I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

The day the test with 10,000 participants began.

For the first time, the underground control room of the National Psionic Research Center was packed with people.

Twelve cities.

Thirty-six test points.

10,800 volunteers.

At the same time, begin basic Qi sensing.

The entire wall is covered in data.

Green is normal.

Yellowish color indicates a slight abnormality.

The red light should be stopped immediately.

Lin Ye sat in the center.

I watched for five minutes.

"This is even more tiring than keeping an eye on a formation."

Ji Nanxing didn't even look up.

"The formation cannot have 10,000 people breathing wildly at the same time."

9:07.

The first batch of yellow dots appeared.

Forty-two.

Most of the time it's just tension and rapid breathing.

The system will automatically remind you to slow down.

The twenty-odd people immediately returned to normal.

9:15.

The first red dot.

Then the second one.

The third.

Ji Nanxing quickly adjusted the data.

"Stop on the 7th."

"Stop on the 22nd."

"Number 41 will continue to be monitored."

"Number 46 was sent to the local observation cabin."

Lin Ye looked at the curve.

"This doesn't seem like excessive inhalation."

I think so too.

"I can't listen remotely."

Hearing is not a network skill.

You can't hear anything through the screen.

The research center was well-prepared.

Test site number 46 is located in the suburbs of Beijing.

Twenty minutes later, the person was transferred to the High Spirit Observation Room.

Lin Ye arrived.

Lingting discovered the problem in less than a minute after inserting the device.

The spiritual energy didn't disperse along the usual routes.

Instead, it is a relatively thin branch that is stably lodged on the ventral side.

"It's not that I practiced it wrong."

"His meridian structure itself is abnormal."

Ji Nanxing immediately asked:

"innate?"

"possible."

"Can we change our route?"

Lin Ye listened for a few minutes.

"able."

"But we can't let him follow the standard version."

Number 46 was filed separately.

Two hours later.

A second similar sample appeared.

The third.

It was 3 p.m.

There were twenty-three people in total.

The proportion is very low.

However, when placed within the national population, it is by no means a small number.

Ji Nanxing directly established a new label for this type of situation.

[Type B Inlet Shift]

It also requires that automatic screening be added in subsequent versions.

The first vulnerability has just been patched.

And here comes the second one.

At a test site in the south, the concentration of spiritual energy in the environment tripled within half an hour because a small boundary zone nearby suddenly stabilized.

The previously safe breathing rhythm suddenly became faster.

More than forty people experienced chest tightness at the same time.

All test sites were immediately shut down.

Soon someone in the ancient repair consultant group sent a message.

[When the spirit is abundant, one should accept things slowly; this is common sense.]

Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.

Ji Nanxing didn't compete with anyone at all.

The local spiritual environment is directly divided into five levels.

Each category was resampled with a small sample of twenty people.

7 PM.

New data is available.

The ancient cultivator said, "When the spirit is abundant, one should slow down the intake."

There is an additional row of clearly defined intervals.

What concentration?

How much has breathing decreased?

If the value exceeds a certain threshold, it is recommended to pause.

Xie Hongyi looked at the table.

"My master once said something..."

"You insist on splitting it into one page."

Ji Nanxing said:

"Because the master can only supervise a few dozen disciples at a time."

"This table can track millions of people."

Xie Hongyi didn't say anything more.

10 PM.

The test involving 10,000 people has ended.

Severe damage.

zero.

Hospitalized.

zero.

One hundred and thirty-one people experienced mild discomfort.

More than 6,400 people have successfully completed the Qi sensing process.

Three hundred and twelve people entered the high-fit retest.

Nine of them had exceptionally high data.

The research center was no longer in a hurry to assign A-level or S-level labels.

All previous small-sample ratings have been temporarily invalidated.

When the sample size becomes too large, the standards must be redefined.

This decision actually made Xie Hongyi more agreeable.

"At least you know you might be wrong about your test."

Ji Nanxing replied.

"Science has no shortage of acknowledging that the previous version was not good enough."

