Chapter 1572
Chapter 1572 - 1568: Unexpected Visitor
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"So, you’re like a giant tuning fork, constantly emitting noise to brainwash and interfere? Turning the originally pure life forms into this distorted shape?"
The woman’s questioning escalated in tone, but she accurately articulated what Lu Ping’an was essentially doing.
"Yes, after all, the Phoenix Ape People are native inhabitants, naturally born from this land, and what we can interfere with is merely their initial form, while also providing them with human emotions and knowledge. Uh, the hardware is from this world, but the operating system and other software, along with the hardware designs that enable software performance, are provided by us."
Lu Ping’an straightforwardly explained his understanding, creating a species from scratch? That was beyond his seventh-tier capacity... although he was starting to feel his "seventh-tier" might be a bit inflated, and if he didn’t press down on this, he might advance again.
"....This is already quite remarkable, for your age."
𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
This fast-talking woman, who approached with an aggressive tone, dressed too casually.
With her disheveled hair, bare face, and large black-framed glasses, coupled with her overly "direct" communication style, she probably fit many stereotypes about female scholars.
But indeed, she had the "credentials" to be overly direct.
"Okay, not bad. I’ll follow the projects you plan in the future. If there’s anything you need or any ideas, just talk to me directly."
"Shui Baihe," possibly a pseudonym, age unknown but likely over fifty since she had held a position in the Department of Science and Technology during the founding period and had two sci-fi short stories selected into high school textbooks.
In the fields of biology and medicine, she had significant discoveries and was a historical figure.
Even in the academic domain, without mentioning her extensively heavy volume of merits, many top researchers in the highest research institutes were her students, a true national treasure.
Naturally, during the execution of the national strategy such as the Xuanwu Plan, only such a personality could dominate, and she seemed to be one of the primary leaders.
And despite her unkind way of speaking, Lu Ping’an could feel that there was no malice; she simply omitted some "social pleasantries" and went straight to the point.
In Lu Ping’an’s eyes, this "supervisor" seemed like a fifth-sixth tier, he probably could squash her with a slap... but that Rule-level "bodyguard" standing not far behind her, Lu Ping’an himself couldn’t fathom his strength.
"Show me your materials, especially your research in the energy field. Maybe we can find something interesting."
And after studying this new race, this big shot fell into puzzled thoughts.
"It shouldn’t be, just relying on the rules of this world, there shouldn’t be an intelligent creature of this tier..."
"Their energy state is not stable..."
"Interesting, quite interesting..."
After asking Lu Ping’an for a heap of materials, she suddenly looked up and asked.
"The problem indeed lies on your end... What is your ’Origin’? Does it have a name?"
Origin? Lu Ping’an paused, this was the first time anyone had asked him this... it was not a secret, just no need for most professionals to know about it, especially since most couldn’t touch the reality of the root.
"Ten Thousand Spirits."
Lu Ping’an did not hide it; the moment he spoke, he noticed the other party nodding, her face revealing an ’I knew it’ expression.
"Not bad, very good... I might stay here for a month, are you interested in helping out? In exchange, I’ll give you some guidance. Whether you can learn it or not is up to you."
Although not graciously phrased, the meaning behind her words...
"Teacher, hurry and call her teacher."
And Big Cat’s reaction was even quicker than Lu’s.
Thus, the remaining month, Lu Ping’an plunged into a frenzy of busyness.
This big shot’s work schedule was exceptionally packed. She came here to see the Phoenix Ape People, but that was merely a part of the procedure; the main reason she came was to study the biological structure of this multi-universe, having heard that there was an Xuanwu Plan participant, she specifically came to take a look.
"Wait, this is a Deity creature, right..."
Under the lead of the big shot’s bodyguard team and research team, Lu Ping’an thoroughly enjoyed a period of exploration and research life... for the first time, he felt that the ones with the greatest combat power in this world were probably not warriors, but researchers.
"Me? I’m not from the Life system. I’m a Scholar."
The new mentor turned out to be a Pure scholar... only this purity made Lu Ping’an almost ashamed to claim, "I am too."
And her bodyguard team, Lu Ping’an guessed it might be a Quasi-God, at least the monster that could go head-to-head with an Elemental Lord in strength, was something Lu Ping’an didn’t understand.
Searching, documenting, hunting, killing; the team’s research method was that simple and crude, and they also had a mobile lab similar to a courtyard, but it seemed not to be an ability, but rather like Taboo items.
The massive research institute unfolded at any time, with vast amounts of life forms and materials coming in and out. Each day, the knowledge and research notes produced were beyond what Lu Ping’an could finish or comprehend... he absorbed all the knowledge he could contact like a sponge, especially the ones related to the essence and basic principles of this world’s life forms.
He didn’t even get a chance to act; he was just constantly learning and reading... just as Big Cat initially suggested, this was the opportunity the big shot gave him.
Lu Ping’an gained much, the biggest gain was not the mysteries and knowledge of this world, but the mature workflow and research methods of the research team.
And watching them skin and flay... their serious and responsible research attitude, and the libraries and archives of specimens and materials, Lu Ping’an suspected that the worlds he had previously experienced had also been scavenged by them.
"The perspective, just not at the same level..."
Compared to Lu Ping’an’s rudimentary approach, the biggest difference was still the thinking process; for them, while looking at a material, they didn’t consider where it could be used or what value it could develop but recorded its features, performance, samples.
At the same time, they compared and stored it with similar materials. When required for a particular project or purpose, then they would retrieve it for use.
For them, there were too many materials; for any material, they often thought "Compared to XX, it has advantages in texture and ability; perhaps it can be used in Project X/some product."
This extreme pragmatism, pursuit of efficiency, and part of the researchers responsible for "inspiration"... literal sense of inspiration, including not only professional researchers but also many part-time diviners and prophets, various similar reactions to Jumping God, could indeed, through Extraordinary Ability, find new clues and research directions.
The team’s speed was swift, scavenging almost everywhere they passed. Lu Ping’an had also collected some high-end materials, which might be used to enhance the new race.
And after thoroughly studying the local biological structure, this big shot gave Lu Ping’an一个 plan.
".... using Phoenix Ape People as Material, completely create a new race that belongs to me personally? A troop and following that can accompany me across the Multi-universe?"
— End of Chapter 1572 —