After Ding Yun left, Zhu Yunying, utilizing the spatial ring she possessed, meticulously examined her two bodies, cell by cell, but still found nothing amiss.
Finally, she felt at ease.
And accepted the things Ding Yun had left her.
Memories, knowledge, and the Natural Beauty Group.
Only then did she realize what Ding Yun had done with her body over the past decade, and what a terrifyingly large fortune she had left behind.
The inheritance was so vast that she no longer wished to toil in that backward era. She even considered abandoning her body from the backward era and returning to her original body, to live out her days there without leaving.
However, in the end, she couldn't bear to let go of this fortuitous encounter, nor the exchange of resources between two worlds. She began to diligently cultivate the Soul Splitting Technique that Ding Yun had taught her, separating her absolutely rational side to remain in the body in the backward era to focus on scientific research, while her core emotional self stayed behind to enjoy life.
And she didn't forget to continue developing those atomic-level robots, based on the information Ding Yun had left her.
Then came the Atomic Era.
A century later, looking back at the past hundred years, everyone had to acknowledge that, in virtually all fields of science and technology worldwide, development and survival had been a struggle under the shadow of the mother of atomic robots.
The past century could also be directly called:
The Atomic Era.
Because the functions and effects of those atomic-level robots, once fully developed, were simply terrifying.
Almost a complete monopoly across all industries.
Not a monopoly in the pharmaceutical industry, nor in the skincare industry, but a terrifying monopoly across the entirety of human technology, utterly unmatched.
Using them solely for treatment pods was a gross underutilization.
After all, atomic-level robots could directly engage in all activities at the atomic level. What industry in this world reached that level of precision? Deploying such atomic-level robots to other industries was akin to a dimensionality reduction attack.
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A Brief History of the Atomic Era –
Year 1 of Atomic Era: Treatment pods containing atomic-level robots were officially launched, causing a global sensation. For the first time, humanity achieved true rejuvenation and extended lifespan, with the upper limit of human lifespan preliminarily verified.
Year 7 of Atomic Era: The Electronic Chip Alliance officially announced sanctions against Xia Guo, intending to force Natural Beauty Company to open up its atomic-level robot manufacturing processes.
In the same year, the Natural Beauty Group entered the chip industry. Using atomic-level robots, they successfully mass-produced top-tier chips at three-nanometer, one-nanometer, and 0.1-nanometer levels, successfully thwarting the Electronic Chip Alliance's scheme, which could barely produce three-nanometer chips in small quantities. They quickly counterattacked, capturing the top-tier chip market with low prices.
Year 9 of Atomic Era: The Electronic Chip Alliance dissolved. The international three major chip manufacturing giants suffered heavy losses and retreated to the sidelines. The chip subsidiary of Natural Beauty Group completely occupied the leading position, becoming the new industry leader.
Year 10 of Atomic Era: Natural Beauty Group successfully broke through all high-end electronic hardware industries using atomic-level chips, entering these sectors and achieving fully independent technological production across the board, completely eliminating external chokehold tactics.
Year 11 of Atomic Era: High-precision molecular-level machine tool technology was successfully realized, freeing them from another set of constraints.
Year 50 of Atomic Era: Xia Guo's entire scientific and technological sector, with the help of Natural Beauty Group, completely broke free from foreign restrictions in all aspects and industries. They forged their own path and successfully surpassed the world's leading technological level across the board.
Achieving dual transcendence and dual first place in science and economy.
Year 54 of Atomic Era: Natural Beauty Group successfully created humanoid robots using atomic-level robots. These robots were identical to real humans, capable of various emotions and expressions.
Based on this, they entered the cultural and entertainment industry.
Officially launching the path of simulated robot idols and actors.
Year 59 of Atomic Era: After being impacted by the simulated robot idols of Natural Beauty Group, the entertainment industry entered a period of several years of great chaos and purging. Unprofessional and poor acting performances were largely eliminated. Simulated robot idols and actors gradually became mainstream. Xia Guo's once lagging cultural industry finally began to gain momentum.
It flourished and developed vigorously.
Year 63 of Atomic Era: After more than fifty years of research into spatial rings, Zhu Yunying finally succeeded in deciphering some of the mysteries of space and time. She manufactured spatial jump devices and spatial traversal equipment, laying the foundation for future wormhole jumps and superluminal interstellar travel.
Year 68 of Atomic Era: High-energy atomic slow-release nutrient pills were successfully developed, preliminarily enabling a single pill to sustain a person's basic nutritional needs for a month, reducing the time wasted on eating and defecation.
Year 69 of Atomic Era: High-energy atomic slow-release hydration agents were successfully developed. After consumption, as long as there were water molecules in the surrounding environment, humans would not die of thirst. The effect of the agent could last for a full year. It should be noted that it is best not to take long baths, as bathing for more than an hour may lead to water intoxication.
Also, if exposed to toxic fog.
It would also increase the risk of poisoning, and so on.
However, nothing in this world is perfect. Supplementing bodily needs through external water molecules would naturally be affected by the quantity and toxicity of those external water molecules. Ordinary people might not need it, but there will always be someone who does. It would certainly be useful for interstellar travel.
Year 73 of Atomic Era: The first manned interstellar voyage officially commenced. The destination was a suspected habitable super-planet thirteen light-years away, potentially suitable for human habitation or adaptable with some modification. The journey proceeded at superluminal speeds.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it would take less than three years.
Year 78 of Atomic Era: After experiencing two cosmic-level disasters, the manned interstellar spacecraft finally landed at its destination after numerous setbacks. Under Zhu Yunying's remote guidance, they successfully constructed a spatial teleportation gate at the destination.
This achieved connectivity between the two planets.
Xia Guo also entered the era of interstellar colonization in the same year.
Year 88 of Atomic Era: Ten years after modification, the new life-bearing planet finally became habitable for humans. The era of mass immigration began this year.
Year 99 of Atomic Era: Zhu Yunying retired to the second line.
Year 100 of Atomic Era: Zhu Yunying had fully deciphered the knowledge left by Ding Yun and successfully replicated a new batch of atomic-level robots on her own. Starting from this year, she finally stopped relying on past achievements and began further research and development. In the same year, molecular-level robots were cracked, leading to their successful global application.
Whether Zhu Yunying could continue to lead the era.
This would now depend on herself and Xia Guo.