Taking advantage of the gap while his family members were resting in their rooms, Li Xiangdong pondered over the Storage Ring once more.
Storage rings could be said to be an essential dharma treasure in Xianxia novels, but the "Storage Ring" he had picked up somehow seemed like a technological product. Were there still things inside that he hadn't figured out yet?
With that thought, he activated the Storage Ring and entered "cultivation techniques" into the search bar. Sure enough, four entries appeared: "Complete Collection of Basic Cultivation Techniques," "Complete Collection of Esper Training," "Great Wilderness Art," and "Stellar Art." This stirred up ripples in Li Xiangdong's just-calmed heart. Could this be a civilization where technology and cultivation developed simultaneously?
Li Xiangdong immediately operated the ring to retrieve all four sets of data. Unsurprisingly, they were all tablet computers.
He hurriedly opened the "Complete Collection of Basic Cultivation Techniques" tablet and skimmed through the introductory content. Only then did he learn that planetary civilizations like the Blue Planet, which had not yet ventured out of their planets, were all called primitive planets in the eyes of interstellar civilizations, and their inhabitants were called primitive residents.
Among the primitive residents, it was hard to find even one person in a million whose aptitude met the minimum standard for cultivation. However, as long as one took the "Primary Genetic Potion" and had their human genes repaired and evolved, they would be able to sense and absorb the Dark Energy existing in the universe—meaning they would possess the aptitude for cultivation.
Using a genetic potion essentially utilized medicine to repair the genetic defects of the human body and drive human evolution at the genetic level. Moreover, the genetic potion contained abundant Dark Energy, which provided an energetic safeguard for the evolution of human genes.
Scientists on the Blue Planet were still at a fantasy level regarding their understanding of this Dark Energy, not even reaching the realm of science fiction, and of course, no one was researching it at all. Compared to elsewhere in the great universe, the Blue Planet's use of energy was simply too primitive, and research on Dark Energy was still at the speculative stage.
The data inside the ring gave clear explanations for the Blue Planet's so-called "two dark, one black, and three origins" mysteries. The learning materials introduced that Dark Energy could be said to be the vitality source for all higher-level life forms in the universe, much like the "spiritual Qi" in Xianxia novels. The differences in the quantity of Dark Energy absorbed and utilized were directly reflected in the differences in life hierarchy.
The use of genetic potions was an explosive enhancement of human life hierarchy built upon the high development of biotechnology. Unlike the descriptions of the cultivation civilization on the Blue Planet, where people used cultivation techniques to absorb biological energy every day, which was an enhancement achieved through quantitative change to qualitative change after a long accumulation, more importantly, such cultivation required aptitude; wanting to cultivate and improve without aptitude was sheer wishful thinking.
The basic cultivation techniques compiled in the collection had all undergone repeated improvements, possessed good safety, and were popularized techniques suitable for everyone who took the Gene Evolution Fluid to practice. Practicing these techniques was absolutely safe and would not lead to problems like deviations in cultivation or demonic obsession.
Of course, the cultivation results might be a bit slower compared to some special techniques.
After taking the "Intermediate Genetic Potion," the brain would evolve, allowing spiritual force to manifest externally, enabling the cultivation of spiritual force-type techniques.
After taking the "Advanced Genetic Potion," if espers powers were awakened, practicing corresponding techniques would greatly accelerate the growth rate of those powers, holding the promise of reaching the pinnacle of personal cultivation.
The reason many advanced civilizations attached great importance to personal cultivation was that once personal cultivation was elevated, it could effectively assist scientific research and push past bottlenecks in technological breakthroughs. For instance, with the assistance of masters who had cultivated space and time techniques, a civilization's mastery and practical application of space and time technology would be greatly accelerated.
The "Great Wilderness Art" stored in the ring was a cultivation technique concerning time-related superpowers, the "Stellar Art" was a cultivation technique concerning space-related superpowers, and the "Complete Collection of Esper Training Techniques" consisted of cultivation techniques for controlling and utilizing various common superpowers. Even viewed across the great universe, these techniques belonged to the top tier, and their value was immeasurable.
After reading the introduction to the cultivation techniques, Li Xiangdong became so excited that he felt a bit dizzy. Could it be that in my previous ten lives I was a supreme philanthropist in the universe? Otherwise, how could this kind of good fortune fall upon my head?
It seemed that I could also experience the thrill of urban cultivation. Thinking about what he would look like soaring through the universe with a Flying Sword beneath his feet after mastering cultivation, Li Xiangdong was intoxicated.
After daydreaming for quite a while, Li Xiangdong finally sobered up and formed a basic plan for personal quality enhancement. That was, after taking the Primary Genetic Potion, to choose a suitable technique to start practicing, take the Intermediate Gene Evolution Fluid a month later, and then begin cultivating spiritual force techniques. After a year of consolidation, he would take the Advanced Genetic Potion, and if he could acquire superpowers, he would focus on practicing the techniques matching those superpowers.
Next, he needed to sort out his thoughts on technological study.
Li Xiangdong's preliminary vision was to first master high-level computer technology, starting with the introduction of advanced computer technology to gradually build a computer super network leading the Blue Planet. At the same time, he would vigorously enhance the intelligent level of computers, using highly intelligent computers to assist scientific and technological research, and gradually learn and popularize the application of high technology from the Storage Ring across various industries.
For this purpose, Li Xiangdong opened the "Popular Science Learning Materials" and purposefully sought out the section on smart brain knowledge to read carefully.
To his surprise, the smart brain technology in the materials belonged to a completely different system from the Blue Planet. It was originally very difficult for Li Xiangdong to understand, especially starting from scratch, where he had to guess blindly while knowing what it did without knowing why.
This time, when he picked up the materials to read, perhaps due to the brain evolution brought about by the Gene Evolution Fluid, it went much smoother, and many vague problems could actually be understood.
The smart brain technology mentioned in the materials was divided into two tiers: quantum technology and light brain technology. Light brain technology was a higher-level smart brain technology than quantum technology.
As an indigenous person of the Blue Planet, Li Xiangdong very sensibly chose to start learning quantum technology first.
Blue Planet scientists had also conducted certain explorations into quantum theory, even manufacturing primitive quantum computers in laboratories, but they were very superficial, having just touched the surface.
According to the introduction in the materials, quantum smart brains were produced using mature quantum technology.
The Portable Smart Brain was a popularized version, much like the smartphones that almost everyone on the Blue Planet owned.
Because the Portable Smart Brain used quantum technology, its computing power was exceptionally powerful. A watch-sized Portable Smart Brain had a computing speed dozens of times faster than the Blue Planet's supercomputers.
Currently, the supercomputer with the fastest computing speed on the Blue Planet could reach a peak of 200 quadrillion operations per second. Hua Nation's supercomputer, Sunway TaihuLight, had a peak performance of 125 quadrillion operations per second and a sustained performance of 93 quadrillion operations per second, currently ranking third in the world. Not only were these supercomputers bulky, but their power consumption was also astonishing.