Beyond Deep Space

Their organization is not small, and they have a great reputation on the Nova side. They are a life research institute called "Origin".

It sounds like just a scientific research institution, but in fact it spans various fields and has a huge industry, otherwise it would not be able to support them to build such a huge experimental field in the old soil.

At the very least, they are not afraid of mercenary organizations like Gray Blood, because the Institute of Origin Life itself has enough guards.

"How did you find this place?" asked the middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses on the road.

This is Daxing'an Mountains, where the primeval forests are dense, and there are no famous mountains and rivers, and there are no myths and legends. If there is no news, if you come here to dig the ground and dig down hundreds of meters at every turn, you are either crazy or stupid.

A female researcher from Xinxing explained: "We deciphered a volume of pre-Qin bamboo slips, from which we knew this place, explored for many years, and finally found it here."

"What is recorded on the bamboo slips that is worth pursuing all the way?" asked the man wearing black-rimmed glasses.

Wang Xuan is not far from him, and he is also very interested in these issues.

"The bamboo slips mentioned a female alchemist who seemed to be famous in that era and aspired to be a fairy. Although the bamboo slips recording her were damaged and the text was incomplete, this position was mentioned, so we searched all the way."

The Xinxing people have dug up several broken corpses of pre-Qin alchemists in the old soil, and extracted abnormal substances from their bones and hairs, which are of amazing scientific value. Since there is a female alchemist here who is expected to become a fairy, they naturally Very tempting.

It should be noted that the most powerful alchemists are all myths and legends. There are all kinds of incredible things, and it is difficult to find their remains.

Once there is news about them, even in the era of the rise of new technologies, it will also attract the attention of major institutions.

Moreover, the immortals are nowhere to be found, and many people think that the top pre-Qin alchemists may be the legendary immortals!

"Have you found that alchemist?" The middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses asked.

"I found it." The female researcher who accompanied him all the way into the cave answered this question affirmatively, and she ordered someone to open the stone chamber ahead.

Amidst the rumbling sound, the stone door was opened, and an inexplicable breath suddenly circulated.

In fact, even though he hadn't entered yet, Wang Xuan believed the female researcher's words.

He had a very familiar feeling, as if standing in the "inner scene", he captured some mysterious factors, that kind of substance was slowly falling here!

Then, everyone was shocked.

In front, there is a golden bamboo with a diameter of one meter, which was cut open and made into a boat. In the center lay a young woman, lifelike, as if she had just fallen asleep.

This woman conforms to the aesthetics of modern people. Her delicate skin is snow-white and crystal-clear, her hair is black and shiny, and her appearance cannot pick out any flaws.

"She still has life in her body!" Aoki said solemnly, and he was a little nervous when he spoke the first time.

Although the woman closed her eyes and remained motionless, the faint aura exuded made Aoki feel palpitations, like a herbivore seeing the king of beasts, strong anxiety, and an urge to run away.

Wang Xuan was also staring at the woman in the golden bamboo boat, and indeed felt a strong vitality.

The body of this young woman has not rotted, and the clothes on her body have a strong style of the pre-Qin period. After so many years, they have remained intact just like her body.

"That's right, her body seems to be still alive!" The female researcher from Xinxing nodded solemnly.

Chapter 30

Over the years, the relevant departments and various organizations of Nova have unearthed strange things from the old soil, but the golden bamboo with a diameter of one meter is unprecedented.

It was cut open and made into a small boat, which was probably also a big deal in the pre-Qin period!

The major organizations of Xinxing used to fight for a few golden bamboo slips, but now the living bamboo appeared with a vigorous breath of life.

There are more than a dozen branches on the bamboo boat, all with leaves, and from time to time, a golden rain falls, falling on the body of the female alchemist who is as quiet as sleeping.

A female researcher from Xinxing explained that the bamboo branch brought to the surface just now was a section taken from a small boat.

"You mean, there is still a possibility for her to come back to life?" The man wearing black-rimmed glasses called himself Qian Lei, and carefully and carefully understood the situation.

The people above attach great importance to this place, but anything related to longevity is a big deal, not only the plutocrats of Xinxing care about it, but it is also the same in the old land.

