736: Chapter 731 Absolute Genius

The pure white skirt flowed with shimmering, rippling light, like a lake under the moonlight.

When the model reached the center of the T-stage, countless points of light rose from the wedding dress, converging into a pair of huge, spread-out wings of light.

A miracle.

At this moment, everyone stood up.

The applause was like thunder, lasting endlessly.

Those fashion critics who had just been mocking were now red-faced, applauding desperately, as if trying to smash their palms.

The CEO of Chanel slumped onto his chair in a daze, muttering to himself.

"It's over... The era has truly changed."

Backstage.

Shen Yan calmly watched all of this through the screen.

The faces of Chen Guangke and Wu Ya appeared in a small window nearby, flushed with excitement.

"Boss! We succeeded! We succeeded!"

Alan and Olivier embraced tightly backstage; one was in tears, the other looked frenzied.

Shen Yan's gaze passed through the clamoring crowd, as if he could see the system's blue panel.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations Host, mission 'Above Glory' has been completed!]

[Completion: Perfect.]

[Mission rewards are being issued...]

[Obtained: advanced wealth intelligence x 1.]

[Obtained: Random Technology Blueprint x 1 (Nanomedical Robot Manufacturing Technology).]

Shen Yan turned off the screen.

The clamor and praise had nothing to do with him.

His consciousness was already immersed in the technology blueprint named 'Nanomedical Robot'.

His sister, Shen Ya's, body had awakened, but the aftereffects of the car accident still shrouded her like a shadow.

Perhaps...

A glimmer of light flashed in Shen Yan's eyes.

The next target was set.

Shen Yan's gaze locked directly onto that technology blueprint.

The structure of the blueprint was complex enough to make one's scalp tingle; countless arrangements of molecular formulas and designs for microscopic machinery seemed to contain a universe.

This was the key capable of overturning modern medicine.

But Shen Yan knew clearly that he could not use this key yet.

Between the blueprint and the physical object lay a chasm composed of top-tier laboratories, massive capital, and most critically—top talent.

He currently lacked all three.

"Let's look at the intelligence first."

Shen Yan shifted his attention to the other reward.

"System, display advanced wealth intelligence."

[Ding!]

[advanced wealth intelligence has been generated.]

[Target Individual: Wei Lizhou.]

[Location: Lingnan University, School of Life Sciences, Old North Building, Lab B73.]

[Current Status: Chief Scientist in the field of Bio-robotics at Lingnan University. Due to his 'Neuronal Synapse Simulation Interaction' theory being too far ahead of its time, and having failed to produce commercialized results for five consecutive years, he has had all research funding suspended by the university. His privately invested capital chain has broken, leaving him heavily in debt. His laboratory faces forced eviction, and all research results are about to be bundled and sold off cheaply by the university as non-performing assets.]

[Potential Value: Wei Lizhou is currently the only scholar globally who has theoretically completed 'Bidirectional Command Transmission between Biological Signals and Nanomachinery'. His brain is the sole catalyst for turning the Nanomedical Robot blueprint into reality.]

The intelligence report was as concise as an execution order.

Wei Lizhou's execution order.

But in Shen Yan's eyes, every single word shimmered with a golden light.

When you are sleepy, someone sends a pillow.

No, the system had sent him an entire bed.

He hesitated almost not at all, picked up his phone, and dialed Chen Guangke's number.

On the other end of the line was the deafening sound of champagne corks popping and the cheers of the crowd.

"Yan Zi! Where did you run off to! Olivier that old man has gone crazy, he was hugging me saying he wants to erect a statue for you! All of Paris is going wild for us!"

Chen Guangke's voice was filled with suppressed ecstasy and pride.

"Guang Ke, leave the celebration party to Irene to handle."

Shen Yan's voice was calm and steady, forming a sharp contrast to the fervor on the other end.

"You and I are returning to Lingnan immediately."

Chen Guangke paused for a moment, and the background noise seemed to quiet down significantly.

"Return to Lingnan? Now? Yan Zi, this is the best opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves! I just spoke with Ning Ke on the phone, even the crown prince of the LVMH Group wants to invite you to dinner!"

"Postpone it."

Shen Yan's tone admitted no argument.

"Also, use all your connections to investigate a person for me."

"Who?"

"Wei Lizhou, a professor at Lingnan University."

"I want every piece of information about him, from birth until today, that can be brought into the open. Send it to my email within three hours."

There was a silence on the other end of the line for a full ten seconds.

Chen Guangke knew Shen Yan too well.

His tone, devoid of any emotion, indicated that the priority of this matter had surpassed the immense wealth right in front of them.

"...Alright, I'll handle it right away."

Chen Guangke's voice sobered, "See you at the airport."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Yan pulled open the curtains of the suite.

The lights of the Eiffel Tower were dazzling.

But he was looking toward the East.

Twenty hours later.

Lingnan City, a black maybach silently slipped into the old campus of Lingnan University.

Unlike the modernity and grandeur of the new campus, everything here appeared old and tranquil.

Tall plane trees lining the roads segmented the sky into mottled patterns of light and shadow.

The walls were covered in moss and ivy, and the air was filled with the mixed scent of old books and vegetation.

"Yan Zi, all the information is here."

Chen Guangke handed over a tablet, a hint of fatigue and confusion on his face.

"This Wei Lizhou... how should I put it, he's a standard bookworm, or perhaps, a madman."

"A genius, an absolute genius. He became the youngest doctoral supervisor at Lingnan University at the age of thirty; the awards he's won could fill an entire wall."

"But what he studies is too bizarre."

Chen Guangke swiped through the data on the screen.

"He claims he can make nanobot-sized robots understand brainwave commands. The university thinks he's daydreaming and cut his funding. His wife thought he was crazy and divorced him. Now, people in the field treat him like a joke."

"Half an hour ago, I got the latest news: the school's Asset Management Office is going to his lab this afternoon to post a seal and kick him out."

Shen Yan looked at the receding scenery outside the window, saying nothing.

Genius? Madman?

The labels used by the world held no meaning for him.

He only trusted the system's judgment.

The car stopped in front of the Old North Building.

It was a Soviet-style red brick building, with peeling plaster and rusty window frames.

"This is it."

The two got out of the car. As soon as they stepped into the building, an oppressive atmosphere of age rushed toward them.

The hallway was dimly lit, with many faded portraits of scientists hanging on the walls, their eyes quietly observing the visitors.

Footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.

The further they went in, the more dilapidated it became.

Many laboratory doors had locks on them, covered in thick dust.

Reaching the end of the corridor, they finally saw a sliver of light and heard voices.

Lab B73.