The researchers from the Tangting Section, Mojuke, and Yaoguang Section all stood quietly outside Room 054, waiting.
Several scientists from the Performance Extreme Department had even flown thousands of miles from Shanghai to Beijing.
As scientific researchers, they knew.
Today was the first day of the world's transformation.
Qian Wusuan, Dongfang Zhi, Academician Zhao Hongyun, Li Yanhuang, Shang Yin, Qu Li, Ma Ran, Zhang Xiaoyue, Miaomiao...
Everyone looked intently at the two people nearby.
Yu Hongyi and Yan Anqing.
Word of this "life stat test" had already spread through their circles three days ago.
According to Yan Anqing, after scientific training, the Limitless Cell infection rate within Yu Hongyi's body had approached ten percent. He had reached the first critical point and become a true superhuman.
Words alone proved nothing.
They only believed in cold, unlying numbers.
People waited anxiously yet patiently.
Would the so-called "Limitless Cell" mark the beginning of a new era, or be nothing more than a complete joke?
All doubts would be answered today!
The test...
Begun!
Academician Zhao Hongyun adjusted the reading glasses on his nose and said sternly, "Deadlift, 210 kilograms."
This was a reasonable average figure he had calculated based on Yu Hongyi's height and weight, merely as a starting point.
The staff quickly loaded weight plates onto the barbell.
Yu Hongyi gave Academician Zhao a military salute, then slowly walked over to the barbell. He gripped it tightly with both hands, raised it to his chest, and suddenly lifted upward.
Whoosh!
Effortless.
"That isn't a deadlift! That's a clean and jerk!"
Academician Li Yanhuang's pupils contracted slightly. His golden eyes were filled with shock. "That's enough, put it down quickly!"
"Huh? Sorry..."
Yu Hongyi lightly set the barbell back onto the ground.
After making a mildly embarrassing blunder, the testing continued.
Before long, the limits of Yu Hongyi's various physical stats had been measured.
Deadlift: 460 kilograms.
There was still some distance between him and the 500-kilogram World Record.
It was worth mentioning that Yu Hongyi currently weighed only 90 kilograms, less than half the weight of Eddie Hall, the World Record holder!
If he were willing to pursue absolute strength, abandon dietary restrictions without restraint, and gain weight through excessive caloric and nutrient intake, then according to computer calculations, breaking the World Record would be as easy as playing around.
His 100-meter test result was 9.32 seconds, easily surpassing sprinter Bolt's World Record of 9.58 seconds.
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
Breaking a World Record was something worth boasting about and celebrating.
But when they considered that Yu Hongyi did not even count as an amateur athlete, lacked sprinting technique, and had movements and posture that could all be improved...
This was no longer a pleasant surprise.
It could only be called a "fright"!
Yu Hongyi could now already be considered a superhuman.
The tests continued...
Strength, endurance, neural reflexes, resistance to temperature changes...
"Enough!"
Li Yanhuang suddenly spoke, bringing the test to an end.
He had now fully understood the effects of Limitless Cells on the human body.
During the low-temperature test, Yu Hongyi's body surface temperature had even dropped to 12 degrees Celsius and remained there for a full sixty minutes. His core temperature stayed as stable as usual, and there was nothing abnormal about him.
Subsequent physical examination results showed that he was "healthy." The only negative effect was—hunger.
The string of terrifying figures that surpassed the limits of imagination made everyone's hearts tremble.
Li Yanhuang parted the crowd and approached Yan Anqing, carrying himself with the imposing air of a tiger crouching and an eagle surveying. "Do you know what you're doing?"
In-depth research into Limitless Cells was tantamount to creating artificial superhumans...
If this had happened abroad, who knew how many people would have bestowed titles like "Holy Son," "Creator," and "Agent of God" upon Yan Anqing.
The old man did not believe Yu Hongyi's current abilities came solely from his identity as a Golden-Eyed One.
In China, there were 34 Golden-Eyed Ones, including himself!
