Chapter 434: The True Meaning of Transmigration Technology

Lu Tianxing told Meng Chao that there were around one hundred billion brain cells in the human brain. If they formed a straight line, the length would exceed 1,000km.

It might sound really shocking, but brain cells were categorized under well-differentiated cells, so they could not be reproduced.

Even if superhumans had great abilities, at most, they could only use spirit energy to stimulate and repair some of their brain cells.

Once some brain cells died completely, even superhumans were not able to reproduce them.

But it was just too easy for superhumans to run into situations in which large quantities of their brain cells died. One such example was stimulating their magnetic fields and draining their lives to make their brains work beyond their maximum capacity so that they could squeeze out their maximum calculation abilities and deduction.

The other example would be mind attacks by abnormal beasts like in the battle at Noble Descent Hotel.

Once a large quantity of brain cells died, if the person got off easy, their fighting strength, research ability, and cultivation potential would be compromised.

If things were bad, their souls would be distorted, and they would enter spirit energy deviation, which meant that they would end up as lost people or even monsters in human skin.

In light of this, they had to think of a way to refine and use their brains without harming their brain cells.

Celestial Soul Visualization was the strongest brain refinement technique in Dragon City.

The general principle behind it was that through visualization, he could scan the spirit energy magnetic field structures and the bioelectricity circuits in his brain. From there, he could find the most crucial neuron nodes that controlled thought.

Then, he could use spirit energy to simulate the bioelectricity circuit of his cranial nerves to build a brand new cognition circuit made solely of spirit energy on his cerebral cortex.

It was basically building a new illusory thinking and calculation system on a carbon-based brain.

Once this illusory brain took shape, a lot of non-fuzzy logic problems that required a lot of calculation, such as calculation of firearms trajectory, deduction of more than one hundred attack modes, and other things could be completed with the illusory brain.

Since it was made of pure spirit energy, no matter how great the computational amount was and even if the calculations exceeded the maximum capacity of the illusory brain so much that it collapsed, at most, the user would just waste a little spirit energy. As long as he or she entered a deep meditative state again, in just a few days, the person could build a new illusory brain.

Once the user reached Lu Tianxing’s state, he or she could multitask and use the carbon-based brain and illusory brain at the same time. They could even build a few illusory brains and have them operate at the same time.

In a fight, the illusory brain could be reformed around the carbon-based brain to create the sturdiest shield.

Unless they were caught off guard and ran into super Apocalyptic Beasts who were skilled in mind attacks like the Supernatural Entity Demonic Abyss Eye, a normal Nightmarish Beast like the Demonic Air Ripping Eyes would not be able to affect Lu Tianxing’s soul at all.

As long as the user dealt with the problem of the use of energy for the brain and figured out how to cool down the brain, Celestial Soul Visualization did not have many side effects.

Lu Tianxing believed that it could help push Meng Chao further down the path of superhumans, and sometime in the future, he would reach the legendary realm of deities.

“I’ve researched Agricultural University’s Ultimate Style before, and I know that you have already cleared the hundred or so branch meridians around the brain. I believe that practicing the Celestial Soul Visualization won’t be too hard for you,” Lu Tianxing said.

“The first step is to imagine the one hundred billion brain cells in your brain as one hundred billion stars shining brightly. Your brain is like a unique galaxy...”

Meng Chao was drawn in by Lu Tianxing’s words.

Celestial Soul Visualization was a divine art that he could not obtain in his previous life because he was a third-class fighter.

Subconsciously, the neurons in his brain responded to the illusory stars Lu Tianxing created, and they gave off a brilliant spark before they started to slowly spin, as if they were really a brilliant galaxy.

Meng Chao was completely immersed in the vast magnitude of the galaxy, its brilliance, and its mysterious nature.

Time and space seemed to have lost their meaning.

Two souls that had traversed through time and space to meet each other and Kindling, which resided deep in his soul, slowly blended together.

Meng Chao had no idea how much time had passed, but when he opened his eyes, he noticed that he was sitting on a couch at the corner of the ward. He sucked in a deep breath and cast a glance at Zhao Feixuan, who sat beside him.

Zhao Feixuan shuddered and said in disbelief, “Meng Chao, what’s going on? Why do I feel like your entire presence has changed drastically, even though you have only sat down for three seconds and have not even greeted Professor Lu yet? It’s especially so for your eyes...”

Meng Chao smiled faintly and spoke sincerely to the old senior on the bed. “Thank you for your guidance, Professor Lu.”

“It’s what I should do. Aside from Celestial Soul Visualization, I just don’t know how else I could thank you,” Lu Tianxing said faintly. “My life isn’t important, but Project 101 is at its most crucial stage right now, and most of the team members had gathered in Noble Descent Hotel. It was really dangerous that night. If all the team members had died, our hope of returning to Earth would have been completely destroyed. With that being the case, Dragon City’s future might end up very bleak.”

