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"I previously announced that I would research human immortality technology."

"For immortality technology, I have two research directions. The first concerns the physical body. That one is more difficult, and everyone will need to wait a long time. The second concerns consciousness, and it has already achieved preliminary success!"

"Please take a look at the prototype," Chen Zhao said.

More than a dozen staff members appeared, pushing a gigantic black machine slowly onto the stage.

The machine was nearly the size of a room. It was still in its raw, unfinished state, with massive components, countless relays, exposed chips, and a tangle of wires all clearly visible. It looked excessively ugly—ugly for no apparent reason—and absurdly complicated, like a monster raised on electronic waste.

The reporters all grew excited, their flashbulbs firing furiously.

News alerts began flooding onto phones around the world. The reports were brief, containing only a few photos and a line of small print beneath them: a machine Chen Zhao had displayed at a press conference.

"This machine you see before you, I have named Sea of Consciousness 1.0. It is also a prototype capable of achieving consciousness-based immortality," Chen Zhao began.

"Human consciousness is a very special form of energy and information flow. I cannot figure out its exact patterns—they are far too complex. But that does not affect the extraction and preservation of consciousness."

"This machine can extract a person's memories and consciousness from their brain, allowing them to exist independently of the brain."

"In this way, a person's consciousness can be stored inside the machine."

"As long as the machine remains operational, that person's consciousness will continue to exist."

"I risked half my life to build this machine, and I successfully saved a friend who was on the verge of death. His consciousness has