The lead-gray roads under the old low mountains extend towards the city. In the afternoon, tourists are braving the half-ripened sun, bowing, folding their hands and praying in front of the shrine. Everyone is wearing new and fashionable clothes, but they are easily confused in each other's eyes. It seems that The other person was running around here and there, coming and going, but he was just spending time in front of the statue sincerely.
The cliff edge, the green slope, the shadow of the grass, the dog lazily sticking out its tongue, the leaves and stones that no one cares about, look no different from any clump of grass 4,500 years ago. Walking through the same sunset and moonrise, people Easy to get lost.
Fang Shuren was glad that the old nun called Xie Linghan to stop, otherwise he really didn’t know how to keep this ice beauty. Although he was not surprised that he was so affectionate, this alluring beauty made his heart beat from the bottom of his heart, more than before. The level of dopamine triggered by the food and sex spirit is no longer comparable. It is as if a bright star is suddenly found in the spread of nebulae hanging down from the spire of the Milky Way. In an instant, the entire starry sky is dimmed.
Xie Linghan turned around and saw the nun bowing, so she bowed her head in return. The nun said softly: "Thank you, donor. The temple master has invited me." , but I don’t know what the temple owner wants to do with me. I just want to see the temple owner because the divination and fortune-telling did not come true.
When Fang Shuren saw Xie Linghan turn around and follow the nun's footsteps and look inside, he hurriedly stepped forward and said to the nun: "Master, can I see my aunt?" The nun was still walking, as if Fang Shuren's words had not reached his ears, but Xie Linghan did. Adding to my doubts, is this temple owner this person’s aunt? It turns out that there is a reason for what he told me before. Just as she was thinking about it, the nun who took a few steps did not look back and said softly: "You come too, I'll ask you a question." Fang Shuren was overjoyed and followed the nun's footsteps, walking side by side with Xie Linghan. Go inward and look inside...
At this time, looking inside the side hall, the early summer sunshine stays on the closed door. Cicadas are chirping on one side of the thousand-year-old cypress tree outside. Inside the house, there are four icicles that were newly erected in the morning. They are constantly melting, maintaining the comfortable temperature all around. , the faint scent of sandalwood floats faintly, covering the five people sitting or standing. The water line in the tea cup is shallow, and the sweet and bitter tea flavor is still strong in everyone's mouth.
"This matter needs to be thought about carefully, Professor Li." The middle-aged man who was speaking, wearing glasses, looked at the silver-haired old man in his sixties standing by the window, "Can immortals who transcend time and space survive? Existence still requires..."
"Dr. Wang, I think we should continue to discuss immortality from the perspective of 'the average age of death is three times the age of childbearing'..."
The person who interrupted the middle-aged man was a man in his early 30s. He spoke very fast, and every word seemed to be typed from the barrel of a gun. The middle-aged man looked sullen and was about to continue speaking, but saw Professor Li turn around. Facing the young man, he swallowed his words. The woman sitting on the same seat was writing quickly with a pen. She looked up at a few people from time to time. Only when a few people were silent did she flip through and revise more than ten pages. Discourse discussed by several people.
The young man continued: "In ancient times, the average childbearing age was 17 years old, and the average life span was 51 years. Now the average childbearing age is 27 years, and the average life span is 81 years; to complete oneself to childbearing age, to raise offspring to childbearing age, and to assist the next generation to reach childbearing age. This is a 'gene task'. Once this task is completed, the person will die; I provide an immortality plan to extend life, by 'cheating the gene', for example, making it think that the average childbearing age is 100 years old, then the person can live 300 years."
