Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

After humanity had acquired true wisdom, everything on Earth was no longer their enemy.

The outburst of imagination and the growth of the spirit enabled humans to create many things, among which, the greatest was art.

Sculpture, architecture, dance, painting, philosophy, martial arts, and so on.

All of these are art!

Only those who possessed true wisdom, rich imagination, and a developed spirit were capable of creating such splendid artworks.

"From the time when Homo sapiens truly appeared on Earth, we have had little genetic difference from our ancestors from thirty thousand years ago."

"Why?"

"Because the moment our imagination emerged, we no longer needed to adapt to the environment, but instead, we materialized our imagination and made the environment adapt to us!"

This led to us having no real competitors on Earth."

"Thus, we turned our gaze towards our own kin..."

"As the era entered the modern age, our nations on Earth gradually moved towards peace, generally forming a global village. Although some places were not very peaceful, overall, it tended towards stability."

"However, this is irrelevant to my current topic. What I want to talk about is taking imagination one step further."

"That is, the spirit."

Sun Shisheng waved his hand, and the myriad of visions within the venue instantly vanished as if absorbed into his palm.

"That scene just now, you might think was the effect of technology, like projections, but in reality, it was the result of spiritual cultivation."

"Everyone knows about Ming Lun Martial Arts's hypnotism—just now, that scene was essentially me hypnotizing you all, creating an illusion."

"Moreover, it's not just a simple illusion, but it was an illusion that I crafted by influencing the Earth's magnetic field with my spirit."

"It can be said that aside from the audience here, those watching the live broadcast could also see this scene, and even if it's replayed, they can still see it."

The crowd exclaimed!

God!

This was truly a miracle!

"Cultivation of the spirit is related to the body."

Sun Shisheng slowly disclosed the true essence of cultivation.

"If the soul and spirit are built on imagination as their core, then our physical bodies in reality are the vessels that carry this core. They can help us cross the sea of suffering and reach the other shore."

"After all, our human bodies have evolved to be hunters."

"Some might say, isn't it supposed to be about spiritual cultivation? Shouldn't it involve deep sleep or meditation, why did it shift to the physical body?"

"The reason is simple, after all, most people are not that easily able to calm their minds."

"Clothing, food, shelter, and transportation—even in the modern era and even hundreds of years in the future, I am confident that more than ninety-five percent of people will need to worry about these for their whole lives. Perhaps the current food production surpasses that of any dynasty or kingdom in global history, but the first step in cultivation is needing to calm one's spirit."

"Human imagination is rich, but a fanciful, impractical spirit cannot allow oneself to evolve."

"For this reason, we at Minglun have launched a new product that can enhance the human body!"

"After all, the spirit, the soul, and the body interact with each other..."

After such a long discussion, people understood that the real highlight was about to come.

The principles Sun Shisheng had spoken of were known by many, but knowing is one thing; people still focus on the present.

It is necessary to have a long-term perspective, but the restlessness of the human heart still instinctively makes them focus on the immediate.

And Sun Shisheng no longer kept them in suspense, unveiling the diluted, further diluted, and even more diluted version of Moon Spirit Essence crafted by Li Hansha.

On a tray held by two slender ladies, lay a vial containing a transparent liquid, only the length of a thumb.

But the moment it was picked up by Sun Shisheng, everyone could clearly see the crystalline substance inside the vial.

The liquid was transparent and clear, without a single impurity.

It was like—

Moonlight.

"This is the elixir that can subtly enhance the vitality of the human body, Moon Spirit Essence."

As Sun Shisheng introduced, the large screen behind him also displayed a modernized manufacturing process, at the top of a structure resembling an Eight Trigrams diagram, silver rays of light descended from the sky, and the source of these rays was the moon in the night sky!

Westerners gasped, "Drawing energy from the moon!?"

Easterners exclaimed, "The essence of the sun and the moon!?"

Everyone understood that an era of change was upon them.

Minglun Group had even managed to harness the essence of the sun and moon; cultivation might become the mainstream in the future. Future conflicts among nations might be decided by the number of cultivators.

And undoubtedly, Minglun, possessing Sun Shisheng, would be among the best.

Even transcending the mundane world!

"This is also the final concept of Minglun—integration of the body and spirit!"

Amidst the cheering crowd, Sun Shisheng concluded this speech, and with that, the press conference also concluded.

Countless reporters wanted to interview them, but to their dismay, they found that Sun Shisheng, GOD, Tang Zichen, Chan Yinsha had all disappeared without a trace. Answering their questions were Yao Xiaoxue and other major representatives of Minglun Group...

