Chapter 830: Ten Years Later_5

Chapter 830: Chapter 433: Ten Years Later_5

“Oh, oh, okay, I’m coming.”

With the help of Huang Zhiyi, Li Yilan took two photo albums from the bookshelf. Then, she wandered around the room, placed the albums in a drawer of the wardrobe, locked it, and put the key in her pocket, finally feeling relieved.

“Later, I’ll put the key in my own bedroom, so my sister-in-law definitely won’t find out!”

“…”

“Come on, let’s make a call, why are you just standing there daydreaming?”

Huang Zhiyi suddenly stood still, looking deeply troubled: “Aunt, even with this, do you think they won’t argue this year?”

Memories are like pulling out radishes; as you pull them out, it’s inevitable to bring up some dirt or those ugly, twisted little insects hidden in the soil.

Li Yilan hesitated, disdainfully throwing those unpleasant memories back into the depths of her mind;

“I don’t know, I just hope not. Otherwise, my brother and sister-in-law might not return to Ningyuan for the New Year, and if so, our chances of meeting would be less, and we wouldn’t get as many gifts and New Year’s money!”

Huang Zhiyi looked somewhat confused: “Then for the sake of future gifts and New Year’s money, shouldn’t we do something?”

…

In the Capital, Tianhe Body Research.

“As of now, after more than nine years of exploration and thousands of days and nights of effort by the GeneBoost project team, I can confidently say that the imm-28 drug has achieved preliminary success!”

The two children, in order to maintain harmony and love at home, were racking their brains for ways, while the adults of the family, Li Peifeng and Huang Tianxuan, were striving for a better future for humanity in the Capital.

That might sound slightly exaggerated, slightly grandiose. To be more precise, they were just listening to a presentation from Jiao Mingde, the deputy director of the institute and chairman of Hezhi Medical Technology Group, in the underground third-floor conference room of the research institute.

“Among the current six hundred and fifty experimental subjects of different races, no specific adverse reactions have been observed, and various physical functions have significantly improved. First, imm-28 significantly promotes the human body’s cellular repair and regeneration abilities, speeding up wound healing and tissue recovery processes. Second, imm-28 enhances the immune system’s functions, making it more effective at resisting pathogens and external invasions. This means it could potentially better resist diseases and infections and better cope with pathogenic attacks. Third, specific abilities are enhanced: by regulating the expression of certain genes, it can enhance performance in certain specific abilities, but the accuracy is extremely poor, and the transmission method still needs further investigation. Fifth, it delays the aging process, with experimental subjects showing…”

Li Peifeng tapped the materials in his hand, interrupting Jiao Mingde’s speech: “Alright, I’ve read it. What’s Institute 328’s stance?”

Jiao Mingde smiled wryly: “They’re more anxious, wanting to enter phase three trials immediately; the sooner mass production starts, the better… and some people want it now, even though I’ve warned them that the technology for imm-28 is not mature yet and still poses significant risks.”

“…”

The three present fell into silence; no one spoke, and Li Peifeng was lost in his thoughts.

Actually, as early as ten years ago, when he took Huang Tianxuan’s advice and formed a research team to study himself, he had vaguely anticipated today, but it was just a fantasy. Now that the day had truly arrived, Li found it somewhat hard to accept.

Because he didn’t expect it to come so quickly, so overwhelmingly.

Li Peifeng’s initial aim was merely selfishly to have the people around him accompany him longer to make his own future less bleak. After openly discussing once with a few girls, he began to take action with Huang Tianxuan.

The latter recruited a batch of professors and folk scholars from over a dozen disciplines such as traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, psychology, Qi Gong, and bioengineering with a hefty investment, forming several teams. Their sole purpose was to clarify the essence of the mysterious force causing abnormal changes in Li Peifeng’s body and attempt to master and utilize it.

Li Peifeng cooperated well with this work because the idea of watching his loved ones age and die before his eyes while he alone survived made him feel life was meaningless.

Besides, he was also a materialist with a strong curiosity about what exactly the so-called system was, where the transformative power originated, and other such questions.

This inquiry ended up changing the course of human history.

Although there are currently few test subjects for imm-28, based on their performances, it can be basically confirmed barring any unforeseen circumstances: it will extend human lifespan to 120 years and significantly reduce various diseases caused by aging.

In the future, with the continuous advancement of genetic technology and the iterative development of imm-28, thirty years from now, or even twenty years from now, as long as you have the money, maintaining health under no interference of illness, living to 150 years old will be very simple; a hundred-year-old body being like that of forty to fifty might not be impossible either.

In science fiction novels, genetically modified people who are smarter, longer-lived, stronger, and untroubled by diseases will become a reality.

Are there downsides to genetic engineering? Certainly, but maybe it will take a century to truly see it, and compared to the tangible benefits at present, those uncertain risks in the distant future seem quite unfounded.

Who would refuse the temptation of health and longevity for an intangible and invisible risk? No one is not afraid of death!

Even if there are indeed downsides, we must believe in the wisdom of future generations!

Technology will always progress, and there will come a day when problems will be solved.