Noah did not need to use Pure Gold for the time being.
After all, he was only 24 years old at the time, and his body could still be further trained and strengthened. If he wore Pure Gold at this time, it would prevent him from improving his strength.
Of course, this does not mean that Noah gave up using Pure Gold.
After taking control of the lanternfish, Vic released it and then Noah allowed it to live within the Sky Empire, but it was forbidden to attack human ships and islands.
As for Dr. Acier and his daughter Olga, they were sent to the moon by Noah.
Although the father and daughter had conflicts and misunderstandings, it was their family matter, and Noah had no intention of interfering. He simply told them to calm down and think about how they wanted to live their lives from now on.
Vic and his companions remained in the New World to reshape the ley lines.
Robin returns to the Sky Empire headquarters.
Noah then traveled to the Moon Governorate.
The Moon Palace City in the Moon Governorate is the Department of Scientific Research headquarters of the Kingdom of Dawn.
Jay, Ladget, Andy, Luo, Caesar, and Musshuru, among others, are all engaged in various scientific research work here.
However, their research each had its own focus.
Jay utilizes his Graphite-Graphite Fruit to focus on graphite applications, the Sun, graphene superconductors, graphene chips, and the like.
Because of the Munch-Munch Fruit, Ladget mainly researches new material synthesis and mechanical manufacturing.
Andy's Sick-Sick Fruit, Musshuru's Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit, and Law's Op-Op Fruit all lean towards the biological and medical types.
Caesar's Gas-Gas Fruit didn't offer much advantage for his scientific research; he primarily focused on Artificial Devil Fruit, Lineage Factor, and cyborg technology.
In addition, Moon Palace City has more than twenty other key laboratories.
Dr. Acier, who had just been brought over, was assigned to the new materials laboratory to work with Ladget on research into new materials.
The reason it wasn't to Andy Andy's disease research lab, or Luo's surgical lab, or Musshuru's microbiology lab.
The reason is very simple: Dr. Acier was a chemist, not a physician. He invented Pure Gold to delay the onset of Olga's illness, and he was not an expert in medicine.
Noah arrived at the surgical laboratory with most of the Pure Gold.
Luo, who was busy modifying a test subject, saw Noah dragging a large iron ball in and asked curiously:
" Noah's family, what brings you here? Is there anything I can help you with?"
"I found something good on the seabed of the New World today," Noah said, as he peeled away the iron sand covering the Pure Gold surface.
In an instant, a strong golden light filled the entire reception room.
"What is that? It's so bright!" Luo was so blinded by the golden light that he could barely open his eyes.
Noah gave him a pair of sunglasses, explaining, "This is the legendary Pure Gold."
" Pure Gold?" Luo was stunned for a moment, then asked excitedly, "Could it be the legendary Pure Gold that can grant immortality?"
"Yes, are you surprised?"
"Can this thing really grant immortality?" Luo walked up to the Pure Gold sphere, cut off a small piece with a scalpel, and then used his ability to scan it carefully.
"I've checked and tested it, and this thing does indeed have the effect of granting immortality, but..."
Hearing Noah's tone, Luo knew things weren't that simple. "However? It seems this thing has a flaw."
"However, this stuff has a side effect: it can prevent the user's cells from dividing. You should be aware of the consequences of cells not dividing."
Upon hearing this, Luo understood the drawback of Pure Gold: "It will prevent the body from growing and developing..."
Suddenly, Luo remembered an even more serious problem. "If we can't grow and develop, it also means we can't increase our strength through training, which will prevent us from improving our abilities."
Noah nodded. "That's the drawback. For those of us who need to cultivate, wearing Pure Gold is definitely not an option during periods of rapid growth in strength."
While examining the Pure Gold, Luo pondered Noah's purpose in bringing Pure Gold with him.
Since it's not for immortality, it must be related to medical technology.
Soon, Luo understood Noah's intention.
" The Noah family intends to use Pure Gold as a rescue technique, or in conjunction with cryopreservation technology."
"That's right, that's why I brought Pure Gold to the surgical laboratory."
Pure Gold can solidify biological cells. Although this solidification is not complete, it can extend the lifespan of organisms by at least several tens of times. If combined with human cryopreservation technology, the life extension effect could reach tens of thousands of years.
As for its use in emergency care, it's just one of its minor applications.
Previously, Law had been working hard to develop the Op-Op Fruit. He hoped to Awakening the fruit's power as soon as possible and then use Barton's Swap-Swap Fruit to perform an Eternal Youth Surgery on Noah.
It now appears that the Eternal Youth Surgery of the Op-Op Fruit is not the only means to achieve immortality.
In fact, Noah and Law had discussed the so-called Eternal Youth Surgery a long time ago.
Before the Devil Fruit Awakening, Luo doesn't know how to make living beings immortal.
Noah, through various information from the original timeline of the One Piece world and his knowledge from his previous life, devised the most likely method for achieving immortality.
The key to this method lies in the Devil Fruit.
To be precise, it should be the Zoan Devil Fruit.
Noah's envisioned Eternal Youth Surgery involves using the power of the Op-Op Fruit to perform core modifications on Zoan Fruit users, fusing the information body of the Zoan Devil Fruit with the user's soul.
If the fusion is successful, the user will possess the hidden characteristic of the Devil Fruit: immortality.
After all, users of Devil Fruit die, but Devil Fruit do not; they can be reborn continuously.
The Five Elders and Imu must both be Zoan-type Devil Zoan users of the Mythical Zoan.
Why are only Zoan Devil Fruit allowed to perform Eternal Youth Surgery?
The answer is very simple.
Zoan Devil Fruit possess biological characteristics, Paramecia and Logia fruits do not. The Op-Op Fruit can only be used on living beings, especially for surgeries that involve fundamental life processes.
This is equivalent to transplanting a portion of an organ from Zoan Devil Fruit into the user.
If it's Paramecia or Logia, then these two types of Devil Fruit are concepts or elements in themselves, and there's no way to transplant them to the user.
This modification of the Op-Op Fruit also reminded Noah of two other technologies: Artificial Devil Fruit technology and Lineage Factor technology.
Why was Vegapunk able to create the Pink Dragon Fruit?
It is clear that Vegapunk has mastered some of the technology for extracting and transplanting Devil Fruit information.
Will there be any problems with the Devil Fruit whose information has been extracted?
Based on the current situation, it shouldn't affect the original Devil Fruit.
However, extracting information from Devil Fruit and then creating Artificial Devil Fruit, or transplanting them into human bodies, carries extremely high risks.
After all, in the original timeline, the Artificial Devil Fruit created by Caesar exhibited serious side effects.
Implanting the Devil information to achieve immortality is undoubtedly extremely difficult, which is why Devil Fruit User the Op-Op Fruit must pay the ultimate price after undergoing the Eternal Youth Surgery.
Furthermore, Noah estimated that to be a candidate for the Eternal Youth Surgery, one must meet the prerequisite of Devil Fruit Awakening.
Without the Devil Fruit Awakening, transplanting the Devil information would most likely turn them into mindless orcs similar to the Jailer Beasts.