Chapter 2167: Changing Direction
Zhao Hai is currently staring at his computer. The computer was currently simulating a formation. Zhao Hai worked on this formation for the past few days. It was a formation that could break the spatial imprisonment formation.
Zhao Hai wasn’t the only person staring at the computer. Almost everyone in the formation hall were staring at their screens. The formation that was simulating was the first formation that they had produced. They wanted to see its effect.
The image on the screen was constantly changing. This computer was also one that was modified by the Space. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to make a large number of calculations.
“Oh!” When the result of the simulation was shown, everyone couldn’t help but sigh. This was because the simulation showed a failed output. The formation they made didn’t break the spatial imprisonment formation.
But this doesn’t mean that the formation they created has no use. Their formation could break spatial imprisonment formations, but it could only break the most common ones. As for unique spatial imprisonment formations, it was impossible for Zhao Hai and the others to research each and every one of them. In that case, they couldn’t simulate their formation against it.
Breaking a formation needed to be done in a certain time frame. Otherwise, the enemy would have finished killing everyone before the formation was broken.
Elder Zhen looked at the result and sighed, “Breaking formations is a hard task. Otherwise, people would have mastered it a long time ago. But even if we failed, we gained some experience from the process. We can use our experience to improve our next simulations.”
On the other hand, Zhao Hai was frowning as he looked at the result on the screen. He felt that there was something wrong with the process. As for what was wrong, he couldn’t point it out.
After some time, Zhao Hai finally had a thought. There simply isn’t a formation that could break all formations. It was the same as the people on Earth finding a way to become immortal. It simply cannot be achieved in a short period of time.
However, what if it was the other way around? How about stopping research on a formation that could break another formation? Instead, what about creating a formation that would produce a shield that prevents the effects of the spatial imprisonment formation. This way, the fixed transmission formations could operate normally. This formation wasn’t particularly difficult to make. It wasn’t researching immortality; it was studying how to slow aging down.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hai’s eyes couldn’t help but shine. He immediately went to find Elder Zhen. At this moment, Elder Zhen was anxious. Although he wasn’t expecting that they would succeed, the time it took to reach this point was still a blow to their morale. This stage of research took the formation hall ten days.
Seeing Zhao Hai in high spirits, Elder Zhen couldn’t help but stare. Then he immediately asked, “Little Hai, did you discover something?”
Zhao Hai replied, “Elder, I want to ask, what is the purpose of our research? Is it to break the spatial imprisonment formations? Or do we want our fixed transmission formations to function normally?”
Elder Zhen stared, but he soon understood Zhao Hai’s point. His eyes shone as he looked at Zhao Hai, “What are you saying?”
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, “It’s simpler if we just want our transmission formations to function normally. We can create a barrier formation that could block the effects of the spatial imprisonment formation.”
As soon as he heard this, Elder Zhen pounded his table, then he laughed and said, “Right, right! We only want our fixed transmission formations to function. We don’t need to break the spatial imprisonment formation. Good, good idea! We’ll immediately make preparations. We’re shifting our research in this direction.”
Changing the direction of research wasn’t an easy matter. A wrong move can send the research path opposite to the goal.
With Elder Zhen’s instruction, the entire room immediately became busy. This time, the situation was better than before.
There wasn’t much research done in breaking formations in the True Spirit Realm. Therefore, information regarding how to do it was scarce. However, it was different for creating barrier formations. For the people in the formation hall, researching barrier formations wasn’t an unfamiliar subject.
The research progressed very fast. In three days, the formation has roughly been figured out. Now, only a few parts were left before it was done.
After two more days, the barrier formation was finally done. Zhao Hai and the others ran it on the computer to simulate its performance. After feeding the data of the barrier formation as well as the spatial imprisonment formation, the computer began its calculations.
Everyone was staring at the computer anxiously. This simulation was really important to them. From the start to now, they had spent 15 days in research. By now, the members of the branch halls have been recalled. And much to Zhao Hai’s surprise, the Ghost Cultivators seized the branch halls surrounding the Tyrant Blade Sect. And because the research on breaking the spatial imprisonment formation was still going on, the Tyrant Blade Sect didn’t make a move.