Since Professor Lu had started talking about transmigration, Meng Chao could not hold back his curiosity.

There were two things he was most concerned about.

First, could Dragon City really transmigrate back to Earth? Or rather, was there really hope in clearing the dimensional tunnel between the Other World and Earth?

Second, what exactly was “returning to the past”?

He knew that the area under the Supernatural Tower was the territory of the ancient ruins research center and plenty of highly-classified, top-grade projects were carried out over there.

Quite a number of Deity Realm superhumans did not often join operations to kill monsters because they poured all their attention and even lives into exploring the ancient ruins.

Based on their words, killing monsters was something that would only protect Dragon City in the present, but exploring the ancient ruins would create Dragon City’s future. If they could understand all the secrets in the ancient ruins, then forget about getting Monster Mountain Range, all of the Other World would practically be in their grasp.

Even though Meng Chao remembered that Dragon Citizens never managed to figure out the secrets of the ancient ruins even after spending decades exploring, a strange fire from the ancient ruins had once shot out from the depths of the Supernatural Tower and sent his soul back to the present.

And in the afternoon he returned to the past, a lab deep in the Supernatural Tower experienced an unprecedented explosion.

Could it be that returning to the past was the same as transmigration? Could both be verified, replicated, and controlled?

If that were truly the case, what did that mean to human civilization?

Lu Tianxing might be a transmigration expert and not an expert on returning to the past, but if Meng Chao beat around the bush about it, he might be able to get some useful information from him.

When he thought about this, Meng Chao asked excitedly, “Professor Lu, you said that Project 101 has entered its most crucial stage. Could it be that we will soon be able to return to Earth?”

If that were true, the future would completely change.

By his side, Zhao Feixuan’s breathing became heavy.

Dragon Citizens had been wandering away from their home for half a century. They were like wanderers who traveled far and wide from their homeland and longed to personally see that blue planet.

As Lu Tianxing faced their expectant gazes, he thought about it for a while before he said, “We do indeed have hope in reaching a breakthrough in controllable transmigration technology, but we will need to do a lot of preparatory work if we really want to return to Earth.”

Meng Chao and Zhao Feixuan looked at each other. They did not understand what Lu Tianxing meant.

“Let me put it in the simplest terms. We all know that Earth is a world with no spirit energy. Earthlings rely heavily on machines, chips, chemical energy, and nuclear energy to create and protect their civilization. But the Other World has a lot of spirit energy, and it’s very unstable. Overly complicated and sophisticated machines can be easily damaged here.

“This means that compared to superhumans who are already used to the environment of the Other World, the fighting power of Earthlings might not be very strong,” Lu Tianxing explained. “We haven’t fully formed an outline of the Other World nor understand its true nature.

“We don’t know whether there are existences more terrifying than monsters in the Other World nor do we know where the ancient civilization that left behind the ancient ruins and brought us here has gone. In fact, we don’t even know what sort of effects the basic laws of physics of the two worlds will face when the tunnel between the Other World and Earth is really opened.

“If we recklessly open the dimensional tunnel while being ignorant... there’s a high chance that the viruses, spores, monsters, and even demons of the Other World will run over to Earth.

“If it’s the zombie viruses that can only be transmitted by saliva and blood, like what you see in TV series, then our fellow Earthlings on Earth will definitely be able to handle it, but the new zombie virus can be transmitted by droplets, insects, and in a dozen other ways.

“Dragon Citizens are barely able to resist them because our immune systems have evolved and improved over half a century. The immune systems of our fellow Earthlings are not like that, however. It’s possible that at the moment the tunnel is opened, tens of millions of Earthlings will be infected. That would be a nightmare.

“Besides, the Blood Flowers are terrifying creatures that can spread all over the Earth through pests. Once they go completely out of control on Earth, the consequences will be dire. We might end up as criminals who destroyed Earth civilization!”

Lu Tianxing’s words made Meng Chao and Zhao Feixuan shudder.

This was especially so for Meng Chao. He had personally seen the terrors of the extraordinary beings of the Other World in his previous life, so he broke out in cold sweat.

He could not just think about Dragon City while ignoring all of Earth.

The apocalypse he saw in his nightmare was basically the same as a full-on nuclear war on Earth. Even if they gathered all of Earth’s strength, they still might not be able to win against the extraordinary beings of the Other World.

The tunnel between the two worlds could not be opened just as they pleased.

“Professor Lu, if that’s the case, before we understand the truth about the Other World, returning to Earth is something that will not happen in the foreseeable future, right? Then... if we pour many resources into developing transmigration technology, aren’t we just... investing in a solution that can’t handle our current crisis?” While Meng Chao rejoiced over this, he also felt disappointed.

“That’s a simple question.” Lu Tianxing smiled calmly. “The name of Project 101 is the development of controllable transmigration technology. It’s not a project to return to Earth. Let your imagination run free. As long as we develop this technology, who said that we can only transmigrate to Earth?”