Chapter 306 The Need for Immortality

Although he was angry that Ning Jinli could be so heartless as to shut down the time-space portal, not only preventing him from going there, but also hardening her heart by not coming to see him for fifteen years.

But he also wondered if something had happened over there, causing the time-space portal to close, so she couldn't come even if she wanted to.

But whatever the reason, he had to find out.

The only solution now is to rely on these top researchers from Ning Jinli's world.

However, the other party's response was tantamount to extinguishing any hope.

“It’s not that it’s absolutely impossible,” the physicist pushed up his glasses. “Take that civilization that developed Stone Age technology to its peak as an example again. If the humans in that civilization had a longer lifespan, they might have had a chance to continue their lineage and, before they were completely wiped out, leave their original land and discover metals in new regions, thus allowing their civilization to break through the limitations of development.”

Upon hearing this, the flame of hope that had just been extinguished in Xiao Qidi's heart was rekindled.

He excitedly grabbed the other person's shoulder, "You mean, even if there aren't any materials on our planet that can support time travel technology, maybe we can find them outside of this planet if we live long enough?"

The physicist gasped, "Hiss... Mr. Xiao, please don't get agitated..."

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I was clumsy and hurt you." Xiao Qidi quickly let go.

The physicist rubbed his shoulder and continued:

"Theoretically speaking, this is the most likely direction to be realized. Take space travel for example. Our world already has the capability to carry such vehicles, and we can even travel hundreds of years into space from Earth. However, the human body is too weak and lifespan is too short. Even if we were to travel in such a spacecraft, we would die before we even reach our destination. Even if the spacecraft were to travel at near the speed of light, it would still be as slow as a snail compared to the boundless space of the universe. Even if humans could reproduce on the spacecraft, with each generation burning their lives to succeed the previous one, if our own lifespan is not long enough, this kind of reproduction and succession would still not last long."

“I understand,” Xiao Qidi’s eyes gleamed. “In short, the longer a person lives and the better their physical condition, the more time they have to endure, wait, and seek opportunities to conduct research and make breakthroughs!”

The physicist nodded. "That's right. Time is the greatest enemy of all civilizations, but also their greatest friend. It can always outrun you, but at every stage, it will give you a chance to become stronger and continue racing against it."

There was still hope. Even if it sounded like a fantasy, Xiao Qidi would not give up as long as there was even the slightest hope.

He asked with great enthusiasm, "In the past fifteen years, Xuan Kingdom has experienced explosive development in all aspects, and people's average lifespan has also been increasing. I heard that our average lifespan is now close to fifty years old?"

The other party said, "That's right. If we continue to develop at this rate, in another 10 or 20 years, we can expect to reach an average lifespan of 80 years. Of course, the further we go, the more difficult it will be to extend lifespan, because humans are biological beings, and biological beings have a genetic limit. This is not my area of ​​expertise. We have top biologists in our team who have mastered the most advanced biological technology of our time. I heard from them when I was chatting that we are still exploring ways to break through the genetic limit. We have reached a certain threshold, but it will take time to advance."

"Okay, thank you for telling me so much today. I've taken up a lot of your time. I'll talk to you and the other experts in detail when I have time."

"Mr. Xiao, you're too kind."

After bidding each other farewell, Xiao Qidi hurriedly went to the royal library, locked himself inside, and looked through the biological materials and all the ancient books related to life from the research team.

Immortality.

He needs immortality.

All Chinese people also need longevity!

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Meanwhile, in a lush, dense forest.

Thousands of people with bronze skin gathered together and cheered around a newly built stone tower.

The stone tower is cone-shaped and seven or eight meters high. It is entirely made of neatly arranged stones, each half a meter square, with steps leading up to the top.

The people surrounding the stone tower, their bodies covered by rough cloth, wearing straw sandals, and adorned with head ornaments made of animal bones, feathers, and a few copper pieces.

