As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 222: Life Extension Potion
Because Zheng Li deployed biological cloud servers in marine organisms throughout the Pacific Ocean.

Some of the cells in these marine organisms have taken on new functions.

When marine organisms are caught from the ocean and cooked at high temperatures, the biological computing functions of their cells will be destroyed.

Once destroyed, the biological computing function cannot be transferred again.

But Neon loves to eat sashimi, and they call it tasting the original flavor of food.

This resulted in some people in Japan also serving as part of the computing power of Zhengli Bio Cloud.

Experienced diners of neon sashimi can taste the subtle differences in the flavor of marine life.

However, they would not associate it with magic, but just secretly lamented that ocean pollution has become more serious.

After Wiles uploaded the latest artificial intelligence they developed, the primary artificial intelligence in charge of the biological cloud discovered that the multi-layer neural network algorithm it contained could help it improve its computing power.

It may even be possible to achieve a breakthrough and become intermediate-level artificial intelligence.

The Mage Alliance has an evaluation system for artificial intelligence.

There are strict standards to distinguish between beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

Zheng Li is not a specialist in artificial intelligence research, but modern wizards all have some programming skills.

Zheng Li simply copied the ready-made demo from his memory and created a basic artificial intelligence.

Obviously, primary artificial intelligence is many years ahead of Blue Star's existing artificial intelligence technology, but that does not mean that Blue Star's cutting-edge technology is of no help to it.

Wiles' breakthrough in multi-layer neural networks has given hope for a breakthrough in primary artificial intelligence.

In particular, the computing power of BioCloud is greater than that of all Bluestar public clouds combined. With the support of computing power and data, Zheng Lineng can carry out secondary development of the multi-layer neural network algorithm.

The reason why Zheng Li set artificial intelligence as a subject is because the current primary artificial intelligence can do too little.

He needs more advanced artificial intelligence to assist him.

The primary artificial intelligence reported the code and program uploaded by Wiles to Zheng Li.

Zheng Li was greatly inspired after reading it. "Although it cannot pass the Heber test, the value contained in it is inestimable."

"Since the people of Blue Star have shown their potential, I should give them some appropriate rewards."

Zheng Li was thinking in his heart what reward to give to Wiles.

He cultivated magical plants on Clark Island and made some progress in this area.

“It’s also not appropriate to reward too much.”

"Just a life extension potion, a mild life extension potion."

Zheng Li didn't think too long before deciding to give the longevity potion made from the latest magical plants as a reward.

However, there are limits on the effects of life-extending potions.

Because this thing is very valuable, but it will not affect the balance between countries.

For those who truly control social resources, this thing is priceless.

But for a civilization, the few life-extending potions are completely insignificant.

Wiles and his staff were feeling anxious as they sat in front of their computers.

The interface on the screen remains frozen at the state it was in after submission and does not change.

“Congratulations, the program you submitted was judged to be valuable by the Alpha artificial intelligence. Merlin will reward every valuable discovery.

You will receive three life-extending potions as a reward. Please note that they are only effective for the first use and can extend your life by five years.

Please check carefully. "

Wiles was first overjoyed, then furious.

Previously, when they submitted artificial intelligence programs, the only feedback on the page was the word "failure".

He always thought there were only two answers: failure and success.

Now tell him that there is a third possibility.

Even if your research cannot pass the Heber test, as long as it is valuable, you will be given certain rewards.

Wiles certainly knew that the reward was a good one, extending life.

The older you get, the more you realize the importance of longevity.

Wiles himself is not young either, having already turned 2024 in .

The problem is that he is now in Brussels, at the Institute of the Europa League.

The researchers around him all get along well with each other, but the problem is that no matter how harmoniously they get along, when they encounter something like this, even the best of friends will not keep secrets for him.

Wiles looked around and Coates, who was being watched by him, said helplessly:

"This matter is too big, it must be reported, it is impossible"

Before he could finish his words, a silver-white box appeared out of thin air on the computer desk in front of him.

When I opened it, there were indeed three reagents, with two words attached to them: oral.

