Kuntai People's Elixir
When the 42nd year of the Centennial Plan arrived, good news reached Yue Yuan's ears.
The good news came not from his assistant, but from the Chief Scientist in charge of the project, Yi Kai, who had consistently held the top spot in the Life Science field thanks to his outstanding talent.
When Yi Kai found Yue Yuan had just returned from the Space Dock and was about to go back to his office to continue working.
However, before he even returned to his office after entering the Lyra from the spaceport, he encountered Yi Kai, who had a beaming face.
Seeing this, Yue Yuan waved for the soldiers protecting him to stop, then walked up to Yi Kai in his Magnetic Boots: "Old Yi, what is it that requires you to personally deliver a message?"
Yi Kai is still the same as before, looking like a man in his sixties or seventies, but his posture is still upright and his spirit is good. Thanks to the Life Elixir, the years have not left any marks on him.
Actually, Yue Yuan received a call from Yi Kai before he even got off the shuttle, otherwise Yi Kai wouldn't have known that he had just returned to the Lyra.
However, during the call, Yi Kai didn't directly tell what the good news was, only that it was fantastic news. He kept it a secret, saying he would tell you the details when they met.
Logically, any good news should be shared directly during the call or by having someone else deliver a message. The fact that Yi Kai has come in person means it must be truly fantastic news.
After Yue Yuan finished speaking, thinking about the mystery Yi Kai had kept him in suspense, he was no longer in a hurry. He then smiled and said, "Old Yi, don't tell me yet. Let me guess what amazing good news it is!"
As he spoke, Yue Yuan put his mind to it for a moment, and at the same time followed Yi Kai as they walked towards another passage.
Since Yi Kai came in person, it must be related to Life Science and Biotechnology, so Yue Yuan didn't rush back to his office. Instead, he went with Yi Kai to the Life Science Research Institute.
After taking only a few steps, Yue Yuan turned to Yi Kai beside him and said, "I guess the Kuntai People gene project has been successfully completed!"
"Haha, the Chief of Staff has a keen eye. It's true that the Kuntai People gene research project has been successful, and there's another surprise, one that the Chief of Staff might not be able to guess." Yi Kai revealed a very genuine smile.
Yue Yuan could clearly sense that this smile was completely different from the ones he had seen Yi Kai before. Although Yi Kai had smiled before, this time Yue Yuan felt that his mental state was different, and he seemed to be really happy.
"The Human Body Overclocking clinical trial was successful?" Yue Yuan raised an eyebrow.
"Hehe!" Upon hearing this, Yi Kai suddenly revealed an expression that said, "You really can't guess," and then raised his right hand and snapped his fingers lightly, looking exactly like a twenty-first-generation youth.
As the snap of his fingers echoed, Yi Kai continued, "The Human Body Overclocking clinical trial was of course successful, but this is included in the Kuntai People gene research project. It is a practical technology based on research results, and it is not considered another surprise."
"Oh, could it be that there's been progress in the Wolfe Biosphere research? Have we successfully cracked the secret of left and right rotation?" Yue Yuan was taken aback, but he quickly thought of another project.
Yue Yuan was basically familiar with all the life research projects, but the two most important ones that Yi Kai personally came to pull him over to see the results were probably the only two.
"Uh, that counts too, but it wasn't a surprise, it was just a natural progression." Yi Kai touched his thick hair, then stopped being mysterious. "It's Life Elixir!"
"The Life Elixir No. 3 is successful?" Yue Yuan asked in surprise. If the Life Elixir No. 3 was successful, it would indeed be a great surprise.
After all, the combined Life Elixir No. 1 and No. 2 for humanity can only extend human lifespan by six hundred years, which is still too short for the vast interstellar space and the pace of life on a cosmic scale.
Humans are still ephemeral fungi, still cicadas.
However, before Yue Yuan could even rejoice, Yi Kai immediately denied it, saying, "It didn't work out!"
Uh... Yue Yuan rubbed his head. If it weren't for this, he really wouldn't have been able to think of what it was for the time being.
Fortunately Yi Kai knew his limits and didn't continue to break his sentence into ten parts. Instead, he slowly said as he walked towards the Life Science Research Institute, "It's the Life Elixir for the Kuntai People. Chief, you know why we couldn't use that kind of Life Elixir before. After we made a breakthrough in the Kuntai People's gene project, this problem was also solved."
Yue Yuan nodded. He did know that; it was actually the Kuntai People's reproductive method that was causing the problem. He remembered the report, which stated that the Kuntai People's Life Elixir only worked on asexually reproducing organisms, which obviously didn't apply to humans.
It was around that time that humanity realized that Life Elixir were not universally applicable to all life forms in the universe, and that there were distinctions between asexual and sexual reproduction, or perhaps it was because the Kun-Tai Civilization's own reproductive methods were too unique.
It was then that Yue Yuan realized how lucky he was to have inhaled that gas on Callisto. Perhaps the civilization that crashed spaceship belonged to was also some kind of hermaphroditic life form.
As for the Kuntai People, they certainly have their own Life Elixir; otherwise, as people with normal life cycles, they wouldn't be able to adapt to the cosmic environment.
After obtaining information about the Kuntai People, humanity learned that Kuntai People lifespan was actually very short, much shorter than that of humans. Their life cycle from birth to metamorphosis was only twenty-five Earth years, meaning their theoretical lifespan was only fifty Earth years.
Theoretically, this is true, but in reality, lifespans are even shorter, just as humans are theoretically expected to live to be a hundred years old, but in reality, most die from illness.
The same was true for the Kuntai People; before they entered interstellar space, almost none of them lived to be fifty years old.
However, it was precisely because of their short lifespan that they were forced to put a lot of effort into the study of lifespan, so much so that the Kun-Tai Civilization achieved quite a lot in the field of lifespan technology.
According to the Kun-Tai Civilization Database, their Life Elixir could extend their lifespan by nearly eight hundred years, which is comparable to the lifespan of Peng Zu.
The timing of the Kuntai People's use of the Life Elixir was not surprising; it was used after they had undergone abnormal development.
When human scientists read this information in the database, they were excited for a long time, thinking they had obtained a new Life Elixir. However, they did not expect that the drug could not be used on humans because of the vastly different reproductive methods.
Now that Yi Kai says this is another surprise, it must mean that this drug can be used on humans.
"Great, that's a wonderful surprise. So, it seems that the lifespan of humans could potentially reach around 1,500 years." Yue Yuan's face also showed a satisfied smile. 800 plus 600 equals 1,400, but he hadn't miscalculated, because that's the time it takes to deceive the genes. Adding the normal lifespan of humans, aging, illness, and death, it's indeed about 1,500 years.