Chapter 2: Sudden Wealth?

Whether it was 'Earth' in his previous life or 'Blue Star' in his current life.

Immortality has always been the ultimate pursuit of humanity.

Throughout history, countless kings, nobles, generals, and ministers have yearned for long life and pursued immortality.

But the ultimate result was still ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Su Yuan naturally was no exception. If possible, he also hoped to achieve immortality.

Om~ The surface of the gray mirror became blurry again.

Su Yuan stared intently at the mirror surface.

【Method One: If the physical body steps into the Immortal Realm, you can achieve immortality in a narrow sense】

【Method Two: If the will steps into the Indestructible Realm, you can achieve immortality in a narrow sense】

【Method Three: If the soul merges with the Great Dao, you can achieve immortality in a narrow sense】

Words continued to emerge one by one.

Su Yuan fell silent.

Obviously, the methods given by the gray mirror might be real.

But Su Yuan simply couldn't do them.

Physical immortality?

Indestructible will?

Soul merging with the Great Dao?

Su Yuan didn't even know what those were.

"How can I achieve immortality?"

"Limiting condition: Something I can do right now."

Su Yuan looked at the gray mirror again and asked.

Om~ The gray mirror surface blurred, and soon words appeared one by one again.

【Method One: Click this link, enter the corresponding webpage, fill in your personal information to register. The next day, someone will pick you up to participate in the 'Consciousness Transfer' experiment. Your consciousness will be transferred to the Blue Star Network... transforming into an information lifeform. A hundred years later, the Blue Star Network will connect to the macro-network of the Cosmic Human Empire. Once you merge with the macro-network's information matrix, you can achieve immortality in a narrow sense】

【Method Two: Blood sacrifice ten million humans to summon an Outer God. Your will will be possessed and devoured by the Outer God. You and the Outer God will become one, with you in it and it in you, thereby achieving immortality in a narrow sense】

Looking at the words emerging on the blurry mirror surface.

The corner of Su Yuan's mouth twitched slightly.

Compared to the inquiry without any prerequisites.

Su Yuan could actually understand the answers given by the gray mirror this time.

He might even be able to do them.

But without even needing to think, he knew there were massive pitfalls involved.

Method One was to transfer Su Yuan's will to the Blue Star Network and become an information lifeform?

Losing a physical body and the pleasures of reality, even if he truly achieved immortality, what would be the point?

And finally merging with the macro-network's information matrix looked problematic no matter how you looked at it. Would Su Yuan still be himself by then?

Method Two was even more outrageous: summoning an Outer God and actively letting himself be devoured? Was that the Outer God's immortality, or Su Yuan's immortality?

Next.

Su Yuan tried asking about the possibility of his immortality from different angles.

Of course, the prerequisite was still something he could currently do.

But the answers given by the gray mirror either had heavy restrictions.

Or contained huge hidden dangers, requiring Su Yuan to lose his sense of self to achieve them.

"Forget it, forget it,"

Su Yuan sighed in his heart.

"Take it step by step."

Su Yuan reorganized his thoughts.

A moment later, he continued asking the gray mirror.

"I want a cultivation method or evolutionary path that leads straight to immortality."

"Prerequisite: This cultivation method or evolutionary path must be the most suitable for me right now."

"Prerequisite: The cultivation speed of this method or evolutionary path must be fast, without any hidden dangers, and will not have any adverse effects on me."

"Prerequisite: This cultivation method or evolutionary path must have infinite potential, and immortality is just one of its incidental abilities."

Su Yuan settled for the next best thing, asking for a cultivation method or evolutionary path.

Through his hundreds of previous inquiries, Su Yuan learned that beyond Blue Star, higher-level civilizations existed.

And in the vast universe, there were individual lifeforms with terrifyingly immense power who could destroy stars with a wave of their hands.

And to become such a lifeform—

One was either born as one.

Or one achieved life evolution through acquired cultivation.

