The memories of all humanity are awakening, except for mine.

Chapter 198 The Future of Humanity May Bear Your Name

This office looks unremarkable, creating a strong sense of disconnect from the overall high-tech feel of the eighth floor.

Filing cabinets, desks, coffee tables, sofas...

It felt like I was standing in Xu Chenggong's office.

Jiang Chuan had just sat down on the sofa when he heard Wang Xuejun's question:
How was your first visit to headquarters?

He fixed his gaze on the middle-aged man, noticing the wrinkled white lab coat he was wearing, the undisguised excitement in his eyes, the heavy dark circles under his eyes, and his unkempt, unshaven chin…

This middle-aged man, who looked extremely tired yet strangely energetic, was Wang Xuejun, the head of the technical team.

Faced with his question, Jiang Chuan hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"quite……"

"They were very enthusiastic."

Jiang Chuan told the truth.

Upon hearing this description, Wang Xuejun paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "You don't know about this yet."

"Your performance in the second level of virtual reality a while ago added a bright spot to our boring work life at headquarters."

"Many people feel it's a pity that the 'performances' have been suspended during this period."

"No one expected it to have such a huge impact, but in the end..."

"Your method of killing zombies is indeed very infectious."

As he spoke, Wang Xuejun made a stabbing motion.

Jiang Chuan was somewhat bewildered upon hearing this explanation.

Wang Xuejun didn't chat any further. He quickly said, "You should know now, Jiang Chuan, why I asked you to come to headquarters this time."

Jiang Chuan snapped out of his daze and nodded: "Yes."

"My new ability."

Wang Xuejun hummed in agreement, then continued, "It's been more than twenty days since you broke through the tenth level, hasn't it?"

"How have things been lately? Has this capability been developed?"

Jiang Chuan replied truthfully, "It just means we can use it a few more times."

"There's been virtually no progress."

Wang Xuejun nodded: "That's normal. This kind of ability can't be developed easily."

As he said this, he took out three small metal balls from the drawer, slightly larger than marbles, and threw them on the ground. The three metal balls rolled freely for a moment, then suddenly stopped and emitted light, forming a holographic image.

Wang Xuejun stood up and said:

"I won't keep you in suspense any longer, let's get straight to the point."

"Jiang Chuan, in your understanding, what is space?"

Jiang Chuan was taken aback when he heard the question.

He had never thought about this question before. Even though he had explored it to some extent because of his abilities, he had never thought deeply about the nature of space.

For Jiang Chuan, space is like air—necessary for existence, but something elusive and unnecessary to ponder.

When faced with this problem, once I start thinking about it, I feel very confused.

He frowned and replied, "Space is... nothingness?"

Upon hearing Jiang Chuan's answer, Wang Xuejun smiled and said, "That's right, space can be understood in this way to a certain extent."

"Space is something without energy."

"Whether explained from a mathematical or physical perspective, space is a background, a frame of reference upon which changes are based."

"but……"

“When talking about space, we can’t just talk about space.”

As Wang Xuejun spoke, he waved his hand, and the holographic space outlined by the three metal spheres changed.

All the points of light converged into one bright spot, and then suddenly exploded.

The entire office was filled with dots of light of all sizes, giving it a sense of vastness and boundlessness.

Wang Xuejun continued:
"At the beginning of the universe, the Big Bang ejected countless amounts of matter and energy."

"It's planets, it's matter, it's various elements, it's the four fundamental forces that we haven't fully understood yet..."

"And what comes along with it is space."

"..."

At this point, Wang Xuejun paused, then looked at Jiang Chuan and continued:
"Jiang Chuan, do you know what it means to be able to control space?"

Jiang Chuan listened to all this, completely bewildered.

Faced with the sudden problem, they were completely bewildered.

Wang Xuejun didn't seem to expect Jiang Chuan to give any answers at all.

At this moment, he waved his hand again, and the scattered points of light in front of him quickly coalesced into a blue planet.

