The two returned to the Eternal Night Guild's headquarters.
Zhou Huai didn't delay, directly inviting Gao Yuan to Zhuge Kongming's private quiet room.
Gao Yuan was clearly sowhat flattered, and his deanor beca even more humble.
He opened his briefcase, took out a thick stack of blueprints, and carefully spread them out on the table.
"My Lord, please see, this is the most basic 'Space Anchor' Formation."
Gao Yuan pointed to the core node in the center of the blueprint, composed of hundreds of runes, speaking with the rigor of a scholar.
"The construction of any dungeon is inseparable from it."
"Its function is to forcibly tear open a stable rift between the real world and the Void Realm, and then fix it."
"This process places extrely high demands on Materials and requires exquisite control from the Formation Master."
Zhou Huai listened calmly, without interrupting.
His eyes were fixed on the blueprint, but in his mind, the complex lines and runes were instantly decomposed and reconstructed.
The SS-rank Heavenly Craftsman talent was quietly activated.
In Gao Yuan's eyes, it was a two-dinsional flat blueprint.
But in Zhou Huai's consciousness, it transford into a three-dinsional, shimring energy model.
The energy flow of each rune, the energy load of each circuit, were clearly presented in the form of data.
"Look here, this structure composed of these three runes is the core of the entire anchor, responsible for energy output and stability."
Gao Yuan's finger tapped on the blueprint, speaking voluminously.
"Their arrangent, the carving depth of the runes, must not have the slightest deviation, otherwise..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Zhou Huai suddenly spoke.
"Here, it can be changed."
Gao Yuan's voice stopped abruptly.
He looked up, his face full of astonishnt.
"My Lord, what did you say?"
Zhou Huai extended his finger and pointed to another seemingly inconspicuous connection point on the blueprint.
"This 'Spirit Gathering' rune is in the wrong position."
"It's too close to the core structure; when the Formation operates at full power, it will cause energy backflow, creating unnecessary consumption."
Zhou Huai's voice was not loud, but every word was clear.
"Move it here and connect it in parallel with these two 'Energy Guiding' runes; it can improve energy utilization by at least three percent."
Gao Yuan's mouth slightly opened, and his eyes behind his glasses were filled with disbelief.
He subconsciously looked in the direction Zhou Huai pointed.
In his mind, countless data and models rapidly processed.
A few seconds later, the astonishnt on his face instantly turned into shock.
A shock like a sudden enlightennt!
"So... so it can be done this way!"
Gao Yuan's voice was trembling; he grabbed a pen and paper nearby and frantically began to calculate.
"Right! Right! Placing the Spirit Gathering rune behind, using the delay in energy conduction to form a buffer... My goodness! This is simply a Genius idea!"
"Why didn't I think of it! Why didn't I think of it!"
He was so excited his face turned red, and the look in his eyes towards Zhou Huai had changed from initial respect to fervent admiration.
Their discussion continued like this for an entire day.
From the most basic Space Anchor to complex scene construction Formations, and then to ecological cycle energy models.
Gao Yuan felt that his accumulated knowledge of over a decade was like that of a novice apprentice in front of the other party.
Every theory he proposed, the other party could understand instantly and draw inferences from it.
He even proposed more ingenious and incredible optimization sches.
In the end, it was no longer him explaining.
Instead, he was like a student, greedily recording every word that ca out of Zhuge Kongming's mouth.
It wasn't until the night grew deep outside the window, and the moon was high in the sky, that Gao Yuan reluctantly stopped writing.
He looked at the stack of blueprints filled with new theories, let out a long sigh, and his face showed satisfaction after extre fatigue.
And Zhou Huai also roughly understood the basic principles of dungeon architecture.
Gao Yuan stood up and bowed deeply to Zhuge [N O V E L I G H T] Kongming.
His eyes were bright, and his tone was full of heartfelt admiration.
"Mr. Zhuge, your Genius in the Dao of Formations is sothing Gao has never seen in his life!"
