In the boundless starry sky,a blue planet lay beneath Xia Li's feet.Before him stood an enormous round table, as though fixed immovably in space itself.There were more than a hundred seats around it."Co. Your seat is over there."Cang led Xia Li to one of them and even pulled out the chair for him.The mont Cang declared the convening of the Heavenly Dao Council, the field of reeds had vanished and been replaced by this star-filled scene."Cang, you're not seriously planning to host this eting using my appearance, are you?"Only then did Xia Li realize that Cang's appearance had not changed, and unease imdiately rose in his mind.Wouldn't that expose his identity outright?"Of course not. To every person here, I appear as their own likeness.""Good."Xia Li settled down obediently to wait.Cang, anwhile, gave a light leap into the air above the round table and raised his fingers in elegant motions, as though playing an invisible zither.Virtual screens appeared all around them.Human Progress Index: 57.33256 ( 5.5)Human Extinction Index: 28.67821 (-2)Current Civilization Level: 1.45-1.58 ( 0.1-0.2)Demon Threat Level: 34.95521 (-5)Global Nuclear Pollution Index: 42.771 (-0.032)These values were all changing constantly, though only at the furthest decimal places.The Heavenly Dao Computer monitored them all in real ti.Whenever one of those values changed drastically, it had the authority to convene the Heavenly Dao Council.A few seconds later...a blurred human figure suddenly appeared in one of the seats.Then more and more figures descended in rapid succession.Xia Li did not know their real-world identities, but he understood that they were absolute leaders of humanity across industries, factions, and powers, people who held the authority to decide the fate of whole regions.Even the greatest scholars could only participate in this Heavenly Dao Council through them.In less than three minutes, after the final figure appeared, one even more blurred than the rest, Cang spun gracefully in place and bowed to them all."I believe the purpose of this eting is already known to all of you. A great progressor has agreed to make a truly extraordinary object public for your study."Cang spread open his palm.The Golden Crow inner core floated above it, slowly rotating and radiating a lingering warmth.At the sight, every figure leaned forward for a closer look.At the sa ti, Cang transmitted all relevant data to everyone present, Xia Li included.Then Cang lifted his hand.The Golden Crow inner core was instantly magnified within this space until Xia Li could even make out the faint solar flares on its surface."It has completely reached the ideal state of a proportional mass reduction of a massive star. How does it balance internal and external pressure?""The key isn't the finished form, but the formation process. Modern physics already permits proportional reduction in theory, but the difficulty of a micro-star lies in how it cos into being.""Could this be a new matter effect? Multiple phase-state transitions?""Then what would the preconditions be? How could it form a degenerate state under such tiny mass, and remain this stable?""This may involve the Spiritual Phase Transition Theory our side is currently testing.""Spiritual-State Polymorphism? Have you made any recent breakthroughs?""We do have so leads. The existence of this object will greatly improve the completeness of our theory."The figures broke into animated debate.From ti to ti, Cang would run models on their conclusions and verify whether they held up.Xia Li could not contribute a single word.He simply shut his mouth and watched the process move from speculation, to verification, to proof.With a real object in front of them, they had the confidence to test directly. Given humanity's current technological level, along with the Heavenly Dao Computer's support, reverse-engineering the structure and formation factors of such an item was not especially difficult.Once the discussion reached its most intense stage, the entire room fell silent.But Xia Li understood that they had already linked themselves to the Heavenly Dao Computer through so thod and begun communicating in a far faster way.
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Language was, after all, a relatively low-density carrier of information.They had likely entered so kind of neural network, allowing them to know one another's thoughts the instant they ford.Xia Li had no intention of joining.More importantly, he did not dare.He was afraid that any stray thought he failed to control would reveal his identity on the spot.About an hour later,Cang finally spoke again, announcing that the fluctuating Human Progress Index had now been officially confird to rise to 62.83256.The other values had also shifted to varying degrees. The birth of a single technology did not affect only one number.For example, the Human Extinction Index had directly dropped by two.What did that an?It ant that after humanity mastered this technology, the probability of human extinction would fall by two percent.Two percent might not sound like much.But on the scale of the universe, even 0.1 percent was enough to create miracles.After all, life itself was already a one-in-billions chance in the cosmos."Is the one who brought this object present? I request direct communication."Once the theory behind the new technology had been confird, one of the figures finally spoke, asking to speak with Xia Li directly."What is it?"Xia Li answered.At that mont, both his appearance and his voice had been processed by the Heavenly Dao Computer.No one here would know who he was.In fact, he looked different to every different person."I want to purchase this item. Na your price."Although the theory behind micro-stars had now been validated through discussion, actually turning that into a real manufacturing process would still take a very long ti.At best, under ten years.At worst, several decades.So obtaining the object in advance ant seizing ti itself.And in matters like this, a single step ahead ant every step ahead."Sorry. Not for sale.""You'll sell eventually. Give a price first.""Then show your strength. Transfer a few hundred billion first.""Fine. I can give you one billion up front as a deposit."The figure nodded.But Xia Li did not believe he truly had that kind of boldness.It was easy enough to say. But would he dare actually withdraw that much from the bank?In the end, it would probably amount to nothing more than a aningless string of numbers."Sect Master Qi, your Mount Tai Prefecture is being a bit overbearing. My Li Clan is willing to certify before the Heavenly Dao Computer that this friend will forever be one of the Li family."Another figure, unable to sit still any longer, threw out an offer of his own.The first to beco impatient were the sects and clans.They understood very clearly that if this object were given to their own most outstanding descendants, they could effectively reserve a seat of great authority in the future.And not just now.Even in the future, after this technology was fully replicated, a true stellar golden core of this kind would never be sothing just anyone could obtain.Its price alone would drive away countless people.And if one wanted to wait until the costs fell enough for widespread use, then who knew how many hundreds of years that would take?In other words, this object was the future itself."The Corporate Alliance is willing to grant a board seat in one of its hundred-billion-level enterprises.""I speak on behalf of the Democratic Governnt. If this friend is willing to hand over the item, we are prepared to award a Qiming dal.""I represent the Telekinesis Society and formally extend an invitation. If you are interested, we can discuss it in detail.""I represent the Farstar Organization and likewise extend an invitation."All the major powers began showing their sincerity, each trying to seize the initiative first.The Heavenly Dao Computer had already collected complete data, yes.But having the physical object in hand would absolutely increase research efficiency.And even if nothing else, giving it to the future successor of one's own side could still cultivate a true great power.
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