Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 602 Hidden Life
After a brief silence in the car, Zheng Fan asked the question that had been on his mind: "What is so special about Li Miaosheng? What you said before was very important."

Fan Zhonghong turned his head, but ultimately said nothing.

“I don’t know if it’s because Li Meng experimented on himself in his early years, or if it’s some kind of reverse influence on my mother… In any case, it’s probably still a side effect of the past research. Li Miaosheng, who was originally protected by my mother and not handed over to Li Meng for thorough research, and who was originally just an ordinary person, has developed a special reaction.” Li Busi’s voice returned to its cold calm, and as he spoke, his gaze turned to the silent Fan Zhonghong.

"You obviously knew this from your previous statement."

Fan Zhonghong nodded with some difficulty: "Yes, I know."

"When did you find out?" Li Busi asked.

Fan Zhonghong did not answer, so Li Busi did not press the matter further and continued, "I was a little busy after the earthquake. Not long ago, after finishing my work, I went back to the Leonardo School District to check on Xu Wenli. Although he and Li Meng had stopped and parted ways with the research on the Dead Gate, he was still responsible for checking on my daily condition. If needed, he would help me stabilize the Dead Gate, with intervals ranging from one quarter to half a year."

“At that time, Xu Wenli and I ran into Li Miaosheng. The door on her body was already half open. This change shocked us, and Xu Wenli couldn’t sit still at all. The real reason why he and Li Meng parted ways was that Li Meng was still studying the Death Concealment technique, while after seeing my less-than-ideal results, he turned to pursue another possibility.”

Fan Zhonghong said somewhat somberly, "Shengzang."

"There's still a living one?" Zheng Fan suddenly turned around 180 degrees.

Just kidding him. We just gave Cheng Fei and the three kids their year-end bonuses, how come this thing suddenly appeared?
If the dead treasure can only be opened by the dead returning to life, then does the living treasure have to be opened by the living returning to life?
"The teacher has been researching this," Fan Zhonghong said succinctly.

"After the 'world of the dead,' is there a 'world of the living'? But aren't we living beings now? Or is this a brain in a vat?" Zheng Fan asked curiously.

The "world of the dead" is known to be a garbage dump, the end point of information. Following this line of thought, the "world of life" should be the starting point of information.
A world of information sources that generates and disseminates information.

However, existence itself is a state of constantly radiating information outward, and if you think about it this way, it seems that everyone is like this.

“According to Xu Wenli’s idea, that world should not have been separated from the white world, which means that part of the white world is this ‘world of life’,” Li Busi explained. “However, the power that the ‘world of life’ should have shown was instead covered up by the white world.”

The splitting of the multiple worlds itself does not cause too much of a problem for the people of the capital. Just as after violence splits out, although violence cannot be carried out in the White City, the violence in people's hearts has not been reduced or restricted.

On the contrary, after violent independence, the characteristics of independence became apparent, and the inhabitants of that world developed into an extremely powerful and restless group of people under the premise of violence.

But if there is no division, everything will be suppressed by white.

What does Xu Wen want to do?

“Li Miaosheng possesses the Gate of Life. Although it’s unclear why that gate is half-open, it’s a gateway to the ‘world of life.’ Once the ritual is complete, everyone’s ‘life potential’ will be unlocked. It’s a channel that truly originates from the very essence of everyone’s existence, rather than relying on external factors to enhance and evolve oneself.”

Upon hearing this, both Zheng Fan and Lin Yilin were quite surprised.

What are the legitimate ways for most people to level up?

It's been so long and you're only bringing this up now?
Of course, this is Zheng Fan's idea. Most people's upgrade channels are none of his business... No, the so-called upgrade channels have never been his business. Zheng Fan is just silently acting as a golden finger grandpa, lighting up everyone's lamp.

A super illusion that moved the capital! It was self-proclaimed by Zheng Fan.

Lin Yilin was genuinely surprised. Most methods of becoming stronger carry considerable risks for ordinary people, which is why Zheng Fan's existence simplifies most of the problems around them.

He is prone to hallucinations and possession, his blood-red factor turns into a superhuman, his fantasy factor goes out of control or causes hallucinations, his super-sensory ability is unstable and he is prone to madness, the Seed of Light cannot be separated from the Lighthouse, the Light Bearer is burning his life, and the system that falls from the sky will be sent to the Great Battle Royale.

