Challenging the Talented of Every Path! Showing the Upper Limit of the Pure-Blood Human Path!

Soon, Lin Zichen followed Liu Chuanwu into the office.

Shen Qinghan and Song Yuyan followed them in.

Liu Chuanwu sat down at his desk, turned on his computer, opened a video folder, and played a video he had filmed 20 years ago at an Undersea Ruins.

Lin Zichen stood behind him, watching the video playing on the computer screen.

At the beginning of the video, Lin Zichen saw an underwater cave entrance.

The radius looks to be over one meter.

It is located within a coral reef.

The area around the cave entrance is completely bare, without even a single seaweed in sight; you can spot the cave entrance as soon as you pass by.

Soon, the camera began to zoom in on the interior of the cave entrance.

About ten seconds later.

The scene changes from a cramped tunnel entrance to a spacious cave.

The cave was completely empty.

Yes, it exists, but it's just a huge mural.

The painting depicts a woman whose face is obscured, reclining gracefully inside a Giant Shell. In front of her, a large number of strangely shaped sea creatures kneel in worship on an open ground.

Lin Zichen glanced at the woman in the picture.

Although her face is not clearly visible, judging from her graceful figure, she must be quite beautiful.

After seeing the woman.

Lin Zichen's gaze fell on the marine life in the picture.

After looking around, I didn't recognize most of them.

The only ones I recognized were a Merfolk kneeling in the middle, a Flood Dragon kneeling towards the back of the middle, and a Snake Woman kneeling in the front row.

The Snake Woman's hair was entirely made of tiny snakes, and her lower body was a long snake body, making her look very eerie, somewhat like Medusa from ancient Greek Mythical.

The image lingered on the mural for a few minutes before shifting to a stone to the side.

On top of the stone, a bracelet made of pearls and shells lay quietly.

This bracelet is the one Lin Zichen is holding right now.

The recording ended quickly.

The scene freezes two seconds after the bracelet is discovered.

The video is only 5 minutes and 20 seconds long.

Short and weak.

After the video finished playing, Liu Chuanwu said to the people behind him, "I've been in this Undersea Ruins for over an hour, but the video only captured this much."

"It's not that I didn't want to record, but the recording equipment malfunctioned for some reason, and I didn't record any footage for the next hour or so."

"By the time I realized this, I was already home, and I couldn't go back to make up the recording."

"..."

"Dean, where is this Undersea Ruins?" Lin Zichen asked.

Liu Chuanwu paused for a moment, then said, "It was in Double Sun Bay in Shanhai City, but it has now disappeared."

Lin Zichen was a little confused. "What do you mean by 'disappeared'?"

Liu Chuanwu: "I didn't record enough video the first day, so I went into the sea the next day to record more. But when I got in the sea, I couldn't find the cave entrance, and I couldn't even find that coral reef."

"At the time, I asked many veteran fishermen who had been fishing in Double Sun Bay for many years, and the answer I got was that there was no cave entrance or coral reef in that place at all."

"At that moment, I even wondered if I had accidentally wandered into some other dimension, like the person in the Peach Blossom Spring who accidentally entered a peach blossom forest and could no longer find the entrance to the forest after coming out."

"..."

"Is it really that strange?" Lin Zichen frowned slightly, lost in thought, trying to explain the phenomenon using his existing scientific knowledge.

But no matter how I think about it, I can't explain it.

As Lin Zichen pondered...

Shen Qinghan, standing to the side, stared intently at the bracelet in his hand.

For some reason, Shen Qinghan found herself very interested in the bracelet made of pearls and seashells.

This bracelet was clearly very ordinary, but she just wanted to look at it and even reach out to touch it.

Lin Zichen noticed her gaze.

Seeing that she kept staring at the bracelet, I guessed she was just curious, so I handed it to her and said, "Take it and look at it if you want."

"Oh, I'll take a look then."

Shen Qinghan accepted the bracelet that was handed to her.

The moment she touched the bracelet, she felt a cool sensation in her palm, which felt very comfortable, like holding a cup of iced milk tea.

She was a little puzzled by this.

The bracelet should be warm from Lin Zichen's body temperature after he's held it for so long.

Why does it feel so cold to the touch?

This defies common sense.

Shen Qinghan only thought about it for a moment, without dwelling on it too much.

Soon, she began to examine the bracelet with curiosity.

