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"Is it certain to succeed?"

At the top of the laboratory, a group of elderly-looking people watched the experimental results with utmost seriousness!

Most of these people were over fifty years old, the eldest looking almost like he was in his seventies or eighties, and they were mostly familiar faces.

If someone were here, they’d likely recognize them because those seated here were mostly celebrities.

Especially the oldest one, who had not been heard from in five years; many thought he was ill at home, never expecting he would be overseas and secretly supporting such an experiment!

"It will definitely be fine..." The person tasked with responding was a middle-aged woman, clearly under immense pressure facing these figures.

The people in this conference room nearly comprised influential elites from various regions, including centuries-old Western families, prominent stakeholders of major funds, legends from the financial and political spheres, especially the elderly Chinese, which was unexpected.

She hadn’t imagined that the backers supporting her experiment would be such powerful figures.

If this experiment were to fail, she feared all the money she had taken in would have to be spit out, and she might not get away with it...

All she could do now was silently pray that the team’s projected outcomes would hold.

The elderly individuals glanced at each other. In the news, they were mostly seen as competitors, but the world at the top is connected, and information travels fast. This laboratory had the first-hand successful data and had replaced the previous backers early on.

How could such a world-altering scientific achievement fall into the hands of a few lucky individuals?

If it were just minor profits, that would be one thing, even major money-making opportunities were allowed for newcomers, but obviously, for something like this, they could not let others have the priority.

"Is there only one successful experiment currently? If those people succeed today as well, does it mean that from now on, if one wants to achieve eternal longevity, it can only be done in this game world?"

"It shouldn’t be the case..." The middle-aged woman wiped her sweat and said, "Our team speculates that the reason Pu YunChuan was successful is probably because his game is too realistic.

Spending decades living a life similar to reality inside it makes the memory inertia follow the game.

In this game, players can reincarnate, and he has that belief, so when he dies, his strong belief keeps his data consciousness from dissipating. "

"If this experiment succeeds, we’ll allocate some funds to develop other games and create cases of such reincarnation games while lowering the difficulty..."

Difficulty is one contentious aspect of this virtual environment. Pu YunChuan was notorious for tormenting players, so the games he created were of the highest difficulty for hardcore gamers. While this increases playability for gaming, living there wouldn’t be as friendly.

The wealthy wanted to enjoy life, not suffer...

"Hmm..." Several elderly individuals from different countries glanced at each other and nodded slightly, the logic was still sound. If reincarnation was feasible, creating a game world with lower difficulty but easier access to the power of longevity met their expectations.

But then... what happened next was beyond everyone’s expectations...

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On the fifth day of the experiment, over thirty individuals participated.

Except for a few still hesitating, most had signed the contract—after all, one hundred million dollars was worth dying for, even if one had to leave the money to their parents and siblings; their life would not be devoid of meaning.

Among those who did not participate in the experiment was Ziyue.

Though she was the first to express willingness to participate, as the game’s lead data architect, the superiors still preferred her to coordinate technically from the outside.

This was in line with Ziyue’s expectations. She harbored no aspirations towards a data life; she had already experienced it for many years...

What she really wanted was to come in contact with those behind the scenes through this experiment, those backers who held the real secrets, had the strength to support this experiment, and had long been planning, preserving everyone’s genetic makeup here. They were not just any nouveau riche.

She even suspected that the upcoming world wars and the reconsideration of the data life plan might all be orchestrated by these people backstage!

Initially, one might find it unbelievable, but thinking it through, it wasn’t impossible.

The fate of the world is often really decided by just a handful of people. If there are some who hold sufficient resources and can determine global situations with their actions, it is not impossible to achieve what they desire.

When thinking of this, even a calm person like Ziyue couldn’t help but feel her heart throbbing with anger.

Billions of beings were living relatively peaceful lives.

She remembered the years she lived in, when the world experienced unprecedented peace, and the world’s resources were abundant enough to sustain a life without the need for wars.

With the efforts of several generations, more and more geopolitical conflicts were extinguished.

Although life was still relatively tough, having enough food and clothing and being away from wars had already become the norm.

Yet, just because of the selfishness of a small group of people... the entire world had to lose this peace!

If it was true that the great wars of those years were really planned by a small group of people... then these people... truly deserve to eternally fall into the depths of Hell!

"Director Chen..." Chen Qing holding the data report, puzzled, said: "There shouldn’t be any problem with the data, right?

We have almost perfectly replicated the entire framework of the game, just reducing the difficulty, and yet, the reincarnation there is not successful. Where could the problem be?"

Several leaders were also quite anxious.

The main experiment was very successful. Not only did Pu YunChuan’s consciousness return with clarity, but other invited individuals also completed the experiment successfully, with their bodies returning to normal after coming back. This proved the feasibility of digital life.

It was also because of their success that the behind-the-scenes financiers directly added ten times the funds and guaranteed that the laboratory wouldn’t be shut down due to any policy.

However, progress in the game world was indefinitely stalled.

The game world designed by Pu YunChuan could successfully experience reincarnation, but replicating his world, unless it was a 100% replication, almost always failed to achieve reincarnation success despite similar frameworks.

At first, they all thought it was a coding issue. With Ziyue’s help, they fully decoded the game’s program structure. The code was almost copied line by line, only the data was changed slightly, but even just that, it was unsuccessful!

All experimental subjects, in the replicated world, were unable to reincarnate; once dead... they were just dead!

These experiment results also matched Ziyue’s initial conjectures.

After all, for the wealthy pursuing longevity, their world naturally needs to be as safe as possible, there’s no need to focus on promoting Pu YunChuan’s harshly designed world.

But by the time of the Digital City era, among all game worlds, only the Demonic World allowed reincarnation, which could only mean one thing: the initial group of people hadn’t found an alternative world.

The Demonic World created by Pu YunChuan.... was the only place where digital life could achieve longevity!

Although she didn’t know the exact principle, Ziyue was certain that no matter how these people copied it, even if they spent a lot of money to create a similar game, they couldn’t achieve the same effect.

Pu YunChuan’s created world... was a coincidence... a unique coincidence!

"You ask me, but whom shall I ask?" Ziyue looked at the familiar face of Chen Qing, and somehow, she always liked to pick on him.

The Chen Qing of the Parallel World was too smart. The one in front of her was quite naive, making him easy to handle, a rare opportunity indeed.

"Sister Chen..." Chen Qing chuckled, "I know you must see the problem, right?"

"I might see a bit, but... why should I tell you?"

"Huh?" Chen Qing was startled, the two leaders around him who were originally focused on data adjustment both turned to look at Ziyue simultaneously.

"Do you know why?"

"Maybe..." Ziyue smiled: "But... if you want me to tell, you’ll need to offer something."

"What do you want?" The leader quickly asked, "If it’s money, that’s negotiable, we can apply to the higher-ups...

"What I want... you probably don’t have the authority to decide. I want to meet the people above." Ziyue stated bluntly: "Your... those people behind you!"