Chapter Ten: Breaking the Limits of Life! The Beginning of a Legend!
As expected.
It took only a single day.
Lin Qiye’s research team delivered their results: a pill whose development cost exceeded three hundred million. Within the pill, a cultivated strain of bacteria had been mixed in, one that could secrete an agent to inhibit the malignant disease.
The suppressive effect was not miraculous, but when combined with dietary adjustments and immunotherapy, Lin Qiye’s condition improved unexpectedly; his complexion grew markedly rosier.
This strange state startled the doctors, who almost suspected Lin Qiye was experiencing the final rally before death.
They hurried to conduct a comprehensive examination.
The results showed that the proliferation rate of the diseased cells in Lin Qiye’s bone marrow had indeed dropped by twenty percent.
The medical team was astonished, as if witnessing a medical miracle.
But as time went on, the proliferation rate of the diseased cells in Lin Qiye’s marrow doubled once more.
The pill’s suppressive effect fell far short.
Lin Qiye’s body lost its balance, and his weakness became visible to the naked eye.
Fortunately, Lin Qiye’s luck held.
That recent “final rally” had bought him time to catch his breath.
He endured, lasting to the very brink of when death should have claimed him!
The Lin Qiye who should have been devoured by disease was still alive, calmly finishing his evening treatment and returning home, where he sat at his desk reviewing his students’ thesis drafts.
Suddenly!
Lin Qiye’s spirit surged, and he burst out laughing.
His laughter was unrestrained, almost giddy.
He was like a monk who had achieved enlightenment after years of hardship, or a poor scholar who, after a decade of study, finally seized destiny by the throat.
“At last, I’ve broken through the limits of life—eighteen years! Eighteen years of struggle! All for this day of defying fate.”
He could not hold back his tears.
And in his mind, the prompt of fate-defiance rang ever clearer, ever louder, until it flooded his every thought:
[Fate-defiance successful: At sixteen, you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, so rare it could bear your name.]
[Fate-defiance successful: At seventeen, you fought your illness. As a titan in the life sciences, you found a way to extend your life. You also guided your assistants to publish thirteen top-tier papers.]
[Fate-defiance successful: At eighteen, you were still battling the disease within. You survived.]
[Congratulations! You have broken the limits of life! The Life-lamp Gem has become permanently stable!]
(Life-lamp Gem: Current energy allows you to traverse the Infinite Worlds twice. Each failure halves the energy. After breaking life’s limits, half the energy is restored. If depleted, it takes a year to recover, or can be restored with ‘special items.’)
[You have gained 6000 Traverse Points! (Current remaining: 9450 Traverse Points)]
[You have received an A-level rating. Rating reward to be settled upon soul’s return.]
[Would you like to return?]
“No!”
Lin Qiye shook his head inwardly.
What he’d learned at the academy told him: never return at the moment you break through your limits. Instead, endure until the very instant before death!
For the longer you last, the more you experience, the higher your rating, and the richer the rewards!
Simply put—every extra day Lin Qiye lived was pure profit!
If, by chance, he could pull his rating up to S, the reward would be nothing short of miraculous.
“Still, an S-level rating is exceptionally difficult. Usually, it takes hundreds of traversals to stumble upon one S rating…”
“But! I might just have a shot at it!”
Lin Qiye fell into deep thought.
His intuition told him: if he could achieve an S-level rating in this simulated life, it would be an immense gain.
And one of the prerequisites for an S-level rating was conquering cancer.
“At this stage, conquering cancer will only cost 4500 Traverse Points…”
A bit expensive, but perhaps it was worth the gamble… Only, even conquering cancer isn’t enough to completely eradicate my illness?
Lin Qiye was a bit surprised.
“It seems my illness is truly a scourge.”
He pondered for a while.
In the end, he decided to go for it!
After all, the rewards of an S-level rating were far too tempting.
Lin Qiye could not resist.
And so, after spending 4500 Traverse Points, Lin Qiye activated the [Genesis Simulation].
The Genesis Simulation was vast and complex—within an instant, countless stars were born and destroyed in this simulation.
