After the internet was disconnected, I connected to the magic world.

The public opinion didn't subside; instead, it became even more heated, with the hashtag "Nine Provinces Immortal Cultivation World" trending at the bottom of the hot search list.

The meeting room of the Special Investigations Department was brightly lit.

The staff member in charge of public opinion was sweating profusely as he reported the situation, while the leader sitting in the main seat frowned and tapped his fingers on the table.

"Who gave you permission to shut it down?" a middle-aged man next to him asked, his tone tinged with dissatisfaction.

"By sealing it off so forcefully, isn't that practically telling everyone it's true? People who were skeptical before are now believing it!"

"We were also afraid that the message would spread too quickly and cause social panic..." the person in charge of public opinion explained in a low voice.

"It's not enough to cause panic, but it might alert the enemy," the man said in a deep voice.

"Those supernatural beings hiding all over the country are already wary of the authorities. With what you've done, will they dare to show their faces? How can we investigate them anymore?"

The leader in the main seat raised his hand, interrupting the argument: "Alright, there's no point in saying this now."

Get it arranged quickly. Find a few entertainment accounts to publish two pieces of gossip about the top celebrities to suppress the trending topics.

Don't delete all the posts. Leave some, and treat it as an urban legend made up by netizens. Let it go. Don't you understand the principle that explaining it will only make things worse?

"yes!"

"Furthermore, pass the word that no one is allowed to arbitrarily ban accounts or delete posts without orders," the leader added.

"Just treat it as ordinary feudal superstition, give it a symbolic reminder, don't make it seem like a major crisis."

The order was quickly relayed.

Within half an hour, two scandals involving top celebrities suddenly surged to the top of the trending searches, overshadowing the topic of Kyushu.

The netizens' attention was largely drawn away, and the remaining discussions gradually subsided, and the storm was quietly quelled.

Meanwhile, in the research lab, Song Xiangang woke up from his sleep and rushed over immediately.

His face showed signs of fatigue, but his eyes were bright. Upon seeing the leader in charge, he immediately saluted.

"Captain Li, I'm back."

"Sit down." Captain Li gestured to the chair opposite him. "Tell me about the situation. What did you gain from this trip?"

Song Xian sat down and recounted his experiences in the cave in detail, starting from his encounter with the second-tier white-feathered eagle.

From hiding in the ancient cave, to trading pills with five core players and obtaining photos of rune fragments, everything was described in great detail.

After saying that, he took out a sealed bag from his bag, which contained three black pills the size of soybeans, the Body Tempering Pills he had obtained from the panel.

"There are three Body Tempering Pills in total. I request to keep one for myself to try, and give the other two to the laboratory to study their ingredients and pharmacology."

Song Xian said calmly, "In addition, since we couldn't bring out that incomplete rune scroll, I made a copy from memory. The lines may be slightly off, so it can only be used as a reference for the researchers."

He handed over another A4 sheet of paper with crooked, distorted rune lines drawn on it, which he had drawn from memory after waking up.

Team Leader Li took the sealed bag and blueprints and handed them to his assistant: "Send them to the lab immediately for priority testing."

"Yes."

"I've approved your application to try it on," Captain Li said, looking at Song Xian.

"Be careful, stop immediately if you feel any discomfort, and report your physical data regularly."

"Understood." Song Xian nodded.

"Have you found out the identities of those five people?" Captain Li asked again.

Song Xian nodded: "They all use their real appearance in Kyushu, and I have already memorized it."

Once we get back, we'll hand it over to the portrait department, and with the help of the Skynet system, they should be able to identify me quickly.

However, I suggest avoiding contact for now, observing first, and avoiding alerting them.

"Yes, you've thought this through very well." Captain Li nodded approvingly.

"Do as you say. By the way, what the higher-ups mean is to try to build good relationships with these core players and try to get in touch with the entity behind Kyushu through them."

Regardless of who the other party is, the energy they possess to have created such a world is beyond our imagination. Prioritize cooperation, avoid confrontation.

"I understand," Song Xian replied in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a pre-written manuscript from his briefcase and handed it over with both hands:

"Captain Li, this is the basic breathing technique I learned at Qingyun Sect. It contains the cultivation path from beginner to mid-stage of the acquired realm. I followed it and developed my inner energy in Kyushu."