"Okay, let's report it to the Alliance Academy of Sciences and follow the procedure."

"Wiles, think positively. You have made the greatest contribution to the multi-layer neural network algorithm. The alliance will definitely reward you."

After hearing this, Wiles felt very disdainful. How could any reward be as good as extending one's life?

Especially since he is over seventy years old, he no longer has any pursuit for personal material things.

Even after going through countless storms, Wiles still couldn't keep his inner peace at this time.

Another reason why it is impossible to conceal it is that there are cameras in the laboratories.

The internal data of the laboratory will be uploaded in real time.

It is impossible to hide it forever if you can hide it for a while.

There were more than three people at the scene, but there were only three life-extending potions, which were not enough to share.

"are you sure?"

"It has been confirmed, including the on-site video and the words of all the people who witnessed the incident have repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of the incident.

Even the surface material of the box containing the life-extending potion is in Merlin's usual style.

Currently, no manufacturer on Blue Star can produce this kind of material."

“Okay, now that it’s confirmed, find the top experts in the field of life extension.

No matter how much pressure we get from above, we must first study the drugs provided by Merlin and give up two at most.

Once the essence of the life-extending potion is fully understood, human life expectancy will leap forward.

The Europa League also controls financial resources comparable to oil and semiconductors.”

Human beings are born with resistance to aging. The ancient rulers' desire and pursuit for longevity can still be seen in history books.

Since the development of modern science, humans have long been studying the mechanisms of aging.

For example, Robert Boyle, the founder of the Royal Society of England, once proposed the idea of ​​"replacing the blood of the elderly with the blood of the young."

This will extend human life.

But human aging is not that simple and cannot be explained simply by blood.

Genetic instability, telomere loss, lack of protein homeostasis, nutritional imbalance, mitochondrial dysfunction, cell aging, stem cell exhaustion and transcellular communication disorders, etc.

A number of factors contribute to human aging.

After the existence of the soul was proven, scientists turned their attention to the soul level and speculated that the aging of the soul and the body are complementary to each other.

The most hyped topic in the media is telomeres.

Because this thing is easy to understand. Every time a cell divides, a small section of DNA is cut off, but the cut section does not contain genes, so it will not affect health.

But it can't stand the continuous cutting, the useless DNA gets shorter and shorter, and slowly the useful part is cut. The useless part of the gene fragment is called telomere.

But telomere shortening is just one mechanism of aging.

When the media wants to explain the mechanisms of aging to the general public, they talk about genetic instability and nutritional imbalance.

These reasons are too simple and anyone can know them, so they cannot arouse the interest of readers.

Just like when the media reports that smoking is harmful to health, would you click on this kind of news?

Of course not, but if the media publishes that smoking can cause DNA molecules to shorten, thus affecting a person's lifespan.

This is how you get readers.

As for the disorder of transcellular communication, it is a bit too complicated for non-professionals to understand.

Therefore, the idea that telomere shortening leads to irreversible lifespan is something that the public can understand and has a bit of scientific nature, and is most widely disseminated by the media.

It combines readability and interest.

The actual principles of aging are obviously not so simple.

The current mainstream anti-aging drugs are all from the perspective of resisting aging.

For example, in gene editing, a longer useless sequence is added to the DNA so that when the cell divides and removes a piece of DNA, the useful part will not be cut so quickly.

Another example is drugs that fight aging, such as rapamycin, metformin, etc.

But none of these can extend human life.

If you say that resisting aging means prolonging your life, there is no evidence to show that resisting aging means prolonging your life.

For example, I could have lived to be 80 years old, but after taking anti-aging drugs, I still only lived to be 80 years old. I just lived the last ten years of my life as if I was in my sixties.

Their condition is much better than other people of the same age, but their life expectancy has not been substantially extended.

Therefore, neither anti-aging drugs nor gene editing can prove that life span has been extended.

Whether current human attempts can truly extend lifespan is an unproven proposition.

Therefore, the life-extending drug that Merlin brought out received the highest attention.

A five-year life extension is a foregone conclusion. What a great temptation!

