Chapter 168 So, what is the price?

The feeling of rejuvenation is exhilarating, and the process is not a disgusting experiment that is hard to accept.

Putting aside the hatred between races, Angers felt that if dragons and humans could reach a compromise on lifespan, the conflict between the two sides could be eased a lot.

“How does this technology consume?”

Angers asked, "If the target group is expanded to hundreds or thousands of people, will the cost, or should I say, your authority, be able to bear it?"

"Consumption?"

Xia Mi seemed to have heard a very funny joke, and then she started to count with her fingers in a very professional manner.

"I calculated that repairing an old man like you would probably consume about 30 kilograms of sea fish."

"Of course, if you don't like seafood, you can switch to land livestock."

Ange looked at me as if he was kidding me.

"The consumption is indeed not great, but the conditions to achieve it are also very harsh. It involves the authority of the Dragon King, and there is also the support of the physiological characteristics of dragons, cocooning. Only by combining them can we achieve the restoration of physiological age."

Lu Mingfei took over the conversation and began to explain.

Although such a miracle is indeed easy for the Dragon King, it can only be done by the Dragon King at present.

After all, except for the Dragon King, even the next generation cannot guarantee the mental safety during the process of rebuilding their own bodies, let alone guarantee the safety of others, because they have no such experience.

Only the Dragon King, who is closer to a spiritual life form in the classification of species on Earth, has the conditions to protect the other party's spirit when helping him build a physical body.

"If the hybrids want to replicate this, they must first decipher the secret of the cocooning process, and secondly, ensure the mental safety during the process. As long as these two points can be overcome, the life span of humans will be greatly increased, including ordinary people."

Lu Mingfei has always felt that humans who always say that immortality is painful are just sour grapes because they can't eat them.

You have never experienced immortality, so how can you say that this practice, which can obviously greatly extend the life cycle of an individual, is painful?
He hopes that all intelligent life on this earth can live forever, and the various problems that follow can be slowly solved. The extension of the life cycle represents more possibilities, and problems need to be solved, not avoided.

At least it won't be more acute than the current conflict between humans and dragons over lifespan and power.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei is not afraid of this technology being monopolized. With him around, he is fully capable of delivering the iron fist of justice to anyone who wants to use his technology to satisfy their own selfish desires.

In fact, Lu Mingfei felt that Odin's alchemy that allowed for mental projection was more suitable.

There is no need to consider the original body, just cultivate a healthy body, project the spirit into it, and then discard it.

But this approach has a serious ethical problem.

Since the spirit can be projected onto a constructed body, then by killing a person's spirit and then projecting the spirit, would it be possible to replace that person's identity?

You will be able to have everything that this identity has, and human testing methods, apart from discovering a drastic change in your temperament, will not be able to find any problems, whether it is bloodline inspiration or genetic testing.

In view of the moral standards displayed by the major mixed-race organizations, Lu Mingfei felt that it would be better for him to keep his thoughts to himself for the time being.

Just because dragons can identify life through spiritual sensing doesn't mean humans can do the same.

He doesn't want the world to fall into a large-scale werewolf killing.

"If you are interested, I suggest that you can conduct research on these cases during the recovery process after you have decided on the candidates, but we cannot always cooperate with you."

Lu Mingfei’s first goal is to use the rejuvenation technology to quickly build a powerful space exploration team to preserve the fire for the future doomsday.

"Alchemy, dragon script, we will make the information available to you. If you want to decipher any dragon technology, you can look up the texts and study it yourself."

"The Dragon King cannot spend his time on things like rejuvenating humans. We have more important things to do."

An De nodded. It was good to have a direction. The most frightening thing about research was having no direction. Just like the hybrids who had been exploring ways to seize the power and status of dragons, but after the path to becoming a god was cut off, they had no direction. Many people became obsessed and could only use the most brutal exhaustive method.

Well, with the lives of my compatriots.

"If the conditions for mass life extension are met, as long as the quantity is sufficient, your plan to conduct space exploration is completely feasible."

There was no way the gentlemen, lying in bed with catheters inserted or in the 'freezer' waiting to be awakened, would disagree.

There was just one thing that puzzled Angers.

Why did the dragons go to such great lengths this time, taking advantage of Lu Mingfei's current identity to actively cooperate with humans and want to rely on human power to explore space?
Ange recalled what he knew about the history of dragons, and his expression changed.

"Wait, I have a question."

he asked tentatively.

"The reason you seek cooperation is because of the prophecy of doomsday?"

"Yeah, so we need to hurry."

In such a hurry, the Dragon King was forced to cooperate with humans to escape from this planet?
Damn, this prophecy can't be true?

Ange confirmed to Lu Mingfei solemnly.

"Do you think the predicted doomsday of 2012 will really happen?"

“I would rather believe that something exists than something that doesn’t exist.”

Lu Mingfei shrugged.

“Even if nothing happens by then, does that mean space exploration is no longer necessary?”

"Humanity will eventually have to take this step. Otherwise, where are you going to put the population that will surge in the future due to the significant increase in the overall life expectancy of humans?"

You think too highly of us. As for this research on longevity, by the time you migrate to Mars, those hybrids will probably still be making a fuss.

He was too familiar with the conduct of the old men in the secret party. During that period when technology was not yet popularized, it would have taken a lot of effort just to fight for a ranking.

Well, I just hope to recruit a group of more normal companions, and let Lu Mingfei help clean up the rest.

When he thought of some people in the secret party, Ange couldn't help but sigh.

Those people weren't like this before.

Who wasn't a hero when they were young, being able to reach the top in a mixed-race society where bloodline and strength are the only things that matter?
The sharp blade will not make the brave retreat, and suffering will not make the tenacious bend. Even when facing dragons, these brave warriors can hold up their swords and die bravely.

But there is only time.
Time can make a hero old and turn him into smelly dirt.

Ange shook his head, then straightened his face and resumed his negotiating attitude.

"Please give us an increase in the amount. Specifically, how many people will be involved, and——"

He stood up straight and looked very serious.

The mirror reflected his mature yet unusually young face.

"What's the price?"

(End of this chapter)