"It's Auntie Wang! She's here!"
Through the peephole, Su Xiaoxiao recognized the person who had entered the room.
She had seen Auntie Wang from the neighborhood office a few times and had a vague impression of her.
Upon opening the door, they discovered a young man with an unfamiliar face standing behind it.
" Auntie Wang, what do I need to register? My parents aren't here..."
As Su Xiaoxiao asked the question, she curiously sized up the young man.
The middle-aged woman, addressed as Auntie Wang, spoke in a cheerful tone.
"It's okay, it's alright since your parents aren't here."
"It's mainly to register your information, I think it's because... you're a university student?"
"I don't know either. This is Comrade Xiao Liu from the district government; he's here to register you."
"Hello Su Xiaoxiao, I'm just making a quick note, don't be nervous."
The unfamiliar young man took the initiative to speak and explained his purpose.
Then they went inside and asked Su Xiaoxiao a lot of questions.
For example, age, school attended, blood type, hospital of birth, etc.
He recorded all the information on the tablet and then decisively left first.
Su Xiaoxiao and Auntie Wang were left sitting in the room.
" Auntie Wang, what kind of cadre is Comrade Liu?"
Why are you asking so many questions?
"I don't know either, but I recently heard from a colleague that all the neighborhoods in our area have started registering information."
"But not everyone registered, I don't know why. Okay, you stay here, I'm leaving."
Auntie Wang exchanged a few pleasantries, then opened the door and left.
Su Xiaoxiao was even more confused.
What's going on... The registration information doesn't specify the details. If it weren't for the street officials present, she really wouldn't dare to reveal it so casually.
She really couldn't understand why she needed to ask about the hospital where she was born for registration.
Confused, she closed the door.
On the other side, after leaving the residential compound, Comrade Xiao Liu got straight into an official vehicle.
The official vehicles look very ordinary from the outside.
Inside, it resembled a reconnaissance vehicle from a movie, with several soldiers in civilian clothes sitting inside.
"Record confirmed: Su Xiaoxiao, No. 456, Guaizi Subdistrict, High-tech Zone, Jiangxi City, has been confirmed to have a gas sensation."
Comrade Xiao Liu reported to the plainclothes personnel in the car.
He carefully took out a fist-sized Spirit-Sensing Law Artifact from his shirt pocket.
This magical Law Artifact was developed by Bureau 749 based on the initial characteristics of cultivators who have just begun to Qi Introduction into their bodies.
During the process of Qi Introduction into the body, cultivators have extremely unstable control over Spiritual Power.
Therefore, even after the Qi Introduction practice ends, a trace of Spiritual Qi will still remain on the body's surface.
The Spirit-Sensing Law Artifact can thus detect whether a person has experienced a loss of vitality.
"Alright, let's move on to the next one. I heard there are several more in this area."
"Okay, let's go."
The official vehicle started and headed to the next destination.
This scene was not an isolated incident, but rather a phenomenon that unfolded throughout the entire Great Xia.
As the resurgence of Spiritual Qi intensifies and spreads, more and more college students are experiencing a Qi-sensing response.
The government's actions also accelerated.
Various supporting solutions were established.
Cultivation Administration branches in various provinces and cities have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.
While Great Xia was laying out its plans and controlling the social sphere...
The atmosphere surrounding the cultivation of immortality in China is becoming increasingly intense due to deliberate promotion.
Online, more and more people are claiming to have developed a sense of "qi" (vital energy).
Even more outrageous, some claimed to have seen a weasel meditating in the field, and even posted a video of it.
It briefly topped the trending search list.
Furthermore, no official statement has been issued to refute the rumors.
Many people have doubts about this, but most people still maintain a "watch the show, enjoy the gossip, and play with the memes" attitude.
Even as more and more strange things happened around them, the veiled propaganda about cultivating immortality also increased.
But who can take all of this seriously?
Who would truly believe that cultivating immortality is a real thing?
Until this day...
Inside a zoo on the outskirts of Great Xia, Beijing.
It was the weekend, and the place was bustling with people, including groups of students on study tours and tourists.
Laughter and cheers filled the air.
Inside the wetland park, a group of primary school students were feeding the animals with carrots.
The guide's voice echoed throughout the park via the microphone.
"Children, welcome to the Aldabra giant tortoise park! Did you know that the Aldabra giant tortoise is the longest-living turtle species in the world?"
"Their lifespan is said to be up to two hundred years!"
"Two hundred years? That's a long time! That's almost enough time to catch up with Foundation Establishment True Person!"
A mischievous little boy, his tone surprised, reacted quickly.
What he said was immediately opposed by the little girl next to him.
"No, no!"
"The TV says the theoretical lifespan of Foundation Establishment True Person is 220 years, but those at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, especially those who haven't suffered any hidden injuries and whose cultivation far surpasses others at the same level, can even live to 260 years old!"
"You're talking nonsense! That's a low-budget fantasy drama you're watching. How could anyone live that long!"
"Even Golden Core True Lord is only around 500 years old."
The two children actually started arguing because of a scene in a movie or TV show.
The sound was noisy and piercing.
In recent years, with the vigorous promotion of fantasy dramas, ordinary people have gained a considerable understanding of the systematic concepts and common knowledge of cultivation.
For example, the lifespan and symbols of each realm.
These are often discussed during leisure time.
Nobody took these things seriously; they just thought they were funny.
The noise made the tour guide somewhat embarrassed, and he couldn't stop it.
Inside the turtle enclosure, on a large blue stone.
A tortoise, which had clearly aged considerably, slowly raised its head.
A hint of human-like frustration even flickered in his eyes.
The old tortoise didn't know when it realized it was an old tortoise.
It only remembers that its vision has been getting better and better recently, its body is getting lighter and lighter, and its mind is filled with more and more things.
The memory of a group, the conversations of humankind.
All these things made it realize that it was an elephant tortoise.
They also knew that they lived in a zoo built by humans.
It doesn't really matter where it lives, as long as it can sense the increasingly dense, mysterious particles in the air.
Its intuition told it that those dots would make it smarter.
However, the animal enclosure was rather noisy.
It makes it extremely irritable.
The old turtle disliked noise, and yes, it decided to leave.
Today, right now, at this very moment.
Ignoring the noisy human cubs, the old tortoise slowly stood up.
That's right, he stood up.
Like a human, its body, over a meter long, stood upright, supported by its two hind legs!
Exposed to the sight of all tourists.
The tour guide, who was still trying to break up the fight, suddenly noticed a dark shadow appear in his peripheral vision.
Turning around, she saw a grown Aldabra giant tortoise, over a meter tall, standing in front of her, and silently vaulting over the fence.
Oh, and the other person even remembered to take their own rice bowl with them when they left.
A small stainless steel basin, lifted by an inexplicable force, floated slowly behind the giant tortoise.
A turtle and a bowl—they just jumped over the railing!
It attracted everyone's attention.
The little boy who started the commotion suddenly stopped talking.
He stared blankly at everything, then subconsciously tugged at the hem of the guide's shirt, his voice trembling.
"Sister, the turtle... the turtle stood up! Sister... did you see it?"
"The turtle has become a spirit!"