Vincent entered the painting space and immediately discovered that the very first queen insect had died. It was jointly attacked by a few other queen insects that appeared later on, dragged out from its nest, and died a horrible death.
It was precisely at the moment this insect queen died that the measure of the Source Form in Vincent’s brain increased. Vincent then brought his consciousness into the painting space and gradually discovered that the Source Form’s increase did not only occur when the insect queen died. In fact, every time a living thing died, the measure of the Source Form would increase subtly.
He did notice that there was a great difference between an ordinary insect and an insect queen. As the changes were minimal for ordinary insects, Vincent had not noticed the difference before. It was only when the insect queen died, and the measure shot up, that this great difference caught his attention.
The entire space in the painting became the playground of the insects. These insects were extremely different from the ants that Vincent had placed in it earlier. In fact, various very strange-looking insects, which had never existed before in the real world, popped up continuously. Moreover, they were seen everywhere, in the sky, on land, and in the sea. Among them, there were dozens of queen insects which possessed intelligence and mind powers.
The development of the insects was way beyond Vincent’s imagination. The internal structure of the different insect colonies kept developing. At the beginning, the different insect worker types were around a dozen, but then it evolved into hundreds or even thousands of worker types. In addition, these insects were getting increasingly intelligent as well. They started to communicate, cooperate, conquer, develop, research, and create different weapons. Vincent felt that they could even be called “the civilization of the insects!”
Vincent saw the insects that were flying in the sky like airships throw acid into a few nests, immediately setting them ablaze. There were beetles that looked like armored vehicles firing missiles into the sky. The battle and collaboration among the insects were actually very modernized.
Vincent found this all very scary. If not for the confined space and restrictions of the painting space, the insects would have come into the world of mankind. If this happened, it would absolutely destruct humanity!
The lifespan of a queen ant was around 20 years in the painting space, but in real life, it was less than a day. However, from the birth of the first queen insect to the current moment, 27 days had past, which meant that this insect queen had lived around 700 years. What’s more, it did not die a natural death; it was killed by its enemy!
Vincent found this amazing, wondering how the insect queen could live for so long. Vincent took out his notebook once again and recorded down the information of these insect’s queen. As he did so, he realized that when the mind powers of the insect’s queen had reached a certain level, their mind powers started to get more refined and made it possible for the insect’s queen to observe and control their own genes.
These insects queen had actually been modifying and developing their own genes. These insects were way ahead of mankind, at least in terms of genetic development.
If the strength is equivalent to one Source Form unit (SFU), when my mind power was initially awakened, after practicing medication for such a long while, my mind power should have reached six SFU. It probably needs seven SFU in order to break through the bottleneck, and reach the point where I am able to freely control the power and therefore influence the external world just like the queen insects.
Vincent estimated that, if he gave it his all, he would be able to break through in five days. He was excited to think about experiencing what it felt like to have a mind power that would allow him to observe his genes!
Other than taking medical classes, Vincent also got the curriculums of the Department of Biology of Knoxville University, and went to the classes daily. In addition, he bought some books on biology to increase his competency in this area.
As he was auditing the classes only, Vincent did not disturb the lecturer or the other students. He sat quietly at the back of the classroom, trying to remain incognito. However, he still could not stop the girls from swarming around him. Vincent did enjoy the special treatment, though, as he had never had anything like it during his previous college years.
In fact, from the moment he had stepped into the classroom, all eyes were fixed on him. Many girls screamed with excitement, but the guys only looked at him with animosity. This made Vincent feel embarrassed.
“Hi, are you a biology student? Why is it that I have never seen you before?” The moment Vincent sat down and turned to the page that he had bookmarked previously, a few girls gathered, surrounding him and bombarding him with questions. They were pretty and all seemed quite confident—otherwise, they would not have come over to chat him up.
“No. I’m only auditing the class. I’m here because I have an interest in this subject!” he said.
Vincent was surrounded by the group of girls, but at the same time, he also suffered from the killing looks from the guys in the classroom. The girls only left once the class started, but even during the lesson, Vincent kept receiving notes on which either their mobile number or WeChat ID was written.
In the afternoon, Vincent went to the hospital to collect his medical report. For some reason, he waited at the reception window for a while, but the female hospital worker kept dawdling and just would not give him his report. Eventually, thanks to the physician Sophie he had met last time, he obtained his report.
Before he could leave the hospital, Sophie held onto his arm and told him that she was leaving early from work, and would like to buy him dinner. Before Vincent could reject her offer, Sophie had already dragged him to a highly rated fancy 5-star Restaurant.
“Hi, I’d like to order this, this, and this. All of these dishes must be spicy!” Sophie took the menu and ordered just like how she would usually do. However, she then immediately looked at Vincent and asked, “Do you like spicy food?”
