Chapter 244: Chapter 239: The Enhanced Domain
The development paths of these two civilizations and those of human civilization in the non-magic world are starkly different, with vast disparities in societal structures.
Therefore, knowing the extraordinary characteristics of this universe is extremely important for human civilization to predict the conditions of the native civilizations in this universe.
Everyone listened attentively.
Blake had obviously prepared thoroughly.
His talent indeed facilitated a rapid understanding of new types of extraordinary energy, so even within just a short week, he was able to grasp a basic understanding of this “Spiritual Energy.”
“Spiritual Energy, this kind of energy, has a strong affinity for life and a very positive impact, and within an appropriate range, Spiritual Energy can bring tremendous benefits to most ‘Non-magical life forms,’” Blake showed some images from his experiments.
He had tried this with various creatures, including lab mice, fish, plants, and even some extraordinary creatures containing special extraordinary powers.
All research indicated that within a certain range, Spiritual Energy would bring positive mutations to all these life forms.
For example, greater strength, increased intelligence, faster speeds, and so on.
In this respect, it was indeed very similar to spiritual energy.
Spiritual energy is just like this, appropriate amounts of spiritual energy only benefit life forms and almost never have any harmful effects.
Magic power, on the other hand, is different.
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In the conventional sense, magic power is more refined and operates on more complex rules, with only a minority of life forms able to benefit from it from birth, and it often requires more delicate control even when utilized.
Of course, Spiritual Energy is only more inclined towards spiritual energy, and not exactly the same, so naturally there are differences.
Everyone soon realized where the most obvious difference lay.
In the images, some creatures that had lived in high-density Spiritual Energy environments for extended periods exhibited clear mutations!
Everyone clearly saw a lab mouse shimmering with electric current, a rabbit spitting flames, and even a golden monkey that inflated to a height of five or six meters with unbelievably robust muscles!
More importantly, most of these mutations were positive.
Only a very small number showed negative aberrations!
Obviously, this was a characteristic that spiritual energy did not possess—under an environment of spiritual energy, mutations at most resulted in constitutions with special talents within cultivation and rarely led directly to “superpowers.”
“This is what I’m referring to as ‘spirituality’!” At this point, even Blake’s tone carried an uncontrollable excitement, “Spiritual Energy is extremely close to life, very active, simple, easy to absorb, and can evolve into all sorts of incredible abilities. Although these mutations are currently rare, with proper research and control, they could rapidly enhance the abilities of every individual…”
It was no surprise that Blake reacted in such a way.
For scientists, the charm of researching technology lies not just in the technology itself, but also in its application potential.
If well researched, “Spiritual Energy” could greatly enhance the strength of human civilization in a short amount of time.
Not to mention, just having every individual possess different “superpowers” would be powerful enough.
The others were also somewhat surprised.
Obviously, they too realized the benefits inherent in this extraordinary energy.
To put it bluntly, “Spiritual Energy” alone is a vast resource and wealth.
However, this surprise didn’t last long, as many Senators quickly realized what this signified.
—The strength of the indigenous civilizations was definitely not weak!
At least in the realm of the transcendental, they wouldn’t be weak.
They had only arrived in this universe for a mere eight days, and their research into Spiritual Energy was very rudimentary, but the native civilizations of this universe had lived here for who knows how many years!
How many “superpower users” had been born during such a lengthy period? And among them, how many possessed terrifying abilities?
Moreover, if this kind of “mutation” could truly be controlled and guided, the native civilizations must have already conducted extensive research.
This outcome was clearly not something that newcomers like them could catch up with quickly.
For a moment, everyone’s expression turned serious.
The power of Spiritual Energy was both good news and bad news.
“Besides the above, Spiritual Energy has another extremely important characteristic.”
Blake’s explanation had reached the final and most crucial content, his expression became very serious, but many people could see excitement in his eyes:
“Spiritual Energy does not exist directly in the spatial universe; in fact, it exists in a unique state, only appearing when needed. I am unsure how to explain this situation with the knowledge of the Extraordinary Domain, but if I use scientific theory to describe it, it resembles a high-dimensional space!”
Higher-dimensional space?
Everyone was listening attentively, but at this point, some were inevitably bewildered.
