In a conference room in the Earthly Capital.
There weren't many participants; only a very small number of people sat together, and they were all old acquaintances of Li Xingkong.
Old Tang, Tang Cheng, and the heads of several laboratories in Earthly Capital.
They either have a relationship with Li Xingkong, or they have spent a long time on the moon in recent years.
After all, for them, the newest and most valuable research projects in recent years were basically brought by Li Xingkong.
Have the results of your physical exam come out yet?
Everyone present had an excited look in their eyes. At this moment, most of them were focused on Tang Cheng. The rest of them, although not looking over, were also holding a thick stack of documents and were quickly scanning them.
"He's out. Little Cheng's current physical functions are very special and have great research value."
One of the people holding a document and quickly reviewing it chimed in.
He tapped a few times on the documents in his hand, and soon a virtual body structure of Tang Cheng appeared on the large screen in the conference room. This structure was semi-transparent and slowly rotated on the screen.
Inside the virtual structure, there is a detailed diagram of the body's internal structure, created through observation using various instruments. This diagram is so detailed that it's as if Tang Cheng has been dissected and laid out directly on the screen.
Around this virtual body structure is a ring of glowing circuits. These circuits are the cultivation Mana Circuit that Tang Cheng marked on this virtual structure. In the simulation, different small dots also move back and forth within this Mana Circuit, simulating the flow of Magic Power.
"Firstly, overall physical fitness has indeed improved significantly, and this improvement is based on human instincts, which is like a condensed version of evolution. This improvement has many positive benefits, but there are also corresponding negative impacts."
After reviewing a large amount of data, the researcher made a simple summary.
"Why is it called a condensed version of evolution? Because Little Cheng's physical abilities improved so rapidly that many evolutionary, or even non-evolved, tissue structures remained within his body. These structures fully demonstrate how his physical abilities evolved, constructing a complete evolutionary chain."
"For example, in terms of eyesight, due to the improvement in his physical fitness, his dynamic vision and microscopic vision have greatly improved, which can be seen from the degree of dilation and contraction of his pupils."
"However, during the improvement process, because he rarely conducted long-distance exploration, his long-range vision improved significantly less than other aspects, and even showed signs of deterioration. Although this was adjusted in time after the artificial intervention of Spiritual Qi, it can still be observed from the residual traces of evolution."
"Therefore, while the evolution brought about by cultivation is holistic, it largely depends on an individual's understanding of physical improvement, familiarity with bodily structure, and ability to manipulate Spiritual Qi."
If you blindly practice Qi Refining Method without any related improvement plan or expected goals, the final cultivation effect will not be as good as you imagined.
"Can I understand this to mean that if someone knows nothing but buries themselves in rigorous practice, their body might undergo unexpected changes in the end?"
Another person, who didn't have a deep understanding of the body, asked a question.
"Yes, suppose there's a worker who thinks that being strong and able to lift heavy objects means he's physically strong. If he cultivates himself to the point of exhaustion without any prior knowledge, his physique might eventually become like the Hulk, exceptionally strong and losing his normal human form."
"Therefore, spiritual practice ultimately requires a foundation of culture; blindly pursuing spirituality is not advisable."
Having examined Tang Cheng's physical sample, they reached a fairly reasonable conclusion regarding this Qi Refining Method.
"But the greatest impact of cultivation is not on physical fitness, but on the application of Spiritual Qi."
Aside from the improvement in physical fitness, the biggest difference between this cultivation and existing technology lies in the application of Spiritual Qi.
"Although we haven't manipulated Spiritual Qi yet, based on Little Cheng's recent demonstration, Spiritual Qi's practically the most advanced black technology ever made."
At this point, the excitement in the man's eyes became even more pronounced.
"These past few days, Little Cheng has cooperated with us in conducting many experiments on the manipulation of Spiritual Qi. According to the results, the technology involved in this Spiritual Qi is several centuries more advanced than that of modern times, and that's a conservative estimate."
"I don't know if any of you have read the Three-Body Problem, but this Spiritual Qi can be seen as a real-world version of the Sophon. If extraterrestrial civilizations really exist in reality, they could use Spiritual Qi to completely replicate the operations in the Three-Body Problem, making it incredibly easy to block a civilization's technology tree."
"However, since Li, cultivators have always viewed it as a tool for cultivation, self-improvement, and achieving immortality, so they have downplayed its role in martial arts."
When it comes to the study of Spiritual Qi, this researcher's focus is clearly somewhat peculiar; his first thought is how powerful it would be as a weapon.
However, this kind of thinking is quite normal in Divine Land, after all, the martial spirit of Divine Land has always existed. It's just that the peaceful development in recent years has made people seem somewhat peace-loving.
If there were truly no martial spirit whatsoever, how did Divine Land reach its largest known territory in ancient times? Was it through love and peace?
"Of course, besides being used as a weapon, this Spiritual Qi has even greater applications in medicine. It can enable all internal surgeries to be performed non-invasively, without even the need for auxiliary tools. It can truly treat the internal organs of the human body as houses, and can easily handle any organ disease or internal injury—provided that the operator has a deep understanding of the corresponding organ."
"If this thing becomes widespread, the entire medical industry will probably lose its jobs."
At this point, he couldn't help but click his tongue. The impact of this Spiritual Qi spreading far beyond the medical industry on unemployment; it could already affect every aspect of life.
At that time, not only will the numbers be high, but 70% of the population may face the risk of unemployment.
In retrospect, the impact of unemployment is significant; a unemployment rate exceeding a certain percentage will have a tremendous impact on society.
However, this would be a different story in the event of Spiritual Qi resurgence.
The biggest difference is that after the Spiritual Qi revival, as long as you embark on the path of cultivation, you will never suffer from a lack of basic resources due to unemployment, and you will never be unable to survive.
After all, with Li Xingkong example as a precedent, having embarked on the path of Qi Refining, achieving Bigu (abstaining from grains) would be quite simple for him.
In other words, once you embark on the path of spiritual practice, what does it matter if you lose your job? You won't starve, and your life won't be affected.
Social attitudes may undergo tremendous changes at that time.
Those willing to work may become a minority. The majority's mindset may shift from simply finding a job to coast through life to finding a job to relax and unwind during their leisure time.
Although countries now pursue GDP, industrial capacity, numerical improvements, and the development of various industries, using various data to prove that they are a world power, has this always been the standard for a powerful nation? No, it hasn't.
It's just that the West has gained the upper hand in recent years, leading to a shift in global discourse power towards these areas.
Once the entire nation of Divine Land begins cultivating immortality, there will be no need to fight over these things anymore. After all, everyone will be on a completely different level.
Now that we're adults, who would want to fight with kids over some meaningless titles?
Even if you beat them all up and take the title of the village's strongest swordsman, is that something to be happy about? Saying it out loud will only make others laugh.