Simmons saw that Sasson was engrossed in his conversation, and although he couldn't understand it, he didn't interrupt him.

"This novel protein is somewhat similar to the Sec18/N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein (Sec18/NSF) in terms of observation, but there are also differences."

There are differences in SNAP receptors (SNAREs) and Sec1/Munc-18 among them.

Even the way synaptic proteins, complexing proteins, and DoC2 proteins in your body regulate Ca2+ and trigger exocytosis is different from ours.

"In a sense, you are evolving; you have become a species completely different from humans."

"Perhaps it's the difference between a horse and a donkey; we might use your sperm to conduct fertility experiments."

"They might even actually breed the next generation for you, and then observe the fertility of that next generation."

"If you feel it's weird, you can do it yourself."

Simmons smiled wryly and said, "Even if it were me twenty years ago, I would have been happy to take the field myself, but I am over eighty years old now, and I have no desire for it anymore."

Sassoon cautioned, "Your brainstem neurons are recovering, and you will return to your youthful state. Perhaps you will find my advice to be helpful then."

Just as Sassoon was speaking, the landline on his desk rang: "OMG! Wait a moment, I'll be right there!"

Simmons asked, "Is this any of my business?"

Sassoon: "It's incredible! Not only have all the new proteins appeared in your cells, but new organelles have also appeared!"

"The Demon Brain can actually alter your gene expression to this extent! It's even more incredible than I imagined."

“What an amazing creation.”

Sasson jogged all the way to the laboratory.

Simmons, being older, stopped after only a few steps.

Suddenly, several lines of text appeared before his eyes. Upon closer inspection, the interface formed by these lines of text resembled an old-fashioned BBS forum:

"Magic Forum"

Simmons quickly realized that Merlin was using this method to enable all those injected with the standard brain to communicate remotely.

There is currently only one post in this old-fashioned BBS forum.

Upon closer inspection, Simmons noticed a number in the upper right corner: 3. He immediately deduced that this was the forum's user ID, and wondered if he was the third person to visit the magic forum.

The first one is most likely Merlin, as he is the architect of the magic system. Of course, it's also possible that Merlin won't personally get involved. So who are the first two?

If one's number is 3, it means that there are currently three people in the world who have completed the injection of the artificial magic brain, one of whom is definitely the user of the magic coin identified by Mars.

It's unclear whether the other one is Merlin, or the coordinates of a new planet that might give rise to intelligent life have been discovered.

Simmons continued to look closely and found that there was currently only one post:

"Hello, your access to the Magic Forum means that you have obtained the Magic Coin and injected the Standard Magic Brain. Only when the Standard Magic Brain has fully matured in your body can you access this forum."

The Magic Forum is a platform for everyone to communicate, exchange ideas, and showcase their value.

As a mage, knowledge is your only driving force.

Using magic requires a sufficient understanding of its nature.

Enhancing magical power is not achieved through meditation as depicted in fantasy novels, but rather through a deeper understanding of the relationship between will and reality, combined with knowledge of biology and genetics, to modify your cells and even your body's structure.

Only biological evolution can improve your spellcasting ability; meditation can only help you concentrate, but it doesn't help much in increasing your mana.

You can publish your new research findings, questions, ideas, and inspirations on the Mage Forum. These posts can be set to be paid for viewing.

Others need to pay corresponding magic coins to see your intellectual property, but you can also set it to be free to watch.

My advice is to set it up as free to watch initially, and then switch to paid content once you have gained a certain level of credibility.

For any paid content, those who pay to view it can rate the post to provide a reference for users who haven't viewed it.

At the same time, if you have any questions, you can pay a certain amount of magic coins to ask others for answers. Obviously, the more magic coins you offer, the more people will want to answer your questions.

There may be many people answering the same question. The questioner verifies the answers and is responsible for distributing the magic coins he provides to the answerers.

Once your answer is resolved, answers that did not earn Magic Coins will be made public for free, while answers that earned Magic Coins will require Magic Coins to view.

The magic coins paid out are distributed proportionally between the answerer and the questioner.

Therefore, asking a good question can also earn you a reward.

The Magic Forum will profoundly teach everyone the value of thinking, so please cherish your abilities and make full use of your talents!

Merlin

For Zheng Li, the Magic Forum allows countries around the planet to share their research findings on magic. He controls the forum, and the knowledge within it is naturally completely open to him.

Mages don't care about wealth or power; they only care about how much they know, how to graduate smoothly from the mage academy, and become a mage god. Knowledge is their eternal pursuit.

In the military's secret base in Area 51, Simmons realized that the Mind Bomb not only granted people the ability to cast spells, but also provided mages with a private space for communication.

As to whether Merlin tampered with the Mind, the scientists in America only speculated that he did, but this was just speculation and there was no evidence.

After the forum interface appeared directly in his field of vision, Simmons deduced that since Merlin had allowed everyone to access the forum he had set up through the Magic Brain, he also had ways to tamper with the Magic Brain.

The investigators on Earth have made a preliminary assessment of Merlin's character profile:

"They are most likely English, with a deep understanding of classical English and even Latin. They were trained in a sophisticated scientific research system, are proficient in academic writing, and have acquired a systematic body of knowledge from another civilization."

Their political science spectrum should lean towards left-wing internationalists; economically, they are inclined towards globalization as direct beneficiaries of the past thirty years of economic globalization, and they lack nationalist tendencies.

This assessment led investigative agencies in various countries to reduce their surveillance of Zheng Li, and now they are mainly observing from the periphery of the Singapore Research and Development Center of Kechuang Bio.

However, the scientists on Earth did not know whether the magical brains Merlin distributed were finished products he had obtained or products he had created himself.

If it's a finished product, it means that the civilization ruins he found are still maintaining basic operations, able to keep the Demon Brain active to this day.

If he made it himself, then it means that Merlin's value in cooperation is greater than his value in plunder.