Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

"Mr. Li, the exploration report on Proxima b has been improved based on your comments. Please review it."

After saying that, the report was transmitted to the information receiving device attached to Li Yan's temple.

"Okay, the specific situation is still seeing for yourself."

"Sir, do you mean that the Tianzhou is ready to enter the launch phase?"

"Yes."

"But...how are you going to solve the problem of signal transmission? After all, it's 4 light years away."

This guy's name is Clapper. He is from the Lighthouse Federation. At a young age, he entered the Heavenly Questioning Laboratory, the highest laboratory for space exploration of the Human Alliance.

Growing up in a peaceful era where only healthy competition exists between countries and absorbing the mixed human culture, he has developed the personality that Li Yan likes.

Respect should be shown when it is due, and ask questions when it is necessary.

In the past, it absorbed the advantages of both Eastern and Western cultures.

The young man was very smart and admired Li Yan very much, but he was not afraid to raise questions at all, which really made Li Yan's eyes light up.

In the past thirty years, no one has dared to ask him a question.

Proxima b is indeed 4.22 light-years away. Even if the special engine developed by Li Yan is used to resonate with the energy flow to break the speed of light structure, allowing the spacecraft to reach Proxima b in one human year, just imagine the time difference in information transmission; it would be very despairing.

In particular, Li Yan was also planning to control a number of sampling robots for on-site operations...

Although the resonance engine is already very shocking, experiments have shown that when matter enters a resonant state and passes through it with energy flow, an "information black cavity" will appear, which can only be observed again when it leaves the resonant state.

For matter out of resonance, information transmission is still limited by the speed of light structure.

This means that the Tianzhou may be able to "drift" to Proxima b along the established route within a year, but when it ends its resonance, it will take at least four years to receive its information...

No one knew what to do, and their final answer was "We can wait four years". They would prepare the program in advance, and operate automatically when it was in place. When they received the information four years later, they would be able to watch the most realistic science fiction film live.

Although this put extremely high demands on observing Proxima Centauri, everyone still completed the work under the guidance of Li Yan.

Therefore, it is difficult for Clapper to understand what "seeing is believing" means. In fact, he is still expecting Li Yan to solve the information black cavity and make information transmission achieve superluminal speed so as to witness a miracle.

"I'll find a way." Li Yan replied.

So Clapper grabbed his blond hair and went out, cheering like a monkey.

As soon as he walked out of the door, a very beautiful black-haired girl stopped him, "Klapper! Have you seen Mr. Li again?"

"Yes, but I want to keep this conversation confidential. You should know the requirements, Yunyin."

Lu Yunyin, a Chinese, grew up in Linjiang Center, the world's highest technological center, and is a rare genius.

She and Clapper are both only 20 years old, the two youngest people in the entire Wentian Laboratory, and are jokingly called the golden boy and jade girl of cosmic research.

"Of course I know..." Yun Yin looked down on Clapper's boasting, "I also have information that you definitely don't know!"

The two young men stood in the aisle and started arguing.

"Okay, get to work. Why are you so childish?" A middle-aged man with a crew cut scolded in a deep voice.

Clapper ran away as if he had seen a ghost.

The man is called Meng Lian. He is the director of the Quantum Applications Research Laboratory of the Wentian Laboratory. He is also the... uh, office director of the entire Wentian Laboratory, which is easier to understand.

He favors the more obedient Yunyin, but is a little impatient with the lively Clapper.

"Uncle Meng, are you busy now?"

"Still waiting for someone. I'll report to Mr. Li later."

"Why... call him Mr. Li?"

Meng Lian smiled, "Yun Yin, there are many reasons. This name is the result of two generations of struggle."

"Ok?"

"Anyway... I don't know what to call him."

"Hmm?" Yun Yin blinked and showed a very expectant look.

This child is like this, she has endless admiration for Li Yan. Even if she has to listen to the story over and over again, as long as it is about Li Yan's past, she will be fascinated by it.

"Before the world became what it is today, Mr. Li was the richest man and the most talented person in the world. At that time, there was no human alliance, and the community of a shared future for mankind was just a slogan. The relationship between countries was very complicated, completely different from the current situation. You should know this since you have taken history classes."

"Mmmmmmm!"

Meng Lian was helpless, "You little kid, you obviously know everything, but you still insist on listening."

"No, the history books don't say why he should be called Mr. Li."

"Later, he led many exaggerated scientific experiments, which completely changed the technology tree of mankind. China realized that he should be the wealth of all mankind, and other countries were willing to put aside everything and move towards a new era of exploring the universe under his leadership. Then, as you know, he led the establishment of the Human Alliance, built many laboratories across the world, and as the main person in charge, created a new language, a new currency system, and even proposed a complete new knowledge system..."

