The dissipated spiritual energy was something Ye Zan had never noticed before. After all, there was no relevant information found in the database of the Void God Realm host. Moreover, he has never experienced mental loss before. Just like a cup that was originally filled with water, even if it is placed into the boundless sea, the water in the cup will not increase.
But this time, because Ye Zan took a big splash after refining the secret realm, he directly squandered most of the water in the cup. Even if the water from the outside is added bit by bit, it will obviously make the cup fuller. There is more water in it.
However, it is a pity that the spiritual energy of the past cannot be stored in this virtual god world. In other words, even though the Virtual God Realm has been "operating" for several years, the spiritual energy that Ye Zan can obtain is only from those people who are currently "online".
Therefore, it is still impossible for Ye Zan to make up for all the shortfalls at once. He can only add some every time he goes "online", just like receiving those "online rewards" in many online games. Obviously, in the recent period, he may be "addicted to games" and try to get as many "online rewards" as possible.
This incident also gave Ye Zan an idea, which may be a bit unrealistic now, and that is whether more mortals can enter the virtual god world.
In fact, according to the theory of spiritual energy dissipation, there is no obvious difference between the spiritual energy that mortals can dissipate in the virtual god world and that of ascetics. Even those "players" with powerful souls have much less dissipated spiritual energy because they have condensed their souls to become souls. Therefore, if you want to get more spiritual energy and draw a large number of mortals into the False God Realm, it will definitely be a good direction to work towards.
You know, this dissipated spiritual energy can not only be used to make up for Ye Zan's deficit this time. The so-called divine thoughts of the powerful Yuanshen are actually spiritual energy, but they need to be more condensed and have a higher level of energy. It can be said that spiritual energy and divine thoughts are like true energy and true essence. They have the same origin but are not the same substance. The further condensation of spiritual energy becomes divine thoughts.
Generally speaking, the ability of the soul to temper spiritual thoughts is to develop one's own potential, just like a person exercising his body to increase his strength. The external spiritual energy they want to obtain basically relies on those rare treasures of heaven and earth. No one dares to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Compared with the Virtual God Realm, the spiritual energy in the real world, even though it is also emitted by humans or other intelligent life, is far less pure than the spiritual energy in the Virtual God Realm.
If any powerful soul dares to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, the end result may be that his soul becomes filthy. And if the soul is polluted and you want to refine it, you will have to pay a considerable price. It is better to refine yourself honestly.
Therefore, if there is more spiritual energy in this virtual god world, it will be of great help to the power of the soul.
Why has it been so long, even though there are many powerful souls who have entered the Virtual God Realm, no one has discovered that this escaped spiritual energy can be used? This is probably still a problem of human thinking inertia. No one outside dares to easily absorb the chaotic spiritual energy of the outside world. Naturally, no one in the Virtual God Realm dares to eat this crab first. After all, this thing is related to one's own practice. No one will take risks with this. If the soul is polluted, it will not be worth the loss.
In fact, regarding the state of the external spiritual energy, there is another evidence that can prove its chaos and filth, and that is the space suppressed by the Black Prison of Tiandao Mountain. It is said that that place is a place where the world's evil energy gathers, and those evil spirits are born from that evil energy. A large part of the so-called evil energy is the spiritual energy emitted from the dark thoughts of all living beings.
There is a saying that "the most evil of all is sexual immorality, regardless of one's actions and one's heart. There is no perfect person in the world." This sentence means that everyone, even if they are moral saints in people's eyes, will have some negative thoughts in their hearts. The difference between good and evil is that some people just think about it, while some people put their dark thoughts into action.
In this Shenhua Realm, not to mention other intelligent species, the number of humans alone exceeds hundreds of millions. There are a lot of dark thoughts and negative energy produced every moment. Most of the negative energy will be gathered into the Black Prison of Tiandao Mountain for suppression. But there is another part that is mixed with pure spiritual energy, spreads between the heaven and the earth, and gradually dissipates over time.
In this False God Realm, it's not that no one has bad intentions, but because of the particularity of its existence, it seems that all positive and negative emotions are naturally filtered out, leaving only the purest spiritual energy.
As for how it was filtered out, Ye Zan himself can't figure it out now. After all, the Internet is a product of the technological world, and there are likely to be some mutations in this world. Perhaps, when Ye Zan enters the realm of Yuanshen and has a better understanding of this spiritual energy, and a further understanding and mastery of the great road between heaven and earth, he can figure out what the mystery is.
In fact, Ye Zan himself cannot judge whether the spiritual energy in the Virtual God Realm is pure or not as polluting as the outside world. However, he still believes in Xuanyuan Daozu. Since Xuanyuan Daozu said there is no problem, it should really be no problem.
All in all, for Ye Zan, this Virtual God Realm is not just a virtual game world, but a treasure that can continuously generate spiritual energy. If there are more "online people" in the Virtual God Realm, then more spiritual energy can be generated. Now it is just to replenish his lost mind, but when he truly enters the realm of Yuanshen, it will provide huge help for him to strengthen his spiritual mind.
However, although Ye Zan's idea is good, it is not easy to implement it.
It doesn't mean that as long as enough gaming helmets can be provided, or even distributed to everyone for free, those people will enter the virtual god world. The Virtual God Realm is good for ascetics, allowing them to gain experience and hone their skills, but what benefits does it have for ordinary people
This world is not a technological world. Most people in this world are still hovering on the edge of the food and clothing line. It was only after a few years that the high-yielding crops that Ye Zan brought out had been promoted throughout the domain, so that more people would not starve to death. It is said that when you are full and warm, you miss that thing. Entertainment is actually one of those things. Only when you have enough food and clothing, you can have the mood and time to spend on entertainment.
