Chapter 471 Crossroads
The moonlight fell quietly along the window edge of the wing, reflecting on Xu Xinyao's bright, watery eyes.
Looking at her, for a moment, Xu Yuan felt that his heart was really moved.
Thinking of ways to reduce volume and expand capacity is what energy has been doing.
He understood what Xu Xinyao meant when he mentioned the soul ring at this moment. The soul ring could carry old man Luo's soul, so naturally it could also carry weird things like monsters and ghosts constructed from soul power.
But soon, the excitement in Xu Yuan's heart quickly cooled down.
Putting aside the feasibility, Xu Yuan felt that Xu Xinyao really had a lot of ideas.
As an existence that can accommodate holy souls, if it is used to store demons, compared to a source crystal of the same volume, the energy it can hold is probably at least a thousand times that of the source crystal.
In the underground palace, a box of source crystal bombs made through special processing can blow up the mortal ghost in the center of the explosion half to death. If it is replaced by a box of soul rings of the same size,
Immortal-killing weapon.
Okay, the obscenity is over.
This is only theoretical.
Old man Luo's soul ring, not to mention the extremely exquisite formation technique, I am afraid that the materials alone may not be available now, and even if the cost can be found, it is simply not something that the Prime Minister's Mansion can afford at this stage.
not to mention.
“Third brother, are you worried about the materials?”
Xu Xinyao looked at Xu Yuana's eyes that gradually cooled down from the heartbeat, and whispered quickly:
"Although I haven't asked Senior Luo yet, the materials for making soul rings must be extremely precious, but we don't actually need to reproduce the soul rings one to one. There are countless treasures in the world, even if the materials for making soul rings are Even if it is extinct, a lower-level substitute can always be found. Even if the effect of the made soul-nourishing ring is only one-tenth of the original one, or even one percent of the effect is enough."
Listening to Xu Xinyao's sales pitch, Xu Yuan pondered for a while, then shook his head with a chuckle.
Looking at the girl's bright and flawless face through the moonlight and the inscription lamp in the room, Xu Yuan smiled and said:
“You should tell your father this.”
“.” Xu Xinyao pursed her thin lips and fell into silence.
Looking at the expression of the fourth sister in front of him, Xu Yuan understood instantly.
Obviously, she had told her father about this.
"Rejected?" Xu Yuan said softly, then shook his head: "Oh no, father will not reject you directly, he should say let him think about it."
Xu Xinyao lowered her eyes when she heard this and said in a low voice: "Yeah"
When she made this discovery, she immediately found her father, but his father just said to think about it and let her have a good rest.
Xu Yuan tapped his fingertips lightly on the table and said ambiguously:
"Actually, if the matter you mentioned had been ten years earlier or ten years later, my father would definitely agree. After all, he has always attached great importance to the principles of studying things."
Speaking of this, Xu Yuan sighed softly:
"But at this juncture, it is impossible for my father to agree."
Xu Xinyao suddenly raised her eyes and said in a reluctant voice:
“There are many money-burning projects in Gewuyuan, and the value of this soul-nurturing ring must be much higher than those important ones!”
“You’re right.”
Xu Yuan nodded and followed Xu Xinyao's words with a hint of comfort: "If it succeeds, this will be an unprecedented innovation for Dayan."
“Then why.”
“Because of the investment and effort, and it’s too late.”
“.” Xu Xinyao looked at her with stubborn eyes.
She firmly believes that her idea is right.
If successful, various formations, various civilian facilities, agricultural products, and even travel tools that were previously impossible to achieve due to huge energy consumption will usher in earth-shaking changes.
Looking at each other for a moment, Xu Yuan said softly and softly:
“There are very few formation masters and weapon refiners in the Gwuyuan who can participate in your research. If they are transferred to you, it will inevitably affect the progress of the original project in hand.”
Hearing this, Xu Xinyao's expression became a little strange, and she bit her lip gently.
Xu Yuan snorted softly when he saw this:
“Yes, the research on war instruments and formations will be affected by your project.”
But when he said this, the corners of Xu Yuan's lips curled up slightly, and his eyes showed a hint of teasing:
“It’s not shameful to have ideals, but at least you have to be down-to-earth.
“Even if the original intention of the developers is not this, all new technologies will be used in the military field first. No one should know this better than you.”
"elder brother!"
Xu Xinyao gritted her teeth and stared at Xu Yuan with a hint of sullenness in her watery eyes.
“Xin Yao.”
Xu Yuan ignored the other party, gently leaned on the back of the chair behind him, crossed his legs, and continued unhurriedly:
“You can think about it, what will happen if the soul-nurturing ring you want to make now is used in the military?”
ˆ “.”
After looking at each other for two seconds, Xu Xinyao looked away angrily:
“No matter what you do, you can use it to kill people.”
