Lifespan was something that all creatures would strive for as long as they weren't the kind that would die after mating.
After all, survival was an instinct engraved in their DNA.
"To be honest, we didn't expect to make any great discoveries at first," said the director of the base casually. The person in charge of the base said indifferently, "There are many things that cannot be replicated. We also know that."
Roland's eyebrows twitched. "Are you implying that you've seen people like me before?"
"Yes." The director recalled. "You must've heard of the Qigong craze thirty or forty years ago. Two or three people at that time were real."
Hearing this, Roland couldn't help but exclaim.
"Otherwise, why do you think the great scientist said that Qigong was the future of mankind? Later, it became a negative example. But as a matter of fact, we've confirmed that such special human beings do exist. It's just that we can't replicate them, neither the bald eagle country nor the hairy bear country. We've made no progress in that regard. "
Roland was stunned.
He had indeed read similar books. Not just the rabbit country, but countries like the bald eagle country and the hairy bear country had also launched a spectacular superpower development movement.
It had a great impact at that time.
"So, your previous research indicates that superpowers depend on personal talent and can't be achieved by ordinary people?"
"Yes," said the director casually. "We have a lot of confidential information, but it's all sealed. Some of it is related to this aspect. I was still a newcomer to the research institute at that time. Most of the new files were organized by me. We figured out the general mechanism, but we just couldn't replicate such a situation. Or rather, such individuals do exist, but they're very unique. "
Roland subconsciously nodded.
"With our current technology, even if we figure it out, we can't meet the requirements to build it." The director smiled. "Let me give you a simple example. We already had a feasible theory about solar furnaces thirty to forty years ago, but we still haven't been able to build them. I estimate that it'll take another twenty to thirty years before we can build a prototype that can barely operate for a long period of time. "
Roland listened quietly.
The person in charge continued, "As for special abilities, they're even more unreasonable than solar furnaces. He needed someone to have a brain wave value that was at least 50% higher than that of a normal person. Moreover, it had to be normal. A normal person would not be able to do that. It was also impossible to forcibly raise a person's brain wave to that level. It would explode. It's just like Usain Bolt. You know that those muscles control sprinting speed, but you just can't train them. He can, understand? "
Roland was greatly enlightened. "So, no wonder I always feel like a marginal figure in any base."
"I can't say he's a fringe character." The person in charge chuckled and said, "A person like you is even stronger than the two from over 30 years ago. You are a strategic weapon in and of itself. Since we know, we can't let you completely wander outside of the system."
Roland wasn't surprised, nor did he feel embarrassed or uncomfortable.
Because what the other party said was the truth, he was already mentally prepared.
"But we never expected you to have such a derivative ability." The person in charge smiled with satisfaction and said, "Everyone is happy to see the matter of extending their lifespans, including me. Thank you. It has been said that you will have greater freedom in the future. You can enter certain confidential departments as long as you make a report. I look forward to more interesting discoveries from you in the future. "
Roland's head was still dizzy after he left the director's office.
The director didn't talk much, but he did talk about a lot of exciting things.
Roland returned to his department and took a rest. Then, he called a local area network messenger and said, "Attention, everybody. I'm going to have a brief meeting."
Not long after, everyone came over.
It was very fast. It took no more than five minutes.
Roland looked around at everybody and said, "I suddenly have an idea. I want to do some human experiments."
Su Minluo's eyes glittered. "Director, do you want to contribute your body?"
For Su Minluo, Roland's entire body was a treasure.
Apart from her husband, she liked Roland's body the most … It was purely for scientific research.
Roland coughed and said, "You know that I brought my abilities from the game. In the game, I raised a lot of magic apprentices and helped them learn magic successfully. So, I'm planning to use my experience in reality. However, I can't guarantee that it will work or be dangerous. Our country doesn't advocate unknown and dangerous human experiments, so we have to do it ourselves. "
Everybody's eyes glittered.
"I'm going to use two people as experiment subjects. Those who are willing, please raise your hands."
Whoosh … Everyone raised their hands in the air.
Roland glanced at them and said, "Sorry, I forgot to mention that only men are allowed to sign up for now."
Hearing that, all the female colleagues' eyes dimmed.
Su Minluo slapped the table and said angrily, "Director, that's sexism! Women hold up half the sky. Why can't we participate? It's just a little dangerous. We're not scared."
The other female colleagues nodded quickly.
Roland said with a bitter smile, "Because my Devil Transformation can only transform men's sperm."
Su Minluo's eyes immediately dropped. "What? That's … That's … That's unfair."
Roland opened his hands, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
Su Minluo heaved a long sigh and said, "Fine, we'll help you as assistants."
Seeing that Su Minluo was dealt with, Roland looked at all the male colleagues who had raised their hands.
Seeing that Roland was looking at them, all the male colleagues raised their hands even higher with eager eyes.
Roland looked around and said, "Then let's choose Chen Rui and Ye Feng for now."
The two people who were called out suddenly shouted, "Yeah!"
The other male colleagues all lay on the table in disappointment.
"Now, I'll tell you the procedure of my plan. Write it down and check it for me when you're back. Make a list if there's anything wrong, or if there's anything that needs to be modified, or if there's any equipment that needs to be used." Roland looked at Su Minluo and said, "Comrade Su, you're more cautious. You'll be in charge of the final list. If there's anything that needs to be signed, give it to me and give it to me. Got it?"
Su Minluo nodded quickly.
There weren't many secrets in this base.
Other people wouldn't investigate what you did or what data you had. However, other people would ask about your research route, and they could also ask about it.
So, in no more than two days, the whole base learned that Roland was going to conduct magic experiments on human bodies.
Many people applied to be transferred to Roland's research department, but they were all turned down by the superiors, who said that there were enough hands or that a new member would break the teamwork.