They would also like to extend their lifespan by five years, so does that mean Merlin has drugs that can extend lifespan even further?

England went to Brussels that same day after receiving the news.

From England's perspective, most of this achievement came from England, and the Europa League was just picking up the spoils.

"Our demands are clear. As a member of the Europa League, England can make certain concessions, but our bottom line is two life-extending potions.

England must have two life-extending potions.

The new type of artificial intelligence originated from Wiles' ideas, and most of the research results came from the efforts of early researchers in England.

Just because the experiment took place in Brussels doesn’t mean that the results belong to the Europa Union.”

“No, the three need to be distributed after discussion within the Europa League. Our current idea is to take out two for experimentation.

Then there was one left for Professor Wiles to use.

He was the biggest contributor to this result, not England."

“Yes, there is no doubt that Professor Wiles obtained a life-extending potion, and he indeed made an outstanding contribution.

But Wiles' magic brain was provided by England, and this research route was set by England.

The Europa League has played a minimal role in this.

We cannot accept that the European Union wants to seize the two life-extending potions in this name."

The two sides argued back and forth for a while.

The European Union wanted to give the life-extending potion to Wiles, but it was worth a fortune to buy a horse bone.

The other two life-extending drugs were tested through observation, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and mouse experiments to see if they could be replicated.

England's idea was very simple. They wanted to give it to the Queen, as a 98-year-old man could not stand the hassle.

As for whether the potion provided by Merlin has any hidden dangers, does he still care about these at his age?

The two sides have been arguing back and forth.

The advantage for the European Alliance is that the potion is in my hands, you can't possibly steal it, right?
Brussels suddenly became the focus.

The heads of state of the European Union countries are all rushing to this place.

There is a lot of speculation from the outside world.

Daguomen didn't have to guess for long, because the content in the magic forum was updated that evening:
"Since magician No. 10 received the Life Extension Potion as a reward, the exchange for the production of the Life Extension Potion is now open.
How to make a life-extending potion, 50 magic coins"

The price is the second most expensive among the technical materials, only lower than the underwater city construction technology.

However, the construction of underwater cities requires a complete set of technologies that involve all aspects.

The life-extending potion is only a small part, and it costs 50 magic coins.

There are less than 50 magic coins on Blue Planet right now.

As soon as the news came out, everyone knew that the European Union had obtained the life-extending potion.

So heads of state from all over the world rushed to Brussels.

Who doesn't want a life-extending potion?

The research value is far greater than the use value.

If we can find out something from it and combine it with existing technology, it will not be an exaggeration to say that it is priceless.

Another purpose is to find out what hidden tasks the Europa Alliance has triggered.

Everyone is rewarded with magic coins, why is it different for you?

The American ambassador set off first, flying to Brussels overnight.

It's like a game where everyone is honestly completing the main quests and going through the main storyline, but you suddenly trigger a hidden quest, and then an announcement is made to the entire server.

At least there was a consensus within the Europa League that Wiles had the rights to a life-extending potion.

Wiles had not met with the English representatives during this period.

Even deliberately avoiding each other.

He saw it clearly that every time he met him, the other party would definitely ask him to hand over the life-extending potion.

Of course, there will be certain benefits in exchange.

But no matter how practical these exchanges of interests are, they are not as important as life.

After using the magic brain, Wiles maintained a high level of trust in Merlin's words.

Merlin said five years, so it can only be more, not less.

It was because of the dispute between England and the Europa League that he had the opportunity to obtain a life-extending potion.

Otherwise, if he were in England, he wouldn't have gotten any of the three life-extending potions.

"Professor Wiles, please adjust your mood and record every subtle feeling after drinking the potion."

Everyone present was in a different mood, but all eyes were focused on Wiles, watching him drink the life-extending potion that was glowing blue.

"It's a little salty, and it tastes like sea water, but it also feels like a forest after rain."

"It's a magical experience, in other words, it's like the taste of life."

By the way, China will get involved in this plot, and not all the benefits will go to foreign countries.

If you want to criticize this, please wait until you finish reading it.

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(End of this chapter)