[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars":3,"chapter-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-446":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Immortal Path Among the Stars",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2320378,4537,"Chapter 446: Analysis and Exposure","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-446",446,"\u003Cp>The Sethan world is certainly a vast world where supernatural forces are far superior to those of our Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The initial purpose of the Sethan Project was to allow select individuals from Blue Star to dream into this world, learn its supernatural powers, and use them to help Blue Star survive the Great Catastrophe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to our original hypothesis, only during the appearance of the Sethan phenomenon could specific individuals on Blue Star project their consciousness into the corresponding consciousness of someone in the Sethan world, even exerting a certain degree of influence over that person’s primary awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the actual experiment began, an uncontrollable major problem emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Number One and others entered the sleep pods and first began dreaming into the other world, the base system suddenly suffered a massive impact from some unknown energy, causing most of the ‘Zero-Type’ sleep pods to malfunction—only three individuals, including Number One, successfully dreamt into the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Sethan phenomenon vanished entirely.」 Dr. Chen pointed at the projected image on the round table with a white beam emitted from his remote.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen now showed most sleep pods crackling with electrical sparks, belching thick black smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Doctor, are you saying the premature disappearance of the Sethan phenomenon and the damage to the Zero-Type sleep pods are both linked to this unknown energy? [9] Have you traced the source of this energy?」 Deputy Chairwoman Olly stared at the screen and suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you found the source of this unknown energy?\" Deputy Chairwoman Olly stared at the screen and suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Yes, the failure of the sleep pods and the disappearance of the Sethan phenomenon are almost certainly connected to this unknown energy—otherwise, the timing would be too coincidental. As for its origin, we deployed military reconnaissance satellites to track it and found it came from deep outer space.」 Dr. Chen replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Deep outer space? Could it be connected to those things behind the Great Catastrophe? Have they already arrived?」 Deputy Chairwoman Olly’s face turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「We cannot determine that yet. But this unknown energy has never been detected on Blue Star’s future timeline—it’s an anomalous variable that has already diverged from our future. We must remain vigilant and observe whether it reappears a second or third time before making any accurate judgment.」 Dr. Chen replied thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I understand, Doctor. Continue.」 The white woman nodded, her expression grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Because of this unknown energy, our first trial succeeded only partially: although most consciousnesses failed to enter the other world, Number One and the other two successfully dreamt into the Sethan world as previously predicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, after repairing the sleep pods, we conducted a second and third dream-entry experiment into the Sethan world—but unfortunately, since the Sethan phenomenon had vanished, all attempts failed.」 Dr. Chen continued speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Dr. Chen, excuse me—I’d like to clarify that during the period when the Sethan phenomenon existed, not just China but other nations, including the British Commonwealth, also conducted similar Sethan Project research. But after screening, they found no suitable test subjects and declared failure from the outset.」 Lei Sa suddenly interjected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「That’s right. Our British laboratory found no one capable of resonating with the Sethan world. As far as I know, only certain young groups in Beijing, China, could enter the Sethan world.」 Deputy Chairwoman Olly nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I didn’t understand this before, but now I can offer some explanation.」 Dr. Chen smiled after hearing their words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Oh? Please elaborate, Doctor.」 Deputy Chairwoman Olly perked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「From the Sethan world data we’ve accessed, its human population is nearly identical to Blue Star’s Han Chinese—similar writing systems, customs, even cultural patterns. We can thus infer that the humans of the Sethan world share a common origin with Blue Star’s yellow race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why only Chinese people can resonate with the Sethan world’s inhabitants—it’s perfectly understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why only specific groups in fixed locations can do so, it likely relates to the precise geographic coordinates where the Sethan portal projects. Nothing too strange about that.」 Dr. Chen explained slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Sa listened, nodded slightly, and asked no further questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deputy Chairwoman Olly and Minister Li both wore expressions of sudden understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Chen then used the white beam from his remote to point at the sleep pod housing Wang Yu and continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「After two consecutive failures, I realized that without the Sethan phenomenon as a spacetime anchor, no one could ever dream into the Sethan world again. The entire project was temporarily halted—had it not been for Number One and the other two still present, we might have disbanded it entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fortunately, we didn’t wait in vain. Not long after, Number One’s consciousness returned to Blue Star, bringing back something utterly unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Number One didn’t merely dream into the Sethan world and coexist with an alien consciousness—he directly took over the body of a young man named ‘Wang Tiezhu’ in the Sethan world.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Directly taking over a human body in the Sethan world? How is that possible? What happened to the original consciousness of that alien?」 Deputy Chairwoman Olly was stunned and immediately asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Number One himself doesn’t know. But according to his account, the moment he took over ‘Wang Tiezhu’s’ body, a flood of fragmented, disjointed memories from the body’s past life flooded his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this, we infer that Number One has fused with ‘Wang Tiezhu’s’ consciousness—or at least a portion of it.」 Dr. Chen replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「If one’s spiritual force is exceptionally strong or highly aggressive, consciousness fusion or spiritual force integration is possible. We’ve conducted many similar experiments on future Blue Star.」 Lei Sa nodded solemnly in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Why would future Blue Star conduct such consciousness fusion experiments? Isn’t that inhumane?」 Minister Li frowned at Lei Sa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Minister, you misunderstand. Our consciousness fusion experiments didn’t involve humans—they were conducted on cloud beasts. Later, during the Great Catastrophe war, a terrifying type of cloud beast emerged that could control human thoughts.」 Lei Sa replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「A cloud beast that controls thoughts? Could such a thing really exist?」 Minister Li was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Deputy Chairwoman Olly’s pupils contracted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Yes. These cloud beasts are extremely dangerous. Had the Klians not warned us and helped us develop countermeasures through experiments, future Blue Star would have ceased to exist.」 Lei Sa’s expression was grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Li and Deputy Chairwoman Olly exchanged glances, each seeing the same gravity in the other’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Fortunately, after fusing with ‘Wang Tiezhu’s’ consciousness, Number One’s cognition remained unchanged—that’s a blessing in disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, after many trials, Number One discovered the existence of xianxiu cultivators in the Sethan world, joined the Four Symbols Sect, and during a moment of extreme danger, his consciousness returned to Blue Star, bringing back vast amounts of Sethan world data—some of which our base has already extracted immense value from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, I must emphasize: during the first Sethan experiment, I equipped every sleep pod with a sub-system of the ‘Taiyuan’ superbrain, modeled after future Blue Star citizens’ personal light-brain assistants, to provide experimental subjects with some assistance while their consciousnesses were in the Sethan world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But afterward, when Number One returned to Blue Star, the sub-systems inside the sleep pods had vanished entirely. Number One never mentioned them voluntarily in later conversations, yet he showed clear interest in Taiyuan.」 Dr. Chen ended with a meaningful glance at the other three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Doctor, ‘vanished’—what do you mean?」 This time, Minister Li asked first, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Yes, what exactly do you mean by Number One’s special interest in Taiyuan?」 Deputy Chairwoman Olly asked in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Sa, however, seemed to have realized something, his face showing a flicker of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>",1279,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.565Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9769e9ab7f40fef2a38f53549a6c8fc1b71ca8b1fa6dcba32abdb43f902613f1","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-447","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-445",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]