123: Chapter 123 Humanity's Oldest Delusion

After spending another 20,000 plunder points, Lin Fang's gaze was indifferent. Was he finally going to stop being human? To cast aside humanity like a high-and-mighty deity...

Damn it, he didn't gain any new abilities after this breakthrough!

“Black Star, I want a refund.”

【Please confirm the transaction; it will cost 2,000 plunder points.】

“Go to hell.”

【Insufficient base plunder points, transaction error.】

After some investigation, Lin Fang finally confirmed that nearly an entire civilization's worth of plunder points had only given him an extra scar above his brow. More accurately, it was a 1cm long black pattern; it wasn't attached to the surface, but was a darkness emanating from the deepest part of his flesh, purer than the deepest reaches of the universe.

As long as Lin Fang became angry or concentrated, this pattern would emerge from between his brows. If Little Black hadn't reminded him, Lin Fang wouldn't have known he was already cosplaying as Erlang Shen.

Is this a manifestation of genetic level improvement?

Lin Fang rubbed his temples, feeling a bit helpless, but fortunately, his Force Field had expanded. Its range had surged to 252 meters, and it seemed he could control it with more precision.

The surrounding light distorted slightly, and a halo emanated from the surface of Lin Fang's body, gradually blending him into his surroundings.

To an onlooker, Lin Fang would appear to have vanished into the air like light itself, leaving only a very faint, blurry shadow.

Lin Fang formed a special electromagnetic Force Field around himself, allowing it to bend light passing by his body like a gravitational lens. Thus, an observer could not receive light reflected or emitted from his body, making it look as if nothing was there.

He had achieved an effect similar to optical invisibility.

A moment later,

Lin Fang's figure reappeared. This was just an idea he'd had, and it felt pretty good now.

There was another thing that couldn't be ignored!

Lin Fang became unusually excited. In his perception, his Force Field could now erupt with nearly 30,000N of force, which translated to an influence over a mass of more than 3 tons.

In other words, lifting himself up at this moment was a piece of cake.

Someone once said that flight is humanity's oldest delusion. Today, he was going to break free from the shackles that had plagued mankind for thousands of years!

With a slight thought from Lin Fang, the Force Field beneath his feet rapidly collapsed into high-density base points, while the Force Field above instantly expanded into a gentle support. This exquisite differential control made gravity lose its meaning on the young man.

His entire being thus hovered incredibly above the ground.

The narrow space in the main control room was insufficient for Lin Fang to maneuver, so he left the underground space and went to the surface.

The moment he reached the surface, the Force Field suddenly accelerated, and Lin Fang's figure soared into the sky like an arrow from a bow!

The night wind instantly filled his robes. Beneath his feet was the sleeping earth, and above his head was the vast starry sky. Lin Fang suspended himself thousands of meters in the air, looking down at the world for the first time from a perspective completely detached from the ground.

An unprecedented sense of freedom swept through his entire body!

“Hahahaha!!!”

Lin Fang laughed wildly. This feeling of not being restricted by anything—wasn't this exactly what he had been looking forward to?

Until half an hour later,

Returning to the underground space, Lin Fang's face darkened: “Little Black, I absolutely will not allow a second person to know about the fact that I fell down.”

【Boss, it has been classified as top-secret information.】

Lin Fang then smiled, and his eyes returned to their usual calm: “By the way, how is Xu Anqing's acquisition of those movie copyrights going?”

Since he was going to turn the strange planet on the other side of the Schwarzschild Channel into a game, he naturally had to do some preparatory work.

【90% complete. The company's negotiation consultants and legal experts have already gone to the Korean company, Next Entertainment World, to finalize the copyright negotiations.】

Lin Fang nodded. The fact that it was proceeding so smoothly was nothing more than the power of money. You might resist once the price is doubled, but what about twice or three times? For the company, this didn't cost much.

Selling weight-loss pills back then was truly a wise move.

【Boss, but our wanton acquisition of movie copyrights has already attracted a lot of attention.】

“No matter, this is normal business behavior. You can leak some word that Third-Party Technology is starting to get involved in the gaming field. Buying these copyrights is for the production of a large-scale game, so it won't seem too sudden later on.”

“Is 'The Wandering Earth 3' finished filming?”

Lin Fang suddenly asked. He remembered the last progress report said it was nearly finished.

This movie was something he had the Coastal Sea branch office take charge of filming when he returned from the wandering earth dimension. The purpose was to see if it would affect the development of the wandering earth dimension.

Little Black immediately replied:

【Post-production is complete. Manager Ye Yunjie has asked you twice through the Star Hub system whether you want to release it in theaters.】

“Release it normally,”

Lin Fang waved his hand. “Play it for me at double speed.”

Soon, Lin Fang saw the beginning of the movie start to play on the screen. After the Third-Party Technology logo flashed by, the main feature began.

The plot roughly described that after the Earth escaped the Jupiter gravity crisis, humanity ushered in a fragile extension of the 'Braking Era.' The surface environment continued to deteriorate, and living space was extremely compressed.

Right at this time, a genius youth named Lin Dazhi was born. Since childhood, Lin Dazhi had an almost obsessive curiosity about the universe. While other children were still building castles in sandboxes, he could already point out the slight deviations in Earth's orbital revolution on a star map.

Furthermore, he desperately desired to walk out of the dungeons.

At the age of twenty-one, Lin Dazhi proposed the 'Space-Time Elasticity Coefficient' theory. Unlike traditional physics, which views space as a rigid framework, Lin Dazhi believed that the cosmic space-time was like a giant net being pulled by gravity, with gaps between the meshes that could be propped open by energy.

At thirty-two, Lin Dazhi verified the phenomenon of spatial advanced arrival in front of many scientists.

At this point, the development of the wandering earth completely deviated, and the course of the wandering earth was also completely changed. Led by Lin Dazhi, scientists spent 20 years of research to mature the theory of Curvature Navigation, and then spent 50 years transforming the global Planetary Engines, successfully jumping to a new home and becoming an interstellar colonial civilization.

In the process, Lin Fang also had Little Black add many popular elements, such as breaking up with a girlfriend, brothers turning against each other, the villain turning out to be her, the hero's sacrifice... and so on, ensuring it was a sci-fi blockbuster full of ups and downs, as well as human darkness and brilliance.

Lin Fang was feeling exhilarated while watching, thinking that if this movie was released at the end of the year, it might even win the box office championship.

As for whether this casual move could change the direction of the wandering earth dimension, it still required time to verify.

After walking out of the main control room,

Lin Fang looked at the Schwarzschild Channel in the distance. Countless infected bodies were still running out of it, and the venting of artillery had never stopped.

With the help of the construction module, a massive base built around the channel was slowly taking shape below. It was constructed entirely of black alloy and was indestructible!

This underground base deep in the Indo-Pacific Ocean would be the company's final fortress.

The company had finally gotten on the right track; it was also time for him to explore the fourth dimension.