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The car door closed, shutting out the wind. Li Yichen tossed the silver-white constant-temperature box onto the passenger seat and tapped the car's Bluetooth phone.

After two beeps, Liu Guoliang's loud voice burst out from the loudspeaker.

"Brother Li, what brings you here today? Is your space carrier up to something new? I was just thinking of visiting your base."

"Brother Liu, stop with the small talk." Li Yichen steered with one hand on the wheel and pressed the accelerator. The massive Tank 700 roared onto the main road, its engine emitting a deep growl. "I'll be at the military region in half an hour. Immediately summon all the high-ranking officers of the military region to the conference room. The higher the rank, the better."

Liu Guoliang paused for two seconds on the other end of the phone. He'd dealt with Li Yichen for so long, and he'd rarely heard the man speak in such a blunt, straightforward tone. Whenever this kid was serious, something big was bound to happen.

"What's the big deal?" Liu Guoliang put away his joking tone, and the sound of a chair being pushed back and scraped could be heard in the background.

"It's something that could cause a huge uproar." Li Yichen stared at the traffic light ahead, stepped on the brake, and said, "Everyone, wait for me."

The call was disconnected.

Half an hour later, Tank 700 braked outside the main gate of the Shanghai Military Region.

Gu Shounian was already standing by the guard post. When the car came to a stop, he quickly went to greet it. He opened the passenger door and was about to start a conversation when he noticed the silver thermostat on the seat.

Li Yichen got out of the car and picked up the suitcase with his back hand.

"Brother Li, what an honor to have you here this time! What kind of cutting-edge technology have you brought?" Gu Shounian walked to the side and led the way, his eyes constantly glancing at the incubator.

He rubbed his hands together, unable to contain his curiosity. "The medical pod terrified us all last time. Everyone was secretly wondering what was going on in your head. This box can't possibly contain anything more outrageous than the medical pod, can it?"

Li Yichen carried the suitcase forward, his steps unwavering: "Brother Gu, don't rush. You'll understand once we're in the conference room."

Gu Shounian was intrigued by these words, his heart itching like a cat scratching at him, yet he couldn't utter a single word. Knowing the importance of secrecy, he could only quicken his pace and lead the way. The sentries along the route, seeing Gu Shounian personally guiding the way, all stood at attention and saluted.

The two walked through the long corridor and stopped at the end in front of a heavy blast door.

Gu Shounian pressed the facial recognition button and entered a thirteen-digit dynamic password. The explosion-proof door emitted a muffled pressure release sound and slid open to both sides.

The conference room was filled with over twenty people, all wearing general's stars. He Zhenchuan, the chief commander of the five theater commands, sat in the main seat, with Xiao Jingshan and Liu Guoliang flanking him. The other generals sat on either side of the long table. Such a gathering was usually only seen at all-army conferences.

As soon as Li Yichen stepped across the threshold, dozens of eyes stared at him. A chilling atmosphere filled the air.

He Zhenchuan pointed to the empty seat to his left and got straight to the point: "Xiao Li, Lao Liu said you were acting mysteriously on the phone, insisting that everyone be there before you would speak. Everyone dropped their military duties and rushed over. Now that everyone's here, what's the important matter? Go ahead and say it."

Li Yichen pulled out a chair and sat down. He placed the incubator on the mahogany conference table and surveyed the room.

These veterans, who had weathered countless death storms, felt uneasy under his gaze. His eyes held a scrutinizing intensity, devoid of any of the awkwardness of youth.

He Zhenchuan understood his concerns and placed his hands on the table, folded over each other: "Xiao Li, relax. Everyone sitting in this room has had their background thoroughly investigated, their ancestors for eighteen generations thoroughly examined, there are absolutely no problems. Speak your mind."

Li Yichen's fingers rested on the lock of the incubator.

"Commander He, please don't take offense." Li Yichen tapped his fingers on the metal box, making a crisp sound. "It's just that what I'm about to take out is too hot to handle. If even a whisper of this gets out, World War III might break out tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, a collective gasp filled the conference room.

Liu Guoliang nearly knocked over his teacup, spilling tea onto his military trousers without bothering to wipe it off. Xiao Jingshan leaned forward, his eyes fixed on Li Yichen's face, trying to find any trace of a joke.

He Zhenchuan's face darkened, and he straightened his back. He understood that Li Yichen never spoke without reason. This kid dared to say he would cause a world war; the contents of the box were definitely beyond everyone's comprehension.

"Little Li, there is no joking in the army," He Zhenchuan said in a deep voice.

"I never joke around." Li Yichen pressed his thumb against the lock.

pat.

The lid popped open. Cold air escaped, condensing into white mist in the air.

He pulled out a glass tube from it and held it in mid-air.

The liquid inside the tube circulated with a pale blue fluorescent light, refracting a mesmerizing color under the incandescent light.

The dozens of generals looked at each other in bewilderment. They had all assumed the box contained blueprints for a miniature nuclear bomb or a model of an antimatter weapon, but it turned out to be a vial of medicine.

"What is this thing?" Liu Guoliang leaned in two inches, his nose almost touching the glass tube. "Gene serum? Brother Li, you're not going to copy those lunatics in Area 51 of the US and do some kind of monster modification project, are you?"

Everyone here has seen the video of the American yellow giants on the Middle East battlefield. These lumps of flesh, pieced together purely from alien genes, are incredibly powerful, but they have completely lost their human reason and have become killing machines.

