Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 34: The Charm of Industrialization

Quietly record the operations of the Extreme Eternal Sect.

He didn't know if he would become enemies with the Extreme Eternal Sect in the future. If that were the case, these materials would be excellent ammunition.

"Continue recording each lesson and upgrade the Black Tortoise Aura Concealing Technique based on the content of the lessons."

"Wait, there are already so many materials?"

Yang Ning looked at the continuously growing directories in the database, momentarily stunned.

1: Ocean Cloud Pill Refining Technique

2: Ocean Cloud Artifact Refining Technique

3: Ocean Cloud Metallurgy Technique

4: Ocean Cloud Woodworking

5: Ocean Cloud Textile Studies

6: Ocean Cloud Architecture

7: Martial Arts Translation

The list was extremely long, and he couldn't even see the end of it.

He clicked on "Ocean Cloud Pill Refining Technique" and found hundreds of folders named after different pills.

Blood Essence Pill, Cloud Tempering Pill, Phoenix Blood Pill, Dragon Marrow Pill, Bear Bone Pill.

"What is this?" Yang Ning asked.

"These are the standard methods for refining pills learned in Ocean Cloud City!" Deep Blue said, while opening countless screens in front of Yang Ning.

On the screens were tens of thousands of people wearing different clothes, in different positions, but all doing the same thing.

They were all refining pills!

"These are the pill refiners of Ocean Cloud City!" Yang Ning asked, "Are there also students at the Immortal Ascension Academy learning pill refining?"

"Yes!" Deep Blue introduced, "In the Immortal Cultivation World, pill refiners are divided into Mortal, Spiritual, Treasure, Dao, and Immortal Grade based on their ability to refine pills. Ocean Cloud City has 14 Spiritual Grade pill refiners and 86,000 Mortal Grade pill refiners. These 80,000 pill refiners refine pills day and night. The scenes and techniques of their pill refining have been recorded and compiled into this data!"

"That's how it should be!" Yang Ning exclaimed, "This is the function that the Cloud Mist Information Matrix should have, or rather, the function that the Spirit Realm should have!"

He had already realized the power of the Spirit Realm's functions over the past ten years. Not only could he learn knowledge, but he could also integrate it according to Yang Ning's requirements.

But where did he live in the past ten years? Yue Kingdom!

That was a feudal dynasty where technical information basically didn't exist. The Spirit Realm could only be used to consolidate the knowledge that Yang Ning already had in his brain, as well as various literary classics, to facilitate his imperial examinations.

Studying these things all year round was like buying a Transcendent Level server and using it to play a matching game.

The Spirit Realm had not fully demonstrated its own capabilities. Even Yang Ning himself, after more than ten years of habit, had forgotten the true capabilities of the Spirit Realm.

It wasn't until the development of the Cloud Mist Information Matrix, combined with the advanced cultivation technology of Ocean Cloud City, that the collection, organization, and summarization abilities of the Spirit Realm were truly brought into play!

"Can you use AI to refine pills?" Yang Ning thought of the AI playing chess and AI painting in his previous life. Compared to those, AI pill refining should be easier because it is a highly repetitive task. If machines were to replace humans, it would be more precise.

"Mortal Grade Three, Fourth Layer pills can be directly refined!" Deep Blue replied, "Mortal Grade Fifth Layer and above pills require the involvement of Qi and Blood."

"Then we need to understand the principle of involving the Qi and Blood force field in pill refining!" Yang Ning said, "Or we can simulate the Qi and Blood force field with a machine! It shouldn't be difficult, right?"

After all, the Qi and Blood force field is just a force field generated by the high-speed flow of liquid in blood vessels. If we have artificial blood vessels, artificial hearts, and artificial blood, wouldn't that be enough?

"There's no need to go through all that trouble. The effect of the Qi and Blood force field is not as good as sound waves!" Deep Blue said, "We can use ultrasound to replace the Qi and Blood force field!"

"Is that possible?" Yang Ning asked, "What about Mortal Grade Ninth Layer and Tenth Layer pills?"

"Mortal Grade Ninth Layer and Tenth Layer pills also require the involvement of mental willpower!" Deep Blue played a video. It showed a muscular pill refiner who looked like a warrior, facing a row of pills and then roaring after assuming a pouncing posture.

