Chapter 81: The Beginning of a Great Era

There is no data on controlled nuclear fusion, which means that human beings can only study it themselves, which is also what Yu Yifeng regrets.

Of course, some scientists pinned their hopes on the metal balls that Yi Feng brought back. Humans still don't know what the ball is, and the decryption has not been smooth.

The cryptographers on the Noah are like craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty, and there is a feeling of being at a loss in the face of a modern SSD...... Because they have too little theoretical knowledge, they don't know the model, they don't know the specific parameters, and they can only explore slowly.

However, Yu Yifeng is not worried about energy problems for the time being, according to the current energy consumption of 20 million to 30 million watts, the uranium-235 reserve of human beings is enough for two hundred years. And now that a few more small uranium deposits have been discovered, the uranium reserves will increase.

The two sat facing each other, ordered two more drinks for dessert after the meal, and then began to talk about other technological advances.

Yu Yifeng found that aside from those unsmooth work, the science and technology of the new human civilization are progressing almost in all directions......

In terms of weapons, in addition to the nuclear bombs made by humans themselves, some flying saucers were installed outside the Noah, such as laser weapons, particle beam weapons, and so on. Although the power is not one in ten, it can be regarded as having the means of ultra-long-range attack.

They once tried to fire an ion cannon, which required a lot of power, because there was no super battery, and all the nuclear power plants of mankind needed to be turned on at the same time to barely light up.

However, the super power is also exchanged for great power, and the power of this ion cannon is at least comparable to that of a medium-sized atomic bomb. On top of that, its speed is close to the speed of light, making it a true space weapon.

In the face of a real interstellar civilization, human beings are finally stronger grasshoppers, at least they can hurt each other, and they are out of the category of being powerless to fight back.

After all, ordinary nuclear bombs, although powerful, fly too slowly, and require weeks or even months of flight in interstellar warfare...... This weapon is of little use other than hand-to-hand combat.

Yu Yifeng himself still likes the research of these new weapons very much, he is still a hot-blooded soldier in his bones, and he always has the feeling of a giant ship cannon.

Yuriko ignored his expression and continued: "Okay, that's probably all for weapons, and you won't be able to develop a lot of things in half a year...... However, in biology, there has been a new breakthrough in the study of long-lived viruses. ”

Yu Yifeng raised his head, he had read the relevant reports a few days ago, but he was still willing to listen to Yuriko's explanation at this moment.

"As for the longevity virus, it's almost certain that it was brought out of a flying saucer, after all, its DNA characteristics are too different from ordinary Martian viruses. Many biologists believe that its predecessor may have been some of the cells that had been stripped off from that ball of flesh. ”

"After these cells fell off from their mothers, they gradually degraded in order to adapt to the Martian environment, until they are ...... now"

If this is the case, the longevity virus has become the creation of an alien civilization! This explanation actually makes sense, after all, that meat ball has lived for so long, and some cells in the body must have longevity functions......

For extraterrestrial creations, Yu Yifeng is still very vigilant in his heart, "How about the research on longevity viruses?" ”

"If these cells did not degenerate, the longevity factor secreted would be more effective, but humans would not dare to use it. Now the degraded virus activity is very low, but it is much safer...... It can be said that it is the luck of mankind. ”

"Scientists have also pruned a large number of redundant genes to produce a drug that increases life by about 30%-40%."

"Is it safe?" This is Yu Yifeng's first concern, when he thinks that the longevity virus may be part of that meat ball, he feels strange in his heart, maybe it is his psychological factors that make trouble.

"Theoretically, it's safe enough, and scientists have pruned all the incomprehensible genes, leaving only what we know. The main components of the genetic reagents used are enzymes composed of catalytic proteins and RNA templates, and no other genetic material is present. ”

Yu Yifeng nodded, that is to say, after using this elixir, the average life expectancy of human beings will reach about 110 years.

Crucially, it can provide a lot of biological insights and advance our understanding of ourselves. Maybe a better potion will come out later......

There are two sides to everything, and it is impossible for him to prevent a science that is beneficial to mankind because of his personal preferences. With the assurances of scientists, the first phase of human experiments with longevity reagents has begun.

He was a little worried that after using these medicines, human beings would become other creatures, after all, human life science is still too weak, and theoretical safety is not really safe. In particular, that meat ball has the ability to control the mind, who knows?

"You can rest assured...... There are no issues with security. I know your concern that some of the experimenters still have the same mental fluctuations after being injected with the relevant stem cells...... Fluctuations in the human mind! ”

"And their genetic chain hasn't changed."

Yuriko said with some squirming, "I didn't spy into their minds, I just vaguely perceived them. Don't get me wrong......"

"That's it!" Yu Yifeng smiled, and suddenly put his mind at ease, "That's fine, thank you!" ”

It turns out that Yuriko still has this kind of function, which is not bad, at least, alien spies will definitely not be able to get involved......

In addition to weapons and life sciences, the greatest progress of mankind is material science!

Inspired by a large number of extraterrestrial creations, new materials began to appear in batches, filling the gaps in the history of materials: graphene, aerogels, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, amorphous alloys, metal foams, and more, all went from the laboratory to the production line for mass production!

Yu Yifeng was deeply overjoyed, thinking of the progress of the new human civilization, all their adventures were worth it!

"One generation of materials, one generation of devices, one generation of devices, one generation of technology. In the past, the development of materials science was too slow, and most of the scientific research results could only be used to publish papers, but now it has finally advanced by leaps and bounds! ”

Yuriko finished the last sip of her drink and said lightly: "Because of the invention of these new materials, the performance of which is dozens of times that of the old materials in the past, we finally have the possibility of building a large spaceship!" ”

"yes." Yu Yifeng also nodded in agreement, "But there is no need for a large spaceship, our Noah is enough for the time being, and the research on the small space shuttle has started in advance!" ”

Yu Yifeng has a feeling that everything is just the beginning, the beginning of a big era!