The more you look at it, the more appealing it becomes.

What started as ordinary gradually transformed into something exquisite and beautiful, causing its value to skyrocket.

Then, a strange possessiveness arose in my heart, a desire to possess the bracelet in my hand.

However, this possessiveness didn't last long; it was overcome by reason in just a few seconds.

"No, why would I care so much about this bracelet?"

"How strange..."

Once she regained consciousness, Shen Qinghan looked at the bracelet in her hand, her heart filled with doubt.

Seeing that she seemed to really like the Pearl Shell Bracelet, Liu Chuanwu smiled and said, "If you like this bracelet, you can take it. It's just sitting in the station as junk anyway."

Is this really possible?

Shen Qinghan was somewhat flattered.

This bracelet is Ancient Relic from the Ruins and has great research value.

Even antiques that are simply collected as collectibles could probably fetch a lot of money at auction.

Giving it away like that is far too generous.

Lin Zichen noticed that Shen Qinghan seemed a little embarrassed to accept the gift, so he said to her, "Since it's a gift from the Dean, then you should accept it."

"Oh, then I'll accept it."

Shen Qinghan no longer held back and accepted the bracelet as Lin Zichen suggested.

Then, somewhat reservedly, she looked at Liu Chuanwu and said in a weak voice, "Thank you, Dean."

"Oh, no need to be so polite. You're Zichen's fiancée, so you're one of us. Come visit the institute often and liven up this quiet place."

Liu Chuanwu smiled kindly.

Shen Qinghan nodded. "Yes, I will."

At that moment, Lin Zichen's phone vibrated.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a voice call from Yuan Dongzhi via WeChat.

Because there were other people present, Lin Zichen politely took his phone to the outside corridor to answer the call.

As soon as the call connected, Yuan Dongzhi's cool, clear voice came through the phone:

"Zichen, the Vice Provincial Governor in charge of the Origin Land Stronghold's strongholds specifically requests to see you. Where are you now?"

Vice Provincial Governor?

Lin Zichen was quite surprised to hear those three words.

The country he lived in was called Nine Provinces.

The Provincial Governor is the highest-ranking and most powerful person in the country.

The Vice Provincial Governor, especially the Vice Provincial Governor in charge of affairs in the Origin Land, is undoubtedly second only to the Provincial Governor in status and position.

He was a powerful figure, second only to the emperor.

Biological Rank must be at least Legendary Tier.

It represents the pinnacle of combat power among countless creatures on Earth.

Yuan Dongzhi once told Lin Zichen that based on his performance in the Military District's special training and the importance that the Divine Plant Cult attached to him, he would soon attract the attention of some important figures in the country.

But Lin Zichen never dreamed that he would attract the attention of a Vice Provincial Governor.

This really proves the saying—the big one is coming!

I calmed myself down a bit.

Lin Zichen said, "Principal Yuan, I'm at the Pure Human Research Institute right now."

"The Vice Provincial Governor also happened to want to visit the Pure Human Research Institute. You can wait there; he'll be there in about half an hour."

After speaking, Yuan Dongzhi asked, "Is Liu Chuanwu in the station?"

Lin Zichen: "Yes."

Yuan Dongzhi: "Have him prepare his Pure-Blood Human Path, summarize them, and report them to the Vice Provincial Governor. Keep it brief and concise, don't ramble on."

Lin Zichen: "Okay, I understand."

Yuan Dongzhi: "Okay, that's all I wanted to say. I'm hanging up now."

"Okay, goodbye Principal Yuan."

After Lin Zichen finished speaking, he did not hang up the phone, but waited silently for Yuan Dongzhi to hang up.

When he is on the phone, he almost never hangs up first; he always lets the other person hang up.

Soon after, Yuan Dongzhi hung up the phone and ended the call on her own initiative.

Lin Zichen put away his phone and left the corridor to return to the Leisure Area.

As soon as he got back, Song Yuyan teased, "Hey Zichen, why did you have to go outside just to answer a WeChat voice call? Was some girl looking for you?"

Girl?

Shen Qinghan's heart tightened upon hearing this.

Although she trusted Lin Zichen, she still felt inexplicably nervous after hearing what Song Yuyan said.

Lin Zichen is just too popular with girls. He has countless female admirers, and even the high and mighty Fox Woman in the Origin Land wants to take him away to be her bed slave.

