I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 168 Reverse Ascension Method
Reality: Wu Xian's Laboratory.

The Metaverse pod detected an abnormal mental state and emitted a series of piercing alarm sounds.

A pair of eyes appeared in the void beneath the celestial light screen, and a cold, mechanical voice rang out: [Detection indicates the master's mental state is abnormal; he is in a complete coma. Emergency Plan Number Three is activated.]

Just listen to a 'click' sound.

The sound of the mechanism starting up rang out, indicating that the Metaverse Pod had been taken over.

The entire medical robot came to Fang Xin and placed her inside the crystal device to maintain her vital signs.

Meanwhile, the intelligent sprite contacted the Wuxian Laboratory, and soon after, a team of researchers arrived with their equipment.

After a thorough examination, an elderly man with gray hair breathed a sigh of relief: "He's fine. There are no signs of madness. He's just suffered some mental damage. He'll wake up after a couple of days of sleep."

Two days later, Fang Xin indeed woke up from deep sleep.

His face was as pale as paper, and he murmured in a low voice, "In the prologue stage, someone broke the rules and started an experiment on immortality. No one abides by the rules in reality, and no one pulls the starting gun."

"Cao Xian's goal is very clear: since cultivators can become immortals, then immortals can also be banished to the mortal realm to become human."

"Using brain-dead cultivators as vessels, using fallen immortal spirits as the core, and using gods to absorb spiritual energy to grow stronger, we conduct an experiment on immortality—the banished immortal."

"The experiment was successful. The transformation between ascension and banishment to immortality will enable immortality in the real world."

"Even if we only succeed halfway, we can still deduce the ancient method of immortality—ascension."

"The immortals who have survived to this day must have ascended to the second realm at the very least. For a mortal to attempt an experiment on becoming an immortal by cultivating only the first realm would have been impossible, so the necessary vessel must be a cultivator at the second realm."

"At the current stage, being able to cultivate to the second realm means you are at least a person of some standing. Then, you can use the power of immortals and gods to destroy consciousness."

"Taking away the body used as an experimental subject will inevitably leave traces and expose it. I just don't know which laboratory is so bold."

Fang Xin rubbed her temples, trying to clear the thoughts that flashed through her unconscious mind. The damage to her consciousness and spiritual essence had not affected her intelligence and memory, which was a stroke of good luck amidst misfortune.

With a 'click' sound, the life support crystal device turned on.

Several researchers quickly gathered around, but Fang Xin dismissed them before they could speak.

He put on a robe, looked at the ethereal girl's phantom before him, and instructed, "Witch Spirit! Connect to the Spirit Witch Mountain Dojo. I will use my spiritual power to draw the true forms of the five people, ascertain their identities, and check if anything unexpected has happened recently."

"Contact the head of Tianyuan Group and report the vicious massacre that has occurred in Cangtian Realm."

"Contact the cooperative laboratories of Yaochi, Sifang, Banruo, Jiujiang, and Mingfu, and inform them that someone is conducting experiments on banished immortals, indicating that we will use all available channels to jointly search for Cao Xian."

"Notify Wanxiang Laboratory to inquire about the current condition of the person in charge, Chen Jing. If he has not yet woken up, tell them to prepare life support equipment."

The intelligent sprite is not a human; it can run multiple tasks in a multi-threaded manner.

The ethereal girl's eyes turned grayish-white as she used the dojo's computing power to quickly complete the task.

The mechanical voice sounded again, replying: "The identities of the five individuals have been largely confirmed. They are He You from Changfeng Laboratory, Jian Quan from Wushan Laboratory, Wu Xing from Tianling Laboratory, Zhang Ming from Diandao Laboratory, and Xun Shan from Xinglu Laboratory. Three of them have suffered damage to their divine essence and are currently unconscious. Two others suffered brain death two days ago due to a loss of consciousness, and their bodies have mysteriously disappeared."

Tianyuan Group stated that it is highly concerned about this matter, but because information from the cultivation world cannot be directly correlated with reality, it cannot provide any substantial assistance.

The information has been disseminated to collaborating laboratories, but the joint investigation is facing unknown obstacles. The laboratory that took the two bodies has not been identified, and the combined pressure from all parties will require some time. Preliminary estimates suggest it will take about a day.

[Wanxiang indicates that...]

Fang Xin naturally understood where the resistance came from, and without insisting on improving the efficiency of the pursuit, she said, "Everything is proceeding as planned. They are protecting the immortality-immortal experiment, not the people conducting the experiment."

During periods of transformation and change, the Chengming Laboratory was not merely a research institution embodying the group's pursuit of evolution and longevity, but also an aggregate connecting numerous resources and rights.

Once the laboratory's intelligence network is established, gathering clues and deducing their origins will make finding the laboratory that took the two individuals a breeze.

The premise is that there is no interference from forces of the same level. People who control resources and power, even if they are not old, are definitely not young. They are afraid that they will not live to the time of immortality, and the experiment of banishing immortals is undoubtedly a greater temptation.

"........."

Suzhou, Eternal Laboratory.

Two unconscious bodies are being transported to an abandoned base.

Pushing open the dilapidated gate, the base has been completely transformed, with all kinds of instruments and researchers fully prepared, making it a completely hidden underground laboratory.

Meng You took out a perfectly round stone, and a virtual data projection appeared.

Lin Ling spent two days searching for Chen Jing, who had jumped into the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Chaos, but could not find out whether the death of all the living people could break the Qi formation set up by the Azure Emperor.

At this moment, taking advantage of the brief fusion of the internet and reality, he looked at the two unconscious bodies: "Mr. Cao, how much longer do we have to wait? Wasn't this experiment already prepared?"

Meng You slightly raised his head to look at the illusory figure: "Don't call me Cao Xian. You killed this data character. Don't be so impatient. As the first immortal, let's look forward to it."

Lin Ling was not tempted by the promise of immortality. Ascension had already been an experiment in immortality; it was just that the sustenance had been cut off and she had to find another way. She shook her head and said, "Immortal life? Even if the experiment could be successful with a second-realm cultivator as the vessel, how many times could it be repeated?"

Meng You paused and said, "There's no need to worry about that. The Moon Palace creatures have already proposed the Celestial Human Plan. The human foundation is already at the first level, and there will be no shortage of second-level cultivators in the future."

"However, I don't have much time left. Senior, please prepare yourselves, we'll be starting the experiment soon!"

Meng You knew perfectly well that even with someone helping to cover it up, it was only a matter of time before the Eternal Laboratory was found and this secret base was exposed.

Leaving aside the use of immortal spirits for the time being, cultivators at the second realm are all leaders in a certain field of knowledge, and may even possess some priceless knowledge, potentially creating infinite value in the future.

Using immortal spirits and second-realm cultivators as materials, especially in the current environment, is definitely the most extravagant experiment.

One can only succeed once, not twice. Failure means utter ruin. The experiment can only succeed and cannot fail. The only way out is to complete the Immortal Ascension Experiment, no, or even just to succeed halfway and deduce the Ascension Method.

The resources that the Eternal Lab can access are comparable to those of the Tianyuan Group. Society is essentially a human society, and no one can resist the temptation of immortality. Therefore, all problems cease to be problems.

(End of this chapter)