Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 461 - 214 Social Science, Writing Plan

The real trouble lay elsewhere.

Chen Feng dreamed of social science.

Whenever social science is mentioned, one cannot overlook a certain sage.

Do not underestimate each piece of knowledge in high school textbooks, for even the simplest sentence among them was proposed by predecessors after countless years and immense mental effort.

Among them, the content of "High School Political Mandatory One" originates from the economic tome "Capitalism." This book consumed forty years of a sage's life, including nearly a decade in painstakingly exploring preliminary concepts like "production," "productivity," "consumption," and "distribution."

In Wang Qi's past life, this material was taught as basic knowledge to everyone, and the country where Wang Qi studied was precisely the homeland of that sage. When he traveled to Frankfurt, he had the opportunity to listen to a lecture by a successor of that sage. Regarding the sage's theories, he couldn't speak comprehensively, but he could still discuss some aspects. With some time, it wouldn't be impossible for him to complete his understanding.

Unlike the impression held by most, this sage's stature was quite high in Europe. Take the British Labour Party, for example, the largest governing party in Britain, which identifies itself as a socialist party. Germany's largest party, the Social Democratic Party, is also a socialist party, and Frankfurt is the base of European Neo-Marxism.

But, are these theories too advanced for Shenzhou?

Shenzhou's economy and production differ from Earth's in two major aspects. Firstly, the economy of the Immortal Dao and the Mortal World is disjointed. Immortal Artifacts are difficult for mortals to use, and the Immortal Alliance rarely develops technology that is convenient for mortals, while resources produced by mortals are of little use to the Immortal Alliance. The existence of mortals is primarily to produce more population and more cultivators. On the other hand, because Spiritual Energy can be directly manipulated, the distance between technology and theory is very close, making it easy to transform theory into technology.

Therefore, the Shenzhou Immortal Path has already sprinted into the Information Age, while the Mortal World remains in the feudal era of the late Little Asia production mode transitioning to capitalism, where the sprouts of capitalism are just emerging.

In this situation, abruptly launching a theory directly pointing to an ideal society and great harmony, might it trigger turbulence across the entire Human Dao?

Recall that unlike nineteenth-century Earth, due to the Immortal Alliance possessing production capabilities that surpass the era, Shenzhou is not yet in dire straits requiring violent resolutions to conflicts. Furthermore, Shenzhou's unique dual economic structure of immortals and mortals necessitates some essential adjustments to this sage's theories before they can emerge.

Thus... although theories like the Five-Star Battle World Technique and the Proletarian Righteousness Technique are wonderful, realistically instituting them still requires long-term considerations!

Additionally, this is an era thriving in science, where any theory must rely on mathematics rather than speculation for strict proof.

In other words, one would need to elevate social science directly from Shenzhou's existing primitive elementary sociological theories to the level of Keynes.

Yes, John Maynard Keynes. Although he is known for macroeconomics, many from Earth have forgotten that he graduated from the Mathematics Department and was elected as a fellow of King's College, University of Cambridge, for a mathematics dissertation, specifically on Probability Theory. He was also the first to combine Chaos Mathematics with economics.

And to elevate Probability Theory from its current level to that of Keynes' era... Wang Qi glanced again at Chen Youjia's manuscript. Well, there was still a long way to go.

"Chen Feng, how long do you plan to work on this project?"

Chen Feng pondered, "It's hard to say. Human Dao is intricate and ever-changing, with so many variables, it will take a lot of time to sort through. Also, I'm not very familiar with Youjia's side, but it's said to be quite challenging."

"Long-term plan?"

Chen Feng gave a helpless wry smile, "Actually, it can only be said that it hasn't officially started yet. Once I make further progress in analyzing the Divine Tao or Youjia's mathematics breakthroughs occur, then I will be confident enough to periodically release phased results, formally apply for funding, and recruit personnel."

Wang Qi's eyes lit up, "In that case, can I apply to start a new project?"

"A new project? You?" Chen Feng looked at Wang Qi with a puzzled expression, "Is your understanding of the Life Path developed enough to conduct independent research?"

"Not really." Wang Qi took out an Immortal Artifact named "Discrete" from his Storage Bag and threw it together with "Mathematics" on the table, "I'm giving you a big gift — a major project."

"I'm not good at collecting antiques; old magic artifacts are useless to me." Chen Feng touched them, "It's not a Divine Tao Artifact, so it has no research value to me."

"But there is a bunch of data in here," Wang Qi said with a smile, "the result of binary conversion of part of my consciousness."

Immediately after this explanation, Wang Qi explained the uses of these two magic artifacts and the origins of the data.

Chen Feng became excited all of a sudden, "This is..."

"Since it is only a part of the consciousness and there is no corresponding operating system, I can't use this 'avatar,'" Wang Qi said triumphantly, patting the two artifacts, "This should be good empirical material for you, right? You could study the construction of human hearts, investigate algorithms of human minds."

Not only Chen Feng, but Chen Youjia was also intrigued. The two of them leaned closer to examine these two calculators. Sage Zhen Chan felt uncomfortable under their scrutiny, "Hey hey... I really don't like the way you guys are looking at me like I'm a lab rat..."

"It's not this residual soul that's going to suffer, it's the 'me' inside the ring, okay?" Wang Qi snatched the ring away, saying, "I'll leave 'Discrete' for you to observe, I have some other things to handle, I'm stepping out for a bit."

Saying this, Wang Qi once again appreciated the benefits of Shenzhou. Scientists were in charge, meaning one could conduct any research without first wrestling with animal welfare, green terrorist organizations, ethics councils, and the like. Artificial intelligence research on Earth would decidedly have people jumping out screaming not to go for it.

After returning to his room, Wang Qi took out several Jade Slips. These Jade Slips were the heritage artifacts of Sage Zhi Long. Wang Qi pressed his hand on the Jade Slips, reading and importing their contents into the calculator—one of the applications from 'Qujianji'. The information in the Jade Slips streamed directly into his soul and was transcribed into the calculator without passing through his mind, making it exceptionally fast.

The capacity of a Jade Slip was comparable to a computer hard drive, roughly a few hundred G in size. Wang Qi's Seeking Dao Jade was of the highest configuration, capable of containing dozens of Jade Slips. After half an hour, he finally completed the transcription of the heritage of the Mathematical Sect. Afterwards, he delivered these Jade Slips to the Divine Capital station of the Wanfa Sect.

Disciples from the Wanfa Sect at the Divine Capital Outer Disciples' Station had all heard about Wang Qi's mysterious disappearance in the suburbs of Divine Capital. This meeting surprised them once again. And when Wang Qi took out the heritage of the Ancient Mathematicians during the Middle Ages, everyone showed an envious expression, secretly calculating how much Merit these highly researchable antiques could bring to Wang Qi.

After handing over the heritage, Wang Qi went to report at the Divine Capital Capital Branch, explaining that he had been trapped in the ruins, not disappeared. Thanks to Feng Luoyi's maneuvers behind the scenes, the case was smoothly withdrawn.

Once Wang Qi returned to his room, he threw all the calculators into his Storage Bag and then took out a booklet.

"Now, I should be ready to master this, shouldn't I?"

The manuscript of Daoist of Uncertainty, the core Absolute Skill of Mysterious Palace! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit qidian.com to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)