CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 37: ALCHEMY OF LIFE, THE DESCENT OF GOD

"It shouldn’t be, it shouldn’t be, why is the brain so dull."

"They simply have no creative ability, it feels like a large part of their soul is missing. Is it that the mysterious domain of creative consciousness is something we haven’t yet explored?"

"There is an issue with the construction of the brain."

The Emperor and the two faction leaders kept analyzing.

They couldn’t find the correct blueprint for the brain at all.

So they simply stopped looking.

A life form is composed of a brain and a body.

When researching the brain didn’t work, they began to study the body.

The first generation of Elves had green skin all over, stiff and relatively hard, with low light absorption efficiency.

The second generation of Elves had soft skin, agile movements, green hair, semi-flexible willow-like limbs, with high light absorption efficiency, comparable to ordinary plants, though they still needed to eat a small amount of food daily.

With the combined efforts of eight thousand Saints, the bodily structure of the Elves has been repeatedly advanced.

Common Elf bone code, muscle code, accelerated growth code...

These universal basic life codes have become clear and transparent in front of their eyes.

....

At this moment.

Countless Elves below are worshipping atop the World Tree of Life.

These scholars shed their giant Elven exoskeleton mecha, revealing a core body: a cellular humanoid formed of forty thousand single cells.

One by one, pixelated, uncanny humanoid Wizards are working in this microscopic laboratory hall visible only through a microscope, holding strange test-tube vials, conducting research.

These are specially made single-cell test-tube vials, each containing a segment of DNA.

These spherical round-bottom flasks are neatly arranged on the transparent green cell walls, each floating with a segment of genetic codes for eye color, skin tone, muscles, bones... these codes.

"Give me the eye color test tube number thirty-seven, and the skin tone test tube number forty-nine," the leading Sect leader said plainly.

A wise man nodded, took two test tubes, and shook the gene short chains inside, "This time the mix should be right; the body of the third generation Elves should be a quite perfect creation, extremely stable and complete."

Now.

They have systematized life genetics.

And they call it "Life Alchemy"!

Just as Newton laid the foundation for the edifice of classical physics.

They have now entered a brand new domain, also laying the foundation for the edifice of classical biological alchemy.

"Unfortunately, the [body] holds basically no secrets to us anymore, leaving only the accumulation of new gene segments, but the [brain] still cannot fully create a true consciousness and soul."

The body can now be fabricated at will, but the mysterious domain of the brain and soul is the most fascinating part.

Their burst of civilization has hit another wall!

Once again in a period of stagnation, waiting for technological accumulation, constantly climbing, to eventually leap over the dragon gate and start the next third civilization explosion.

And Li Qing "observed" them conducting experiments with flasks, as if witnessing those most primitive, evil Wizards.

This is friggin’ ridiculous!

In Li Qing’s words: "These guys were already so fierce without a brain; now they’ve gone berserk!!"

These bacterium are conducting creation-level biological experiments using "DNA cell bottles," completely surpassing the biology of Earth.

But that’s not enough!

Outside the laboratory, Li Qing gazed through the glass window and suddenly revealed a hint of curiosity:

"Let me add some fuel to your fire; you all have DNA storage, how can you not have a DNA computer? Let me see what your limit is."

DNA computers had appeared a long time ago, but some people have no idea how advanced the technological race in modern human nations is.

Some even believe that if it hasn’t been widely adopted for civilian use, it doesn’t exist; it’s just an urban legend.

On October 26, 2021, Huaxia made another breakthrough in quantum computer research; "Nine Chapters" and "Zu Chongzhi" were billions of times faster than supercomputers.

The nation has already developed quantum computers, so naturally, there are DNA computers as well.

DNA storage and computation are currently the most promising biological research projects in biological science.

In 1994, James Watson built the first DNA computer.

In 2004, a DNA computer was born at Shanghai Jiaotong University.

In 2009, the United States developed a bacterial computer with E. coli.

In October 2011, the Sun Never Sets Country developed biological logic gates with bacteria; logic gates are the basic components of silicon circuits, indicating that biological computers can be fully realized.

...

Theoretically, a 1.5 ml test tube can hold 1 trillion DNA computers, with computation speeds reaching 1 billion times per second and power consumption a billionth of that of traditional computers.

If successful, a band-aid could be a portable computer!

However, these computers are still dwarfed by quantum computers in both size and computational power, so the primary focus remains on quantum computers for now.

Now?

DNA memory sticks have appeared, it’s time to try DNA computers.

Li Qing felt a bit excited as if opening an unprecedented veil; if any scientist were here, they would surely go crazy!

"Since they are already my people, I’ll tell them the principle of DNA computer technology... It’s not that their technology is underdeveloped, but they haven’t had this idea, they don’t realize the presence of computers."

At this time.

All other wise men are researching, but only the Holy Dragon is slacking off, sleeping in the church.

And in his dream, he received a divine revelation, a gentle, radiant figure was speaking to him about extremely profound divine decrees.