Xu Yuan chuckled lightly and continued:
"It's just a matter of fact. If you really succeed in this matter, many new weapons will be developed accordingly. To say the least, the military pattern repeating crossbow will now have a charging object like the soul nourishing ring. In the end, its power will become more powerful, its killing efficiency will become higher, and even greater."
Speaking of this, Xu Yuan lightly knocked on the mahogany table in front of him and smiled slightly:
“If we could produce a soul-nurturing ring the size of this table, with just one, the entire Di’an City would be incinerated.”
After the words fell, the room was silent.
Xu Yuan stared at the girl opposite and chuckled:
Xu Xinyao's bright eyes became cloudy and uncertain.
It was quiet for a long time before Xu Xinyao’s voice sounded faintly:
“In this case, why would my father reject me?”
Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised:
“Even so, are you willing to continue doing it?”
"Anyway, whatever I do, you will use it for military purposes." After saying that, Xu Xinyao became quiet for a while and said in a faint tone:
"And if it really had that kind of power, perhaps many fewer people would die on the battlefield."
ˆ “.”
Xu Yuan was stunned when he heard this.
He did not expect that Xu Xinyao would say such words, nor did he expect that she could realize the possible consequences of such a weapon in an instant.
But then he sighed in his heart.
Because it’s a pity that this is not the previous life.
Every saint is a human-shaped nuclear weapon, and Xu Yuan did not see the war stop its approach because of the presence of saints.
Even if soul-nurturing rings can be mass-produced, the war cannot be stopped because of this weapon called "soul-nurturing rings".
In the underground palace, the reason why the box of source crystal bombs was able to blow up the alien ghost half to death was entirely because it had no intelligence.
If it were another normal metamorphosis powerhouse, there would be a hundred ways to avoid it.
“I’m just talking about the best-case scenario.”
Xu Yuan shook his head and whispered: "This kind of thing can effectively kill high-level cultivators."
"But it can be used on the battlefield." Xu Xinyao said suddenly.
“.” Xu Yuan blinked.
“The super large military formation may not be broken, but it should be possible with a force of ten thousand people, and it can be used to open up strategic nodes.” Xu Xinyao’s voice had a hint of urgency.
“It’s too expensive and I can’t afford it.”
Xu Yuan immediately denied it: "If this method was effective, the master of the battlefield would have been the source crystal bomb instead of the current military formation."
"elder brother!"
Xu Xinyao stood up slightly and raised her voice, interrupting Xu Yuan: "There will always be military use!"
ˆ “.”
Xu Yuan was silent, staring at the other person with strange eyes.
For military use?
He never thought that one day he would hear such words from the mouth of the fourth sister of the Holy Mother.
After realizing her dangerous words, Xu Xinyao suddenly fell into silence.
After a long time, Xu Xinyao softly sounded in the silent wing:
“In your eyes, am I stupid?”
Xu Yuan’s eyes looked unclear, he touched his chin, but did not answer, but asked:
“Do you understand the reality?”
Hearing this, Xu Xinyao trembled slightly, put her hands on her knees and clenched the hem of her skirt, and showed a smile that looked like she was crying:
“When I talked about this matter with my father, I saw the contents of the memorial in his hand.
“Due to the war with the sect, rivers of blood flowed in the north, tens of millions of people died, and hundreds of millions of victims were affected.
“The situation is already like this.
"elder brother
“Don’t you think that everything I have done before is ridiculous in the face of my father’s plan?”
The side room is silent, with incense lingering.
Xu Yuan rubbed his eyebrows.
He felt that his father definitely did it on purpose, and his purpose was obviously achieved.
In silence,
Xu Yuan stood up slowly, walked to the girl's side, raised his hand and gently pressed her trembling shoulder:
“It’s not you who caused this, so why should you feel sad?”
“Why not?!”
Xu Xinyao lowered her eyes, her fingertips embedded into the flesh of her thighs through her skirt, and her voice seemed to have been suppressed for a long time:
“We, the Prime Minister, are one of the instigators and are also the ones with vested interests!”
ˆ “.”
After Xu Yuan heard this, the scene of Xu Xinyao's betrayal of the Prime Minister in "Cang Yuan" subconsciously appeared in his mind for a moment, because it was too similar.
【So, we, the Prime Minister, are the initiators of all this? 】
This is the question she asked in "Cangyuan".
In "Cangyuan", Xu Xinyao's betrayal is a very long process.
From the first time he knew that the initiator of the war was his father, to the subsequent refugees who saw the war with their own eyes, and then to the desperate cries of countless people when they saw the Black Scale Army slaughtering the city.
After going through more than ten plots, she finally fell to the side of the sect.
The moment the thought occurred, Xu Yuan suppressed it.
He knew very well that Xu Xinyao was very confused now and needed someone to guide her.
The order and time of appearance of characters are very important.
In "Cang Yuan", when the four sisters received this information, they were followed by the plot protagonist Qin Mo and a group of people from the sect.
With guidance along the way, she successfully went astray.
(End of this chapter)