"No, it's unheard of!"
"Listening to your words today is better than studying for ten years!"
The next day.
As soon as dawn broke, Zhou Huai found Gao Yuan, who was still organizing his notes and had not slept all night.
"Teacher Gao, let's begin."
Gao Yuan, imrsed in the ocean of knowledge, was startled at the words.
"Begin? Begin what?"
Zhou Huai, controlling Zhuge Kongming, wore a gentle smile on his face.
"Constructing the first dungeon."
Gao Yuan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
The pen in his hand dropped to the ground with a "clatter."
"Wh-what?!"
"Mr. Zhuge, are you... are you not joking?"
Gao Yuan's face was filled with horror.
"Although your Genius is high, isn't it too hasty now?"
"Constructing a dungeon is a very dangerous matter! A slight mistake could lead to being swept into the spatial turbulence, leaving no trace of your body!"
"We should still proceed step by step with testing, starting with the most basic Formation simulation..."
Zhou Huai shook his head, interrupting him.
"No need."
"Practice leads to faster progress."
He had absolute confidence in the talent of this SS-rank Clone.
Gao Yuan looked at the other party's calm yet firm eyes, and for a mont, he couldn't find words to refute.
He opened his mouth, and finally could only give a wry smile.
"Alright."
"You are not only a Genius but also a crazy Genius!"
The Eternal Night Guild's efficiency was terrifyingly high.
In less than half an hour, all the Materials needed to construct the dungeon were ready.
In a large open space behind the guild.
Zhou Huai, controlling Zhuge Kongming, began the first dungeon architecture.
He didn't hesitate at all, directly putting into practice the "Space Anchor" Formation, which he had improved after discussing it with Gao Yuan yesterday.
Six carving knives, controlled by his will, transford into six streams of light, dancing fluidly over the hard ground.
One profound rune after another was precisely carved out at an astonishing speed.
Gao Yuan stood by, watching nervously.
He found that the speed and precision of the other party's Formation carving were far more terrifying than he had imagined.
Every rune seed to have been asured by the most precise instrunt, not off by a single hair's breadth.
In less than ten minutes.
A huge circular magic array, with a diater of over ten ters, had already taken shape.
As the last stroke fell.
"Buzz—!"
The magic array suddenly lit up, and a dazzling white light shot into the sky!
The surrounding air began to violently twist, and a powerful spatial force, centered on the magic array, erupted with a roar!
The space in the center of the magic array rippled like a lake into which a stone had been thrown.
Finally, a dark, faintly glowing vortex slowly erged.
The teleportation array was complete!
Zhou Huai took a deep breath, without the slightest hesitation, and stepped into the dark vortex.
His vision twisted for a mont.
The scene before his eyes suddenly changed.
There was no sky, no ground.
Only an endless expanse of darkness and nothingness.
There was no substance here, no sound, and even the concept of ti seed to blur.
Zhou Huai floated in this nothingness, but an unprecedented sense of heroism surged in his heart.
"Then, let's begin."
He stretched out his hand, fingers spread wide.
Vast ntal Energy surged out like a tide, transforming into countless invisible carving knives, creating wildly on this canvas of nothingness.
"Let there be mountains."
With a thought.
The nothingness ahead began to violently twist and compress.
Countless energy particles condensed out of thin air, emitting a deafening roar.
A majestic mountain range rose directly from the darkness!
Jagged rocks, steep cliffs, piercing the 'sky' of nothingness.
"Let there be water."
He pointed again.
Above the mountain peak, space rippled in a circle.
Clear water erged from thin air, initially a trickle, then instantly transforming into a surging torrent.
The water flowed down the mountain, making a thunderous "whoosh," gathering into a shimring lake at the foot of the mountain.
"Let there be forests."
He gently waved his palm.
Countless green light spots drifted out from his palm, like fireflies, scattering over the newly born mountains and land.
