A Corner of the Secret
Science is a discipline that explains phenomena and analyzes their essence.
If your theory can explain the existing phenomena in the universe, then to a certain extent, it can be considered correct.
Therefore, these two interpretations are not contradictory.
On the contrary, they complement each other.
In the years that followed, projects specifically targeting the Wolf 1061 c biosphere, like those of Yi Kai and Liu Miyan, sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
After a period of relative stability, humanity ushered in a period of vigorous development. Breakthroughs were made in physics, chemistry, biology, and other fields, overcoming one technical hurdle after another, steadily advancing humanity from a primary Tier 1 Civilization to a more advanced Tier 1 Civilization.
Biology, in particular, has become a highly sought-after subject due to humanity's rediscovery of a Biosphere Treasury, making it the top choice for countless new students when selecting their majors.
Time flies, and sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Peaceful times not only contribute to the development of various disciplines, but also greatly promote the development of the humanities.
Studies have shown that humans secrete significantly more hormones in relatively stable environments than in anxious environments. An open gender culture allows men and women to enjoy intimacy outside of work.
Controlled Nuclear Fusion brought almost inexhaustible energy, the interstellar era ensured abundant resources, and the New Government provided various welfare subsidies to families with newborns.
Against this backdrop, the number of newborns in the human population exploded.
In just over a decade, the number of humans who arrived here has exploded from less than 120,000 to over 600,000, with children making up the majority.
It is foreseeable that as generations of children grow up, the human population will continue to rise. The New Government predicts that the human population may triple to five times within the next twenty years.
Because of the existence of the Life Elixir, the problem of population aging is no longer an issue. Although the first version of the Life Elixir could only deceive genes for two hundred years, that was already a long time for humans who reach sexual maturity in their teens.
When the New Government forecasts population growth, in addition to considering the objective laws of childbirth, it also takes into account the approval effect of Life Elixir.
Simply put, everyone has a love for beauty.
The approval of the first version of the Life Elixir required applicants to have offspring, which alone was enough to encourage many women who love beauty to marry, start families, and have children at an early age.
The reason is that although the Life Elixir can fool genes for two hundred years, it does not have the effect of reversing aging, and users are generally fixed at the age of use.
Well, being fixed at a specific age doesn't mean the person remains completely unchanged; rather, it means the genes decide that the body should maintain this stage. So, dead cells will still die, but the genes trigger a mechanism that causes the body's cell factories to replicate new cells to replace them. In other words, metabolism continues; you still need to eat and eliminate waste.
Men who have lost their reproductive function still have bullets, only they are bullets without genetic material. Women also have targets, only they are targets without genetic material.
Knowing this, almost no human is willing to wait until they are old to use the Life Elixir, after all, who doesn't like to be young, strong and energetic! Of course, two hundred years is still too short for the interstellar age.
This is one of the main reasons why biology has become such a popular subject.
According to Yi Kai's original data on the Life Elixir, the first version of the Life Elixir was theoretically effective only once on the same person. The reason for this was said to be that the genes themselves had some kind of memory based on some unknown principle.
Once a gene is deceived by a drug, it will develop a recognition mechanism that prevents the drug from deceiving it again.
In this situation, humans would need better, or rather, different, drugs in order to continue deceiving their genes.
Yue Yuan already knew about the effects of the first version of the Life Elixir after Yi Kai developed it, since the experimental data on various mice were clearly recorded there.
However, not long ago, Yi Kai told him that during the research on a new version of the Life Elixir at the Life Research Institute, it was discovered that his lifespan of five hundred years was also the same, and even if he inhaled the Red Gas again, it would have no effect.
In other words, the Life Elixir developed by humans may not be incomplete versions, but rather weakened versions of different prescriptions.
What does this discovery mean? It means that humanity may now have a clearer understanding of a certain aspect of the universe's background.
Thinking about the key points, Yue Yuan fell into deep thought.
He slid his office chair to the porthole and stared blankly at the orange-yellow planet 140,000 to 150,000 kilometers away, his thoughts already soaring into the universe.
"A treasure, a true cosmic treasure," he murmured with a sigh.
If humanity's first version of the Life Elixir was an incomplete version, while the one from the Callisto alien spaceship was a complete or perfect version, then everything would be fine—if a perfect version is developed, one can achieve immortality once and for all.
But current discoveries clearly tell humanity that it was not the complete version, or the perfect version either.
Even the existence of a perfect version is now met with skepticism. If a perfect version of the Life Elixir exists, it would undoubtedly be priceless.
Immortality is attainable, but difficult to achieve.
If a perfect Life Elixir does not exist, then the biosphere, which has evolved naturally for billions of years, is definitely a treasure among treasures in the universe.
Sentient Life must constantly New Life Elixir formula in order to achieve immortality. So how can this New Life Elixir more effectively and quickly?
The answer, of course, is the biosphere on Life Planet.
But Life Planet in the universe are incredibly rare, wouldn't that make various civilizations fight tooth and nail for them? "In that case," Yue Yuan muttered to himself, recalling the broadcast from the Silver Heart Alliance.
Refuge!
The idea is that it should be a place to provide shelter for Low-level Civilization, but why would a higher-level civilization provide shelter for Low-level Civilization? What are they after? Yue Yuan seems to have found the answer to this question now.
"They're after that cradle of life that gave birth to Low-level Civilization," Yue Yuan thought to himself, but as soon as the thought popped into his head, he felt it was all too true.
If that's the case, then advanced civilizations would be desperately searching for Life Planet. How come such Low-level Civilization, like Earth, hasn't discovered any aliens in all these years?
"It's impossible that they've been here before, just like humans are now coming to Wolf 1061? Another possibility is that the universe is so vast that the time difference between alien visits might be terrifying."
"But if that's the case, the Silicon-Based Collective would definitely be the natural enemy of Carbon-based life, since they don't need a biosphere. As for the Perseus Commonwealth, perhaps they are a group of civilizations that share biosphere resources. But how do you explain the Harvesters? Harvesting the fruits of other civilizations?" Yue Yuan shook his head secretly. "Perhaps, that kind of existence already has a perfect version, and they are actually pursuing other goals!"
Yue Yuan felt that any being that dared to broadcast everywhere must be a top civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy. Such a being should not still be pursuing the secrets of the biosphere, otherwise the Milky Way Galaxy would probably have been divided into spheres of influence by these advanced civilizations long ago.
But Earth has evolved for billions of years, and until its destruction, not a single civilization has come forward to claim that this was their territory, so there must be another reason.