A pang of sorrow struck his heart, like a hand kneading it fiercely, pulling at his nose with soreness, and his eyes couldn't help but water.
Chu Fan flipped over and sat up, sighing deeply as he reminisced, "My... hey?"
The reminiscing stopped abruptly.
Chu Fan's expression froze. He could recall the infinite complexity and sorrow in his heart, as if he had experienced hundreds of tragic love affairs, but he couldn't remember the names of the woman or women who should have been very important to him...
It was like having a nightmare, waking up drenched in sweat and pale, yet unable to recall the specific events, let alone what he had encountered.
This feeling was strange and illogical.
But it had happened nonetheless.
After a long period of blankness, Chu Fan finally stood up and used the gurgling stream in the deep ravine to see his reflection.
It was a middle-aged man with white hair at his temples, as if he had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
"In any case, I've made it through this hurdle. This should be three thousand three hundred years later, as Jiang Shi Li said..."
Chu Fan sighed softly, and words appeared in his field of vision:
Chu Fan (Dreamer identity: Chu Da)]
Cultivation: Blood Exchange Complete, True Qi Condensed; Martial Arts: Dragon-Tiger Pure Yang Qi, Three-Five Acupoint Strike, Demon-Slaying Judge's Brush, Snake-Form Step, Exhalation Method, Ancient Gate Mind-Intent Fist, etc.]
Dream Realm: Royal Authority 3231]
Main Quest Updated: Join the Royal Authority Dao and complete one of the following rewards: Loose Skill 'South Heaven Gate,' 'Beheading Immortal Platform,' 'Eight Trigrams Furnace']
Note: The Royal Authority Dream officially begins. Dream time begins to flow. The time ratio between dream and reality is 30:1]
Note: The maximum stay in the dream is ten days]
"So, that means I can freely enter and exit the dream?"
Chu Fan's attention was immediately drawn to the last line, and he couldn't help but silently recite, "Exit."
Buzz~
Chu Fan felt a jolt of dizziness. When he opened his eyes again in the next instant, he was greeted by his familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar bedroom.
At this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and it seemed that time had indeed begun to flow.
"Hoo~"
Chu Fan exhaled a long breath and sat down cross-legged. Almost at the same time, a stream of internal force from an unknown source poured into his lower Dantian.
Rumble~
The internal force flowed violently, making a sound like flowing water. His spirit instantly focused to the highest level, and he could even feel the subtle changes in his body.
Tendons, bones, skin, flesh, and marrow were all gradually transforming under the impetus of this internal force.
......
In a certain underground research institute in the Demon Metropolis, built with various high-end shielding materials.
Lu Shiping underwent a series of tests and lay down on a cold iron bed. Dense instruments probed from above and below the iron bed, adhering to his entire body as if they were alive.
"Old Lu, you don't have to do this..."
An old man presiding over the experiment had a hint of hesitation on his face: "Although this instrument is very safe, you should understand that there is no absolute safety. You don't have to risk your life..."
Although there had been multiple calculations and simulations by artificial intelligence, the soul was still an unexplored desert in research, and Da Xuan's research in this area was not in-depth.
The root of the dream was the activity of the brain, but it might not involve the soul.
After all, it was a 'dream' that could bring out power.
Lu Shiping lay on the iron bed with his eyes closed: "If I don't take the risk, should I let someone else take the risk? I'm an old man with terminal cancer, about to die at any moment. How can I compare to the preciousness of young people? Don't try to persuade me, let's begin."
"But..."
The old man was still hesitant, not daring to start for a long time.
Whether it was an experiment or anything else, it was strictly forbidden in Da Xuan to directly act on people, let alone someone like Lu Shiping.
"This time, I've already barely made it. If it weren't for your help, I would have lost this spot sooner or later, and I would still die in the end. If you succeed, perhaps I can get a way to cure my terminal cancer from it..."
Lu Shiping opened his eyes and glanced at the old man: "You are only one of the directors of this plan, and I am the originator."
Between life and death, no one can truly be indifferent. Even he, who had resigned himself to fate, couldn't help but want to live after seeing hope.
The Royal Authority Dream was an opportunity, but it was not given for free. It was extremely difficult to stay for a long time.
He had already spent all his energy on this mission and barely passed. What about the next mission?
How would he be able to pass it?
Therefore, whether for the government or for himself, this 'experiment' had to be carried out.
"Alright."
The old man took a deep breath and pressed the start button.
Buzz~
The moment the button was pressed, silvery-white light cascaded down like a waterfall, submerging the entire laboratory.
At the same time, the emotionless voice of the artificial intelligence Ying Long sounded: "To ensure computing power, should we withdraw the computing power currently being consumed by other research projects?"
"Yes!"
In the silvery-white light, the old man's expression was serious.
"Computing power is increasing..."
Ying Long's voice paused for a moment, then sounded again: "The computing power is still not enough. Should we withdraw several research projects with a higher degree of limitation?"
"Yes."
The old man did not hesitate. At this point, there was no room for hesitation.