What truly silenced everyone was another set of data.

More than 6,000 people.

Without a sect, without a master, and without spirit stones.

Relying solely on a single standardized solution.

The first stable feeling of Qi has been achieved.

From the twelve cities, some very specific images were quickly transmitted back.

A 58-year-old bus driver took the test after get off work and successfully sensed the air in 27 minutes.

A programmer who sits in an office all year round and whose physical fitness test scores are almost at the bottom, yet his spiritual response ranks in the top 1%.

There was also a 63-year-old retired teacher.

The ancient doctor initially thought that the patient was too old and could only try to maintain his health.

As a result, her breath-sensing stability ranked among the top fifty in the entire test.

Xie Hongyi looked at the data twice.

"Sixty-three years old."

"In the past, at this age, sects wouldn't even let her in the door."

Ji Nanxing asked:

"Because she can't fix it?"

"no."

"Because she won't get the resources."

This statement immediately points out the real difference between ancient and modern times.

Ancient sects were not unaware that ordinary people might have potential.

They simply don't have the capacity to test everyone, nor the resources to allow everyone to try it gradually.

Therefore, early screening is essential.

We must bet on a genius.

The best elixirs and mentors must be given to those most likely to succeed.

Modern society is trying another path.

The machine can measure it.

Hospitals can cover the risks.

The course can be copied.

Even a problem discovered in one city today can be shared with eleven other cities the next day.

Ancient sects rely on the accumulated experience of generations of masters.

Modern systems are beginning to attempt to make errors readily replicable.

The only difference is that it's a copy of "Don't make this mistake again".

Even if everyone receives different resources, at least the first gate doesn't have to rely solely on someone passing by the foot of the sect's mountain.

Lin Ye suddenly felt that the phrase "testing 10,000 people" was more exaggerated than any magic spell.

The faster feedback also began to put pressure on the ancient sects.

The test ended less than two hours ago.

Xuan Yue Sect then sent an application requesting access to the data of the nine highly responsive individuals.

Rejected.

The reason is simple.

personal information.

No one may take it without my authorization.

The Xuan Yue Sect clearly didn't understand.

"With such talent, wouldn't it be a waste not to find a master as soon as possible?"

The research center only replied with one sentence:

Whether it's a waste or not is up to the individual to decide.

When Xie Hongyi saw the reply, she suddenly smiled.

"Your era."

Even geniuses don't automatically belong to anyone.

Lin Ye looked at her.

"It should never have belonged to anyone in the first place."

This sentence was spoken very softly.

But Xie Hongyi stared at him for several seconds.

If we expand the scale to 100,000.

One million.

Even 100 million.

The ancient sects have been searching for people for hundreds of years without success.

In modern society, it might only take a few years to screen them all out.

It's 11:30 p.m.

A special meeting at the national level was convened ahead of schedule.

There is only one issue left.

This is the basic solution.

Should we make it public?

Those who support it have a simple reason.

Fake martial arts techniques are everywhere.

The Qingya Sect also teaches openly.

Rather than letting ordinary people risk their lives, it's better to provide a safe path.

Those who oppose it are equally realistic.

Once officially announced.

This means that cultivation has gone from being a secret for a few to something accessible to everyone.

Nobody knows what society will be like next year.

Lin Ye was not qualified to participate in the final decision-making process.

But he noticed that there was another requirement before the meeting ended.

If it is made public in the future.

The risks of failure, the scope of application, and the red line of "not to attempt to break through the meridians on one's own" must be disclosed at the same time.

We can't just tell ordinary people that "it can be repaired".

We also have to tell them "how far we can repair for now".

This relieved Lin Ye.

What I fear most is not openness.

It's like opening the door but not telling people which floorboard is empty.

He only received the new assignment at 1 a.m.

[Continue verification.]

[Expand the sample size to 100,000.]

He looked at the number.

Suddenly he laughed.

This is no longer just a test of skills.

It is a test of this era.

Whether they can withstand the first step remains to be seen.