This made Shen Qinghan, who had lacked self-confidence since childhood, feel really insecure at times, worrying that Lin Zichen might be lured away by other girls one day.

Lin Zichen noticed Shen Qinghan's unusual behavior and guessed what she was thinking.

But he didn't say anything about it, nor did he try to comfort Shen Qinghan.

He simply said to everyone, "That was a voice message from Principal Yuan."

Liu Chuanwu raised an eyebrow. "Yuan Dongzhi? What does she want with you?"

Lin Zichen: "Principal Yuan said that the Vice Provincial Governor in charge of the Origin Land Stronghold will be coming to the institute in half an hour."

Upon hearing this, Liu Chuanwu's eyes widened immediately. "Who did you say would come?!"

Lin Zichen: "The Vice Provincial Governor, the one in charge of the Origin Land Stronghold Vice Provincial Governor."

"Huh?" Liu Chuanwu looked puzzled. "Why would such a high-ranking and powerful person want to visit my shabby research institute?"

"Principal Yuan said that the Vice Provincial Governor specifically requested to see me, and also wanted to visit the research institute."

After finishing his sentence, Lin Zichen continued, "It must be because I performed too well in the special training, and the Divine Plant Cult valued me too much, which attracted the attention of the Vice Provincial Governor, and subsequently drew his attention to the Pure-Blood Human Path."

Is that so?

Liu Chuanwu stroked his chin.

Lin Zichen: "Dean, Principal Yuan wants you to prepare a brief summary of the institute's research results on Pure-Blood Human Path over the years and report it to the Vice Provincial Governor."

Before Liu Chuanwu could respond, Song Yuyan exclaimed excitedly, "Dean, that's wonderful!"

"Pure-Blood Human Path, finally someone important is willing to pay attention!"

"Finally, the hard times are over!"

As Song Yuyan spoke, she looked at Lin Zichen with a smile and remarked, "Indeed, the Pure-Blood Human Path still needs top geniuses to promote it."

"I've been working so hard with the Dean to promote it for so long, but not only have we achieved nothing, we've also been treated like rats in the street."

"But ever since you joined us, things have gotten much better. Even the Vice Provincial Governor, who is second only to the Emperor, has started paying attention to the Pure-Blood Human Path."

"This feels like a dream, it's so unreal."

As Song Yuyan spoke, her eyes began to well up with tears.

She dedicated the best ten years of her youth, and the rest of her life, to the study of Pure-Blood Human Path.

The research progress was consistently unsatisfactory, with little prospect of a future.

This made her feel utterly desperate.

Lin Zichen's appearance finally gave her hope.

This gave her the opportunity to prove herself.

To prove that I haven't become just another ordinary person.

To prove that she's not a brainless, big-breasted woman.

This proves that abandoning the promising Gene Fusion Path ten years ago and choosing instead the theoretically Pure-Blood Human Path was an absolutely correct choice.

Pure-Blood Human Path are destined to shine brightly!

Moreover, that day is not far off!

"Yes, the hard times are finally over."

Liu Chuanwu listened to Song Yuyan's excited voice, he couldn't help but murmur this sentence.

He devoted far more effort to the study of Pure-Blood Human Path than Song Yuyan.

Song Yuyan invested ten years of her youth, while he invested almost his entire life.

However, when the Pure-Blood Human Path might shine brightly—he was much calmer than Song Yuyan.

Perhaps this is what people often refer to as being moved by small joys but calmed by great ones.

"Yu Yan, come with me to organize all the research results from these years."

After saying this, Liu Chuanwu turned and walked towards the Research Lab.

Upon hearing this, Song Yuyan disregarded her excitement and quickly followed after him.

Knowing he couldn't help, Lin Zichen didn't go over to reserve a spot, choosing instead to stay in the Leisure Area with Shen Qinghan and clean up.

However, I didn't do much cleaning; I just tidied up the tables and chairs to make the environment look a little neater.

It took a few minutes to tidy up quickly.

With nothing to do, Lin Zichen sat on the sofa and used his phone to search for information about the Vice Provincial Governor.

I used a special account provided by Yuan Dongzhi to search on a special website.

Searching for information about high-ranking figures like the Vice Provincial Governor on ordinary websites yields very little useful information.

It requires a special website.

This special website was provided by Yuan Dongzhi for Shen Qinghan to use for studying.

