Chapter 144

"Welcome, Miss Lin, Miss Chen."

Yang Mingqing welcomed them with a smiling face. The office director on the side was very observant and hurriedly held an umbrella for Lin Ying to shade her from the sun as they walked toward the 【Dongxiang Research Institute】.

This building, which looked like an abandoned industrial park, actually served mainly for storage and as an office.

The real research institute was further inside. Along the way, Director Yang spoke to Lin Ying and Chen Zhiyu about the spirit energy recovery. In conclusion, it was the "Ice Age Theory" that the Lin's elder had once told Lin Ying.

Spirit energy had always existed, but those things were like tides, existing in a periodic cycle.

And every round of spirit energy recovery would bring brand-new changes to the Blue Star, making the Blue Star more habitable.

Director Yang even said that the initial origin of humans might be related to the 【Code: Spirit Energy】 substance.

As the authentic natives of the Blue Star, in the process of millions of years of evolution, humans should theoretically be able to adapt to the Blue Star's gravitational environment, and human skin should also be able to adapt to the sun; they shouldn't have symptoms like getting sunburned or having allergic reactions after ten minutes in the sun.

There were also difficulties in reproduction and the tendency to suffer from various incurable chronic diseases.

For such a fragile group of humans, possessing a long childhood of more than ten years, not going extinct on the Blue Star was simply a miraculous thing.

Not to mention that humans now reigned at the top of the entire food chain.

"Of course..."

Director Yang smiled and said, "People who heard me say these words before, some straightforward ones would scoff, saying bluntly that people get chronic diseases because of physical aging, and comparing the lifespan of ancient people with modern people is simply stupid..."

"They would even start a debate with me about biological evolution in the car. The peak of human physical fitness is at twenty-three years old; every ten years after that, one can clearly perceive physical aging and a decline in energy."

Director Yang's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "I actually quite like debating because the 【Spirit Energy and Lifespan】 research we are currently conducting is based on the skeleton of an emperor excavated from an ancient tomb."

"After bone age identification, he lived for seven hundred and forty-nine years in total, and one of his tibias had a bone density that could remain intact during a HMX explosion and could withstand high-temperature burning of about three thousand degrees."

"Our research progress, to put it bluntly, is an archaeological discovery that infers the cause from the effect."

Lin Ying's face was as calm as an ancient well, and she didn't express any opinion on Director Yang's words.

Whether it was true or just painting a big picture.

Even if humans could live for ten thousand years, so what? The scenery of all things in the world is nothing more than this.

And.

Based on Lin Ying's work experience and her experience in dealing with those entrepreneurs, there was both truth and falsehood in Director Yang's words; it was a common means of painting a big picture to cheat for investment.

"Is your research funding particularly tight?" Lin Ying asked Director Yang slowly.

"【Spirit Energy Recovery】 is a systematic subject. For the system, there is no lack of funding, but who would dislike having a sufficient budget in their hands?"

Director Yang smiled and said, "Every year, the appropriation passes through three academies before it reaches the research institute, and once it reaches the research institute, it has to be distributed to the groups. Just here at our 【Spirit Energy and Lifespan】 Research Institute, besides the main research, there are a large number of projects waiting to be launched that have been sealed in filing cabinets."

"Unfortunately... we can't openly attract investment; only those who have passed political vetting can come here."

Director Yang spoke very directly without hiding anything.

Adults doing things is nothing more than one thing at a time.

Even when facing people they hate, when interests can be aligned, they can cooperate.

The main focus of the Dongxiang Research Institute was the influence of spiritual energy on the human body and changes in lifespan.

Throughout history, which of the emperors and generals who lived during the period of spirit energy silence did not seek longevity?

Even Director Yang himself, when he was young, would swallow two packs of cigarettes and three jin of white liquor a day. However, after reaching the age of forty-five, he quit smoking, threw away the liquor, and the bottled cold drinks he used to have turned into a health-preserving pot.

"Spirit energy recovery begins in heaven and earth and manifests in beasts. We humans are also members of the animal ecology. It's just that our structure is more complex and older, and there is a lag..."

"Our research is to forcibly shorten this process, just like the 【Longevity Club】..."

Director Yang mentioned the name of an organization casually to verify the persuasiveness of his words.

When Director Yang said this, it was just like casual chatting.

Because the elder of the overseas Lin's clan was a member of the 【Longevity Club】.

In Director Yang's inherent impression, Lin Ying, as the helmsman of the Xia Kingdom's Lin's, even if she couldn't interfere with the overseas Lin's clan, she should be very clear about matters related to the overseas Lin's herself.

Even the medical group of the overseas Lin's was developed around 【Lifespan Enhancement】.

In Director Yang's view, Lin Ying's initiative to come to the Dongxiang Spirit Beast Research Institute through the Security Bureau was nothing more than preparing to place a bet in the Xia Kingdom.

The overseas Lin's had already placed their bets, and it was normal for the Lin's where Lin Ying was to place their bets too.

"Hiss."

Sitting in the car, Chen Zhiyu, who had been keeping silent and listening to Director Yang and Lin Ying talk, suddenly felt a pain in her butt and subconsciously looked over.

The back seat of the business car was specially made, and Director Yang was facing Lin Ying and Chen Zhiyu.

Lin Ying turned to face the aisle to get the water placed next to Chen Zhiyu's seat, and in the process of getting the water, Lin Ying secretly took something and poked Chen Zhiyu's butt.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Ying looked at Chen Zhiyu, her eyes looking toward Director Yang on her calm face.

Chen Zhiyu was not a young person just starting out in society; it was clear she could see that Lin Ying was hinting at her.

"Longevity Club? Is it a spirit beast research organization department in our country? How come it feels..." Chen Zhiyu pretended to be confused and asked Director Yang.

"Hm?"

Director Yang looked at Chen Zhiyu, the relevant file information about Chen Zhiyu flashing through his mind. He looked at Lin Ying slightly strangely and said, "The Longevity Club is a global organization, and its connection with our domestic institutions is not very large; it's just that they are famous."

Lin Ying looked sideways, slightly reproachful, and took the initiative to stop Chen Zhiyu.

Seeing that Lin Ying was a little displeased, Director Yang smoothed things over without a trace:

"It is normal for Miss Chen not to know about the Longevity Club because they are essentially a non-official, membership-based organization that does not serve the public. The Longevity Club is essentially a medical club that serves families, powerful clans, and newly rich people."

"However, since Miss Lin didn't tell you about them, she probably didn't want Miss Chen to come into contact with the club's affairs, so I won't say any more. It's a good thing not to know those guys."

"They... are simply short-sighted boors who like to drain the pond to catch the fish; they are the shame of researchers!"

Lin Ying's gaze looked slightly upward, as if with a sense of detached aloofness.

But if An Sheng were here, he could see at a glance that Lin Ying wasn't being aloof; she was rolling her eyes.

Within the Xia Kingdom's Lin's clan, only the helmsman could have direct commercial dialogues with the Lin's elder.

Although Lin Ying was the helmsman appointed by the elder, her time in office was too short, and the Lin's elder knew of Lin Ying's physical discomfort and didn't give her any important tasks, just letting her take care of her health.

Regarding some specific businesses and things that only the chairman of Lin's Holdings could know, the elder didn't say anything.

(End of chapter)