Chapter 429 Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death

Five hundred years have also caused traces of time to appear on many human beings.

Since humans have not made another breakthrough in life potions over the years, there are only three versions of life potions available, so the life span of a normal human being is only about 1,500 years.

Therefore, after five hundred years of hardships, many people who had survived from the era of the Callisto base to the present finally showed signs of aging.

Especially in the last few years, they used all the life potions they could use, and then they entered the normal path of aging.

The young girl in her teens slowly turned into a young woman in her twenties, and then slowly turned into a mature young woman in her thirties. If the life potion continues like this without a breakthrough, then they will be the first to start interstellar voyages from humans. The first batch of human beings to die of natural old age since ancient times.

He has lived for 1,400 years. In the age of the earth, he can say in front of others that he has found the way to immortality. In the age of the earth, one thousand and five hundred years is also an unimaginably long time. Living a hundred years is considered a long life. Logically speaking, people should be satisfied after living more than a thousand years.

But in the interstellar age, such a lifespan can only be described as fleeting.

It only took five hundred years for mankind to fully upgrade from the second-level civilization to the third-level civilization. This was only started after the emergence of true nanotechnology. If you include the hibernation time during the voyage, it is only a mere 1,500 years. In the blink of an eye.

Therefore, people are extremely eager to see more scenery in the universe and live longer. But the cruel fact is before them. Humanity has not made a breakthrough in the field of life sciences because of true nanotechnology, and no new life medicine has been developed.

As a result, birth, old age, sickness and death, a sentiment that had been forgotten by mankind for many years, suddenly reappeared in society. The human lifespan in the Earth Age and the stories of birth, old age, sickness and death in the Earth Age were told one by one through the mouths of the older generation of humans. Tell it to other humans.

"I have made money after living for such a long time. In fact, if it weren't for the wise leadership of the leader, our generation would have died at the Callisto base. Now I have no regrets."

An old man lying on the hospital bed looked at his children and said leisurely: "My organs have failed and it is no longer possible for me to continue to live. In my current state, the life monitoring system is still very accurate. It If you say that I only have less than half a day at most, then it must be true. I am very happy that you can come back to see me in the last moments of my life."

"No, Dad, there is still hope. Is that called mechanization or something? We now have enough advanced technology to keep you alive!"

The old man had a total of seven children in his life, four girls and three boys. According to the current human family relationship, he, his children and grandchildren are considered a family, and the one who calls him daddy now is his youngest daughter.

Although the youngest daughter is over 1,300 years old.

"Yes, old man, I remember that technology is called body mechanization transformation technology. It can replace all organs with machines and still maintain body functions. We can apply for mechanical transformation, yes. That's it. Let me check the relevant regulations." The old man's wife also said.

With that said, she connected to the Internet from the built-in chip system, and then asked her smart assistant to start looking for relevant regulations on human body mechanization modification.

In the past, they never understood these things, because in the era of great success in gene tailoring technology and life medicine, humans basically no longer get sick, and 99% of the causes of disease have been successfully prevented from the genetic source by technology. .

The so-called ward where the old man is now was only temporarily established in recent decades because of the lack of breakthroughs in new life medicine.

While the old man's wife was searching for information, the old man's other children also looked at him with concern.

However, the next moment they heard the old man say feebly: "No, it's useless. You still don't understand what I mean. I'm talking about organ decay. This so-called organ is not just my internal organs. But the cells throughout my body are old, including my brain cells, which are dying."

The old man's words made his wife and children silent.

Yes, with the current technology of mankind, it is completely possible to replace all parts of the body except the brain with machines. However, even the brain cells of the old man have entered the stage of death. Even if the brain is placed in a mechanical body, there will be no What's the use!

Death is unstoppable. Human beings are born to die, but this process has been greatly delayed by the technology mastered by humans after the interstellar era.

"It's okay, what's the joy in life, and what's the sorrow in death? After I die, burn me, and then scatter me into the space." At this time, the old man could see clearly.

He looked at everyone beside the bed with his already dim and hazy eyes, took a slow breath, and said again: "I was born on the earth, which is a beautiful planet and the home of us humans. Now I am going to die. Now, let me stay in this galaxy where I have lived for five hundred years. After five hundred years of life, this place can be regarded as my second home. It’s ridiculous to say that after five hundred years, I won’t be able to live until I’m about to die. Do you know the name of this red dwarf star?"

"It's called HD45996S56!" the old man's third son replied.

"It's so careless, and it's still a number." The old man tried to show a little bitter smile on his face. He looked at his son who was talking and said with hope: "If possible, please help me give an opinion to the new government to see if this red dwarf star can be named Sunset Red."

Sunset Red, this is the old man's last wish before he died. He hopes that he can die in a place that is easier to remember.

The old man really died half a day later, just like the life detection system said, and died peacefully. Because his last proposal was responded to by the relevant departments of the new government before he died.

This red dwarf star was really changed to Sunset Red Star in human archives.

In fact, in recent years, there are many humans who died due to cell aging like the old man, and as the life medicine has not made a breakthrough, this trend is still increasing.

It seems that the entire human society has returned to the normal era of birth, aging, illness and death.

And five years later, the news that the first top scientist's physical function declined also reached Yue Yuan's ears.

"Master Yue, according to the vital signs monitoring instrument, the reason for Dr. Yi Kai's fainting is lung failure!"

The speaker was Zhu Pit. Yue Yuan turned around and looked at him, and found that he was also ten years older than before. He looked like a man in his twenties back then, but now he looks like a man in his forties.

Time has also left obvious marks on Zhu Pit.

Those who have not hibernated for a long time have really reached the time when the life potion has expired. They are really starting to get old.

Yue Yuan was a little emotional.

In fact, Yue Yuan has been awake longer than these people, but because of the alien spaceship on the Callisto base, he had a life span of almost 500 years longer than others, so until now, he still has not shown signs of aging.

But it's not much time left.

Yue Yuan estimated the time he would be awake in his mind and felt that he probably only had more than 200 years left.