Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 362 We are not yet ready for immortality.
"Teacher Zhou!" Hao Xiaoxi suddenly pushed the door open and came in, but she was stunned for a moment when she saw her teacher.

Because there's a small red badge on my teacher's chest that's very eye-catching.

This isn't a major national holiday or an important annual meeting, so according to private etiquette, one shouldn't wear this!

But in the next instant, she realized what had happened, her eyes widening in disbelief as she stared at her teacher. "Teacher, could it be that you..."

He pointed to the badge on Zhou Zhe's chest as he spoke.

Zhou Zhe put down his teacup, looked at his student's state, and smiled.

"Xiaoxi! It's nothing!"

Hao Xiaoxi was at a loss for words when she saw her teacher's attitude.

But she still sincerely wished her teacher well!

"China, humanity! It is a blessing to have you!"

Zhou Zhe was taken aback for a moment, but quickly suppressed his emotions. "Xiao Xi, is there something you need to report?"

Hao Xiaoxi realized what was happening and hurriedly handed over the documents she was holding.

Zhou Zhe looked at the reports from various research labs in the document, carefully reading them and occasionally asking Hao Xiaoxi questions about the details before finally signing it.

With the stroke of his pen and the application of his red seal, China was about to enter a terrifying period of development.

Watching Hao Xiaoxi leave, Zhou Zhezhi stopped working on the documents on the table and sat in his seat, lost in thought.

He was thinking about what Hao Xiaoxi had just said!
Is his current state truly a blessing for China and humanity?

Immortality...

Perhaps it could be a curse, he thought, glancing at the spirit seed device he had placed under the table.

Thoughts flickered in his eyes!

Gabon experimental base and Libreville region.

Zhang Peng and Liu Peiqiang piloted their fighter jets, conducting routine patrol flights around the massive planetary engines.

"I don't know why, but a series of important construction tasks were suddenly issued from above some time ago. Security forces have been strengthened a lot!" Zhang Peng and Liu Peiqiang looked at the strange devices under construction around the planetary engine.

"Peiqiang!" Zhang Peng looked at Liu Peiqiang in the back seat and said mysteriously, "I heard from my inside connections that they're going to build some kind of energy shield! I don't know if it's true or not!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Peiqiang immediately burst into laughter. He had no choice but to react this way; after all, they were all well aware of the current state of technology on Earth.

Shields do exist, but those are all plasma or electromagnetic shields that have just left the laboratory.

That thing has some practical use, but it's not really suitable for building a shield for a planetary engine.

That would be wishful thinking.

"Don't you believe me? I'm telling you!" Zhang Peng was a little embarrassed and annoyed by Liu Peiqiang's laughing response.

"Master, if there really is some technological breakthrough, it's still those electromagnetic and plasma shields that are currently in the laboratory." As a member of the younger generation, Liu Peiqiang frequently browses all kinds of information and is most knowledgeable about current shield technologies.

"You still don't believe me, kid?" Zhang Peng was getting a little impatient, and was about to say something when...

A loud obstacle alarm suddenly sounded in the cockpit, startling the two men who quickly took evasive action according to the instructions.

"Master, drive with peace of mind, be steady! Be steady!" Du Peiqiang looked at the fighter jet that had returned to center, his heart pounding. That last maneuver was entirely based on muscle memory.

Zhang Peng patted his chest confidently, but upon hearing his apprentice's voice, he immediately said, "I told you to be more careful before, but you didn't listen. Why are you acting like this now?"

Liu Peiqiang didn't speak; he knew his master's character well. Instead, he turned to look in the direction of the obstacle.

A massive aircraft, over 200 meters tall, was hovering in the air, surrounded by dozens of smaller drones and fighter jets patrolling the area.

"Holy crap, is this a spaceship?" Liu Peiqiang muttered to himself as he stared at the object. "Didn't they say the spaceship faction had completely disappeared and was impossible to achieve? What's going on here?"

Zhang Peng maneuvered the plane into a corner and turned his gaze toward the enormous flying object.

"This is truly a spaceship!" Zhang Peng murmured to himself, momentarily lost in thought as he stared at the thing.

"Zhang Peng, Zhang Peng!" Just then, Nov's voice came through the communicator.

"Do you know what this is?" Hearing Nanov's boastful voice, Zhang Peng clearly realized that this guy knew something.

"What's up, Nov? You know something, don't you?" Zhang Peng controlled the joystick, making another turn to get a closer look at the massive spaceship. "Stop being so mysterious, just tell us!" "Hahaha!" Nov's hearty laughter rang out in the communicator. "Actually, I didn't expect it either, but before accepting the patrol mission, the task assigned by our superiors was to escort an experimental ship! At first, we thought it was just on the sea, but when we reached the designated airspace, we found it was land." Ivanov described the scene when they received the escort mission after arriving at the target airspace.