I haven't actually tried it in real life yet, so I'm requesting to use the private training room on the third basement floor.

A biological research team was assigned to monitor the entire process and record all data related to the actual cultivation practice.

Team Leader Li took the manuscript and casually flipped through a couple of pages. The paper was covered with densely drawn diagrams of the human body's meridians, with qi-regulating formulas marked next to them. The handwriting was neat, clearly indicating that it had been compiled overnight after waking up.

"No problem, I'll approve it right away." Captain Li picked up the pen, signed the document, and pressed the internal phone button.

"Notify the research team to prepare training room number three, turn on all monitoring equipment, and begin testing in half an hour."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, the special training laboratory on the third basement floor was brightly lit.

Song Xian stood in the center of the field wearing a close-fitting quick-drying test suit, surrounded by instruments.

An infrared thermal imager was aimed at his entire body, and eight sets of electromyography (EMG) sensors were attached to his limbs and torso.

He wears a metabolic analyzer on his wrist and a high-precision biofield detection array on his head.

A dense array of wires connected to the control panel next to them, where several researchers wearing glasses stared at the screen.

"Team Leader Song, we can begin." The researcher's voice came through the microphone.

Song Xian nodded, pinched the dark brown body-severing pill between his fingertips, tilted his head back and swallowed it.

The changes began within three minutes of the pill entering the stomach.

His cheeks and neck slowly flushed, and his body temperature visibly rose.

On the control panel, the infrared thermal imaging image gradually changed from warm yellow to orange-red, and the core body temperature climbed from 36.6℃ to 38.9℃.

The numbers on the metabolic analyzer jumped rapidly, with the basal metabolic rate increasing by 49%, blood oxygen carrying capacity rising by 21%, and muscle fiber electrical signal activity doubling.

"The sweat glands of the epidermis excrete trace amounts of heavy metals and metabolic deposits, while the effective ingredients of the pills are targeting and strengthening the body through the circulatory system, eliminating impurities from the body."

The researcher stared at the screen and quickly reported the data: "No toxic side effects have been found so far, and all physiological indicators are within the safe range."

As the medicinal effects spread, Song Xian sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and slowly breathed according to the breathing techniques of the Qingyun Sect, guiding the dissipated medicinal power to gather in his dantian.

He had already condensed his inner energy in Kyushu and was very familiar with the path of cultivation.

After two full hours of endurance, he finally managed to condense a wisp of internal energy as thin as a hair deep within his dantian.

Almost simultaneously, the biofield detector on the control panel suddenly emitted a soft sound.

"Abnormal energy signal detected!" The researcher's voice suddenly rose.

"A stable low-frequency bio-energy field has appeared in the lower abdomen. The energy is moving along a fixed trajectory, which corresponds perfectly to the meridian lines of the human body!"

The body surface temperature begins to drop, and the energy conversion efficiency is approximately 0.8%, meaning that the vast majority of the medicinal effect is dissipated as heat.

Song Xian ignored the commotion outside and focused on guiding the wisp of internal energy to slowly impact his meridians.

The meridians in reality are much more sluggish than those in Kyushu. My internal energy flowed haltingly, and it took nearly an hour to finally open up two meridians.

If you try to push further down, your internal energy is almost completely depleted, and the medicinal effects have mostly dissipated.

He slowly finished his practice, opened his eyes, and gently exhaled a breath of stale air.

After changing his clothes and returning to the office, Song Xian handed over the test report he had just written, explaining in detail the effects of the pill, the process of condensing inner energy, and the difficulty of real-world cultivation.

After listening, Captain Li remained silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking:

"Actually, we obtained several sets of cultivation techniques as early as when the players first appeared, some basic ones and some that were said to be able to cultivate to the innate level."

He paused, his tone becoming somewhat serious: "We selected ten top-performing special forces soldiers for the trial."

After practicing for half a month, not a single person had developed even the slightest sense of qi. Two people who tried to force their qi to circulate even vomited blood due to surging qi and blood.

Song Xian was taken aback: "Why? Is the cultivation technique wrong?"

"The cultivation method is very similar to the one you submitted." Captain Li shook his head.

"It seems that either elixirs are necessary to begin learning, or..."

Only those chosen by the Nine Provinces and who receive a token have the aptitude for cultivation. Ordinary people, even if they obtain a cultivation technique, will not be able to cultivate anything.