Vincent nodded, “I am fine with it. In fact, I actually do like my food to be a little spicy. But, aren’t doctors supposed to be more particular about their food? How come you like such spicy food?”
Sophie replied with a question of her own. “Who told you that spicy food is bad for your health?”
“Your group of doctors usually tell us to watch our diet and not eat spicy or oily foods!”
“That’s only when you are sick. It is fine to eat these things when you are well!”
It was interesting talking to Sophie. She was an aggressive and outspoken lady, and was two years older than Vincent. She spoke her mind and was very direct, so Vincent would not need to guess what she really meant, which made him feel really at ease.
Compared to Phoebe who was reserved and graceful, Sophie was someone on the other end of the spectrum. Vincent had taken the initiative to go after Phoebe, but now Sophie was going after him; the feeling was different, better somehow. In any case, Vincent was enjoying every moment of it.
“Hi, two more bottles of beer please!”
“More!”
Vincent knew what was on Sophie’s mind. However, when both of them left the restaurant, it was Vincent who carried Sophie out. Taking off her white coat, Sophie did not have an athletic figure from years of exercises like Phoebe, but she was still mature and hot. In particular, when she pressed herself against Vincent, he felt as though his whole body was burning!
“Where do you live? I will take you home!”
“It’s alright. There is a hotel nearby. Just get me a room there!”
After checking in the room with Sophie, Vincent did not come out until the following morning, when both of them left the hotel together, behaving very intimately. Vincent found it thrilling to date a female doctor who was two years older than him.
Vincent felt that something was about to grow out from between his eyebrows. Finally at the end of his meditation, with sufficient mind power, the thing broke through and came into the real world. Vincent saw the external world, not with his eyes or with the introspective senses that he had been using earlier. Instead, he was actually observing the world from an entirely different angle. His mind power had broken through the limitations of his body and was influencing the real world. The real world that he saw through his mind power was made up of information formed by dots and lines. There were no colors or light, only information in the form of dots and lines. From the moment Vincent extended his mind power to explore the world, he could feel a vast amount of external information flooding into his brain. The humidity of the air, the size of the room, and the length, structure, quality, and density of his bed all continuously gushed into his brain. Suddenly, Vincent realized that
Vincent hunched over his cluttered desk, the now-familiar hum of the silver hourglass thrumming beside him. Plans for the painting space sprawled across his notebook, a testament to weeks of tireless brainstorming. Vincent came up with plans for the future of the painting space based on his ideas. Since he had 1368 units of Source Form at his disposal, a number painstakingly accumulated through past experiments, Vincent yearned to craft a world more intricate than anything he'd attempted before. Vincent had decided to create a world with a bigger framework of rules, so that he would not need to keep changing and adjusting it in the future. Of course, that was merely the framework. Vincent would not be able to design a large-scale world for the time being even if he wanted to.Vincent had spent a long time thinking about it. He envisioned a robust framework, a Krynnspace world built upon multiple planes, a universe entirely separate from his own. Gone were the whimsical ideas of parall
As the echoes of the failed experiment faded, Vincent's lab, once a crucible of hope, lay shrouded in silence. Yet, within that stillness, the seeds of determination took root. Vincent knew that the path of a pioneer was paved with setbacks, each a stepping stone to the pinnacle of discovery. With the painting space stirring, Vincent turned his gaze to the canvas of creation that lay before him. The space, a mirror to his ambitions, rippled with the potential of the untapped. It was a realm where the laws of nature bowed to the whims of the creator. A tremor rippled across the canvas of creation before him. The painting space, a reflection of his ambitions, writhed with the raw power of the untamed. Here, the shackles of reality loosened, bending to the will of the creator. And Vincent, for a moment, was its master. He stepped through the shimmering portal, the air crackling with nascent life. As he stepped into the painting space, the air thrummed with the power of life itself. The
Vincent looked at the space within the Scroll of Creation, his brow furrowed in surprise. He had never thought that the planes could be blown up like a balloon. Gone was the confined canvas he'd known before. Instead, a vast expanse stretched before him, a boundless plane that seemed to mimic a real world. It was so huge that Vincent could not even see the boundary of the plane. It seemed boundless; Vincent felt as though it was a real world. The implications were staggering. No longer was he limited by a tiny stage; he was now a sculptor with a celestial canvas. Vincent could feel a large amount of energy and matter welling within the plane. He could simply apply the rules and he would have been able to sculpt this world to how he wanted it to look like and create the world that he wanted. A thrill of exhilaration coursed through him. He could feel the raw energy and pulsating matter within the plane, a blank slate begging for his touch. This was the crucial step, the metam
Yesterday, just before dawn, the world witnessed a phenomenon unlike any other, some experts say it was an eclipse. The sun, the lifeblood of our planet, vanished. Not in the graceful ballet of a solar eclipse, but in an abrupt and unsettling blackout. Experts scrambled, news networks buzzed with speculation, and a collective unease gripped the globe. The internet, the ever-present hum of communication, fell silent in a matter of ten minutes, leaving behind an eerie quietude. Theories swirled like dust devils in a desert – a one-time anomaly, a solar flare of unprecedented magnitude, even whispers of alien intervention. “The eclipse had caused the country to slip into chaos. An unidentified magnetic field had appeared and caused the world’s communications network to go down in a mere 10 minutes…” “It is very rare to see a global eclipse…” Vincent, nestled in the familiar comfort of his new pet shop, watched the news reports unfold on a dusty television set. S
