was born from the prayers of the people and the belief of all living beings. He was not only the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, but also the Emperor who was conferred by the Empire as the guardian of the people, the guardian of loyalty, righteousness, majestic, sacred and the Holy Emperor.
It is linked to the imperial national movement, relying on the constitution and the system.
Simply put, he was the self-born order-keeping deity of the heavenly axiom because the Federal Empire changed the definition of “Day”.
Therefore, this god was the ‘Heaven and man in one’ path.
The will of the people was the way of heaven.
The law of the people was the law of heaven!
And he was the god who protected the heavenly axiom and the heavenly rules.
The stronger the heavenly axiom was, the stronger he was, and the stronger his ability to execute the heavenly axiom was!
Therefore, at the end of the communication, Emperor Guan even made a request.
He wanted a super computer.
And it was the kind that was connected to the Internet!
What did this mean?
Li Shouyi naturally understood.
Emperor Guan would also keep up with the times!
This made Li Shouyi have an extremely absurd thought.
“In the end…” he thought, “At the end of the development of metaphysics, it is actually possible for the scene in science fiction to appear…”
Super AI, dealing with and distributing everything impartially.
This was something that many science fiction had fantasized about.
But who knew that what might appear was not a super AI, but a god that was born based on the wishes of all living beings?
“The end of science is metaphysics!” Li Shouyi thought of the famous words left behind by the late Newton.
“What about the end of metaphysics?”
“Science?”
“Or perhaps… the essence of both is the same path…”
“Metaphysics, science… both could lead to the same path…”
He thought of the money that the owner of the bookstore had given him.
It looked like half a penny, but it actually contained an endless amount of energy, comparable to a small nuclear bomb.
After opening it, people found that the array formation inside was similar to a chip.
Countless miniature arrays were embedded together and there were hundreds of millions of them!
However, people had no idea how these arrays were carved into the small money?
They were even less clear about its principle.
They could only simply imitate its pattern and layout.
“So…” Li Shouyi sighed, “The reason we can’t know is because our level is too low!”
“It’s like peeping into a leopard in a tube, but also like a blind man touching an elephant…”
Thinking of this…
“Go to the Imperial Photoelectric Research Institute!” Li Shouyi suddenly said to his driver.
“Yes!” The driver nodded and the car drove into the highway, heading towards the Photoelectric Research Institute.
…
Li Shouyi’s car drove into the Science and Technology Industry Zone in the northern suburbs.
This was the Empire’s largest research base for cutting-edge technology.
It was also a paradise for grand scholars.
All the institutions here enjoyed the central federal government’s financial subsidies and tax exemptions.
Grand scholars could spend taxpayers’ money as they pleased to satisfy their fanatical pursuit of science and technology!
And many of the results of their research here had changed the world.
Integrated circuits, cell phones, the Internet, satellites, and even space-based weapons were all born from the research institutes in this industrial zone.
Therefore, this was the place with the strictest security.
Every three steps was a post and every five steps was a sentry.
Ordinary people would be investigated even if they got close.
There were even a few retired generals who were serving here.
Li Shouyi’s car was parked in the parking lot in front of the Photoelectric Research Institute.
Zeng Jing, who had already received the news and notice, came out with his men to welcome him personally.
“Mr Li!” Zeng Jing was very respectful in front of Li Shouyi, “Welcome! Welcome!”
Li Shouyi stretched out his hand and shook Zeng Jing’s hand, “Did I disturb the Grand Scolar’s research?”
“No!” Zeng Jing said with a smile, “We’ve been looking forward to your arrival for a long time!”
This was the truth!
Apart from being the commander-in-chief of the Blackguard, Li Shouyi also held several important positions.
One of them was the executive director of the Cabinet’s Science and Technology Committee, which was in charge of allocating funds.
At the same time, he was also a member of the Science and Technology Ethics Review Committee under the Council of Ministers. He had a veto power.
He had the final say in all matters related to transcendent being.
Currently, the biggest project of the Photoelectric Research Institute was also directly led and managed by him.
“Let me take a look at our new photovoltaic power station!” Li Shouyi asked, “Has the first generator set been assembled?”
“Commander-in-chief… it has been assembled long ago!” Zeng Jing smiled and said, “Moreover, it has already started to generate electricity!”
“As long as the cabinet has allocated enough funds…”
“The first batch of commercial power stations can definitely start construction next year!”
Li Shouyi nodded and said, “As long as the technology is feasible, there won’t be any problems with the funding!”
