"How many Blood Orchids have you copied?" Custer asked, looking at the small flower plate-like incubator in his hand. The incubator in his hand was about the size of an ordinary water cup.

The exterior of the incubator resembles a sealed transparent water cup, with soil on the bottom and a small artificial light source on top. It is responsible for providing stable artificial light to the plants inside.

On the surface of the soil layer there is a young shoot of a plant that looks like a small grass that has just broken through the soil. This small shoot is even more fragile when illuminated by the soft artificial light inside.

It's hard to imagine that this fragile little life will grow into an adult blood orchid full of treasures in a few years. Serve their long-term survival.

This incubator used to hold blood orchid seedlings is a very common practical appliance in the world of Mass Effect, with an independent temperature and humidity control system.

In conjunction with another set of equipment, this incubator can successfully grow plant seedlings with low survival rates in large quantities. To be on the safe side, Dr. Neville used this incubator to breed a clone of the Blood Orchids.

As a result, the survival rate of seedlings is now as high as 99.7%, which is a very high percentage in the case of modern artificially cultivated plants. For a plant with such a demanding environment, the blood orchid is nothing short of a miracle.

"1,793 strains, and with more space and more equipment, I can grow more......" Dr. Neville is proud of.

He is now very proficient in plant cloning with a very high threshold of technology on the main plane, and with his expertise in other branches of botanical biology, he is confident that he will be able to breed more blood orchids in the future without limit.

"So, do we have the technology to extend life indefinitely? Custer continued, and that was what he wanted to know.

He, Shen Chao, and Alice had all known that Dr. Neville had made a breakthrough in cloning the blood orchid, so what they were most concerned about now was when they could convert it into an actually usable "elixir".

"Yes, but that's only one aspect, three of the 21 unique compounds extracted from the blood orchid have been proven to have beneficial effects on different kinds of human functions. ”

Dr. Neville didn't seem to see the other guys looking at him at all, and continued to talk about his progress.

He explained this so that others could understand how his research had come about, and how much important medical value they could squeeze out of the blood orchid in the future.

In his opinion. Blood Orchid is full of treasures, and as long as the three beneficial compounds are well developed, ordinary people can become beyond their own limits in many aspects.

Other specific compounds whose functions have not yet been determined have strong potential value. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, he can only study one of them in depth now.

Otherwise, if he was given a few years, he would be able to dig out all the potential value of the Blood Orchid. When the time comes, awarding him all the Nobel Prizes of all kinds in the world will not be enough to commemorate his achievements.

"One of the three compounds that have been identified as beneficial is responsible for extending cell life, and I call it the I compound. I stands for eternity. This is the compound we were looking for that would allow normal somatic cells to divide indefinitely. ”

"My research project was about it. Now, I'm able to make this compound in small quantities by hand......" Dr. Neville's words made their ears prick up.

Thanks to that trip to the world of Mass Effect, he brought back a number of advanced practical equipment for medicine and biology, one of which was the Organic Synthesizer.

It is a medical and practical device that is very common in the world of mass effect, capable of synthesizing the vast majority of organic compounds by means of a combination of macromolecules.

The speed of this mechanical synthesis is not fast, so it is not economical to synthesize any compound in bulk with such equipment. But synthesis in small batches is very efficient.

In the world of Mass Effect, such equipment is usually equipped in the ship's infirmary, where it is used to craft small batches of specific drugs from the ship's reserves of medical ingredients. In this way, every ship with such equipment has an extremely strong medical capacity.

"So so. Do we do have the "elixir of life"? Custer put down the incubator in his hand and continued to ask.

"That's right, but it's worth noting that this wasn't the only thing I found. And it's not the only progress I've made these days. This compound will become a new compound in the organism after passing through a specific digestive chain, and the extraction will have a new effect. ”

"And different new compounds are formed in different types of organisms, which are digested by mammals, and this new compound is called R compounds. ”

"This new compound has a similar effect to a class I compound, but not exactly, in that it can reverse the effect of DNA and RNA on splitting. Allows the cells to return to their younger state. ”

Dr. Neville drops a bombshell here. This is not on the list of practical goals he set out at the beginning. So Shen Chao and the others only now know that he has made a breakthrough in this regard.

