Voyage of the Stars

Five hundred years have also caused traces of time to appear on many human beings.

Since humans have not made another breakthrough in life potions over the years, there are only three versions of life potions available, so the life span of a normal human being is only about 1,500 years.

Therefore, after five hundred years of hardship, many people who had survived from the era of the Callisto base to the present finally showed signs of aging.

Especially in the last few years, they used all the life potions available, and thus entered the normal path of aging.

The young girl in her teens slowly turned into a young woman in her twenties, and then slowly turned into a mature young woman in her thirties. If the life potion continues like this without a breakthrough, then they will be the first to start interstellar voyages from humans. The first batch of human beings to die of natural old age since ancient times.

He has lived for 1,400 years. In the age of the earth, he can say in front of others that he has found the way to immortality. In the age of the earth, one thousand and five hundred years is also an unimaginably long time. Living a hundred years is considered a long life. Logically speaking, people should be satisfied after living more than a thousand years.

But in the interstellar age, such a lifespan can only be described as fleeting.

It only took five hundred years for mankind to fully upgrade from the second-level civilization to the third-level civilization. This was only started after the emergence of true nanotechnology. If you include the hibernation time during the voyage, it is only a mere 1,500 years. In the blink of an eye.

Therefore, people are extremely eager to see more scenery in the universe and live longer. But the cruel fact is before them. Humanity has not made a breakthrough in the field of life sciences because of true nanotechnology, and no new life medicine has been developed.

As a result, birth, old age, sickness and death, a sentiment that had been forgotten by mankind for many years, suddenly reappeared in society. The human lifespan in the Earth Age and the stories of birth, old age, sickness and death in the Earth Age were told one by one through the mouths of the older generation of humans. Tell it to other humans.

"I have made money after living for such a long time. In fact, if it were not for the wise leadership of the leader, our generation would have died at the Callisto base. Now I have no regrets."

An old man lying on the hospital bed looked at the children around him and said leisurely: "My organs have failed and it is no longer possible to live anymore. In my current state, the life monitoring system is still very accurate. It If you say that I only have less than half a day at most, then it must be true. I am very happy that you can come back to see me in the last moments of my life."

"No, Dad, there is still hope. Is that called mechanization or something? We now have enough advanced technology to keep you alive!"

The old man had a total of seven children in his life, four girls and three boys. According to the current human family relationship, he, his children and grandchildren are considered one family, and the one who calls him daddy now is his youngest daughter.

Although the youngest daughter is over 1,300 years old.

"Yes, old man, I remember that technology is called body mechanization transformation technology. It can replace all organs with machines and still maintain body functions. We can apply for mechanical transformation, yes. That's it. Let me check the relevant regulations." The old man's wife also said.

With that said, she connected to the Internet from the built-in chip system, and then asked her smart assistant to start looking for relevant regulations on human body mechanization modification.

In the past, they never understood these things, because in the era of great success in gene tailoring technology and life medicine, humans basically no longer get sick, and 99% of the causes have been successfully prevented from the genetic source by technology. .

The so-called ward where the old man is now was only temporarily established in recent decades because of the lack of breakthroughs in new life medicine.

While the old man's wife was searching for information, the old man's other children also looked at him with concern.

However, the next moment they heard the old man say feebly: "No, it's useless. You still don't understand what I mean. I'm talking about organ decay. This so-called organ is not just my internal organs. But the cells throughout my body, they are old, including my brain cells, they are dying."

If the old man said anything, his wife and children were silent.

Yes, with the current technology of mankind, it is completely possible to replace all parts of the body except the brain with machines. However, even the brain cells of the old man have entered the stage of death. Even if the brain is placed in a mechanical body, there will be no What's the use!

Death is unstoppable. Human beings are born to die, but this process has been greatly delayed by the technology mastered by humans after the interstellar era.

"It's okay, what's the joy in life, and what's the sorrow in death? After I die, burn me, and then scatter me into the space." At this time, the old man could see clearly.

He looked at everyone beside the bed with his already dim and hazy eyes, took a slow breath, and said again: "I was born on the earth, which is a beautiful planet and the home of us humans. Now I am going to die. Now, let me stay in this galaxy where I have lived for five hundred years. After five hundred years of life, this place can be regarded as my second home. It’s ridiculous to say that after five hundred years, I won’t be able to live until I’m about to die. Know the name of this red dwarf star."

"It's called HD45996S56!" the old man's third son replied.

"It's so hasty, it's still a number." The old man tried his best to show a little bitter smile. He looked at his son who was speaking, and said with hopeful eyes: "If you can, help me make some suggestions to the new government and see if it can be solved." You can’t name this red dwarf Sunset Red.”

The sunset is red. This was the old man's last wish before he died. He hoped that he could die in a place that was easier to remember.

The old man really did what the life detection system said. Half a day later, he really died, peacefully. Because his last proposal received a response from relevant departments of the new government before his death.

This red dwarf star has since been changed to a sunset red star in human archives.

In fact, in recent years, many humans have died due to cell aging like old people, and with the lack of breakthroughs in life medicine, this trend is still increasing.

It seems that the entire human society has returned to the normal era of birth, aging, illness and death.

Five years later, the first news that a top scientist's physical function had declined reached Yue Yuan's ears.

"Yue Shuai, according to the vital signs monitoring equipment, the reason why Dr. Yi Kai fainted was lung failure!"

The one who spoke was Zhu Pite. Yue Yuan turned around and looked at him, and found that he was also more than ten years older than before. He looked like a man in his twenties back then, but now he looked like a man in his late forties.

Time has also left obvious traces on Zhu Pite.

For those who have not hibernated for a long time, it is really time for the life potion to expire, and they are really starting to grow old.

Yue Yuan was a little emotional.

All in all, Yue Yuan has been awake longer than these people, but because of the alien spacecraft on the Callisto base, he had a lifespan of almost five hundred years longer than others, so until now, he has Still doesn't show his age.

But the time is short.

Yue Yuan estimated in his mind how long he would be awake, and felt that he only had more than two hundred years left.