Then the perspective rapidly descends, from the vast universe to a planet, to a city, to a tree, to the human body, to a cell, to the cell nucleus, to the DNA double strand, and then deeper into proteins, those protons and quarks... finally reaching a void.

At the same time, Wang Xuejun's voice came again:

"If one could truly master space, that would mean..."

"You will be able to do anything."

Wang Xuejun's speech became faster and his tone more impassioned as he continued:

"Energy! Information! Matter! Even time!"

"These are all inextricably linked to space!"

"Although we can't understand how you manipulated space right now, there are just too many things in this era that we can't understand!"

"As long as it works, we can keep moving forward!!"

The excitement in Wang Xuejun's eyes was so intense that it even affected Jiang Chuan's emotions.

Jiang Chuan suddenly understood why Wang Xuejun's eyes held such expectation when he saw him.

Wang Xuejun took a deep breath and then spoke again:
"Jiang Chuan, I have already planned your future training program."

"The path to mastering space is long, but once you embark on this path, even the slightest progress can lead to a rapid increase in your strength."

"And the most basic means of utilizing space, which is the means you currently have, is distance."

"Based on what you did in the tenth level, do you understand the reason behind this method of shortening the distance?"

Jiang Chuan shook his head earnestly.

Although he was able to do it, he had absolutely no idea how he did it.

However, Jiang Chuan still gave his own answer:

"Perhaps... it pierced through space?"

Upon hearing this answer, Wang Xuejun smiled and shook his head.

At the same time, he waved his hand again, and the scattered points of light began to flicker again, forming a grid.

He reached out to touch the grid, and the grid began to twist and deform as his palm approached, and the surrounding space began to compress in one direction.

Two originally parallel faces in the grid begin to concave and move closer to each other, eventually forming an intersection.

Wang Xuejun began to explain:

"It doesn't penetrate space, but rather compresses it, thus shortening the distance."

Jiang Chuan looked at the flat surface on the holographic screen and recalled the feeling he had when facing Zhou Ying's barrier in the virtual reality.

What I see now and what I felt back then resonate with each other and blend together.

He didn't understand before, but now that this is being discussed, he seems to have realized something in a way.

Following Wang Xuejun's line of thought, Jiang Chuan's right palm began to ripple with waves as he began to try it out.

Wang Xuejun continued:
"Even with such a rudimentary application, it is already a powerful ability. As the space you can compress becomes larger and larger, the collapse of mountains and cities with a mere thought will no longer be a fantasy." "However, such things are still too early for you."

"What you need to do now is to learn more ways to use it as soon as possible."

"Since what you have grasped now is the contraction of space, the next stage that is most tangible is 'expansion'."

The holographic image changed again, and this time, the opposite of the previous demonstration, two parallel grids bulged out from the middle, and the two points moved away from each other.

Wang Xuejun began by saying:
"It's that simple."

"Turn the original compression into expansion."

"Essentially, this is what you're going to do."

Jiang Chuan stared at the scene, slightly stunned.

But he quickly snapped out of his daze and asked, "How do I train?"

Wang Xuejun held up two fingers and said, "There are two ways."

"First, just like your understanding in the tenth level, you can use virtual reality to gain insights."

"Secondly, as you know, as long as the compatibility with the awakened is sufficient, those feelings and memories can be reproduced in your mind."

"Logically speaking, these two methods should be able to go hand in hand."

"But now that your awakened memories are still at the highest level of secrecy, it is impossible to make arrangements based on your memories."

"Then here's the problem."

"Jiang Chuan, whose awakened memories do you have?"

However, Jiang Chuan could only shake his head when faced with this question.

Wang Xuejun smiled helplessly: "Can't I say?"

But he quickly suppressed his helplessness and nodded, saying:

"It's normal that you can't say."

"Although it will slow down the pace a bit, the first training method can actually touch those long-forgotten memories without you even realizing it."