The goal of their previous plan was to develop a technology that would allow people to maintain their youthful state indefinitely, preferably in edible. Rejuvenating is a very long-term goal, and they are all young anyway......

"Juvenile status? Shen Chao couldn't help but interject when he heard this.

"That's right, in a nutshell. This new R-class compound is rejuvenating. Dr. Neville laughed proudly.

As a very good biologist, he likes to see a surprised look on his face because it means that his professional abilities are recognized.

"So, if I can control these two processes, I can synthesize these two compounds in batches manually. We will not only be able to extend people's life indefinitely, but also be able to rejuvenate people......? ”

Shen Chao asked uncertainly, he thought it would be a few years to achieve such a goal. When Dr. Neville first got the Blood Orchid, he told him that he was prepared for more than ten years before he could make progress.

Therefore, even in his most optimistic prediction, Shen Chao thought that such a big breakthrough would not be seen until the year after tomorrow.

"That's right. But don't worry, mammals have confirmed that this effect will at most return the mammals to the state of puberty, and will not revert back to the ...... of infants."

Dr. Neville concluded his remarks with this. With that, he took everyone to visit the test dormitory, which was a separate room filled with all kinds of real animals.

There are two security guards with small arms for 24-hour surveillance, and there are hundreds of cages full of guinea pigs in the room, in addition to a dozen monkeys and two giant pythons......

Dr. Neville stopped in front of a rack lined with mice and showed them pictures of the mice and a few monkeys on the other side of the previous month and various physiological numbers.

Judging from the numbers and pictures, these mice and monkeys have indeed changed a lot, and these short-lived mice that were nearing the end of their lives a month ago are now alive and kicking like other guinea pigs. The monkeys also had a noticeable sign of getting younger.

"These R-class compounds are produced when they pass through their digestive tracts, which is why pythons like to catch," Dr. Neville continued, explaining his findings in detail.

To put it simply, he has been able to successfully replicate the life-prolonging Class I compounds in the blood orchid through the synthesis process of a set of medical devices brought back from the Guò Mass Effect world.

As for the artificial synthesis of the other two beneficial compounds, he is still researching. Therefore, after waiting for several months, the expedition team finally succeeded in obtaining the infinite life extension technology that Shen Chao needed.

After showing the rejuvenated mice, Dr. Neville led them back to the main room, where Dr. Neville arranged for them to sit down at a blank test table. Then he took out a few white lunch boxes from the refrigerator in the back and handed them to everyone.

"It's a batch of finalized products, animal and human trials are all in place, and if you want to try it, you can ......eat it now," Dr. Neville said, handing out a plastic disposable spoon to everyone.

The human trials that Dr. Neville was referring to were actually secretly done in Australia through their agent, and his was a batch of tests packaged into a new jelly.

This "jelly" was introduced as a new product by the market research company they controlled and introduced to many respondents of different ages, who regularly consumed the jelly in portions.

Then they will undergo secret medical examinations without knowing it, and these people will not know that they have been guinea pigs in order to earn a few pocket money.

Their medical check-up was sent to Dr. Neville, and after testing nearly 2,000 human samples, Dr. Neville was able to determine that his new results had no side effects at all.

After they opened the lunch box, they saw the "food" inside. It's something like jelly, no, it's jelly, and it comes in different colors......

"This is our "elixir"? Looking at the jelly-like thing in the box in front of him, Custer complained first.

Because their previous goals clearly stated that their life extension technology had to be non-invasive, that is, it couldn't be injections, biochemical modifications, or anything like that.

Because of this, they weren't surprised to see Dr. Neville hand over the lunch box, but none of them expected it to contain "jelly".

"That's right, this is directly edible, there are a lot of Class I compounds in it, if you store it well, the expiration date can be one and a half months, eat such a box every day, you can stay young forever." ”

With that, Dr. Neville took out his spoon and took a bite to swallow first. Seeing him like this, everyone else also tasted it, and sure enough, it tasted like jelly, and obviously added some natural flavors. It tastes good...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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