He Zhenchuan frowned deeply: "Xiao Li, what exactly is this? You came all this way, you didn't come just to show us chemical and biological weapons."

Li Yichen shook the glass tube in his hand, making a shocking statement: "One shot of this stuff, and you can not only tear apart an armored vehicle with your bare hands, but also live for another three to five hundred years."

A single sentence came crashing down.

The room fell silent; you could hear a pin drop.

Three to five hundred years? Tearing apart armored vehicles with bare hands?

Each of these words is easily recognizable when broken down, but when put together, they completely shatter the worldview of these veterans.

Immortality!

What emperors and generals throughout history have sought in vain is contained in this tiny glass tube? The elixir of immortality that Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to search for at sea, which he could not find, is now sitting on the conference table of the Shanghai Military Region?

After a brief silence, the doubts in dozens of eyes all disappeared, replaced by a heat strong enough to burn through steel plates.

Who doesn't want longevity? Especially these veterans who command great armies but whose bodies are aging. They have spent their lives on the battlefield, suffering from numerous injuries and illnesses. If they can live for another hundred years, it will be enough for them to witness the Great Xia Dynasty ascend to the throne of the Blue Star.

An elderly general with white hair was breathing rapidly, his hands gripping the table so tightly that his knuckles turned bluish-white.

A major general in charge of the military medical system couldn't help but speak, his voice trembling: "General Li, what is the success rate of this medicine? Are there any risk of rejection?"

Li Yichen put the glass tube back in the box and leaned back in his chair: "One hundred percent. As long as you are a pure human from Earth, your genetic code is a perfect match."

He Zhenchuan was breathing heavily, and slammed his hand heavily on the table.

boom!

A muffled thud forcibly pulled everyone back to their senses, which had been wandering off course.

He Zhenchuan stared intently at Li Yichen: "Li, tell me the truth. Is this thing really as miraculous as you say? Once injected into the body, will it cause me to lose my mind and become a ruthless beast, like those monsters from America?"

"Commander He, you underestimate me." Li Yichen sneered. "The US's approach is a crude patchwork of alien genes, purely altering human genes. My drug, on the other hand, optimizes the human gene chain from the ground up, rewriting telomerase."

He tapped his fingers on the table: "To put it simply, it just breaks the physical shackles of carbon-based life and accelerates evolution. After this injection, you'll still be you, perfectly clear-headed, and you'll never grow scales or fangs. It's a completely different dimension of creation from that kind of haphazard approach used by the US."

After hearing the explanation, He Zhenchuan's chest heaved violently twice.

He turned his head to look at Gu Shounian, who was standing at the door.

"Xiao Gu, immediately seal off the entire building! Don't let a single flying insect out!" He Zhenchuan's voice boomed. "Go to the confidential room and get the top-secret agreement. Everyone in this room today, sign it! Anyone who dares to utter a single word will be charged with treason!"

Gu Shounian stood at attention, saluted, and rushed out the door.

In less than two minutes, a stack of top-secret agreements was placed on the conference table.

Without a word, dozens of generals grabbed pens and scribbled their names on the paper, not even bothering to read the terms carefully. Their fingerprints, pressed firmly into the red clay, pierced through the paper.

After everyone had signed, Li Yichen chuckled at their eager expressions.

"Don't worry, everyone." Li Yichen pushed the box forward two inches. "This potion can't be mass-produced right now, but small-scale supply shouldn't be a problem. Everyone here will have a chance to get one in the future; not a single one will escape."

Upon hearing this, a suppressed gasp rippled through the conference room.

Overjoyed, Liu Guoliang jumped up, ran around the table to Li Yichen, and grabbed his shoulder, exclaiming, "Good lad! I'm selling my life to you from now on! After I get this injection, I absolutely have to take a stroll around the Black Palace in America!"

Xiao Jingshan laughed and scolded, "You brat, you're trying to bribe the Great Xia military with an elixir of immortality! This is unprecedented in history! You saved my life with your medical pod, and now you want to extend it for hundreds more years? I don't know how I'm going to repay you!"

Liu Guoliang circled the incubator, rubbing his hands together: "Goodness, if this were released, those Wall Street tycoons would fight tooth and nail to get their hands on it, even if it meant going bankrupt."

Xiao Jingshan slapped Liu Guoliang on the back: "Old Liu, stop acting like you've never seen anything like this before. This thing is a national treasure. Anyone who dares to mess with it, I'll be the first to kill them."

He Zhenchuan didn't join in the commotion. He grabbed the red secure phone on the table and dialed the highest-level hotline directly.

"Commander, this is He Zhenchuan. Something big has happened at the Shanghai Military Region. Li Yichen has sent something..." He Zhenchuan covered the microphone and reported in a low voice.

A dozen minutes later.

He Zhenchuan hung up the phone and turned to look at Li Yichen.

"Xiao Li, after hearing the report, Elder Lu and the others can't sit still anymore." He Zhenchuan's tone revealed barely concealed excitement. "The special plane just took off from Beijing, and in two hours at most, the entire top leadership will arrive at the Shanghai Military Region."

After listening, Li Yichen tapped the lid of the incubator twice with his fingers.

"You've come at the perfect time." Li Yichen stood up, straightened his collar, and said, "I happen to have something more important to do, which I need to discuss with Elder Lu and the others in person."

Liu Guoliang had just sat back down in his chair when he heard this, and he almost slipped under the table.

"Something more important?" Liu Guoliang's eyes widened. "Isn't the elixir of immortality important enough? Just how many more trump cards are you hiding?"