Chapter 124: Ginseng Fruit, It Is Impossible For People To Live That Long
"Jiang Liu'er, do you know why people can only live for more than a hundred years?"
When it came to ginseng fruit, Zhen Yuanzi changed his words and talked about the life span of people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is already his "old-fashioned" topic, and he likes to talk about it all day long.
Jiang Liu'er thought about it, and simply satisfied Zhen Yuanzi's desire to "share knowledge" with others-because he was also like this, he liked to tell his own things to his apprentices, so he replied: "From a cytological point of view, the reason why people can only live for more than a hundred years is mainly due to the longevity of cells. There are about 40 trillion to 60 trillion cells in the human body, and these cells are actually divided from one initial cell, which is the fertilized egg ......"
"Yes, yes!"
Before Jiang Liu'er finished speaking, Zhen Yuanzi immediately nodded desperately, and couldn't wait to continue the conversation.
"The fertilized egg gradually grows in the mother's body and grows into a larvae, forming the prototype of all parts of the human body."
"I once did an experiment to intercept a cell from various parts of a larval in the southern Zhanbu continent to study the growth and division of these cells. After a period of regular observation, I found that most of the human cells of the average person can only divide fifty times, and each time they divide, the telomeres in the cell chromosomes decrease a little - telomeres are the most important part of the cell and represent the lifespan of the cell. ”
"After fifty times, the telomeres are depleted, they will never divide again, and they will die a normal death."
"Man is a multicellular organism composed of cells, and telomere length represents the lifespan of the cell, as well as the lifespan of the person."
"After my observations, I found that human cells are renewed and replaced every two to three years, that is, they divide once, and after about 50 divisions, these cells will age and die one by one. When all the cells are dead, it means that human life has come to an end. ”
"In this way, a person's life can live for more than 120 years, and the natural lifespan depends on the length of telomeres in larval cells."
"You say God is not magical? The truth about the longevity of the human body is actually like this......"
Zhen Yuanzi excitedly gushed about his "great discovery".
Jiang Liuer can understand his mood very well, because so far, he has been "fighting alone" alone.
Without an assistant, without friends, no one can share the joy of researching the fruits of labor.
Zhen Yuanzi is actually lonely, probably more lonely than everyone else, all intelligent creatures.
for he lived billions of years.
Regarding the question of human lifespan that he raised, there is actually a similar conclusion in the dream world.
The kind of thing he said is called "cell algebra theory" in the dream world, and it is also called cell division sub-mathematics theory-
The natural lifespan of the human body is determined by the person's initial cell telomeres (DNA repeats).
This world is strange, not to mention monsters, animals, and immortals, even if it is an ordinary person, the lifespan of different races is not the same.
For example, the world is made up of four continents, which are the southeast, north, and west.
The life expectancy of people in each continent is different, as mentioned above, Xiniu Hezhou, the average person is 500 years old, and they live a long life.
After Zhen Yuanzi's research, it was found that the cell telomeres of the human race in Xiniu Hezhou were three to four times longer than those of people in Nanzhan Buzhou, so they could live more than 500 years old, while people in Nanzhan Buzhou could only live one or two hundred years old.
"Hey, old man, aren't you talking about ginseng fruit?" At this time, Lingxiu next to him was already impatient, "If you have something to say, don't talk nonsense, really, why didn't I find out that you had such a verbose ...... before"
"Second Senior Sister, Senior Sister seems to have always had a prejudice against Zhenyuan Daxian?"
Ao Lei on the side quietly asked Zhu Qingqing.
"They seem to have known each other before, what the hell is going on?"
"Oh, about this, she used to steal ginseng fruits, and then she was caught by Zhen Yuanzi." Zhu Qingqing shrugged her shoulders and said with a gloating smile, "At that time, Zhen Yuanzi tied her to a pillar, whipped her for several hours, threw her into the oil pot, fried her for a few hours, and then let her go. ”
"Well, there's such a thing......"
Ao Lei blinked, and somehow, suddenly blushed, "Then, is there any between them, is there a ......?"
"Huh?" Zhu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and smiled backwards, "How is it possible, you think too much, you can see what kind of character that old man has these days, you can't see it on the surface, but in private he is actually a research maniac, how can he still care about things between men and women?" Besides, do bacteria have a gender? Zhen Yuanzi's human male form is estimated to be just a choice he made subconsciously at the beginning, and men are in an advantageous position in human society, and he has always respected the survival of the fittest in nature, so he naturally chose to transform into a man. ”
After a pause, looking at Jiang Liu'er, who was listening carefully, Zhu Qingqing squeezed his eyes.
"If Zhen Yuanzi had been transformed into a woman, maybe they would have survived together by this time."
"Well, that's right, actually, I'm just worried about the senior sister's ......"
"But it's not necessarily, I just know that Master didn't like women, maybe he likes men."
“…… What? When's the time! ”
"Hehe, that's what my master said, as for whether he likes men or not, I'll guess it...... Speaking of which, Xiaobai, I can't see it, you're still quite sullen! When did you become so concerned about the affairs between men and women? Could it be that it has reached the stage of puberty of the legendary baby dragon? ”
“…… Second Senior Sister, you're making fun of me again! ”
Not to mention the two girls frolicking on the side.
Zhen Yuanzi chattered for a long time, and when he heard Lingxiu say that, he finally stopped the topic of the theory of human lifespan.
"Ginseng fruit, which the outside world claims to live for 47,000 years, is actually not completely groundless."
He didn't give up, and began to pull on the ginseng fruit again.
"But in fact, ginseng fruit is not so powerful, it is at most to delay the aging of cells, making people look young forever, in fact, it can only increase the length of telomeres in some cells at most, 47,000 years old, just the result of some gods exaggerated."
As he spoke, Zhen Yuanzi stroked his beard, as if he was still showing off his appearance.
Listen to what he said before, he looks like this now-
It's the kind of look that looks very young, and is complained by Lingxiu that he is "pretending to be tender".
It's not the effect of some spell, it's just made by eating ginseng fruit, which keeps his epidermal cells from aging.
"There is another type of cell in the human body that does not divide, and that is brain cells."
"There are about 100 trillion of these brain cells, which are not counted in the human cell."
"Active brain cells are dying every day, and when all brain cells are dead, the person's lifespan will also end."
"It is impossible to avoid the death of brain cells with ginseng fruit, because it violates the common sense of nature."
"As long as the brain cell is active, it will die, and there is no way to save it."
Jiang Liu'er listened carefully, and he very much agreed with Zhen Yuanzi's words.
Indeed, ginseng fruit is impossible for ordinary people to eat, only immortals can eat it.
The gods themselves can live for a long time, and who knows if they can really live tens of thousands of years more if they eat it?
People are also clouds, and a kind of thing, when people talk too much, it becomes the truth. (To be continued.) )