A few seconds later, Lin Qiye’s mind contained three hundred milestone-level superlative papers.
Each paper’s contents were etched indelibly into his mind, as if he had performed every experiment himself; with a mere thought, he could access every applicable principle.
Lin Qiye was momentarily stunned, spending half an hour carefully digesting the contents.
After half an hour, he looked up, a fleeting spark of joy and surprise in his eyes.
“Hmm? The techniques within these papers, when combined, might not completely eradicate the disease within me, but they’re enough to establish a subtle dynamic balance between my body, immune system, and the diseased cells in my bone marrow.”
“Even if the proliferation of diseased cells doubles, I’ll still survive.”
He was overjoyed.
“My instincts were right. I’m sure I can secure an S-level rating!”
His brows lifted in elation.
If he could live ten more years, he would defy fate for ten more years.
If he could live twenty more years, then twenty more years of fate-defiance.
With twenty full years to improve his rating, who knew what rewards he might reap? Lin Qiye dared not imagine!
In short—it was pure profit!
Laughing until he was out of breath, Lin Qiye took a sip of hot tea and then slept soundly, content.
The next day, he devised a new treatment plan and entrusted it to the medical team.
A month later, his body had truly attained a delicate dynamic balance!
He no longer appeared sickly.
On the contrary, his skin grew paler and more radiant by the day.
Where once he would be out of breath after a few steps, now Lin Qiye could walk briskly and energetically.
At this, the entire medical team was left in awe.
“Professor Lin, this is extraordinary! While the diseased cells in your marrow are proliferating rapidly, your clearance rate and physical recovery are equally fast—the three are in a dynamic balance!”
“A medical miracle! This is a medical miracle!”
The doctors burst out laughing.
Lin Qiye smiled and nodded. “Shouldn’t you congratulate me?”
“Congratulations! Congratulations indeed! But Professor Lin, you still need to come in for daily check-ups.”
Lin Qiye nodded. “No problem.”
Thus, with a spring in his step, Lin Qiye returned to his laboratory after eight months away.
Inside the lab, his students, upon seeing Lin Qiye restored to health—
One by one, they wept tears of joy and threw their arms around him.
“Teacher… You’ve recovered, haven’t you?”
“Teacher, you’ve defeated your illness! You truly are the man who will lead humanity to conquer cancer!”
“Let us celebrate Professor Lin’s recovery!”
“Congratulations!”
“Throw confetti!”
The students were beside themselves with excitement; their cheers echoed through the lab.
Soon after, Professor Yuan heard the news.
He cancelled his classes and rushed over, losing a shoe on the way.
He paid it no mind.
Instead, he threw his arms around Lin Qiye, tears misting his thick glasses.
“My child… you’ve suffered so much!”
Before long, Lin Qiye’s parents arrived as well.
They hugged him tightly, laughing and crying, touching him here and there to reassure themselves.
The bruises left by his earlier treatments had kept them awake at night with worry.
But now—
Lin Qiye had pulled through!
His father and mother wept tears of joy.
Feeling their sincere emotions, Lin Qiye’s nose stung with emotion.
“I’m fine now—I’ve survived! I can continue my research. This time, my scientific achievements will be even greater!”
He spoke with pride.
And so, over the next year,
With the money he made from short video apps,
He built four high-precision research institutes, recruited nearly two hundred researchers, each earning tens of millions a year, and spent thirty billion annually!
All of it poured into research, with no thought for return!
In just one year,
Lin Qiye transferred all three hundred papers from his mind onto paper.
He published papers en masse, filed one patent after another, and dominated the covers of Science and Nature journals…
The academic community was astounded—upon his return, Lin Qiye was creating daily miracles!
What’s more,
Before anyone realized it,
The top minds in global life sciences had all come to Xia Country to pursue research.
In an instant,
Xia became the holy land of life sciences.
Time passed swiftly.
Spring turned to autumn.
Lin Qiye’s nineteenth birthday arrived in a flash.
The day before his birthday,
Lin Qiye, usually so reserved and reclusive, made a high-profile announcement:
His four research institutes would hold a global press conference!
And the theme of the conference was…