433: Immortality Test

Tian Ming looked at Shen Yi, smiled, and said, "You look quite old now. Do you want me to make you younger?"

Shen Yi waved his hand and said, "Forget it. I don't want to be so busy my whole life. It's much better to work until retirement and enjoy a good old age."

Shen Yi, on the other hand, saw things clearly. He wasn't particularly enthusiastic about immortality. Although key personnel had their consciousness backed up, to be honest, the backed-up consciousness and the current consciousness were actually independent of each other.

Su Rou went to the kitchen to help, while Xiao Xiao took Wen Yu to play nearby.

"How have the past twenty years been?" Tian Ming asked, looking at Shen Yi.

Shen Yi smiled calmly and said, "What else could they be? Very tiring, very fulfilling, and very wonderful. How about you?"

"I haven't had twenty years. I've only experienced a dozen hours. The one who granted me abilities completely handed over the burden to me, along with the abilities. To be honest, I'm a bit lost right now."

Tian Ming was being honest. He also didn't know what to do. In the Yuanchu God's memories, he had done many things: fostered civilizations, observed civilizations, and even directly created a race of Celestials.

Tian Ming truly had no direction for what he should do, but he wasn't in a hurry. He could think slowly because life was eternal. If all the technology from so many civilizations was handed over to humanity, he wondered if it could help him break through the fundamental rules of this universe.

Shen Yi looked at Tian Ming and said, "What's the principle behind your consciousness confinement device? I'm a bit interested!"

Tian Ming pointed a finger, and densely packed characters and formulas formed in the air. However, these formulas were not the characters familiar to humans; instead, they resembled earthworms, constantly wriggling.

Tian Ming introduced, "The main body of this civilization, in our eyes, resembles a type of fish. They have no language, no written words. This is the concretization of their consciousness communication. The atmosphere of that planet has a very high viscosity, and these individual members of the civilization float within the atmosphere. They communicate through consciousness. These metal patches are actually a hypnotic accelerator, and the principle and manufacturing method can be understood and produced by comprehending these consciousness characters and formulas."

Shen Yi looked at these profound consciousness characters with a hint of surprise, then smiled wryly and said, "Don't you know how to translate them?"

"Civilizations in different star systems vary greatly. Even on a single planet, within the same species, there can be different cultures and language methods, let alone across interstellar space. Their technology, in our human eyes, is like an undecipherable book, or even as incredible as magic," Tian Ming said with a smile.

Shen Yi nodded slightly, but then asked curiously, "Does God understand all this technology he collected? Can you, can you understand it?"

Tian Ming shook his head and said, "I don't need to understand it. As long as I can replicate it and know its function, that's enough. When God handed over these technologies to me, there was only a manual. To fully comprehend and master them based on the manual alone is quite impossible. Stuffing so much hardcore knowledge into my brain takes up a lot of memory."

When the Yuanchu God dumped everything on Tian Ming, Tian Ming felt his brain capacity instantly filled. And that was even after discarding some dormant and useless memories.

"What are you all talking about? Come and eat," Shen Yuan said.

Everyone walked to the dining table and sat around it. They ate and chatted, the atmosphere amicable, filled with laughter and joy.

......

The Space Administration's Management Department released an announcement that instantly caused a huge uproar.

The announcement read: "We are currently recruiting volunteers within the Space City for digital life backup. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, in good health, and have no criminal record. Selected candidates will undergo an immortal consciousness endurance test. The specific standards are as follows: consciousness can withdraw from the test at any time after experiencing one hundred years; after experiencing three hundred thousand years, one can join the consciousness backup library; after experiencing one million years, one will have the opportunity to become the first beneficiaries of the immortality project, enjoying eternal life. After passing the test, a dual evaluation of personality and psychology will be conducted. Only upon passing this can one join the digital life project."

As soon as this announcement was released, public opinion was in an uproar. People discussed it heatedly. The Space Administration's initial intention of only opening consciousness backup to a select few had already caused much dissatisfaction. Now that it was fully open to the adult population, those who had previously complained and clamored were hesitant, wondering if there was some conspiracy involved.

Soon, the first public list of online registrants was announced. As a pilot program, the first batch of testers consisted of only about three thousand people, arranged in the largest public cabin in Space City.

With the announcement of the public list, the selected candidates quickly became a hot topic. Some people were envious, but more people held a skeptical attitude. Could this digital life backup truly grant immortality? What was the Space Administration's true purpose behind this move?

Under the gaze of speculation and doubt from the crowd, the selected candidates arrived at Space City one after another, ready to undergo this unprecedented immortality test. They were arranged in dedicated cabins and underwent a series of preparatory procedures.

"Did you see the test standards?" one test subject asked his companion next to him.

"Yes, I did. They say it's a perfect world, letting us experience the joy of immortality in advance."

"Hahaha, then I'll have a harem of wives and concubines in there, be an emperor, and everyone will have to obey me."

"Is that all you aspire to?" another test subject teased.

"What else do you want? If I can't enjoy immortality, then what do I want it for?" the former joked.

"One million years, I wonder if I can endure it." Some testers had a hint of worry on their faces. Even for consciousness backup, one needed to meet the standard of three hundred thousand years.

"A new girl every day, let alone a million years, even ten million years, a hundred million years, I wouldn't get bored."

A relaxed laughter filled the cabin. Despite facing an unknown immortality test, everyone tried to approach it with an optimistic attitude.

The staff distributed the metal patches for the test. At this moment, the voice of the conductor echoed within the test cabin.

"Please lie flat, all test subjects, and press the patch firmly against your forehead. In one minute of real time, you will spend one million years in the constructed perfect world. Please note, the minimum duration is one hundred years, after which you can withdraw at any time. The long duration may cause psychological shadows and mental illnesses such as depression. Please proceed according to your own capabilities. Forcing yourself through one million years will absolutely prevent you from passing the subsequent psychological and personality tests."

As the conductor's voice faded, the lights in the cabin gradually dimmed. The test subjects felt a cool sensation emanating from their foreheads, and then, a bright light appeared before their eyes.

In this light, they seemed to enter a brand new world. The scenery of this world was indescribably beautiful: green mountains and clear waters, a sky as clear as crystal, everything appearing so tranquil and harmonious.