At this point, Wang Xuejun took a deep breath:

"Starting tomorrow, you can come to headquarters for relevant training."

"Once you have the theory and the way of expression, you can experience it through virtual reality."

"I hope you can grow up quickly."

Jiang Chuan nodded emphatically, a sense of gratitude welling up in his heart: "Thank you."

Wang Xuejun shook his head and said, "No need to thank me."

“I didn’t help you for nothing, Jiang Chuan.”

"After you grow up, our basic theories may find new breakthroughs in you."

"This is a tremendous good thing for both the institution and the land."

"The world is undergoing tremendous changes, and we must seize every opportunity to grow."

Wang Xuejun stood in front of Jiang Chuan, patted Jiang Chuan on the shoulder, and said solemnly, his tired eyes shining with anticipation for the future:
"Jiang Chuan, keep it up!"

"Your name may be remembered in the future of humanity."

These words resounded loudly in Jiang Chuan's ears, serving as a wake-up call.

The shock left him somewhat dazed.

He had never imagined something so grand.

He still remembers that just a few months ago, he was only thinking about taking a ride on this new era's giant ship and getting a taste of its benefits.

After all that had happened, Jiang Chuan knew that he had changed a lot.

It's not just a change in identity, but also a change in mindset.

Wang Xuejun's voice came again, breaking the turmoil in Jiang Chuan's mind:
"It might be too early to say these things now."

"Jiangchuan."

"Xu Shan is still waiting for you. Go find him. He wants to talk to you about Jiu Xing's matter."

"Don't forget to come tomorrow to start training."

Jiang Chuan nodded, and was about to leave when he asked again:
"What about the fourth phase of training?"

Should I still participate?

Wang Xuejun said:
"No delay."

“I know those guys from Qing City too. The previous matches weren’t too difficult.”

"Furthermore, the fourth stage won't be effective for your training, and it's not fair to your opponents, as your strength has already surpassed that of these trainees."

"When you are needed to step in, it will probably be when the fourth phase of training is coming to an end."

……

at the same time.

The third floor of Building 1, the headquarters of the organization.

The floor was deserted, except for the eerie green glow of the emergency exit signs and light seeping from the cracks in the laboratory doors deep in the corridor.

If you listen carefully, you can hear waves of pitiful and weak wails.

Inside this secret laboratory, a middle-aged man in surgical scrubs stands before an operating table. The sound of a scalpel cutting echoes continuously, each time accompanied by a mournful roar.

The middle-aged man was wearing a mask, medical gloves, and his hair was covered by a surgical cap.

"what!!!"

It seemed he had hit too hard, because his right hand, which had been moving smoothly, suddenly paused.

The man looked at his experimental subject.

"Aren't you used to it yet?"

"Mr. Jack."

Vampire Jack's already pale face became even whiter, like a sheet of paper.

Upon hearing this question, a hint of anger appeared in his eyes, but even more so, fear.

He spoke in a hoarse voice:
"You devil!"

The man didn't seem to care about the label at all; he calmly replied, "I am a staunch atheist."

As he spoke, the scalpel in his hand cut off another piece of skin tissue, eliciting another cry of pain.

The middle-aged man carefully placed the piece of skin tissue into a petri dish.

At this moment, the table next to the operating table was filled with various petri dishes of different sizes. The petri dishes were full of flesh and blood. Although they had been removed from the body, the contents of those petri dishes were still rolling around, as if trying to escape.

The middle-aged man prepared to continue cutting, but just as he picked up the scalpel again, he heard footsteps rapidly approaching from outside the door.

The footsteps approached quickly, but the person stood at the door without entering. However, the voice reporting came from behind the door.

"Teacher Lu."

"Jiang Chuan has arrived at headquarters."

"Now I'm in the technical team."

Upon hearing this voice, a clear smile appeared beneath the mask.

Lu Bin hummed in agreement and calmly began to speak:
"I see."

"..."

"Pass the notice down and proceed according to the original plan."

(End of this chapter)