Live Broadcast of Hibernation Technology!

Song He waited impatiently for ten minutes, and the live broadcast resumed.

"Welcome back! I just contacted the live broadcast platform, and they have activated the backup server, which should stabilize things!" Wei Liqun said, lacking confidence, "There's no way around it, everyone's enthusiasm is too overwhelming!"

"Back to the main topic, the reasons for the two major forward-looking press conferences!"

"The first reason is that the technology to be announced this time will profoundly subvert inherent human concepts. We need to give everyone some time in advance to digest the information and discuss accepting the birth of this technology, so that they won't be at a loss when the technology matures in the future."

"The second reason is that although the technology is not yet mature, it has a certain urgency. Announcing it in advance allows those who need it to make reservations in advance, to avoid too many people missing the opportunity."

Wei Liqun paused, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, "Before officially announcing the new technology, let me tell you a little story!"

"The story comes from chapters nine and ten of Journey to the West."

"The Jing River Dragon King violated the heavenly rules and, according to the law, was to be escorted to the Dragon Slicing Platform to be beheaded. Wei Zheng, who was responsible for the execution, was a subject of Emperor Taizong of Tang, so the Dragon King appeared in Emperor Taizong's dream to beg for mercy. Emperor Taizong gladly agreed, saying that since Wei Zheng was to carry out the execution, he could save him!"

"On the day the Dragon King was to be executed, Emperor Taizong deliberately summoned Wei Zheng to the palace to play chess. Wei Zheng dozed off during the game, but Emperor Taizong didn't wake him. As a result, just as Wei Zheng woke up, Qin Shubao shouted loudly outside the court gate, carrying a bloody dragon head, saying that it had fallen from the clouds at the Crossroads."

"Emperor Taizong was shocked, but Wei Zheng remained calm, saying that he had beheaded the dragon in a dream just now. Emperor Taizong was worried, having promised to protect the Dragon King's life, thinking that keeping an eye on Wei Zheng's physical body would be enough, but he didn't expect that he could also behead the dragon in a dream."

"After the Dragon King arrived in the underworld, he was furious and complained to the King of Hell, who sent a judge to the human world to bring Emperor Taizong to the underworld for a trial."

"Emperor Taizong's soul followed the judge to the underworld, and after a few words with the King of Hell, he explained that he was not responsible for the Dragon King's death. The King of Hell was also easy to talk to and asked the judge to fetch the Book of Life and Death to see how much lifespan Emperor Taizong had left."

"The judge brought the Book of Life and Death, which stated that the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in Jambudvipa was destined to live for thirteen years of the Zhenguan era, and his lifespan was about to end. The judge was shocked and secretly took out a brush, adding two horizontal strokes above and below the 'one', turning it into thirty-three years of the Zhenguan era!"

"The King of Hell took the Book of Life and Death and asked how many years His Majesty had been on the throne. Emperor Taizong said thirteen years. The King of Hell breathed a sigh of relief and said that there were still twenty years left. The case was clear, and he asked Emperor Taizong to return to the world."

Wei Liqun finished the story, and the audience at the press conference couldn't help but stir, each with an incredulous expression.

Everyone was naturally familiar with the story in Journey to the West, having watched it countless times as children, but at this moment, Wei Liqun's telling of it made everyone wildly speculate about the hidden meaning!

The live broadcast room's chat also exploded, with the number of messages increasing rapidly, reaching millions per second!

Sure enough, the live broadcast went black again, freezing!

Song He and Xiang Xiaotong browsed the news on their phones, and netizens were leaving messages and discussing under the press conference news posts, and everything was in an uproar.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! What does Wei Liqun mean by telling this story?"

"Resurrection after death?"

"Terrifying to think about! Terrifying to think about! Isn't this just a story about resurrection?"

"Crap, the marketing accounts actually guessed it right. I thought it was a new type of defibrillator or something, but the atmosphere doesn't feel like it. It feels like they're introducing a technology that can truly resurrect the dead!"

