Chapter 14

Lishan martial arts hall, inside the old house.

When Lin Tuo manipulated the clone to move away from the crowd and retracted it, his right hand suspended in the thundercloud was retracted.

‘It feels so numb…‘ Lin Tuo felt helpless as he felt the weird sensation on his skin.

When his hand fell into the thundercloud, he felt the stimulation of the electric current. But it wasn’t easy to interfere with the clouds in that situation and he could only wait it out.

Fortunately, compared to his huge body, the tiny thunder and lightning over Kyoto could not kill him.

At most, it would be just a bit numb or painful.

‘At least I have experience this time. I have to be careful in the future.‘ Lin Tuo rubbed his right hand while blowing away the clouds in the sky, quietly summing up the experience.

Despite some flaws, overall, my plan was successful.

‘By manifesting in this way, I should be able to get my message across. Next, the emperor will inevitably send people to the southeast to search for the so-called saint… Well, it seems that the next few days will be busy.‘

This was Lin Tuo’s intention and plan. Taking advantage of the festival to worship God, disguising himself as God, giving guidance, and paving the way for his next actions.

Though could it really be described as disgusing himself as God, when he technically is God?

Nonetheless, the saint is of course fictitious.

As for the southeast direction, it was also casually made up on the spot

‘Who would have thought that it was such a coincidence that I would have caught up with the festival…‘

Lin Tuo walked to the next door, washing off the ink stains on his palms, sighing.

Chi Dynasty in real life wasn’t massive like modern countries, but it was not small.

In an era when there were only horses as a means of transportation, even if the emperor knew where the saint was, it would take a few days or even a week of straight travel to arrive.

What’s more, at present they only know that the saint is in the southeast. They don’t know the specific location, surname and name.

This has bought Lin Tuo time for preparation.

At a time flow of 1:1, he can have enough time to search for information and make his appearance. After the preparation is completed, he can enter the sandbox and teach science as a saint.

As for why this identity of a saint was used:

There were two main considerations.

First, the identity of a saint allows him to talk directly with the monarch, so that his behavior has sufficient authority and rationality.

Second, appearing as a human can also avoid many problems. For example, a normal sage would teach his people how to make new farm tools and make chemical fertilizers… barely acceptable.

If it was a messenger of God doing such a thing though, it wouldn’t be that weird.

As for what knowledge to impart to them, Lin Tuo also had ideas.

Wiping his hands clean, Lin Tuo turned around and took out his laptop from his backpack. Then created a new notebook and started thinking.

‘The people of Chi are still in the stage of feudal rule and science is still in its infancy…

Therefore, things that are too complicated cannot be taught, and they cannot understand without a foundation.‘

Thinking of this, Lin Tuo typed the word “Foundation”.

‘As for modern technology, that can’t be gifted directly. According to the sandbox’s space conversion rules, a grain of sand from the normal world will become a boulder when it enters the sand table.‘

‘Unless I don’t enter from the sand table. If I take a detour and enter from the isolation cover on the Taklimakan Desert in the northwest…‘

This idea was obviously wrong.

Not to mention the global sensation that opening the isolation cover would cause, just purchasing machines that are sufficient to support the operation of the entire Chi Dynasty would consume Lin Tuo’s financial resources to the point of bankruptcy and then some.

‘I should provide them with a general scientific foundation. Mainly to establish scientific thinking methods, research methods, and develop knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry… and let them learn and explore naturally.’

‘Well, just this itself is not enough. I must find a way to force evolution quicker…Perhaps I could give them some simple basic mechanical drawings.’

‘Such as textile machines, steam engines… and some early industrial society, compost machine drawings, smelting, planting technology, etc…‘

In the martial arts hall.

The sun was gradually setting.

When the sunset dyed Lishan in a hazy red, Lin Tuo’s online notebook was already filled with dense outlines.

‘Huh, that’s probably it, the next step is to copy the data…‘

Lin Tuo drank and stretched, feeling full of accomplishment in his heart.

As for the materials needed, they were all available on the Internet. All Lin Tuo needs are technical documents from the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which can be found from various professional websites and even papers.

The biggest time sink was organizing it all.

…

In the next few days, Lin Tuo’s life was extremely bland.

Every morning, he used the Observation Mode to throw his clone into the Taihe Mountains for exercise. Because he was careful enough, he didn’t encounter anyone.

Organize information in the morning, then practice martial arts.

In the afternoon, he was busy repairing the martial arts hall, spending money to ask people to replace some doors, windows, tiles and the like. He also ordered some furniture, preparing to renovate the old house where the sand table is located into a nicer looking area.

