The Plan

Zhu Zhengwei always believed that sincerity and honesty were the most essential conditions for being a person, doing business, and running a company.

Soon, a message appeared, with no falsehoods throughout.

[Internal Test Version 0.3 Update Announcement (Online update, will not affect any player's game experience), details as follows]

[Version Expansion Pack: Leek's Descent Chapter complete, current version expansion pack: Leek's Growth.]

Major updates as follows:

[1. Develop a level cultivation system. Through cultivation, plants will undergo corresponding morphological changes, triggering special scene interactions, which can be explored by players themselves.]

[2. Expand the The World game Server, opening an additional 2000 new internal test slots.]

[3. Open brand new gameplay, please players explore it themselves.]

[4. Fix a small number of potential bugs.]

"Hmm."

Zhu Zhengwei carefully considered it, finding no loopholes.

The announcement was also simple.

"It's alright."

He then began to clear a piece of land, waiting for a large batch of Immortal Grass to enter, preparing to start his experiments.

"Unlike the three-dimensional world and real creatures where humans live, this special four-dimensional world must have special four-dimensional beings, or perhaps soul-based creatures!"

"Ghosts, Qi spirits?"

Zhu Zhengwei had a feeling he was creating something extraordinary.

If I was creating a group of gods for the four-dimensional world before, am I now creating a group of monsters for the four-dimensional world?

Zhu Zhengwei's imagination was running wild.

The first step now was to decide where to place this forest.

He thought long and hard, finally settling on the vast, azure sea. "Let's put it across the sea. The ancient ruins of ancient civilizations, the prehistoric civilizations will open there."

"And there, there are the descendants of the old era, hidden in the old days after a great catastrophe, in ancient shelters. Researching there, the only survivors of the old mythological era, are researching the Immortal Grass forest there."

"After all, I have two thousand new experimental Immortal Grass materials. I need to find some professional modern biology researchers to station in my Immortal Grass forest."

When it came to researching creatures, Zhu Zhengwei wasn't a professional. He needed to find a professional to research and modify new creatures.

He could research a giant octopus himself, stuffing it with resources, a brute-force creature research method, but to continue researching other things?

Heh.

He knew his own limitations.

Especially before, he had experienced the difference between professional and amateur.

His own haphazard methods made even squeezing toothpaste difficult.

But the professionals?

They studied professionally and systematically, building a framework like a steamer, allowing them to exert hundreds or even thousands of times the power with the same strength.

"Find some high-quality human servers in reality."

"Majoring in Biology, Genetics."

"Also, my hemophilia needs to enter formal research for a cure."

"After all, this disease affects me to some extent. Although I consume Qi, my strength lies in my brain. My body is still mortal, and this disease is very unfriendly to me, even hitting my weakness!"

In reality.

Zhu Zhengwei opened his eyes.

He couldn't be bothered to deal with how the netizens were reacting. He'd just wait for them to sign up for the internal test. After all, his main focus wasn't on them.

He opened Baidu and directly searched for how to find a biology expert in reality:

"Who are the current top biologists in humanity?"

A large number of search results appeared, and Zhu Zhengwei began to carefully filter them.

One by one, professionals standing at the pinnacle of human technology, recipients of countless international honors and world medals, groundbreaking figures appeared before him.

They were all giants of the 21st century, standing at the peak of civilization, expanding the frontiers for humanity.

The previous Zhu Zhengwei had also longed to become them, because he once had that passion in his heart, and he had also read a passage.

A person has three deaths in their life.

The first is when the heart stops beating and breathing ceases, the biological death.

The second is the funeral, after which one quietly disappears from the social network.

The third is when the last person in the world who remembers you forgets you, and the entire universe has nothing to do with you. This is true death.

And humanity has only one form of eternal life: spiritual immortality.

To be famous for generations, to be a great person, a renowned scientist remembered by the world, with certain basic disciplines or units named after oneself, like the unit of force: Newton, the unit of electric current: Ampere, the unit of resistance: Ohm, the unit of voltage: Volt, the unit of frequency: Hertz.

