Chapter 351 — Crossing the Divide

"The training machines currently on the market are highly specialized, tailored to specific beasts and specific skills, and they require the beastmaster and the beast to work in tandem during use. In the course of use, though they can more effectively raise a beast's skill proficiency, the beastmaster and beast alike must pour in a great deal of effort."

"This skill-training machine, however, is different. It can be used while the beast is asleep or resting, and at no point will the beast feel any fatigue throughout the process. It also has the effect of strengthening spiritual power."

When Dr. Mo Qing finished speaking, the mechanics and beastmasters in the hall were all struck dumb for a moment.

"Come." At Dr. Mo Qing's summons, an assistant came up onto the floor carrying a rabbit with cyan fur, and calmly placed the low-tier transcendent-species Whirlwind Rabbit into the skill-training machine.

The skill-training machine was much like an enormous nutrient pod. Once the Whirlwind Rabbit was placed inside, special electromagnetic waves spread outward, and at the same time a new scene appeared on the screen.

On a lush green meadow, a Whirlwind Rabbit ran while ceaselessly unleashing its Wind Blade skill.

"This skill machine can, through special electric waves, put a beast into a state of absolute sleep, and according to a specific program, make the beast frequently use its species skills within its dreams. This is not simply letting the beast dream: during the process, the special electric waves also reinforce the dream-body's memory and strengthen the beast's spiritual power, making the experiences in the dream indistinguishable from those in reality, achieving the effect of enhancing skill proficiency."

"One might say that after the beast wakes, because its spiritual power has been strengthened, it will not forget the contents of the dream, nor will it feel any fatigue. On the contrary, the skill-use experience from the dream can even be carried over into reality!"

"Through our experimental research, the fastest result to date is this: for a Whirlwind Rabbit of ordinary talent, it takes only eleven months and twenty days, using daytime training plus nighttime machine instruction and without relying on any resources whatsoever, to raise its Wind Blade proficiency to the perfect grade."

"Of course, the skill-training machine can do more than raise Wind Blade proficiency. Any active skill of any beast can be effectively improved through this machine. Its greatest significance lies in making use of a beast's idle rest time, allowing it to raise skill proficiency with high efficiency!"

When Dr. Mo Qing finished speaking, the hall fell silent for a beat, then erupted into uproar.

Online, beastmaster after beastmaster was instantly drooling.

Holy crap.

"I want one of these," many young mechanics said, eyes burning with envy.

You can train a beast while it sleeps? There was such a good thing?

After a brief daze, the mechanics present all understood in an instant just how much help such a skill-training machine would give a beastmaster in the training process.

"Stardu University has decided that this year it will put the skill-training machine into full deployment across all of Stardu University for student use." As Dr. Mo Qing finished, on the chairman's platform, President Ma of Stardu smiled broadly, also thinking it very fine indeed.

With this, the overall strength of Stardu's new generation could rise by a great, great deal, vastly saving beastmasters the time and resource costs of skill training.

Elsewhere, in the Ancient Capital spectators' seats.

After Stardu University's presentation, Shi Jin began muttering to himself.

"What a rip-off." Not even letting a beast rest easy while it sleeps — what was this, like Chong Chong, training even in its sleep? Not even capitalists were that black-hearted.

Absolute sleep plus dream training — that was Chong Chong's specialty. Yet Shi Jin's expression was one of surprise: he had not expected a mechanic to have researched this model into a machine of such broad applicability.

If not for the fact that they had now found the hardening cultivation method for the Food-Iron Beast, this thing really would have been quite good for the Food-Iron Beast to use.

Stardu University really did have something to it.

"Stardu University's annual research results are always useful things," Feng Jin remarked, covertly needling Hao Ling's School of Mechanics.

Hao Ling's face was dead serious. Compare? Compare how? How much funding do they get, and how much do we get?

Right after, Dr. Mo Qing continued with supplementary explanation, demonstrating that although the machine's cost and consumption were not low, if applied on a large scale in places like the Nine Great Academies and the Beastmaster Corps, it would absolutely not be a loss — basically amounting to trading energy for the speed of improvement of beastmasters and beasts.

"This is truly a remarkable invention." As Dr. Mo Qing finished, the host also exclaimed in surprise, then handed the floor for evaluation to the three judges and two guests.

"Dr. Mo Qing has long devoted herself to combining technology with cultivation, and this skill-training machine truly achieves a perfect fusion of the two. Worthy of Dr. Mo Qing — for the vast ranks of Donghuang's genius beastmasters, this machine is undoubtedly a product of great strategic value." Elder Liu nodded heavily, his expression one of surprise, and gave it high praise.

"Indeed. Raising species-skill proficiency can also drive up a beast's growth level — this is a quite perfect cultivation machine," the Legend Mei Xiuying also said with feeling.

Admittedly, the weaker the beast, the better the machine's effect; the lower the skill proficiency, the better the effect — it was basically for beastmasters below Master rank. But among Donghuang's beastmaster population, that was precisely the largest group.

If they could grow quickly, the significance would be profound. In short, so long as this machine could save those genius beastmasters even half a year of time, it would count as an extremely powerful piece of research.

In the spectators' seats, Gao Xuan, himself a genius mechanic, also nodded, thinking it quite good.

"Dr. Aichi, Legend Ju, what do you two think?" President Ma looked toward the two foreign friends.

The young woman, Legend Ju, nodded with some surprise and said, "It is indeed quite good. A pity the cost and consumption are not small; I imagine it will be hard to apply on a broad scale. But if it can be optimized, for the grassroots of the beastmaster field it would absolutely be a tremendous boon."

She did not stint her praise. Of course, by her experience, this thing would already be very hard to optimize; even so, it was still quite good. Expecting a single product to serve every stratum was unrealistic to begin with. For those genius beastmasters from privileged backgrounds, this sort of thing should be a fine item, letting them swiftly convert resources into strength.

With this, Donghuang's geniuses would only grow more numerous.

"A dream-training machine." Beside her, Dr. Aichi smiled slightly and said, "In Shenfeng, we have this kind of machine too, and it is already in use at various prestigious schools. It is indeed as everyone says — the impact is considerable, and it can effectively raise the growth speed of the younger generation. Judging by the current results, this machine should still have a great deal of room for optimization. It is a research result of tremendous potential."

When Dr. Aichi finished, below the stage Dr. Mo Qing's smile cut off abruptly. Son of a bitch — white-skinned bastard.

"Shenfeng has a similar machine too?" President Ma was taken aback.

"Mm." Dr. Aichi was rather smug. Donghuang's technological progress was still lacking, after all. An invention of this level could actually astonish these people so?