Vincent steered his car along the winding roads that snaked through Shennongjia, Muyu Town, a nature enthusiast's paradise nestled amidst the verdant embrace of Hubei province, China. Though the tourist season hadn't quite peaked and it wasn’t the season for travelling, the town of Muyu bustled with a vibrant energy and various people from different walks of life. There were people distributing leaflets, as well as shops holding various events to attract customers. There were many performances at night as well. Billboards plastered across shops advertised enticing deals, costumed figures paraded through the streets, and the promise of nightly performances painted the town with an air of festivity. After enjoying himself, Vincent settled into a hotel and spent the night, soaking in the local charm, Vincent, with a determined glint in his eye, embarked on his true mission. He went up to the mountains the following day, venturing deep into the heart of Shennongjia. He had deliberately
Without realizing it, Vincent had stayed in Shennongjia for a week. He had spent the week drinking fresh spring water and enjoying the roasted meat of the animals that he had hunted inside his tent.He had enjoyed the relaxing life. He was even able to communicate with some of the animals in Shennongjia using his mind power. However, they had little intelligence and their thought processes were very scattered. Sometimes, they would not answer questions posed to them, but Vincent still found it all very interesting.Vincent knew that it was time for him to leave. He had collected enough species of animals and plants, a good number of which have now been proliferating widely within Gaia’s World.This was especially so for the plants. The fact that Shennongjia had so many plants had helped Vincent complete the plant ecosystem in Gaia’s World. The ecosystem had gradually taken shape, but comparatively, the rules and completion of the world had slowed down its flow of time, reducing it to
The ink barely dried on the final contract before Vincent was thrust into the whirlwind of pet shop ownership. A flurry of paperwork, vendor negotiations, and permit approvals later, the "Cats and Dogs Pet Shop" proudly displayed its new name under Vincent's proprietorship. The previous owner, a kind soul, had even left behind Alice, a curly-haired prodigy with a knack for transforming scruffy pups and matted felines into canine and feline supermodels. Her expertise was a godsend for Vincent, a wide-eyed novice in the pet care industry.After signing the contract, settling the payments, and dealing with some documentation, the ownership of the pet shop had been transferred to Vincent. The documentation for the pet shop was rather simple and only ended up costing a few hundred yuan.Vincent started becoming busy after taking over the pet shop. He got a contractor to carry out some minor renovations for him, and just like that, the new Cats and Dogs Pet Shop was ready fo
Because of how useful the biological chambers were, Vincent returned to Earth to order more components. After four days, the materials finally arrived. He took them back to Gaia’s World and finished assembling them.Vincent’s laboratory changed significantly again. The room was now filled with standing biological chambers, various medical equipment, drawings of genetic templates, and a freezing chamber filled with many labelled genetic samples. It really looked like the kind of laboratory only an alien would have!Vincent put Sakuma’s deified body in one of the smaller biological chambers. He had forbidden the ant-people from approaching the particular biological chamber. Even though it had lost its consciousness and only the instincts of its physical body remained, it was still very dangerous.On the other hand, in another larger chamber was a more beautiful creature. It was the result of his experiments for the past few days. Inside the biolo
Vincent arrived on the southern sea, looking for traces of Sakuma. He knew the whereabouts of the creature using the Scroll of the World, but he did not want to capture it with a dimensional door. He wanted to catch it off guard and see if he could draw it into his dream world.His boat shimmered and disappeared. He used the dimensional door to teleport himself hundreds of miles and reappeared in another area of the ocean. Vincent immediately discovered Sakuma. It was currently playing under the ocean, boiling the area of ocean hundreds of meters around himself. A layer of dead fish floated on the water, and Sakuma began feasting happily. Water vapor hung over the ocean, covering the world in a layer of mist. The water of the ocean was bubbling. Vincent approached Sakuma slowly on his boat. Sakuma did not notice anything!Vincent found that Sakuma was five to six times bigger than the last time he saw the creature. Sakuma now looked about half as tall as a full-grown p
“Assimilate!”“Copy the genes!”Vincent could sense that after he set up the templates in the first cell, the rest of his deified brain cells were loading the power for controlling information. As the deified cells finished loading, Vincent felt a change in his mind space. His control over his power was completely different now. His cells could now handle a large amount of information at any given time, and he could change or alter his entire mind space whenever he felt like it. At this point, it no longer felt appropriate to call the space his “mind space” anymore. This was the “dream space” he had aimed to create.Vincent stood in his dream space. This space was pitch black and directionless. There was nothing around him, not even time existed in this realm. A thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately saw the space changing with the passing of the thought. He could see land starting to form under his f
As the ship drew closer, the sailor immediately saw the giant dark shadow under the water and shouted in panic, “There seems to be a rock up ahead!”The call startled everyone, and more sailors appeared on the deck, searching the open water for hidden rocks. The captain hurried to the front of the ship. “That is impossible, this is a very safe route! We have sailed this route many times! How can there be rocks all of a sudden?”Even so, they saw the dark shadow under the water slowly grow larger. A circular black area gradually appeared from under the water. Confusion filled the minds of everyone present, “What is that?”Boom! The water exploded as a large head rose up from the ocean into the sailors’ view. A huge black octopus erupted from under the ocean, its long tentacles immediately entangling the ship. The large suction cups on its tentacles were terrifying to look at it.“My God, what is that?!”
