After that, Luo Zhen and the others took the luxurious car that seemed to have been specially arranged by Natsuki and returned to the high-class apartment in the western district of the artificial island.
On the way, Nagisa and Aurora had asked Luo Zhen how he planned to resolve Astarde's lifespan problem.
In truth, this problem was not particularly difficult.
"If we go with a relatively orthodox method, we'll have to use magic and sorcery as the primary means, supplemented by technology such as cultivation tanks and calibration equipment, to adjust the Artificial Lifeform's body and slowly restore the life force she's lacking. That should do it."
That was the fairly conventional approach.
Its advantage was that it could definitely help Astarde recover.
Its disadvantage was that it was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and quite troublesome.
"Of course, there's also a more unorthodox method."
Luo Zhen had mentioned that as well.
"As long as we absorb the required life force from another individual, we can restore the lifespan just the same."
Within the scope of Luo Zhen's knowledge, many magi and sorcerers had used such unorthodox methods to obtain extremely long lifespans.
There were even quite a few people like the former Ashiya Douman, who had abandoned their identities as humans and transformed into some unknown kind of existence in order to obtain nearly eternal life.
So, there were many ways to extend an individual's lifespan, but almost none of them were particularly good.
Luo Zhen was preparing to use one of the less desirable methods.
"I can provide Astarde with my own life force. That'll solve her problem."
That was what Luo Zhen had in mind.
Naturally, this met with Nagisa and Aurora's vehement opposition.
"H-How could you do that? Wouldn't that put Yō in great danger...!?"
"I-I believe that would