Gene Unlocking: I Evolve Every Day

Chapter 400: Chapter 349: Ascension in Broad Daylight

At the scene, everyone was stunned for a second.

Suddenly, a young female reporter quickly raised her hand.

The female host standing to the left of Lu Li was perhaps too shocked at first to react.

Fortunately, Lu Li spoke into the microphone: ”Reporter Liu from Phoenix Satellite TV, please speak.”

Reporter Liu quickly stood up and asked, ”Mr. Lu, you just said that you’re about to ’ascend in broad daylight’?”

Lu Li calmly replied into the microphone: ”Yes, in no more than half an hour.”

Reporter Liu wanted to ask something else.

Lu Li quickly said, ”One question per person, next.”

With this statement, all the previously bewildered reporters suddenly snapped to attention.

Immediately, in a ”whoosh,” one or two thousand reporters raised their hands!

Lu Li pointed to a middle-aged male reporter at the front, ”You, go ahead.”

The middle-aged male reporter stood up with the microphone, ”Hello Mr. Lu, I’m Lu Ximing from Yangzi Daily.”

Lu Li nodded slightly, ”Please ask your question.”

The middle-aged male reporter asked, ”I want to know, when you mentioned ’ascend in broad daylight,’ were you referring to the traditional meaning of ’ascend in broad daylight’ in Huaxia culture?”

Everyone looked intently over, wanting to hear a specific answer.

This matter was truly astonishing.

Even more astonishing than Lu Li voluntarily revealing his identity as an ancestor!

Why?

And why not!

Because if Lu Li really does ’ascend in broad daylight’ later, it suggests the cultivation system in traditional Huaxia culture might actually be real.

In other words, humans might be able to become immortal through practices like Inner Core Technique and Internal Visualization.

Simply put, Earth’s civilization might take a turn from technological to cultivation-based!

That’s one.

The second point is that if Lu Li ’ascends in broad daylight,’ it proves he truly became immortal.

Is there anything more sensational than witnessing the birth of an immortal firsthand?

Naturally, the one or two thousand reporters on site, along with hundreds of staff members, and everyone backstage including Gu Wei and Liu Jiren, all shifted their attention from Lu Li revealing his identity to the idea of ’ascending in broad daylight.’

Everyone wanted a definitive answer to verify their thoughts.

At this moment, before Lu Li responded, everyone inexplicably felt tense.

As if the answer Lu Li might give in a moment could affect their fates.

Lu Li looked at the middle-aged male reporter and everyone else, speaking into the microphone: ”Whether it is the traditional ’ascending in broad daylight’ in Huaxia culture, I’m not sure yet. But one thing is certain: I will ascend from here into space in front of you. However, my ascent isn’t about leaving Earth for good but to accumulate enough power. When all the power is accumulated, I will return to Earth.”

Not getting a definitive answer left everyone somewhat disappointed.

Yet hearing Lu Li say he would ascend into space made everyone excited.

Human exploration of space has always involved space shuttles or astronauts exploring near-Earth spaces. No one has ever entered space with their physical body.

What did Lu Li just say?

That he would ascend directly into space!

Does this not mean he plans to physically explore the cosmos?

Therefore, everyone felt very excited.

Another reporter quickly raised his hand, ”Mr. Lu, as you are about to ’ascend in broad daylight,’ I want to know what cultivation technique you practice. For example, the Daoism-based Golden Core Path or Nascent Soul Path?”

This question made everyone perk up their ears.

After all, it directly relates to the mystery of Lu Li’s strength.

Who wouldn’t want to know the real answer?

The question now was whether Lu Li would reveal this secret.

Lu Li smiled but didn’t take the question to heart, instead he casually answered: ”I haven’t cultivated the Golden Core Path nor the Nascent Soul Path. Traditional cultivation methods are entirely different from my situation.”

Whoosh.

The next reporter raised a hand, ”Then what cultivation system do you practice?”

Lu Li smiled faintly, ”I practice the liberal arts system of Su Cheng University.”

Reporter: ”...”

Staff members: ”...”

The bigwigs backstage: ”...”

The one or two thousand people nearly fell over from Lu Li’s response.

Seeing that Lu Li wasn’t intending to tell the truth, the reporters knew it was pointless to persist on this question.

Those who raised their hands next started to change their approach, ”Mr. Lu, when you ascend into space, could you take a few photos for us? Our newspaper is willing to acquire the rights to your photos at the highest market price and publish them in our papers.”

Lu Li took out a phone from his pocket, ”My only tool for taking photos is this Huawei phone. If you want me to take clearer pictures, you can lend me a professional camera first.”