"This is the Tiger Form of the Twelve Divine Forms!" Yang Ning recognized it, "What kind of pill is he refining?"

"Ninth Layer elixir: Tiger Soul Pill!"

"Can this be artificially created?" Yang Ning asked.

"No, the manifestation of spiritual will is similar to electromagnetic waves, so they can be replaced with electromagnetic waves!" Deep Blue said.

The low-level Qi and blood force field can be imitated with ultrasound waves, while the high-level spiritual force can be imitated with electromagnetic waves.

"In other words, you can mass-produce Ninth Layer elixirs!"

"Not only that!" Deep Blue said, "Although the elixirs for the Eighth Layer and below require the use of Transcendent power during the refining process, the final product does not contain any Transcendent power. Therefore, as long as we analyze the effective ingredients in the elixirs and find a way to chemically synthesize them, we can produce them on a large scale!"

Wow, are you here to test formulas and medicines in the Immortal Cultivation World?

But Yang Ning thought it was a good idea. Science should be done this way.

If he followed the local practice and purchased raw materials in large quantities, it would definitely raise suspicions from others.

However, if he used chemical synthesis, he could avoid attracting attention and hide himself well.

Moreover, chemical synthesis could greatly reduce production costs and increase output.

Yang Ning immediately placed an order on his phone to purchase elixirs from the Third Layer to the Eighth Layer of the physical body.

These things were expensive, but Yang Ning didn't buy many, just one of each.

In modern pharmacology, even a trace of powder can be analyzed, let alone a large pill.

As for the Ninth Layer and Tenth Layer of the physical body, they were priceless and couldn't be obtained in the short term. Besides, Yang Ning couldn't afford them.

Yang Ning then turned his attention to knowledge about artifact refining.

There were more artifact refiners in Ocean Cloud City, numbering over three hundred thousand.

Firstly, it was easier to train artifact refiners than alchemists. Secondly, with an army of two hundred thousand in the Ocean Cloud Army, there was a large demand for military equipment every year. With a large market, there naturally would be more practitioners in the field.

Unlike elixirs, weapons were not as fancy. They only had four levels: low, medium, high, and transcendent. The forging techniques for each level were similar, with only the appearance of the final product being different.

So, you could see tens of thousands of artifact refiners working on the same thing.

What's even better is that the Qi and blood force field didn't need to be involved in the entire artifact refining process.

The only contribution of the Qi and blood force field throughout the refining process was to provide strength.

But this strength was insignificant compared to the tens of thousands of tons of hydraulic pressure.

Deep Blue loved this kind of creation that had a large number of samples and didn't require special abilities.

It recorded the scenes of tens of thousands of people refining artifacts, then integrated and analyzed them to find the most standard refining process.

According to Deep Blue's requirements, Yang Ning designed a production line. After loading the raw materials and powering it on, the production line started, and a continuous stream of Low Grade Mortal Weapons was produced!

"With one production line, it can produce 540 swords per hour. If the production line runs continuously for 24 hours, it can produce 12,960 swords. It can produce 4.72 million swords per year!"

"And the daily production capacity of artifact refiners in Ocean Cloud City is less than 60,000. If I set up six production lines, I can replace the entire 300,000 artifact refiners in Ocean Cloud City!"

"And this is just a rough production line!"

Yang Ning had always known the term industrialization and the concept that technology is the primary productive force, but in his era, industrialization had long been completed, and he had no comparison with ancient society, so he didn't have much understanding.

It wasn't until today, after he calculated it himself, that he finally felt this kind of shock!

This is the charm of industrialization!

"But I can't purchase raw materials in large quantities, I have no place to produce, and I can't mass ship the products!" The Northern Family only managed to develop a type of Scarlet Flame Steel and was directly suppressed by the eight major mining companies.

Yang Ning couldn't imagine the consequences if he were to move a factory with a daily output of 60,000.

"I need people loyal to me and my own territory." Yang Ning waved his hand, unfolded a map of Ocean Cloud City, and looked beyond the dam.

There, lay a vast blue sea!

(End of this chapter)