Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 1 Prologue: Embryo Development

Thump, thump!
Gulu gulu...

Am I not dead?

Gulu gulu...

I'm in the water!

Zhou Xu was startled and immediately held his breath, frantically trying to open his eyes, his hands and feet flailing wildly as he instinctively struggled.

A moment later, he suddenly froze.

Huh?
Why—did I not feel suffocated?
thump!
Snoring snoring...

Is it in the hospital?
I was rescued?
Zhou Xu hesitated for a moment.

Is this some kind of new treatment device?

……

By the way, should I notify the doctor that I've woken up?
With that in mind, Zhou Xu tentatively reached out to explore his surroundings.

It was a cramped space, surrounded by soft barriers that felt somewhat like skin to the touch, though it was unclear what material they were made of.

How should I notify the doctor?
Zhou Xu thought for a moment.

Should we tap the wall in front of us?

I don't know how expensive this treatment will be, and I don't know if my savings will be enough to cover the medical expenses.

With that thought in mind, Zhou Xu reached out and slapped the barrier in front of him.

"oops!"

A muffled gasp came through the surrounding liquid, sounding rather deep.

"..."

A strange female voice came from the surrounding barriers, causing Zhou Xu's skin to resonate slightly.

Why does this sound seem to be coming from above?

What language was that speech in? I couldn't understand it.
"..."

A male voice rang out not far away. This voice did not shake Zhou Xu's body like the previous ones, but Zhou Xu still could not understand the meaning of the words.

Is this in a foreign country?

Did they take me abroad for treatment, or is it some new type of equipment imported from abroad that's being tested?

thump!
By the way, what's that constant noise around us?
The sound, like a heavy drum, kept beating. Why hadn't I noticed such a deep and resonant sound before?

Thump... thump... thump!
Could it be—a heartbeat?

Zhou Xu came to an unbelievable conclusion while he was listening intently to the sound.

Yet, the sound felt like the most beautiful lullaby in the world, and before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

……

Taking advantage of a brief moment of drowsiness, Zhou Xu managed to 'find' the current situation.

If he's not dreaming, he must have been reincarnated!

"No matter how you look at it, it must be a dream!"

Zhou Xu still couldn't believe it after a long time, but all the information he had collected confirmed his guess.

More importantly, at some point, a virtual screen appeared in his mind!
Personal Attributes:
Strength: (Developing and growing)
Agile: (Under development)
Neural reflex: (Developing and growing)
Endurance: (Under development)
Physical condition: (Under development)

[Personal Martial Arts Skills: None]

[Remaining skill points: 0]

[Personal Level: LV0: 0/10]

[This is a personal martial arts quest in development and cannot be released at this time.]

……

The simple and easy-to-understand personal attribute interface filled Zhou Xu with anticipation for his future.

What he needs to do right now is to improve himself as quickly as possible and strive to be 100,000 meters ahead of others at the starting line!

Taking advantage of this rare moment of clarity, Zhou Xu prepared to summarize what he could do right now. ...

Exercise?

Judging from the name of the system, the outside world is likely in ancient times. Would being too strong cause a difficult birth?

This is no joke; one wrong move and it could result in the deaths of both mother and child.

To cultivate internal energy?

What can you do?!

Although I have a martial arts system, I was just an ordinary person in my previous life. Who would know about any cultivation techniques that can be practiced from the fetal stage!

It's easier said than done!
Zhou Xu pondered over and over, trying to find a way to improve.

He suddenly remembered a theory he had heard in his past life.

Using a computer as an analogy, the number of brain cells can be seen as the computer's capacity, both of which are finite.

Moreover, once an adult's brain cells die, they are gone forever and do not regenerate. It would be a huge waste not to take advantage of this opportunity to regenerate as many brain cells as possible.

After summarizing and analyzing his own abilities, he realized that the only thing he could do now was to think more.

This has two advantages.

One way is to exercise the brain, so that I won't fall asleep after thinking for just two minutes like I do now.

Another point is to inject the habits and logic of the previous life—that is, one's own memories and thinking—into the newborn's brain.

Human thinking patterns are habitual. This is because the essence of thought is the construction and circulation of neurons in the brain.

Zhou Xu didn't know why he had memories of his past life, but from the perspective of the theory that 'human thought is just the operation of the brain,' his current state was very unscientific!

A baby's brain is not fully developed in the womb, so what stores its memories in?
Just like a computer, it doesn't have any RAM, so how can the system run and even have several gigabytes of data?
Is this some kind of ghost story?
The only possible reason is that a system has inexplicably appeared in my consciousness, and my consciousness is very likely stored in that system.

Since my own consciousness is within it, will this body... give rise to a new consciousness in the future?
……

Think, recall, self-hypnotize!
Zhou Xu dared not slack off, seizing every moment of lucidity to repeatedly recall every detail he could remember.

Through the mother body, Zhou Xu could vaguely hear the voices of the outside world and hear explosion-like noises coming from outside from time to time, but he paid no attention to them.

There's plenty of time to learn about things outside after you're born; your own existence is the real issue, a matter of life and death.

As he continued to recall, he could clearly feel that his lucid moments were gradually increasing and his thinking speed was getting faster and faster.

At the same time, the body's perception is also gradually increasing.

Perhaps this is also evidence that the body is adapting to memory.

The process went exceptionally smoothly, just as the saying goes, "What is difficult for the unskilled is easy for the skilled."

Just like making a nuclear bomb, it only takes three simple steps.

The first step is to locate the uranium-235 mining area.

The second step is to purify uranium-235.

The third step is to put the purified uranium-235 into a sphere that can explode uniformly, and then it's done!

Zhou Xu suddenly realized that perhaps the infusion of memories was just as simple; he had simply skipped countless intermediate steps and directly reached the destination to perform the final memory input.

Just like self-hypnosis, simply telling yourself in the mirror every day that you are the best can easily influence a person's mental state.

This process is simply a way of building a neural structure, much like building a new program in a computer system.

In some ways, influencing the human brain is simpler than building a new program on a computer.

From simple, repetitive external information to so-called hypnosis, the essence is the construction of new neurons in the human brain. In some ways, even simple, repetitive external information is more likely to influence this brain development.

There's a saying: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

If we interpret it this way, it means that if you gaze into an abyss for too long, your brain will construct another abyss, which will continuously influence your behavior.

To emerge from the mud unsullied is something to be admired for its difficulty; it is not the norm.

Amidst a multitude of thoughts, just as Zhou Xu felt his mind was flowing smoothly, the amniotic fluid inexplicably became turbid.

The surrounding soft barrier kept wriggling and began to slowly push.

……

(End of this chapter)