"So, why..."

"Too many titles, silly child." Meng Lian patted her head. "People of his level, we privately regard them as gods. What do you want to call him? Chairman of the Human Union? Manager? Or... for example, call him... Director of the Wentian Laboratory?"

Lu Yunyin also laughed.

"So, when Ms. Wei realized that people were afraid to call him by his real name and were struggling with what to call him, she told us to just call him Mr. Li."

"It's Ms. Wei!"

"Yes. She should be here soon."

"Ah!" Lu Yunyin suddenly became a little embarrassed and even wanted to hide behind Meng Lian.

Just as they were struggling, Wei Yunzhi, who was wearing a high ponytail and walking a few steps in a heroic manner, appeared and greeted them gently:

"Director Meng, Xiaoyin, hello."

Meng Lian hurried over, opened the door, and took Wei Yunzhi into Li Yan's office.

Lu Yunyin stood there blankly, her mind full of thoughts like "She remembers me, she remembers me, she remembers me..."

I'll have plenty to brag about to Clapper when I get back.

Li Yan looks no different from her 27-year-old self, currently sitting at her desk fiddling with a small object that projects shadows.

"Hello, Mr. Li, Ms. Wei is here."

Li Yan put the item down and looked up at Wei Yunzhi who was trying not to laugh. "You really enjoy this feeling of being a superior or a subordinate, huh?"

Wei Yunzhi stuck out his tongue.

Meng Lian pretended not to see it.

Li Yan patted the chair next to him, and Wei Yunzhi came over and sat down.

"Meng, you also like to act with her. Does she need you to lead her in?"

"..."Meng Lian felt very sad. I need to listen to your opinions and I must also implement Ms. Wei's request.

"Tell me what's going on."

Meng Lian recovered and said, "Two directors of the World Federation want to report to you. Two vice presidents of the Human Alliance also want to discuss issues with you. I want to ask when you will be free in the next week?"

"I'm busy. I've said it many times. The World Federation and the Human Federation can handle the work. There's no need to ask me." There was no emotion in Li Yan's words.

"…Uh, there's one more thing."

"explain."

"Mr. Sun Miao's grandson, I hope to treat you to a meal."

An old friend... "Just him?"

"I think they are organizing a social gathering for the descendants of future technology startup founders. I hope you can attend."

"Let's talk about it later. There are important things to do next."

"Okay, I'll go first." After saying that, Meng Lian walked away in quick steps.

In the room are Li Yan and Wei Yunzhi, the only two "immortals" in the world. The pressure they face is not something that ordinary people can imagine.

"Sun Miao's grandson..." Wei Yunzhi said, "He must be fifty years old, right?" "Yes..."

"A hundred years, Yan."

Li Yan stood up and walked towards the window. With a glance, the fog on the window dissipated, and an extremely transparent, large floor-to-ceiling glass window appeared, showing the reality outside that would have been extremely sci-fi a hundred years ago.

This is Linjiang, Lincheng.

The place where Li Yan was born.

Today, it is the pinnacle of world technology, satisfying the endless imagination of mankind about science fiction a hundred years ago.

"A hundred years is neither long nor short," Li Yan said. "It took mankind a hundred years to gradually improve productivity to a level that could implement the knowledge I originally understood."

"So now you have even more things that we can't comprehend."

"This is interesting, Yunzhi."

Li Yan's own achievement of immortality and helping others achieve immortality are two tasks of completely different difficulty.

He can rely on the system's abnormal ability to play with the rules, transform himself into a longevity gene, and keep his metabolism in an endless cycle forever.

But if you want to change others, there are all kinds of unforeseen risks.

The elixir of life ultimately could not be developed, but this saved Li Yan the trouble of facing ethical issues.

However, Wei Yunzhi wanted Li Yan to use her for gene editing experiments, which would become Li Yan's first case of "manual immortality", which really gave Li Yan a headache.

He knew how risky and difficult this operation was. It was no exaggeration to say that it was a life-or-death situation for Li Yan to be afraid of it.

The most critical problem is that the operation that is applicable to Li Yan's genes may not be feasible on others.

If it leads to cell apoptosis, then everything will be over.

Wei Yunzhi expressed her understanding. She was not pursuing immortality either, but if she had a choice, she would be willing to see the ultimate of the universe with Li Yan.

Li Yan asked his own parents, Wei Yunzhi's parents, and even Lin Zhiyuan the question of "Are you willing to live forever?"

The answers obtained were surprisingly consistent - "I don't want to".

They consider themselves mediocre people, and they feel fear in the face of the wear and tear and impact of eternal life. The ultimate of the universe does not have much appeal to them.

"It's possible to extend your life or ensure your health."

