"Because of the spiritual energy leakage in the southwest, the situation in the capital has become complicated. There are differing opinions on this internally, and all sorts of open and covert struggles are emerging. There will also be a lot of spying on the factory. Try not to go out before production starts to avoid running into these people. If you have to go out, tell me in advance and I will ask for leave to go out with you."
Cheng Baidong's tone was serious, which also alerted Fang Qiao.
Cheng Baidong held Fang Qiao's hand, patted it gently to comfort her, and said softly, "Don't worry, I'm here for you."
Fang Qiao rested her head on his shoulder and whispered, "With you here, I'm not worried."
Because the global rift is located far to the southwest, its impact on the capital is limited.
So after that day, life went on as usual.
Fang Qiao would stroll around the yard during the day to do prenatal education, and enter her space to cultivate at night.
Logically speaking, with such diligent practice, her progress should be very fast, right?
But no.
Her cultivation level had stagnated and hadn't improved for a long time. This was because the two babies in her womb were absorbing her spiritual energy.
When An'an was in the womb, she only showed joy when she was cultivating, but the two in the womb are different.
At first, because the two children were still small, the symptoms were not obvious. But as they grew older, by the time they were six months old, Fang Qiao could clearly feel that the spiritual energy she was absorbing into her body was not enough.
By the time they were seven months old, they had vanished without a trace, as if they had disappeared into thin air.
After all, if one person absorbs spiritual energy and three people share it, it's no wonder it's not usable.
So, Fang Qiao had no choice but to increase her daily cultivation time.
In the dead of winter, while everyone else was leisurely enjoying the festive atmosphere of the approaching New Year, she found herself feeling like she was clocking in and out of work because of the two babies in her belly.
Of course, while Fang Qiao was diligently cultivating, Cheng Baidong was not idle either.
After his trip, he realized how inconvenient it was not being able to contact Fang Qiao at any time.
So, taking advantage of Sunday, I took two more days off, Monday and Tuesday, and managed to create the Transmission Talisman in three days of seclusion.
A sound transmission talisman, as the name suggests, is used to transmit sound.
While widely used in the cultivation world, transmission talismans are not ordinary. They are far more difficult to make than common fire-starting talismans or spirit-gathering talismans.
In his previous life, Cheng Baidong only unlocked his skills in talisman techniques after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.
Although he had the experience from his previous life, even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. The talismanic arts of the cultivation world were incompatible with the ordinary yellow paper and cinnabar in this world, which had no spirituality whatsoever.
So before he could actually draw the talisman, he had to first prepare the spiritually potent yellow paper and cinnabar.
In short, a lot of effort was put in.
When he brought the sound transmission talisman to Fang Qiao, he told her how to use it: "The sound transmission talisman can be driven by spiritual energy and can transmit sound over long distances. This one is of good quality and can be used about ten times. No matter where you are, you can still contact me. It's more convenient than a landline. You can keep this one. If I go on a long trip in the future, you can use this sound transmission talisman to contact me."
"The functions sound familiar." Fang Qiao paused for a moment, then said, "Oh, I remember now, a communication talisman that can make and receive calls, isn't that just a simplified version of a mobile phone?"
In the 1990s, there were the "Big Brother" mobile phones; in the 2000s, there were the "Little Smart" mobile phones; all sorts of mobile phones appeared one after another. By the time she was reborn, young people had started using touchscreen smartphones, which could not only make and receive calls, but also access the internet.
Now it was Cheng Baidong's turn to be dumbfounded.
"Honey, what's a cell phone?"
In his previous life, he had an accident in 1970 and ended up in the cultivation world. He stayed there for thousands of years, but when he returned, it was still 1970. So he had no idea what the cell phone that was popular all over the world and had in everyone's possession in later years was.
Currently, all he knows about is landlines.
In his understanding, landline calls required manual transfer. Local calls were manageable, though troublesome, the waiting time wasn't long. Long-distance calls, however, were much more complicated. You had to dial through multiple levels of government – first to the provincial level, then to the provincial level, then the city level, then the county level, and so on down until you got through. The waiting time often started at an hour, sometimes even taking a whole day, making it nowhere near as convenient as a voice recorder that allowed you to make calls anytime.
Fang Qiao explained, "A mobile phone is a portable wireless telephone. We don't have one yet; it will be another ten years or so. Right now, we still have landline phones, which are plugged into wires and can only move within the length of the wire. Mobile phones are different. Mobile phones don't have wires. Like this transceiver talisman, you can carry it with you at all times. You can call anyone you want, and the call will connect in seconds without any transfer."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Baidong was amazed by the creativity of later generations: "That sounds really good."
Fang Qiao laughed proudly and said a line from an advertisement she had once heard on TV: "Isn't that great? This is what they call technology changing lives. Just you wait and see, step by step, our country is amazing, and there are many good days ahead!"
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