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"To enter the mortal world, you must be able to let go of it." Tang Zichen sighed, "I once thought that after achieving the fetal breath, the soul would merge with the void and escape from the mortal world, but it seems we are still bound to return to it."

"As long as you still possess wisdom, you will never truly escape the mortal world," Sun Shisheng said mildly, "If you really want to escape, you must truly abandon wisdom, never pick it up again, and become one with the void."

"That's no different from being dead." Chan Yinsha shook her head, her gaze turning to GOD, "GOD, do you still think humans are monkeys?"

GOD, expressionless, replied, "Physically, they are much weaker than us; in terms of spirit, they are mostly fragile too. However, some elderly in their eighties or nineties have mental realms that are not weak either."

"So?" Chan Yinsha raised an eyebrow.

"So, they are not monkeys," GOD's heart seemed much broader now, "They all have the chance to grow to our level, but as the curator said, not everyone is suited for cultivation..."

"Moreover, I tend to agree with evolution, and so-called modern technology, mental cultivation, is humanity's way of choosing their own direction of evolution."

"We humans no longer need to evolve by adapting to the environment, instead, we can evolve!"

Chan Yinsha shook her head.

This GOD, once again, fell into his own arrogance.

And Li Hansha really, just letting this fellow run free, who knows what trouble he might cause one day.

Tang Zichen was concerned about another matter, "Curator, setting the price of the essence of the moon spirit at one thousand, isn't it too cheap?"

Even though this diluted, diluted, and again diluted version of moon spirit essence, under Li Hansha's handling, had a production cost of only eight hundred, the effect it had on enhancing an ordinary person's capabilities was incredibly strong.

Just by taking it for a month, it could improve life vitality by 0.01.

Absolutely an incredible elixir!

Sun Shisheng was unconcerned, "Now that it is released, it must be affordable for everyone, which is the most crucial point."

The poor only look after themselves, the wealthy must help the world.

This was one of Sun Shisheng's philosophies.

In the Three Realms where I reside, both Heaven and Spirit Mountain have gods of virtue and true Buddhas, all follow this principle.

However, just as the Buddha, when imparting sutras, regardless of whether you arrive after enduring incredible hardships or not, it's not free; you need to give something in return; he also must do this.

One thousand, that's the lowest price.

Things given for free cannot be given, nor should they be given.

Tang Zichen praised, "If everyone were like you, why would the world be anything but peaceful?"

Sun Shisheng didn't quite agree, "Everyone has their own way of living, you cannot force them, good and evil are one, if you separate the two, the world would also become dull."

At the same time.

This launch event was also gradually fermenting.

Particularly those players in the same game session as Zhu Jia, who came forward to certify the realism of virtual reality games.

"Who would have thought that Minglun Game Company's technology had advanced so much, that people could actually enter into the games themselves."

"When is this device going on sale?"

"Same question."

"It might take a while, considering we all are still using basic mobile phones."

"Speaking of smartphones, they seem to be going on sale in a month, five hundred bucks! Damn! That's just too cheap!"

"Who's saying that isn't the truth?"

"Speaking of which, when are the skins for the Illusion series going to be available? That look with just underwear and swimwear, really isn't flattering, this isn't the beach."

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The players' resentment towards the Illusion series' skins made the Minglun Game Company release various skins ahead of schedule; some for free, others requiring purchase.

For this, Minglun Game Company had to hire fashion designers to create the designs and hand them over to modelers for rendering.

Besides, various game character merchandise was also produced, selling even better than the essence of the moon spirit.

After all, though the moon spirit essence could improve physical fitness, spending a thousand for just a tiny amount made regular people hesitant.

And it required a month's consumption to improve by 0.01.

That's thirty thousand bucks!

The concepts of life vitality and mental cultivation were known to the public, but the specific methods were not well understood by most ordinary people, hence the hesitation was normal.

And an improvement of 0.01 seemed too insignificant.

Although Minglun Group announced that before life vitality surpassed 10, every 0.1 increase would double the quality, an increase of 0.01 is equivalent to a tenth of that.

But accepting new things always takes time.

In comparison, tangible things like game character figurines and cosplay sets of game characters were concrete.

Once bought, they belonged to you.

Absolutely no loss!

While the vast majority marveled at smartphones and virtual games, the official education department announced a new content reform; most importantly, requiring all students to take a course in mental cultivation!