The Strongest Man Among Seven Billion

"Finally! I finally broke through!"

In the testing room, Yu Hongyi looked at the data displayed on the screen—"Limitless Cell infection rate: 11%"—and a wild joy appeared on his face.

After his life level rose once more, his height had not changed much, but his body had become far leaner than before, no longer possessing those exaggeratedly burly muscles.

Yet Yu Hongyi's presence had become even more fierce.

Ordinary people standing before him would feel as though he were a sharpened saber, their skin prickling as they dared not get too close.

"I'm not good with words, so I really don't know what to say... But, Brother Yan, if you ever need anything for an experiment or research project, just call me anytime! I'll be there whenever you need me!"

As he said this, Yu Hongyi was overflowing with excitement, his blazing gaze fixed on Yan Anqing beside him.

His strange, brilliant golden eyes were filled with admiration.

If not for the daily painstaking research of the scientist before him, who had continuously provided every kind of support and the most accurate guidance, keeping him from taking the wrong path, he would probably have needed at least another two years to reach this point!

Two years...

How many two years did a person have in a lifetime?

Now, twenty-first-century Earth had only just drawn back the curtain on the extraordinary era.

The new age where great power belonged to the individual had only just begun. One step ahead meant staying ahead every step of the way!

"Congratulations. You've successfully entered the second tier."

Yan Anqing smiled knowingly and patted Yu Hongyi on the shoulder. "Although our standards of judgment differ, America's Power System standards happen to align with my own ideas for the first two levels."

The four-tier system widely accepted in India—"Invincible Wolma, High-ranking Warrior Pudaha, Mid-ranking Warrior Roxa, and Low-ranking Warrior Chuchika"—as well as America's ten-level 0%-100% system, were both complete nonsense in the eyes of Yan Anqing, who had carefully studied Overview of the Infinite Planes Power System.

Even so, he currently had no way to prove that his own classification of extraordinary individuals' power levels was more scientific and reasonable. Bringing up America's Level 10 system made his argument more convincing.

Yan Anqing activated Cross-Sectional Mapping and examined Yu Hongyi from head to toe. "Without exaggeration, you are now the strongest man among Earth's seven billion humans!"

Some might question whether Yu Hongyi, after Yan Anqing's modifications, could still be called a pure-blooded human. But in Yan Anqing's view—as long as something looked human, it was human, regardless of whether it possessed humanity!

Meanwhile, creatures that possessed "humanity" and the moral values and worldview of ordinary people, yet had alien appearances, were not human.

Humanity, one's outlook on life, worldview, morality, and values were all matters of personal judgment. They were not as intuitive as appearances, which could even be modeled, analyzed, and assessed through data software.

In the future, if Yan Anqing created "dwarves" only ten centimeters tall or "giants" dozens of meters tall, as long as their proportions and appearances resembled humans, they could be called human under his system of judgment!

"The strongest... on Earth?"

Upon hearing Yan Anqing's words, the excitement on Yu Hongyi's face slowly faded, replaced by confusion.

A few months ago, he had merely been a useless young man with a slight sense of justice, full of hot blood that could have scalded a vampire's mouth full of blisters.

And now, he was being called the strongest human on Earth...

If anyone else had said that, Yu Hongyi would not even have bothered to listen.

But Yan Anqing had said it!

So he believed it!

Everything had come too fast, too suddenly, making him feel as if he had fallen into a dream.

But when Yu Hongyi pinched his arm, the intense pain quickly made him grimace and snap back to reality.

Everything happening now was real!

The bruise spreading across his arm proved it.

"Now, follow your usual meditation and focus training. Gather your mind."

Yan Anqing spoke calmly. "Positive emotional fluctuations can induce changes in the body's hormonal environment, creating favorable conditions for Limitless Cell proliferation. But that is not a long-term solution. Usually, it is still best to maintain a peaceful state of mind."

Yu Hongyi's expression turned solemn as he nodded seriously. "Understood! I will heed your teachings!"

Yan Anqing sighed as he watched the other's reaction.

Subject B had the right values, perseverance, and talent—everything was good. He was just too serious, making him far less easygoing to be around than Subject A, Ma Ran.

How was Yan Anqing supposed to casually carry out random modification experiments on the young man in the future?

But on second thought, this was also a good thing.

The difference in personality between Ma Ran and Yu Hongyi would be more helpful to his experiments.

If every test subject had the same personality and background, there would be no sense of accomplishment in modifying them.

"There is a basis for calling you the strongest human on Earth today."

Yan Anqing looked at Yu Hongyi with a faint smile. "Among America's Twelve Saints, the two strongest at present are Christian and Aisteron. The former in particular was nearly at the same bottleneck of first-tier perfection as you back then."

"But now, you've taken the first step and become the first person to break through!"

"Based on intelligence reports, Christian will still need some time before he can catch up to you."

America could send spies to China, and China could do the same.

This was intelligence contributed by agents who had returned from foreign countries.

Every Golden-Eyed One and Silver-Eyed individual was in Yan Anqing's personal database, so with a quick comparison, he could confirm that this was the truth.

The key to entering the second tier was not far from what Yan Anqing had previously predicted.

Muscles!

The overflow energy from the Limitless Cells had gradually adapted and evolved the human body's muscles.

As time passed, the muscle fiber bundles in Yu Hongyi's body had turned into a membranous structure.

After conducting data tests, Yan Anqing discovered that this membrane-like muscle structure was inferior in explosive power to the spiral carbon-fiber nanotube artificial muscles powered by Limitless Cells that he had previously designed for Kira Wolma.

Nor could it allow Yu Hongyi's body to withstand bullets.

However, it was clearly stronger in endurance and resilience.

Its greatest advantage was that it could repair itself and possessed the potential for continuous evolution.

Because of Yan Anqing's modifications, biological evolutionary processes that normally took hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions of years were imposed upon an individual and shortened countless times.

"Is this muscle form an isolated case, or a common phenomenon? When others enter the second tier, will their muscles also become this resilient membrane-like structure, or take on other forms?"

Countless hypotheses formed in Yan Anqing's mind.

He could now transform himself to Yu Hongyi's level in an instant.

At least one thing could now be confirmed.

This was an evolution and leap in the essence of life.

Suddenly, Little Panda wandered in from the edge of his vision and spat out a string of text bubbles...

Why had Yu Hongyi become the strongest man among seven billion at this stage? Because Kira Wolma had gotten himself killed messing around... Funny face for self-preservation.jpg

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