"Direct promotion of qualifications? If we had this kind of means, we would have unified the cultivation world long ago. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Stephen Strange shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The quality of the qualification depends on the spiritual aperture, and the spiritual aperture is related to which gene, I'm afraid God doesn't know, the number of genes of the awakened is as many as hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, to screen out the spiritual genes from it, it is more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack, this is a huge and immeasurable project." ”

Luo Yang nodded, fully agreeing with Stephen Strange's statement, if the spirit gene is so easy to find, the Roselle project will not come to a standstill, just now he was thinking too much, and then asked: "Then what means do you use to make up for the disadvantage in qualifications?" ”

"Induce." Stephen Strange said a key word, and then explained in detail: "Through the implantation of the good breed gene, we can greatly improve the ability of the awakened at this stage, so as to induce the improvement of the realm, for example, implanting the genes of tigers and lions in the body of the awakened in the foundation building realm, so that their physique can reach a leap, and the biocurrent in the body will naturally multiply, which will make it easier to produce a sense of qi and enter the realm of Xiao Zhoutian." ”

"There won't be a negative effect?" Luo Yang asked seriously, Stephen Strange's method can be called a sword, and it is also similar to the 'natural selection' plan being implemented by the Han and Tang People's Republics, and this plan has always been opposed by him, because no one can say whether there are side effects, taking this opportunity, he wants to ask Stephen Strange for careful advice, the cornerstone alliance has obviously been engaged in this research for a certain period of time, and has much more experience.

"There will be, there will be a phenomenon of animal domination in some cases, and the temperament will also be affected, but it is less, and compared with the benefits obtained, this risk and loss are also worth taking." Stephen Strange said, seeing that Luoyang didn't ask any more questions, he continued, "Implant the pigeon's gene into the body of the awakened person of Little Zhoutian, the pigeon is extremely sensitive to the natural magnetic field, and after the awakened person obtains its ability, it will be easier to sense the changes in the natural magnetic field, which greatly increases the probability of entering the Great Zhoutian; Implanting the electric eel's genes into the Great Zhou Tian Awakened can induce them to generate a sea of qi faster. ”

After listening to Stephen Strange's narration, everyone present saw that his eyes changed, and they felt that this person was really a ghost, and that he could still be so opportunistic in his cultivation, and admired some of them, such as Luoyang, and there were also those who did not accept it as an evil sect, and there were not a few.

Rahman Abdullah belonged to the extremely conservative group of people, and he couldn't accept this new idea at all, so after listening to him, he sneered: "It turns out that you heretics have relied on this opportunistic method to improve the realm, no wonder it has developed so rapidly in the past ten years, but it is not your own cultivation realm, and it is not your own realm after all. ”

was ridiculed, Stephen Strange's mentality was still normal, and he said kindly: "You can't say that, there is an ancient saying in the Han and Tang Dynasties, there are three thousand avenues, and different paths lead to the same end, and there is also a great man in modern times who said that if he is a black cat and a white cat, he is a good cat if he can catch mice." ”

"But it is also an indisputable fact that the awakened members of your Cornerstone Alliance are the weakest in the same realm." Rahman Abdullah continued to mock.

"But it's also an indisputable fact that the awakened people of our cornerstone alliance are the strongest in the same qualification." Stephen Strange said dialectically, and then grinned, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, "And time has passed, and now it is not the same as before, in recent years, genetic engineering technology has changed with each passing day, and we have obtained these new technologies through many abilities that the awakened do not have, and our strength is not as unbearable as before." ”

"Oh, then I'd be interested in asking you for advice." Rahman Abdullah's brow gleamed with a terrifying gleam.

"But I'm not interested." Stephen Strange smiled slightly, politely refused, and continued to the crowd, "If you think that my cornerstone alliance's use of genetic improvement to solve the problem of qualification defects is opportunistic, I will not deny it, there is indeed an element of opportunism, but there is a shortcut, why not take it?" Let me talk about another study conducted by my cornerstone alliance in recent years, this study is directly related to human life, old age, sickness and death, if we can overcome several of these problems, not to mention immortality, at least we can more than double our life expectancy, do you still think that technology is a trick? ”

"More than double your life?"

Hearing this, everyone put away their contempt and prejudice, and the path pursued by the cultivator is nothing more than immortality, and the endless continuation of his own thoughts, regardless of his magic and divine power, once his life is over, everything is empty, and it is the right way to prolong his life.

"That's just a conservative estimate." Stephen Strange said with a smile.

"Mr. Laborer, Mr. Strange, if your project is feasible, I think everyone is willing to support it." Li Ruyi said earnestly.

