I started by watching videos, and I chose 10,000 combat power.

It was February 1st, morning.

Luo Fei opened his eyes in the cabin of the cruise ship.

The ship has stopped. The anchor it dropped last night is still floating in the same spot, with the waves lapping against its hull and making a rhythmic splashing sound.

He rolled over, triggering the system in his mind.

[A divine choice has been triggered today.]

Options appear:

Option A: Earthquake prediction instrument and related technologies. This instrument can predict earthquakes across the entire planet Earth three days in advance, displaying precise time, location, magnitude, and coordinates. The prediction accuracy is over 99.9%. The instrument is small in size and consumes little power.

Option B: Marine ecological restoration technology. This includes a complete set of technologies such as marine pollution control, coral reef restoration, endangered marine species propagation, and ocean acidification reversal, which can restore the Earth's marine ecosystem to pre-industrial revolution levels within ten years.

Luo Fei looked at the two options, thought for a moment, and chose A.

Marine ecological restoration is important, but earthquake prediction is even more urgent. Every year, tens of thousands of people die from earthquakes worldwide. If we could know where an earthquake is going to occur three days in advance, and evacuate, reinforce, and prepare in advance, those who should not die could survive.

Option A provides: one earthquake prediction instrument and a complete set of related technical data.

He took the device out of the ring and examined it.

It's not big, about the size of a shoebox, silver-white, with a smooth exterior. It has no buttons, no screen, just an indicator light.

He had the instruction manual in his head; he didn't need to look at it. He knew how to use it—just plug it in, and it would work by itself.

The data is automatically sent to the connected terminal, showing the map, time, coordinates, and magnitude clearly.

He put the instrument back into his ring, ready to hand it over to Director Qin.

He lay in bed and did not get up immediately.

The sky outside the porthole was pale blue, with a few white clouds drifting lazily by.

He's been almost constantly busy these past few days. Whenever he has free time, he goes to space to collect minerals, occasionally returns to the cruise ship to have meals with his parents, and frequently teleports to Tigab.

The number of ore extraction instruments on Earth has increased several times over. Previously, there were only a few machines in the Kyoto warehouse, but now extraction lines have been built in several industrial bases across the country, and ore is sent directly to each base for simultaneous extraction, increasing efficiency several times over.

Xiao Wan said that at the current rate of consumption, the existing ore reserves are enough to last until the alien army arrives.

But he continued to collect, thinking it was always good to have more in case the production line suddenly expanded, if the weapons were damaged and needed repair, or if some unforeseen event occurred.

He would visit Tiga B every few days to deliver equipment and supplies.

They built a small base in the valley, with several rows of prefabricated houses, a simple laboratory, a supply warehouse, a canteen, and a medical room.

The soldiers built watchtowers and fortifications around the base to guard against the native animals on Tigab.

The animals appeared on the third day after the experts arrived in Tigab.

A group of four-legged animals, similar in size to cows but larger, emerged from the depths of the valley, heads bowed, eating ferns as they moved toward the base.

Their skin is grayish-brown and rough like tree bark. They have a row of stiff, upright mane that extends from the top of their heads to their tails.

Their eyes are small, located on the sides of their heads, and the pupils are horizontal, like a sheep's eyes.

They are not afraid of people, nor do they attack people; they are just curious.

They circled the base a few times, sniffed the prefabricated houses, licked the solar panel supports, and then left. Experts call them "Tiga cattle."

Not all animals are so docile.

On the eleventh day, a group of carnivores attacked the base.

They are not large, about the same size as wolves on Earth, but stronger, with thicker limbs, larger claws, and teeth that are not sharp like canines, but arranged like serrations.

They came under the cover of night, climbing down the mountain walls on both sides of the valley silently.

The sentry spotted them from the watchtower and fired a warning shot.

The lead animal didn't retreat; instead, it accelerated and charged forward.

Five members of the Hunter Blade squad, clad in armor, rushed out of the base. They didn't fire their guns; they ended the fight with their armored fists and energy swords.

Five people against dozens of animals, in less than three minutes.

The leader had its spine broken by Captain Lei's punch, and after twitching a few times on the ground, it lay still.

The others scattered and fled upon seeing this. From then on, the herd never approached the base again.

Experts collected a large number of plant samples on Tigab, some of which were the same species that Luo Fei had previously scanned, and some were newly discovered.

They put the samples in specially made containers, and Luo Fei would go back to retrieve them every few days, bringing them back to Earth for laboratory research.

The research results are encouraging; the plants on Tigab can indeed replace the rare medicinal herbs on Earth.

The production of gene-enhancing drugs is no longer limited by raw materials and can be mass-produced.

When the news reached Director Qin's ears, he was eating a boxed lunch in his office. The braised pork he was holding with his chopsticks fell onto the table. He put down his chopsticks, picked up the phone, and dialed a few numbers.

The production line was started overnight.

Clinical trials of the gene-enhancing drug were completed in mid-January.

The list of volunteers was personally selected by Director Qin.

The first person is an academician who has been retired for many years. His surname is Zhou. He has spent his whole life working in biochemistry. He is eighty years old, his hair is completely white, his back is a little hunched, and he needs a cane to walk.

His health is not good; he has undergone heart bypass surgery, has high blood sugar, and his kidney function is declining.

When he signed up, his family objected. His wife said he was "crazy," and his daughter called from abroad, crying and begging him not to go.

He took his wife's hand away from the phone and said, "There's not much I can do for the country in my life. This is the last thing I can do, so don't stop me."

Luo Fei was not present on the day Academician Zhou took the medication.

He received a call from Director Qin, his voice trembling violently.

"Xiao Luo, could you... could you come over here? Academician Zhou... he..."

