The great man will live forever

Chapter 211 The Birth of the New Wang Mang
On this day, a servant suddenly told Wang Mang, "Sir, someone just came to the house to report that he still has something about Tai Shigong and invites you to meet at Huifeng Restaurant."

Wang Mang was a little confused, "What else? How could it be? Isn't my hand complete?"

"He said there are some things that belong to Marquis Lanling."

"Marquis Lanling?" Wang Mang stood up immediately, "Let's go and meet him where he said he would be."

"Do you want to bring some guards?"

"I don't have much money? And I haven't offended anyone? Who harmed me?"

Wang Mang smiled and went to the appointment with his two servants.

Huifeng Restaurant is the most prosperous restaurant in Xinye. Originally, in the Han Dynasty, restaurants were called Jiushes and inns were called Mangzhi, which meant a post station. However, Liu Han opened Champion Hotel in Chang'an, where you can both drink and stay. The name of the restaurant has been passed down, and it has become more and more popular, and the Xiongnu blood he brewed has also been passed down.

At this time, in the Tianzihao room of Huifeng Restaurant, under the dim candlelight, the room seemed particularly quiet.

Black Jade Qilin, a man wearing a black brocade robe, stood quietly by the window with deep eyes.He seemed to have predicted Wang Mang's arrival and was waiting quietly.

He murmured to himself: "The awakening of reincarnation was quite fast this time, but it was only about 80 years apart. In the blink of an eye, there were so many emperors of the Han Dynasty, and the end of the Western Han Dynasty was here..."

Then he thought of something, and his eyes were particularly cold, "That stinky woman, it's best not to let me find you, or I will cut you into pieces."

As he spoke, he subconsciously touched his neck. Back then, Ayimei gave him a sword in the underground palace without hesitation and sent him into reincarnation. Now he still vividly remembers it. Although they can reincarnate, that kind of death The pain will not diminish.

"Zheng Dan, that stinky bitch, I don't know if I still need the identity of Zhao Lan. She has probably taken the elixir of immortality, and her appearance is still the same. Wait a minute, I will find you. The old guy Guiguzi is smarter and more skilled. "

Not long after, Wang Mang came with two servants. The waiters in the restaurant didn't know him yet. Wang Mang had only recently arrived in Xinye.

"Who are you looking for?" A waiter saw Wang Mang's extraordinary bearing and immediately came up to him.

The servant on the side said dissatisfiedly: "My lord is the new lord of the capital. Please let your head of house greet you personally."

"It turns out to be Mr. Xindu." The hotel clerk was shocked, and at the same time a little confused. This Mr. Xindu looked a little younger, looking like he was in his 20s, but his beard was a bit long, like the length of a middle-aged man's beard.

He didn't think much about it, thinking that since he was a Marquis, he didn't have to work hard and looked young. His face was filled with admiration and he quickly wanted to call the shopkeeper.

"Xiao Wu, how could this be possible? How should I call you Shi?"

Wang Mang looked at his servant with a reproachful look on his face, and then asked the hotel clerk cordially.

"Master Hou, the younger one's name is Qi Er." The restaurant waiter said with fear.

Wang Mang is always so approachable, "Oh, there's no need to trouble your shopkeepers. I'm just going to see someone. He's on Emperor No. [-]. Please take me with you."

"Right now, Lord Marquis, please come."

Under the leadership of the clerk Qi Er, Wang Mang and his servant came to the first room of this Tianzihao. The servant knocked on the door and the black jade unicorn also passed over the servant's body and looked at Wang Mang behind.

"What do you call your Excellency? I heard that you have something belonging to Tai Shigong?"

The black jade unicorn did not answer, "October 1949, 10!" He just said the date briefly. Wang Mang's face changed drastically. Seeing the change in his face, the black jade unicorn originally wanted to say something. He shut up and said to himself: "It seems that he passed through it after that."

"You too?" Wang Mang blurted out this question. The black jade unicorn inside looked at the two servants beside him with a half-smile. Wang Mang understood and quickly asked the two servants to get down.

"You go downstairs and wait for me. Don't let anyone approach this room easily."

Although the two servants were confused, they could only follow his order to wait downstairs and not let anyone go upstairs.

Wang Mang hurriedly entered the room. At this time, he was no longer as calm as before. He closed the door and immediately asked, "Are you also from the future? When did you come? Where are you from?"

"To be precise, it should be called time traveler. This word is quite good. It is said to have appeared in later novels. They all said so, so I just used it. It feels very appropriate."

"Them? Do you mean there are many people like us? Including Lanling Marquis Liu Han?"

The black-clothed Qilin asked him to sit down. The two of them did not kneel down. Instead, they used the sitting method of later generations and sat on the bed. "It's not much. It's not a big cabbage. There may only be one or two in a hundred years. Sometimes it may cost 600." Years, or even longer, there is no pattern, it all depends on fate.”

"Then how did you find me? How did you know that I was the one who traveled through...?"

