Evening had arrived.
When Gu Yuena stepped out of the spatial ripples, expecting someone to have prepared a large table of delicious food for her, she instead saw that someone sitting cross-legged on the bed. His eyes were closed as he sensed the Sea God Trident before him.
Electrolux's figure appeared to the side, with countless golden data models constantly shifting and reorganizing in front of him; he was clearly in the middle of some complex deduction.
Electrolux was the first to notice Gu Yuena. After nodding slightly toward her, he noticed her expression seemed a bit off, so he returned to his research.
However, a trace of energy was stealthily used by Electrolux to lightly poke Huo Yuhao.
This is the only thing I can do for you as your teacher, Yuhao!
Feeling a fluctuation in his own energy, Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes. There was a hint of confusion in his gaze, but it was quickly replaced by excitement—intense excitement!
Huo Yuhao instinctively looked at Electrolux and spoke enthusiastically:
"Teacher, how is it! I've settled things on my end. How are the calculations on your side? Any problems?"
The young lady was actually being ignored...
Electrolux hurriedly signaled with his eyes, trying to help his disciple avoid being chased by a "yandere blade." Huo Yuhao froze for a moment, following Electrolux's gaze to the side, only to see Gu Yuena watching him with an unnervingly calm expression. Her eyes were gradually becoming dangerous...
However, the overjoyed Huo Yuhao didn't notice the finer details. Seeing that Gu Yuena was back, Huo Yuhao rushed up and, before she could react at all, hugged her tightly.
"!!!" Being hugged so suddenly, Gu Yuena was at a loss, forgetting her anger for a moment.
"Sister Nana! I have an idea! I know how to solve the soul ring problem!"
Huo Yuhao released Gu Yuena, his deep blue eyes brimming with excitement.
Hearing Huo Yuhao say he found a solution to the soul ring issue, Gu Yuena was stunned and instinctively asked:
"Solved?"
"Yes! Solved!" Huo Yuhao raised his hand, summoning the Trident once more, and began to explain.
"Under normal circumstances, for a Soul Master to obtain a soul ring, they can only break their cultivation limits and breakthrough by killing a soul beast and absorbing the soul ring it drops.
"However, beyond that, there is another kind: the 'God-Bestowed Soul Ring.' Its essence is a product of the power of faith, energy, and divine power.
"Within it, the power of faith acts as the template for constructing the soul skill, the energy represents the age of the soul ring, and divine power serves to bind and shape the soul ring, preventing it from suddenly vanishing before it is absorbed.
"Before obtaining the Sea God Trident and the complete Sea God Divine Position, my inspiration for creating 'Artificial Soul Rings' came from 'God-Bestowed Soul Rings.' Furthermore, I had already solved most of the problems, leaving only the issue of how to make the soul ring possess a soul skill.
"But now, I suddenly realized I don't need to go through all that trouble.
"I can directly use the Sea God Divine Position as the core and establish the 'Sea God Nine Trials' all over the world. Each trial's task could be set to something simple, like paying a fee or something else, and the reward for the tasks would be standardized as a 'God-Bestowed Soul Ring.'
"By slightly modifying the Divine Trial mechanism, I can logically turn this hypothesis into reality.
"Of course, if we want to supply the entire Douluo world with 'God-Bestowed Soul Rings,' the consumption would definitely be terrifying. I'll have to make adjustments while keeping the mechanism where the 'God-Bestowed Soul Ring' condenses a soul skill based on the martial soul.
"At the same time, the experience I gained from my previous research on 'Artificial Soul Rings' comes in handy!
"In the original mechanism of a 'God-Bestowed Soul Ring,' there is a feature where it 'condenses a soul ring based on the maximum limit the Soul Master can endure.'
"This mechanism clearly leads to waste.
"So, I will directly limit the energy within the 'God-Bestowed Soul Ring,' creating categories like 'One-Hundred-Year Soul Ring,' 'Two-Hundred-Year Soul Ring,' and so on.
"This can save energy very effectively!
"Additionally, the original 'God-Bestowed Soul Ring' contains divine power, which exists to bind the soul ring so it can exist in the world for a long time. This is also unnecessary.
"When I was researching 'Artificial Soul Rings' before, I already developed a method to bind energy with energy.
"Although 'Artificial Soul Rings' made this way don't last as long as 'God-Bestowed Soul Rings,' the maximum storage time has reached 12 hours, which is more than enough for absorption.
"And now... all the problems are solved, except for one: enough power of faith!
"But that's also simple; I already have a plan! In short, give me some time, and I will definitely be able to completely solve the issue of Soul Masters hunting soul beasts for soul rings!"
Huo Yuhao stared into the girl's amethyst-like eyes, making an incredibly serious promise.
It had been a very long time since he had spoken so much at once. The sudden moment of enlightenment brought Huo Yuhao a massive amount of inspiration; in just a few hours, he had hammered out the prototype of his plan.
Of course, Huo Yuhao was considering more than just this.
Even if the improved version of the "Artificial Soul Ring" is promoted, if the issue of soul beasts dropping soul rings isn't addressed, soul beasts will still be persecuted.
Unless he directly takes the soul beasts and flees—for example, to the Spectral Demiplane that Elder Yi passed down to Huo Yuhao. With a bit of modification, it could perhaps become an Eden for soul beasts.
But that is a last resort after all. If possible, Huo Yuhao still hopes that humans and soul beasts can coexist in peace, even though the chances are likely slim.
Naturally, due to limited personal energy, Huo Yuhao couldn't distract himself to research that part, so he had given that task to Elder Yi long ago.
And now, it was time to check the results.
Huo Yuhao turned to Elder Yi and spoke softly:
"Elder Yi, how is your research going?"
Huo Yuhao didn't notice that in the amethyst eyes of the girl who was still tightly holding his hand, his reflection was becoming clearer, gradually occupying her gaze entirely.
"I already have a train of thought," Elder Yi said softly. "While I cannot change the rules of this world to prevent soul beasts from dropping soul rings, if it's a matter of destroying the soul ring after a soul beast dies... I have a way."
Elder Yi's idea was very simple: Since I can't change the world's rules, I'll just add my own rules on top of them!
Your rule is 1 + 1 = 2. I can't change that, but I can add a "-1" at the end to get the "1" I want!
One only needs to engrave a formation upon the body or soul of a soul beast, with the trigger condition being the death of the body or soul.
Once triggered, the pre-prepared energy in the formation will directly shatter the soul ring dropped upon the soul beast's death!
This would create an illusion—an illusion that the soul rings dropped by soul beasts will shatter and cannot be absorbed!