Chapter 20: Twenty Years of Life
"Nephew, is your tribe's doctor the kind of person who burns paper into ashes and pours it in my mouth and sings and dances to cure the disease?" Li Ping'an asked with a serious face.
"That's right, if you don't feel used to it at that time, then you must not resist, otherwise you may be considered evil, and our 'doctor' will think that you have offended the gods and will tie you to a pillar and burn you to death," Klint said with a hint of concern.
Hearing Klin's serious face, Li Ping'an smiled crampedly, and said: "I don't think my injury is serious, I can heal myself, I see that there is no shortage of food and drink in such a big tribe as yours, I will stay here for a month." ”
"It's late, it's already here." Kling carried Li Ping'an into it expressionlessly.
I originally thought that this guy was a good person, not only invited himself to eat delicious food, but also saved himself, Bam and Kara, and he was worried that he would take him back to the tribe for healing, but he didn't expect this guy to call his father brother and brother as soon as he came over, and shamelessly called himself nephew, Klin was a little depressed in his heart.
I thought I would bring back a friend, but I didn't expect to find an elder for myself, which is really laughable.
But complaining is complaining, he is still very concerned about Li Ping'an's injury, what he said above is a joke, of course he will not pit his life-saving benefactor like this.
The room where the 'doctor' was located was also made of vibranium, and as soon as you entered the door, you could smell a refreshing aroma that seemed to flow gently from the tip of Li Ping'an's nose, and then flow lightly into the lungs.
In this pure natural and soft aroma, Li Ping'an's body was slowly relaxed.
"What kind of plant aroma is this?" Li Ping'an asked with interest.
"It's the smell of burning rune paper." A slightly teasing female voice came from behind, and a tall black woman lifted the curtain and walked in from outside Li Ping'an's house.
Li Ping'an knew that the ridicule with Klin outside the house had just been heard by the main owner, so he could only smile.
Klin, who was next to him, stepped forward and said, "Aunt Rem, this is my savior, he is injured, I hope you can help him." ”
The doctor, whom Kling called Aunt Rem, said, "I know, word has spread outside, and the whole tribe knows that you were saved by your friend. There are many people who want to see your friend who is still alive after fighting the snow leopard with his bare hands. ”
In the middle of speaking, Rem came to Li Ping'an's side to observe the wound: "The wound on the arm looks like it was torn by a wild beast, but the wound on this leg seems to have been pierced by our tribe's spear." ”
After observing Li Ping'an's wound from the beginning, Rem gave his opinion.
"And your wounds are not bleeding profusely, and some of the wounds in your legs and some of the blood vessels have actually healed partially, which is not like a freshly injured injury, but like you have been recuperating in meditation for a week." Rem made a judgment based on experience.
Then Rem asked Kling to carry Li Ping'an into the house and put it on a table, and then Li Ping'an had an instrument on his head like a CT scan.
Although he knew that the setting of the Marvel world was very peculiar, Li Ping'an still felt a deep sense of disobedience.
The Jabari tribe used fur for clothing and spears as weapons, and it looked like a backward civilization, yet it had CT-like scanning technology and breathtaking architecture.
In Marvel, all this is attributed to vibranium, but in Li Ping'an's opinion, it is simply a fantasy.
A country the size of Wakanda, even with the addition of several other tribes, is not very populous.
It is necessary to know that the journey of a systematic and complete set of scientific knowledge requires the hard work of countless predecessors, the discovery of some problems, and the geniuses of the later era to study hard to solve the puzzles of the predecessors, and pass on the fire from generation to generation, in order to complete the inheritance and development of civilization.
The more people there are, the more geniuses are generated, but the combined number of people from several tribes in Wakanda is estimated to be less than a million, so the premise that Wakanda has developed nearly a thousand years faster than the earth is quite mysterious.
While Li Ping'an was thinking nonsense, the results of the examination on Rem's side came out.
"You have scratches on your chest, bite marks on your left arm, and the most serious is a penetration in your thigh, and you also have some injuries to your bones." Rem paused and continued.
"And your body is not as strong as it gets, your muscles are denser than normal, and your bones are as hard as an elephant's bones." Speaking of this, Rem spat out: "I probably know how that guy Ruba saved people." ”
"Your cell metabolism rate is six times that of a normal person, when I saw this information, I even suspected that our equipment was in disrepair, and the benefit of this metabolic speed to you is that your self-healing ability is particularly strong, and the injury that can cause paralysis or even death of ordinary people may be just a slightly more serious injury for you." Rem looked like she had seen a ghost.
"But sometimes this self-healing speed can also cause you problems, for example, some blood vessels in your legs have been connected to nearby capillaries, and if you let it heal on its own, you may have frequent numbness in your legs due to poor blood flow in the future, and you will feel cold." Rem said solemnly.
