Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

Three months were spent in the excitement of the Internet and reality.

People continue to discuss topics related to human hibernation.

There are also many sociologists and even thinkers and philosophers who have expressed some opinions on human hibernation technology through the media and social platforms.

Some pessimistic people believe that this technology is likely to have serious adverse effects on the entire human civilization and fundamentally change the original development trajectory of human society.

If it is more serious, it may drag human society into an abyss with no bottom.

There are also optimistic people who believe that

Hibernation technology is almost a necessary technology in the development process of human beings.

For a civilization, it is not necessarily a good thing if the individual life span of the civilization is too long, but it is also not a good thing if it is too short.

When the human body's ultimate lifespan has been temporarily determined theoretically to be unbreakable,

If humans still need to expand, hibernation technology is a technology that cannot be avoided.

The universe is simply too vast. Even if one day humans can sail through the universe at speeds close to the speed of light, the time required for the voyage to farther galaxies will still be unacceptable.

Optimists believe that giving up hibernation technology is almost equivalent to giving up the future.

certainly,

Compared to extreme optimism and extreme pessimism,

There are actually the most people who are relatively neutral.

The most common views, or concerns, among neutrals are more practical.

That is, if people are allowed to maintain hibernation, they need to continue to devote some resources.

As time goes by, even if hibernation is controlled in an orderly manner, more and more people will hibernate.

Ultimately, maintaining a large group of people in hibernation must be a heavy burden for the entire human race.

Even after a certain critical point is exceeded on a certain day, the development of human civilization will directly lead to a stagnant stage.

At this time, perhaps humans will consider giving up on those in hibernation... But this is also what worries people, because at that time, they may also be in hibernation.

also,

On the entire Internet, there are actually many different opinions.

Some are more concrete and practical concerns, while others are far-fetched fantasies.

but,

Whether you have a more pessimistic attitude, a more optimistic attitude, or other ideas,

In mainstream discussions,

No one expressed strong opposition to the current research on hibernation technology.

Most people are still looking forward to it and are a little nervous.

Three months,

Just like that, it was fleeting.

…

Late February of 1960.

This year’s Lunar New Year has just ended.

It may be affected by the human hibernation project,

This Spring Festival, the Spring Festival atmosphere on the Internet is not that strong.

During the past few days of the Chinese New Year, the entire Internet was still discussing and paying attention to the progress of the first clinical trial of the human hibernation project.

"...Do you think the first clinical trial of the human hibernation project is almost over?"

"Probably...I feel very complicated right now. I don't even know whether I should expect success or failure."

"...I hope it will succeed. My wife is terminally ill. If human hibernation technology is successful, I hope to be able to put her into hibernation and go to the future... By then, I may already be an old man, right?"

"You can also hibernate with your wife and wake up together one day in the future."

The specific clinical trial process of the human hibernation project has not been announced.

But based on the time when the previous news was released, people simply inferred that it was probably in the past few days.

And as time gets closer to the end of the three-month clinical trial,

The professors and researchers in the research team were all a little nervous again.

The night before the clinical trial ended,

There were quite a few researchers who stayed awake all night.

It's better not to know.

That day he just got up normally and had breakfast with his girl Qin Huaishi.

During breakfast, there was almost no mention of previous clinical trials.

Just talking about some daily trivial things and interesting things as usual.

After that, we arrived at the laboratory.

…

"...Start the awakening process."

"Okay, Academician Mo."

In the laboratory, Mo Dao, several academicians, and some core researchers in the research team were present.

Compared with when clinical trials were launched previously,

There was also an additional reporter from China News Service.

Of course, due to various considerations, this reporter is not reporting live at the moment.

I am just recording the moment when the first clinical trial of the human hibernation project was completed.

Mo Dao looked at the reporter and then at the time in the laboratory.

Finally, his eyes fell on the still closed hibernation cabin, and he said something to the researcher who was performing specific operations next to him.

The researcher responsible for performing the specific operation begins the wake-up procedure.

The entire hibernation awakening process is basically the same as at the end of the previous animal experiment.

It's just inevitable that the operators will be more cautious.

now,

Most of the functions of the hibernating cabin that maintain a stable low-temperature environment have been turned off.

After starting the wake-up process,

The hibernation cabin was opened first,

The researchers then re-transfused the previously extracted blood into the volunteers who were still in hibernation, and replaced the nutrient solution that had been previously injected into the volunteers' bodies.

Afterwards,

the researchers used drugs to block the continued production of 545 complex in the body for the hibernating volunteers,

and the awakening of the human body from the hibernation state officially began.

The reporter who came to record the human hibernation project also focused the camera on the volunteer at this moment.

Awakening from hibernation is faster than entering hibernation,

but it is still a relatively slow process.

In the silence of the entire laboratory, the awakening process was slowly proceeding,

and the core researchers who were a little anxious before were now waiting patiently.

During the entire awakening process,

a large number of life support instruments were also used to ensure that the hibernating volunteer's physical condition could be relatively stable during the gradual recovery of basic body functions and metabolism.

Mo Dao also looked at the volunteer in the hibernation cabin and paid attention to the values ​​of a large number of monitoring instruments.

From these values, Mo Dao could almost see in real time the changes that were happening to the microscopic level of the hibernator's body at this moment.

For the results of this clinical trial,

at this time, Mo Dao already had a basic expectation.

"...The hibernator has basic physiological reflexes."

As if he felt the light, the volunteer's eyelids trembled,

and then, his hands showed some signs of moving,

and then, the hibernator woke up completely.

For a moment, no one in the laboratory spoke,

but at this time, it seemed that they should say something,

Finally, many researchers looked at Mo Dao,

Mo Dao noticed the gazes of the crowd, paused,

and just said to the volunteer whose consciousness was gradually awakening,

"...Welcome to three months later."

After Mo Dao's words fell,

the researchers in the entire laboratory could no longer contain their excitement,

and there was a round of applause and low cheers.

However, the cheers came and went quickly.

After all, this was not the time to celebrate.

The researchers and medical staff who performed the specific operations had come forward to do some consciousness tests on the awakened volunteers.

Other researchers did not come forward to interfere, but just waited for the results of the tests.

"…The hibernator is conscious, self-aware, and has clear memory."

"The body is in good condition."

"…During hibernation, the degree of cell aging is slight, and the hibernation effect is achieved."

The first clinical trial of the human hibernation project was successful!

The first human who has experienced human hibernation and then woke up again has appeared.