“Sakuma… Sakuma…”“Boom!”“Rumble!”Sakuma was ramming into the stone wall, continuously launching attacks while controlling its power, manically trying to escape from its underground water dungeon. As it used its power, the water in the dungeon evaporated again and again, but fresh water kept flowing into the cell.Vincent observed Sakuma in its prison from a fist-sized small window above. It had been a while since he sent Sakuma into the water dungeon using a dimensional door. Vincent had been trying to find out the limits of Sakuma’s power. “Right now, the highest temperature Sakuma could control was 783 degrees Celsius. The lowest was negative 70 degrees Celsius.”Sakuma discovered where Vincent was and began launching its attacks toward Vincent furiously. However, Vincent was the one that gave Sakuma his power. All he needed to do was control the particles in his surrounding a
What is supernatural power?That was the question that had been bothering Vincent for a long time. To him, this kind ofcreatures shouldn’t be limited to be able to control only its own body. They should be able to interfere with the world and lives around it using mind power as well. This was what a real supernatural creature should be able to do and how mind power should really be used.This required a lot of knowledge about rules of the world. Temperature would be an example. What was temperature? General speaking, temperature was a physical quantity that expressed how warm or cold an object was. But on microscopic level,it measured how violently particles vibrated or moved. According to the kinetic theory, temperature represented the average kinetic energy of the constituent particles. Temperature was a result of the thermal motion of a large number of particles collectively.Vincent thought that a mythical creature would be able to detect t
Vincent poured a test tube of blood plasma into the slot at the top of the biological chamber. He pressed a button and the blood was injected into the seahorse. A day later, the seahorse’s consciousness and memories were wiped completely. Then, Vincent tried to place the soul of the Tree of Life into the seahorse. However, the soul was met with strong resistance, and the seahorse died almost immediately!As he extracted the soul of the Tree of Life, Vincent found that the soul had been weakened as well. The soul, which had been pure and without any form of consciousness before, had become tainted by the seahorse’s mind. As Vincent observed it, he sensed some very chaotic and confusing waves of consciousness being emitted.Vincent tried the same thing with several different kinds of sea creatures and failed every time. The contamination of the once-pure soul was becoming increasingly severe. Vincent knew that if he kept failing, the soul would fall apart.
The Port of London was located along the banks of the River Thames to the southeast of London. Vincent drove to the port in a brand-new Range Rover Evoque, and he could see the London Bridge and the beautiful night scenery in the distance. This was an important arterial road of London. Ships were coming and going very frequently, and it was still very busy here despite the falling darkness.From faraway, Vincent could already see the liveliness of the port. There were still many ships out on the sea. In addition, there were also many ships docking, loading or unloading their cargos. Ships of various sizes packed the dock, creating a busy scene.Vincent walked around until he found where the medium-sized and small-sized ships were docked. The port was twisting and turning. Vincent walked down a straight path and saw dozens of ships docked around. Among them, there were quite a few yachts!This one look good!In the distance, Vincent saw a yacht with three
“What do you think of this one?” a man in suit asked. He was standing beside Vincent and his face was filled with a bright smile.Vincent inspected the villa before him carefully and walked around its huge yard. It was a townhouse in Kensington, London, and it was over three hundred square meters in size. The villa had six floors including the basement and was very secure because Kensington was filled with many rich people. The public transport around the house was also very convenient. In addition, there were plenty of facilities around the house.After inspecting, Vincent found out that most parts of the house were painted white with great attention to details. It had the elegance of European designs, and the furnishings inside were also very modernized. Moreover, the yard was huge and one could sunbathe or play in it to relax.“I’ll take it,” he said with a nod. “How much?”The man’s smile immediately became more friendly. “The house originally costs nine million and three hundred