The Shenxiao Space Station’s Curio Storage Center, a dedicated brain storage facility, collects items that the Herta Space Station’s curio collection room deems useless.
“Mr. Lin Yi, regarding the Earth-Shattering Star plan, we need to reconsider it. We will inform you as soon as a decision is reached.”
“As for providing energy to the Simulated Universe, the Xianzhou side can give an immediate answer: the Abundance disaster has not ceased, and the Xianzhou will not stop patrolling. If the Herta Space Station is willing to patrol in sync with Zhuming, Zhuming is willing to provide assistance and suspend the construction of the Seven-Day Flame Wheel Forging Palace.”
Within the Divine Strategem Commission of the Xianzhou Luofu—
Divine Strategem Commission General Jing Yuan, other Xianzhou Generals, and Alliance Marshals' projections gathered. The person who just spoke was none other than the Xianzhou Marshal, Hua, whose reputation resounds throughout the cosmos and strikes fear into countless Abundance Followers: the vanguard of the hunt.
What brought the Xianzhou high-ranking officials together was the rising star of the cosmos, the proposer of the Tree Sea Universe configuration, the lead of the panacea research project, one of the developers of the Life Equation… Genius Society #85—Lin Yi, the Lone Star Traveler.
If timed by system hours, Lin Yi has been in this world for 124,680 system hours.
That translates to 14 years and 9 months.
At the very beginning of his arrival in this world, Lin Yi was able to meet Erudition, or rather, Erudition glanced at him and pulled him into the Fate Interstice.
“Truth, contemplation, predestination, illusion, nothingness is existence, a person in a painting is also outside the painting, can a person outside the painting be in the painting?”
“What is truth? What is existence?”
After two incomprehensible sentences, he was given the enlightenment of spirituality and erudition, and invited to join the Genius Society.
In other words, Lin Yi was actually a mediocre Genius. After receiving spiritual enlightenment, Lin Yi's intelligence was undoubtedly that of a Genius in the mundane sense, but compared to the 'monsters' of the Genius Society, he was still far behind.
Within the Genius Society, he was undoubtedly a husky that had snuck into a pack of wolves.
However, no one outside would doubt his abilities. After all, with Erudition's endorsement, who would doubt him?
Especially the Interstellar Peace Corporation, that big spender.
They provided money and resources, giving whatever was asked for.
They didn't even need to be asked; they would anticipate your thoughts and needs. When your talent was needed or coveted by the company, they would do their utmost to demonstrate their goodwill.
Because of this, Lin Yi was able to travel all over the cosmos, becoming a qualified cosmic wanderer, enjoying the scenery and living a carefree life~
Deep diving on the ocean planet Rusalka to experience the magnificent underwater world.
Admiring the awe-inspiring industrial marvels on the industrial crown El Niño.
Experiencing an adrenaline rush on the competitive star Taike'an.
Watching an opera on Sigma and checking in at 'Herta's Former Residence,' leaving a mark of 'XX was here.'
Checking in at the starting point of the trailblaze, and the not-so-isolated isolated world of Pegana… He spent his days laughing, experiencing a life he never had in his previous existence, enjoying the utmost pleasure in the world, day after day, year after year.
It wasn't until five years later, when he arrived at the Adamantine Remains of Adriphan to witness the Ascendant's Embers, that he became numb, bewildered, or rather, homesick.
No matter how good it was here, it wasn't home, a home with parents and relatives~
After that day, Lin Yi stopped wasting time and returned to his Shenxiao Space Station.
The Shenxiao Space Station was originally the Yaoging Celestial Ark's super-giant battleship, the Shenxiao, which was damaged in a 'great victory.' Due to repair costs exceeding new manufacturing costs, and dismantling being time-consuming and laborious, it had been shelved.
Do you understand what it means for a ship to grow out of the ground? The Xianzhou's ultra-low-cost shipbuilding (ಡ ω ಡ)
At that time, he happened to want a spaceship, and the Xianzhou gifted it to him after learning of his desire.