Su Yuan had no choice regarding the former, so he could only try acquired cultivation.

Om~ The gray mirror surface blurred, and very quickly, words emerged one by one again.

"Too much, stop for now."

Two hours passed, and the words appearing on the gray mirror surface still hadn't stopped, so Su Yuan immediately called for a halt.

According to the restrictions and standards he gave, the cultivation methods provided by the gray mirror were as vast as the open sea.

With Su Yuan's current memory, he couldn't remember them all at all.

"Focus on Level 1 lifeforms to Level 10 lifeforms first."

Just as Su Yuan finished speaking, the words appearing on the blurry mirror surface immediately slowed down.

Then, they started over from the beginning.

The so-called Level 1 to Level 10 lifeforms was the gray mirror's classification of individual lifeform strength.

It was also the preliminary classification of single lifeform levels used by many civilizations in the vast universe.

The highest, a Level 10 lifeform, already possessed the ability to briefly leave a life-sustaining planet and roam the starry universe.

Of course.

Su Yuan currently wasn't even a Level 1 lifeform.

Accurately speaking, the vast majority of lifeforms on Blue Star today were Level 0 lifeforms, which weren't even considered lifeforms in the eyes of true cosmic civilizations.

"Level 0 lifeform to Level 1 lifeform..."

Su Yuan watched the words continuously emerging on the gray mirror surface.

These words detailed the step-by-step process of going from a Level 0 lifeform to a Level 1 lifeform.

"Following the method above, in about half a month, I can transform into a Level 1 lifeform, but..."

Su Yuan shook his head, "I need money."

The transformation and evolution of life, in essence, is devouring external objects to make up for one's own deficiencies.

And what are external objects? They are definitely things containing a large amount of pure energy.

For example, century-old ginseng? Deep-mountain Lingzhi mushrooms, etc.

These things easily cost hundreds of thousands or even millions; they were simply not something Su Yuan could afford right now.

"Money..."

Su Yuan looked at the gray mirror in front of him.

If this mirror really knew everything, then he wouldn't lack money at all.

"Let me think about how to ask."

Su Yuan pondered in his heart for a while.

Getting money shouldn't be difficult.

But the key was that the money had to be legal and without any hidden risks.

"Lottery?"

Su Yuan's eyes lit up.

He thought of this method of getting rich quick.

It could be said that winning the lottery was something every Xia Country citizen desired.

It was also the most legal and risk-free way to make money.

After all, lottery winnings were subject to taxes and completely clean.

"If I remember correctly, tonight at six o'clock is the drawing time for the Double Color Ball?"

Su Yuan took out his phone and immediately logged in to check.

After confirming, Su Yuan looked at the gray mirror and asked:

"What are the winning numbers for the first prize of the Double Color Ball draw, issue number 2025910?"

Su Yuan stared closely at the gray mirror.

The next moment.

The mirror surface blurred, rapidly displaying numbers one by one.

【11 25 31 24 23】

"Done."

Seeing the answer provided by the gray mirror surface, Su Yuan felt reassured.

He immediately invested his entire current net worth, a total of two hundred and thirty-eight yuan, into it.

"According to the lottery rules, if I can win the first prize, the prize money will reach more than 96 million. Even after taxes, the final amount in my hands will exceed 50 million."

A smile appeared on Su Yuan's face.

Such a massive sum of money was something an ordinary person wouldn't see in a lifetime.

"Now, I just have to wait."

Su Yuan glanced at the time; there were still more than two hours until the drawing at six o'clock.

"What level is the strongest lifeform in the Xia Country?"

While waiting, Su Yuan began asking the gray mirror many questions.

【Currently, the strongest lifeform within the borders of Xia Country is a Level 4 lifeform】

"What about globally? What level is the strongest lifeform?"

Su Yuan continued to ask.

【Level 4】

Words continued to emerge on the gray mirror surface.

Time passed.