Two whole weeks had passed since the creation of superpowered cells suitable for humans through remastering.
That day, Yan Anqing had just finished dinner and returned to his bedroom.
A deep male voice with a smoky quality suddenly sounded by his ear—it was his new phone's ringtone.
"Sweet dreams are made of this."
"Who am I to disagree..."
He took his phone from his side pocket.
Caller ID: Xie Zhe.
"I waited 5.5 seconds before you answered."
Xie Zhe's voice came through the receiver. "You owe me a total of five hours and thirty-seven minutes."
"Heh."
Yan Anqing snickered. "On the night of April 25, 2013, that pot of dark cuisine you made nearly sent me to the hospital. According to our Friendship Index Scoring Criteria, your attempted murder means you owe me even more."
Xie Zhe fell silent on the other end of the call.
Only after a moment did he reply in a faint tone, "Petty. Grudge-holder."
Yan Anqing curled his lips and shamelessly said, "Those who take grudges lightly tend to be unkind. I've always thought that was a good trait. Get to the point—what is it?"
Xie Zhe seemed to hesitate for a moment.
That was unusual for someone like him.
"Just a reminder. Things haven't been peaceful in the circle lately. Watch yourself."
After saying that, Xie Zhe hung up with a snap.
"Not peaceful?"
Yan Anqing raised a brow, a thoughtful look appearing on his face.
Though Xie Zhe had something of a persecution complex, he never made baseless claims about important matters.
He was now a researcher heavily favored by the higher-ups. Who had the nerve to go against them?
There was too little information. Xie Zhe probably had a gag order as well and couldn't reveal much.
Under such circumstances, Yan Anqing could only arrive at one conclusion.
"Soldiers come, generals block them; water comes, earth dams it."
"It's nothing serious."
Yan Anqing remained remarkably calm.
In this world, nothing was ever truly serious except death.
Even if one lost everything, even if one's fortune vanished, one could always make a comeback.
Even before he had his cheat ability, Yan Anqing had only ever provoked others. No one had dared bully him.
Now that he possessed the power to alter the world, would he be afraid of trouble?
What a joke!
Inside Dorm Room 259.
"You finished reading again? Mrs. Zhang, your chapters are way too short! You're obviously idle every day, yet you only update one chapter! Those male-oriented novels update at least twice a day!"
Miaomiao, lying on the bed, lifted her short little leg and kicked the upper bunk twice. "You're the most salted fish author this kitty has ever seen."
"Stop it!"
Zhang Xiaoyue poked her head out from the upper bunk and snarled fiercely, "Keep BB-ing and I'll stop updating!"
Seeing Miaomiao shrink into a cowardly ball, Zhang Xiaoyue smugly burrowed back beneath her blanket and continued scrolling through Weibo.
"Risking my life for candid shots—recent photos of my male god!"
Several photos of Yan Anqing were attached.
The replies below the post had already surpassed three thousand comments.
"Holy shit! How can a man be this pretty?!"
"Mrs. Xiaoyue, you seriously didn't use a beauty filter? He's way too gorgeous!"
"As expected of my Yan God! Lick, lick, lick!"
"Huh... Why did my phone screen suddenly become so clean? Must be an illusion."
"Thank you, Mrs. Xiaoyue, for risking your life to give us these benefits, but... you only updated once again today. There's something I don't know whether I should fucking say."
"Another short and limp chapter =-="
"Wow, you people can really derail a topic! Yan God could clearly live off his face, yet he insists on living off his talent. So unfair! If only Yan God would enter the entertainment industry..."
"Diagnosis complete: a fujoshi. My Yan God is going to change the world! How could he waste time outside the scientific field?"
"Go, Yan God! We'll support you forever!"
"God my ass! He's just a pretty-boy! What's there to praise? You people hype him up every damn day. It's fucking disgusting!"
Zhang Xiaoyue, whose face had been wearing an enigmatic smile all along, came across a troll's comment. Her expression instantly darkened, and her mentality exploded.