The goal is to get Shen Qinghan to pay more attention to the internal information of this world and to understand it as much as possible.

However, Shen Qinghan used this special website less often than Lin Zichen.

Shen Qinghan prefers hearing secondhand news from Lin Zichen rather than checking websites herself.

She used Lin Zichen as an encyclopedia, asking Lin Zichen questions whenever she encountered something she didn't understand.

Lin Zichen himself does not object to this.

He felt that being Shen Qinghan's encyclopedia was quite good, essentially giving half of the effect of the [Heavenly Human Wisdom Root] Biological Attribute to Shen Qinghan.

Soon, the search results for "Vice Provincial Governor" on the special website came up.

There are three Vice Provincial Governor in Nine Provinces.

A supervisor of the Origin Land Stronghold.

An official in charge of Earth administration.

There's another person whose profile only includes a solitary name, with no other information. It's unclear what field they're in, making them seem quite mysterious.

There's no information about this Vice Provincial Governor even on specialized websites?

What does this person do?

Why is it so mysterious?

Lin Zichen was filled with doubt.

However, he didn't dwell on this too much.

They quickly turned their attention back to the Vice Provincial Governor in Origin Land Stronghold.

Click to view this person's profile.

I'm thinking of getting a feel for their resume.

Name: Ye Yongsheng.

Position: Vice Provincial Governor of Jiuzhou Nation.

Date of birth: Not recorded.

Achievement: ① Established multiple Origin Land Stronghold; ② Promoted Gene Fusion Path; ③ Slew a Legendary Tier Fire Phoenix in the Flame Valley of the Origin Land; ④... (omitted)

Promoting Gene Fusion Path?

What brings this big Gene Fusion Path to me, someone who follows the Pure-Blood Human Path?

Is this a rival faction trying to silence a competing party?

After reading Vice Provincial Governor Ye's resume, these thoughts immediately popped into Lin Zichen's mind.

Of course, it was just a thought; they didn't actually believe the other party was there to silence them.

He's a high-ranking deputy governor, a powerful figure capable of slaying Legendary Tier creatures. How could he possibly be so free as to do this?

They probably think there's room for development in the Pure-Blood Human Path, so they came here specifically to learn about this niche evolutionary Pure-Blood Human Path and see if it has the potential for wider adoption.

"Xiao Chen, does this Pearl Shell Bracelet look good on my wrist?"

Shen Qinghan raised her right hand and placed it in front of Lin Zichen, showing him the bracelet on her wrist.

Lin Zichen glanced at it and said somewhat perfunctorily, "Yes, it's very beautiful."

After speaking, he lowered his head and continued browsing Ye Yongsheng's resume to learn more about this Vice Governor Ye.

Shen Qinghan sensed Lin Zichen's perfunctory attitude and felt a little disappointed.

But she didn't show it; she just leaned closer, curious about what Lin Zichen was looking at on his phone so intently.

While she and Lin Zichen were both intently looking at their phones.

The bracelet on her wrist was emitting a faint glow.

The light was blue, flashing, emanating from the mysterious runes engraved on the pearl shell.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed.

Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan were still busy organizing materials in the Research Lab.

At this moment, Yuan Dongzhi had already accompanied the deputy governor to the airspace above the research institute.

Sensing the arrival of the three, Lin Zichen immediately got up from the sofa and went to remind Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan in the Research Lab to come out and greet them.

Upon hearing that the Vice Provincial Governor had arrived...

Liu Chuanwu and Song Yuyan quickly came out with a stack of documents and hurried downstairs to greet them.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan followed them downstairs.

When the four of them arrived at the entrance of the research institute downstairs.

Yuan Dongzhi and the others who were flying in the sky also slowly drifted down.

There were three people in total, two men and one woman.

The woman is Yuan Dongzhi.

The men are the Vice Provincial Governor and his male secretary.

Lin Zichen glanced at the Vice Provincial Governor, who was a tall, middle-aged man.

He had a square face, graying temples, and an overall dignified appearance.

As for the male secretary standing to the side, he looked much more amiable, wearing glasses and giving off an air of sophistication.

"This person can fly, their Biological Rank is at least Rare Tier, so why are they wearing glasses?"

"Could someone of this level of strength possibly have vision problems?"

"It's probably just for decoration..."

Lin Zichen thought to himself, "There are all sorts of things on my mind."

As he was thinking about these things.