"It's impossible. She has been dead for thousands of years. The self-awareness that is the most essential feature of human beings has long since disappeared, and the bioelectricity in the brain has collapsed."

As one of the project leaders, Zhou Yu knows better than anyone else that the alchemist has been dead for at least 3000 years. The only thing that is puzzling is that her physical body is still active.

Later, after testing and testing, they all agreed that this was related to the golden boat and her own supernatural power.

"Let's talk about it specifically." Qian Lei asked for advice. He needs to understand in detail, and Old Earth must participate in the follow-up research work of this underground test site.

Several scientific researchers from Xinxing explained, from the discovery of this underground relic, to the direction of their research in recent years, and the preliminary results obtained so far, etc., and gave a general introduction.

As one of the project leaders, Zhou Yu added that she clearly knew what some people in the old land were most concerned about.

"After testing, her biological age before death was about 25 years old."

"So young?" Qian Lei was taken aback. Being in a special department, he knew far more about pre-Qin alchemists than ordinary people. It was unheard of for him to become a top alchemist in his twenties.

"No, to be precise, her twenties are only her age of physical activity. After various methods of detection and analysis, we have scientifically calculated that her actual age when she died was about 230 years old. It has to be said that it is very amazing. From From the number of cell divisions to the consumption of telomeres, her indicators are far beyond ordinary people."

This age still maintains a youthful state, which made Qian Lei look extremely serious. He adjusted his glasses frame and asked, "Is the data credible?"

Zhou Yu knows what he or the people behind him are hoping for. From ancient times to the present, the topic of longevity can be said to never fade, and it is the most mysterious.

Many people are searching for it. From the pre-Qin period to the present, the old events of the past have been repeated, and it has truly attracted countless heroes.

It's just that the chaebols of this era are more direct, publicized, invested a lot of resources, and have achieved initial results.

Zhou Yudao: "The cause of her death is unknown, but it is definitely not a natural death. According to the calculation of her physical activity, theoretically, she can live to at least seven hundred years old, and the upper limit is around 950 years old."

Qian Lei was very disturbed. He knew what this meant. Once he reported to the authorities, this underground experimental field would become one of the most important laboratories in the old land from today, and the security would be raised to the highest level.

Several scientific researchers in the old land were looking at some data reports and kept nodding their heads. They were quite excited. This underground experimental site has done many experiments using the blood, bone marrow, and muscle fibers of female alchemists. The data are detailed and the conclusions are credible.

Wang Xuan paid attention to listening and observing. The 230-year-old female alchemist still maintained the physical activity of her twenties.

"Her telomeres are far longer than ordinary people, which means that the upper limit of her life expectancy has been greatly increased in theory."

Several researchers from the old land were eager to participate in this project immediately.

Zhou Yudao: "We extracted a magical substance from the blood of the female alchemist, which can extend the lifespan of ordinary people to a certain extent."

Hearing this, Qian Lei looked solemn, and said, "Do you have any phased results? I'm asking about clinical trials, etc. Are there any real cases that have extended the lifespan of a normal person?"

"Yes, Xinxing has a very important customer of ours, who is also one of our investors. He provides 30.00% of the funds for this underground experimental site. We will extract the active ingredients from the blood of the female alchemist. Substances were injected into him, and after more than two years of follow-up and observation, it was found that he, who was already short-lived, could theoretically live for another 15 years or more."

When Zhou Yu said this, several people in Jiutu were extremely surprised.

Even Wang Xuan was secretly amazed that the female alchemist had been dead for more than 3000 years, but there were still some longevity attributes hidden in her body, which was indeed extraordinary, almost like the flesh of a Tang monk.

Qian Lei's expression changed immediately, and he said, "Do you still have such clients? How much of that active substance have you extracted from the female alchemist?"

Zhou Yu replied: "There are still some big customers who are waiting for our samples, but we don't want to waste our money. We have been trying to artificially cultivate the cells of the female alchemist over the years, but the results are not satisfactory. For example, her blood contains supernatural power. Once Leaving the body, its properties are extremely unstable, and there have been many laboratory explosions."

"We have another experiment, we are going to try to upload the thought memory of a volunteer from Xinxing to the brain of the female alchemist, and reactivate the bioelectricity in her brain, to see if we can use her incomparably powerful physical activity to make the Another person is reborn."

