The World Focuses on You!

By now, Yan Anqing's rise was an established fact. Trying to keep him down was truly difficult.

Fortunately, the existence of the "Superpower Cavity" and the "Fuxi Cell" gave Qu Li hope.

Heaven knew why that mutated golden-eyed white mouse had such an unscientific thing inside its body!

Yet it had given Qu Li inspiration...

Could Golden-Eyed Ones also possess something similar to the "Fuxi Cell" within their bodies?

If he were the first to discover it...

Fame! Status! Power! Wealth!

Everything would be within easy reach.

A new era had already begun in earnest!

Yan Anqing was merely a lucky man who had gotten the first taste of the soup.

The Crimson Moon Incident and Golden Pupil Syndrome were inexhaustible treasures in the field of scientific research!

One day, he would prove that he, Qu Li, was Mojuke's true heir and Academician Zhao Hongyun's one and only successor!

After delivering those stiff words, Qu Li turned and left without looking back.

At that moment, that chubby Little Panda popped up in Yan Anqing's field of vision again.

A string of blue bubbles floated from its mouth, their rounded childish lettering looking rather adorable.

"Congratulations, player! You have obtained the achievement—Supernova."

"The discovery of the Fuxi Cell has made you famous in the scientific community, turning you into a brilliant and dazzling supernova."

"Current completion progress for Main Quest Two: 5/10."

Yan Anqing blinked, and the bubbles abruptly vanished. The Little Panda acting as customer service also disappeared without a trace.

The second stage of the Main Quest was already half complete!

Come to think of it, he was rather looking forward to the mission rewards.

There was no need to elaborate on "unlocking a brand-new function." The previous Cross-Sectional Mapping function had already proven immensely useful.

He could observe every person's internal body structure and state of health.

In less than a month, Yan Anqing felt that his understanding of human anatomy had improved by at least three levels!

This would be of tremendous help to his vision of remastering the world.

As for the second reward, "Fundamentals of Power Systems Across Infinite Planes," it could help Yan Anqing properly understand the position and level of his own research and remastering efforts, preventing him from becoming blindly arrogant and failing to see the bigger picture.

"What did Qu Li mean by that? Was he issuing a challenge?"

A pleasant female voice pulled Yan Anqing out of his whirlpool of thoughts.

Following the sound, he saw Dongfang Zhi, dressed in delicate white stockings, covering her lips as she chuckled.

Her long, beautiful legs were pressed neatly together, making her look quite ladylike.

Dongfang Zhi's gaze fell upon Yan Anqing. Her lovely eyes shimmered with meaning as she said, "I've never believed in luck. Coincidences like this can't happen again and again."

"Does this have something to do with being a Latent Qualified?"

There were some conjectures that Dongfang Zhi had previously been unable to state outright. Back then, Yan Anqing had merely been an ordinary civilian. If she had spoken too bluntly, she worried that he might turn hostile or become suspicious, ruining everything instead.

Now, Yan Anqing had submitted ten epoch-making research reports. As their first author, he had already been singled out for protection by several powerful figures.

Setting aside his network of connections, he was a Level 6 Researcher at Mojuke. Unless he was willing, who would dare use him as an experimental subject?

Xie Zhe, with his persecution complex, was an oddball and could not be taken as the norm.

The identity of a Latent Qualified was not as sensitive as that of a Golden-Eyed One. Based on Dongfang Zhi's observations of Yan Anqing, he definitely would not misunderstand her intentions.

Besides, Yan Anqing's file with Special Operations had yet to be canceled...

At that thought, Dongfang Zhi believed she understood why Qu Li disliked Yan Anqing so much.

Back then, Qu Li had guaranteed that he would handle Yan Anqing's personnel transfer procedures. But after helping him apply for a dedicated laboratory, he had simply left matters unattended and failed to tie up the loose ends.

Who could have expected that Yan Anqing, this oddball, would produce such outrageous research results in so little time?

The current situation was that the higher-ups at Yaoguang Section had also realized that Yan Anqing was a talent.

Not only were they unwilling to let him go, they had even bypassed procedure and arranged an official post for him, directly parachuting him into the position of leader of Yaoguang Section's Special Operations Group 13...

So, in theory, Yan Anqing was now receiving both a Level 6 Researcher's salary from Mojuke and a Special Operations team leader's salary from Yaoguang Section, while simultaneously holding both positions.

Mojuke could no longer monopolize this newly risen genius, and Qu Li, who had taken responsibility for handling the personnel arrangements, had probably gotten an earful from Academician Zhao Hongyun as well.

I've got a great eye for talent!

After silently giving herself a thumbs-up, Dongfang Zhi clearly sensed Yan Anqing's lack of interest in the topic. Her gaze shifted to the white-haired young man not far away.

Shang Yin, the madman who had predicted the Solar End.

He had once been a king, but now he was merely a salted fish scientist living off past achievements.

Ever since realizing the existence of Latent Qualified individuals, Dongfang Zhi had paid particular attention to such matters, repeatedly asking her best friend to help search for similar people.

Changes in height were often the most obvious sign.

Especially for people who underwent annual physical examinations, whose medical records proved that their growth plates had fully fused, any sudden increase in height of more than two centimeters was classified by her as a Blood Moon Latent Qualified.

Shang Yin, this completely insane salted fish scientist, was one of them.

Dongfang Zhi had noticed his change in height several days ago.

Neither more nor less—exactly two centimeters!

"Yan Anqing! Yan Anqing! Yan Anqing!"

Shang Yin had a highly distinctive way of speaking. The moment he opened his mouth, he drew attention.

He kept his face turned sideways as he stared at Yan Anqing, seeing no one else. There was not much expression on his face, either.

"Do you know? Originally, I had completely despaired of this world! Anyway, in ten years, the Solar System will be destroyed. Given the current pace of scientific development, humanity has no chance whatsoever of surviving!"

"Wealth, status, fame, even scientific achievements—none of them have any meaning! Leaving one's name in history? Impossible! The Earth will be gone in ten years, so what history would there be to remember us?"

"But, but. Now, hehehe... now there is you! You have let me see hope."

Shang Yin's manner of speaking was indeed exceptionally strange.

It was not a stutter like Deng Ai from the Three Kingdoms.

He seemed to have a condition similar to Yan Anqing's obsessive-compulsive tendencies, except his had already progressed to terminal-stage obsessive-compulsive disorder.

He was critically ill, beyond saving.

Those words piqued Dongfang Zhi and Jiang Xinyue's interest.

The two young women were very curious about the prophecy of the Solar End. After all, Shang Yin had become a Level 1 Researcher in China in his twenties.

He was the legendary sort of monstrous genius who could support tens of millions of people through talent alone!

Once, several veteran Special Grade Researchers had even used the term National Scholar to describe him.

Unfortunately, this straight-as-steel man, Shang Yin, seemed not to notice the two beautiful women beside him at all.

"Superpower Cavity... Fuxi Cell... hehehe..."

Shang Yin stared intently at Yan Anqing.

Even when he laughed, he retained that expressionless look. Only the crescent shape of his eyes revealed the violent emotional turbulence within him. "Earth is a grand stage, and the spotlight is shining on you!"

"You, Yan Anqing! You are the leading actor on this stage."

"The world focuses on you!"

As he said this, a faint silver-white light flickered in Shang Yin's pupils...