The live broadcast platform was working desperately to keep things running, and after only two minutes, the live broadcast resumed.

Wei Liqun stood on the stage waiting, reached out and pressed his earpiece, and then picked up the microphone:

"The live broadcast platform has been successfully repaired, welcome back!"

"Everyone is probably familiar with the story I just told, the two Generals guarding the palace gates from ghosts in Journey to the West, and Emperor Taizong's soul returning to the world in the underworld!"

"Our Chenghuang Company founder, Mr. Song He, also told this story at a project mobilization meeting!"

"Did you tell it?" Xiang Xiaotong turned her head and asked.

"No way, I never told it." Song He shrugged, "It's commercial promotion, you have to tell a story to give users a point of memory."

On stage, Wei Liqun continued to boast:

"Song He said that in the whole story, the character that impressed him the most was the judge, who relied on a brush to lightly add two strokes, deceiving the Ten Kings of Hell and allowing Emperor Taizong to live for twenty more years!"

"In Journey to the West, the Book of Life and Death is an important prop. When Sun Wukong stormed the underworld, he also grabbed the Books of Life and Death of his monkeys and grandchildren, indiscriminately scribbling on them and erasing all their names."

"Later, some people saw some monkeys near Flower-Fruit Mountain who looked overly old and decrepit, and it was rumored that they were the monkeys whose names had been erased from the Book of Life and Death that year. Because they had no names, they were forgotten by the soul-reaping ghosts, and thus quietly lived for hundreds or thousands of years."

"After Song He finished telling these stories at the company meeting, he asked all the participants if there was any scientific way to revise the Book of Life and Death?"

"A small revision, such as adding two horizontal strokes above and below the 'one' in lifespan to extend it for a period of time, or a major revision, directly erasing it, so that when the King of Hell and the ghosts check the Book of Life and Death, they can't find this person!"

Wei Liqun paused, looked around the room, and emphasized:

"Don't say it, there really is a scientific way to revise the Book of Life and Death!"

"That is the human hibernation technology that has been mentioned in countless science fiction novels!"

"Preserved in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius, decay will halt, aging will cease, and the speed of chemical reactions will approach zero. Time will seem to transform from flowing water into solidified ice, allowing the human body to be preserved for hundreds or even thousands of years!"

"Even if the soul appears to have entered the underworld, as long as the temperature rises, it can still return to the body and be revived!"

"A person suffering from a terminal illness can be cryogenically frozen, hibernating and waiting for medical technology to advance before being thawed and treated!"

"Of course, the concept of human hibernation is not new. In the last century, wealthy individuals had themselves frozen, hoping to be thawed in the next century for eternal life. However, the results were poor, with many frozen individuals found to have internal bleeding and organ damage. Thawing was indefinitely postponed."

"Countless medical companies have announced the development of hibernation technology, but they haven't truly researched it, or they researched it but failed. The initial intention behind the announcements was simply to inflate stock prices, using false prospects to swindle money from the stock market."

"Chenghuang is not listed, so it doesn't need to raise money through the stock market. Chenghuang is very popular, so it doesn't need to play GG. Most importantly, Chenghuang's corporate culture doesn't allow hype on matters without certainty."

"We have assembled an army of scholars and invested heavily, researching hibernation technology early on. After countless setbacks, we have finally made some progress!"

Wei Liqun suddenly announced loudly:

"Next, I want to pray that the live broadcast room remains stable and doesn't crash, because we will be broadcasting live, demonstrating the latest progress in hibernation technology!"

"Please welcome Nobel Laureate Antonio, Director of the Chenghuang Institute Lu Chengen, and all the core members of the hibernation technology team to the stage!"

Applause thundered, and the expressions of the audience were exaggerated.

The netizens in the live broadcast room also went crazy, with barrages of comments flying across the screen.

"Holy crap, a live broadcast?"

"Stop sending comments! Let the live broadcast room stabilize!"

"Terrifying, are they going to thaw someone live?"

"Are they going to hibernate someone live?"