At this moment.

It was already three in the afternoon, the lecture, a notice hung in the distance:

"At eight o'clock tonight, the new internal test of the cross-century neuroscience game 'World' will begin. As before, players will be selected at random to log in at nine o'clock!"

This news was released by Zhu Zhengwei, but Zeng Ciwen directly utilized it.

After all, although there was no contact behind the scenes between the two parties, who knew?

In fact, over these few hours, Zeng Ciwen's phone had been ringing incessantly, with some scientist and professor friends from home and abroad even wanting an internal test "slot" for the 'World' game. All were politely declined by him.

After all, it wasn't his game.

Thud, thud, thud!

People kept walking into the auditorium.

Very soon, prominent scientists arrived uninvited. They had one goal, to verify if the published paper was real.

Click!

Click!

The reporters below were frantically taking photos, talking animatedly.

An elderly man with white hair, leaning on a cane, slowly stepped onto the stage.

A sense of nostalgia seemed to wash over the elder, as memories of his spirited youthful days pursuing scientific dreams and the ambition of being on stage came back to him.

In the Fairy Forest, it felt like his figure gradually overlapped with his earthly self.

"Today, I'll briefly describe my research theory and report."

"Of course, this isn't an academic report for professionals. It's aimed at the general public, as this is the game's official release event, and will be presented in simple terms."

The biologists below were itching with impatience.

But this was normal, as such core technology wouldn't usually be fully disclosed to them, only the theoretical surface would be revealed.

Zeng Ciwen said to those below:

"Since ancient times, human consciousness and soul have been unsolved mysteries... Today I will reveal the various relationships between a biological being's genes, soul, and consciousness."

"Firstly, DNA is like the mysterious script of life created by a deity, describing our human habits, structure, diet, excretion, eye color, height, appearance..."

"And these scripts filled pages, with the pages being our human DNA strands."

"And these countless pages bind together to form a book, which is the human chromosome."

"Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, which are our forty-six books of life encoding!"

...

Through this novel description, people seemed to see a deity sitting in a chair, hand-writing books of life, and as the final words were written, a life was born.

"My field of genetic engineering technology operates through this technology of book writing."

"Presently, these forty-six books are filled with DNA life scripts, which describe all the appearances and information of us humans...."

"Then, what are soul and consciousness? Why do humans have soul consciousness, while animals only exhibit instinct and wildness?"

"To put it simply, it's a matter of essence. As everyone knows, some books are classics with spirit and charm...and some are a mess, without soul."

"And humans are classic masterpieces, with words gathering to form a soulful presence...and ordinary beasts are books devoid of substance."

This metaphor skillfully revealed to everyone the interrelation between soul and genetics.

Soon, someone below asked: "Using 'a deity writing books' as a metaphor, are you also becoming superstitious in your later years? Do you believe in the real existence of gods in the world?"

Zeng Ciwen shook his head and replied sternly: "In my view, gods are merely powerful beings. In the future, we will also be gods."

His belief was firm.

It never changed from beginning to end.

Just like back in the days, when he led that civilization of insane martyred seekers trying to breakthrough the world, studying life, studying gods, searching for the world beyond.

Not believing in gods, not being superstitious, devoted to scientific research, and believing humanity can become gods.

A reporter continued to ask: "So, according to your published paper and report, have you mastered genetic engineering technology that surpasses modern science, and have you achieved the ability to write our life scripts in 'books' like the described gods, altering our traits and structures, and conducting human genetic engineering?"

Of course, Zeng Ciwen had that capability, but of course, he couldn't disclose it publicly.

He merely answered: "Currently, this aspect of genetic theory is relatively mature, yet it hasn't entered clinical trials. However, it does indeed have the capability to modify the life writings of the twenty-three books... Nonetheless, to ensure the stability of human genetics, I believe an additional book should be added, creating a twenty-four chromosome being."

Add another book of life?

Add chromosomes?

This idea shook both the literate and illiterate ones present.

Zeng Ciwen continued: "That book is hardly accomplishable when compiled from scratch. I believe one could use a book from an animal to become humanity's twenty-fourth one, and such a being would surpass modern human strength with some animal power, possibly known as beastmen."

Every true powerhouse has carved their own path and created their own cultivation skill.

Such as the Hidden God Technique of Octopus Beauty.

Such as the Nascent Soul Visualization Technique of the Immortal Zhang Zhi.

As the third newly joined ancient Immortal, naturally he also has his own cultivation skill: the Twenty-four Life Classics.

It was precisely because of these classics that he initiated a thriving era of beastmen, each of whom possesses twenty-four pairs of chromosomes!

"So, Mr. Zeng Ciwen..."

"Next question."

The questions from below kept coming, and he continued to answer them.

Eventually, Zeng Ciwen started speaking about the game, "We will not conduct unethical biological beastman experiments, but for research in the soul domain, we have achieved considerable progress. 'World' is our achievement, allowing people to train the artistic conception in their life books, or their soul, through a special exercise method."

"There are two ways to make people stronger!"

He raised two fingers, "The first is to alter the structure of the book's text to strengthen the body, and the second is to amplify the essence constructed by the text of the book, bypassing physical enhancement."

"Biological beastman experiments in real life contradict ethics, but soul training can continuously enhance will and make people wiser, and that's 'World'..."

Zhu Zhengwei watched the live broadcast in secret and greatly benefited.

This was the first time he officially unveiled his Great Emperor's Ultimate Skill, openly and plainly, hidden yet revealed to Earth's reality.

"Next up is the detailed explanation about this game..."

This lecture instantly went viral.

The words 'World' became a sensation.

Some players, watching the broadcast, secretly discussed:

"Damn, could the soul's strength in the future open the path to cultivation?"

"Sigh, who knows!"

"Wait, the worldview in the 'World' game sounds somewhat real; could it also be possible in reality?"

Various discussions were bombarding the entire internet.

Even with just 30,000 slots, it became an unprecedented phenomenon-level game.

Most netizens knew that academic issues were no longer relevant to them, and as academic slackers, they could barely comprehend even the simplest metaphors.

But this 'World' game had to be played!

Thus, they all started madly signing up for the internal test, planning to participate in this evening's public test.

Rustle!

In the dormitory, two roommates were dancing in excitement.

"Damn! Damn! It's actually such a big boss behind this; this conference is amazing!" Wang Jun was flushed with excitement.

"I could tell long ago this game wasn't something ordinary. We brothers are going to soar, Super Sweetheart Circle is a big shot in this game," Li Xiang shouted, "The entire Earth is in an uproar, witnessing history, we're gonna make it big!"

Zhu Zhengwei watched speechlessly; tonight at eight, he was expecting to let in the Sea Race, Shell Maiden, and these Immortal Herb players. With this commotion, all sorts of players mixed in... Zhu Zhengwei had no idea what was going to happen.

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