The funds that the Federal Empire invested in scientific research every year were usually around 4% of the budget.
More than 30% of the funds were invested in research related to psionic power.
Even if the research had only produced papers and no results so far.
The empire would persevere.
This was because it was related to long-term stability and national security.
Strength that was not controlled would cause chaos once it erupted!
Why were many people in the Blackguard hostile to transcendent being?
They felt that those people were all potential ‘Wei Bo Ya Soldiers’, and it was because these people had strength that it was difficult to control.
A school-level rebellion could cause devastating casualties to civilians.
Zeng Jing’s face was beaming when he heard this.
He felt that he was very close to the son of Heaven’s knighthood.
“Mr Li…” Zeng Jing smiled and invited Li Shouyi in, “Since you’re here, please take a look at our experimental power station!”
Therefore, he led Li Shouyi to the elevator and arrived at the top floor of the research institute.
Here, pieces of silicon-cut solar panels reflected bright light under the sun.
Grand Scholar Su Changming, who was wearing a helmet, was inspecting the power station with a few students.
When they saw Li Shouyi and Zeng Jing, they raised their heads.
“Mr Li!” They cupped their hands.
Li Shouyi returned the salute and then began to observe the power station.
Although Li Shouyi didn’t quite understand photovoltaic power, he understood what was going on.
The basic principle came from the photoelectric effect of the semiconductor itself, which formed electric currents.
The photovoltaic power station in front of him also used a similar principle.
However…
Li Shouyi’s eyes slowly narrowed.
That was because he saw faint psionic power ripples flowing on the surface of these silicon chips.
So…
Apart from generating electricity, it could also collect psionic power from the sunlight?
Li Shouyi turned his head and asked Zeng Jing, “Scholar Zeng… how’s the progress on psionic power?”
Zeng Jing shook his head slightly when he heard this, “Mr Li… We haven’t found a good psionic power storage technology yet…”
“Most of the psionic power collected by the power station… we can only use it now…” He pointed at the front of the power station, a few magic art arrays were set up, “We are now directly transferring the psionic power collected to these magic art arrays. Then, with the assistance of a few officers of the Blackguard, we will convert the psionic power into magic art…”
“What magic art?” Li Shouyi asked.
Zeng Jing chuckled, “Dust removal art…”
“Now, our building can be said to have a constant cleaning magic art…”
Li Shouyi listened and nodded.
The dust removal magic art was a basic magic art that could be used by first lieutenants.
It was also a magic art commonly used by extraordinaires.
After all, washing clothes was a very troublesome thing for many people.
With the dust removal magic art, when a magic art was used, most of the dust and stains were immediately cleaned.
It could also be considered the magic art with the highest prevalence.
Everyone from him to the lieutenant of the Blackguard was using it, and the effect was very good!
“Now, the psionic power generated by this power station can maintain the dust removal of this building?” Li Shouyi asked the key question.
“More or less!” Zeng Jing replied, “Sometimes it may not be enough… but it doesn’t matter…”
“We don’t need to dust at all times either…”
“In fact, apart from the initial demonstration, we only remove dust a dozen times a day…”
Li Shouyi’s eyes lit up when he heard that, “We don’t need to remove dust all the time…”
This sentence enlightened him.
That’s right…
Most of the magic art only needed to be used at the critical moment.
At other times, it was right to keep it hidden.
Therefore, he asked, “Can you solve the technology of psionic power storage?”
Zeng Jing shook his head, “It’s very difficult!”
“The characteristics of psionic power are very special…”
“There’s no pattern…”
“And it can easily be dissipated!”
“If…” he looked at Li Shouyi and said, “We can have the array technology engraved in the coin…”
“Even if it’s only one percent…”
“It should be able to be stored…”
Unfortunately…
Li Shouyi also sighed.
He had seen the coin that had been cracked, and it could be said to be a masterpiece!
Hundreds of millions of tiny arrays were integrated together in an extremely special way.
And those arrays couldn’t even be seen clearly.
Nor could they be observed!
That was because they weren’t carved on matter at all.
They were carved on psionic power.
They were like restraints, restraining the enormous psionic power.
All the instruments of the Federal Empire were unable to observe directly.
If they couldn’t even see it, how could they study it?
However, Li Shouyi’s heart was still surging because he had finally confirmed that science and metaphysics could be interlinked!
Now, the reason why people couldn’t learn metaphysics was probably just as he had thought.
The power of life was too low and the knowledge they had was too little.
Just like how ants couldn’t explain humans, how could humans explain higher-level things?