Voyage of the Stars

Chapter 2 Absolutely Confidential
Nowadays, the moon and Mars have become places where humans can really set foot, and major space powers have built bases on them, either independently or in a cooperative manner.

For example, there are two bases on the moon, one is Guanghan Palace led by flower growers, and the other is Artemis Lunar Base led by the United States. The two have a relationship of cooperation and competition, and are the only cooperation bases for scientific research work in various countries. .

Although Yue Yuan's final destination is Callisto, his first stop is a trip to the moon.In Guanghan Palace, there was a Ph.D. in biology and genetics waiting for him.

This is the quota allocated to the Callisto base from above. As the base director, Yue Yuan will naturally not miss the opportunity to select talents.

bang bang

At this time, there was a knock on the door, which made Yue Yuan, who had his eyes closed to rest, opened his eyes.

"Come in!" He said concisely and concisely, as if he knew who the visitor was.

The person who opened the door was a tall man with a height of 1.8 meters. He wore a white shirt with a tall upper body. He looked about 30 years old, but the discovery of Mediterranean trends made him look a few years older.

The visitor walked up to Yue Yuan, who was already sitting upright on the sofa, handed the document he had prepared in his hand to Yue Yuan, and said: "Chief, this is the information you want."

Yue Yuan took the document but did not look at it immediately. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the visitor: "Pete, you came so late. Did you go to investigate the girl just now?"

The question was in the form of a statement. Before the man in front of him could answer, Yue Yuan continued: "I'm just an ordinary tourist on a cruise ship. Don't be so nervous."

"The responsibility lies."

The man named Pi Te was interrupted by Yue Yuan with a wave of his hand: "Okay, okay, I understand. My choice of a cruise ship has increased your workload. Okay, you can go back and rest. This ship We will dock at noon tomorrow, so go and say hello to the staff of the Orbital Mass Accelerator first, so as not to miss out on your flight."

"Yes!" The man saluted, turned around and walked out of the room, and gently closed the door.

The man's surname was Zhu and his first name was Pite. He was Yue Yuan's deputy and assistant.He is quite young and good-looking, but he is troubled by hair loss, so much so that he wears a hat except for special occasions. It is said that his biggest wish is to let his Mediterranean hair grow thick again, so he often likes to pay attention to some medical sciences. News in genetics.

As for why he wanted to investigate Xu Yanshi, Yue Yuan could understand. After all, he was indeed special now.

It's not that his position is that of a base commander. It's not unusual to have personal protection, but it's not such an exaggeration.Therefore, there is actually another reason why Zhu Pite is so cautious, and that is Yue Yuan's experience on Callisto.

Yue Yuan still remembers that moment vividly.

There were seven people who inhaled the spreading red gas at that time. In addition to Yue Yuan, the other six people included payload experts and doctors of genetics.

They are both members of the Callisto base, but now they are left in Jingcheng to assist in their own research. This is one of the reasons why Yue Yuan was able to get a doctorate in genetics from Guanghan Palace.

And that red gas has a great future.

This has to start with the Callisto base.

The Callisto base is built in a deep canyon. Such a location goes against common sense, because most bases are built on relatively flat terrain. This is the case for Guanghan Palace, and the same is true for the Yinghuo base on Mars.

As for why the Callisto base is like this, it involves the secret buried deep in the canyon.There, there is a damaged alien spacecraft.

Regarding the unconventional base location selection, it is said that the flower growers claimed that it was to challenge and test greater engineering difficulties and prepare for human beings to expand into harsher interstellar environments in the future.

As soon as the media news came out, all major netizens rushed to comment. It was really the light of humanity.Since the reputation of flower growers as infrastructure enthusiasts is well-known around the world, there are few conspiracy theorists to muddy the waters.Of course, it is also partly related to the fact that Callisto only exists in the base of a flower grower.

If it were on the moon, it might not be so easy to hide it.

Although the spacecraft that was kept secret was damaged, it could still be judged that the alien technology level of the spacecraft was far superior to that of current humans. It took people a full five years to successfully enter the spacecraft through the damaged area.

That red gas came out of an unknown cabin in the damaged spaceship. To be precise, it didn't come out, but from a cabinet that couldn't be opened, didn't know what it was for, and couldn't be taken away. The container suddenly opened automatically for unknown reasons.

In fact, it stands to reason that during the exploration process, it is impossible for people to inhale gas, because they would wear spacesuits in that environment, but the problem lies in that the cabin has already been explored, and Yue Yuan had already been with him before he took office as the base commander. Callisto base was carried out together.

This resulted in a group of seven people passing by that cabin without wearing spacesuits just like they were at the Callisto base, so they drank a lot.

Fortunately, this gas was not poisonous, otherwise Yue Yuan and the other six would have died long ago.On the contrary, seven people did not experience any negative effects other than temporary discomfort such as dizziness after inhalation.

Of course, after such an accident, a series of physical examinations would be carried out on Yue Yuan and the other seven people, but no abnormalities were found.It was not until in-depth genetic testing was involved that it was discovered that the aging genes in the seven people were effectively suppressed, while related anti-aging factors such as telomerase and other genes with the same function were extremely active.

After many tests and studies, the expert team believes that the lifespan of seven people may be four to six times that of ordinary people, and it is possible to borrow another 500 years from the sky.

Moreover, the number of P53 tumor suppressor genes has changed from one pair to five pairs, reaching one-fourth of the number of elephants. In the test, it was found that the LIF5 gene located on chromosome 20 has been activated.

Having 20 pairs of P53 genes gives elephants a strong ability to resist cancer. In other words, not only do the seven humans live longer, but their cancer tolerance rate is one-quarter that of elephants.You must know the size difference between humans and elephants. Having one-quarter of the P53 gene of elephants is equivalent to almost no cancer for humans.

There is also the fact that calcium loss is greatly slowed down in a microgravity environment, but there is no other discovery.

At that time, such results made the staff involved in testing and research extremely excited.Four to six times the life span. Based on the current average human life span of 90 years, the minimum is more than 300 years. Coupled with the enhanced anti-cancer ability, it is enough to ensure that one will not die in the middle.

Excited, crazy.

Faced with such a major discovery, Yue Yuan immediately ordered the news to be blocked and asked all those involved in the testing to sign a strict confidentiality agreement.Then, he did not hesitate to use quantum confidential communication to report the news to the capital.

When the news traveled 7 million kilometers to the earth through quantum satellites at various transit stations, and was confirmed again and again, you can imagine how exciting it was.

Although humans can currently build bases on nearby planets and satellites in the solar system, the time required to get there and back is still very time-consuming.With currently mature fission rocket propulsion, it will still take a long time to travel to and from places in the solar system such as Uranus, Neptune, or the more distant Kuiper Belt.

After all, when it comes to space navigation, you can’t just divide the distance by the speed. You also need to calculate various orbital distances and the acceleration and deceleration time of the aircraft.

And human beings will not be satisfied with developing the solar system. Extended lifespan is really important for the future development of deep space. Coupled with the hibernation cabins that have been put into use, the real sea of ​​stars is just around the corner.

But the bad news is that no other similar substances were found in the spacecraft. The spreading red gas is probably the result of the last dose of unknown substances escaping.

Under such circumstances, Yue Yuan started his journey back to Earth.

However, after accepting the military rank, he was assigned to return to the Callisto base to continue leading the alien spacecraft exploration project.As for the other six, five of them stay on Earth to assist in research, and one has been on Callisto.

Obviously, the research was naturally on a series of mechanisms such as the six human longevity genes, but not talking about mice. After all, as far as Yue Yuan knew, the project was personally led by another geneticist.

(End of this chapter)