The black jade unicorn smiled, "Isn't it recorded in history? It looks like, besides, look at what you have done over the years, a cat emerged from the pile of mice, and a great saint emerged from the pile of bad guys. It's like A light in the dark.”

"History can be changed. Look at Liu Han. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tried his best to bury it, I still found out about him. He is what you call a time traveler, but he was poisoned to death for some unknown reason. Otherwise, he may be able to change the dynasty, create great achievements, and even rapidly promote the development of society..."

"We did it."

"Why?" Wang Mang was shocked, feeling like he had discovered something.

"That's not right. He was already a figure from almost 90 years ago? Did you do this? Some of you have lived so long?"

As expected of a scientist, even in biology, Wang Mang's logic and thinking were extremely quick, and he immediately discovered the bright spots.

The black jade unicorn looked at him and said calmly: "Have you noticed that your appearance seems to have not changed much since you were 20 years old? You are still young now, only about 40 years old. It is not easy to see. It can be said that With good maintenance, some people may be surprised, but they won't be too surprised. After all, there are still many people who may look like they are 40 years old at the age of 20...

When you are 60 or 80 years old, if you still look like this, some people will probably be scared. "

"What do you mean?" Wang Mang suddenly felt a little scared. He used to think that his young appearance might be due to genetic problems, or that he rarely worked and had a regular schedule, so he looked young. After all, men generally age far less quickly than women, and he was not good at it. Female lust.

Now, from the mouth of Black Jade Qilin, it feels like this is not the case at all.

"Is this some kind of disease? All the time-travelers you mentioned are like this, and their appearance remains unchanged?"

"What kind of disease is this? You are the first generation and can live for 200 to 300 years, or even longer. No, no..."

The black jade unicorn seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "You are special. The first generation cannot have offspring. How come you have so many sons?"

"First generation?" Wang Mang was confused.

"It's the first time traveling."

"Does this mean you can travel through time a second time?" Wang Mang immediately thought of the meaning behind his words.

"It's more like reincarnation. For example, I have been reincarnated three times. Last time I finally woke up my memory, but the boat capsized in the gutter and was killed by a little girl..."

Black Jade Qilin began to speak slowly, and Wang Mang knew it. He was extremely surprised: "How is it possible? How could such a thing happen? It is not in line with science!"

The black jade unicorn smiled, "It's very scientific. Time travel is possible. Are you talking to me about science? Maybe it's the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, or some other theory that humans haven't discovered. There are too many unknowns in the world, and humans are so insignificant!

It's like you have descendants, because it completely goes against my understanding of the first generation. Are you not the first generation?That's not right, it's not the first generation. Your appearance remains unchanged. Have you taken the elixir of longevity? "

"Elixir of longevity? Is there such a thing?" "Yes, the first-generation body, plus some precious materials, can allow ordinary people to live for many years."

"I can't understand, how can humans live so long? The Gillis world record is only about 110 years old, how can it last so long? 130 years is as high as the sky. It doesn't conform to biology. Is it a genetic mutation?"

As a person who studied biology in his previous life, if Wang Mang hadn't had the equipment, he would have probably drawn blood on the spot, put it in the equipment for testing, and started studying it.

Black Jade Qilin was very puzzled, "It seems that you are really the first generation, but how come you have children? This is unscientific. None of the first generations before you did."

Wang Mang suddenly said with some embarrassment: "Well, actually I don't have it."

"You already have four or five at home, haven't you?"

"That is actually not my child. My wife was abandoned by others. When she married me, she was already pregnant with a child. She gave birth to the eldest son Wang Yu, the second son Wang Huo, the third son Wang An, and the fourth son Wang Lin. They When I was just born, my parents died. I took him to the house and raised him under my wife. I am really my biological son, but to the outside world, I gave birth to him. There is also the fifth son Wang Xing. His mother was pregnant with him, and my husband died. I watched Unfortunately, I was also taken to the house..."

Good guy, Black Jade Qilin was stunned for a moment. He was a little speechless. Is he so comfortable with being a cuckold?And you keep helping others raise their children, are you a saint?Don't mind at all?
"Well, it seems that this law has not changed. The first generation cannot reproduce."

"I know, haha, this can be explained from a biological perspective."

As if he had encountered the professional knowledge he was good at, Wang Mang slapped his thigh and stood up excitedly.

“Do you know about organisms that reproduce asexually?”

He did not let the black jade unicorn answer, and said to himself: "Asexual reproduction, as the name suggests, is a creature that can reproduce offspring without gender mating.

They complete the reproductive process independently without any restrictions on reproduction, and do not need to go through a tedious mating process. For example, the lighthouse jellyfish is said to be the closest creature to immortality and the longest-lived creature on earth. It is mainly distributed near the Caribbean Sea.

They are about five millimeters in diameter, and their bodies are transparent, allowing you to see their distinct red digestive systems.Ordinary jellyfish will die after sexual reproduction, but the lighthouse jellyfish has the ability to rejuvenate, which is characterized by the life cycle of a sexually mature individual. It can directly return to the polyp form from the jellyfish form, thereby skipping the process of death.