They lit a bonfire and chanted in an ancient and obscure language.

Then, one of the highest-ranking people, surrounded and kneeling with the others, walked to a stone wall at the foot of the stone tower.

Two more people, judging from their attire and appearance, who were also of high status, solemnly approached him, each carrying a tool in their hands.

These two tools were a bronze chisel and a bronze hammer with a wooden handle.

The chisels and hammers were extremely crudely made, and the bronze parts were visibly contaminated with impurities.

Even these two items are among the best metal tools they can currently make.

The person of the highest rank picked up a chisel and hammer and solemnly carved symbols on the stone wall.

As he carved, the two people beside him read it aloud word by word.

The others, their eyes filled with excitement and admiration, knelt around, listening quietly and observing intently.

What they didn't know was that they were being observed at that moment.

A drone hovered high in the sky, transmitting live footage to a military base over 100 kilometers away.

Meanwhile, several experts were intently watching the large screen in front of them, their eyes brimming with excitement.

"Well, have you seen enough?" an officer in combat uniform asked impatiently.

One of the experts, regaining his composure, said in a slightly trembling voice, "Commander... if I'm not mistaken, this should be... the very beginning of the Mayan civilization in the Americas! It's very likely the first time this civilization formally developed writing! This... this is an epoch-making event!"

“Commander!” the other experts exclaimed.

"Could we have a little more time to conduct our research?"

"I really want to go and see it for myself; it's such a rare opportunity!"

"Commander, I—"

Before they could finish speaking, the commander yelled, "Shut up, all of you! What's so interesting about this? We've already been lenient by letting you look at it for so long! Don't delay our military operations!"

The group was stunned. The leading expert forced himself to speak: "The Mayan civilization is one of the most important human civilizations in the Americas. From its initial emergence to the development of writing, and then to the formation of a systematic system and culture... it contains countless treasures of human civilization. I... I really can't bear to see this civilization perish just as it was about to be formed... I want to talk to Mr. Ninghai about this."

The commander sneered: "No civilization in this world is as important as our conquest plan. You don't need to talk to him. I've already consulted him, and his order is to continue sweeping everything in its path!"

"Huh?!" The leading expert could hardly believe it. His eyes widened as he grabbed the commander's shoulder and said, "No way! Mr. Ning Hai promised me he would give us plenty of time to conduct our research!"

The commander kicked him to the ground, drew his pistol from his waist, and coldly said:

"It has been fifteen years since Mr. Ning Hai brought the entire island base here. Each of us has become a warrior to conquer this world. Only you few are left who are only interested in studying the bullshit civilization of this era and often hinder our progress in conquest. Mr. Ning has already ordered me to execute you."

"What?!"

The experts turned pale instantly.

The leading expert tried to plead a few more words, but before he could utter a single sentence, the commander shot him in the head, killing him instantly.

"You witnessed the birth of the Mayan civilization's writing system in this era. In your view, this was a very significant period, and you should be able to die without regrets, right? Hahahaha!"

After the commander finished speaking, he killed the remaining men one by one without hesitation.

Looking at the corpses lying scattered on the ground, he sneered, "We don't care about any human civilization in this world, nor do we need to care about it."

"Men, throw the body out and destroy it! Hunting squad, move out!"

At a command.

Several bodies were dragged outside the tent.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen fully armed armored vehicles and logistics vehicles set off from the base and headed toward the direction located by the drone.

Along the way, the hunting party encountered scattered Native American tribes.

There were as few as a dozen people and as many as over a hundred.

But they were powerless against these ruthless killing machines.

One night passed.

As the morning sun shines on the forest.

The stone pagoda was bathed in golden light, and even the dense, ancient characters carved on the stone walls of its base seemed to exude a tender vitality.

The person who finished carving the words was lifted high by the crowd, who cheered and praised him.

Just then, a rustling sound arose.

Everyone thought a large, ferocious beast had broken in, and the guards quickly grabbed their weapons.

