Chapter 48: The Plan of Eternal Life
Albert Einstein once said, "The difference between the past, the present, and the future is only an illusion." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
No matter how long it has been you, when you look back on it, it feels like a moment.
A thousand years ago, Noah obtained gravitational technology, which also deepened Noah's understanding of the grand unification theory from one aspist, and Noah at that time ushered in a period of rapid development, in just one century, beyond the apex of the 1.60 type and reached the 1.70 generation...... And in the next high-speed development process, it gradually approached the 1.80 generation.
But unfortunately, in the next thousand years, Noah did not enter the 1.80 generation.
Noah knows that he is not facing a technological barrier, but a lack of data accumulation, there are many "potential technologies" that can be realized theoretically but have technical problems, which have become obstacles to the progress of science and technology, and it is not difficult to break through them, but it takes time and the accumulation of scientific heritage.
In this long period of development, Noah also gradually understood a truth, when civilization reaches a certain level, the progress of science and technology becomes difficult to be promoted by the power of a single civilization, the reason why he was able to develop so fast before, in addition to his own scientific research work, the technical data left by the Kara civilization is undoubtedly a very important factor......
If you accidentally encounter a technological barrier, it is very likely that you will be standing still or even regressing for thousands of years, and even if there is no scientific and technological barrier, the force that hinders the development of civilization will increase with the improvement of civilization, because the exploration of scientific frontiers will become more difficult and complex, and the fields involved in science and technology will be broader......
There may be advanced civilizations that have not been able to promote their own technology for tens of thousands of years, and have only done their best to maintain civilization from regressing, confined to a certain couple in the river system. There may also be advanced civilizations that split before technological breakthroughs, and wars within civilizations lead to the regression or extinction of civilizations.
If civilization can continue to develop at the same high speed as the earth civilization in the 21st and 23rd centuries, how many super civilizations will occupy the galaxy in the nearly 10 billion years of the galaxy's existence? And what will the war between these super civilizations devastate the universe into? However, until the extinction, human beings have not been able to observe the traces of the transformation of extraterrestrial galaxies by suspected advanced civilizations, which is enough to prove that human beings are either the forerunners of civilization, or when advanced civilizations reach a certain level, it will be difficult to continue to develop.
Therefore, even in the past ten billion years, there has been no super civilization like the Galactic Empire in some science fiction works.
But this also ushered in a very embarrassing question, if Noah developed to that point, every step of civilization would take thousands of years to calculate, and the scientists he had would really have such a long lifespan? Hilbert's tragedy is a good warning to Noah.
This question once made Noah feel distressed, if the excellent scientists he cultivated in the future died before they could contribute to themselves because their life was too short, it would be a very regrettable thing.
"Gollum ......"
This is the sound made by the air bubbles in the vicar.
The person sleeping quietly in the test tube was none other than Karen, the leader of Sidney and Noah's right-hand man in administration.
In the millennium of civilization development, he successfully proved his administrative ability, the society of billions of Sidneys was managed by him in an orderly manner, the people's dependence on Noah gradually increased, and his talent was also recognized by Noah, in order to continue his life, Noah used the results of the Sidnian genome to successfully extend his life to the present.
But unfortunately, no matter how the genes are optimized, how the telomeres are protected, and the death of life is something that no one can prevent.
An intelligent life has accumulated and honed thousands of years of knowledge, scientific research thinking, and administrative skills...... It is really a very great loss to wither away with the death of life like this.
Noah, on the other hand, didn't want to see this kind of loss happen.
Lin Xuan once said to Noah that if he can't think of a question, then refer to the answers of human beings.
Humans told Noah the answer, cloning, would it be a good choice?
Unfortunately, the cloned life has no ontological memory, and due to the difference in the growth process, there will be no resemblance between the two individuals except for genes and appearance.
But beyond that, humans also gave Noah an answer.
That is, [brain replacement surgery].
On May 1, 2016, Italian neurosurgeon Sergiel Canavero announced that the world's first human head transplant will be completed within two years, which is scheduled to be held in 2017, costing more than 100 million.
The results of the experiment were not very successful, Spiridonov's head did survive on another body, but the autoimmune effect was never eradicated, and even with the new body, Spiridonov could not control it well, and he died before he could fully adapt to the new body.
But this operation continued, and later humans made improvements to replace only the brain and not the entire head, but due to certain ethical problems, although this surgery was great, it was not popular.
And Noah's plan is to extract the body cells of the creatures, clone a young and healthy body for them, and then transplant their brains from the aging body to this new body.
However, this experiment is not as simple as transplanting the brain directly, because the brain is a very special structure, the number of brain cells is fixed at birth, it can develop with the growth of life, but brain cells do not regenerate, when a certain area of brain tissue is damaged, there is no natural repair possible. The number of surviving brain cells also decreases as the organism grows, and when one brain cell dies, another brain cell takes over.