However, the other researchers behind him hesitated slightly: "Old Yang, those projects are..."
"One is a 'dream' that can bring out power like 'internal force' that should not exist, and the other has a complete history, countless minerals, society, writing, language, and legal systems, or rather, civilization. It may really exist."
Old Yang's eyes under his glasses shone slightly: "If everything is true... then it would be too important."
Buzz~
As Old Yang muttered to himself, the silvery-white light cascading down in the laboratory had already submerged into Lu Shiping's body like swallows returning to their nests.
At the same time, a huge, three-dimensional, and detailed human structure diagram was projected onto the laboratory's giant light screen.
This human structure diagram was so detailed that it could specify the folds of every capillary, and it was constantly deepening, reaching the cellular level.
At the same time, countless data flowed like a waterfall on both sides of the projection, and Ying Long's analysis sounded:
"In Academician Lu Shiping's body, there is an energy constantly circulating along a specific trajectory. The trajectory has no significant deviation from the trajectory of the 'Luminous Aura Breathing Method' mentioned by the academician..."
"The analysis of this energy is similar to bioenergy and electrical energy, and it seems to be related to the life's own magnetic field. The specific composition requires too much computing power, so no analysis will be done for the time being..."
"A relatively low-level energy circulation method. According to existing data, 6,342 better solutions for this energy circulation method can be deduced. The best solution is as follows: to establish a nuclear fusion reactor constrained by a biological magnetic field to efficiently utilize this 'internal force'..."
"After the 'internal force' is transformed, use powerful computing power to carry out micro-level, high-energy-consuming modifications. The internal organs, tendons, bones, and flesh are all trivial details. The most important thing is the brain. Modify the brain to increase the amount of calculation. After that, you can try to release the fusion energy away from the body to form a controllable, so-called 'invulnerable' energy field..."
"The specific optimization route has insufficient computing power and cannot be deduced..."
"Academician Lu Shiping's brain is operating in overclocking mode. No soul has been found, and the possibility of the existence of a soul is uncertain... Should we monitor and convert the activity of Academician Lu Shiping's brain into pictures?"
......
The computing power of artificial intelligence far exceeds that of humans. In terms of data analysis, one second is enough to equal thousands of years of human calculation.
In just half a minute, Ying Long's many analyses had shocked all the academicians present.
As well as the high-level officials of the Special Affairs Bureau and certain higher-ups who witnessed this scene through surveillance.
A controllable nuclear fusion reactor in the human body?
Qing Long frowned, somewhat surprised and uncertain: "Is the controllable reactor the seed of true qi? Is the released energy field the Innate Gang Qi? Is the modification of the brain the Divine Meridians?"
Associating the information obtained and comparing it with Ying Long's analysis, Qing Long felt somewhat incredulous.
How could a society that was clearly just an ancient society similar to the Xuan Star involve such high-level things?
"No, no, it's not that strong. This is the best solution analyzed by Ying Long. They can't reach it..."
Qing Long's thoughts were a little confused.
He knew very well that even if the warriors in the so-called 'Royal Authority Dream' couldn't reach the optimal solution mentioned by Ying Long, even if they reached one-tenth or one-hundredth of it, it would be unimaginably terrifying.
What was even more terrifying was that once these dreamers all obtained such power, what could restrain them, whether it was the government, the army, or even the whole world?
Rely on their inner morality and goodness?
For a time, Qing Long felt that this dream was even more terrifying than the monsters that might appear on Mars.
"This is?"
At this moment, Bai Hu suddenly stood up, his face shocked.
Qiu Niu, Qing Niao, Xu Hongyun, Ya Zi, and other high-level officials of the Special Affairs Bureau also stood up abruptly.
In the laboratory, Ying Long had already converted the frequency of Lu Shiping's brain activity into a picture!
It was a boundless blue sky, with endless white clouds swirling. A large bird crossed the sky, and below the sky was a majestic and grand mountain, probably as high as ten thousand meters!
The giant mountain stood tall on the earth, and a solemn and dignified Taoist temple stood on top of this ten-thousand-meter giant mountain!
Clouds and mist swirled, and the cold wind rolled.
It was like a mythical fairy mountain!
......
The dream was finally fixed by An Qisheng, and the entrance to the dream was completely transferred to the 'Royal Authority Statue'.
Letting hundreds of people enter the dream at the same time was naturally nothing to An Qisheng, but maintaining the dream world did take his energy.
He was determined to take this path, but that didn't mean he wanted to lie dead in the Taoist temple for the rest of his life, acting as a 'server'.
Although the material of the Royal Authority Statue was very poor, fortunately, there was also the zombie king Zhu Shang.
There was naturally no problem with this heavenly demon serving as a temporary energy source.
"Hoo!"
As his finger left the center of the 'Royal Authority Statue's' brow, An Qisheng's powerful divine will plummeted, and a fatigue that arose from the inside out filled his body and mind.
But before he could catch his breath, his long eyebrows were already raised:
"Heh~"