"The most serious thing is that your cells are updating and iterating too fast, but you are still a human at heart, and there is a limit to human lifespan, according to estimates, you only have 20 years left to live, and the good news is that you will maintain your peak state for these 20 years." There was no sadness or joy on Reem's face, and she said this in a flat tone.
"You are a human being who trades your lifespan for being powerful." Rem expressed her opinion.
For the Jabari tribe, whose average life expectancy is only sixty years, they will accept it willingly if they only live to forty years old in exchange for such a powerful power.
But for Li Ping'an, he hasn't lived enough, he can't wait to live forever, after all, now he is not the social animal who had no hope in his previous life, exchanging his life for cheap wages, now he is strong and energetic, he can get what he wants, luxury cars, beauties, champagne cigars, everything, he also wants to see the galaxy of the universe and travel between the stars. Twenty years was not enough for him.
This is what normal people think, the days of working overtime 996 as a social animal are too many for a minute, and the company of a beautiful woman in Xiangche is too short for a hundred years.
Li Ping'an had guessed before that the metabolism of the US/national captain was four times that of a normal person, and it stands to reason that he would be able to live to be in his forties, but there was no way, the plot required him to relay the old and new US teams, so he lived to the age of his nineties.
If according to some people, the metabolic ability is more than four times, and the life expectancy is also four times, then it is normal for the captain of the United States/country to live more than 200 years old, and he should be in the prime of life at the age of ninety, and he should still be at the peak of his life, not the appearance of the old dragon clock.
Now that Li Ping'an's conjecture has been verified, he only has about 20 years left in his life, which makes him feel stunned and at the same time firm in his plan.
There are many ways to live for hundreds of years in the Marvel world, such as Wolverine's xenomorph abilities, and the Ancient One mage who drew dark energy from the dark latitude also lived for centuries.
But none of these abilities guarantees eternal life.
And in Marvel, strength is not linked to Shouyuan, if you just have power, you still have the limit of lifespan, as powerful as Odin is only a few thousand years, but the strength of the Eternals who are not very strong is not subject to the limit of lifespan, this kind of immortality depends on the race, Li Ping'an's reincarnation is a human being, so I don't consider this direction.
There are also several situations in which the movie says that you can live forever.
X-Men, Sebastian Shaw who appeared in the first battle, slowed down his aging process with his self-healing factor, and when he absorbed the energy, he regained most of his youth, effectively immortalizing him in a sense.
Ten rings, in the movie Shangqi, said that the ten rings can make people immortal.
Li Ping'an said that he wanted the Ten Rings, and he didn't want to let go of Sebastian Shaw's ability, but to achieve these goals, his current ability was not enough, and the first task now was to use the ape man to further strengthen himself.
While Li Ping'an was pondering, Ruba also came in.
Although he was honest, he still felt a hint of dullness in the air, and he said with a big grin: "What's going on, is anyone dead?" ”
Li Ping'an gave him a blank look: "Luba, when I get better, I must fight with you." ”
When Ruba heard this, he just smiled and scratched his head: "I didn't look at this dull atmosphere, I'm afraid of holding you back." When you're healed, I'll definitely try tricks with you, but you need to be careful with your little arms and legs. ”
Rem: "Even if he doesn't get injured, you're no match for him." ”
Ruba: "What are you kidding, my old Ruba is in the tribe and no one is convinced except the patriarch, I will not be a small opponent." ”
Kling told Ruba what Rem had just said, and Ruba said impatiently, "I'm a rough man, I don't understand this, what does that mean." ”
Rem gave him a blank look: "It means that the little piece in your mouth can beat you to call your mother even if you are a little bit of a hand now, and when he is injured, he beats you like a son." ”
Li Ping'an on the side can see that there is absolutely something wrong with these two people, there is definitely something wrong, and he must not intervene now, otherwise he will definitely suffer an unwarranted disaster.
Li Ping'an shrunk his body, trying to reduce his sense of presence.
"Little man, are you really that good?" Balu came to the bed and asked Li Ping'an.
"It's much more powerful than some people who can only brag, Li Ping'an, you go, let him see how powerful you are." Rem added fuel to her feet.
Even Kling was very interested, looking forward to whether Li Ping'an's strength was really that strong.
Yes, he still didn't dodge, Li Ping'an didn't want to offend anyone, so he used special skills.
"Oops,... Eh, my leg hurts, the doctor will treat me soon. Li Ping'an played a scoundrel.
"You get out of the way for me, don't hinder me from saving people, if there is anything, just say it directly, don't be in this war place if it's okay." As she spoke, Rem gave the instrument to Li Ping'an, combed the blood vessels to promote healing, and then applied herbs to prevent inflammation.
"This time the field investigation team still has a list for me to wait, and the patriarch wants us to investigate deeply." Bam said.
Rem's hand that was manipulating the machine paused slightly: "Just go, go once every five years, what is there to say." ”
"This time is different, this time there is news that the white ape rioted, I look at the appearance of the patriarch, I think the patriarch is going too." Ruba put away his usual honesty and said seriously.