”I!”

”Mr. Lu, use my camera!”

”This camera is the latest model, it has several lenses, please use it.”

A group of reporters vied eagerly, wanting Lu Li to take their cameras into space for shooting.

In the end, Lu Li had the female host take a camera from a famous domestic newspaper reporter on his behalf.

The news conference continued.

Perhaps everyone knew that asking Lu Li about ”daytime ascension” and the ”cultivation system” wouldn’t yield any results.

Therefore, in the subsequent interviews, everyone shifted the topics away from these to other areas.

”Mr. Lu, how did you withstand the explosion of a nuclear weapon with millions of tons of TNT?”

”Oh, my body is immensely strong, capable of ignoring nuclear explosions, plus, I have an ’energy shield’ that can withstand all attacks.”

”Mr. Lu, why did your strength not seem very strong when you destroyed the Jalisco Group in the past, but now you’re so powerful?”

”Because the Jalisco Group wasn’t worth my full effort.”

”Mr. Lu, what do you like to eat?”

”...I like to eat all good food. Oh, right, I remember there’s a hotpot restaurant in the new district that tastes pretty good.”

”Mr. Lu, what hobbies do you have?”

”Mr. Lu, do you like women...”

Initially, the questions posed by the reporters were fairly reliable.

For example, related to the cultivation system, resisting nukes, and so on.

But as the questions continued, the reporters’ gossiping spirits awakened, and they began asking what Lu Li liked to eat, his hobbies, etc.

One bold reporter even wanted to know if Lu Li was straight or not.

These questions seemed bizarre, but actually demonstrated everyone’s extreme curiosity about Lu Li.

So curious that they wanted to know how an extraordinary person like the ”Ancestor” differed in lifestyle from ordinary people.

Lu Li didn’t feel any resentment; he answered what he could, and for what he couldn’t, he dodged with a joke.

In a flash, more than twenty minutes passed.

At this time, the ”little whirlwinds” around Lu Li’s body were increasing.

The air in the banquet hall seemed to be absorbed by him.

Causing everyone present to feel a certain difficulty in breathing.

People noticed these visible energy-gathered ”little whirlwinds”.

Lu Li also sensed that if this continued, everyone would truly suffocate and die because of his continuous energy absorption.

Furthermore, he felt that as the energy absorption rate increased, his body became lighter and lighter, as if he was about to ride the wind away in the next moment.

Therefore, after answering a question from a female reporter in her thirties,

Lu Li unhesitatingly said, ”The question-and-answer session is over. For those reporters who didn’t have the chance to ask, I apologize; now I am going to ’ascend in broad daylight’. If you wish to record it, do so; if not, stay in the banquet hall.”

Upon saying this, he squinted and said, ”However, let me warn you, or rather, the whole world, that during the time I’m away, I hope you don’t disturb my family and friends’ lives, or else when I return from space, I can’t guarantee I won’t ’go mad’!”

Having said that, Lu Li gave no one a chance to speak.

He lifted the bag containing the camera and lenses, and his body suddenly floated into the air.

The next moment, a breathtaking spectacle unfolded.

All the reporters noticed that the ceiling above the banquet hall inexplicably ”melted”.

The whole building seemed to have a huge hole appear.

The moment the hole appeared, the surrounding airflow and even the radiation from the sky converged immediately.

Turned into a visible multicolored brilliant light beam that instantly enveloped Lu Li’s floating body.

”What the hell!”

”Is it real?”

”Is Mr. Lu really ’ascending in broad daylight’?”

”Damn, am I seeing things?”

”Gosh, initially, when Mr. Lu said he would ’ascend in broad daylight’, I was a bit skeptical, but I didn’t expect it to actually happen; he’s really ascending!”

”Unbelievable! Truly unbelievable! I am incredibly lucky to witness ’daytime ascension’ with my own eyes!”

”Big news... no, super big news! The news of Mr. Lu ’ascending in broad daylight’ is absolutely more shocking than him admitting to being an Ancestor!”

”The ’daytime ascension’ is real! It’s actually real!”

”I’m so excited! I feel a bit out of breath!”

The reporters were in an uproar.

Everyone quickly stood up, holding cameras and camcorders, focused on the soaring Lu Li.

Everyone understood what it meant to capture such a scene.

It meant that human civilization might be on the verge of a rewrite!

Every reporter feared missing this astonishing scene, feared missing a single detail, willing to regret it for life; their cameras were almost smoking from overuse but still wouldn’t stop!

Finally, under the awe-inspiring gaze of over a thousand people, Lu Li ascended to the high clouds and then completely disappeared!