Preface

And then, while waiting, the next rebirth within it.

At this time, although the average lifespan of humans has exceeded 150 years, it still cannot satisfy people's desires. Since 2218, the Earth has fully entered the mechanized era, with everything except management being handled by automation. From that moment on, humanity on Earth has truly achieved a perfect state of the socialist system

Return to emptiness

Until the conditions for permanent escape are met, or continue to forge on...

In the same year, a tremendous upheaval occurred within the Chaos Era world zone

The chaotic era of a new beginning, where NPCs continue to uphold everything that has occurred and transformed over the course of several thousand years.

In the era of chaos, there exists death. After death, individuals' spirits will escape from the world of chaos and regain all the memories that belong to their individual selves

This proposal was officially approved in 2245, and under the full efforts of various countries on Earth, the Cosmic Reconstruction Project was completed in just three years. In a situation where nearly all people globally have come to regard online gaming as the "new job" and the sole form of entertainment after no longer needing to work, the Cosmic Reconstruction Project tailored online gaming models to fit the historical contexts of each country, ultimately naming the overall project "Era of Chaos".

In the year 2298 of the Earth, a certain academy of sciences published a paper titled "Beyond the Limits of Matter," which sparked a strong global response. The main content of the book can almost be summarized in one sentence: when material civilization reaches its limits, humanity's path forward lies in the development of spiritual civilization and the direction of learning

Therefore, until the year 2381 of the Chaotic Era, the total number of newly emerged humans was less than seventy. In light of such a meager number, the four newly emerged humans, who possessed the majority of the authority, proposed a new reform bill, which was ultimately approved by the main system and officially implemented that year

In comparison to robots created by humans, whether in terms of physical ability, reaction speed, or the capacity of the brain, humans are far inferior. The only advantage humans possess is that machines will never generate consciousness. "Beyond the Limits of Matter" elaborates in detail on the unique and absolute advantage of humanity and the path that lies behind the book.

Since that year, the originally unattainable standard of 85% for the mental development of the new humanity has been elevated to a higher level. As time passed, for the first time, four individuals of the new humanity consecutively achieved an even more unimaginable level of mental development. Consequently, the conditions for the birth of the new humanity have repeatedly been raised to more stringent standards by the central intelligence.

The growth institution for nurturing new life forms continues to exist as it did in the past, extracting the "seeds" of humanity from the virtual network. Under certain birth probabilities and conditions, these seeds are recognized and cultivated until they reach maturity, at which point they are sent into the chaotic era of the virtual world for the development of their spiritual capabilities

The year was simultaneously changed to the Year of Chaos. From this point onward, the material civilization's extreme state and the spiritual civilization's extreme state, formed during the relative phases of human development, officially coexisted.

A new chapter unfolds

The system's mainframe automatically separates permissions, allowing four individuals to simultaneously assume the roles of the strongest first-generation new humans, thereby taking over the majority of the system's permissions. They will work in collaboration with the mainframe system to develop the evolution of human mental energy.

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The development of the human and pictorial-book type of brain has not seen much success even as material civilization has reached its current state. Cultivating and training our spirit will inevitably lead to a day when our existence can transcend the limitations of the physical body and achieve immortality

This proposal, put forth by the new human leader Yi Yun, was subsequently unanimously approved by the other new human leaders. It aims to accelerate the birth rate of new humans, compensating for the deficiencies in familial bonds experienced by individuals under the previous model following the extreme limits of material civilization, allowing each individual who has experienced death to undergo a greater variety of "lives".

In the year 2345 of the Earth calendar, in response to the increasingly severe environmental destruction and resource depletion, the Earth Federation approved the Cosmic Reconstruction Program

New humans, developed and matured in the Growth Institute, are sent in batches into the world of the Chaotic Era. However, unlike in the past, all the "newcomers" who enter this world will no longer remember their previous past.

The basic life cycle of beings within the Era of Chaos is, barring those that are nearly eternal, a span of three hundred years. Should certain conditions be met, the lifespan of these beings will be automatically extended

In the era of chaos, all love and hate, affection and enmity...

In the Age of Chaos at www.hetushu.com, all material civilizations have been pushed back to the era of cold weapons, and certain newly established nations without a long history have been completely integrated into the network systems of other countries nearby

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Shortly after the wave sparked by "Beyond the Limits of Matter," some proposed the establishment of a virtual network based on Earth as a unit, where individuals would enter to continue their existence. This would not only conserve Earth's resources but also allow the spirit to exist within the virtual network while the body reaches a state of nearly halted metabolism, thereby indirectly achieving a longer life.

In the year 2699 of the Earth calendar, five new humans were successfully born in the China region, among which four achieved a terrifying level of 100% in the development of mental energy.

This proposal is named the First Reform Plan of the New Chaotic Era—"The Truth Project"

The story this book aims to tell is set against the backdrop of the virtual network world of China within the "Era of Chaos," a great nation with an extremely long history, countless glorious events and achievements, and a population that accounted for 1/2 of the global population in the year 2690 of the Era of Chaos

Sixty-nine new humans, along with four leaders whose mental development has reached a terrifying level, will, with their formidable mental energy, collaborate with the virtual world at www.hetushucom.com to conduct a thorough cleansing of the chaotic era across the globe

Since that year, humanity has undergone tremendous changes, as if suddenly born from the nurturing of nature, becoming enriched and passionate about the future and life

In the same year, a new beginning commenced

Although class disparities still exist, overall, this is no longer a significant issue. People do not need to engage in labor, and passing the time each day has become the most perplexing matter.

In the year 261 of the Era of Chaos, the initial group of four new humans achieved a breakthrough in their mental development, signaling that the initial 100% development of mental civilization is merely a stage rather than an endpoint. The system's main brain acknowledged the new mental abilities of the four new humans and proposed corresponding enhancements based on the conditions for exiting the virtual network. This proposal was approved after the four new humans submitted their applications and underwent review by the main brain

The newly arrived "newcomers" are beings and NPCs constructed based on the true spirit of life within the Chaos Era world, and they are born within the virtual realm. Therefore, each new life form that enters this world will possess a complete understanding of the Chaos Era world, experiencing the process from infancy to adulthood, and ultimately to death