The middle-aged man Dr. Wang shook his head and said to the young man: "Fang Wei, it's only 2013, not 3102. There is no condition to discuss 'genetic modification'. Since we have clues about 'immortals across time and space' , we should continue to dig in this direction. There is a legend of 'Peng Zu' in ancient times. Could he have any means of 'cheating genes'? "
Fang Wei shook his head and said: "What I'm talking about is not gene editing, but genetic deception. If we could gene edit, wouldn't it be enough to directly find the genome that controls lifespan and adjust lifespan to an unlimited limit? What I'm talking about is regulation. The microenvironment of the body changes the hormones in the body, maintains a state of delayed fertility, and in turn deceives the gene by changing the environment. Is it necessary to wait until 3102? As for Peng Zu, what if it is a fabrication? That immortal , or maybe it was just imaginary? Besides, even if we find him, what can we do to dissect him? Not to mention that the human body has 50 trillion cells, and the brain has 10 trillion neurons, which is 3 billion base pairs and 35,000 The genome has only been sequenced, and the corresponding functions have not yet been accurately identified; moreover, if such a person really exists, we can only treat him as an ancestor. Even if a photolithography machine is provided from abroad, we cannot create it..."
Fang Wei spoke very fast, and the woman in charge of recording could not write down all his words verbatim even if she wrote quickly. She could only frown and write from memory. When she finished writing quickly, she breathed a sigh of relief and wrote at the footer. Write your name: Ye Xiaoling.
Professor Li only sighed slightly when he heard the last sentence.
Dr. Wang stood up and walked to the couch, bowed to the middle-aged woman sitting cross-legged on it, and said, "Master, do you have any opinion on this matter?"
The middle-aged woman sitting cross-legged on the couch adjusted her breathing slightly and opened her eyes slightly. Professor Li, Dr. Wang, Fang Wei, and Ye Xiaoling all focused their eyes on her. The middle-aged woman said softly: "The way to immortality cannot be achieved overnight. The funding of 2 billion is just the beginning. We are all gathered here for a common goal. You can just follow your own ideas. Take a break for a while. Let’s be clean today and have some tea. Although it is old tea, it is extremely fragrant.”
Fang Wei listened and turned to look at Ye Xiaoling. Ye Xiaoling understood and stood up to fill everyone's teacups.
Dr. Wang walked to Professor Li and stood side by side with him by the window. Professor Li asked: "Has Qin Qin found Ye Yun? When will we set off?" Dr. Wang returned: "We have received him and we will arrange to set off the day after tomorrow."
When the middle-aged woman heard Ye Yun's name, she frowned slightly and said, "You have to be careful about everything. His identity must not be exposed."
Dr. Wang hummed, "There is also Rong Rong, I will protect them." When Ye Xiaoling recorded this sentence, he specially added the word "Xue" in front of Rong Rong.
When Fang Wei heard Xue Rongrong's name, he hurriedly said: "Master, you haven't seen Rongrong for a long time. I will arrange for her to come and let you see her."
The middle-aged woman shook her head slightly and said slowly: "I studied science in the first half of my life, and I studied Yi in the second half of my life. Although I have not obtained the way to eternal life, I know a thing or two about numerology. I have abandoned her for more than ten years, and she will also abandon her. I am more than ten years old." After she said this, she couldn't help but feel sad secretly, and the four people saw it and couldn't say anything.
Several people were drinking tea and thinking about each other. There were three knocks on the door, and the middle-aged woman hummed. The nun outside opened the door and entered. The nun lowered her head and said, "Thank you, donor, for inviting me." After a pause, she added: " The tree man also wants to meet you." After hearing this, Fang Wei wondered why this kid came to join in the fun.
There was no response from the middle-aged woman for a while. After a while, she seemed to be talking to herself or to the four of them: "Linghan is destined not to be with Ye Yun. Letting the tree man match her may be able to untie her knot." Fang Wei shrugged at Ye Xiaoling, thinking that he was taking advantage of this guy. Ye Xiaoling stuck out his tongue, drew a line connecting Xie Linghan and Fang Shuren on his notebook, and circled a heart in the middle.
The middle-aged woman looked at the nun who was bowing and waiting, "Ask them to wait for me in the main hall." The nun bowed slightly and stepped out. A flying insect flew in from the edge of the opening and closing door. When the nun saw this, she suddenly With a flick of his hand, the body of the flying insect lay quietly under the shade of the tree...
