550: Chapter 549 A terrifying flow of time! Spanning a thousand years!

Lin Mo stood up to introduce this ultimate test, designed to screen and hone the "Seed."

"In this simulation."

"We have stored the complete life trajectories of over one hundred million virtual characters, from birth to death. These virtual characters cover various identities, from ancient times to the modern era, from emperors and generals to peddlers and foot soldiers."

"And these fifty testers will, over the next twenty days, randomly inhabit and experience the complete lives of one hundred of these virtual characters from a first-person perspective."

Hearing this, General Yun Feijie, the Space Force Commander-in-Chief, couldn't help but frown as he asked.

"Chief Designer Lin, twenty days to experience one hundred lives?"

"Isn't... the time too tight?"

"On average, that's only a few hours of experience time per life. I'm afraid it would be hard to gain any deep insights, wouldn't it?"

The other high-ranking officials also nodded, expressing the same confusion.

Lin Mo explained.

"Commander-in-Chief Yun."

"You have overlooked an important characteristic of the Nanke Dreamscape—the adjustability of the time flow rate."

"In conventional entertainment and social spaces."

"To ensure the users' real lives, we have fixed the time flow rate between the virtual and reality at three to one."

"However, in this special test instance, Hundred Generations of Reincarnation, I have made an extreme adjustment to this ratio."

Lin Mo held up one finger and stated a number that made everyone's pupils constrict in shock.

"Here, one hour in the real world equals seven days in the virtual world."

"In other words, for every day the tester spends in the virtual world, less than four minutes pass in reality."

"Twenty days of test time, converted into virtual world time, is approximately..."

"5,000 to 7,000 years."

Hiss—

A collective gasp filled the conference room.

Five thousand years! Seven thousand years!

What does this even mean?

This is almost equivalent to experiencing the entire recorded history of Chinese civilization from beginning to end!

On such a long timescale, experiencing one hundred lives—each spanning several decades—is more than enough time.

General Yun Feijie's eyes instantly lit up. He immediately thought of the military application prospects of this technology.

If the Space Force commanders could undergo thousands of war simulations spanning millennia in the virtual world, to what terrifying level would their strategic vision and command artistry be elevated?

However, Lin Mo quickly pulled his thoughts back.

"Of course."

"Regarding the adjustment of time flow, every person has a different threshold for what they can accept."

"According to tests, three to one is the gentlest, and it cannot exceed six to one at the maximum, otherwise irreversible, severe brain damage will occur."

"If we do not provide special protection for the fifty testers, they would suffer brain death and become vegetative in an instant."

After briefly explaining, Lin Mo raised his hand and tapped the holographic projection, causing the image to switch again.

The life trajectory of a virtual character played rapidly before everyone's eyes, like a fast-forwarded movie.

It was an ordinary farmer born at the end of the Warring States period. He experienced the Qin State's conquest of the six other states, witnessed the establishment of the unified dynasty, and also endured harsh taxes and forced labor.

"When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised the banner of rebellion and the world fell into chaos, he faced a choice: continue to endure tyranny and live a cowardly life in his hometown, or respond to the uprising and throw himself into the torrent of resistance, even if it meant paying the price with his life?"

The screen finally froze at a decision point.