Chapter 399: The Path of Immortality and the Existential Crisis
There is a myth and legend on the Blue Star, it is said that in the ancient flood time, there was a natural and raised alien orc, which was a stone monkey that was conceived from a strange stone that absorbed the essence of heaven and earth for many years. This stone monkey was born amazingly, and as soon as it was born, it alarmed the Six Realms and shook the earth. But no matter how smart it is, after all, it is born ignorant, and finally I heard from other aliens that there is a master on the other side of the sea who can make it more powerful and immortal. So it endured a lot of hardships and lasted many years, and finally it reached the other side of the sea and found the Master. The Master gave it several choices to study, but the stone monkey always had only one sentence to ask the Master, "Is it possible to live forever?" and finally rejected the many choices offered by the Master, and only chose the path of seventy-two changes, and finally lived forever.
For cultivators, once they embark on the path of cultivating the truth, they don't ask what the path they are cultivating is, thousands of spells, infinite avenues, but in the end there is only one goal - can they achieve immortality?
This is also Ling Bing's way. What Ling Bing wanted had never changed, and he had been walking on the avenue of cultivation. Like the alien orc of the Blue Star, although the flowers are full of flowers and the scenery is unique, but "like this, can you live forever?" has always hung firmly on her head, like an alarm bell ringing, always correcting her path, everything else, is just scenery.
Ji Zhi doesn't understand, because Ji Zhi has the special limitations of the times and the inherent cognition of women in Lanxing. Just like in Ji Zhi's view, the women of Blue Star should donate their eggs when they produce them. This is a woman's duty! Women enjoy stability, they enjoy protection, they enjoy being supported, and it is a matter of course to donate eggs that are useless to them and that are bound to die. So he couldn't understand that Ling Bing had been reluctant to take out his eggs, even if he promised that these eggs, Hua Jiujiu's could be completely at his disposal, Hua Jiujiu was unwilling. So he couldn't understand why Hua Jiujiu knew that it was extremely dangerous outside the jungle, but she was willing to keep running into the jungle, and some people were even missing, obviously it wasn't her fault, she didn't care about her own safety, and insisted on finding that Zhou Xiangyu?
"It's not difficult to keep your secret, but the emergence of genetically optimized babies must not be hidden, and then someone will always ask, how do these genetically optimized babies do it, and what should we say then?"
Ji Zhi stared deeply at Hua Jiujiu, and his deep gaze tried to see her heart through Hua Jiujiu's calm eyes.
"You just say it's a new invention of your Ji Research Institute! Aren't these children coming out of your Ji Research Institute? Don't you have that so-called gene editing technology? Just think it's a new breakthrough in your gene editing technology!"
Ling Bing said lightly, not caring at all how much the secret she was trying to hide would bring to herself. She only wants real benefits, such as genetic optimization, but she doesn't care about the fame it brings.
Ji Xiang and Ji Zhi were stunned. Does Hua Jiujiu know what she's talking about? That's not a little benefit, it's a huge fame and benefit. Did she just give them the Ji family?
"Ninety-nine...... Do you know what you're doing?"
Ji Zhi didn't know what to say, persuaded her to think about it again, persuaded her not to be so stupid? This is a huge reputation and capital, enough to make the Ji family's position in the entire Blue Star unshakable. But Hua Jiujiu gave it to their Ji family so lightly. Hua Jiujiu didn't understand the power of it, but he knew it. It's because I know it, so I don't dare to accept it like this.
But Ling Bing had already turned his head and looked at the artificial womb No. 009 again.
"Of course I know what I'm doing! I know what I want!"
Does she really not understand?
Of course not, it's just that what Ji Zhi said is not what she wants. No matter how good the reputation is, it is not what she wants, so for her, it is just a burden. Sometimes you can't see through these flowers, but you are easily confused by them, forgetting what your original intention is, and losing your goals and paths.
Ji Xiang and Ji Zhi glanced at each other, and their eyes had a fierce silent exchange, and in the end, Ji Zhi won. At this time, the two of them couldn't help but think of the Ji family's prophecy that had been passed down for thousands of years.
"When darkness falls, humanity descends into the abyss of despair. She stepped on the colorful auspicious clouds, like a bolt of lightning piercing the dark sky, bringing back the hope of life and the direction of progress, and leading her followers to the light. ”
Originally, they thought that the so-called new hope should be the appearance of a beast control powerhouse again, just like Ye Zi thousands of years ago, so that the alien beast can become the auxiliary combat force of the human race rather than the enemy of life and death, so that the human race can get the hope and light of life after the threat of the alien beast.
But now it seems that they were wrong. Does the hope mean that the genes of the human being are optimized again? Look at the indicators of these embryos, which are much better than the index of the embryos produced by the gene editing technology they experimented with. It is conceivable that the proportion of these children who can awaken will inevitably be quite high. Crucially, these genetic optimizations do not require any complicated experimental processes and can be mass-produced. As long as Hua Jiujiu is willing, from now on, all the newborn children in their Huajiu District will be some new humans whose genes have been optimized, and many years later, the entire Hua District and even the entire Blue Star will be the world of these genetically optimized new humans. Will the survival of humanity still be as difficult as it is now?
Thinking about that kind of picture, Ji Xiang and Ji Zhi were a little unable to help themselves. They simply couldn't resist the temptation. This is not a technology, this is an ability unique to Hua Jiujiu, which cannot be copied or stolen, just like Ye Zi's ability to control beasts. However, Ye Zi's fate made them involuntarily alert. Maybe concealing Hua Jiujiu's ability is also a kind of protection for Hua Jiujiu. After all, there are still some disgusting old monsters on the Blue Star, and they don't care about the fate of the entire human race at all, all they care about is whether they can get permanent life and power. If they know Hua Jiujiu's ability, I'm afraid that Ye Zi's story will be staged again.
All of this, under Ling Bing's keen divine sense, was unobstructed, including the initial eye dispute between the two to the relative silence later.
"Okay, we'll help you keep your secrets and never let outsiders know that these genetically optimized babies are related to you. There is also embryo No. 009, our Ji family will definitely try our best to fight for you. ”
Ji Xiang's eyes sparkled. He was looking forward to change, looking forward to the early arrival of this evolutionary storm of Blue Star, and for this reason, even if it was to take their entire Ji family, he was willing. No one in the entire Huajiu District knows better than their Ji family that the survival of human beings has reached a dangerous point now, and if it does not explode in silence, it will die in silence. And they are not willing to die so silently. Therefore, for the survival of the entire human race, for the survival of their Ji family, there is nothing that cannot be done![.]