I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

【Kunlun·Chuandao Palace】

The enormous domed hall was deathly silent.

Three thousand meditation cushions, three thousand human elites.

There was no whispering, no questioning or clamor. The atmosphere was as heavy as a pre-battle mobilization.

These chosen individuals—whether leading figures in quantum physics or business leaders overseeing the big picture—have all demonstrated an exceptionally high level of discipline.

They knew very well that the world outside had changed.

They are sitting here not to question whether mythology is scientific, but to figure out how to wield this power.

The notebooks before them contained no mythological symbols, but rather densely packed, complex geometric models and rows of obscure ancient seal script paired with modern mathematical formulas. This was "preparatory material" that this group of elites had spontaneously compiled over the past 24 hours.

hum.

The space above the platform distorted slightly, and Gu Qing's figure appeared out of thin air.

He did not sit cross-legged, but stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze calmly sweeping across the area below.

"Put away your pens and notebooks."

Gu Qing's voice was calm, yet it clearly reached everyone's ears, carrying an undeniable authority.

"This is the first lesson, and it may be the only one I personally teach you."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the crowd below instantly sharpened, their focus reaching its peak. As the dean, every word he uttered could contain core secrets.

"From now on, the elders of each department will guide you through the specific disciplines. But today, I will teach you how to open this door."

Gu Qing raised her hand and pointed to her eyes.

"Everyone here has received a scientific education since childhood. You are used to using microscopes to look at the microscopic world and telescopes to look at the macroscopic world."

"But from the perspective of cultivators, the world is not made up of atoms, nor is it made up of wave functions."

"The world is made up of 'Qi'."

Gu Qing snapped his fingers.

Snapped!

The light in the entire Missionary Palace vanished instantly.

Darkness. Absolute darkness.

Not only sight, but also hearing, touch, and even the sense of weight of the body were forcibly stripped away by the formation in that instant.

A sense of panic briefly spread through the darkness, but it was quickly suppressed by the elite's strong mental fortitude. They realized that this was part of the teaching process.

Gu Qing's voice resounded directly in their minds:

"Human senses are essentially a poor-quality receiver riddled with flaws and limitations."

"Your scientific observations, which you are so proud of, are often locked in three-dimensional space by this receiver."

"To draw qi into the body, you must first take off these glasses."

"Now, use your consciousness—or rather, use that area in your brain that has never been activated—to 'observe' your surroundings."

"Don't think about what 'light' looks like, but look for those 'lines' flowing in the void."

This is a teaching method that Gu Qing improved for this group of highly intelligent talents.

To deal with a dull person, you can say "empty their mind"; but to deal with this group of elites whose brains process countless pieces of information every second, you must give them an extremely complex "high-dimensional task" to force their brains to overclock and thus break through the sensory barrier.

Time passed second by second.

In the darkness, countless thoughts collided and struggled.

For these scientists accustomed to logical deduction, this kind of "intuitive observation" is simply torture. They try to build models and find a medium, but they get trapped in logical dead ends time and time again.

On the system panel, Gu Qing stared expressionlessly at the chaotic mental fluctuation data below.

Knowledge is power, but sometimes it can also be an obstacle.

Just then.

[System notification: An abnormally ordered mental fluctuation has been detected!]

[Seat: Row 7, Seat 19]

Gu Qing's gaze sharpened.

There sat a young man with messy hair and dark circles under his eyes, who looked somewhat neurotic.

According to the information, Chen Mo is 25 years old and a doctoral student in the Department of Mathematics. His specialization is non-Euclidean geometry and high-dimensional topology.

At this moment, in a world where his five senses were deprived, Chen Mo did not try to "search" for spiritual energy like others.

He was "calculating".

"It's not chaotic..."

Chen Mo's consciousness murmured to itself in the darkness.

"It's a function...the trajectories of these flows conform to the topological manifold structure."

