Ye Ling began his actions without further delay, swiftly creating all the instruments Mu Bai used for Mie Shi Ling Huo and Nuo Ying Nuo Ye, along with detailed operational instructions. He personally guided the three in the creation of divine cores.
After dedicating a considerable amount of energy to teaching Mie Shi Ling Huo and Nuo Ying Nuo Ye, Ye Ling then released Mu Bai and began discussing the industrialization of divine core creation with him.
"You want to industrialize the creation of divine cores?"
Mu Bai looked at Ye Ling with astonishment, truly not expecting Ye Ling to aim so high.
"Yes, purely manual creation of divine cores is too slow. I need a large number of main divine cores to research that special script. An industrialized model is the most efficient. With a large quantity of divine cores, we can proceed with our next plan."
"But each divine core has different attributes. Although the general creation process is the same, the final completion steps differ. How can this method address that?" Mu Bai inquired again.
"This is where you come in," Ye Ling said with a sly smile.
"Rely on me?" Mu Bai blinked, not immediately understanding.
Ye Ling continued, "I need you to create an intelligent AI that continuously learns your abilities, allowing it to handle the final steps of divine core creation."
"An in-intelligent AI..." Mu Bai's mouth twitched. "This is too complex, I can't do it."
"As a Bai Zhi star person, how can you say you can't do it?" Ye Ling patted Mu Bai's shoulder. "As the creator of divine cores, you are most familiar with them. As long as you work hard, I believe you can definitely achieve it."
"Don't be like those two girls and bring shame to the Bai Zhi star people."
Ye Ling glanced at Nuo Ying and Nuo Ye, who were fumbling nearby. Despite having detailed tutorials, their movements were extremely slow and prone to errors.
Mu Bai looked at the diligently working Nuo Ying and Nuo Ye, sighed softly, and rubbed his temples. "I'll try... but I can't guarantee success."
"Believe in yourself. Ask me for anything you need. With the power of creation, I can create anything you can conceive."
"U-understood..."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Mu Bai pursed his lips and then dove into his workshop, beginning to design the required intelligent AI.
Ye Ling was not idle either. After Mu Bai started working, he went outside and began constructing a factory using his power of creation.
Now, twenty to thirty divine cores were no longer sufficient for Ye Ling's needs. Even if Mie Shi Ling Huo and Nuo Ying Nuo Ye worked overtime, they could only produce two to three main divine cores per hour, far from meeting Ye Ling's demands.
Within the barrier, the old man who had been diligently watering flowers watched in stunned silence as Ye Ling conjured a large factory out of thin air in the garden, utterly speechless.
Before long, a modern mechanical factory rose from the ground, starkly contrasting with the ancient wooden hut beside it.
"Everything is ready. Currently, we are just waiting for Mu Bai to develop the necessary artificial intelligence, and then we can begin operations..."
Ye Ling looked at the factory he had created, quite pleased with his masterpiece.
"To learn that special script through divine cores, the few hundred main gods outside are far from enough... The third party is aggressively hunting main gods. Could he have other ways to master the special script?"
Ye Ling murmured to himself but quickly dismissed these thoughts.
"Never mind, they have their methods, and I have mine. Quantity leads to qualitative change. Regardless of the means, as long as the goal is achieved."
Ye Ling temporarily focused his mind and began constructing the Great Dao of Time around the wooden hut.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
The old man watering flowers, seeing Ye Ling turn his attention to the wooden hut after creating the factory, asked Ye Ling with panic.
Before serving Mu Bai, he had been an extremely powerful main god in the outside world and had encountered countless strong beings.
However, he had never encountered someone as abnormally powerful as Ye Ling.
He had no idea how to face Ye Ling!
"Don't worry, I'm just slightly altering the flow of time inside and outside. Our research is a major undertaking and will require a considerable amount of time," Ye Ling said with a smile to the old man, not ceasing his actions.
"Al-altering the flow of time?" The old man watering flowers was bewildered. "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the system?"
He had served Mu Bai for a long time and knew that this was a virtual world, everything controlled by a higher existence.
Although he didn't know what the system was, he was very clear that the system would absolutely not allow Ye Ling to act so recklessly!
"Don't worry, it won't dare to come."
After uttering words that left the old man watering flowers utterly shocked, Ye Ling successfully constructed a virtual Great Dao of Time in this virtual world, accelerating the flow of time within.
The river of the Great Dao of Time flowed within the barrier, instantly segmenting the time inside and outside the hut.
Not long after the Great Dao of Time was established, Mie Shi Ling Huo and Nuo Ying Nuo Ye stumbled out, looking exceptionally haggard.
"Damn it... Kid, why did you suddenly use the Great Dao of Time? I've been in there for decades, I was going crazy!"
Mie Shi Ling Huo complained to Ye Ling, then handed him a spatial ring. "There are tens of thousands of divine cores in here. Make do with them for now. I need to catch my breath."
"I never want to make divine cores again," Nuo Ying and Nuo Ye said in unison. After decades of continuous divine core creation, they now felt nauseous at the sight of them.
"Thank you for your hard work." Ye Ling took the spatial ring and then asked Mie Shi Ling Huo, "Where is Mu Bai?"
"He hasn't come out of the workshop since he went in. If I couldn't sense his aura, I would have thought he was dead."
Mie Shi Ling Huo waved his hand. "Kid, how many times did you accelerate the time inside?"
"I just accelerated the internal flow of time again. During our conversation, over ten thousand years should have passed inside," Ye Ling replied.
"Ten thousand years?"
Mie Shi Ling Huo exclaimed, "Aren't you afraid Mu Bai will go mad?"
"He's not like you. Ten thousand years is not long for him. We'll just wait," Ye Ling smiled at Mie Shi Ling Huo, showing no concern for Mu Bai's safety.
Mu Bai was a typical researcher and a creator with infinite lifespan. Ten thousand years was not a long time for him.
"They're all monsters!" Mie Shi Ling Huo glanced back at the hut with lingering fear. He certainly didn't want to go back into that small hut.
After another quarter of an hour, the door of the wooden hut slowly opened, turning into dust.
A disheveled, barefoot man with bloodshot eyes and an extremely unkempt appearance walked out.
He looked at the scenery outside the hut, finding the sunlight a bit harsh and the surroundings unfamiliar.
After a while, his eyes slowly focused, and he saw the people standing outside the hut.
He looked at Ye Ling, took a small USB drive from his pocket, and grinned, saying, "I've completed it..."