“A most typical dimension theory is, if you want to get from one point on a piece of paper to another, you can only travel in a straight line if you’re limited to the two dimensions of the paper. However, if you ascend to the three-dimensional space we inhabit, you can directly penetrate through both points,” Blake explained in the simplest terms possible, “Spiritual power works the same way. It actually comes from a higher-dimensional space that doesn’t operate under the concept of three-dimensional space, Therefore, spiritual energy isn’t pervasive in every corner of the universe, but rather spans across spatial dimensions, allowing anyone to access it from any corner.”
This explanation made sense to many people.
“Similar to the Undead World in the previous trial?” someone offered as an example.
“It seems similar, but it’s actually completely different because the Undead World still exists within the concept of three-dimensional space,” Blake said, his face turning red as his tone rose a bit. “Even though it’s a high-dimensional space influenced by extraordinary powers, I’m not even sure if it can be called ‘high-dimensional space,’ but this is still the first observation of the high-dimensional concept by Human Civilization. Its significance is extremely important; it’s at least the basis for the Jump Engine!”
Originally, many people didn’t understand the purpose of emphasising this particular characteristic, but upon hearing this last sentence, some suddenly understood.
“Is it possible to develop a Jump Engine?” someone couldn’t help but ask excitedly.
According to their previous assessment, the kind of Jump Engine that could swiftly traverse hundreds, even thousands, or tens of thousands of light years, was expected to appear only after the Fourth Stage, at Level 31 or beyond!
But in this current universe, they were in dire need of such technology.
Otherwise, they couldn’t possibly reach distant star systems.
However, faced with people’s expectant and surprised expressions, Blake shook his head, seeming somewhat helpless: “In theory, yes, but our current mastery of technology is only around Levels 22 or 23, lacking sufficient precursor technologies to develop the Jump Engine.”
This left everyone listening more confused.
If it couldn’t be developed, then what was the use of this information?
Bringing it up at the current meeting seemed utterly pointless.
Some people seemed to grasp something and turned to look at Shen Hao.
The President had already mastered the power of trans-spatial jumps before.
Indeed—!
Shen Hao, looking at everyone, slowly said, “What technology can’t accomplish doesn’t mean the transcendent can’t either. Because of the presence of this unique high-dimensional space, the world’s spatial fabric is weaker, significantly lowering the difficulty of space jumps. With the help of high-dimensional space, I can send a small number of people into the far reaches of outer space.”
Yes, Shen Hao had already verified this fact!
Suddenly, the audience, which had been somewhat disheartened, lit up with joy once more.
Indeed, they still had to count on the President!
Even if only a few people could make the jump, as long as it was possible, they would be able to actively contact the civilizations of this world rather than passively wait in ignorance!
“The benefits aren’t limited to my abilities alone,” Shen Hao said again. “The technology for teleportation in the magic and cultivation malls contains magic techniques. Originally, at the maximum of Level 26, these spells could only be used for teleportation within a planet. But in this universe, they should be able to achieve interstellar teleportation, at least within the same star system without much problem. Longer distances require further research.”
“Yes, our institute already has some initial results,” someone immediately stood up and said.
That person was the head of the related research.
“Then our contact with Affiliated Civilizations can become much tighter,” someone quickly realized the strategic importance of this information.
Indeed, the Level 26 marketplace contained teleportation arrays, teleportation magic, and similar technologies.
But as Shen Hao said, the distance involved was not significant.
At most, it was teleportation within a planet, and the energy consumption was considerable.
With highly advanced transport technology under scientific domains, such modes of teleportation weren’t cost-effective; after all, they had Shen Hao, whose teleportation abilities exceeded those spells in emergency situations.
However, if the capability of these spells could be epically enhanced in this universe, it would be a different story!
Right now, even the fastest spaceship would need several hours to travel from the Human Mother Planet to the Great Yan Mother Planet.
After all, no matter how fast a spaceship is, it still needs to accelerate and decelerate.
But if cross-space teleportation could be realized, then the connections between the native civilizations would undoubtedly become much tighter.
This is extremely important in the unique environment of the Civilization Trial!
Suddenly, people’s regard for spiritual energy and high-dimensional space increased significantly.
They also quickly considered the implications brought by this information.
“Does this mean that in this universe, space jumps are seen as an Enhanced Domain and will become much simpler?” someone spoke up. “Do long-distance space-jump capabilities likely exist widely among indigenous civilizations, and does that not necessarily mean that their civilization levels have reached above Level 31?”