The Abnormal Lifespan of Indigenous Humans

Gazing at the Indigenous Humans clad in animal hides and covered in dirt, Natalie and the other nine showed varying degrees of disdain.

Low-level beings are just low-level beings.

Chi, the tribal chief, stepped forward, brandishing a stone spear. He let out a roar, attempting to drive back the massive, strangely-shaped monsters.

Unfortunately, the monsters not only failed to retreat but instead advanced into the tribe as one.

Seeing this, even though he was wary of these monsters, Chi had no choice but to lead his tribesmen to charge.

"We can't let them enter the tribe, stop them!"

"Ah? What's this?"

Natalie pulled out a compact, rod-like weapon. As she activated it, powerful currents flickered from its tip, unleashing bolts of electricity.

As expected, there were no surprises. Facing the Aliens with their High Technology, these people had no power to resist and were crushed in an instant.

"Ah..."

Prehistoric humans fell to the ground, convulsing. Their eyes were filled with terror as they looked at the ten individuals.

Natalie sneered.

"This is the difference between us and you, a bunch of low-level beings, hmph."

Knowing they couldn't understand, she still spoke proudly.

After that, without any further incident, the thousand or so people in the tribe were all enslaved by them.

Using their High Technology, they quickly mastered the language of these people, enabling barrier-free communication.

One noon, they began to ask some questions.

Standing before the ten individuals was a young man who looked to be in his early twenties. He was currently very nervous, his eyes showing a hint of fear.

"How long has your tribe been developing here?" Natalie asked the low-level being before her, her tone filled with arrogance.

"About two hundred years, I remember when the chief and I migrated from a plain."

They migrated over two hundred years ago...

Natalie and the others nodded, but their brows furrowed slightly.

For some reason, they felt something was off about his statement, yet they couldn't pinpoint what it was.

After asking a few more questions, a female Alien with a gentler appearance suddenly asked out of curiosity, "How old are you?"

She had merely asked out of curiosity, but she received an answer that exceeded her expectations.

"I'm almost three hundred years old," Meng said nervously.

"What did you say? Three hundred years?"

Exclamations of disbelief rang out one after another. Everyone looked at him with unconvinced eyes.

They already had a good understanding of their lifespans, which was precisely why they couldn't believe it.

"What's the age of your oldest person?" another Alien, who looked young and was named Tim, asked.

Meng, not noticing their strange looks, replied as if it were perfectly reasonable, "Over eight hundred years old."

Natalie froze and instinctively shrieked, "Impossible! Even with our advanced technology, we can only live up to five or six hundred years at most. How can you live so long?"

In her excitement, she blurted it out without thinking.

"What?" Meng asked, confused, not fully understanding her words.

Isn't living that long normal?

Can't they?

Suspicious gazes turned towards the young man one after another.

They didn't believe it!

How could these low-level beings live so long?!

"Don't lie to me! Or else..." Natalie questioned him, "I don't think you'd want to experience painful torture!"

"No, no, no, I wouldn't dare! I'm not lying!" Meng exclaimed, startled and flustered.

Seeing his genuine expression, a question arose in the minds of the ten.

Could it be true?

They suddenly realized that these beings they looked down upon, these low-level creatures, possessed something peculiar that baffled them.

How could normal lifeforms live that long?

If what he said was true, then even they themselves didn't live as long as these Indigenous Humans. How was that possible?

Was that reasonable?

It was not!

After her initial shock, Natalie's face contorted with disgust, convinced the man was talking nonsense.

How could these low-level beings live longer than her?

She absolutely didn't believe it!

"Hmph, if I find out you lied, you're dead!"

She thought that, as a higher life form, she should give this person in front of her a chance to verify if it was true. If, after verification, it turned out to be false...

Hmph!

Without any prior warning, Natalie, amidst Meng's startled cry, opened a small cut on him with her sharp blade in the blink of an eye, then quickly collected a little blood.

"Let's go, we're heading back."

Driven by boredom and disbelief, the ten of them, under Meng's bewildered gaze, quickly left the area, preparing to return and study the sample.

Upon returning to the spaceship, they went directly into the laboratory and, with an incredibly nonchalant attitude, began to study the blood.

As a result, in less than fifteen minutes, shocked shouts erupted one after another.

"This isn't right!"

They were astonished; that native hadn't been lying!

After their research, they discovered that Meng's theoretical lifespan could indeed be that long!

What was going on?

How could this be possible?

Subsequently, after repeated comparisons with other animals, they realized that it was indeed only those natives who had a problem!

For the first time, they felt confusion and shock towards those lower life forms.

After their surprise, they conducted their research even more meticulously.

Then they discovered that those lower life forms had undergone accelerated evolution during a certain period!

This was not normal!

More and more questions piled up in their minds, and they became increasingly perplexed.

Natalie said excitedly, "Why can they live longer than us? This isn't normal! How can some mere lower life forms compare to us!"

The others also frowned. The more they researched, the more confused and strange they felt.

When they realized they couldn't come up with any new findings for the time being, Farouk said, "Since we can't research anything new, why don't we go to that native tribe to look for clues? Perhaps we can make some discoveries."

The others pondered his words for a moment and then nodded one after another.

"You're right."

"Okay..."

The group packed their things and headed back towards the distant tribe.

Before long, they were at the same location, the same people, but this time Natalie and the others no longer had their previous casual demeanor.

Jonas, with a stern expression and a deep voice, asked, "I ask you, why are your lifespans so long?"

"Lifespans?"

Meng looked bewildered and confused. "We've always been like this."

This answer did not satisfy Jonas and the others.

Tim, with his youthful appearance, asked curiously, "Don't you think you live too long compared to the surrounding animals? Haven't you noticed anything strange?"

Meng first shook his head, but then, after thinking about it, he gradually began to feel that something was indeed amiss.

Compared to other animals, had they really lived much longer?

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