"No!" Qian Lei was in a hurry, and directly objected loudly with some gaffes.

Wang Xuan was also in a daze when he heard that, there is such an experiment?

"In Xinxing, this kind of technology has accumulated to a certain extent. In the eyes of our researchers, all human beings are actually no different from robots, but we are more delicate. Human brain thinking activities are just a set of complicated programs. , theoretically it can be replicated.”

Qian Lei said in a deep voice: "The experimental project you mentioned is suspended, this cannot be done."

Then he asked again: "Who is that volunteer?" He felt that ordinary people would never get this opportunity. He wanted to use the body of the female alchemist to revive and live for hundreds of years without dying.

"It's the founder of our Institute of Origin of Life—Ms. Zheng." Zhou Yu told me calmly that 60.00% of the funds for the construction of this underground experimental site came from Ms. Zheng.

Qian Lei said: "Since we want to cooperate, we need to discuss the most secure plan. Your experiment is too risky, and it is not suitable to proceed at this stage."

"Actually, I personally don't agree with resurrecting another person's thinking and memory on her body. I am more inclined to the latter plan, which is to fully dissect the female alchemist, and use the most advanced life instruments on Xinxing to record and decipher her. The genetic information of the body, in essence, comprehensively analyzes and compiles the microstructure of this kind of person that breaks the ceiling of human life..."

Wang Xuan was quite speechless after hearing this, and mourned silently for the female alchemist, who had been dead for thousands of years and could not live in peace. She was often drawn for blood, and now she was going to be dissected.

Qian Lei was taken aback, this very quiet woman was actually so crazy, he quickly said, "Don't act rashly, some experiments must be shelved first, and we will discuss after our plan comes out, since we want to cooperate, we naturally need a win-win situation. "

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"This kind of bamboo contains supernatural power and has very strong activity. After we refined it, we found that it contains no less life factors than the body of a female alchemist."

When mentioning the thick bamboo that was made into boats, the female researcher Zhou Yu regained her spirits.

When Wang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help asking a scientific researcher next to him, and said, "Are there any other discoveries such as bamboo slips in this underground cave? It's impossible for such a powerful female alchemist to leave other things behind?"

The scientific researcher shook his head and said: "No, when we came in, this underground cave seemed to have experienced a big explosion. Many places were charred black, and even the bamboo slips were turned into ashes."

After the scene he described, whether it was Aoki, or the two masters of the old army, or Qian Lei, who was very strong in his own right, all looked extremely serious.

Qingmu said in a deep voice: "From what you said, this is very similar to what was recorded in the bamboo slips left by other alchemists in the pre-Qin period."

"That's right." The old military master nodded and said, "This is very similar to the description of a big explosion after the failure of eclosion."

There have been debates in later generations about feathering. Some people think that taking that road means knowing that you are going to die and using supernatural power to burn yourself.

Some people also believe that becoming a fairy is the embodiment of being about to become a fairy, pushing the level of life to the extreme, and from then on you can truly live forever.

It's a pity that for a long time, there has been no one who has successfully demonstrated it. When all people related to eclosion were discovered, they were definitely dead.

Even, the "archaeological team" sent by Xinxing's chaebol once dug up the ashes of that kind of person in the old soil, and the death was not very decent.

The woman in front of me was mentioned in other pre-Qin Bamboo Slips. She was considered to be the top alchemist among the alchemists, and she aspired to be a fairy.

It's a pity, now it seems that she also failed, so it makes sense why she died when her body was still alive.

Intervening from the perspective of scientific testing, no injuries were found, and the cause of death was unknown.

However, from the perspective of the old technique, it is proved that her spiritual will was broken and completely wiped out at that time, and it is impossible for this kind of person to come back to life.

Wang Xuan was fascinated by listening, another case of failure in ascending to immortality!

Chapter 31 The Longevity Seed Project

There are too many legends about the immortals, but once they are traced back to the truth, it is found that they are only immortals, not immortals.