Countless emperors and celebrities throughout history have yearned to leave their mark on history; it is precisely like this!

"But when true eternal life appears before me, why should I still pursue that kind of eternal life?"

In the university dorm room, gentle golden sunlight streamed in. Zhu Zhengwei, with a calm and gentle expression, continuously turned pages, searching for scientists one by one.

He had mastered a deep dreamscape world, full of potential!

He could explore the mysteries of the universe, the ultimate nature of life, the origin of souls, and the evolution of civilization.

Finally, his gaze locked onto a news report.

[Pillar of the Nation, National Treasure, Zeng Civen Critically Ill.]

"Recently."

Zhu Zhengwei frowned as he read the report.

This was a renowned biology and botany professor from Xia Nation. In the last century, he had single-handedly driven the development of related biological fields, leading his team to overcome many difficult problems.

He was a widely acclaimed pillar of the nation, and his deeds were recorded in high school textbooks.

However, in recent years, fewer and fewer people knew of this academician, as this era was dominated by traffic stars occupying the spotlight.

Zhu Zhengwei sighed, "Even such a powerful figure of the era cannot escape the fate of birth, aging, sickness, and death. We are all just tiny specks of dust in this world."

Zhu Zhengwei opened his dorm closet, packed a few clothes, and planned to go on a long trip.

"I have found my candidate. Such a master is enough to research a new ecosystem. I can try to visit him and recruit him. Although it's quite far, my coverage area is already quite extensive. With the server changing base stations and doing some server bridging, I can connect to the four-dimensional world here."

At a hospital affiliated with a national university.

Elder Zeng Civen was emaciated, his spirit withered. His skin was like withered bark covered in age spots, clearly nearing the end of his life.

For the past few months, students, professors, and experts from all over the country had come to visit him daily.

Zheng Linshou, leaning on his cane with his granddaughter Zheng Weiwei, also arrived that day. They were in a ward visiting the elder who was nearing the end of his life.

Zheng Weiwei stood obediently by the door, while Zheng Linshou sat by the bedside. Seeing his former vigorous and heroic old friend lying in bed, he couldn't help but feel a flood of emotions.

He seemed to always feel that a similar scene had occurred before.

That's right!

He suddenly remembered the days when he followed his teacher.

Back then, his elderly teacher had visited a deceased friend, and he had been by his side.

That was the first time in his life he had experienced the profound weight and powerlessness of life.

And it was on that day that his teacher had an epiphany and fully saw Qi.

"Regretful memories only increase sorrow; laughing at the mortal world is like clouds and smoke."

Zheng Linshou suddenly recited his teacher's past sentiments about a deceased friend, and then smiled at the elder before him, "I still remember those difficult times we had back then. Now our country is prosperous, and we are old."

The elder in bed was very content. "It's enough. My life has been fulfilling enough. My children are doing well, and my grandchildren are also doing well. I've had a happy and peaceful old age; we can consider our merits complete."

"Yes," Zheng Linshou nodded. "Our children are all doing well. My granddaughter Weiwei is also very well-behaved and sensible. I feel she's inherited our family's genes; she's very smart."

He had achieved fame and success in his life and had retired to a third-rate university in his hometown, working as a professor, raising flowers and birds, and occasionally helping younger students with new technical projects, offering suggestions.

However, he felt that he was not as content as this uninhibited elder before him.

If he had never seen it, he would not feel this sense of loss. Following his teacher's memories of Zhujing Village, he had developed a pure and simple yearning for longevity.

Although he always told himself it was unattainable and not something he could hope for, the distant backs of his teacher and Mr. Seeking Longevity always emerged in his mind involuntarily.

However, Zheng Linshou kept it hidden in his heart and chatted with the elder.

"Grandpa, the doctor said you should talk less," a young person nearby said hesitantly.

"What's the rush? Neither of us old men minds, so why should you?" Zeng Civen said dismissively, waving his hand. "Let me die. It'll save you all the worry of staying here, guarding me every day, and not going to work."

Everyone else was anxious, but the two elders present were the most peaceful.