Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 269: Chapter 269: Raw Materials

”Genetic Evolution Potion...? Upon hearing these words, Major General Xiang Dong’s serious expression involuntarily changed. He had not anticipated that Jiang Cheng’s research had reached this level.

He impatiently continued to ask, ”What exactly are the effects? Since the Genetic Evolution Potion you possess promotes genetic evolution, what are the results?”

”The effects, naturally, are comprehensive growth. As long as it’s a fundamental quality of human beings, whether it’s cognitive computational ability, physical strength, agility, immunity, or even lifespan, they will all increase significantly,” Jiang Cheng said calmly.

”Even lifespan will increase?” Hearing this, Major General Xiang Dong’s pupils involuntarily contracted slightly.

With Jiang Cheng, Major General Xiang Dong always felt that his sense of shock was never enough, being amazed time and again. This extraordinary man seemed always capable of creating one miracle after another, and upon closer understanding, one could clearly feel his terrifying abilities.

Lifespan, an obstacle that has been troubling humanity for countless years, has never seen any essential breakthrough—even with modern technology developing to such an extent, it’s the same. It’s an area that’s hard to enter or approach.

As far back as ancient times, Emperor Qin Shi Huang dispatched alchemists to seek the Elixir of Immortality for himself, but the result was obvious—nothing could be found.

Under the accumulation of thousands of years of civilization in Huaxia, although there is no way to extend lifespan, a set of health-preserving methods has been summarized.

However, while health preservation can indeed extend lifespan somewhat, it is not a fundamental change.

This is the forbidden zone of life, the law of nature. As long as it is human, one cannot bypass this barrier. The topic of life is enduring and can be endlessly discussed. In numerous works, the topic of life, the meaning of life, is countless.

But Jiang Cheng’s Genetic Evolution Potion seems to have a fundamentally different nature.

For many important figures, no matter how strong they become, power is not much use; having a better mind is somewhat useful, but the meaning of lifespan is entirely different—this is what almost every important figure dreams of.

If the Genetic Potion can indeed extend lifespan, it might make countless people cheer for it.

For ordinary people, life, having experienced many ups and downs, hardships, and struggles, may leave some nostalgia after living a lifetime, but not too much, because merely living is difficult enough, quite an exhausting thing. But for important figures, they find it hard to understand this and often feel that there’s never enough time, longing for a longer lifespan!

No wonder Major General Xiang Dong was so shocked to hear these words.

After a long pause, Major General Xiang Dong tried to collect his shocked emotions, but even so, he couldn’t regain composure.

Major General Xiang Dong asked again, ”Will lifespan be extended? If extended, approximately how long?”

Looking at Major General Xiang Dong, Jiang Cheng did not hesitate and said directly, ”Although I haven’t actually verified it, my research has a large amount of data for me to speculate and reference. After calculation, it is easy to draw this conclusion—lifespan extension is roughly a hundred years.

”A hundred years?! Major General Xiang Dong’s pupils slightly contracted. He thought for a moment, then still asked, ”Are you referring to living to a hundred years, or extending the lifespan by an additional hundred years?”

”Of course, it’s an additional hundred years. How could it be just living to a hundred years? This varies naturally with different personal baselines; it’s impossible for everyone to uniformly live to a hundred years,” Jiang Cheng said with amusement.

”...Is that really so?” Major General Xiang Dong couldn’t help but be too shocked upon hearing this, becoming somewhat dazed for a moment...

If it were someone else, swearing that they had developed a potion capable of extending lifespan by a hundred years, without a doubt, he would slap them hard, making their nose bleed, letting them know not to speak such nonsense next time. Whatever one says, they must be responsible for their words!

But... these words were spoken by Jiang Cheng. He had no choice but to believe.

Though the Genetic Evolution Potion was miraculous and hard to believe, what Jiang Cheng had presented was no less extraordinary than things that one could easily believe were produced. The Virtual Reality Device, the Transparent Phone, Qing Tengsu, which cures the liver cancer virus—were all things that ordinary people would not easily believe could appear in this era.

These things should belong to an unreachable future, not the present.

Yet Jiang Cheng has brought them all to this world now. Presenting the ”Genetic Evolution Potion” seems not too difficult to accept; it’s unbelievable... indeed, this is the Genetic Evolution Potion!

”It’s truly unbelievable—! That the Genetic Evolution Potion could have such a miraculous effect really makes one marvel at your creative capabilities!” After a long pause, Xiang Dong came back to his senses, his eyes lighting up, unable to help praising.

”You flatter me,” Jiang Cheng replied with a smile.

”Well... I have one more question.” Major General Xiang Dong hesitated for a moment and asked.

”What question?” Jiang Cheng looked at him.

At this moment, a maid appeared at the door of the meeting room, carrying tea and snacks, and knocked on the door.

Hearing the knock, Major General Xiang Dong immediately closed his mouth.

Jiang Cheng said calmly, ”Come in.”

Then the maid entered the room, carefully placing down the tea and snacks, and asked Jiang Cheng, ”Master, are there any other instructions?”

”No, you may leave,” Jiang Cheng said with a smile. ”Yes.” The maid nodded, then turned around and slowly left the room, closing the door behind her.

Once the door closed, Major General Xiang Dong asked, ”So there’s the question of the production capacity for this type of Genetic Evolution Potion—can this Genetic Evolution Potion be mass-produced? Furthermore, what about its safety?”

Jiang Cheng answered without hesitation, ”There are no safety issues, and as for mass production from a technical standpoint, it’s entirely possible, but from the aspect of raw materials, it’s completely impossible to realize mass production.”

”Are the raw materials very rare?” Major General Xiang Dong asked.

”Yes,” Jiang Cheng nodded and said, ”The demand for raw materials is extremely stringent and costly, making it impossible for mass production so that everyone can use it. Initially, it can only be available to a select few.”

”I see, that’s expected. Such a precious and extraordinary Genetic Evolution Potion—if it could be mass-promoted right after being developed and accessible to everyone, that would be peculiar,” Major General Xiang Dong nodded in understanding and said, ”I just hope that one day, the Genetic Evolution Potion can be developed to completely change the world’s status!”