These weapons were mainly made of stone and animal bones, with a small portion fitted with crude bronze. Whenever a wild beast dared to appear, they would swarm it and kill it.

The commotion grew louder and louder, and the grass, taller than a person, kept swaying.

thump--

A figure tumbled out of the bushes.

The group of people holding weapons paused for a moment, looking puzzled, but remained vigilant and did not immediately launch an attack.

The person who emerged from the bushes was even smaller, with only his vital parts covered by animal hides. He was a typical member of an indigenous tribe, but he was bleeding profusely and on the verge of death, struggling to utter cries for help.

A man holding a weapon slowly approached, poked at her with a wooden stick, and asked a few questions in gibberish.

To them, these scattered tribal groups were backward barbarians. They had clashed with them many times, but always maintained their own territories, and no barbarian ever came to them for help.

This is rather strange.

After managing to say a few words, the tribesman pointed behind him, then died with his eyes wide open, his face still bearing an expression of extreme terror.

The person asking the question also changed his expression drastically, stood up, and issued a loud warning to the remaining thousands of people.

However, before the others could react...

Then I heard a whoosh.

A lightning-fast shadow flashed through the dense forest and slammed into the stone tower they had just finished building the night before.

Bang!

An explosion was heard, and flames and thick smoke billowed up.

Dozens of people standing next to the stone tower were torn to pieces on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions were heard.

They didn't even know what was happening.

The most powerful warrior in the crowd died before he could even find an opponent.

When the explosions stopped, armored vehicles drove out of the thick smoke, crushing the shattered corpses on the ground, and continued forward without stopping.

Over the next ten days, the hunting party razed all the remaining Mayan settlements in the surrounding area, leaving no one alive, regardless of age or gender, and massacred tens of thousands of people in total.

The Mayan civilization, which was about to be born on the American continent, was thus coldly and ruthlessly wiped out in its infancy.

As this hunting squad emerged from the jungle and reached the western coast of the continent, where they encountered the vast Pacific Ocean, and then joined up with other armored hunting squads, it was declared that there was no place on the American continent that they had not conquered.

Stretching from the Northern Hemisphere to the western coast of the Americas, numerous military bases and ports have already been built, while countless transportation routes have been established with the main base located in the center of the Americas.

Inside the Americas headquarters, in the middle of a large area, the shape of a huge island can be vaguely seen.

Fifteen years ago, an accident occurred at the island base where Ning Hai was located. At the critical moment, he took a gamble and used the immense energy of spacetime to directly transfer the entire island over through the spacetime channel.

He and most of the personnel at the island base survived, and most of the research data and equipment were preserved.

Then he became the supreme ruler, continuing to advance military operations here and plundering all the world's resources even more frantically.

In a magnificent, gilded conference room.

Ning Hai, dressed in an exquisite and gorgeous robe, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a pure gold wine glass, and tasting the wine.

Behind him was a huge long table made of precious wood, with countless top-quality natural gemstones of various colors inlaid on the tabletop.

Dozens of men in suits were sitting on chairs around a long table, taking turns to speak and report to Ninghai.

"Our population has reached 300,000. All newborns born within the last 15 years, regardless of gender, have undergone the most rigorous soldier training, and the results have been remarkable."

"The number of killing beasts created through the fusion of species genes has reached the millions, of which about 10,000 are elite beasts. The next step is to put the modification technology into our warrior modification program."

"A total of 251 military bases of varying sizes have been built in the Americas, and all four seaports on the west coast are already in operation."

"In terms of energy, it is still not keeping up with the speed of our weapon upgrades, especially the time-space shuttle platform, which can only be operated once a month for half an hour each time."

"In the original world, the Advent Society has completely taken control of the Saint-Philippine Empire and, following our instructions, continues to create trouble and try to curb the development of China. However... the situation has not met our expectations, and we are considering providing more support."

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