Theoretically, there is no limit to the number of times this process can occur. They can achieve unlimited lifespan through repeated normal reproduction and transdifferentiation, that is, through asexual reproduction. That is to say, as long as they are not captured by natural enemies, they can achieve a certain level of life. eternal life...

Moreover, some asexually reproducing organisms live longer than the same type of sexually reproducing organisms. In other words, sexual reproduction comes at the expense of lifespan.

Why is this happening?

Because they have high genetic stability, their offspring are almost identical to their parents, reducing genetic variation. This reduces the probability of offspring encountering fatal genetic mutations to a certain extent, thereby extending lifespan.

Secondly, asexually reproducing organisms rely more on their own ability to survive than on the choice of a partner.

They do not need to spend time and energy looking for a mate to compete for the right to reproduce. On the contrary, asexually reproducing creatures can devote all their energy to survival and reproduction.

In this way, they are more likely to avoid various external dangers and extend their lives as long as possible.

In addition, most organisms that reproduce asexually are haploid, that is, they have only one set of chromosomes.In contrast, sexually reproducing organisms are diploid and have two sets of chromosomes. Diploid organisms must undergo pairing and recombination of chromosomes to ensure the genetic diversity of offspring. Therefore, it is easy to introduce errors and increase the risk of fatal gene mutations. Organisms that reproduce asexually reduce this risk.

In contrast, sexual reproduction requires cooperation between individuals, and pairing requires a lot of time and energy.

In order to reproduce, humans must go through a series of reproductive processes, including finding a suitable partner to mate, conceive, and raise children, etc.

This not only consumes a lot of physiological and psychological resources, but also increases the limitations on lifespan by various factors.

In addition, sexual reproduction introduces genetic variation and genetic diversity. Although this diversity helps adapt to environmental changes, it also brings the risk of genetic defects and disease-causing mutations that may lead to a range of diseases and shortened lifespan...

Therefore, asexually reproduced organisms have a long lifespan due to their high genetic stability, strong ability to survive, and avoidance of the risk of genetic mutation.

Sexually reproducing organisms have a relatively short lifespan due to the cumbersome reproduction process, many opportunities for genetic variation, and additional physiological burdens.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages. Whether it is asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, each has its own survival advantages and disadvantages. In the long process of evolution, natural selection has formed different reproduction modes, allowing biological populations to diversify and maintain balance... …”

"That's enough, don't say any more." The black jade unicorn suddenly had the urge to strangle him to death. He was not here to hear about sexual and asexual reproduction.

Seeing Wang Mang who still wanted to talk endlessly, he vowed that he would never bring the topic to biological things in the future.

"I already understand."

"Do you really understand?"

"I understand, the first generation cannot reproduce. It is a bit similar to asexual reproduction, so it has a long life. Our reincarnation is a bit like a lighthouse jellyfish, returning to childhood, oldness, and childhood again..."

"Yes, that's it. Although you don't understand it fully, it's almost the same. It's great. Nature is so amazing."

Wang Mang almost danced with joy at this moment.

Black Jade Qilin was not a biology student, so he was not very excited. He looked directly at Wang Mang, "So, if you want to be reincarnated again and again, you must follow history, just like Wang Mang in history. If there are too many changes, Just like the lighthouse jellyfish chooses sexual reproduction, the price is the loss of immortality."

Wang Mang was stunned. He immediately thought about it, "Is this why you killed Liu Han?"

"Yes."

After hesitating for only a second, Wang Mang said: "I will use my limited life to devote my limited life to unlimited dedication to mankind. Look at the people of the Han Dynasty. They work hard every day, don't have enough to eat, and don't have enough clothes to wear." Nuan, look at those high-ranking officials and nobles, who can trample on the dignity of others and be above everything..."

"The thing is you have infinite lives."

"Then I should do it!"

“You would be giving up eternal life by doing it.”

"If you give up, just give up!" Wang Mang said calmly.

"It's so selfish of you to give up and force us to give up too."

"If your price is the suffering of countless people, wouldn't that be more selfish?"

The black jade unicorn was silent for a moment. "Pfft!" With a sound, he moved the knife. He accurately pulled out the knife hidden in his waist and inserted it into Wang Mang's throat. He was so decisive and fast, even better than Ayimei back then. Kill him quickly.

Immediately, he hurriedly wrapped Wang Mang in a quilt to prevent him from making a sound. Just a moment later, Wang Mang died.

"Human nature is inherently selfish. I don't want to choose sexual reproduction, can't I? Can't I always be a lighthouse jellyfish? Didn't you say that the natural world needs biodiversity and balance?"

Then, he started to use the knife slowly...

After a stick of incense, a piece of human skin appeared in his hand. It was very complete. He put it on, then took out something dark and smeared it around his face. Miraculously, he looked more and more like Wang Mang was mad, and the skin seemed to have grown on him.

"There is actually another way to use the longevity medicine. From now on, I am Wang Mang. When you see me again, it will probably be a hundred years or more!"

Then, he wiped away the blood and stepped out of the room. At this moment, a new Wang Mang was born.

(End of this chapter)