I kidnapped an alien civilization

"Muir biology. Collective consciousness?" The story told by the big-headed Pajero deeply shocked Li Mo. He did not expect that the microorganisms at the bottom of the biological chain could form a collective consciousness with wisdom, which shows the wonder of life.

The way the Pajero people treated this new civilization also made him shudder. The miracle of life in the universe was "simply" strangled in the bud by them. Sure enough, such cruel laws as the "Dark Forest" are common in the vast universe.

Li Mo was deeply shocked by this story, and after a long silence, he asked, "Can I ask the second question now?"

"Excuse me."

Li Mo asked: "Why do you Pajero people can live for 500 years?" In the story just now, the big head Pajero mentioned that he has lived for more than 500 years.

According to the laws of nature, very few carbon-based organisms with advanced intelligence can live for more than 200 years. On earth, the human lifespan is about a hundred years; the tortoise is a symbol of longevity, but the longest-lived tortoise, Harriet, only lived for 176 years, and finally died of heart failure.

Of course, what is discussed here is the lifespan of higher organisms. Just like a car, the higher the configuration and the more functions, the greater the chance of failure. There are also many simple creatures on the earth, such as lighthouse jellyfish, marine clams, and Antarctic sponges, and their life spans may exceed 500 years. But their structure is very simple, not comparable.

The high platform was filled with gray fog, and the big-headed Pajero was silent for a moment.

"Survival and reproduction are the instincts of all creatures, and we Pajero people are not immune. In fact, the average natural life span of our Pajero people is only about 50 years, and the short life span of 50 years has become a shackle for the development of civilization. Therefore, Pajero civilization has developed to After level 2 civilization, priority is given to the development of biotechnology, and the gene coding recombination technology has been developed, and this shackle has been broken by transforming genetic information."

"Of course, the average lifespan of Pajero people after breaking the shackles is only about 200 years. Presumably you have studied biology, and you should know that the biological cells of carbon-based organisms need oxygen when producing energy. Oxygen can be said to be necessary for the life of carbon-based organisms one of the conditions."

"But oxygen is actually a chronic poison. Most of the oxygen obtained by cells through the respiration of organisms reacts with organic matter to produce the energy required by carbon-based organisms, and a small part is converted into oxygen free radicals. An oxygen atom is produced by the nucleus and the nucleus. Composed of electrons, the nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons, and some oxygen atoms will lose extranuclear electrons during the process of participating in metabolism. Oxygen atoms that lose extranuclear electrons are called free radicals. Since free radicals are positively charged, they will plunder The electrons of adjacent molecules lose an electron and transform into free radicals, which forms a chain reaction and limits the lifespan of carbon-based organisms."

"At the same time, from another perspective, the process of the interaction between oxygen and organic matter is essentially a kind of oxidation, that is, slow "combustion". The body of carbon-based organisms is also an organism, and the oxidation of oxygen is bound to cause damage to the body."

In the eyes of human beings, the most natural breathing turned out to be a kind of burning. This novel view attracted Li Mo. He listened quietly, wondering how the Pajero people solved the trouble caused by this innate breathing instinct.

"After entering Level 3 civilization, the complete genetic recombination technology has matured, and the Pajero people can create a new body based on the genetic code in the laboratory. The genetic code of this new body is exactly the same as that of the old body, so there is no There will be rejection. On average, every 150 years, Pajero people need to completely replace a new body. After the replacement, the memory in the original brain will be instilled into the new body through the brain wave machine. In this way, every 150 years, you will become Become a brand new you, of course, this also costs a huge amount of Pajero points."

Complete replacement of the new body, memory transplantation? Is the transformed person still the original person? Even though he has the same genetic code and memory as the original body. On the earth, the development of gene cloning technology has also caused huge ethical controversy. Can human beings really become the "creator"? It seems that the desire for longevity has made Pajero civilization cross this gap.

"So, in theory, the lifespan of Pajero people can be unlimited. But in actual operation, we Pajero people have not crossed the thousand-year life span so far. Some Pajero people who are already 800 years old often mysteriously lose consciousness after sleeping. The most The famous old man who was lucky to live to be 999 years old, the official monitored him in all directions, and made a global live broadcast on the media, but he blinked his eyes lightly during the live broadcast, and then lost his life. consciousness."

"Consciousness has now become the research object of the Pajero people, but the progress is slow. The Academy of Sciences predicts that the lifespan of our Pajero people will increase significantly after entering a level 6 civilization."

"The answer to your question is between 800 and 999 years old."

It turns out that the Pajero people obtained the increase in lifespan through complete body replacement, which is not unlimited, and is bound by mysterious consciousness.

New mission release:

Mission: Boy, get the world's recognition

Explanation: Academic fame is an intangible force that represents how well your work is being noticed around the world.

Requirements: Win an international award.

Reward: 100,000 subject experience points, one general lottery draw.

Time limit: 30 days

Accept: yes/no

"International awards?" Li Mo has never been interested in academic awards. In his view, awards are the affirmation of academic achievements. If no heavyweight academic achievements have been made, wouldn't it be counterproductive to blindly pursue awards. So he spent all his time studying, and the awards he won in China were all won by his teachers.

He only knows about Nobel and Fields for well-known foreign awards.

But these two awards are hard to come by with his current achievements.

accept!

Li Mo has now formed a kind of inertia. The tasks of the learning assistance system are all thoughtful and interlocking. Since the system has proposed this task, it shows that his recent achievements have attracted the attention of his colleagues at home and abroad.

"These 100,000 points are just for nothing." He felt that he was getting more and more familiar with the style of the learning assistance system. Sometimes it will give tasks that seem difficult to complete, but by chance, it can also complete the tasks by stumbling. Sometimes seemingly simple tasks take a lot of brainpower to complete.

"Papa. Papa" Someone was knocking on the door.

"Li Mo, the new issue of "Mathematics Weekly" has been published, and the magazine has sent a sample." Xia Qing shouted joyfully outside the door.

"On: Perfect Conjecture of Odd Numbers" was printed on the entire cover, and Li Mo gently opened the first page, and the photo that was hyped up by the Internet was impressively published on the title page. There is also a subtitle on it: He is an 18-year-old boy, he has solved two world-class problems in a row, he once discovered the last planet in the solar system, and now he has made a huge breakthrough.

"How about it, my photography skills are not bad." Xia Qing said with a sly expression on the side, "The magazine also gave me a reward as the copyright fee for the photos."