When Wei Yunzhi was 30 years old, one night, Li Yan suddenly realized that the girl in front of him looked more mature than him. When he was forced to face the fact that "Wei Yunzhi will grow old in the future", he made a decision.

I can’t be without you as my noble friend in my future journey!

So he made all the necessary preparations, invested 100% of his energy, and used overclocking to the point of completely overdrawing himself to complete the sixteen gene edits on Wei Yunzhi.

It was so dangerous that even now when I think about it, I still sweat profusely...

In the end, Wei Yunzhi's appearance remained forever at the age of 30, and Li Yan also found a partner for her endless life journey in the future.

However, unlike Li Yan's true immortality, Wei Yunzhi may still need some after-sales service, but as Li Yan's abilities continue to advance, it will only become easier.

"Today is exactly the 100th anniversary of the time you asked me if I wanted eternal life." Wei Yunzhi said.

"What a coincidence?" Li Yan was a little surprised. "No, is your memory so good? You can remember this?"

"With assistance." Wei Yunzhi showed the information band on his wrist. "Once the scale of time is extended, I can't expect myself to remember everything. Therefore, I must record all valuable and meaningful things to fight against the ever-lengthening life."

Li Yan seemed to be thinking about something.

"Yan, can you remember everything?"

"can."

"Then, do you feel... um, a kind of wear and tear? In these hundred years."

"Yes. Emotionally, yes." Li Yan pointed to a spire-like building outside the window that was nearly 1,500 meters tall. "Do you know where that is?"

“High-speed Elevator R&D Center.”

"Where was it one hundred and twenty years ago?"

"do not know."

"There was a pond with a willow tree and a big rock beside it, and I would lie on it in the summer."

In an instant, countless images flooded into Wei Yunzhi's mind, even making her nose sore and she wanted to cry.

Li Yan chuckled, "Looking back at the starting point, this is how I fight against the wear and tear of immortality."

For example, I couldn’t find a job during the summer vacation of 2020 and felt “the cold wind was bleak”. For example, I woke up and returned to the afternoon of the summer vacation in fifth grade of elementary school. For example, the moment when I was overjoyed when I just awakened the system. For example, the day when I used the system to leave Lincheng and come to Xinbei No. Middle School. For example, the moment when I made the bold statement “I want to be the top of mankind”...

Three months later, Li Yan sat in the control room of the Tianzhou spacecraft, and together with many researchers from "various countries around the world", witnessed the first "close contact" officially launched by mankind with an extraterrestrial habitable planet.

But until this point, no one knew how Li Yan would solve the problem of signal transmission.

So they can only hope.

Unlike previous spacecraft launches from the Earth's surface, the compact Tianzhou was launched from the launch pad of the giant space station Tiangong-7.

"The resonance engine is starting to work and is identifying the energy flow!"

"It has entered the expected orbit, detecting energy flowing into the entrance..."

"Capture the resonance phenomenon, activate the link!"

"Energy flow matching is successful, and the resonance signal is weakening!"

"Resonance successful, information black cavity appears, we have no signal!"

Perhaps humans have never thought that one day, "no signal" can actually mean "we succeeded" in the space console...

"Mr. Li, what should we do now?" asked the person in charge of the command room.

Everyone was looking at Li Yan.

Li Yan walked to the control console and turned on another strange set of control equipment - a bunch of virtual keys.

"This set of things forms quantum entanglement with the control room on the Tianzhou."

"This...this..." Clapper's legs were shaking with excitement and he almost shouted out loud.

"As long as I change their status, that is, complete the observation, there will be corresponding changes on the spacecraft four light years away. And the changes over there will also be fed back in time through this system." Li Yan smiled, "Even though we can't see the scenery with our own eyes, there will be no problem collecting first-hand data."

"How is this done?" Clapper couldn't help but ask.

But it was soon covered by applause from the audience.

Someone poked Meng Lian and said, "Good fellow, Old Meng, why are you so tight-lipped?"

Meng Lian clapped louder than anyone else, "I don't know how to do this!"

Tianzhou moves forward in the black cavity of information, "drifting" along the flow of energy, and officially starts the journey of mankind's "cross-light-year voyage".

"Okay, this thing will still have to stay in the black cavity for another year. Just wait and everyone should go eat and drink." Li Yan smiled and waved, and a group of people left with joy and cheers.

But Li Yan herself was the last one to walk in, and finally stopped in the control room where there was no data.

Wei Yunzhi, who had just walked out of the control room, found that Li Yan had stopped, so he turned back.

"what's wrong?"

"In fact, I once thought about how my life should end."

"Any answers?"

“There are many answers, but no matter how I think about it, I’m not willing to accept it.”

"What about now?" Wei Yunzhi smiled after asking.

Li Yan also smiled.

"My journey will never end." (End of this chapter)