February 19, 2019, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
All kinds of luxury cars formed a long line beneath the upscale hotel. Red carpets and flowers decorated the passageway at the entrance. Anyone who took one look would know that a wedding was being held here today.
"Congratulations!"
"Same to you, same to you..."
The families of the newlyweds stood in the banquet hall of the grand auditorium, greeting guests from all walks of life and accepting red envelopes representing their congratulations.
Huang Tao wore his wedding attire as he moved among the guests, friends, and relatives, his expression slightly stiff. Kang Sining was not present at the moment, but he still established communication with her through a Beyonder Ability—
"Where did you find all these parents, relatives, and friends of yours?"
Upon receiving Huang Tao's question, Kang Sining, who was analyzing "marriage" as a component of civilization, smiled slightly before replying:
"Your parents are androids. Some of the guests are university classmates, while some pretending to be your parents' relatives and friends are androids too."
"Androids?" Huang Tao froze slightly and asked in surprise, "How could I not tell?"
"Technology advances! It isn't only the Mother Pathway that understands human-body refinement! When all's said and done, the human body is just carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and trace elements. The soul is harder to handle, so I used programs as a substitute." Kang Sining proudly introduced the results of her research over this period. Terms from science fiction novels—brain-computer interfaces, chip memories, rapid cultivation, and more—flooded Huang Tao's mind all at once.
Had he not risen through the All-Knowing Pathway himself back then, he would probably have crashed by now.
To avoid turning the rest of the conversation into a "human-body refinement symposium," Huang Tao cut off the Steam