My Side Job is a Trader

After experiencing the self-developed operating system of the imaginary number space, I fed back my personal feelings and suggestions to the relevant person in charge. After improvement, I can conduct large-scale internal testing.

The absence of two noisy babies at home made Zhang Xin unable to adapt for a while. After adjusting for a few days, he finally accepted the quiet situation at home during the day.

Quiet and thinking of moving, Zhang Xin simply came to the laboratory to check the research results.

In the past two years, the biological laboratory of Changsheng Science and Technology has been well-known in the circle, especially in the field of life sciences. Changsheng Technology can be said to be at the forefront of the industry, and many scientists have published in the name of the laboratory. No less than hundreds of research papers with pivotal status.

Coupled with the two explosive products Xiaohuandan and Zhuyan Essence, Changsheng Technology has basically achieved a balance of payments, and Zhang Xin no longer needs blood transfusions.

Wei Zhiren led Zhang Xin to visit the laboratory that has been expanded a lot, and he sighed: "It is estimated that there is no biological laboratory like Changsheng Technology in China or even in the world. Everyone is very grateful to you. In particular, you don’t urge everyone, and you don’t have a designated research goal, so that everyone can devote themselves to their respective fields of interest. Sometimes things are so dramatic. If you don’t limit, we will have greater research results .”

Back in the office, Zhang Xin said, "Really? Doing scientific research can't be like doing business. We have to be patient when dealing with scientific research. Maybe a certain topic will not make much progress after ten or twenty years of research, but As long as there is progress, it will promote the progress of human civilization.

Originally, I didn't intend to rely on you to earn money for me. Now that you can achieve self-sufficiency, I am already very satisfied.

Still the same sentence, I will not take a single cent of the money earned by Changsheng Technology. Your laboratory’s scientific research funds come from here. You can use the extra money as a bonus, or distribute it to those teams with tight funds. That's okay, I won't ask too much questions, I just need to report in the end. "

Wei Zhiren nodded repeatedly.

Zhang Xin continued: "By the way, what did you say the laboratory discovered? Can you tell me about it?"

Wei Zhiren said: "No problem, I'll just talk to you about it."

Wei Zhiren knew Zhang Xin's level of biology, so he didn't talk nonsense, and directly communicated with Zhang Xin as a colleague.

"A team previously proposed that if cells can achieve permanent division, will human beings achieve immortality?"

Zhang Xin nodded. This view does not only exist within the Changsheng Science and Technology Laboratory. Basically, many biological research teams agree with this view.

"Later, we studied the pile of infinitely multiplying cancer cells you brought back from the national laboratory. By studying the cell division of cancer cells, we finally solved the problem that cells would collapse after a certain number of divisions."

Zhang Xin said: "Well, isn't that good? In this way, isn't the team's goal of eternal life one step closer?"

Wei Zhiren smiled wryly twice, and said: "We were also very excited at first, but what happened later dispelled this excitement, it can be said that it gave us a heads-up."

Zhang Xin signaled him to continue talking.

"In fact, we later discovered through research that the reason why cells cannot divide permanently is because there is a substance at both ends of chromosomes, which we call telomere substance. Every cell division will consume some telomere substance until the end When the granular matter is exhausted, the cells stop their division activities, and through observation, the final number of cell divisions is about 50 times."

"Then why don't you let the telomeres exist all the time?"

Wei Zhiren said: "Yes, we have indeed thought of this, and we have also realized the means of maintaining telomere substances. Through a substance called telomerase, we can catalyze the continuous increase of telomere substances. In this way, The cell division easily broke through the limit of 50 times, and it can be said that it has basically achieved unlimited division. But accidents still happen."

"Cell collapsed again for no reason?"

Wei Zhiren shook his head and said, "The cells didn't collapse, and the divisions were able to proceed, but after reaching a certain number of divisions, the cells became cancerous, and finally became the same as that pile of cancer cells."

"That is to say, you cultivated cancer cells with your own hands?"

Zhang Xin is usually studying metaphysics and practice, and this is the first time he has heard of such a situation in terms of cells.

Wei Zhiren said helplessly: "Yes, the normal cells that were fine in the end were turned into cancer cells by us. You also know what cancer cells mean to us humans, right?"

Zhang Xin nodded and said, "Cancer, once the cancer spreads, it means death."

"Yeah, we tried to maintain the continuous division of cells in order to prolong the life of cells. As a result, cells can indeed divide permanently, but the final result is that we humans can't bear it at all, so we want to achieve permanent cell division and achieve immortality. This road is completely broken, unless someone can be covered with cancer cells and not die, then this person will have eternal life."

"So there is no way to achieve immortality through scientific means?"

"Yes, some people have suggested that mechanical immortality and consciousness immortality can be realized, the human brain can be preserved, and all others can be replaced by machines, or a method of consciousness transfer can be developed. When the body is on the verge of death, the consciousness can be transferred to the body prepared in advance. "

Zhang Xin is a little fortunate. Fortunately, he did not put his hope of longevity on scientific methods. At present, it seems that achieving longevity through practice is undoubtedly much more reliable.

The two methods of immortality mentioned by Wei Zhiren later are absolutely unacceptable to Zhang Xin. There is only one consciousness or brain left, and the rest are not his own original parts, so is this still himself?

"Professor, which path do you prefer?"

"Consciousness transfer! Remember when we first met? At that time, we discussed for a long time because of consciousness, and I agreed to join the Longevity Science and Technology Laboratory for this reason."

Zhang Xin nodded and said, "Professor, didn't you think of studying metaphysics? After all, since ancient times, there have been many legends about cultivating immortals. Sometimes legends may not be just legends!"

Zhang Xin didn't tell him that he was already on the road of cultivating to become an immortal, and that he was not young, and even mastered some so-called supernatural powers.

Wei Zhiren only knew that Zhang Xin was indeed cultivating, but he always thought that Zhang Xin's practice was the same as those of the masters outside. Through meditation and other methods, he never expected that Zhang Xin was actually practicing Taoism.

Wei Zhiren said: "Metaphysics? Isn't that even more illusory? I don't know where to start. At first I wanted to solve the mystery of true energy, but it turned out that consciousness was involved, so I had to turn to other research directions. If you want to achieve immortality, you still can't avoid consciousness, it seems that I really have to fight to the end, and I have to figure out what consciousness is."