The bedroom was next door, so it would be more convenient in the future too.

The news on the Internet was also paying attention. The popularity of the “Taklimakan Black Box” continued. It was said some time ago, the research team detected an abnormal sound source and launched relevant experts to analyze and decipher.

Lin Tuo didn’t take it very lightly, but he didn’t believe they could find anything. Could this group of people could really parse out any useful information from his cough..?

“It was said that the foreign teams have also arrived. This time we really are attracting global attention.”

In the chat software group chat, people talk from time to time.

“I heard that someone proposed to violently break it and use military-level firepower, but the proposal was rejected.”

“Sure, who would dare to fire at it until there is no other way? But I think that sooner or later, they have to try breaking the box using force. I heard that the previous plan to use construction machinery for excavation failed.

There are still black walls at a depth of 100 meters underground…”

Similar discussions floodedthe Internet.

Lin Tuo was a little uneasy at first, but then he became calm.

This continued for several days, and when Lin Tuo finally sorted out the information, he turned his attention to the country in the sandbox again.

With these few days to take time to observe, make a good plan and once again put the clone into the sand table, he felt confident.

The location he chose was a remote county in the southeast of Kyoto.

Tao County.

…

Tao County was not big.

Although Chi Dynasty was called a dynasty, its influence was limited. Kyoto was okay. The farther away from the center of government and control, the size of the city and the quality of the population was somewhat shabby and unreliable.

Tao County was far from Kyoto.

Some people, they didn’t even know who the emperor is!

So as its far away, the decree about the search for the saints was the last to reach here.

This is naturally important news. However, no one in Tao County thought it would have anything to do with them.

They had more important things to care about.

“There is another search in the county to invite experts to pray for rain?”

“How many times is this?”

“Ugh…”

In the county of Tao, a group of haggard people were talking.

The county was small, but the climate was good. Because of the terrain, the cold fades much easier than in Kyoto. For a lot of crops, it is often when the peach blossoms in Kyoto are still tender that the people in Tao County broke the soil and planted seedlings.

Kyoto was still in spring, but the temperature here was close to summer.

It was blazing hot, cloudless, and there was no rain for many days. The seedlings in the fields were very weak and people were anxious. The local county official had to ask people to put down an altar to pray for rain, but it was useless.

One by one “reliable person” tried, and another stepped back, and then dropped a sentence to act clever.

However, Tao County was so small, where do you go to find another reliable person when all of them are useless?

However, just as the crowd was about to disperse, suddenly a young man with short hair and a robe came from a distance.

“Give up,” Lin Tuo tore off the notice without hesitation, and then looked at the county officials who were about to leave and the shocked people, smiling, “or, let me try?”

…

The highest ranking official in Tao County was not called the county magistrate, but the county chief. At least, the Universal Language Technique told him this.

After learning this title, his eyes became a little strange.

When Lin Tuo followed the official to the county government office, he saw a thin middle-aged man leading someone out.

The county chief of Tao County looked rather haggard, as if he hadn’t slept peacefully for many days.

He heard that someone took down the list and quickly put aside the things in his hands to greet them. But never thought that there was a young man at the door.

However, even though the middle-aged man was the head of a county, although surprised and a little skeptical, after all, he was an official and respectfully invited Lin Tuo into his mansion.

When they were seated, he couldn’t help but ask:

“Who did you learn from? Have you practiced or studied Shinto? Are you sure to relieve Tao County’s drought?”

Lin Tuo listened, but just shook his head and said frankly, “I don’t have a teacher, and I don’t know how to use magic.”

Seeing the change in the expression of the middle-aged man in front of him, his face was faintly angry.

Lin Tuo added, “However, if you just want some rain, it’s not difficult.”

The county chief was startled, “Not difficult?”

“Of course.”

“Then… what do we need to prepare?”

“A cup of tea is enough.” Lin Tuo smiled and picked up a tea cup on the table.

At the same time, his eyes briefly lost consciousness, switching his consciousness back to his body.

…

Lishan martial arts hall, in the old house.

Lin Tuo got up from his chair, then picked up a prepared watering can. Finding the location of Tao County, he gently pressed the switch.

A fine mist sprayed out, slowly falling from high altitude.

…

Tao County Mansion.

Lin Tuo’s eyes regained his gaze, and immediately, before the nearby county official spoke, he pointed to the outside of the house and said:

“Please see.”

“See what?” The Tao County chief looked away blankly, and after waiting for a few seconds, he saw endless rain falling from the sky.

In Tao County, the sky was clear but rain was pouring!