Liu Chuanwu looked at Vice Provincial Governor Ye Yongsheng and said respectfully, "Provincial Governor."

Seeing this, the others also respectfully addressed him as "Provincial Governor."

Everyone was very considerate; when they called out, they deliberately omitted the word "vice."

Ye Yongsheng, without a smile, said, "I'm very interested in your research on Pure-Blood Human Path. Let's go to the research institute and talk about it."

"This way, Your Provincial Governor."

Liu Chuanwu led the way for Ye Yongsheng.

Ye Yongsheng, with his hands behind his back, followed him steadily into the research institute.

Everyone else followed behind.

I went inside the research institute and took a tour.

Ye Yongsheng sat down on the sofa in the Leisure Area.

Song Yuyan was making tea at the tea table.

Everyone else was standing on the other side of the tea table.

Ye Yongsheng said, "Please sit down, don't stand, there's no need to be so formal."

Upon hearing this, everyone found seats and consciously avoided sitting next to Ye Yongsheng, leaving the Vice Provincial Governor alone in the main seat.

"Your Provincial Governor, these are the results of our Pure-Blood Human Path over the years. Please take a look."

Liu Chuanwu respectfully handed the organized materials to Ye Yongsheng with both hands.

Ye Yongsheng took the documents and quickly skimmed through them.

In less than three minutes, he finished reading the entire thick stack of documents.

Seeing this, Liu Chuanwu prepared to answer Ye Yongsheng's question.

However, Ye Yongsheng did not raise any questions after reviewing the materials.

Instead, he said in a deep voice, "Back when the Pure-Blood Human Path emerged, I paid attention to it for a while."

"After observing for about ten years, I saw that all the geniuses who followed the Pure-Blood Human Path ended up fading into obscurity. So I sentenced this evolutionary path, which only existed in theory, to death, deeming it a dead end."

"I never imagined that after so many years, there would still be people persisting in researching this evolutionary path."

"And, they actually made progress."

"A sample has emerged that is highly likely to break through ordinary constraints and evolve into Advanced Being form using a Pure-Blood Human body."

As he spoke, Ye Yongsheng looked at Lin Zichen sitting in front of him and said, "I just came out of the Origin Land yesterday and heard about your amazing performance in the Nanjiang Province Military District, as well as the attack on you by the Divine Plant Cult."

"Your remarkable performance in the Military District proves that Pure-Blood Human Path are worth studying."

"The Divine Plant Cult's high regard for you proves that there might be something special about Pure-Blood Human Path that makes them want to take you away."

Ye Yongsheng picked up his teacup, took a sip, and continued, "I just sensed the strength of your qi and blood, and your mental strength is surprisingly high."

"Despite its Biological Rank being only ordinary Tier 9, its blood and qi strength and mental strength are at the Advanced Tier 2 level."

"Your appearance has filled me with curiosity about Pure-Blood Human Path."

"From today onwards, I hope you can showcase your full potential and stop hiding your weaknesses."

"As a genius among Pure-Blood Human Path, he constantly challenges geniuses in Gene Fusion Path and Mechanical Modification Path, showing me the limits of Pure-Blood Human Path."

As he said this, Ye Yongsheng's sharp, eagle-like eyes stared directly into Lin Zichen's eyes, revealing an undeniable and assertive force.

After hearing Ye Yongsheng's words, Lin Zichen's heart stirred slightly.

This Vice Provincial Governor actually managed to discern the strength of my qi and blood, as well as my mental strength?

[Natural Camouflage] doesn't work on him!

I overestimated the effectiveness of the [Natural Camouflage] Biological Attribute, and also underestimated the perception abilities of a Legendary Tier powerhouse...

On the other side, the Vice Provincial Governor's secretary, Yuan Dongzhi, Liu Chuanwu, and Song Yuyan were all shocked and looked at Lin Zichen with disbelief.

Its Biological Rank is only ordinary Tier 9, but its blood and qi strength and mental strength are as high as Advanced Tier 2?

What's going on?!

The strength of one's Qi and Blood can reach the Advanced Tier 2, which can also be explained by cultivating the Blood Tempering Technique.

But what's with this mental strength?

It's important to know that Lin Zichen follows the Pure-Blood Human Path, and cannot enhance his mental strength by fusing with the genes of Exotic Beast.

How did he manage to raise his mental strength to the Advanced Tier 2 under these circumstances?!

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