Human History (Part Two)

Xia Fan subconsciously touched his head.

Thankfully... it still seemed to be within the normal range of sizes.

"It was... that simple?"

"This is the charm of qualitative change. It is like adding another type of cone cell to your eyes—you would then see an utterly different world. It sounds simple, but accomplishing it technologically was far from easy," Thought Control replied. "From simple single-lens microscopes to complex electron microscopes, people used such tools to continually discover new worlds. Yet for a long time, humanity rarely altered its own eyes and nerves—not because they did not want to, but because they could not."

"So when the nerves and sensory organs were strengthened to a new level, and the observed world changed as a result, wasn't that only natural?"

Xia Fan was struck speechless.

A flash of electric light suddenly crossed his mind. "Could the so-called sensing of qi actually be sensing dark energy?"

"Not precise enough, but you can understand it that way." There seemed to be a trace of amusement in the other party's tone. "In fact, dark energy was merely a name used for your convenience. After humanity discovered it could be utilized, they gave it an entirely new name: thought energy—the so-called qi."

"It is a kind of energy, invisible and untouchable, yet it can be driven by consciousness. In the past, humanity believed brainwaves were the entirety of conscious activity, but in truth, such electromagnetic waves are merely ripples produced when consciousness disturbs thought energy. This is also why attempts to simulate the brain's thoughts with electrical signals always failed in the end. Electricity can simulate signals, but it cannot construct thoughts."

Xia Fan felt an entirely new field slowly unfold before him—

He suddenly realized that many things he had once doubted now had a