If not for the visibly rapid mutations in the bodies of many Golden-Eyed Ones, the scientists would probably have given up their research long ago.
How many elite scholars and genius scientists did countries around the world have?
How much manpower, funding, and material resources had the various governments poured into related projects?
Yet their research results amounted to zero.
What could Yan Anqing possibly discover on his own, even with exclusive experimental materials?
And now...
Looking at the "Summary of Experimental Reports on Non-Human Golden-Eyed Lifeforms and Fuxi Cells" before her, Jiang Xinyue instinctively covered her face.
It felt as though she had slapped her own tender face so hard it was about to swell.
Only now did Jiang Xinyue finally understand why Academician Zhao Hongyun valued lucky young people so highly.
It really damn well made sense!
Yan Anqing was not a Golden-Eyed One, and his body displayed none of those exaggerated abnormalities.
But his perseverance and luck—mainly the latter—could no longer simply be described as "strong."
To Jiang Xinyue, he was a Child of Destiny, blessed with unparalleled fortune!
Jiang Xinyue felt that her vocabulary was far too impoverished to describe how she felt right now.
Still, one thing could be confirmed!
Having read Yan Anqing's paper and its attachments, she dared to pound her flat chest and guarantee that Superpower Cavities and Fuxi Cells really existed!
"Senior, do you know..."
Seeing how calm and composed Yan Anqing was, Jiang Xinyue said faintly, "In the future, you may be hailed as the 'Father of Superpowers' because of your discovery of Fuxi Cells."
She was not stupid.
How quick-witted were young people?
Having encountered plenty of anime and novels, Jiang Xinyue only needed to think a little to understand the significance of this scientific discovery.
Fuxi Cells meant...
Fifty times the energy-storage efficiency, conversion speed, and output power of fat cells!
Their existence could help living beings break through their original shackles and surpass their limits.
They were equivalent to Internal Force! True Qi! Chakra! Mana!
They were the foundation of the extraordinary!
The beginning of Greatness Returns to the Individual!
If Fuxi Cells could be properly modified, successfully implanted into the human body, and prevented from triggering rejection or non-human trait expression...
The world would be turned upside down!
"Still, Senior, you're really losing out by submitting this report directly."
Jiang Xinyue flipped through Yan Anqing's report, propping up her cheek as she said, "There's far too much solid material in here. Senior, you really are such an honest person..."
"Just based on what's here, adding a little padding and expanding it into ten papers would be more than enough!"
At Mojuke, researchers were also ranked by level.
Level 7 was the lowest, while Level 1 was the highest rank in the Digital Sequence.
Dongfang Zhi, who had previously recommended Yan Anqing to the Yaoguang Section, was a Level 2 Researcher.
Above Level 1 Researchers were the exceptional ranks of "Special Grade" and "Academician."
The higher one's professional rank, the better the benefits, the more abundant the research funding, and the greater the prestige!
According to Yan Anqing's original plan, if he submitted this paper directly, then no matter how much the higher-ups liked or valued him, they could at most rate him as a Level 7 Researcher.
There was no room for negotiation on that matter.
Even Yuan Lao, who had discovered high-yield hybrid rice and saved countless lives, had nearly failed to receive the title of "Academician" because he did not have enough published papers.
Jiang Xinyue's words woke Yan Anqing up.
As long as she stepped in and padded this paper into ten, Yan Anqing could skip a rank and become a Level 6 Researcher.
Judging by Jiang Xinyue's expression, she seemed fully confident in handling it.
"We can't just do nothing and shamelessly take the second authorship, right?"
"Leave it to me!"
Jiang Xinyue sat beside Yan Anqing's desk, put on her little glasses, pulled out her tablet, and started typing away like a programmer.
As she padded the papers, she said, "Although I can only expand it into ten papers at most and help you secure the title of Level 6 Researcher, this report will have even deeper effects!"
"You're going to become famous, you know?"
