"Evolution" Was Not Random Mutation and Natural Selection; Life's "Deprivation" and "Bestowal"
Beijiang, deep beneath the Spirit Energy Bureau, inside a laboratory.
Wang Ming stood quietly on the circular observation platform at the center of the laboratory, dressed in an immaculate white research coat and wearing glasses.
Information about Qin Tian, Xuan Zhen, Chen Bing, Zhang Daolong, and the recent transformation of Ye City's Divine Mountain flashed rapidly across his lenses.
His expression remained calm, as though he was not reviewing the breakthroughs of five people at his level, but something entirely ordinary.
As the most unusual member of Huaxia's First Sequence, Wang Ming had never doubted that they would take this step sooner or later.
In fact, compared to the outside world, he understood them even more deeply.
"You possess exceptional talent, yet you never neglected effort because of it."
"Your breakthroughs are the most natural thing in the world."
Wang Ming's voice carried pure approval.
"Since the foundational data is sufficient, the comparative reference system has been established, and environmental disturbance factors remain within acceptable limits."
"Then it is time for me to begin the next stage of 'self-iterative upgrading.'"
Wang Ming chuckled softly, removed his glasses, and set them on the nearby console. Then, without making any movement, he merely willed it.
"Buzz!"
The lighting in the laboratory changed instantly. Countless tiny motes of soft blue-white light emerged in the air.
Like living Elves, yet also like creations manifested from the microscopic world, their forms constantly shifted.
At times they resembled fluttering butterflies, at times swimming fish of light, at times rotating gears, and at times spiraling genetic chains.
Tiny and innumerable, they gathered like a river glittering with starlight, pouring out from every corner of the laboratory before swarming toward Wang Ming!
This was not a phenomenon caused by Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy gathering on its own,