Ever since handing over the data, signal towers, and mobile phones to Lord Yama, Jiang Lin had not inquired further and had no way of knowing the research progress in the network department.
It was only a month later that a ghost messenger came to invite the machine ball to give a lecture. After that, the machine ball began to frequent the network research and development department from time to time, returning with fruitful results each time.
According to the machine ball itself, when it first started giving lectures, the ghost messengers, both old and young, looked at it with suspicion. They would whisper behind its back, but it could hear everything.
"This guy is the one who researched signal towers and mobile phones???"
"No joke, right?"
"I've heard of it, it seems to be from the Eighteenth Hall."
"Since when can an outsider lecture professionals? Is it just here to gild the lily?"
As soon as the machine ball heard a few sentences, the novels it had read in its mind popped up one after another, and then it quickly shifted to the workplace scenario. It understood immediately. This situation was called:
[Employees gossiping in the break room!]
[An outsider appointed as general manager!]
What was supposed to happen next was that the old employees would be unconvinced, and then it would gradually show off its skills and prove them wrong! Finally, all the employees would submit!
While the machine ball might not understand other things, as the creator of the signal tower, it definitely understood this better than they did!
Thus, the machine ball, holding the script, began its show of skill and proving them wrong. It picked up network data, as well as signal towers and mobile phones, and lectured this group of old employees, answering questions on the spot. They were all convinced and impressed. When the machine ball got tired and wanted to finish, they would all grab it, offer tea and water, and not let it leave. Later, when they learned that the machine ball wanted to save money and collect various parts, they directly packed them up and stuffed them towards the machine ball, as if afraid it wouldn't accept them.
Therefore, from then on, the machine ball would bring back bags and bags of things after each lecture. Jiang Lin even specially got it a storage necklace and asked, "Did they ask how you invented the signal tower?"
The machine ball tilted its head and thought, "Yes!" But it listened to its master and didn't tell the truth. The machine ball had read many novels. It was enough to find any excuse and weave a story.
"I said I saw the koi in the lotus pond in the backyard, thought of the internet in the human world, and then had a flash of inspiration."
After that, the old employees would go to the lotus pond to meditate whenever they had free time, trying to find inspiration. They even wanted to visit the Eighteenth Hall to see the lotus pond and the koi that had inspired the machine ball, treating it like a tourist attraction. The machine ball refused without a second thought. Firstly, it had to ask its master. Secondly, it couldn't be a freebie.
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"Master, I'm going to work~"
The little white cat greeted Jiang Lin and floated out of the Eighteenth Hall with light and cheerful steps. The two guards at the entrance also smiled as they watched it leave, as if seeing the colorful egg of yesteryear.
Half a month ago, Xu Nan had also officially passed the exam to become an intern ghost messenger and started his internship. Now, in this Eighteenth Hall, one Dragon Clan member was studying abroad, one was a high-level technician of the Underworld, and one was a newly interned ghost messenger. All of them had grown. In a few decades or centuries, when they could truly stand on their own, the status of the Eighteenth Hall in the Underworld would also become more stable. As the gatekeepers of the Eighteenth Hall, Duo Shou and Niu Xiaoguo also eagerly awaited that day, feeling that the future was bright.
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Not long after the machine ball set off, Jiang Lin also prepared himself and flew out. He planned to first check on the work situation of the patrol team and then undertake the drift bottle mission to accumulate divine power. Now, whenever Jiang Lin was not busy, he would fuse divine power and ghost energy every one or two days, to avoid overwhelming his brain with too many images if he fused too much at once.
As he fused more often, he also discovered some patterns. The memory images that appeared when improving his cultivation realm were likely related to his past reincarnations. The images that appeared when fusing divine power and ghost energy were mainly centered around 'Number One'. Jiang Lin's experience of watching Number One's development history was like opening a blind box each time. Sometimes, he could see continuous scenes, such as when Number One first arrived at Water Blue Star and encountered those human slaves. Other times, the scenes were chaotic and the timelines did not match. For example, the scene of an older Number One using paper effigy techniques by a pool to repair the soul fragments of the North Hall Yama. Or the scene of Number One and Number Two communicating and discussing how to divide their labor.
Number One and Number Two came from the same place and were both highly capable. However, Number One was more adept at exploring himself inwardly, while Number Two was more adept at exploring outwardly. The former developed downwards into the earth, while the latter developed upwards into the sky.
For instance, there were scenes of Number One traveling to various places and befriending various races during his journeys. Jiang Lin even saw the shadows of the Four Great Yamas in these scenes. At first, he was not entirely sure, because the Four Great Yamas in the images, such as Nan Ming of the South Hall and Xi He of the West Hall, were still quite young and inexperienced. Only their East Hall Yama was easily recognizable, having always looked the same. However, relatively speaking, Yan Luo in the images was more innocent and naive, possessing the cuteness and temper tantrums befitting her apparent age.
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After seeing these scenes, Jiang Lin had some speculations about Number One's identity and why he could see these images. Even Jiang Lin's emotions were stirred by these speculations, and it took him a while to calm down.
But... what was the purpose? Why do this? Was there a reason why they had to do this? Even after becoming the strongest being in heaven and earth, were there still problems that could not be solved? Or... did something unexpected happen before becoming the strongest?
With these questions in mind, Jiang Lin almost religiously undertook the drift bottle missions every day. Then, every so often, he would go to Nan Ming to hone his skills and test his newly learned abilities. Nan Ming also expressed surprise at Jiang Lin's growth rate and sometimes chatted with him briefly. Jiang Lin did not know if he had guessed anything, but neither of them brought it up.
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While thinking about his upcoming work, Jiang Lin opened the Underworld passage and flew towards the human world. The Live Stream Little Sphere flew out and circled around him twice, opening the live stream.
[Ding~ The 'Daily Healing in the Underworld' live stream you are following has started. Come and take a look~]
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