"First of all, let's talk about why people grow old and die." Stephen Strange did not mean to hide his clumsiness, and said generously, "The human body is composed of countless cells, and cells will die, so the human body keeps dividing and replicating through stem cells to maintain the continuation of life, but due to the continuous division and replication, stem cells will slowly slow down the number and number of divisions, so it is not enough to replace the functional cells that are constantly consumed in human tissues, and the functions of various parts of the body will also decline, showing aging and death." ”

"After clarifying the nature of death and aging, let's start from the theory and speculate that if you want to live forever, it seems that there are only two ways at present, one of which is to prevent the death of cells, and most of the secret methods used in the cultivation world to prolong life today belong to this kind, for example, Amber Smoke just mentioned, use Shishen to replace cell function and protect cells, so as to slow down the death of cells and extend the life expectancy, but this method is a palliative but not a cure, there is no eternal thing in the world, no matter how to protect, no matter how to cherish, Cells will eventually die, so if you want to live forever, you can only focus on the second way, so that stem cells can divide and replicate endlessly, and constantly replace the lost functional cells in the human body. ”

Seeing that everyone present was fooled by these words, Stephen Strange spoke more and more casually and naturally, "There is no immortal and immortal thing in this world, only the cycle and the beginning, endlessly, this is exactly the Taoist thought that has been passed down for thousands of years in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it also conforms to the law of reproduction of all things." ”

"The direction is good, how to achieve it?" Luoyang was probably the only one present who fully understood, and asked.

It is easy to say that stem cells can divide and replicate endlessly, but it can no longer be described as difficult to achieve.

Just like the classic hypothesis put forward by Zhuangzi, a one-foot hammer, half of which is taken by a day, is inexhaustible, and can only exist in theory.

The causes of birth, old age, sickness and death are understood by everyone who studies life sciences, and if this problem was so easy to solve, immortality would have been achieved long ago.

"The key to the endless division and replication of stem cells lies in telomeres, which are nucleotide sequences that act as a protective force to prevent the degradation of genes around chromosome terminals by shortening themselves. What does this mean? In other words, telomeres are like plastic sheaths at the ends of shoelaces, which protect cells from degradation whenever they divide, but telomeres themselves are depleted during cell division, and once telomeres are depleted, genes are not protected, and stem cells die when they divide instead of replicating and reproducing. Stephen Strange paused for a moment, as if intent on appetizing: "So theoretically, if we can find a way to protect telomeres or make telomeres grow, we are one step closer to immortality." ”

"Did you find it?"

"In some cases, we have extracted a substance from the body of several particularly long-lived organisms, such as lobsters, true planarians, and moles, and the length of telomeres may be extended under the catalysis of telomerase."

"What does it mean that it is possible?"

"Because telomerase is not effective for everyone temporarily, it may be because of genetic differences, and we have not yet synthesized telomerase specifically for humans and awakened people, and it will take some time."

"What is the efficiency of this telomerase extracted from animals, and what is the effect of life extension after it is effective?"

"Seeing that the efficiency is only about two or three percent, as for the effect, the time for telomerase to come out is still short, there are no cases, we can only infer that at least it can increase the life expectancy of people by two to thirty years on the existing basis, we have successfully made an eighty-year-old man return to youth, his current body function and cell activity, and forty or fifty-year-old healthy people are no different, and the effect should be better when used on the awakened."

"Have you used it?"

"I used it, but now this telomerase doesn't work for me." Stephen Strange pointed to his gray hair and said, seeing the suspicion and disappointment of the person who inquired, he immediately pointed to a Cornerstone Alliance woman behind him, who looked to be only in her thirties, "My daughter, who is only twenty years younger than me, was born in 1921, and has used telomerase and it works very well. ”

"Can this telomerase be available to all of us?" Li Ruyi forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked, after he finished speaking, everyone was quiet, waiting for Stephen Strange's answer, his attitude was completely different from the beginning, even though this telomerase is inefficient, but once it works, it is equivalent to a few more decades of life, which is difficult to do with any kind of secret method, it is simply a legendary elixir.

"Yes, but the yield of telomerase is very small, and it has to be used for a long time to be effective, so it is not free."

"Mr. Stephen despite the bid."

"Whether it's money or all kinds of resources, it's all a cloud outside of my body." Stephen Strange smiled.

Everyone was speechless by this, who could be richer than Stephen Strange? In modern society, money is omnipotent, and it is no exception for the awakened, and the mind cultivators regard money as a yellow and white thing, which is a thing of the past, after all, the productivity of the old society was low, and the things that money could buy were limited, but now the times are different, and the social productivity is no longer at the same level, as long as there is money, it can mobilize the unimaginably large social productive forces and complete many things that the awakened cannot accomplish.

"In fact, it is not difficult to get telomerase if you want to, as long as you join my cornerstone alliance, the first-level members of my cornerstone alliance can receive a telomerase for free every month." Stephen Strange changed his words, and although his tone was an understatement, he finally revealed his long-hidden ambitions.