The Other Side of Deep Space

Over the years, relevant departments and various organizations of Xinxing have excavated strange objects from the old land, but the golden bamboo with a diameter of one meter is unprecedented.

It was split from the middle and made into a small boat, which was probably a big deal in the pre-Qin period!

In the past, the major institutions of Xinxing fought each other just to compete for a few golden bamboo slips, and now a living bamboo with a vigorous breath of life has appeared.

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

The female researcher from Xinxing explained that the bamboo branch brought to the surface just now was a section cut from the boat.

"You mean, she still has a chance to survive?" The man wearing black-framed glasses called himself Qian Lei, and he understood the situation carefully and meticulously.

The people above attach great importance to this place. Anything related to longevity is a big deal. Not only the chaebols of Xinxing care about it, but also the old land.

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

As one of the leaders of this project, Zhou Yu knows better than anyone that the female Taoist priest has been dead for at least three thousand years. The only puzzling thing is that her body is still active.

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

"Tell me more about it." Qian Lei asked. He needed a detailed understanding. Jiutu must participate in the follow-up research work of this underground test site.

Several researchers from Xinxing explained, from the discovery of this underground relic to the direction of their research in recent years, as well as the initial results obtained now, and gave a general introduction.

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

"After testing, her physiological age before her death was about 25."

"So young?" Qian Lei was shocked. As a member of a special department, he knew more about the alchemists of the pre-Qin period than ordinary people. It was unheard of that she became a top alchemist in her twenties.

"No, to be precise, her twenties were just her active age. After testing and analyzing with various methods, we 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 the number of cell divisions to the consumption of mitochondria, her various indicators are far beyond ordinary people."

Qian Lei looked very serious for still being young at this age. He adjusted his glasses and asked, "Is the data credible?"

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

Many people are exploring. From the pre-Qin period to the present, the old things of the past have been repeated, which has really attracted countless heroes to compete.

It's just that the chaebols of this era are more direct, open to the public, invest a huge amount of resources, and have achieved initial results.

Zhou Yu said: "The cause of her death is unknown, but it is definitely not a natural death. According to her physical activity, theoretically she can live to at least 700 years old, and the upper limit is about 950 years old."

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

Several researchers in the old land were looking through some data reports and nodding their heads. They were quite excited. This underground experimental field has used the blood, bone marrow, muscle fibers, etc. of the female alchemist for many experiments. The data is detailed and the conclusions are credible.

Wang Xuan listened and observed carefully. The 230-year-old female alchemist still maintained the physical activity of her twenties. It was really amazing. He knew very well that an alchemist with such great achievements must have been to the inner scene.

"Her mitochondrial telomere length is much longer than that of ordinary people, which means that theoretically her life span has been greatly increased."

Several researchers from the old land were jealous and wanted to participate in this project immediately.

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

Qian Lei heard this and said solemnly: "Do you have any interim results? I am asking about clinical trials, etc., whether there are real cases, how long the life span of normal people has been extended?"

"Yes, Xinxing has a very important customer of ours, who is also one of our investors. Thirty percent of the funds for this underground experimental field are provided by him. We will inject him with the active substance extracted from the blood of the female alchemist. After more than two years of tracking and observation, we found that he, who originally had a short life span, could theoretically live for more than fifteen years."

When Zhou Yu said this, several people from the old land were extremely surprised.

Even Wang Xuan was secretly amazed. The female alchemist had been dead for more than three thousand years, but her body still had some longevity properties. It was really extraordinary, just like Tang Monk's meat.

Qian Lei's face changed immediately, and he said, "Do you have such customers? How much of such active substances have you extracted from the female alchemist?"

Zhou Yu replied, "Some big customers are waiting for our samples, but we don't want to exhaust all the resources. We have been trying to artificially cultivate the female alchemist's cells over the years, but the results are not ideal. For example, her blood contains supernatural power. Once it leaves 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 thoughts and memories of a volunteer from Xinxing to the female alchemist's brain and reactivate the bioelectricity in her brain to see if we can use her extremely powerful physical activity to give another person a new life."

"No!" Qian Lei was anxious and shouted in a somewhat out-of-control manner.

Wang Xuan was also stunned. There is actually such an experiment?

"In Xinxing, this type of technology has been accumulated to a certain extent. In the eyes of our researchers, all people are actually no different from robots, except that we are more delicate. The human brain thinking activity is just a set of complex programs, and the theory can be replicated."

Qian Lei said in a deep voice: "The experimental project you mentioned is suspended. We can't do this."

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

"It's the founder of our Origin Life Research Institute-Ms. Zheng." Zhou Yu calmly informed that 60% of the funds for building this underground experimental field came from Ms. Zheng.

Qian Lei said: "Since we want to cooperate, we need to discuss the most reliable plan. Your experiment is too risky and should not be carried out at this stage."

"In fact, I personally do not agree to revive another person's thoughts and memories in her body. I prefer the latter plan, which is to fully dissect the female Taoist priest, use the most advanced life instruments on the New Star side to record and decipher her body genetic information, and fundamentally analyze and compile the microscopic structure of this person who breaks the ceiling of human life..."

Wang Xuan was speechless after hearing this, and mourned for the female Taoist priest. She has been dead for thousands of years and still cannot rest in peace. She is often drawn blood, and now she is going to be dissected.

Qian Lei was shocked. This quiet woman was so crazy. He quickly said, "Don't act rashly. Some experiments must be shelved first. We will discuss it again after our plan comes out. Since we want to cooperate, we naturally need to win-win."

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"This kind of bamboo contains supernatural power and has very strong activity. After we refine it, we find that the life factor it contains is no less than that of the female Taoist priest."

When the thick bamboo made into a boat was mentioned, the female researcher Zhou Yu became excited again.

After hearing this, Wang Xuan couldn't help but ask a researcher next to him, "Are there no bamboo slips and other discoveries in this underground cave? Such a powerful female Taoist priest couldn't have left other things, right?"

The researcher shook his head and said, "No, when we came in, this underground cave seemed to have exploded. Many places were charred black, and the bamboo slips were turned to ashes."

After the scene he described, whether it was Qingmu, the two masters of the old earth military, or Qian Lei, who was very powerful, their faces were extremely serious.

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

"That's right." The master of the military in Jiutu nodded and said: "This is very similar to the description of the explosion caused by the failure of the transformation."

Regarding the transformation, there has been a lot of debate in later generations. Some people believe that taking that path means burning yourself with supernatural power when you know you are going to die.

Some people also believe that the transformation is the embodiment of the upcoming ascension to immortality, pushing the level of life to the extreme, and from then on you can truly achieve immortality.

Unfortunately, there has been no empirical evidence for a long time, and all the people related to the transformation were confirmed dead when they were found.

Even the "archaeological team" sent by the Xinxing chaebol once dug up the human-shaped ashes of that kind of person in Jiutu, and the death was not very decent.

The woman in front of her was mentioned in other pre-Qin bamboo slips. She was considered to be the top power among the alchemists. If she aspired to be an immortal, she would naturally take the path of transformation to immortality.

Unfortunately, now it seems that she has also failed, which explains why she died when her body still had a long lifespan.

From the perspective of scientific testing, no injuries were found and the cause of death is unknown.

But from the perspective of the old technique, her spiritual will was broken up and completely wiped out at that time. Such a person cannot come back to life.

Wang Xuan listened in fascination. Another case of failed ascension to the immortal world!