Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World

Despite the anticipation in his heart, the efficiency of the major research institutes and universities still surprised Zheng Fa.

In less than two months, the design results from various parties flew into the nursing home from all over the country.

More than a dozen related schools and thirty research institutes sent over three hundred proposals to Zheng Fa during these two months.

Even Old Man Bai was a bit puzzled: "Are they just messing with us?"

Zheng Fa was also a bit worried.

Although Zheng Fa didn't demand any high-end technology, these proposals were new things, after all, needing to consider the Spiritual Energy environment and outer elixir.

A bit over a month seemed too short.

"They really aren't…" Group Leader Yang explained, her eyes a bit complicated, "I was worried about this too and had someone look into it."

"I can't guarantee there aren't those who are just messing around, but… the reason it came so quickly is really that they are all working very hard..."

"They are all—"

"Working hard?"

Old Man Bai pursued the question.

"Those universities aside, the research institutes that Zheng Fa visited… haven't had it easy in recent years."

Group Leader Yang sighed.

"Like the Mining Machinery Research Institute in Shannan Province, I heard they were actually planning to merge."

Old Man Bai pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.

Then it's understandable.

For some, Zheng Fa's appearance was almost like a lifeline.

"Moreover… the director's identity, after all, is that of an Immortal."

As True Immortal at present, Group Leader Yang had anticipated Zheng Fa's reputation in the country, but this time she had to admit—she had underestimated Zheng Fa's influence.

Zheng Fa merely walked around, yet it was as if torches were ignited across the country.

Talent and technology accumulated over the past years may have lagged behind the times, but they were not dead.

Moreover, even if Zheng Fa weren't spreading money around, those people would probably still strive desperately to please Zheng Fa, even without any prompts.

That is why her expression was so complicated—

When Zheng Fa stood on the stage, everyone realized that Zheng Fa's willingness to stay in Rainbow Mountain was truly a noble gesture.

Thinking of this, she smiled again, this wasn't something she needed to worry about:

Her Contribution Value was almost enough, and she was about to exchange it for a Cultivation Technique, who cares about those trivial matters… I'm getting ashore!

...

Zheng Fa's reason for wanting to stay in Rainbow Mountain was simple, it was not only the research institute he established but also his sanctuary.

The pressure in the Xuanwei Realm was too great; he needed a place to settle his emotions and soul.

As for power and such...

He was merely one of the six major players in the Xuanwei Realm.

Zheng Fa looked at the proposals on the computer, turned to Tang Mudao, and smiled: "Let the experts evaluate it, the most important thing is to focus on compatibility with the Shenxiao Outer Pill."

"Let's develop a prototype."

Besides those peripheral university research institutes, prominent elite teams from major domestic heavy machine manufacturing enterprises were also brought in by Zheng Fa.

Their task was simple, based on these design diagrams, to complete the first stage of verification:

The primary goal was to create a prototype driven by the Shenxiao Outer Pill.

As for the real field trials,

they would still be conducted in the Jiushan Realm, overseen by Lady Xuanhua at the Heavenly Craft Pavilion.

Tang Mudao also understood the importance of this matter as Zheng Fa placed considerable importance on it, so he immediately said: "I'll handle it right away, oh, by the way, I heard that the Spiritual Energy Scanner has yielded results."

"Zhou Miaomiao that fast?"

Zheng Fa was even more surprised.

The research on the Spiritual Energy Scanner started even later than these research institutes, so Zhou Miaomiao is so diligent?

"…She was afraid of losing opportunities over time, I think she's even more ruthless than those research institutes."

"…"

Zheng Fa felt a bit guilty.

Taken away by a dog… Zam, by him taking away her mentor, Zhou Miaomiao, an unwed, childless, and ungraduated PhD student, has now become almost obsessive?

Zheng Fa found Zhou Miaomiao.

He soon understood, this wasn't solely because Zhou Miaomiao was too diligent.

The main reason was that it indeed wasn't difficult.

"The Spiritual Energy Scanner, no, the Spiritual Energy Measuring Device, the principle is actually very simple."

Zhou Miaomiao still had two dark circles under her eyes, but her tone was very excited as she reported to Zheng Fa:

"It's actually very similar to an X-ray, firing electrons at the object being scanned, and then judging the nature and intensity of the object's Spiritual Energy through the image."

Zheng Fa nodded lightly.

This sounds not difficult, but the problem is…

Zheng Fa looked down at the research report by Zhou Miaomiao and her team, before lifting his head a while later to say: "Unable to measure the nature of Spiritual Energy, but can roughly measure the quantity of Spiritual Energy?"

Seeing him frown, as if dissatisfied, Zhou Miaomiao lowered her head slightly: "The Spiritual Energy itself is too chaotic, making the interpretation of formed images very difficult, and different Spiritual Energies might even result in the same image."

"This method can't achieve the precision to measure the nature of Spiritual Energy on such a micro level…"

She continued softly,

"Actually, to measure the quantity of Spiritual Energy, we borrowed… the concepts of statistical mechanics from physics."

Recalling the content in the paper, Zheng Fa suddenly understood: "A thermometer?"

"Correct! Unable to perform microscopic measurements, but on a macroscopic level, we were able to find some conclusions." Zhou Miaomiao nodded vigorously, "We couldn't investigate the proportion of Spiritual Energy, but later we discovered that by measuring the degree of interference experienced by electrons in a Spiritual Energy environment, we could determine the concentration of the Spiritual Energy environment."

She pointed to something behind her that resembled an electronic thermometer.

Only that this thing was much larger than a handheld electronic thermometer, standing on the ground like a small cannon.

"We established a concept called Spirit Level…" Zhou Miaomiao explained, "It's essentially a measurement of the disorder in the motion of electrons."