"You never expected that after we waited for five minutes, a huge warship flew towards us from the north! Sukabule—" He let out a long sigh, then continued, "Later we learned that it was a spaceship built by your China for space experiments! And judging from its ability to fly in the atmosphere, it definitely has mastered anti-gravity technology. Your China is truly a force to be reckoned with!"

Liu Peiqiang and Zhang Peng were both stunned for a moment, but looking at the huge Chinese red flag on the warship, they didn't know how to respond and fell silent.

Only Nov was on the communicator, incessantly describing the various news he had heard: "I heard that this experimental ship will carry supplies into space to repair the Ark Space Station! And it will be integrated with the Ark Space Station as the main facility structure, supposedly to make it an interstellar spaceport! Laying the foundation for future warship production and resupply! My God! You Chinese are really hiding your true strength... you can even come up with anti-gravity technology!"

"Master!" Liu Peiqiang's voice was somewhat hoarse. "Are we that strong?"

Zhang Peng didn't know how to reply. "I...I don't know!"

"That...that...that shield technology?"

"It's probably... likely... highly likely to be true!"

"..."

The large conference hall at the headquarters of the United Government!

The meeting had not yet officially begun, but representatives from all the coalition governments were already engaged in anxious discussions.

Meanwhile, the real commanders and their teams were in the lounges of some national representatives around the hall, rehearsing and discussing various plans.

The topics they discussed, whether in the lobby or in the lounge, were remarkably consistent.

That is why China suddenly experienced a huge technological explosion.
Did you conceal your shortcomings before, or did you finally achieve a qualitative change through a century of technological accumulation?

However, no matter how much they discussed, most countries, or rather all countries, reached a consensus.

That is to force China to share these technologies!
After all, there is only one anti-gravity warship, including planetary engines, and the so-called shield device is still under construction around it.

That alone made them feel like they were facing a formidable enemy!
What is China trying to do?
Build your own spaceship and then run away?

And none of that matters; the most important thing is Zhou Zhezhi!
In previous coalition government assemblies, Zhou Zhezhi was depicted as a frail man with gray hair, sitting in a wheelchair.

Now, Zhou Zhezhi has a full head of black hair and is full of energy. He no longer uses a wheelchair or even a cane.

Everyone knows what this means!
Technological breakthroughs in medical lifespan have made these elites restless; compared to so-called numbers, immortality is the ultimate goal.

True physical immortality is what they yearn for most!
Inside the Huaxia lounge!
Zhou Zhe sat upright in his chair, looking at the energetic young people around him, and muttered to himself, "The old man is right, this world ultimately belongs to you!"

Then he looked at Hao Xiaoxi beside him and said, "Xiaoxi, you will be the one to give the speech at this joint government conference!"

Hao Xiaoxi paused for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "Me? I'm afraid I can't do a good job on such an important speech for the teacher!"

Zhou Zhe smiled and said, "Which speech here wasn't important?"

Hao Xiaoxi nodded solemnly as he listened to his teacher's words, and his men quickly began to prepare.

The bionic Tie Hui sat to the side watching Zhou Zhezhi, then glanced at the busy people, leaned closer to him, and whispered with a chuckle, "Have you really thought it through? You don't need that thing anymore?"

Zhou Zhezhi did not answer immediately, but instead kept his gaze fixed on the group of young people who were making final revisions to their speech.

Finally, Zhou Zhe touched the cane in his hand, turned to look at Tie Hui, and said, "No need. It's not just me! The entire Chinese civilization, and even the entire human civilization, is not truly prepared. Once they achieve immortality or modify genes, it will be a disaster for the entire human civilization."

Tie Hui smiled and said, "I know! It's like the internal cultivation method in martial arts novels! Martial arts without an internal cultivation method are ultimately inferior!"

“Your analogy is not bad either!” Zhou Zhe chuckled. Tie Hui pointed to the cane in his hand. “Since you don’t want that thing, you should take good care of this cane I gave you, right?”

Zhou Zhe nodded with a smile, but when he turned his head, his face was full of seriousness as he looked at the red-lit camera in the corner of the ceiling, his eyes full of thought.

Tie Hui smiled knowingly at Zhou Zhezhi's actions, took out the light screen and crossed out all the technologies related to genes and lifespan.

Zhou Zhe is absolutely right. Without the support of spirit and thought, a sudden surge of power can drive a person mad.

Therefore, the human civilization in the world of The Wandering Earth is not yet mentally prepared to modify genes and extend lifespan indefinitely.

Maybe……

After this journey, which has lasted for thousands of years, is over... perhaps then I will be able to qualify for modification and immortality.

Tie Hui admired Zhou Zhezhi and the old man in the Zhongshan suit very much; he saw the shadow of that man in these two.

……

(End of this chapter)