Especially in this era of brilliant technological civilization, Xinxing's many life research institutes and major chaebols, etc., in pursuit of longevity, dug through the old soil, and more than once actually found the characters recorded in "Legend of Immortals", and opened the underground palace for the first time. It was shocking to see their lifelike figures at the time, but it would make people sigh after a while. Unfortunately, the legendary people turned into ashes in a very short period of time, which directly proved that they had not ascended to immortality.

For example, Chixuzi, the real immortal mentioned in "Biography of the Immortals", was found in the tomb in the old days, and a pool of ashes was found.As for Guan Lingyin, even the inner and outer coffins have been dug out, and they have been placed in museums as cultural relics for many years.

Wang Xuan didn't care if Lie Xian was falsified. Today he learned about the lifespan limit of alchemists. This news is important enough for him.

The woman lying in the bamboo boat, as the top alchemist, can live to be at least seven hundred years old, and the upper limit is 950 years old, which is really not short.

It is confirmed by the more famous alchemists in history, such as the famous Peng Zu. It is said that he lived to be [-] years old, and he was indeed in this range.

Wang Xuan was full of confidence all of a sudden, if one day he really set foot in that field, he would have enough time to think about the problems after the end of the old art road.

But after calming down, he also thought of some of the problems.

For example, this woman obviously still has enough lifespan, why is she in such a hurry to become immortal?

What happened back then?Is it related to her personally, or is it related to the general environment?He thought a lot.

"She failed to become an immortal. The reason why she was able to leave her body and retain the vitality of her life is closely related to this thick golden bamboo."

Zhou Yu introduced that the institute named this golden bamboo as Yuhua Shenzhu, which contains rich supernatural substances and vigorous life force.

Qian Lei asked: "Do you have any other scientific research plans and experiments in other directions?"

"There is indeed another plan, we named it—the longevity species."

"Let's hear it." Qian Lei knew that the people in the New Star Research Institute must have reservations about them, but there will be plenty of time in the future, so they can dig out slowly.

"In addition to the dissipated mental consciousness, the female alchemist's body is very active, as if she has been sleeping until now. Her biological age is very young, and she is at the stage of marriage and childbearing."

After hearing this, even the two very stable experts from the military were shocked and dumbfounded, thinking that the researchers of Xinxing were too crazy!

Qian Lei was also in a daze, subconsciously holding on to the black-rimmed glasses, as if afraid of them falling off, he couldn't help asking: "You mean, after 3000 years, a female alchemist will give birth?!"

"That's right, she is a truly immortal person we discovered, breaking the limit of the ceiling of human life, and the genetic material she left to future generations is absolutely extraordinary and worthy of experimentation."

Zhou Yu had a frenzied look on her face. She was more excited than when she said she was going to dissect the female alchemist. She couldn't help but waved her arm vigorously.

As the person in charge of a department of the expedition organization, Aoki was usually calm and calm, but now he was a little surprised. He suddenly felt that once the polite scientific researchers became "enthusiastic", they would be more terrifying than him.

Wang Xuan: "..." He really felt a little stupid, is this all right?For 3000 years after death, they will not be able to live in peace, and they will have to conceive and have children.

He made up his mind that if he didn't follow the path of the old technique, he would definitely burn himself to death when the deadline came.

He now seriously doubts that the other top alchemists will finally become immortals and burn themselves. Did they already have a premonition of this day?

Qian Lei was very solemn, with a serious expression, and said: "This experiment cannot be carried out at this stage."

As one of the person in charge of the project, Zhou Yu, although she has a lot of power to speak, she didn't mean to confront her when she heard the words. She nodded and said: "We didn't plan to start it in the near future, although the mother body is enough Strong, but I can't find a suitable father body. Wait ten years later, if there is a suitable person on the road of the new technique, I can consider it. As for the old technique, let's forget it, there will never be someone like the pre-Qin alchemist. This road is becoming more and more unworkable in today's era, and the results are extremely slow, and it is not universal."

Wang Xuan secretly sighed, the female alchemist finally avoided the catastrophe in her life temporarily, but he immediately shook his head again, everyone is dead, the rise and fall of honor and disgrace are meaningless to her.

Qian Lei talked for a long time with Zhou Yu and other managers of Nova, and when he finally left, he asked to take a piece of Yuhua Shenzhu with him and take it back for research.

Zhou Yu and the others seemed to have expected it, and generously gave him the cut bamboo strip.