Her golden pupils flickered eerily, swaying with a sinister gleam that made one's scalp tingle.
Even Zhang Xiaoyue's voice twisted. "Damn it, there really are people who aren't afraid of dying! Meow Meow! I found someone trash-talking Yan God!"
The golden-eyed loli on the lower bunk gave a sinister laugh.
"I saw it! This kitty is checking this person's posting history."
Having participated in countless online flame wars, she had long been crowned king in the realm of keyboard warriors!
"Hmph, this guy spews garbage everywhere every day, yet he's made no progress at all. What a useless waste..."
Miaomiao looked arrogant, her gaze contemptuous and her tone certain. "Spray Power, third stage!"
Ordinary low-level trolls like this did not even require her to act personally.
Besides, the man was unbelievably stupid. His posting history had exposed countless flaws and shortcomings.
The troll had even posted about the tragic ordeal and emotional journey of being cuckolded six or seven times by his wife.
The art of insulting someone lay in one thing: striking at the heart!
The key was not filthy, disgusting words that made people want to wash their eyes, but hitting the right spot—attacking what the other person truly cared about.
Miaomiao had long reached the Spray Emperor Realm, where she could calmly and elegantly destroy an enemy without uttering a single curse word.
Having returned to simplicity, she fought verbal battles without the slightest trace of aggression.
To deal with a small fry like this, Miaomiao only needed to call a few registered disciples and have them hammer the man's mentality until he broke down, shut himself off from the world, and abandoned his phone and keyboard.
Who told him to be so blind as to insult Yan Anqing?
Yan Anqing was the key male supporting character for her, the Orange Essence Devouring Beast, to prove her path anew and ascend to the summit!
Under these circumstances, she would reluctantly make a personal move just this once.
Yan Anqing had not gone online in a long time.
Every day, he had been continuously trying to improve the superpowered cells based on Ma Ran's physical abilities.
By now, he could finally be one hundred percent certain that the new remastered product would not cause the human body even the slightest negative effect.
"The structure of the Superpower Cavity has been further optimized. Its growth potential surpasses that of the Fuxi Cell."
"Then... I'll call it the Limitless Cell."
Yan Anqing slapped his forehead and came up with a name.
As the saying went: Limitless gives rise to the Supreme Ultimate; the Supreme Ultimate contains the Two Principles; the Two Principles give birth to the Four Images; the Four Images unfold into the Eight Trigrams; the Eight Trigrams transform into all things.
The name was chosen for its meaning of "evolution."
It was the primordial light of human individual evolution.
A prompt from Panda Customer Service suddenly appeared in his field of vision: "You are creating the real-world foundation for fantasy to descend upon the Demon-Free World."
Demon-Free World...
Seeing those four words, Yan Anqing raised a brow and made many connections.
A demon-free world probably meant one where the extraordinary remained hidden, where no supernatural power existed at all.
Come to think of it, that made sense. Aside from his own cheat ability, there had never been anyone since ancient times who could prove their own superhuman powers.
Eastern mythology or Western pantheons...
Not a single god had ever truly appeared before humanity.
"Once everything is ready, could I create a few 'ancient supernatural ruins'?"
The thought surfaced in Yan Anqing's mind.
Creating ancient supernatural ruins would be much easier than remastering cells. It merely required some groundwork.
He stored the idea away. Once the time was right, he could begin the plan.
Yan Anqing had never forgotten his original intention.
Remaster the world and make Earth more interesting!
"I really have been cooped up too long lately. Time to get out and get some air."
After Yan Anqing submitted an application, it was quickly approved by the higher-ups.
With two bodyguards following before and behind him, Yan Anqing put on a mask and sunglasses and arrived at the bustling Zhaofu Well food street.
Fermented mung bean juice, fried dough sticks, squid rice wraps, zhajiang noodles, Hong Kong-style milk tea, takoyaki.
He bought some snacks, but before he could enjoy them, a beautiful woman with wavy hair and high heels suddenly blocked Yan Anqing's path...
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