The actions of the Ghost Cultivators brought the attention of the entire True Spirit Realm. However, the other sects didn’t have the means to support the Tyrant Blade Sect. They were also attacked by the Ghost Cultivators. Although these attacks weren’t as strong, they were enough to tie the other sects down.
The Long Clan initially wanted to send support to the Tyrant Blade Sect, but the sect actually declined. The Tyrant Blade Sect wants to deal with its enemies using its own hands.
The Tyrant Blade Sect has never been a kindhearted sect. Now that they were being beaten by the Ghost Cultivators back to the headquarters, the Tyrant Blade Sect felt that they had lost a lot of face. Since this was the case, they naturally wanted to claim their pride themselves. Otherwise, the Tyrant Blade Sect wouldn’t be worthy of being one of the Great Sects of the True Spirit Realm.
As the simulation ran, Zhao Hai and the others became more and more focused. This was because the simulation had reached its most crucial step. If they still failed, their effort in the last five days would be wasted.
“Yes!” Not long after, there were cheers heard throughout the room. When the simulation concluded, the results showed that it was successful.
However, the simulation was only the first step in creating the formation. Now, the formation hall needs to conduct experiments on a constructed barrier formation. Once the tests returns successful, the formation would be created.
It took a while for everyone to calm down. Elder Zhen immediately organized people to build the barrier formation. Naturally, this formation was a miniaturized version of the actual formation.
There were plenty of formations in the research room. These formations were miniaturized to make testing easier and faster.
Before long, a miniature formation was created. At the same time, there were two miniature transmission formations as well as a few miniature spatial imprisonment formations.
The experiment began. Elder Zhen first activated the spatial imprisonment formation and then the barrier formation. Finally, he used the transmission formation. After a flash of white light, the item placed on the first transmission formation appeared on the second transmission formation. This experiment was a success.
However, this was still the first step. More and more tests need to be conducted. Moreover, these experiments would become more and more complex.
Despite this, the succeeding experiments went very smoothly. The barrier formation worked as intended. Although the spatial imprisonment formations were great, its effects were still blocked by the barrier formation. This allowed enough time for the transmission formations to be used.
After the last experiments concluded, everyone couldn’t help but stare. Then they exploded with cheers. Elder Zhen had a look of excitement on his face as he looked at the miniature barrier formation. He couldn’t help but mutter, “We did it. We finally did it!”
Zhao Hai looked at Elder Zhen and smiled faintly, “Elder, we did it. We should report to the Sect Master as soon as possible. At the same time, we need to begin manufacturing these barrier formations.”
Elder Zhen stared, then he immediately calmed down. He looked at Zhao Hai who was smiling and couldn’t help but sigh. He really liked Zhao Hai. He worked calmly and his head was always on his shoulders.
However, Elder Zhen was also aware that it was impossible for Zhao Hai to stay in the formation hall. Not to mention Zhao Hai, the Sect Master wouldn’t allow it.
Zhao Hai was a genius. He wasn’t only a genius in formations, he was also a genius in cultivation. Elder Zhen knows this, and the Sect Master knows this. Therefore, it was impossible for the Sect Master to make Zhao Hai stay in the formation hall. Having Zhao Hai help the formation hall for a short time was already pretty good.
After he recovered from his train of thought, Elder Zhen looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Let’s go see the Sect Master. Now that the research has been completed, you can return. However, I want you to leave the computers behind. Is that alright?”
Zhao Hai smiled and said, “That’s not a problem. The computers can stay in the Formation Hall. I don’t use them all that much. It’s more useful for them to be here.”
Elder Zhen nodded, “Thank you. Now let’s go see the Sect Master.” Zhao Hai nodded and then walked out of the Formation Hall with Elder Zhen. Before long, they arrived at the Heaven Slashing Palace.
Although the two had been staying in the Formation Hall all this time, they were still updated with the Tyrant Blade Sect’s affairs. The headquarters was now in an anxious state. The disciples of the sect were diligently cultivating, ready to give a huge blow to the Ghost Cultivators. The only thing stopping the sect from attacking was the research being conducted in the Formation Hall.