Chapter 242 · How Do You Play the Douluo World? Ninety-Nine Percent of People Don’t Know What to Pick First…

Prior to acquiring the sixth Spirit Ring, Chen Ming's spiritual power had already broken through to the Spirit Abyss realm, rising from 50 units to 100 units, which was equal to the middle level of the Spirit Abyss realm. After a series of training, it finally stabilized at 110 units.

After receiving the sacrifice for his sixth Spirit Ring, although Chen Ming's spiritual power did not improve as much as his body, his computing power still rose from 110 units to 150 units.

This value was already close to the late stage of the Spirit Abyss realm, nearly reaching its limit.

After fusing with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, Chen Ming's spiritual power increased by another 20 units, and it was still slowly growing. At this rate, reaching the limit of the Spirit Abyss realm would not be a problem. Only breaking through to the Spirit Domain realm would be a little difficult.

After all, that was a true qualitative change. It required a special method to complete the rise in spiritual power. It would probably trouble Chen Ming for a short while.

As for the technology inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, Chen Ming quickly browsed through it with his computing power and began copying it into his brain.

But as technology from an alien planet, the technology inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud followed a different path from the Earth technology of Chen Ming's previous life. The technology itself was also more primitive, and there were still some differences between it and soul tool technology. It belonged to the stage where alien technology was evolving into Douluo technology.

Many of its technologies had not fully adapted to the Douluo world. Many materials also had not been replaced with local substitutes.

For example, the energy used by that alien planet came from a mineral called compression crystal. It was an energy crystal formed when energy in the earth was sharply compressed inside rock.

Its effect was somewhat like spirit stones in cultivation worlds. It was extremely versatile, could easily be converted into most kinds of energy, and was very stable and easy to use. In a sense, it was even more universal than oil.

It was precisely because they had such a versatile energy source that the civilization's technology evolved in a very special way. In Chen Ming's view, it was even somewhat distorted. As a result, when they finally encountered god-level beings in the universe, a single decapitation strike almost completely destroyed their entire civilization.

But this uniquely blessed compression crystal existed only on that civilization's home planet.

Even until the civilization was destroyed, they had never found a way to compress outside energy into compression crystals.

They could only use methods that drew energy from stars, or in other words, "solar power," to replace part of their energy costs.

Although the metals of the Douluo world were very unique, there was clearly nothing like compression crystal here.

Some of that civilization's metals and the physical rules based on their planet were also different from Douluo Star. So certain technologies needed to be adapted and improved before they could be used in the Douluo world.

Even so, this harvest was enough to make Chen Ming happy.

"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud has not been awakened in our Heaven Dou Empire for thousands of years. I didn't expect you to be the one. I'm sure Father Emperor will be happy for you when he finds out."

Qian Renxue lied with her eyes wide open.

Because she knew very well that when Emperor Xue Ye carefully took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud out of the treasury, he had hoped Chen Ming would not be able to activate it.

He had even said that if it could not be activated, then the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had to be returned to the royal treasury.

Now that Chen Ming had gained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's recognition, it was a blow to the dignity of the Heaven Dou imperial family.

But Qian Renxue did not care about that at all. After all, she had long wanted to shake that old man down for everything he had.

If Xue Ye was willing, then fine.

If he was not willing, it would not matter anyway.

"Thank you for your help, Your Highness."

"Why be so distant? Just call me Brother Xue."

Qian Renxue reached out and patted Chen Ming's shoulder, looking at him with burning eyes.

"Then, Brother Xue… do you remember what I said earlier about making a new breakthrough in technology? Do you want to take a look?"

"I'd be glad to hear more. Is it some special soul tool, or perhaps engineering equipment?"

"No, it's not that weak."

"Brother Xue, you've seen water boil before, right? Have you ever thought about this? Since steam can push open the lid of a kettle, can it push open even more things?"

Chen Ming took out some parts he had prepared long ago and assembled them in front of Qian Renxue. Then he took out coke and water and lit a steam engine right inside the crown prince's study.

The steam engine Chen Ming prepared was a seventeenth-century Watt-style steam engine. It had two major features: a separate condenser and a double-acting cylinder. He had also made extra improvements to the mechanical transmission. Its efficiency was about three times that of the earliest mining steam engines, and it could be considered the true beginning of the steam age.

It was also the kind of steam engine introduced in detail in history textbooks.

As coal smoke poured out of the window, the huge steam engine began to run. But because Chen Ming had not connected it to any extra equipment, all the work produced by the steam engine was now being wasted.

Looking at this giant machine, Qian Renxue's face showed a clear and innocent stupidity.

"This is… a bigger boiler?"

"This is a tool powerful enough to change the entire world." Chen Ming revealed a confident smile.

One major problem with steam engines was that they were huge and needed a lot of fuel. But these problems could be made up for with soul tool technology.

The size could be reduced, and fuel could be replaced with a Spirit Master's Spirit Power.

A fire-attribute Spirit Master could drive a large steam engine to work. And the machinery powered by such a steam engine would be enough to match the work of dozens of people.

What the Spirit Master paid was only worthless Spirit Power.

In truth, Chen Ming could take out better and more complete steam engine technology. He could even directly bring out internal combustion engine technology and jump straight into the electric age.

But if he did that, the impact on the current feudal Douluo world might be far too huge.

And if he copied the technology tree exactly, it would instead suppress the Spirit Power system of the Douluo world.

"I don't really understand… but you probably aren't wrong, right?"

Qian Renxue felt that with one raise of her hand, she could smash this huge lump of iron apart, but she still believed Chen Ming's words.

"I'm going to build a factory and use steam engines as a power source to make many, many things."

Other transmigrators usually started by making things like soap or glass, then slowly climbed the technology tree, unlocking steam engines, internal combustion engines, and other technologies step by step before entering modernization.

But because Chen Ming had taken a different path, he was now directly taking out the steam engine first, then using the power provided by the steam engine to make those more basic things in reverse.

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