Humans Who Lost Their Treasure

But if this civilization still exists, where are they now?

Why would they allow one of their civilization's spacecraft to go missing? Are they too busy to care, or is this spacecraft insignificant?

Or perhaps, the original civilization of this spacecraft has already become extinct. If so, why did they become extinct? Fragments of information from the alien wreckage have presented scientists with a series of mysteries. Perhaps they will never find the truth, but that doesn't stop them from thinking boldly.

"Maybe," Yue Yuan said, not responding to Yi Kai's words. Instead, he asked about something else. He scratched a sudden itch on his face and asked, "Any progress on the serum research?"

Yi Kai wasn't there the last time Yue Yuan went to the lab, so he took the opportunity to ask since he ran into him here.

"It's the same as before. We're continuing the research based on the original experimental data. We've only confirmed that the aging genes are effectively suppressed and the anti-cancer factors are significantly increased, but we don't know how that substance acts on the genetic level."

Yi Kai shook his head, sensing that Yue Yuan had more questions to ask. So, he simply pulled a stool from the side and handed it to Yue Yuan, signaling him to sit down and talk slowly.

However, Yue Yuan didn't take it. Instead, he walked to the side and grabbed a chair himself, making a gesture of listening attentively.

Seeing this, Yi Kai didn't stand on ceremony and directly moved the small stool under his butt.

Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, he heard Yue Yuan say, "When I went back to Capital City last time, I heard the experts there say that the original form of that red gas is likely not a gas, but some kind of volatile liquid."

Back then, after returning to Capital City, the biologists couldn't wait to start their research.

Because he had to accept the Major General Rank, Yue Yuan stayed on Earth for a long time. It was during that time that the biologists in Capital City, after studying and analyzing the serum, came to that conclusion.

Thinking about it now, Yue Yuan felt that those experts were really efficient.

Perhaps because his position was relatively high, Yue Yuan heard a lot of news during that time. In fact, those who participated in the serum research were not only regular biologists, but also many well-known medical professors.

There were experts in modern medicine, as well as traditional medicine.

Basically, the most talented people in the country were gathered in that laboratory.

Someone like Yi Kai would have joined in too if his research project on the Moon hadn't been unfinished at the time. It was fortunate that he didn't join, otherwise Callisto Base wouldn't have such a biologist now.

"I heard about that too," Yi Kai stroked his stubble and continued, "It is said that for the sake of research, those guys even brought out the old antique, Compendium of Materia Medica."

Indeed, bringing out the Compendium of Materia Medica was the work of those traditional medicine experts. Yue Yuan heard that they wanted to find herbs with similar properties such as strengthening the foundation and nourishing the origin from countless herbs based on the 'Qi' theory from hundreds of years ago, and then conduct experimental combinations, and then try them one by one using the elimination method.

It really looked like they were going to do something big.

"Yes, it's a pity that it just started and then it was gone," Yue Yuan said with nostalgia.

"They had Earth as their backing back then. We have nothing now, only those few lonely serums... It's difficult!" Yi Kai shook his head and sighed, "We have lost Earth, lost everything. As the saying goes, 'A skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice.'"

Yue Yuan knew what Yi Kai meant.

Genetic research requires a biosphere as a backing. It's really difficult to do an experiment without it.

Longevity research projects are different from others. Many ideas cannot be done with just a White Mice. Many things need to be found in nature, taken from nature to try.

If humans still had the Earth's biosphere, they could find some animals with long lifespans in nature, and start with them, doing various comparative experiments with the serum.

Earth's billions of years of biological evolution is also a natural laboratory for endless life evolution. It can be said that in the course of billions of years, every evolutionary path of life has been tried by organisms.

It's just that humans either know it or don't know it.

This gives Earth infinite possibilities, and also allows humans who were born and raised here to obtain an unparalleled treasure trove.

Forty billion years of biological evolution is a magnificent masterpiece engraved in the DNA of life by the laws of the universe.

Here, the root of the origin of life is hidden, and the secret of the birth of wisdom is hidden.

But humans have lost this treasure trove.

Without Earth, without biodiversity, genetic research is becoming increasingly difficult.

"In that case, the situation of this research is even more difficult than Controlled Nuclear Fusion. It seems that I am impatient," Yue Yuan nodded to show that he understood.

The research conditions for Controlled Nuclear Fusion can be piled up with materials and energy, but he can't conjure up an Earth biosphere.

"It would be great if that red gas was still there," Yue Yuan added regretfully.

Yue Yuan pulled his thoughts back, but after a while, he didn't see Yi Kai speaking, so he spoke again, "Dr. Yi? Old Yi!"

"Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something and got distracted." Yi Kai, who didn't know what he was thinking about, came back to his senses. He looked at Yue Yuan, revealing an embarrassed expression, "Where were we?"

"Fuck!" Yue Yuan cursed, imitating Yi Kai's tone, feeling that this bastard hadn't heard a word of his previous feelings.

"Forget it, I won't say it. Anyway, there's no progress, and I can't conjure up an Earth biosphere for you." Feeling a little annoyed, Yue Yuan got up to leave.

But he saw Yi Kai say with a bewildered face, "Who said there's no progress?"

He's only in his seventies, how could he be so muddle-headed? That shouldn't be. Yue Yuan suspiciously glanced at Yi Kai, who was looking up at him, his expression not seeming fake.

But Yue Yuan clearly remembered that the words 'no progress' were said by Yi Kai. Well, he said it was the same as before, but the meaning was similar.

"Yi Kai said it," Yue Yuan replied unhappily.

"Oh~"

Yi Kai nodded as if something important had occurred to him, and then suddenly grinned and said, "I meant that there was no progress in researching along the lines of the original experimental data."

"What do you mean?" Yi Kai's words successfully pulled Yue Yuan back to his seat.

"Literal meaning," Yi Kai spat out four words, then signaled Yue Yuan to be calm. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Studying according to the original way of thinking, we encountered endless difficulties. Every time, we knew the previous answer and stopped there, so we changed our approach."

"Instead of starting with the specific DNA sequence, we studied the most primitive driving force of life as a whole system, and we did get some different guesses."

"The most primitive driving force of life?" Yue Yuan habitually interjected, but as soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he seemed to have interrupted Yi Kai, so he quickly changed his words and said, "Dr. Yi, please continue, continue."