Chapter 362

Around four or five in the evening, just as he was about to sleep, he received a phone call asking whether it would be possible to draw some of Iron-Face's blood for research.

The officials were very worried that any action taken against the living corpse might interrupt its immortality process.

In response, Zhang Lin replied: "This man, from a moral standpoint, is a traitor who sold out his master for glory. In ancient times, having his neck twisted would have been his fate."

"So, when it comes to researching him, I don't think you need to have too many reservations."

"As long as you don't damage the jade burial suit he's wearing, and don't cut open his head and let the Corpse Beetle King jump out, there won't be any danger."

"Besides, if we don't speed up the research now and squeeze some value out of him, are we really going to wait seven hundred years?"

"By then, whether we'll even still be around or not is anyone's guess!"

Dean Che was extremely grateful for Zhang Lin's frank guidance. After thanking him repeatedly, he kept saying that the country would not forget Zhang Lin's contributions.

At the time, Zhang Lin hadn't quite reacted to it; only now did he understand that he had actually been given a very high-ranking identity!

This gesture of returning a favor was quite pleasing to Zhang Lin.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, a Special Consultant to the National Archaeological Institute held far more status than a street-corner storyteller.

On the television screen, Dean Che continued: "Blood tests on the living corpse show that its cells are extremely active, constantly dividing!"

"We've already lost count of the exact number of divisions. I can only say it's a great many—more than you can possibly imagine."

"An ordinary person's cells die after dividing fifty times, because the telomeres are worn away completely and cannot be repaired."

"But inside this living corpse's body, a substance has appeared that is extremely difficult to capture. After every cell division, it repairs the worn telomeres, keeping the living corpse's cells perpetually vigorous."

"This is probably why this living corpse never dies. After all, from the perspective of modern biology, solving telomere wear means that, in theory, immortality could be achieved."

"But theory and practice diverge. Under the condition of telomeres being constantly repaired, this living corpse's state shows even more astonishing performance."

"That is, during the continuous aging process, a substance is produced on human DNA that can be understood as iron rusting."

"This kind of corrosion causes human aging, but within the living corpse's body, yet another substance is constantly cleaning away this corrosion."

"In this way, its body exhibits a phenomenon similar to a snake shedding its skin, ultimately achieving the reversal of aging and return to youth!"

Dean Che's words were like a heavy bomb being dropped.

Because the two methods he described are precisely the directions humanity is currently researching.

The pinnacle nation of medicine, Rui Country, is the leader in this technology!

But even though its medical technology surpasses that of everyone else on this planet, Rui Country has only scratched the surface of these two methods.

Now, the country most likely to achieve a technological breakthrough has become Xia Country!

Countless biological experts all know that this single living corpse will bring astonishing, earth-shaking changes to Xia Country's medical and biological fields!

Ordinary people might never get the chance at immortality in their entire lifetimes.

But they might yet get to enjoy the dividends brought by medical progress!

For many people, solving the cancers right before their eyes is far more important than the distant dream of immortality.

Zhang Lin watched on the television as a professional biology expert spoke with great animation about the significance of the living corpse research, then raised his hand and turned off the TV.

Then he packed up his things and headed to New Moon Restaurant.

What could immortality possibly compare with? He had his storytelling to do today!

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