In the 21st century, it has been proven that the brain can increase in size by applying certain external stimuli to the brain, including the size of nerve cells and the number of certain brain cells, and the life span of the brain can not die due to aging.
The brain that Noah replaced is the part of brain tissue that is still active, and they will carry the memories and consciousness of the original life, and after replacing them into the new body, they will be able to awaken the redifferentiation of brain cells, repair the lost brain tissue, and develop into a complete brain again.
Noah named this plan "The Eternal Life Project".
And the leader of Sidney, Karen, was the first volunteer to participate in this project, he is too old, and even after countless genetic optimizations, his life is coming to an end.
If the operation fails, he can save a fellow citizen who died in the plan, and if the operation fails, he will have near-eternal life.
The culture fluid in the life-support test tube faded, and Cullen's body was sent to a strangely shaped test bench.
The wound left by the surgery has been repaired in a life-sustaining test tube and the first intracranial electrical stimulation has begun.
Noah checked the nerve signal output rate, which was within the normal range.
A tube of yellow transparent liquid was injected into Karen's body, and Noah knew that the success or failure of the operation depended on whether Karen could wake up.
Dozens of seconds passed, and Karen's eyes twitched slightly...... He opened his eyes.
Cullen sat up slowly with his body propped up, looking at the hands in front of him with a blank expression.
"Can you remember who you are?"
Cullen looked up, and a girl in a white lab coat and nightdress appeared in front of him, the confusion in his eyes gradually disappeared, and a trace of lucidity appeared in his eyes.
"My name is Karen."
"Do you remember who I am?"
Noah continued to ask, and the confusion in Karen's eyes became less and less, and said.
"You are Noah, the leader of Earth's civilization, my master."
"Cognitive performance is normal, stand up and try."
With the girl's ethereal words, Karen slowly stood up, not caring that his completely naked new body was exposed in front of the girl's eyes, because he knew that it was all meaningless in front of the girl.
"Well, it's good, the physical ability is normal, squat down and try."
Cullen slowly crouched down at Noah's instructions as he familiarized himself with his new body.
"Well, good, let's learn how to bark."
“………”
Cullen was silent.
"Well, that's good, self-awareness is normal."
Noah nodded, and the corners of the girl's beautiful mouth couldn't help but hook up a trace of arc, the success of this plan symbolizes that he will not have to worry about the lifespan of intelligent life for a long time in the future, and the resistance to the progress of civilization has also been weakened a lot to a certain extent.
"Look at your new body."
With the girl's words, a completely reflective mirror appeared in front of Karen, who stood up and looked at himself in the mirror, an old man who had lived for nearly a thousand years, just staring at the young appearance in his mirror that was almost erased in the depths of his memory.
“…… Too young. ”
"The clone made at the age of 30, which is the most perfectly developed body of the Sidneys, has been genetically optimized, and this state will remain in this state for more than a hundred years, and if you need to, you can modify the appearance to be a little more mature."
Cullen listened to Noah's words and looked at himself in the mirror seriously, when he was so young, he had just entered society, time had passed, and when he was reborn, he was already a chief administrative officer above 10,000 people under one person in a middle and high civilization.
"After a period of observation, if there are no adverse reactions, the trial can basically be declared successful, Lolita and your family, as well as the people of Sidneys who have made outstanding contributions in the future, will accept this trial, and you will no longer have to worry about longevity."
Noah's ethereal words echoed in the room, and after completing the work, the girl planned to continue her research, but was stopped by Cullen behind her.
"Master."
The girl who was about to disappear looked back at him.
"Thank you for giving Sidneya a new lease of life."
Cullen knelt down on one knee and put his right hand into a fist on his chest, this is the supreme etiquette of Sidney, in the past, Karen surrendered to Noah and there was no way, but in the past thousand years, Karen saw how Noah treated the people of Sidney well, superior living conditions, adequate material supplies, equal and free human rights, and absolutely just legal system......
Noah barely restricts the freedom of any Sidnian, and every Sidney can have a self that is not interfered with by others without violating the law. Noah perfectly followed the promise he made to Sidney before he surrendered.
Today's West German society is far more peaceful than ever. And what Karen got after working hard for her far exceeded his expectations.
Cullen's monarchical gift this time was completely from his heart.
"The earth is almost here, I will start to impart knowledge to you, I used to have my emotional thinking into a mistake, I am sorry to destroy your home planet, from now on, let go of everything in the past and explore a new world......"
The figure of the girl disappeared into the room.
"This is the master's command to you."
"Sidney's loyalty to you."
On the other hand, a beautiful planet accompanied by countless fleets and dragging a pale blue fire can already be observed with ordinary optical telescopes in the Gliese 581 system.
Earth, my beautiful homeland, you are about to have a new life.
A new era will begin at this moment.