Negative Entropy
Since developing the No. 1 Life Elixir from blood samples, Yue Yuan has not undergone any gene-related physical examinations. Many years have passed since then, and this examination reminded him of his collaboration with Yi Kai on the research back then.
The Academy of Sciences and various biological laboratories have returned to normal, so Yue Yuan's examination results came back quickly.
It was an ordinary day. Yue Yuan finished his daily tasks as usual and also checked on the progress of technology in various fields. Seeing that everything was on track, he authorized Zhu Pete to be awakened as well.
When Yue Yuan left before, he said that the time to awaken Zhu Pete would be the time when he was old and nearing the end of his life. But now things have changed, and the Life Elixir has been successfully made, so he will no longer let him continue to hibernate.
Just then, Zhu Pete, who had just woken up, learned about the human fleet's situation from Yue Yuan and was about to go back to his post when he noticed that the automatic door to his office had been opened, and then he saw Shi Lifen leisurely float in.
No knocking was needed. As the flagship of Level 3 Civilization, the Lyra was highly intelligent. After the monitoring system identified Shi Lifen, Yue Yuan knew she had arrived and immediately authorized the automation system.
So Shi Lifen arrived at Yue Yuan's office without any obstacles.
"Chief, the test results are in." Shi Lifen said directly as soon as she entered the door. Actually, she didn't need to say this herself, but thinking that Yue Yuan might ask all sorts of questions after seeing the test results, she decided to come herself.
In fact, the profession of doctor no longer exists for humans, or rather, it has been merged into the field of biology. This profession probably gradually disappeared around the time humans achieved gene editing.
The success of gene editing and modification has not only made humans stronger, but has also completely rid them of the genes, and the answer to almost all human conditions can be found in the genes.
The same applies to Yue Yuan now.
"Hmm, what's going on?" Yue Yuan faced Shi Lifen, pointed to the sofa in the office, and gestured for her to sit down and explain.
He also nodded to Zhu Pete, who was about to leave, signaling him to stay and listen.
Yue Yuan's office is not in the living area of Lyra, so there is no Gravity Environment simulated by inertial forces. In such an environment, setting up a sofa would be redundant. However, when the Lyra was designed, such places were designed in the old way according to human habits, which is why there was a sofa.
Of course, it's not an ordinary sofa, but a sofa with magnetic attraction. Once the human uniform's magnetic field is activated, it will be attracted to the sofa.
"The results show that your cell activity, base pairing, and transcription and reverse transcription processes are all within the acceptable range for human enhancement data, and the relevant anti-aging genes are also in a normal stage. In other words, we have determined that your current Life Elixir is still within its validity period." Shi Lifen let her body slowly float towards the sofa, and then activated the magnetic field adsorption effect.
"That's impossible. I'm sure the hibernation period is over. You should have checked my hibernation records as well." Yue Yuan floated to the sofa opposite Shi Lifen.
Zhu Pete was a little confused; he still didn't understand what the two of them were talking about.
"Yes, that's the strange thing. Our tests clearly show that it's still within the expiration date of the Life Elixir. I can't speak for other tests, but we're absolutely certain that this test is correct." Shi Lifen frowned, clearly confused as well. After a pause, she brushed her bangs aside and continued, "Well, based on this, we speculate that the conclusion of a 500-year efficacy back then might have been due to insufficient technology."
"Guess? Maybe?" Yue Yuan frowned as well.
By saying this, isn't Shi Lifen implying that with current human technology, we still can't find the real reason? "Yes," Shi Lifen said without hesitation, "Our conclusion is the same as the one we reached in the Earth Era: the efficacy is still five hundred years. But this is obviously unscientific, because if that were true, the Chief should already be entering the normal aging stage."
Of course, this inspection didn't leave us empty-handed. We discovered that the Longevity Factor in the total length seems to have evolved, or rather, cycled, at some point, around the end of the previous five hundred years. However, we have no idea what caused it or at what level it occurred.
Some colleagues speculate that this phenomenon may occur at a level even smaller than gene bases, and that the causes of various phenomena that we cannot understand may lie in the realm of particles and uncertainty.
This goes beyond the scope of biology, or even traditional Life Science; it requires collaborative research from scientists across various fields, particularly Particle Physics and microphysics.
Listening to Shi Lifen's words, which sounded so mysterious, Yue Yuan muttered to himself.
"Chief, it's said that Life Elixir come in universal and non-universal types!" Just as Yue Yuan was deep in thought, Shi Lifen stopped the conversation and asked.
"Yes, this information comes from the Crimson Flame Civilization Database, so it shouldn't be wrong." Yue Yuan nodded.
Shi Lifen looked up at Yue Yuan and said seriously, "That's it. You should know that neither we nor the Crimson Flame Civilization have been able to develop any Universal Life Elixir. This shows that it is something more advanced than the potions we have, at least in principle. I think it's normal for something like this to have such a helpless change. Perhaps the five hundred years of lifespan effect it showed on the Chief is just a manifestation of some intrinsic attribute of it."
If its fundamental principles and operating mechanisms truly lie within the realm of uncertainty, then I think that Red Gas from back then might be something that transcends biological characteristics; it doesn't affect living organisms themselves, but rather microscopic Elementary Particle."
When in doubt, Quantum Mechanics.
Upon hearing this, Yue Yuan couldn't help but think, "Isn't that exactly what Shi Lifen meant?"
Of course, Yue Yuan knew she wasn't talking nonsense.
At this moment, Shi Lifen paused briefly before continuing, "Or rather, entropy, Negative Entropy."
"Negative Entropy?!" Yue Yuan exclaimed in surprise, then looked at Shi Lifen's beautiful face and said seriously, "Life feeds on Negative Entropy!"
The idea that life feeds on Negative Entropy is a concept proposed by Schrödinger, meaning that life relies on absorbing Negative Entropy from the external environment to maintain and develop. This is an important viewpoint of the information science school of biology, and it first appeared in the book "What is Life?" by Austrian physicist Schrödinger.