When the news of Ding Yun's death first broke, the internet was filled with surprise and disbelief, with many questioning if it was fake news. It wasn't until several official media outlets jointly reported it, and several companies issued a joint obituary, that people finally believed it. This led to widespread discussion and many expressing their condolences.
"How could this happen? She's less than seventy this year. Even if she had some terminal illness, shouldn't she have been able to extend her life with their family's own produced Pei Yuan Oral Liquid? She should have lived to over a hundred. My grandfather is still quite healthy in his nineties, all thanks to her family's Pei Yuan Oral Liquid. Wait, why doesn't the obituary mention the specific cause of death? Could she have been assassinated?"
"This news is too sudden!"
"Wait, I've always suspected Ms. Ding Yun was an alien, but she died so young. How can I keep suspecting that now? Wouldn't aliens have such short lifespans? Shouldn't aliens be far superior to us in every aspect? What's going on?"
"Does anyone know the specific cause of death?"
"I do. They say she passed away peacefully, without any pain. The examination results also showed no physical issues. She just passed away suddenly, and everyone speculates that she had foreseen her own death. That's why she split up the company last month and made a will notarization."
"I always suspected that Ms. Ding might have obtained some high-tech system, a black technology system, or something similar. Now I'm even more convinced she might have gotten such a system. So, do you think she might have been erased by the system for failing to complete a mission? As for her foreseeing her death, it's possible the system assigned her a task she didn't want to do, and she'd rather die than complete it. That's why she made arrangements beforehand."
"What worries me more is that with Ms. Ding's passing, our technological development might face a long period of stagnation. Because our current cutting-edge technology essentially comes from Ms. Ding Yun. Many scientists of this generation might have become accustomed to not conducting their own research and innovation, but instead focusing on deciphering the data and schematics provided by Ms. Ding Yun and extending upon them. So, I can almost imagine our country's technological development entering a stagnation period of at least twenty years, possibly even longer. If considered from this perspective, Ms. Ding's death might not be a bad thing. Because if she had lived another thirty to fifty years and continued to provide new technologies, I would be truly worried that our country might face not just a short-term technological stagnation, but a long-term one, where breakthroughs would be difficult for a century or more."
"Regardless, whether she was an alien or obtained a system, at least what she brought us is real. I'm truly grateful for the help Pei Yuan Oral Liquid and the limb regeneration agent provided to my family. Without the limb regeneration agent, my daughter's life would have been ruined!"
"Am I the only one who envies Ding Junya and Qian Ping'an? One is Ms. Ding's brother, and the other is her brother-in-law. They both inherited a large portion of Ms. Ding's estate. I really wish I had such a sister or sister-in-law!"
"Can you stop drooling in your dreams?"
"Go to sleep, you can have anything in your dreams!"
"Here's a rumor: before Ms. Ding passed away, she donated several hundred warehouses of items to the country. Most of them seem to be black technology products or special medicines, but only finished products, no specific formulas. If this rumor is true, it's highly likely that even if most of the technologies Ms. Ding contributed weren't developed by her, she at least deciphered them."
"So, Ms. Ding, through some unknown channel or place, acquired a large number of black technology products and then, through her own efforts, deciphered the manufacturing methods for some of them. This led to her subsequent research achievements?"
"Alright, if that's the case, then I won't be envious or jealous anymore. With my intelligence, forget deciphering black technology products, even if given the formula for a daily chemical product to mix myself, I wouldn't be able to do it. We nobodies should just accept our fate."
"So, Ms. Ding was neither an alien nor had a system, but discovered some alien ruins or an alien item warehouse or something? The world is indeed becoming more fantastical. If this were a novel, Ms. Ding would definitely be the protagonist, and we would most likely be background characters, netizens A, B, C, D. It's quite sad to think about!"
"But none of this explains why Ms. Ding suddenly died, and without any physical damage. Won't this remain an unsolved mystery?"
"Um, I have a bold guess. Please don't attack me, I'm just sharing a tiny bit of my speculation. Is it possible that Ms. Ding was a quick transmigration tasker, who left after completing her mission? That's why she died without any physical damage. And thinking about it, this guess can somewhat explain her possession of various black technology products or other matters."
"Are you guys going too far? Ms. Ding just passed away, and you're so eager to discredit her achievements. Can't those things be things Ms. Ding researched herself? Do they have to be obtained from elsewhere? Can't there be geniuses in this world?"
"Eternal rest to Ms. Ding!"
"They've issued a notice, officially recognizing Ms. Ding's contributions and listing her as the top among the top ten outstanding contributors in China within a thousand years. Also, the warehouse complex in Qi County is currently under strict security. So, the rumor about the warehouses is most likely true."
In reality, the technology Ding Yun provided in her later years clearly exceeded her capabilities. The state was well aware of this and neither exposed nor investigated it further, continuing their cooperation as always. In this regard, Ding Yun was also very generous. Before her death, or rather, before she left, she materialized many items from the game that did not have formulas but were actual products, and donated all of them to the country. As for what they could do with these items, or whether they could reverse-engineer the formulas, Ding Yun couldn't control that. It would depend on their own abilities. If they could successfully crack them, it would at least save them three hundred years and ensure they maintained technological leadership for the next three to five hundred years. As for events further in the future, who could possibly manage the lives of future generations for hundreds of lifetimes?