I attained immortality in the real world.

eternal life!

Life and death are inevitable, and the decline of life is a natural law.

Humans are particularly keen to pursue eternity with their short lives, but they have never truly attained eternity. Even the most precious and precious stones can only be held for a few decades.

The existence of immortals is built upon the human race, and to a certain extent, they can link individual lifespan with the lifespan of the race, thus barely achieving the theoretical limit of lifespan.

If it is confirmed that humanity has officially embarked on the path to immortality in the material world, Lunar Biotechnology will not need to do anything; it will immediately become the ruler of the Thirty-Six Heavens and can initiate a project to pluck the moon down as an accessory to its throne.

Chen Jing did not believe that humans could achieve immortality so easily, but he was willing to believe Wang Bulu's theory that he was only one step away from immortality if he broke the lifespan limit.

The final step toward immortality will be more difficult than expected; it may be an insurmountable chasm, or it may be a realm that is simply untouchable.

"........."

"Immortality?"

After a brief silence, the Siming Laboratory uttered a sigh and was the first to ask, "Is it about achieving immortality for humanity, or is it just a mass of HeLa cells imprisoned in a human form?"

Someone asked the question first, and the others did not elaborate further. All the cultivators turned their attention to Wang Bulu, who was sitting cross-legged.

Talking about immortality without mentioning the cost is just being dishonest. None of the cultivators were naive enough to believe that the creatures of the Moon Palace had successfully replicated the elixir of immortality, and that humanity had entered an era where it could enjoy endless lifespans.

When confronted with the question, Wang Bulu made no attempt to conceal anything: "It has been achieved! But not completely."

"The immortal beings still have many flaws. Although they take human form, their intelligence is similar to that of animals. They lack the most basic instincts of living beings and require a massive amount of resources to maintain their immortality..."

"But these are all problems that can be solved. In addition, there are problems inherent to immortal beings, problems that are deemed unsolvable or unavoidable, and the inevitable price that immortality will pay."

"........."

"To understand the cost of immortality, one must first understand the basic theory of immortality."

"From the moment of birth, the essence of life is constantly being lost. It can become stronger and healthier, but it cannot become younger."

"Like a snake with its head in its mouth and its tail in its mouth, it survives by constantly eating itself until its life comes to an end."

"The Lunar Palace organisms can call the life survival mode of normal life forms 'circular cycle,' while the life survival mode of immortal species is different from that of conventional life forms, which Lunar Palace biotechnology calls 'Jade Cycle.'"

"Jade, which is not a perfect circle, is the core of the theory for constructing immortal species."

"Because 'Jade' cannot be perfected, life will be consumed at a faster rate, but it can be replenished by external objects."

"Just as exercise consumes energy, which is then replenished through eating and digestion, as long as there is food and the digestive system is functioning properly, there is no risk of starvation."

"As long as the 'Jade' cycle does not collapse and there are still resources to compensate for 'life', the immortal species will not have to worry about dying of old age."

"As for the inevitable cost of the 'Jade' cycle..."

"Energy consumption and replenishment cause humans to experience a sensation called 'hunger.' "The consumption and replenishment of life also produces a sensation similar to hunger. The creatures of the Moon Palace named the sensation of lacking life 'emptiness.'"

"If we, as cyclic organisms, were to transform into Jade Cycle life forms, the sense of emptiness would arise from nothingness, a thousand times more intense than the hunger we are already accustomed to. It would be a pain beyond what the will to live can bear."

"At that time, no one would cherish this pitiful life; they would only think that it was better to give up this life!"

The core project of the Colorless Realm is the Celestial Project, and the Longevity 'Jade' Cycle is practically tailor-made for Celestials.

If you are born in hell, you will not feel that being in hell is a kind of suffering. You are born with a sense of emptiness, so you will not think that emptiness is an unbearable weight.

If joining the 'Jade' cycle to become immortal life forms and creating a completely new immortal race, rather than evolving into an immortal race, it would not be of much significance to everyone.

The main significance of the Tianren Project is to improve the overall quality of humankind, thereby enabling them to access higher levels of knowledge.

At the same time, the Celestial Beings also serve as a reference for cultivators. As a model for cultivators of a certain realm, cultivators can only truly complete their cultivation after transforming into a Celestial Being and reaching the next realm.

The head of the Jiuchongshan Laboratory stared at Wang Bulu and questioned, "The only resources that can replenish 'life' are living beings, or even beings of the same kind. Is an immortal being called a zombie or a vampire?"

Zombies and vampires—these two fantastical creatures perfectly match Wang Bulu's description of the 'Jue' cyclical creatures.

Firstly, they have no lifespan limit; secondly, one is born from accumulated resentment, and the other is cursed by God. In our understanding, both are forms of punishment, which aligns with the 'Jue' cyclical creature's sense of emptiness.

Wang Bulu glanced at Jiuchong Mountain, not feeling offended in any way. He was also a 'ring' cyclical creature and certainly wouldn't aim to create a creature that preys on humans.

He replied, "His name is Evolver Number 2!! Knowledge is just knowledge; how to use it depends on the person who can see it."

"The information I have provided is sufficient for exchanging the Immortal Examiner experimental subject. Fellow Daoists, you may freely propose other decisions, as long as they do not cause irreversible damage to Immortal Examiner No. 3."

"........."

Other resolutions?

After Tianyuan Group and Yuegong Biotechnology took over, who else possesses higher-level instruments to detect anything special from this immortal body?
Information from the metaverse surged and churned, including concepts such as 'ascension,' 'jade slip technology,' 'immortality,' and 'jade cycle,' which were not confined to written words and were even being proposed for the first time.

Seeing that no one was willing to take the lead, Chen Jing stepped forward: "My decision will take a long time, requiring ten years of the Immortal No. 3's time, but there is not enough knowledge to pay for it."

"Therefore, the Formless Realm can take away Immortal No. 3 first, inform Immortal No. 3 of his experiences every once in a while, and release real-time video footage at the same time."

"If the resolution cannot be passed, then... abandon it and do not proceed to the second stage."

The path to enlightenment in physiognomy is about transforming one's appearance into one's physical appearance. Immortal transformation involves injecting one person's soul into another's body. Immortal transformation experiments are the best examples of 'appearance transformation' experiments.

Although the experiment on the banished immortal was unsuccessful, the newborn soul merging into the adult body will go through the process of mind annihilation, body preservation, mind birth, and body transformation. How can this not be considered top-notch material for studying 'phase transformation'?

Chen Jing was not willing to pay the price and was confident that he could pass the resolution in one go.

Continuing to observe the "Immortal No. 3" will benefit a small group of laboratories, and may also benefit another group in the future. In short, there's no harm in learning more information. (End of Chapter)