Research and a "Hot Commodity"

"--Colleagues, based on the information gathered so far and actual testing, especially comparing the exchange instances in the Mission World and in reality, various research areas have gained a rough, preliminary understanding of the division between the First Tier and Second Tiers in the so-called platform system."

On stage, an elderly man, wearing reading glasses, slowly spoke while staring at his manuscript.

"To be precise, because our current research focuses primarily on humans and we don't have many alien species as examples, to ensure the purity of our research model, this report will only use humans as the standard and focus on analyzing the specific situation currently exhibited by the user."

"Simply put, theoretically excluding all external stimuli, once you reach the starting point of the so-called hierarchical system, this First Tier of life quality—many of you have probably already seen the specific testing procedures and data, and some of you are even 'participants' yourself, so you should have a more genuine understanding of it."

"If we remove the interference from other factors such as the energy system, and only consider normal biological qualities to reach this level, then it can be simply summarized in one sentence: 'Reaching between the pinnacle of biological qualities and breaking through limits.'"

"An individual with balanced development represents the pinnacle of the hexagonal biological quality theory, while a biased individual may exhibit qualities that exceed the theoretical limits."

"As things stand, the limitations of First Tier life forms in terms of overall capabilities have actually exceeded what normal humans could predict."

Turning to a random page, the old man nodded. "To give a simple example, based on the data we've gathered so far, among the existing First Tier user instances, under suitable running conditions, some people can break into the five- to six-second range for a 100-meter sprint."

"Note that this result was achieved purely through explosive power and body coordination, without the aid of any external abilities or equipment."

Similarly, there are also First Tier users who are purely focused on physical strength, and in the test, their single punch strength reached nearly 2,000 kilograms.

Based on current empirical evidence, the qualities of this "First Tier" life form are far beyond the external physiological limits that can be achieved through regular and sustained physical training.

"To be precise, this should be considered more of a systemic, internal, and comprehensive strengthening originating from the micro level."

"It has at least initially optimized cellular efficiency, nerve conduction speed, and energy metabolism mechanisms, thereby enabling an individual's actual physical condition to surpass, in certain specific aspects, and even comprehensively, the absolute ideal value within the framework of their normal genetic potential!"

In those dim old eyes, a glint of light appeared as he glanced at the equally solemn audience.

"Yes, everyone, this is a clear example of evolution! An evolution that even transcends our current understanding of the biosphere!"

"When the inherent qualities of normal life are optimized to such an extent, much like the difference between primitive humans and modern humans, these users can already be regarded as a New Humanity taking different evolutionary paths!"

"Some specific examples that emerge, along with their corresponding unique biological secretions and energy effects, are unprecedented in the history of biology and possess extremely high research value."

"Within the platform system, individual users 'assessed as Second Tier's by the Main God's are currently few in number, so we will focus on existing examples and inferences for now."

"Judging from the overall model, the Second Tier should possess relatively advanced evolutionary characteristics. Having broken through the Shackles of mere physical attributes, it has more or less formed a certain type of energy--"

The elderly researcher's rambling, yet insightful, presentation lasted for nearly thirty minutes, until an elderly man next to him, who kept glancing at his watch, finally couldn't stand it any longer and went up to interrupt his report. Only then did the researcher realize that he had exceeded his allotted time.

The old man quickly apologized, stopped his momentum, and stepped down from the stage, thus giving up his seat.

However, among the mostly enthusiastic audience members, some were not so much thinking about this at all.

Clutching the bound paper document in his hand, Tang Yuyang's thoughts were a bit chaotic.

In the previous Mission World, as one of the first groups of users to come into contact with White Cloud Monk, he managed to survive to the end after entering the palace and received thousands of points as a reward upon completion.

Such a huge "wealth" obviously cannot be spent haphazardly and recklessly.

After learning about his situation, in accordance with the explicit rule that "users have the primary decision-making power over their own resources," countless middle-aged and elderly experts and researchers in the base took the initiative to offer their services in Tang Yuyang's exchange plan, to discuss and make suggestions, and to follow up on the specific follow-up situation.

There was no other way. Among a group of users whose total net worth was usually only two or three hundred points, he suddenly appeared with a "four-figure" hand, directly completing a big step in the initial accumulation of resources, especially since he was a rare "First-Test User"!

In comparison, it does indeed stand out a bit too much.

Even these old scholars, who are usually busy with a lot of related research, clearly saw the potential of Tang Yuyang as a "hot commodity," or rather, his qualities as an excellent research subject.

There are no additional benefits needed. Being able to participate in such a leading "project" and get firsthand access to the progress and details is the greatest benefit for these researchers!

However, this current base clearly cannot allow so many scientific research forces to flock to Tang Yuyang, this conspicuous "target".

Therefore, given the limited number of candidates, many scientists simply presented their "personal research findings" to this young man, who could be considered a decisive factor, within the bounds of regulations, in an attempt to "win him over" and secure his exclusive collaboration.

This aligns well with the straightforward, engineering-minded thinking of many older generations of researchers, to which Tang Yuyang could only offer a wry smile.

Just like the document in his hand, it was a "bid" sent by the old scientist who had previously given a presentation on "first and second order bioassays" on stage. This old man even took the initiative to secure a spot for him in an internal academic research report at the base, allowing him to participate in this small academic session as an "auditor assistant".

When someone makes a gesture of goodwill, one naturally understands their intentions.

Judging from the content of this explanation alone, the official team probably already has more than just one or two cases of Second Tier users. In other words, this individual, who has a "first-mover advantage" but is still stuck at the First Tier, is probably starting to "fall behind" and needs to continue to exchange and speed up his progress.

But to be honest, for Tang Yuyang, who had already redeemed a "Basic Universal Internal-Energy Enhancement" after the first Newcomer Trial, this was a significant achievement.

This so-called "recommendation for strengthening users based on Tang Yuyang's personal circumstances and current understanding of platform exchange projects, after extensive scientific research and analysis, has yielded several relatively safe and cost-effective strengthening routes--"

Well, at first glance, it was all a blur. Apart from flipping straight to the very end, where the exchange branch chain diagram took up two or three whole pages, Tang really couldn't understand any of the modular papers and reports at the beginning, such as "possible correlation mechanisms," "general advancement inferences," "internal force routes," and "suspected mergeable items"!

Heaven have mercy on him, his university degree is just an ordinary third-tier university!