If there truly were a path to self-discovery and continuous growth, it would be a good thing for most, even if it brought unavoidable chaos. At least many people wouldn't have to risk instability to fight against dangers from other worlds.

This research is absolutely a great thing, and there's no reason not to fund it.

"If that's true, then Dadu definitely wouldn't just send you," Lin Yilin quickly calmed down and said. Even if it means going to great lengths, they have to make sure this matter proceeds smoothly.

"The central government of Dadu did indeed attach some importance to this matter." It wasn't Li Busi who spoke, but Fan Zhonghong: "However, the premise is that there must be tangible value demonstrated in the process to maintain this attention. Otherwise, all assumptions are just empty talk. After the research on the Dead Treasure, the teacher's team split due to conflicts with Li Meng's ideology, and morale dropped considerably. In addition, Li Meng deliberately targeted the teacher, and the teacher's research progress was very slow, almost stagnating when I was in high school. Over the years, the internal competition of the Pure White Society has been excessively harsh, and the teacher is too old to keep up."

Silence fell in the car.

Such an important matter... was actually shelved for this reason?

However, Lin Yilin, who frequently peeks into the Pure White Society's forum and database, doesn't think it's an exaggeration. Because there are countless other projects in the Pure White Society that are even more exaggerated and boastful, with no apparent flaws in their initial drafts or even their seemingly plausible research data.

The competition in the Pure White Society is too fierce; normal competition is one thing, but vicious competition is even more so.

As for Xu Wenli... Lin Yilin found some very early research on the related phases of the study of the living and the dead, which can only be described as proposing such a concept. Xu Wenli himself has more authoritative articles and achievements related to ritual research. Judging from his academic style, even though they have never met, Lin Yilin can still sketch out his image.

A meticulous, somewhat rigid, and stubborn old scholar.

If such a scholar hadn't produced considerable achievements at the ritual level, and hadn't been an independent figure without a strong backer, and wasn't even a pure white believer, he would probably have been devoured by other factions long ago.

Over the years, he has probably only been able to use the funds he had allocated for ritual research to subsidize the research on living beings.

As for the specific progress of the research under these circumstances, that remains to be seen. It is extremely difficult to expect the major powers to refocus their attention at this critical juncture.

Li Busi wasn't even sent by the central government of Dadu; rather, he volunteered for help as a close associate, partly out of personal feelings.

I knew in the past that the Pure White Society was rife with problems, but it wasn't until I learned that one of the senior scholars, who should have been highly respected based on his achievements, had fallen to such a state that I truly understood the severity of the problems within the Pure White Society.

"However, just now, the 'Undying Lighthouse' sent two helpers to assist, affirming the value of Xu Wenli's research... Although it feels a bit late, I at least think it's a significant contribution. Those two lighthouse bearers are very strong, and it's said they're even more powerful when combined..." Although Li Busi was a little worried that Deville wouldn't be able to team up with Cheva. Life is unpredictable...

“‘The Unextinguished Lighthouse’…” Lin Yilin murmured.

Li Busi turned his neck: "Back to Li Miaosheng. It was also because of the imagery of 'life' that Xu Wenli set the ceremony as a 'wedding' in the form of a normal person's yin and yang union. Originally, the 'pregnancy and childbirth' form might have been more appropriate, but Xu Wenli did not use it. As for Li Miaosheng's marriage partner, it is the White World. After the ceremony is completed, she will completely become the life gate of the White World, in exchange for the full opening of the life treasure."

"So far, Fan Zhonghong, how much do you really know about this? What role did you play in all of this... Now that I think about it, why did I run into Li Miaosheng when I was looking for Xu Wenli for a checkup? What exactly is the meaning of this coincidence!" He questioned Fan Zhonghong.

Lin Yilin and Zheng Fan were not surprised; they sat in the front row of the car, looking straight ahead and not even glancing at Fan Zhonghong.

Fan Zhonghong's earlier concealment and evasion, and the subtle lies in his words, are quite obvious.

Zheng Fan was unfamiliar with the situation and didn't care, while Lin Yilin had some suspicions and, being a former friend, knew each other well, so she didn't intend to pressure her. Hong Yijia was the same; she saw through it easily, as this was her forte.

Even Niu Qianliu seemed to have known something all along, and he specifically mentioned it in his farewell letter.

(End of this chapter)