Luo Fei instantly teleported to Director Qin's side. When Director Qin saw him land, he handed him his phone and showed him what Academician Zhou looked like before taking the medicine.

The laboratory is located in a research institute in the western suburbs of Kyoto. It is not large, but it is fully equipped.

Academician Zhou sat in a chair, without a cane, without a hunchback, and with black hair.

The age spots on his face had disappeared, and his wrinkles had faded considerably.

He saw Luo Fei, who suddenly stood up from his chair like a spring.

He reached out his hand, and Luo Fei grasped it.

That hand was no longer dry, bony, and withered like a dead branch; it was full, elastic, and warm.

Academician Zhou's voice sounded like that of a middle-aged man. "Xiao Luo, I feel like... I've gone back to being forty years old."

He looked down at his hands, turning them over and over as if he were looking at an old friend he had lost for many years.

Director Qin stood to the side.

His mouth was open, and he forgot to close it.

His expression was one of bewilderment, as if to say, "I've seen many incredible things, but this is still incredible."

The doctors in the lab gathered around, helped Academician Zhou onto a trolley, and pushed him into the examination room.

Electrocardiogram, blood tests, CT scan, MRI, bone density test, cardiopulmonary function test—we did all the tests we could.

When the results came out, the attending physician held the report, his hands trembling, not from fear, but from excitement.

His voice was trembling.

"Academician Zhou's physical functions have returned to the level of a man around forty years old. His heart function, lung function, kidney function, liver function, blood sugar, blood lipids, bone density, and muscle mass are all within the normal range and are close to the average level of a healthy forty-year-old man."

He placed the report on the table, looked at it again, and made sure he hadn't misread it.

Director Qin handed the report to Luo Fei.

Luo Fei looked at the report and fell silent.

He recalled the changes Luo Ying experienced after taking the gene-enhancing drug—her physical condition increased fivefold, but she didn't become younger, because she was already young.

At the time, he only noticed the changes in the data and did not think about "extending lifespan".

Now that Academician Zhou's example is before him, he realizes that gene-enhancing drugs can not only improve physical fitness, but also delay aging and extend lifespan.

Not five or ten years, but decades. An eighty-year-old man's physical functions have returned to those of a forty-year-old. Forty years.

He did some calculations.

The essence of gene enhancement drugs is to comprehensively optimize the human body at the gene level, which not only increases strength, speed and reaction, but also repairs telomere damage, clears senescent cells and activates dormant stem cells.

These repairs and optimizations are not very noticeable in young people because they are already young, but in older people, the effects are miraculous—restoring the aging body to a youthful state.

The lifespan-extending effect is conservatively estimated to be at least one hundred years.

When Luo Fei told Director Qin the result of his calculation, Director Qin was drinking water. He choked and coughed for a while until his face turned red.

He put down his thermos, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and said, "I'll report this first, wait for my news."

When the news reached Elder Long, he remained silent for a long time.

He looked at the report sent by Director Qin, reading it from beginning to end and then from end to beginning again, before finally placing the report on the table and saying something.

"Expand the planned gene-enhancing drug production line fivefold. If we don't have enough raw materials, we'll find a way to get them—from Tigab, from space, from anywhere. If we don't have enough people, we'll hire them; if we don't have enough equipment, we'll buy it; if we don't have enough money, we'll approve it. There are no limits on budget, time, or manpower."

"The only restriction is that the quality cannot be compromised. Every single dose of medicine must undergo rigorous testing. Not a single dose that fails to meet the standards can leave the factory."

Director Qin wrote these words down in his notebook.

His handwriting was more illegible than usual, not because he wasn't careful, but because his hand was shaking.

Luo Fei's family members were also among the first to take the gene-enhancing drug.

Li Xiulan and Luo Weidong had already taken the Longevity Pill, making them more than ten years younger. After taking the gene enhancement drug, the changes were not obvious, but their physical condition did improve significantly.

The production line for bionic limbs is also expanding.

Not just one or two, but more than a dozen, spread across several cities nationwide.

Many of the wounded veterans, the police officers who were disabled while pursuing criminals, and the security personnel who were injured on duty and retired to the second line have returned to their jobs after being fitted with bionic limbs.

A veteran stepped on a landmine during a border patrol and lost a leg.

He lay in the hospital for three months, thinking that this was how his life would end.

After the bionic limbs were installed, he tried to stand up, took a few steps, ran a few steps, then squatted down and jumped up again.

He looked at his new leg and cried.

He applied to return to his unit, and the unit approved his application after evaluation.

He returned to his original company, his original post, and his original patrol route.

As he walked down that road, he looked down at his new leg and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

For the past few days, the system has been sending Luo Fei rewards every morning without fail. Most of them are insignificant daily necessities, but there are a few options that he feels should be given to the government.

The complete quantum computer technology is tens of millions of times faster than existing supercomputers on Earth, and consumes extremely little energy.

Tidal Energy Matrix. Utilizing lunar gravity to generate electricity, a matrix is ​​deployed in the ocean to generate electricity silently, without noise, pollution, or harm to marine life.

The power generation of one matrix is ​​equivalent to that of a nuclear power plant, but the construction cost is only one-tenth of that of a nuclear power plant.

Megaspaceport technology. Building a massive space station in low Earth orbit, capable of simultaneously accommodating dozens of large spacecraft, could serve as a bridgehead for Earth's expansion into outer space.

Luo Fei handed over all these technologies to Director Qin for the country to study.

On another occasion, the system doubled Luo Fei's combat power. Luo Fei's combat power increased from 40,000 to 80,000.

Today is February 1st.

Luo Fei sat up in bed, put on his sneakers, and walked out of the cabin.