Where the light spots landed, tender shoots broke through the soil, and plants grew wildly.
In just a few breaths, a lush prival forest covered the entire land.
The wind rose, and the forest sea responded with rustling waves.
Zhou Huai floated quietly in mid-air, overlooking the Small World he had created with his own hands.
Mountains, rivers, forests... everything seed so real, so full of vitality.
At this mont, he suddenly had an illusion.
He felt as if he were the God of this world.
With a single thought, the sea could turn into mulberry fields.
With a single thought, all things could return to nothingness.
The overall outline of the dungeon had appeared.
Next, was the most crucial step.
Creating life within the dungeon—the Mythical Beasts (Strange Beasts).
Compared to environntal construction, this was the real difficulty.
Zhou Huai took a deep breath and once again mobilized his ntal Energy.
He mimicked the thod of creating mountains, forcibly condensing a large number of energy particles into the form of a wolf.
A lifelike black wolf appeared in the forest.
Its form was perfect, every hair visible, and even its eyes carried a hint of ferocity.
But it just stood there, motionless.
Like an exquisite sculpture.
A few seconds later, with a soft "snap," the black wolf transford into countless light spots and dissipated into the air.
It failed.
Zhou Huai frowned slightly.
"The form is there, but it lacks the 'core'."
He tried again.
This ti, he first used ntal Energy to construct an extrely complex energy core, simulating the most basic behavioral logic of a living creature.
Then, he attached energy particles to it, shaping the form.
Light flickered.
A second black wolf appeared.
This ti, it moved.
But its movents were incredibly stiff, its limbs twitching uncoordinatedly, like a shoddy puppet on strings.
It opened its mouth, seemingly wanting to roar, but only emitted strange "clacking" sounds from its throat.
The next second.
"Boom!"
The black wolf's body suddenly exploded, and the violent energy shockwave instantly flattened the surrounding trees.
"The core is unstable and cannot support the external energy shell."
Zhou Huai's eyes flashed, and he instantly found the problem.
He closed his eyes, and in his mind, countless theories expounded by Gao Yuan, and various concepts he had deduced, flashed like lightning.
The essence of a Formation is the materialization of rules.
So what is the essence of life?
Is it instinct? Is it desire? Or... a piece of code written deep within the Soul?
Zhou Huai suddenly opened his eyes.
This ti, he was not in a hurry to shape the form, nor was he in a hurry to construct the core.
His hands danced in front of him, his fingers moving so fast they almost left afterimages.
Countless ntal Energy threads, finer than hair, intertwined and coiled at his fingertips.
It was like "programming."
Writing the most fundantal behavioral logic for the life that was about to be born.
Hunger would make it hunt.
Threat would make it fight.
Fear would make it flee.
An extrely complex, yet incredibly stable rune matrix, slowly took shape in front of him.
"Go."
He flicked his finger.
The rune matrix transford into a stream of light and rged into the ground.
Then, he mobilized energy, using this matrix as the core, to reshape the form of a wolf.
The light dissipated.
In the shadows of the forest, a lithe black wolf quietly erged.
It was entirely black, without a single stray hair, only its eyes were two faint green glows.
It was no longer a sculpture, nor a puppet.
It gently twitched its nose, sniffing the unfamiliar scent in the air.
Its ears rotated vigilantly, capturing every sound carried on the wind.
Suddenly, it lowered its head, emitting a low, threatening growl from its throat.
A pair of cold beast eyes locked onto Zhou Huai's figure in mid-air.
Its hind legs slightly bent, muscles tensed, adopting a posture ready to pounce at any mont.
It was done.
A hint of a smile finally appeared on Zhou Huai's face.
【Level 1 Shadow Wolf】
Although it was only a Level 1 Strange Beast, for a Formation Master, this was an incredibly huge step forward.
From nothing to sothing, creating life.
Countless Formation Masters, spending their entire lives and years of research, might not even achieve this effect.
And Zhuge Kongming only took two days.
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