Chapter 26: The Conclave (Part II) (Lawn's Enlightenment)
No matter how complex the conspiracy is, or the drastic changes in the international situation, there are always some people who find some signs, but they are often not taken seriously because there is too little evidence, but when the evidence is sufficient, it should happen. Lawn, who left the scene early, recalled what his father said when his face was full of sorrow, and perhaps he was as distressed then as he is today.
But what did my father do at the time? Raun suddenly wondered about the question, and when he returned to the villa, he opened the autobiography left by his father and read it carefully.
"Get your vehicles ready, I'm going to military base XXXX," he made a phone call to his chief.
"Sir, you were secretly informed ten minutes ago that you no longer have permission to go through the security measures there. I was just about to report back to you. The steward had a frustrating message for him.
"Sure enough," Lawne put down the phone, clutching his head in vain. I finally realized my father's powerlessness at that time, and in the face of the wrong government decisions that I knew in advance, I could only do remedial work after the fact.
In this game of huge wrestling, endless pursuit of interests, the will of the individual to sobriety seems so insignificant and useless.
"Then you can help me do one last thing, and hurry up to find out where the latest popular topics in the scientific community came from?" Lawne sat back down and spoke into the phone.
"I've done this thing, sir, according to the most reliable information, of course, this is taking up a lot of this year's expenditure budget, the first person to publish relevant papers in the scientific journal "Nature" was a private research institute in the XX country of South America many years ago, but according to our detailed investigation, they have a number of secret channels for remittance of funds, after many verifications, it is from a scientific research institution under the Huanglong Company. Although they do it secretly, the financial thing is exactly what we are good at. ”
"Damn, it's really as I imagined, how can it happen that after the expected progress in the study of immortality, a set of theories that make those people discouraged come out, no, you can't blame them for not believing it, even if they have the top scientists in the field, they can't see the flaws in those theoretical connections, just rely on my logical connection, some coincidences in the matter, how can I win their trust," Lawn said to himself.
"What trouble are you having, sir? Not everything is ready, and the military has recently given in to us, and they are about to restart the auction of surgical places, and there are special giveaways. "The steward is his absolute confidant, for he is assured that he will also be given a chance to operate on him as the highest reward for being alone in the family for many years. The heirs of some big families have not yet had this opportunity, which shows the weight of kindness.
Compared with some of the technology and related personnel that the military has been forced to cede, very few private institutions also have the ability to transplant surgery, but the effect and the future care work, far from the difference between some people claim, on the surface, little or no difference. Look at the living conditions of the people who have undergone surgery in recent years, and the difference between them and those in the early days, although this is an absolute secret, the former, can only enjoy some ordinary entertainment, and even the ability to do strenuous activities is difficult to have, that requires a lot of training, not to mention marriage and childbirth, although there is a physiological ability, but almost there are more or less many psychological and physical obstacles; The latter are almost no different from ordinary people, and if you don't have the most detailed files, and DNA samples, you will only think that they are ordinary middle-aged, or young people.
"A very troublesome, but powerless thing, forget it, let's enjoy life, these things, I think only God can manage, unless an opportunity arises," Lawne said this, but he did not give up in his heart.
He synthesized a series of things about the appearance time of the immortal technology, the relevant people, the location, the injection of funds, etc., and found that except for the sudden arrival of aliens, but quite strangely, almost free support for a lot of extremely significant and effective hypertechnology, almost everything else has an obvious vein, revolving around a few people.
But obviously, such inferences without actual evidence cannot be supported in practice, otherwise they would have collapsed long ago.
I believe that there are many people who have discovered this, but they have chosen a common approach before the great interest, that is, to accept, use, and control, rather than contain, oppose, and eliminate.
Lawn thought hard about breaking the game, and after drinking six times the black coffee, he finally found the most helpless reality, that is, it is very simple to solve these mysteries, as long as the other party is proved to be wrong in the field of science and technology related to immortality, then it is conceivable that there is no need to do it yourself, those guys who are simply crazy in order to live forever will tear each other to pieces.
"You help me again, find the guy who first enjoyed the transplant technology, although he has not heard from him for many years, but I believe in your ability, although in terms of age, he is our grandfather's generation, but I am grateful and disgusted to him." Lawne said.
"Okay sir, but this time it's very difficult, and you may need to invest the entire budget this year in this matter," It's not difficult to find someone, it's not difficult to find someone who was decades ago, but it's not easy to find someone who should die in a few decades. Especially the other party still has the background strength that is not inferior to his own, although he may have quietly withdrawn over the years.
"Okay, use my other fund as well, and I'll tell them to cooperate with you," Lawne made a lot of money at this time, a total of two major funds, both of which are running well, and if you invest in this, you may fall into a state of loss for several years.
Ten days later, the anxiously awaited Raun got the news he wanted.