It was no wonder that the researchers were so excited.
First of all … everybody yearned for superpowers. How great it would be if they could have them!
Secondly … Roland's department had indeed made great achievements, and they were developing very fast.
Most people knew that the more new a discipline was, the more promising it was. A lot of new discoveries and patents could be obtained as long as they were on the right track.
They could be famous and profitable.
Unlike other subjects, which had already reached the top of the world, the remaining subjects were all advanced techniques that required time and money to accumulate.
However, since the superiors had made their stance clear, the matter was settled.
After three days, when all the equipment was in place, all the thirty people in the department gathered around a white experiment table in the middle with glittering eyes.
Chen Rui was lying on the bed in his briefs.
A lot of electrodes were attached to his body.
He was also wearing a 'helmet' that looked quite high-end.
The white, shadowless lamp illuminated him.
He was rather excited. Looking at the eager eyes around him, he was also a little scared.
He swallowed now and then to calm himself down.
"In a moment, you'll go outside and record everything that happens with the equipment, including Comrade Chen's brainwaves, body temperature, body magnetic field changes, blood pressure changes, and so on."
Everybody nodded.
Roland continued, "Comrade Su Minluo, you'll stay here and record Comrade Chen's facial expressions, including the dilation and constriction of his pupils. You'll have to submit the files to the psychology department and ask them to study and evaluate him."
Su Minluo quickly nodded.
Very soon, all the other members retreated to the outside of the laboratory and watched them through the glass.
A disinfectant mist sprayed down from above, and the three people who were left in the laboratory all shuddered.
"I'll use magic to transform Comrade Chen's stuff into magic power and stuff it into his body." Looking at Chen Rui's excited eyes, Roland said slowly, "Considering that Comrade Chen is just an ordinary person, the amount of magic generated in this experiment is only one percent of my usual. This should be enough to ensure that Comrade Chen won't be hurt."
Everybody nodded.
Roland looked at Chen Rui and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Don't worry, I'm ready." Chen Rui nodded.
Then, Roland extended his finger and pointed at Chen Rui's navel.
A white circle of light appeared where he pointed. It expanded like a ripple and spread out. Soon, it became faint and finally disappeared.
Everybody was quiet.
They watched the changes on the equipment quietly.
After a while, Chen Rui asked, "Director, did you use magic?"
"You didn't feel anything?" asked Roland.
Chen Rui shook his head.
I see … Roland pondered for a while, then said, "Everyone else, record Chen Rui's values just now and create a new blank record file. It'll be Ye Feng's turn in half an hour."
Chen Rui froze for a moment, then climbed down from the white bed dejectedly.
Hearing Roland's words, Ye Feng, the young man, trotted in excitedly, took off his clothes, lay on the bed, and stuck all the electrodes on his body.
Then, he lay down quietly.
He looked very obedient.
Because there was still half an hour, Roland walked out of the laboratory first and asked, "How's Chen Rui's data?"
"There's a reaction, but it's very small." A member sorted out the data a little and said, "After you used magic, Chen Rui's blood pressure increased and his brain waves also increased, but they are within the range of normal people. There's no change in the magnetic field, and there's no obvious change in the thermal radiation of his body. We have reason to believe that all the changes are just caused by his excitement."
Chen Rui, who was getting dressed next to him, was even more disappointed when he heard that.
Roland nodded.
From his perspective, after Chen Rui's sperm turned into weak magic power, it didn't merge with his body at all, but disappeared into the air on its own.
In other words, Chen Rui's body didn't attract magic elements at all.
Not everyone had magic talent. Even in the game, this was a small number of talents.
That was a high-magic world, and this was a magic-free world.
Roland entered the laboratory, looked at Ye Feng who was waiting peacefully, and said, "Since Ye Feng is ready, let's carry out the second experiment in advance."
The people who were exchanging data and discussing immediately returned to their posts.
Soon, the second experiment began.
Ye Feng's experimental data was obviously better than Chen Rui's.
The researchers who got the data were all very excited. "Director, Ye Feng's brain waves became quite active for a short period of time, about 10% higher than the highest value of a normal person, and it lasted for nearly 30 seconds. Also, the magnetic field of his body also had a slight deviation for a certain period of time, and it even expanded the radius of about five centimeters. "
Ye Feng heard this data and jumped up happily in his underwear.
Roland nodded.
From his perspective, Ye Feng did attract a bit of magic power, but it was discharged on its own in less than a minute.
It was quite normal. After all, Ye Feng wasn't even a magic apprentice and didn't know how to sense and restrain magic power.
In comparison, Ye Feng was more talented than Chen Rui.
However … from Roland's perspective, Ye Feng wasn't even as talented as the lowest-level magic apprentices in Delpon.
Seeing how excited Ye Feng was, Roland was too embarrassed to tell him the truth, which would discourage his enthusiasm.
"Based on the two experiments, the experiment itself isn't dangerous." Roland thought for a moment and said, "We'll continue the experiment tomorrow. All the men will have to take the test. We'll find two people whose data changes are more obvious for the experiment."
The other male colleagues cheered, looking very happy.
Su Minluo walked to Roland and said in a low voice, "Director, can you create a spell that can test sex too?"
"I'll try." Roland nodded.
In fact, blood could be transformed into magic power, too, but it was more harmful than transforming essence into magic power.
That was because the quantity required was much higher.
Seeing that Roland agreed, Su Minluo put on a smile. Then she continued, "Why don't we make an announcement that the experiment is safe and that we want to recruit more subjects in the base for more sample data? Also, we should tell them that the five people with the highest data may be in touch with the world of magic. Then, they can get more experiment materials for free. Then, nobody will accuse us of hoarding everything. "
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