Since the Alliance Fleet set off again, fifty-two years have quickly passed... During this period, everything has been steadily progressing without any major incidents, nor have they encountered any planets with intelligent life.

A top-secret experiment appeared in the virtual experiment on the Mountain and Sea. Its confidentiality level was set to S-level, and all laboratory members signed a confidentiality agreement.

A strange electronic sound came from the ear, as if the source was far away in outer space.

"Thought acceleration experiment ready, current number of participants: 1."

"Verifying identity, adjusting parameters... please wait..."

"Experiment countdown... 3, 2, 1, start... uploading consciousness, success... retrieving memory, success..."

"Currently in thought acceleration... 2 times speed..."

"3 times speed, success!"

Zhang Yuan slowly opened his eyes. He felt his head become very strange, unsure why, there was always an odd illusion of thoughts and body out of control, unable to move nimbly.

No, it wasn't an illusion, but a real feeling.

He was personally completing a human thought acceleration experiment. Such experiments are very dangerous and can easily lead to neurological disorders or even self-awareness collapse. Fortunately, this experiment was designed by himself, with a degree of controllability.

A not very difficult definite integral math problem appeared before his eyes, requiring Zhang Yuan to focus his attention to solve it.

"How-are-you-feeling-now?"

"Can·focus·attention·?"

A fuzzy voice came from the outside world, but in Zhang Yuan's ear, this voice was very disjointed and discontinuous.

The main reason was that his thoughts had already been accelerated to three times the normal speed of a person, equivalent to the speed of the outside world being slowed down to one-third.

"Already solved it. The answer to the definite integral is..."

Zhang Yuan tried to speak, only to find his throat somewhat uncontrollable, his voice became rapid and fast, so much so that others could not understand what he was saying. In this virtual world, there was a series of simulation devices, and his body actions were similar to those in reality.

He raised an arm, wanting to make some gestures, but at that moment, nearly threw his arm onto his own face.

After finally calming down, he found he couldn't flexibly control his fingers.

At three times the normal thinking speed, everything seemed too slow to him, resulting in some problems with muscle control.

And these movements seemed really awkward to others, like someone with epilepsy, twisting and turning.

Zhang Yuan simply lay still, sighing inwardly: "This is just three times the thought speed, yet the body actions can't keep up... the entire body control module has to be rewritten or it's unusable."

"Can't even imagine what ten thousand times or even a million times the thought speed would be like... Thoughts and actions must undergo a series of segmentations."

"If in the future, the quality of thoughts can be further improved, then humans will indeed experience earth-shaking changes... this is the Level 5 Civilization!"

After some time, Zhang Yuan gradually adapted to the current state and said his first sentence, albeit unclearly: "Current feeling... good... able to focus attention... body barely controllable, very barely... movement module&...%??!"

"Recommend using written means... to communicate."

"Please adjust the thought speed to 3.5 times."

"Under-stood." It took a long time for an external response to come back slowly.

To the external staff, their response was already in real-time, but to Zhang Yuan, it was still a bit slow.

In the laboratory, Professor Yamamoto Ichiro, who was overseeing the work, said solemnly: "Check Professor Zhang's physiological indicators for any abnormalities..."

Another staff member quickly replied: "Currently, no major problems have been found. However, the brainwave rate has reached the experimental expectations, exceeding the standards might pose risks..."

"Start attempting 3.5 times thought speed. Stop the experiment immediately if any abnormalities occur!"

"Understood!"

The electronic sound came again: [Thought acceleration restarted, 3.1...3.2...3.3...3.5 times speed, completed.]

With the thought speed further increased, Zhang Yuan felt a bit dizzy, he could even sense a variety of chaotic thoughts surging like endless waves.

Professor Yamamoto Ichiro saw the data indicators on the screen, showing a worried expression on his face. He looked around at a nearby professor again but restrained his various thoughts.

The heart rate exceeded two hundred beats per minute, a risk has emerged!

A calculus math problem appeared before Zhang Yuan's eyes, similar in difficulty to the previous one. Concentration was required to think and solve the problem.

"No... cannot decipher."

"Can't understand what it means."

All the text seemed to jump like tadpoles, forming a strange vortex. He felt like a patient with a high fever, unable to focus his thoughts, even finding it difficult to understand what the question meant, and his breathing frequency began to increase significantly.

The speed of the heartbeat continued to escalate!

Beep——

A safety alarm sounded in the laboratory!

"Blood pressure is rising, there's a risk of cerebral hemorrhage! Heartbeat speed has exceeded safety boundaries!"

"The thought volatility is 413.5, risk of collapse! Professor..."

"Stop the experiment!"

Professor Yamamoto Ichiro dared not delay and promptly issued the directive.

[Experiment has stopped, thought recovery program initiated... 3.5...3.4...3.3...]

[Restored to normal speed.]

Even so, there was still a constant ringing in the brain, the speed of brain operation began to gradually slow down. But Zhang Yuan still couldn't hold on and suddenly blacked out.

...

When he reopened his eyes, he found himself lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by concerned colleagues.

"Awake, awake!"

"Don't say anything, proceed with a full examination first." A medical expert patted his chest, exhaling a breath of relief.

After various instruments checked over and over, the chief doctor finally announced there was no major problem.

"Basically unharmed, crisis averted."

"How many hours was I out?" Zhang Yuan rubbed his ears, the intense ringing gradually faded, indicating he had begun to return to normal.

An older professor said with a smile, "Since the experiment was interrupted in time, you were unconscious for over 3 hours. This time you set a record, 3 times thought speed and still able to concentrate, almost the limit of a normal person!"

"Although the physical motor ability still couldn't quite pass. That's unavoidable."

Next, the staff began reporting this experiment's data, stating the normal human brain and the auxiliary brain could reach a thought speed of 2-3 times, which was basically the limit, no faster.

The human body's original self-regulating ability could keep up to a certain extent, but at higher thought speeds, it began to fall behind.

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