Chapter 374: Meeting Gaia again (1/2)

Rudra was contemplating about what cultivator and things meant ,when the familiar action of him being pulled out of game space into the blue lobby happened.

Rudra knew at that moment that he did something that was not meant to be done. Gaia was there waiting for Rudra , giving him a discerning look as if he was a troublemaker.

Gaia finally said ” I am sure you have questions .... ”.

Rudra nodded , he said ” what is a cultivator? ”.

If AI could sigh , Gaia would've sighed at that point.

Hence she said ” Soo you know nothing and I will have to start from the start. Okay listen.

You must know about the law of conservation of energy right? Energy can neither be created nor destroyed , it can only be converted from one form to another? ”.

Rudra nodded , he had learnt this is middle school.

Gaia was releived , if Rudra did not know that , she would have to explain it to him like a toddler.

Gaia continued ” Soo , you know that after the big Bang , there was a lot of unaccounted for energy , that we assumed was responsible for expansion of the universe correct? Scientists called it Dark energy.. ”.

Rudra nodded , he had heard about the mysterious dark energy , the force responsible for the acceleration of expansion of universe. Without which the expansion of the universe should have been slowing down due to gravitational pull.

Gaia continued ” Untill 2090 , a decade ago , noone knew about the mysterious dark energy , or how to tap into it. When a very interesting man appeared from india , someone who claimed to live only on sunlight , not needing food or water”.

Rudra nodded , when he was younger this was international news , as the man was kept inside a isolated cell , being monitored by scientists continuously as he survived 30 days without food and water.

Gaia continued ” That is when the scientists stumbled upon something. The man was not surviving on sunlight , rather he was able to tap into the mysterious dark energy for sustainance.

The monk after years of fasting and meditating had fine tuned his body to harness the power of the universe ”.

Rudra understood upto here , he was in awe of the monk to be able to achieve that.

Gaia continued ” That brought up the question of , are the old ways of meditating and fine tuning one's body to the call of the universe actually true?

History is littered with texts about such people called cultivators who would spend years meditating and gaining powers beyond human”.

Rudra had read Chinese fiction , yet he was not too sure about all this. It seemed far fetched to him.

Gaia continued ” Scientists then researched about all these texts and ancient scriptures , using supercomputers to make analytical models about how it would affect human mind and body , found out that yes it was indeed useful in unlocking hidden potential of the human brain! ”.

Rudra was lost now , as he asked ” What hidden potential? ”.

Gaia said very patiently ” Listen , you may have heard , that a average human can at max use 7% of his brain potential. Which is too low to be honest , but that is because we were using the wrong kind of energy to stimulate the brain.