Translated by: Novellise
"Master Lu, don't get excited. I've actually been watching you for a while," Chen Hongyu said with a faint smile.
"Master Lu is just a martial artist, what's worth Dr Chen's attention?" Lu Yuan asked.
"At the age of sixteen, reaching the peak of martial arts, how can it be as simple as just being a martial artist?" Chen Hongyu walked over to the glass jar.
"If you are well versed in history, you will discover that in the long river of time, there is always a small group of people who seem to have an innate mission and amazing talent in a certain field," Chen continued.
"For ordinary people, lifelong success is easily within their grasp.
"They effortlessly possess wealth, fame, status and power beyond imagination."
"For example, the time traveller Wang Mang, the dimensional son Liu Xiu, as many netizens jokingly call him."
"Ordinary people often attribute their achievements to talent or luck, but I don't think so."
"Especially with Master Lu's appearance, it further proves my speculation."
Chen Hongyu adjusted his glasses and spoke with conviction.
"What are you trying to say?" Lu Yuan frowned.
Ever since he entered this laboratory, he had lost control of the situation.
Even though he was a martial arts master.
Every move of this ordinary person in front of him easily controlled the flow of conversation, putting Lu Yuan completely on the defensive.
Realising this, the killing intent in Lu Yuan's heart grew stronger.
"The body is just a shell, you can easily kill me now," Chen Hongyu said. "But in doing so, you will miss the truth of this world."
Chen Hongyu spoke with a sense of detachment from life and death.
"Since Master Lu, you have done nothing."
"Allow me to introduce you."
He walked to the first jar on the left and pointed to a head immersed in nutrient solution.
Inside was a young man.
With ordinary features and a baboon-like fringe on his forehead, his eyes were closed as if he were asleep.
"Chen Daozi, Qian Country, male. At the age of eight, he won 30 million with 20 dollars in Las Vegas and became famous, known as the Young Gambling Monster."
"He's called a gambling monster because statistically he loses nine out of ten hands."
Chen Hongyu recounted as if listing treasures.
"Nova, help me retrieve his memories," he instructed.
As soon as he spoke.
A high-resolution projection appeared in front of Lu Yuan.
In the footage.
A young man in a black suit sat confidently at a gaming table, surrounded by piles of millions of chips.
Countless blonde beauties surrounded him, almost clinging to him.
He held a cup of cappuccino in a signature pose that was once featured in Time magazine and imitated by countless people.
Seeing these scenes.
Lu Yuan felt a pang in his heart, a sense of foreboding.
For if he wasn't mistaken.
This person's talent had been recorded in the world's main talent guide.
A-class talent: Nine out of ten failures!
"And this."
Lu Yuan followed Chen Hongyu's finger and looked at another glass jar.
Inside was the head of a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses, slightly bald, and always with a meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth.
He looked gentle and like a university professor.
"Zhang San, male, Qian Country. He committed dozens of heinous crimes, but each time he managed to escape legal punishment for various reasons."
"Even when he brazenly robbed a bank in broad daylight, he was able to get away scot-free due to lack of evidence!"
Speaking of which.
Chen Hongyu's speech was unusually emotional.
Because this matter was too outrageous.
Even a fool could sense that something was wrong.
Lu Yuan remained silent.
Just from the descriptions, he could guess the talent of this individual.
B-class talent: Outlaw!
"And this one."
Chen Hongyu pointed at another glass jar.
Inside was the head of a bald man.
From his deep-set features, it was obvious that he was a foreigner.
"Mike, Lighthouse nationality, senior engineer. He once worked for one of the world's top construction companies, earning a salary of over a million dollars a year, but ended up in prison for zero dollars."
"He has been incarcerated in dozens of prisons."
"But even if he was bound in all four limbs, locked in an alloy chamber, and watched 24/7 by a martial arts master, he could still successfully escape in unexpected ways!"
Chen Hongyu's tone expressed his helplessness.
Even the Red Lotus Headquarters, which was known to be impenetrable to even a mosquito, had been escaped by Mike several times.
Lu Yuan had already guessed this person's ability.
Without a doubt.
This was the A-class talent of the main world.
Can escape from any prison!
"As for this one."
"He is my mentor and the founder of the Ark Plan."
Chen Hongyu walked to the end of the glass jar, where the head of a middle-aged man was floating.
"Li Yun, male, Qian Country, topped the college entrance exam at the age of six, graduated from Tsinghua University at ten, and became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at fifteen."
"He single-handedly led a major revolution in artificial intelligence and genetic engineering, and first proposed the concept of digital life."
"In his presence, I am just a child learning to walk."
"But twenty years ago, just as the Ark Plan was about to make a major breakthrough, he died suddenly and without warning."
"Yet it was he who made me understand the unknown truth of this world."
Chen Hongyu sighed and turned to Lu Yuan.
"So how should I address you?"
"Travellers?"
"Or aliens?"
Lu Yuan did not answer.
Indeed.
Chen Hongyu already had the answer in his head, he didn't need Lu Yuan to answer.
The talents of some simulators were too special.
No matter how well they hid it.
A keen observer could easily notice the differences between simulators.
In addition.
In the concept of the main world.
The first simulation was very simple, similar to a single player game.
Many ruthless novice simulators had no qualms about showing off their skills.
"I want to know, how did you turn them into brains in jars?" Lu Yuan asked after a moment of silence.
The simulators were protected by the will of Heaven.
As soon as they sensed danger, they could immediately leave the current reincarnation.
Even the will of Heaven in this world could not stop them.
But Chen Hongyu forcibly left the consciousness of those people in this world.
For many simulators, this was almost unimaginable.
"No, they are actually long dead. What you see are just specimens," Chen Hongyu shook his head.
"Changing them is easy, just one dose of enhanced anaesthesia can make them lose consciousness."
"During this period of unconsciousness, with the currently available technology, we can sufficiently transform them into brains in jars."
"When their consciousness is awakened, artificial intelligence will use big data to simulate their previous living environment and life experiences."
"Make them think they are still living in their previous real world."
"But it's difficult to penetrate their memories."
"Their minds seem to have a self-destruct mechanism.
"Once certain secrets are touched, it automatically leads to brain death."
Chen Hongyu explained in detail.
Lu Yuan looked at the heads floating in the nutrient solution and felt a sense of pity for their species.
The first simulation was very low risk.
But who could have imagined.
That this world would produce a freak like Chen Hongyu?
(End of chapter)