Although, in the technology world, online games are known as one of the cheapest forms of entertainment, they often see great development during economic downturns. But the problem is that in the world of technology, except for a few cases, most so-called economic downturns will not make most people hungry.
In the Shenhua Realm, people spend most of their time working, leaving little time for entertainment. Even if you give out game equipment to these people for free, they won’t have time to play games. They can only throw the equipment aside to gather dust.
Of course, there are many people in this world who have no worries about food and clothing. Those nobles and wealthy businessmen should have a lot of time. But the problem is that nobles and wealthy businessmen, these high-income people who are not short of money, would not choose this virtual game if they want entertainment. What do people usually play? Ye Zan is considered to be from a wealthy family in the world of science and technology, so how could he not know how rich the entertainment options of this class are. For example, isn't that feast just for people of this class
Moreover, to be honest, this Virtual God Realm is not very entertaining. It does not have the pleasure of defeating monsters, upgrading, PK and grabbing treasures like real online games. Although in order to give the monks some motivation to practice, Ye Zan also made some settings based on online games, but they will not affect the balance. What kind of game can attract people, especially rich people, is that as long as you spend money, you can become a boss, and as long as you spend money, you can have super equipment to kill others in an instant.
So, from this point of view, if you want to attract more people to enter the Virtual God Realm, you must first expand an affiliated world with strong gameplay in the Virtual God Realm. This allows both ordinary people and cultivators to meet their gaming and entertainment needs in this auxiliary world without affecting the original purpose of the Virtual God Realm. Taking a step further, if the attached game world is economically linked to reality so that people can benefit from the game, this may also be a big attraction for the poor.
Thinking of this, Ye Zan still has to hang out the "online rewards" in Virtual God Realm anyway, so he can use this free time to study the game's problems.
As for the game world, Ye Zan's database contains many ready-made virtual online games in the technological world, including those with medieval magic themes, oriental fairy tales and fantasy themes, and interstellar machine battle themes, etc. It goes without saying what theme to choose. Of course, it should be similar to the current world background. Online games with Eastern fairy tale themes are easier for people to accept, and they will not reveal things that are difficult to explain.
You know, people in this world are not as imaginative as people in the technological world. Ancient and long civilization is both wealth and imprisonment. People in the world of science and technology, especially people in ancient China, have been using the works of saints thousands of years ago to govern the country and promote the "forward" development of society thousands of years later. As for the works or theories of saints used by people in this world, they are probably from tens of thousands of years ago at least, and those older than them were eliminated when they were no longer useful.
In short, after choosing a suitable theme, determine a specific online game template, modify the things that are not suitable, add it to the database of Virtual God Realm, and then make an interface. These tasks required very little effort for Ye Zan, and a game world soon appeared in the Virtual God Realm. Of course, since there are still some tests to be done, it is not yet time to make the game world public, so those online "players" did not feel anything unusual.
Creating a game world is not difficult for Ye Zan at all, even testing it doesn't take much effort. However, after creating the game world, there is still an important problem that needs to be solved in reality, and it is far from as simple as creating the game world.
That is, the problem of gaming equipment.
Originally, the game helmets given to monks had been modified to be refining. Earlier, due to technical problems, the gaming helmet was quietly using technology chips, but later it was directly replaced with the same soul beads as Qianlidenshen. Due to the production problem of soul beads, both gaming helmets and Qianli Teleshen have always been troubled by bottlenecks in terms of production capacity.
And this time, since more mortals are to come in, more gaming equipment must be provided. With just the small output of soul beads, even if Qianli Chuanshen is stopped, it is impossible to meet this demand. Therefore, Ye Zan decided to use technology from the technological world and directly use smart chips as the main control of gaming equipment. Anyway, they are for mortals to use, and those mortals must not be able to research anything.
Moreover, Ye Zan can also choose a relatively original smart chip with a simple structure to meet the needs of gaming equipment. This kind of primitive smart chip can be produced using a refining method without much technical difficulty. Even if a cultivator dismantles the equipment, he may not be able to figure out what it belongs to, and it will still be classified as a special magic weapon based on the traces of the weapon refining.
In addition, no matter what technology the gaming equipment is made of, it requires energy to operate. In this world, even the most basic electrical energy has not been applied, so we can only think of other ways to provide energy for equipment.
It is convenient to use spirit stones, but even Ye Zan's current spirit stone reserves cannot bear to be consumed like this. What's more, if all spiritual stones are really used, how will other cultivators view this matter? Can those gaming devices still be left in the hands of mortals? As for the nuclear battery in the technological world, it can provide enough energy, but this thing cannot be exposed to others.
So, talisman seems to be the direction of choice.
Although among the monks in this world, the currency used for transactions is not only spiritual stones but also talismans, but the scarcity of talismans is still far less than that of spiritual stones. In other words, the value of talismans is not so out of reach for those secular "rich people". Of course, much of the talisman's energy release is completed in an instant. Therefore, an energy storage device is also needed, which can store the energy exerted by the talisman and then continuously provide it to the game equipment.
As for not using the spirit gathering array, it is because the cost is also very high, not much lower than using spirit stones. Ye Zan himself could use a machine to engrave here, but it seemed unsuitable for outsiders who didn't know the inside story. If you make the equipment very expensive, but sell it at what they consider to be an extremely low price, everyone will probably wonder if there is something wrong here.
In the Virtual God Realm, while slowly recovering from his mental losses, Ye Zan directly used virtual technology to start designing a mass-market gaming helmet. It didn't take long to decide on the design of a popular gaming helmet, and then only the issues of production and promotion remained.