The Xianzhou's friendly relationship with him was partly due to their mistaken belief that he, like Ruan Mei, was a descendant of Xianzhou people who, in the old days before the hunt ascended, were forced to leave the Xianzhou due to payload limits and settle elsewhere.
After all, whether it was his appearance, name, or some subtle habits in his daily life and behavior, they were undoubtedly consistent with the Xianzhou.
After all, throughout the cosmos, the only civilization that scalds bowls before eating is the Xianzhou.
Of course, these things don't amount to much. The cosmos is vast, and civilizations are as numerous as grains of sand in a river.
There are always some similar civilizations, but the allusions are different. Even the most similar civilizations will have some differences in their people and events.
His use of allusions also matched the Xianzhou's, which pretty much confirmed it.
He soon grew tired of the giant ship gifted by the Xianzhou and commissioned the company to modify it.
The company misunderstood his intentions and transformed the Shenxiao into a giant research center, mimicking the Herta Space Station.
When Lin Yi returned to his Shenxiao Space Station, he began to look for a way home. He firmly believed that if he could come, he could return, as long as he found a way to trace his former path.
At the same time, under the guise of being a Genius, he recruited countless elites throughout the cosmos to assist him.
Among his several achievements—
The Tree Sea Universe configuration goes without saying: the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta, which he deduced from effect to cause at the beginning of his transmigration.
The proof process validated the tree-sea theory, which even miHoYo users know, and it was quite superficial. Moreover, over the years, he subtly realized that this theory might not be entirely applicable to honkai: star rail.
The panacea was his first truly significant accomplishment.
Lin Yi proposed the concept and oversaw the overall coordination—
Yu Qingtu and Ruan Mei jointly verified its feasibility and provided theoretical support.
Herta, Screwllum, Ruan Mei, Yu Qingtu, and Lin Yi, five Geniuses, collaborated on the research.
The company provided a continuous supply of funds and resources.
The Xianzhou shared medical technology and research on Abundance.
Rangers, Knights of Beauty, and other factions, during their wanderings, found various rare and precious samples and donated them free of charge.
Even an Emissary of Abundance participated, and her task was the most arduous and important, because she was responsible for—being researched (｡ ò ∀ ó ｡)
The 'panacea' is a medicine that completely cures all diseases and abnormalities. All parties collaborated, each with different objectives.
What the Geniuses ultimately wanted was to use the panacea to find incurable diseases, which is very contradictory—using a medicine that cures everything to find incurable diseases.
The development of the panacea was merely for screening—
Screening for theoretically non-existent, incurable chronic diseases. And where chronic diseases exist, that is a manifestation of an Aeon's intervention.
Herta aimed to perfect the Simulated Universe and her research on Aeons.
Lin Yi wanted to help Herta perfect the Simulated Universe; he needed the Simulated Universe's assistance to find his way back. If he didn't seek help from Erudition, this was the best method.
He also had some of his own research that required the Simulated Universe's completion.
Ruan Mei would not refuse research involving the essence of life and Aeons.
Screwllum wanted to deeply understand the essence of organic and inorganic life, eliminate the lingering poison from the Rupert Emperor War, and seek a way for both to truly coexist peacefully.
As for Yu Qingtu? This Genius Society #55, Ms. Alcohol and Toothpaste—perhaps it was more due to the persuasion of her good friend Ruan Mei?
And the 'Life Equation' was one of the byproducts of the collision of ideas during the panacea research.
Strictly speaking, the 'Life Equation' should be divided into two parts: 'Mechanical Ascension' and 'Flesh Generation.'
Lin Yi named them, and Screwllum objected to the names, but they were ultimately decided by vote.
'Mechanical Ascension,' as the name suggests, replaces the flesh-and-blood body, transcodes consciousness into data, turning organic life into inorganic.
'Flesh Generation,' conversely, reinterprets data consciousness into a soul and customizes the most suitable body for that soul, turning inorganic life into organic.
(The chapter was split, so the title content might be slightly off. The title hasn't been fully corrected yet, but most of it should appear in the next chapter.)
