Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 136 - 137: The Century of the Biological (Extra for Alliance Hierarch "Entomologist")

Chapter 136: Chapter 137: The Century of the Biological (Extra for Alliance Hierarch “Entomologist”)

In the time that followed, life returned to its former, mundane routine: browsing news updates, studying some new knowledge, teasing Lin Xuanyuan, and simply waiting for messages from Earth.

Lin Xuanyuan was a rather pleasant girl, often accompanying him to read books and study. Having the companionship of a member of the opposite sex certainly diluted the tedium of life.

Over this period of study, Zhang Yuan was surprised to discover that basic physics hadn’t made any significant breakthroughs. The discovery of the graviton seemed like nothing more than a dying flash, failing to give birth to a new industrial system.

Scientists racked their brains, establishing various different theoretical systems, but for many reasons, they couldn’t continue to verify these theories through experiments.

Thus, these theories turned into castles in the air…

Even condensed matter physics had gradually lost its vitality…

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No discipline can remain popular for centuries. In terms of condensed matter, what could be figured out has been figured out; what couldn’t be remains a mystery to this day.

Now, after hundreds of years of being led on, the century of biology had finally arrived fashionably late.

Biological studies flourished, with a swarm of talent pouring in, resulting in all kinds of fantastic ideas. Humans have an endless desire for long life, and with the profound complexity of protein language, studying it for a few hundred years was not an issue.

Anyway, to date, humans have not been able to artificially synthesize true life; there’s still a long way to go.

“What’s this? KSP protein language. You’ve got a lot to learn, doctor, my friend?”

Lin Xuanyuan looked in the mirror and said, “I think living too long isn’t necessarily a good thing. If I lived to be eighty, my face full of wrinkles and utterly hideous, it would be better to die… Having experienced everything worth experiencing, what’s the point in living longer?”

Zhang Yuan wondered, “Experienced everything? Have you experienced what it’s like to be a woman?”

Lin Xuanyuan blushed, “What the heck, can’t I experience that for myself?”

Zhang Yuan quickly changed the subject, “When you’re eighty, you’ll definitely cling to life in fear of death, thinking about how you should keep living, wishing you could live to be eight hundred!”

“You’re the one who’s afraid of death! But it’s true, people’s ideas do differ at each stage of their life. If I still look beautiful then, living on wouldn’t be so bad…”

Zhang Yuan laughed, “It’s simple, bionics, synthetic skin, just transplant your brain into it and that’s that…”

His fingers slid across the screen, flipping to another piece of news.

…

What’s even more peculiar is that the tone of this news report didn’t criticize or chastise; instead, it took a business-as-usual attitude and even welcomed tourists from other places to participate.

In fact, this kind of unconventional “matrimonial event” had nothing to do with the world being in a cold war. It was the exceedingly long lifespans that began to cause the traditional family system to decline, leading to this so-called “immoral” phenomenon.

Or rather, people nowadays didn’t consider this trend to be immoral. It was as simple as eating or drinking water, and even if one contracted some disease in the process, it could be easily cured.

“The extension of the average lifespan can change the entire social atmosphere… It’s truly degenerate.”

“What’s not to like? For you guys, this is practically heaven on Earth! Look at this girl… what a figure!” Lin Xuanyuan peered curiously and said with a laugh.

Although she was inwardly opposed to such behavior, she couldn’t help but tease Zhang Yuan.

Those from the 23rd century, though relatively open, were still more conservative compared to this era.

“Don’t blame it all on men! It takes two to tango… Women can be pretty lustful too. Besides, do you really think I’m the kind of person who needs blind dating?”

“Definitely. If not through blind dating, how else would you find a partner?”

“Alright, I’m going to go rest; this is making my head spin,” said Zhang Yuan. “This is fixed now, here you go.”

He placed a cell phone lightly on her desk. It was nothing more than a matter of fixing an electronic device. Over so many years, despite being preserved in a vacuum, many electronic products had mysteriously broken down.

Fortunately, he had brought a lot of electronic components with him, so fixing the phone wasn’t too troublesome.

“Thank you so much. Without my phone, I was almost going crazy!”

…

Days went by…

“The century of biology, not physics, it’s really disappointing.”

This kind of sigh was often heard in the office.

“The new report is out!” Zhang Yuan shouted.

“Let’s watch it together, let’s watch it!” A crowd gathered around in a rush.

…

“They dare not fight, they can only stand off against each other.”

“…It’s all such tedious political strife.”

After criticizing for a while and finding that the cold war had no end in sight, the crowd dispersed.

Zhang Yuan could only offer a bitter smile and shake his head.

As the cold war persisted and the economy receded, the Deep Space Foundation could no longer obtain various confidential materials.

The latest space weapon information could only be seen in the news, used as a deterrent between powers.

Naturally, Zhang Yuan and his colleagues had no way to learn the construction and principles within.

Various political events, smoggy and murky; after seeing so many, they seemed quite boring. Moreover, every report looked more or less the same.

“Do you think humans can achieve eternal life?” Zhang Yuan suddenly asked. “If biological technology continues to develop into eternity, the whole world might be different.”

“Eternal life?”

His former colleague, Senior Brother Zhao, had already entered a hibernation state, and another colleague in the office was a Dr. Sun.

“Hibernation technology is close to eternal life, isn’t it? Besides that, achieving true eternal life might be more difficult,” Dr. Sun pointed to his own brain. “So far, humans have not figured out the true nature of self-awareness. Or to put it another way, self-awareness is linked to quantum mechanics. Without a breakthrough in quantum mechanics, it’s not possible to unravel the true mystery of self-awareness.”

“So, for now, eternal life is unrealistic.”

Zhang Yuan sighed deeply. Without understanding the origin of self-awareness, it’s impossible to crack the human brain completely, leaving eternal life technology without a starting point.

No matter how advanced life-extension technology becomes, the human brain will ultimately age and die.