"Sir, everything is clear, but I want to warn you first, we're in big trouble!" The butler's voice was so hurried and anxious that for the first time he used an exclamatory tone towards Lawne.
"You hurry up," Lawn was terrified, and when he really engaged in this matter, he realized that he was not so noble, at best, he was able to control it a little, and he could look at the whole thing clearly, but the ultimate goal was not the same as theirs, but he did not want to get a more real result.
"That gentleman's full name is Grandrent Volcker, and I believe that you should have checked some of this man's information in the Church's confidential archives,"
Of course, he was the first guy to invest in the development of brain transplant technology, and even later faced the entire power of the United States with a way to get out and disappear. The kind of scientific experiment that seemed almost a hoax at the time, and only that kind of perverted old man dared to invest a huge amount of money equivalent to almost the entire assets of some big families.
Lawn thought nervously in his heart, he thought that the other party had been hit hard, and there was no news over the years, so he shouldn't have much ability. But it seems that it is beyond his expectations to make the experienced, calm and capable housekeeper afraid of this. Also, how can a guy who has the courage to risk the whole world to denounce it, how can it be simple, the intelligence agencies in the club have raised a group of guys who eat white rice.
"We got the materials of his conversation when he first met the scientist of the century, maybe he used it as a souvenir, or as a tool to blackmail, or to shirk responsibility, but in short, he still kept the materials very well from decades ago, and we were able to get it by very coincidence, a guy who had served him for a long time, and accidentally heard his exclamation words, and had a different heart, so he risked his life to steal it, in order to ask us to give him a transplant. ……”
"But he soon found out that the guy probably had sunk into the Atlantic Ocean or into the belly of a shark at this time, and we had lost a lot of people, and several places in the European Liaison Office were destroyed, and finally he used the secret identity of the meeting to deter him, and did not continue to pursue us, but he will definitely retaliate in the future, and the last sentence of the other party also scared me," the butler said bluntly.
"What?" Lawne paced anxiously, he wanted to see the tape immediately, but the butler's position was still thousands of miles away.
"You're going to provoke monsters that even I fear, and whatever you want to do with these things, as a former senior, I advise you to keep silent about those things, whether it's to you, or to your family, clan, or even the whole country, I don't want to see America disappear from the face of the earth. Young children, I tell you from the experience of two lifetimes, there are many very strange things in this world, you can't speculate with common sense, believe me, it's always best to save yourself. The butler described the scene vividly, and he suddenly had an idea, thinking about it, such an important thing, if the other party did not have other considerations, it would not be so easy to let himself go, maybe he also wanted to take this opportunity to warn the descendants of something.
"I understand what he means," Lawne also quickly thought of this, if the other party is the same as recorded in the file, even if it is only one-tenth, it is impossible for him to get the other party's secret things, and neither can the FBI and CIA.
However, the mechanism of destruction in this gene is related to the normal metabolism of cells, and it is impossible to remove or replace it, otherwise, people will have unpredictable malformations. Therefore, in order to achieve immortality, in addition to eliminating the disease-causing genes in the replacement gene sequence and other undesirable fragments, it is impossible to achieve ultimate immortality through genetic optimization, which is determined by the laws of the material world. Everything itself is in constant motion, growth and death are also a kind of movement, and it is impossible to stop artificially, at most slow it down. ”
"However, although material life cannot last long, the consciousness that relies on the existence of the material brain can be preserved for a long time by changing the carrier, because consciousness itself is in constant motion, and its demise is due to the material death of the carrier."
A few hours later, Lawn and the butler were in the basement together, looking at this video roll from more than half a century ago, when technology was very advanced, the images were very clear, and the conversation between the two people in it was also very clear.
"Sure enough, their plan began to be fully laid out so long ago, and I now really understand why Mr. Volcker reminded us that the organization that can have this time and determination can only be done by the country's long-term strategic decision-making, but it is only a few people on the outside, and I have heard that the young man in this picture is now seventy or eighty years old, but the people in the base inside are no different from the middle-aged people, as if the aging process has stopped, and their military is holding on to these technologies, It's no wonder they were able to gather a bunch of supporters in the meeting, relying on this technology, they can fully support the realization of those fantasy technologies, it seems that I am the only stupid person, and I am still smug and see the truth of the matter, haha," Lawn said at the end, laughing self-deprecatingly.
"Sir, what are we going to do next?" The butler understood a little, but he was afraid that his master would go crazy under such a big stimulus.
"Since you can't fight, then cling, take refuge, there's nothing shameful, fortunately, I woke up early, I think there are still a group of people who are kept in the dark, can only enjoy second-rate life technology, and think that they are noble, but I don't know that even if it is a nobleman, there is a difference between hereditary and nouveau riche, haha, it's really funny, sure enough, at any time, there will be no unity This statement exists." Lawne smiled expressionlessly, and the contradictory performance reflected his helplessness with reality.