At this moment.

The Holy Dragon gathered them and said:

"The God said, humans who ignite the Holy Fire on earth, perhaps you need a little bit of revelation."

"The God will bring the Book of Revelation."

Soon, all the wise ones of civilization gathered here.

Before the Crystal Wall, they prostrated in worship, commencing the Church’s ceremony, calling for the descent of the God.

And beneath the World Tree, as well as on some of its trunks and branches, the Elf Tribes residing there, the Elves all looked over.

"What are the Gods worshipping?"

Although those who created them never called themselves Gods, in their eyes, they were undoubtedly Gods.

Yet now, the Gods seemed like them, worshipping a higher deity.

Regardless of the unrest in the primitive Elf Tribes.

Li Qing prepared an environment for a wave of lectures.

These past days have not been idle for him.

The entire living room was welded with steel plates by him.

Furniture?

Non-existent.

The whole living room was empty, enveloped in the walls of silver steel plates.

Considering this, they no longer needed the Telekinesis Wave; they had evolved eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, able to directly behold Li Qing’s vast and immense form, this was incredible.

The God must be mysterious, not to be gazed upon directly.

Hence, he prepared a super strong flashlight, placed behind his head, shining at them, blinding their eyes, immersing himself in a hazy golden Holy Light.

But hurting others ultimately harms oneself.

To prevent himself from being blinded, Li Qing wore the sunglasses he always had with him.

At this moment, he sat on a black executive chair, overlooking through the glass window, preaching to them.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

The entire world was illuminated.

The crowd saw, outside the massive Crystal Wall: A God sat on a black divine throne, reflecting countless silver chaos behind him, his rear emanated infinite golden Divine Light, piercing through the Crystal Wall, sacred and magnificent, the whole land’s verdant forests and rivers were all bright and clear.

And not to mention the mortals on the ground, even those with Holy Position, under the dual effect of the silver steel plate reflection and the strong flashlight, felt like their eyes were about to go blind, not daring to look directly at the God.

Emperor Minis left a description of the holy scene at that time for future generations, unforgettable for a lifetime: "Previously, we relied solely on the Consciousness Wave to sense the God in a black-and-white world, yet unexpectedly, when we saw the colorful world in its entirety, we discovered the God’s descent was so dazzling! Behind Him was a giant golden Divine Ring, radiating endless brilliance, the God cannot be directly observed!"

Li Qing watched them prostrate on the ground, worshipping with eyes closed, praying.

He felt somewhat satisfied in his heart, as he wanted them not to dare raise their heads, and then began organizing his thoughts.

The words to be spoken are very brief, just the principles of logic gate circuits, various software and hardware principles of modern computers, and the basic principles of DNA computers.

However, the expression could not be conveyed in that manner.

Circuit diagrams?

Logic gates?

Impossible to say so.

This isn’t Divine Science!

Outside the Crystal Wall, the endless silver reflective brilliance on the walls, the God sitting on the Throne of Chaos spoke:

"This is a finely drawn Divine Pattern design, embodying the truth of the world."

"This is a scripture, drawing patterns, scripting divine incantations, magic circuits, which can form Divine Artifact, nurturing Artifact Spirit within."

Saying superstitious words on one side while giving a scientific lesson on the principles of computer circuits on the other. To them, however, it was utterly fascinating!

And the words that followed further enlightened them, giving them a definite research direction, the key to opening that door.

The God continuously imparted truth, leaving behind a passage that shook their hearts:

"When you comprehend the truth and converge into this kind of living Divine Artifact, holding your exclusive Divine Artifact, you will become the lowest tier of Gods!"

God!

Become a God.

Their hearts burned with fervor.

This was also the grand vision Li Qing painted for them.

These guys had already ruled the world, wanting to call themselves Gods, yet fearing to offend the Outer God, only daring to call themselves Saints.

If they indeed developed the Biological Computer, giving them motivation, what harm in calling themselves Gods?

After Li Qing finished speaking, he left.

As expected, they went mad.

One day later, they started to imitate, creating the simplest logic gate, resulting in an integrated circuit within a living organism, called: Divine Pattern.

Three days later, they built a simple calculator capable of basic operations, called: First-generation Artifact Spirit, possessing basic wisdom.

Six days later, they constructed a simple computer capable of assisting in calculations, called: Divine Treasure Artifact.

This was very scientific, a month later.

With relentless research, combined with various computer principle materials provided by Li Qing, they finally succeeded.

They donned elf exteriors, turned into elves, each creating their own life-bound Divine Artifact, with some fashioned as crowns worn on the head, some as staffs held in hand, others as necklaces hung around the neck.

"Incredible, specific magic circuits can create a form of auxiliary intelligence, that is the life-bound Artifact Spirit, we have our own exclusive Divine Artifact!"

They embarked on another path.

"We have become the lower-tier Gods!"

They proclaimed on the Tree of Life, intelligence experienced a second surge in computational growth, civilization underwent a second great explosion.