328: Chapter 328 What outrageous words?!

Super Soldier Serum!

The moment those six words left his mouth, the journalists in the press hall, who were still reeling from the aftershocks of the "second world", suddenly perked up.

The bullet comments in the livestream also exploded in the next instant.

"It's here, it's here! The real trump card is finally here!"

"I knew it! The second world was just the appetizer; the serum is the main course! The era of universal superhumans is about to begin!"

"God Lin is awesome! One moment he solves the needs of the spiritual world, and the next he's here to strengthen the physical body! A two-pronged approach, and both prongs are rock solid!"

"Hurry up and say it! Are you about to announce the mass production plan? How much is it? Is there a group buy discount? Sign me up first!"

Countless speculations, shouts, and petitions transformed into a torrent of information, sweeping across the entire internet of the Xia Nation.

Everyone's thoughts were firmly anchored to the path that was the most intuitive and highly anticipated—

The Super Soldier Serum was about to be popularized for the entire populace!

This realization made countless people tremble with excitement, and some had even begun to plan their lives in their minds after becoming "supermen."

And this was also the most intuitive and logical deduction.

First, the second world would address spiritual needs, and then the serum would address physical evolution.

One virtual and one physical, a perfect closed loop—it was simply logical to the extreme!

Below the stage, the journalists from other countries couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on their foreheads.

If the serum were truly popularized for everyone in the Xia Nation...

That would mean the Xia Nation would possess 1.4 billion "superhumans" whose physical fitness far exceeded the limits of ordinary people.

Just thinking about this image was enough to send a shiver down the spine of anyone of non-Xia nationality.

On the rostrum.

Lin Yuan took in the entire audience's reaction.

Those burning gazes, those natural assumptions, those "standard answers" that had already automatically generated in the minds of billions of people...

Everything was according to his script.

He was in no rush to speak.

Instead, with immense patience, he allowed this certain and fanatical emotion to continue brewing inside and outside the venue, letting it swell to its absolute maximum.

Only when the restlessness of the crowd reached a certain tipping point did he lean in close to the microphone and slowly speak.

"I can feel everyone's excitement."

His voice, carried through the microphone, clearly drowned out all the noise, bearing a strange comforting power.

"The second item on today's press conference agenda is indeed related to the Super Soldier Serum."

The entire venue instantly quieted down. Everyone held their breath and perked up their ears, waiting for the answer they wanted to hear most.

Lin Yuan's gaze slowly swept across the room, a gentle smile playing on the corners of his lips.

He paused for a beat, his tone shifting with extreme naturalness.

"But..."

"What we are going to discuss today is not the serum itself."

These words caused the atmosphere of confusion in the venue to instantly peak.

Not the serum itself?

Then what is it?

Before anyone could wrap their heads around it, Lin Yuan proactively threw out the answer.

"The strengthening effect of the Super Soldier Serum is obvious to all. It is indeed a milestone breakthrough in the field of Life Sciences."

"But it also has an unavoidable, practical threshold..."

"And that is, it has extremely high requirements for the recipient's physical baseline."

"Only elite personnel who have undergone years of high-intensity systematic training and whose bodily functions are at the very pinnacle of the human pyramid are qualified to bear the serum."

"In other words..."

Lin Yuan spread his hands, his tone even carrying a hint of frank helplessness.

"For everyone present, including the vast majority of ordinary people watching the livestream, if you were to directly inject the Super Serum, there is an extremely high probability that your bodies wouldn't be able to handle it."

As soon as these words were spoken...

The previously soaring excitement in the crowd cooled down visibly.

Reflective comments began to appear in the bullet chat.

"Ah, this... So the serum isn't something you can just take whenever you want?"

"Holy crap... If that's the case, a piece of trash like me who takes fifteen seconds to run a hundred meters and pants for ages just climbing six floors—won't I drop dead on the spot if I take the serum?"

"Thinking about it, that actually makes sense. It's the same in movies; the Super Serum can't just be injected randomly. An ordinary person's physical foundation really can't handle that kind of violent strengthening..."

"Then what if it's heavily diluted to reduce its strength? Surely that would work, right?"

As if accurately anticipating the questions of the netizens and the journalists below, Lin Yuan immediately added:

"Of course, if we were to drastically reduce the serum concentration and formula strength for universal popularization, it is theoretically feasible."

"But correspondingly, the strengthening effect would decay drastically."

"Decaying to the point where its upper limit of enhancement would, at most, only allow an ordinary person to reach the level of today's top athletes."

Speaking up to this point, Lin Yuan shook his head.

"Such an improvement is indeed decent, but... it is not my goal!!"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment.

What did he mean by *only* being able to reach the level of a top athlete?!

To let a sub-healthy corporate slave who sits in an office typing on a keyboard all day suddenly possess the physical fitness of a top athlete—who on earth would think that's too low?!

After a brief pause, the bullet comments in the livestream gushed out like a torrent.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! God Lin, what kind of wild words are you saying?!"

"Oh my god, is this God Lin's vision? Top athletes don't even qualify to be his goal?!"

"But since God Lin said it's related to the serum, and the serum isn't what he's going to announce, then what is the actual thing he's going to announce?!"

After experiencing a brief dip, the sense of anticipation did not disappear; instead, it rebounded even more violently.

Everyone's ears were perked to their absolute limits, their hearts hammering wildly in their chests.

On the rostrum, Lin Yuan's gaze was as calm as water.

Then, his voice rang out again, his speaking pace slowing down slightly by half a beat, pronouncing every single word with exceptional clarity.

"The Super Serum has never been the entirety of the great tree of Life Sciences."

"It is merely one of its branches."

Below the stage, the air completely froze.

"Since this branch is not suitable for the universal benefit of the 1.4 billion people of our Xia Nation..."

"Then we will simply choose a few other paths to take."

He raised his hand from the podium and tapped lightly with his index finger.

"For example, targeted reprogramming and enhancement at the genetic level."

"No need to endure the violent infusion of the serum; instead, we start from the lowest level of the genetic code to gently, precisely, and progressively modify the human body."

Before his voice could fade, Lin Yuan raised a second finger.

"And another example, the deep fusion of mechanical prosthetics and flesh."

"When carbon-based bodies cannot bear greater power, then we will use steel and alloys to make up for it and transcend."

With these two paths presented, the foreign media journalists below the stage were almost gasping for breath.

Is this freaking bringing a sci-fi blockbuster directly into reality?!

However, Lin Yuan's hand did not stop.

His third finger slowly rose in midair.

"And another example..."

Lin Yuan lifted his eyelids, his gaze calm yet deep, as if looking through countless lenses to stare directly into the billions of wide-open eyes in front of their screens.

"Cultivation."