Chapter 124 The Beginning of a Great Era

Without the data on controlled nuclear fusion, it means that humans can only study it themselves, which is also what Yu Yifeng feels regretful about.

Of course, some scientists also pin their hopes on the small metal ball that Yifeng brought back. What exactly is that small ball, humans are still unclear, and the decryption work has not been going smoothly.

The cryptographers on the Noah are like craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty, facing a modern solid-state hard drive, and have a feeling of not knowing where to start... Because they have too little theoretical knowledge, don’t know the model, don’t know the specific parameters, and can only slowly explore.

However, Yu Yifeng is not worried about the energy problem for the time being. According to the current energy consumption of 20 to 30 million watts, the uranium-235 stored by humans is enough for two hundred years. And now that several small uranium mines have been discovered, the uranium reserves will increase.

The two sat face to face, ordered two more drinks as dessert after dinner, and then began to talk about other technological progress.

Yu Yifeng found that, apart from the unsuccessful work, the technology of the new human civilization is almost advancing in all aspects...

In terms of weapons, in addition to the nuclear bombs made by humans themselves, some things removed from flying saucers, such as laser weapons, particle beam weapons, etc., were installed outside the Noah. Although the power is only one tenth of that, it can be regarded as a means of ultra-long-range attack.

They once tried to fire an ion cannon, which required a very large power. Because there was no super battery, all the nuclear power plants of humans had to be turned on at the same time to barely light up.

However, the super-high power also brought great power. The power of this ion cannon is at least comparable to that of a medium-sized atomic bomb. The most important thing is that its speed is close to the speed of light, and it is a real space weapon.

Facing the real interstellar civilization, humans are finally stronger grasshoppers. At least they can hurt each other and get out of the category of having no power to fight back.

After all, although ordinary nuclear bombs are powerful, they fly too slowly. In interstellar wars, they need to fly for several weeks or even months...This kind of weapon is not very useful except for close combat.

Yu Yifeng himself still likes these new weapons research very much. He is still a passionate soldier in his bones, and he always has a feeling of big ships and cannons.

Yuriko ignored his expression and continued: "Well, that's about it in terms of weapons. You can't develop a lot in half a year... But in biology, there have been new breakthroughs in the research of longevity viruses."

Yu Yifeng raised his head. He had read relevant reports a few days ago, but at this moment he was still willing to listen to Yuriko's explanation.

"Regarding the longevity virus, it is almost certain that it was brought out from the UFO. After all, its DNA characteristics are too different from ordinary Martian viruses. Many biologists believe that its predecessor may be some cells peeled off from that meat ball."

"After these cells fell off from the mother body, they gradually degenerated in order to adapt to the environment of Mars, until they are now like this..."

If this statement is followed, the longevity virus has become a creation of alien civilization! This explanation actually makes sense. After all, the meatball has lived for so long, and some cells in its body must have longevity functions...

Yu Yifeng is still very vigilant about alien creations. "How about the research on longevity viruses?"

"If these cells have not degenerated, the longevity factors secreted will be more effective, but humans dare not use them. Now the activity of the degenerated virus is very low, which is much safer... It can be said that it is human luck."

"Scientists have also trimmed a large number of redundant genes and made a medicine that has a life-extending effect of about 30%-40%."

"Is it safe?" This is the first question that Yu Yifeng is concerned about. When he thought that the longevity virus might be part of the meatball, he felt strange in his heart. Perhaps it was his psychological factors that were at work.

"In theory, it is safe enough. Scientists have trimmed all the genes that they can't understand, leaving only the parts we understand. The main components of the gene reagents used are enzymes composed of catalytic proteins and RNA templates, and do not contain other genetic materials."

Yu Yifeng nodded, which means that after using this medicine, the average life expectancy of humans will reach about 110 years old.

The most important thing is that it can bring a lot of inspiration in biology, allowing humans to further understand themselves. Perhaps there will be better drugs in the future...

Everything has two sides, and he can't stop a science that is beneficial to mankind because of his personal preferences. Under the scientists' solemn guarantee, the first phase of human experiments on longevity reagents has begun.

He is a little worried that after using these drugs, humans will become other creatures. After all, human life science is still too weak, and theoretical safety is not real safety. Especially that meat ball has the ability to control the mind, who knows?

"Don't worry... There is no problem with safety. I know your concerns. Some testers still have the original thought fluctuations after injecting relevant stem cells... Thought fluctuations that belong to humans!"

"Moreover, their gene chains have not changed."

Yuriko said a little shyly, "I didn't spy on their minds, I just vaguely sensed it. Don't misunderstand..."

"Is that so!" Yu Yifeng smiled and suddenly felt relieved, "That's good, thank you!"

It turns out that Yuriko has this function, which is good. At least, alien spies will never get in...

In addition to weapons and life sciences, the greatest progress of mankind is in materials science!

Inspired by a large number of alien creations, new materials began to appear in batches, filling the gaps in the history of materials: graphene, aerogel, carbon nanotubes, fullerene, amorphous alloys, foam metals, etc., all went from the laboratory to the production line for mass production!

Yu Yifeng was deeply delighted. When he thought of the progress of the new human civilization, all their adventures were worth it!

"Generation of materials, generation of devices, generation of devices, generation of technology. In the past, the development of materials science was too slow, and most of the scientific research results could only be used to publish papers. Now it has finally made a leap forward!"

Yuriko drank the last sip of the drink and said lightly: "Because of the invention of these new materials, the performance is dozens of times better than the old materials in the past. We finally have the possibility of building large spacecraft!"

"Yes." Yu Yifeng also nodded in agreement, "But there is no need for large spacecraft. Our Noah is enough for the time being, and the research on small space shuttles has been started in advance!"

Yu Yifeng has a feeling that everything is just the beginning, the beginning of a great era!