Chapter 465: An Idea Inspired by The Matrix
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Gu Tingyun, an old man who had planned to pass his last years with leisure, got up each morning to drink morning dew and consume the morning sunshine before cultivating his technique for one cycle. Then, he would stare at the clouds coming up from the valley.
Behind the green pine tree on the edge of the cliff was an elegant cottage; on the stone table before the cottage was a pot of tea. It was the life of a hermit.
But now…
Standing in the mist while holding an ancient sword in his hand, he formed a sword spell with one hand and chanted, “Sword control technique! Up!”
It was silent.
“Sword control technique! Up!”
The sword tip lightly shivered.
“Is it because I didn’t put enough spiritual essence in it?”
He gathered more spiritual essence. “Up!”
A sharp sword energy shot into the sky.
Wang Xie who had just come to the door was startled.
It was done!
Stroking his silver beard, Gu Tingyun laughed and said, “What do you think of my sword control technique?”
“Unrivaled! Absolutely…”
Boom!
The cottage collapsed, the old pine tree fell, and even the pot of newly-made tea was gone…
“…”
After a long pause, a shout came from the mountain peak, “My purple mist mystic sand teapot!”
…
Four pretty girls presented a dazzling scene in Heavenly Academy.
“Junior Sister Xiaoyue, where are your sidekicks today?”
“Humph! Who knows? I heard that they went to the Tang Family to order guns. After all, the Deserted Sea Realm is too far from here…” Jiang Xiaoyue said, “I’ll tell you what, the shop owner has a big gun which can launch unlimited rocket missiles; it’s super powerful. But the despicable shop owner is stingy and doesn’t let me play with it.”
“It’s said that the shop owner even has the Golden Sun Wheel and Golden Moon Wheel?” Mu Qing gossiped and asked with bright eyes, “He even can use Sword God?!”
“I haven’t seen Sword God,” Li Lanruo said on the side, “But I saw him use Release, and its power was terrifying!”
“What technique is Release?!” The others leaned over.
…
In another corner at the Heavenly Academy, a black-robed elegant young man had a feather fan in one hand while holding a strange blue flame in the other hand.
Beside him was a roll of an exquisite drawing which obviously had been drawn last night.
With a wave of the folding fan in his left hand, a piece of metal entered the flame in his right palm.
Then, the metal was extended and shaped in the flame.
Beside him were parts including a barrel, a magazine, springs, etc. They were all components that went into a gun.
“It’s done!” With smooth and swift movements, he put these components together and placed the only bullet in it.
“Senior Brother Tang…”
“Come in!”
A tall young man wearing green clothes walked in from the outside. “Senior Brother Tang, is this… a gun?”
“Of course! It’s a piece of cake for me to make these little components!” He waved the gun and put his finger on the trigger while saying, “I improved the formula of the powder yesterday, and its power is even greater than before!”
Lei Ge was elated. “Really?!”
“Boom!”
A mass of black smoke rose in the room.
“…”
…
In a beautiful pavilion inside the Heavenly Academy, a purple-clothed, elegant young man stood there with his hands clasped behind his back.
“Have you found it out?”
“Young Master, I found it out. The Matrix is a movie, and the Legend of the Sword and Fairy 3 that they are talking about is a game in the Origins Internet Club.” A cute purple-clothed maid stood behind him.
“Wang Xie! Wang Xie! How can you get obsessed with games and toys after defeating me?!” The young man’s face turned grim.
He looked at his communication jade. “He even sent me a message, asking me to play games with him? Do I look like a wastrel!?”
“This Wang Xie is so lazy and lacks ambition. You’ll soon surpass him, Young Master!”
“No!” Xun Yuan said in a deep voice, “Nangong Zhuo is less powerful than he looks. In the Heavenly Academy, only Wang Xie is my match, which is rare for me. Since he can’t get out of his current mood himself, I must warn him and get him out of the bad habits!”
“You’re right, Young Master!”
“Where is he?” Xun Yuan asked.
“I think he has gone to that shop again.”
“Take me there!”
…
“Yawn…” Mr. Fang stretched and walked out of his room.
Right now, Li Wuya had gone downstairs to open the shop.
“Good morning, Boss!”
“Morning!” Mr. Fang greeted the shy girl and went to wash up. “Please make a bowl of instant noodles for me! With a sausage!
The shop had only released the Legend of the Sword and Fairy 3 and ‘The Matrix’, and new online games were still not available, but the shop was still thronged with customers.
There weren’t many sci-fic items in the shop, but after watching ‘The Matrix’, many customers in Half City and Yuanyang City went back to watch Resident Evil.
As for artificial intelligence, the Wuwei Daoist Alliance had begun studying it long ago. Due to their low-level technology, they had never produced any artificial spirits in spiritual treasures and artifacts yet.
If they succeeded in the research, they would have no problem producing artificial artifact and treasure spirits.
Of course, they had little knowledge in this area, and their foundation was weak. They had learned little in Grand Theft Auto 5 and had only made the new communication jade with their system of spiritual spells. Without any knowledge of programming, it was impossible to create artificial intelligence. They were on the brink of giving up.
In contrast, they had a lot more experience in making spiritual artifacts.
After watching ‘The Matrix’, there was a hot trend of making spiritual artifacts. After all, it would be awesome if they could create a virtual reality world as shown in the movie. Then, in this virtual reality world, they would be the god! How amazing would that be?
Of course, it was an impossible task for them right now.
It would take them a long time to move from beginners to novices.
Although it was impossible for them to create a virtual reality world right now, they had gained some inspirations from the virtual reality world shown in ‘The Matrix’ and acquired a deeper understanding of the laws in the real world.
Building arrays was one example.
They built the structure of arrays by simulating the movements of stars. If the people building the arrays could find out the layout and moving patterns of the stars from the study of five elements and the theory of Yin and Yang and simulate the patterns with corresponding objects, the arrays could resonate with the sun, the moon, and stars and borrow strength from them.
However, this was a complete simulation.
But now, they had a new idea, which was how to build a complete and comparatively perfect fantasy array from the basic structure.