"I think the big shots upstairs might package you as a star of the scientific world! Waaah! You're so lucky!"
Jiang Xinyue was so excited that she did not even call him Senior anymore.
Mojuke was highly efficient.
Early the next morning, Yan Anqing submitted the ten papers Jiang Xinyue had padded out according to procedure, and he received the results that very afternoon.
All ten papers on "Superpower Cavities" and "Fuxi Cells" were rated "Class A."
After conversion according to the established formula, Yan Anqing completed a magnificent double leap in professional rank.
From an idle nobody at Mojuke, to a Level 7 Researcher, then to a Level 6 Researcher.
His rank, benefits, status, and allocation of resources all improved across the board.
Yan Anqing looked at the brand-new "Chinese Academy of Sciences Researcher" ID in his hand, his state of mind exceptionally calm.
This was only the beginning. In the future, he would gradually reveal even more things that would shock the world.
Earth would eventually be transformed by him into something far more interesting.
Yan Anqing's name burst onto the scene alongside ten papers, and for a time, everyone in the Secret Base was discussing him and his discoveries.
As for Jiang Xinyue, the second author...
No one paid her much attention.
People in the field all knew that second authorship did not carry much weight.
Unless there was a parenthetical note specifically stating, "Order does not indicate contribution; names are arranged by stroke count," ninety-nine percent of the credit for a scientific achievement went to the first author.
Colleagues from the Yaoguang Section and Mojuke came one after another to offer congratulations. Some attractive women, and even a few men, subtly indicated that they could accept unspoken rules.
Yan Anqing made no promises and expressed no stance. He merely dealt with the swarm of colleagues politely and appropriately.
Knock, knock, knock...
Someone knocked on the door.
"Senior, someone's here for you."
Jiang Xinyue opened the door, and three men and women wearing Senior Researcher badges on their chests entered the room one after another.
They were all old acquaintances.
Qu Li, the seemingly refined, low-level schemer.
Dongfang Zhi, who had recommended Yan Anqing to the Yaoguang Section.
Shang Yin, the Mad Scientist who had predicted the Solar End ten years from now.
"Congratulations. You're very lucky."
Qu Li was the first to speak.
He stared fixedly at Yan Anqing, his expression extremely complicated.
After a long while, Qu Li said viciously, "Remember, this is the best of times. Slack off even a little, and I'll surpass you!"
Losing to anyone else would have been fine.
But he absolutely did not want to lose to this guy who treated him like a monkey!
Qu Li's impression of Yan Anqing had constantly changed.
At first, Xie Zhe always called Yan Anqing the Guardian of the Science God Cult, causing Qu Li to unconsciously imagine him as a brutish man with muscles for brains.
Later, after meeting him in person, Qu Li felt that Yan Anqing was a very lucky fellow...
His parents had given him a handsome face, he had an extraordinary bearing, and his luck was above average—he was a Capable Official of the Yaoguang Section and could be recruited.
At that time, Qu Li had not immediately connected "Yan Anqing" with "Guardian of the Science God Cult."
After he realized the relationship between Yan Anqing and Xie Zhe...
After Yan Anqing shamelessly made demands of Academician Zhao Hongyun...
Qu Li's mentality exploded!
That shameless bastard Yan Anqing had surpassed Xie Zhe on Qu Li's little black book and rapidly climbed into the position of "number one enemy."
A tree without bark was surely doomed; a man without shame was invincible.
People often said that.
But in real life, it was Qu Li's first time encountering someone like Yan Anqing...
The methods he often used against Xie Zhe and other colleagues would probably be utterly useless against Yan Anqing!
Qu Li had mentally rehearsed hundreds of ways to scheme against Yan Anqing, only to reach a sorrowful conclusion.
That shameless bastard Yan Anqing...
He was truly fucking impossible to deal with!
To deal with someone like that, he could only use an open strategy.
He would use the overwhelming tide of the age and epoch-defining research results to crush him head-on!