I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

[China, Beijing, Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) Basement Level 3]

[Time: 02:15 AM the following day]

This underground laboratory represents the pinnacle of Chinese physics. Here, discussions take place on elusive, ultimate mysteries of the universe, such as quarks, gluons, and dark matter.

But today, the atmosphere is so oppressive it's suffocating.

The corridor was guarded every three steps, with heavily armed guards surrounding the core laboratory.

Inside the core laboratory, a cryo-electron microscope costing hundreds of millions of yuan is running at full power, emitting a low hum.

"Mr. Yang, you must come and see this."

The speaker was Dr. Li, the youngest particle physics genius in China. But his voice was trembling, and his expression was as if he had just witnessed an alien landing.

The man known as "Old Yang" is an elderly man with a full head of white hair—Academician Yang Dingbang, winner of the National Science and Technology Award, and a staunch advocate of materialism.

"What's the panic?" Yang Dingbang frowned, putting down his coffee. "It's just a water sample from Linjiang, isn't it? Is it due to excessive nuclear radiation? Or some kind of unknown biological toxin?"

If it's a nuclear leak, that would be a huge problem, but it's still within the realm of scientific understanding.

"No...it's not radiation."

Dr. Li swallowed hard and stepped aside to move the screen away. "If it were radiation, that would be better. Mr. Yang, this stuff... it doesn't make sense."

"Unreasonable" is the most serious accusation physicists can level.

Yang Dingbang walked to the screen.

The screen displays real-time monitoring data for that "well water" pipe.

[Sample temperature: 52.4℃ (constant).]

[Ambient temperature: 4℃ (freezer compartment)]

Heat dissipation rate: 0%.

Yang Dingbang's pupils contracted instantly.

"That's impossible!"

The elderly academician suddenly rushed to the control panel, staring intently at the "0%" data. "The sample has been in the cryogenic chamber for three hours, how could it not drop by a degree? This violates the second law of thermodynamics! What about entropy increase? What about heat conduction? Is the machine broken?!"

"We tried three different machines, but the result was the same."

Dr. Li said bitterly, "The energy in this mass of water seems to be 'locked' by some kind of will. It refuses to release heat to the outside world unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless you encounter an organic life form."

Dr. Li pressed a button.

Screen display switching.

Inside the experimental chamber, a robotic arm held an ordinary green leaf and gently touched the water sample.

At the very moment of contact.

boom!

The data stream was jumping wildly.

The previously "stingy" energy suddenly erupted, surging wildly into the veins of the leaf.

Under the microscope, the once withered and yellow leaf turned green and unfurled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even its cell walls began to crystallize, emitting a faint glow.

"It's...feeding," Yang Dingbang muttered to himself, feeling his worldview of decades was crumbling.

"Not only that," Dr. Li took a deep breath, "Professor Yang, we bombarded it with a high-energy particle collider in an attempt to analyze its microstructure."

"And the result?"

"As a result... we couldn't find its location on the periodic table."

Dr. Li retrieved an electron micrograph of what is also the first image of "spiritual particles" in human history.

On that high-resolution black and white image.

The familiar atomic nucleus, proton, and neutron structure did not appear.

Instead, there is a blurry, seemingly constantly rotating "cloud-like vortex".

It's like a miniature universe, or a breathing eye.

It floats between water molecules, aggressively plundering all free electrons around it to grow stronger.

"It has mass, but no fixed form."

"It contains energy at the level of nuclear fusion, yet it is extremely mild."

"It can assimilate matter and promote the leap to carbon-based life."

Dr. Li's voice grew softer, tinged with awe for the unknown:

"Old Yang, this thing... doesn't belong to Earth. It doesn't even belong to the physical universe as we know it."

"If I had to give it a definition, it would be like something out of a myth..."

"Qi".

Yang Dingbang said the word for him.

Dead silence.

A long period of deathly silence.

After a long while, Yang Dingbang slumped into a chair, took off his glasses, and rubbed his temples.

"Block the news."

The old man's voice aged ten years in an instant, but his eyes became sharper than ever before.

"Classify this report as 'Top Secret - SSS'."

"Call my superiors; I need to report directly."

Tell them...

Yang Dingbang paused, then looked up at the strange particle diagram.

"Tell them that the edifice of physics has cracked today."

"We have discovered a completely new energy source. An energy source... that could potentially allow humans to evolve into 'gods'."

"Temporarily named: X-high-energy particle."

……

[Linjiang City, Gu Family Old House]

[System Prompt:]

[Major Breakthrough!]

The world's most advanced scientific institutions have confirmed the physical existence of "reiki."

The "lie" has been endorsed by "science".

[Reality distortion has increased dramatically!]

The rules of the world are beginning to be rewritten...

[Congratulations, host! You have gained a massive amount of Faith Points: +200,000!]

[Thanks to the collective endorsement of the "scientific community," the existence of Reiki has been solidified. From now on, you no longer need to constantly maintain an illusion; Reiki will begin to self-generate on Earth as an objectively existing physical phenomenon.]

Gu Qing looked out at the night view and listened to the system notification in his mind, which sounded like heavenly music.

He slowly extended his hand.

A pale blue vortex appeared out of thin air in the palm of his hand.

It's no longer the kind of flashy magic tricks of the past, but real, explosive energy.

"That's the benefit of 'official certification'."

Gu Qing smiled.

"When I said it had spiritual power before, that was feudal superstition."

"Even Academician Yang Dingbang now says there are 'X-particles,' which is cutting-edge science."

"Thank you, scientists, for your help."

Gu Qing clenched his fist, and the cyan vortex compressed instantly, emitting a crisp popping sound, leaving a faint smell of burning in the air.

At this moment, his power truly crossed the threshold between illusion and reality.

"Since 'Reiki' has been recognized by science..."

"Then, let's make those rumors on the internet fly even more fiercely next."

Gu Qing turned on her computer, and the screen displayed the banned post about "Locking Dragon Well".

"System, remove part of the network block."

"Let the truth breathe."