Apart from Yu Hongyi, the others were no different from ordinary humans in everyday life, except during the sudden changes of the Blood Moon.
With such a vast disparity in performance, the key lay in Yan Anqing's specialized training.
Hearing Li Yanhuang's words, Yan Anqing replied expressionlessly, "I'm working to change this world."
Old Li snorted coldly, his expression turning icy. "Can you bear the consequences?"
He truly could not imagine what Yu Hongyi would become once the Limitless Cell infection rate reached fifty percent, or even one hundred percent.
An actual superhuman would emerge within this ordinary reality!
Fortunately, Yu Hongyi was a hot-blooded, patriotic young man. He would not lose his balance because of sudden power.
But what about someone else?
What if other Golden-Eyed Ones gained extraordinary individual power, enough to ignore firearms?
China currently had only 34 Golden-Eyed Ones, so that was manageable.
But what about Silver-Eyed Ones?
According to the XieZhi System's observation statistics, China had no fewer than 340 people with the potential to become Silver-Eyed Ones!
There might even be people living deep in the mountains and forests, physically disconnected from the internet, who had not been counted...
Would those people also possess something similar to Limitless Cells?
And perhaps...
Was the Blood Moon Incident that caused all these changes merely a fleeting phenomenon, or would it happen again?
Yan Anqing's research was equivalent to a catalyst for world transformation.
The era when greatness belonged to the collective.
The era when Greatness Returns to the Individual.
As the old and new collided, conflicts would be countless.
If they boiled the frog in warm water, perhaps they could still seek common ground while preserving differences and maintain harmony.
But once Yan Anqing's new achievement was released...
Li Yanhuang could not imagine what this world would become.
His words focused everyone's gaze on Yan Anqing.
Indeed...
There were so many Golden-Eyed Ones across the globe, yet as of today, the only one to display abilities beyond logic and convention was Yu Hongyi, who was cooperating with Yan Anqing's research.
Faced with Li Yanhuang's questioning, Yan Anqing behaved unusually.
"Consequences? I'm merely an ordinary scientific researcher. I want to make this world more exciting and interesting. What I choose to do has nothing to do with you."
He usually maintained at least superficial politeness toward elders, but whenever he dealt with Academician Li, his face remained stern and his tone cold.
"My moral standards aren't as high as Robert Oppenheimer's. When someone else pressed the atomic bomb's button, he, as its creator, still felt guilty."
"If it were me... as long as it made me happy, no consequence would matter."
Seeing Yan Anqing's insufferably undisciplined manner, Academician Li Yanhuang raised his blade-like brows, his forehead furrowing as a chilling light gleamed in his golden eyes.
Old Li raised a hand covered in scars and calluses, seemingly intending to "save" Yan Anqing, this lost lamb, and correct his values.
But when his gaze fell upon Yan Anqing's face, he seemed to recall something. A trace of sorrow surfaced between his brows, and he lowered his hand before turning away.
Li Yanhuang's departing figure looked exceptionally lonely.
Yan Anqing watched him leave. From beginning to end, there had not been much expression on his face.
Yet his tightly clenched fists revealed the unrest in his heart.
At the edge of his vision, a black-and-white Little Panda suddenly popped up.
Round and plump, it rolled like a meatball into the center of his vision and spat out a string of text bubbles.
"Congratulations, player, for obtaining the achievement—Fantasy Beginning." "From human to nonhuman, the 'Limitless Cell' you created has become the soil in which fantasy descends upon reality in the Demon-Sealing Plane!" "Main Quest 2 current completion progress: 8/10."
Only two more achievements remained before he could complete the second stage of the Main Quest.
Yan Anqing took a deep breath and barely calmed the fluctuations in his emotions.
The humans he had demonically modified were already quite powerful now, but...
How did they compare to modern weapons?
Yu Hongyi's Limitless Cell infection rate was increasing more and more slowly. As it neared ten percent, it had already encountered some invisible bottleneck.
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