Instead of trying to grasp it with his senses, he subconsciously began to construct a mathematical model in his mind. He was trying to solve the equations for these flowing energies.

He doesn't need to understand that it's a miracle; he only needs to understand that it's mathematics.

hum!

In the darkness, Chen Mo's consciousness suddenly caught a glimpse of a faint blue light.

That wasn't light; it was a projection of highly concentrated spiritual energy into his consciousness. Following the trajectory of that "light," he carefully aligned his consciousness with it, as if unlocking a finely crafted lock.

Click.

A crisp sound that only he could hear.

outside world.

The light returned to the hall.

Everyone turned around in astonishment to look at the young man sitting in the 7th row.

The air around Chen Mo distorted slightly, and a faint blue current of energy wrapped around his fingertips, forming an unstable Möbius strip shape in the air as his fingers trembled.

"genius."

Even Gu Qing couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

This kid didn't just guess by luck; he used his extreme computing power and spatial imagination to forcefully "crack" the process of drawing qi into the body!

"Chen Mo," Gu Qing said.

The young man jumped in fright, his glasses nearly falling off, and hurriedly stood up: "Here!"

"Tell me how you feel," Gu Qing asked.

Chen Mo swallowed hard, nervously adjusting his glasses: "Dean... Dean, it's actually not that difficult. Although the trajectories of these 'qi' appear disordered, if we introduce high-dimensional variables, they actually conform to a hybrid model of fluid mechanics and Riemannian geometry. As long as we calculate their next landing point, we can... lure them in."

The entire room fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, a violent gasp of cold air erupted.

Those Taoist scholars who were still struggling to "comprehend the Way of Heaven" and chemists who were trying to analyze spiritual energy with chemicals all looked as if they had been struck by lightning, their eyes shining with disbelief.

Using mathematical models... to trap spiritual energy?

Is this still cultivation?

Gu Qing smiled, a satisfied smile.

This is exactly the effect he wanted.

"very good."

"You've paved the way."

Gu Qing looked at everyone and said loudly, "Did you hear that? Cultivating immortality isn't some kind of metaphysics; it's a 'science' that you haven't yet deciphered."

"Some people rely on intuition, some rely on faith, but Chen Mo relies on calculation."

"Kunlun doesn't need cookie-cutter believers. I need you to use every means at your disposal—whether it's formulas, intuition, or savagery—to tear open the veil of this dimension!"

"Chen Mo, you are hereby awarded one low-grade spirit stone and included in the core training list of the Array Dao Academy."

At that moment, the confusion in the eyes of all the elites vanished.

Instead, there is excitement and ambition belonging to humanity's top think tank.

Since this thing has patterns to follow, and since it can be "calculated" and "analyzed," then it's nothing to be afraid of.

As long as it's science, humanity can conquer it.

Even if this science comes from higher dimensions.

Gu Qing looked at the instantly excited and "academic" atmosphere of the cultivation scene below the stage and nodded slightly.

The reconstruction of the worldview is complete.

"Today's Qi-inducing course is over."

With a wave of his sleeve, Gu Qing slowly floated into the air, his voice becoming ethereal and majestic.

"Now that the door is open, the path lies beneath your feet."

"Starting tomorrow at dawn, you will be divided into subject groups for instruction according to your talents and aspirations."

"Those who want to learn the art of killing should go to the Martial Arts Arena and find Elder Tieshan; those who want to study life transformation should go to the Pill Pavilion and find Elder Danchenzi; those who want to use code to analyze runes should go to the Scripture Tower and find Elder Suwen."

I only care about the results.

"If, three months from now, anyone is still unable to analyze spiritual energy using scientific or non-scientific methods..."

"That proves that the ship of the new era cannot carry you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Qing vanished in a stream of light.

Only three thousand elite humans, their fighting spirit ignited, remained, watching Chen Mo, who was still manipulating the vortex of spiritual energy, their eyes burning with a raging fire called "involution."