Selena's birthday this year passed at the end of April.
Compared to previous birthdays, this time her birthday was very low-key - she declined everyone's proposal for a party and only accepted everyone's congratulatory calls.
After all, it’s hard to say whether this call can be considered a congratulation.
For a woman who is over 29, celebrating her birthday is not a pleasant event.
Luke sensed that she was feeling a little depressed, so he simply pulled her into the basement, and the two of them held a "special" birthday celebration - checking out the research report on the medical procedure Osiris.
The report is roughly divided into two parts.
The first is that Kunlun Qigong can delay the aging of the human body.
Based on Selina's progress in Qigong training, it is conservatively estimated that she can live to 120-150 years old, but life span is not the point.
The key point is that it can be inferred from this that Qigong can allow her to maintain the physical activity of an ordinary person under 30 years old when she is in her fifties or sixties.
Second, the symbiotic transformation of gold nuggets on the human body.
The symbiotic American dollar is now fifteen years old, absolutely a centenarian. However, it has also shown a certain degree of reverse aging, making it look younger and healthier.
Selina, who lives with them for an hour every night, is in a similar situation, and looks and works younger than when she was sheriff of Shackelford.
After explaining the definitions of these data to Selina in detail, Luke put his arm around her neck and patted the plug with his hand: "Girl, do you know what this means?"
Selina had some knowledge of mechanical electronics, but she had no interest in biology. She felt dizzy when she heard those difficult words and data.
She just elbowed someone in the stomach: "Don't talk nonsense, just say it."
Luke did not answer immediately, but reached out to adjust the age and aging curve on the virtual light screen in front of him.
Put the average person and Selena on top of each other, and draw a straight line from Selena's 29-year-old age horizontal axis to the average person's age horizontal axis: "Congratulations, little sister Selena. You are now equivalent to an average person's 12 years old, legally a minor, cough cough."
Selina puffed out her chest: "... I have little education, don't fool me! Can an ordinary female develop like me at the age of twelve?"
Luke shrugged. "This is just a comparison of physical activity. You can think of it as when you are sixty, your appearance and body will always be in your early twenties. Do you understand?"
Selina was stunned for a long time before she stammered, "Is it that exaggerated?"
Luke had mentioned life expectancy to her before, but he had not gone into detail.
There is no standard value for lifespan, and tests conducted over a short period of time are not valid.
Luke's early instruments were limited and could not be used as evidence.
But now there are three biology PhDs in Space No. 2 and a semi-artificial intelligence "Genesis", which can draw conclusions with high accuracy by analyzing previous data.
It is said that people approach middle age when they are around 30, and this age means a lot to many people.
People who are rich and talented can still be called young so-and-so, but ordinary people have really entered the stage of middle-aged tofu dregs.
So he took this opportunity to tell Selena the confirmed result to prevent this silly girl from feeling sad for no reason.
The effect of this was more effective than Luke had imagined.
After Selena was stunned for a moment, she felt her appetite open up and strongly requested for more food. Doghead whimpered beside her to cheer her up, saying that "the Lun family also deserves the credit."
Luke followed suit and started a fire to grill the skewers.
The next day, Selena went to work radiantly, completely different from the lost look she had yesterday.
In her words, we should work harder while we are young. What else can the younger Mr. Lu say
In fact, he did more than Selina imagined.
Selina's slower physical aging was expected, and he wasn't surprised at all.
What he wanted was something that could slow down aging for ordinary people, like Life One.
Having mastered the raw material blood orchid, Life No. 1 does not have the threshold or hidden dangers of Qi Refining.
The art of Qi refining originated from Kunlun.
He spread the word among the extraordinary group. Robert and Catherine lived in seclusion and it was difficult for outsiders to contact them.
But Selena also has parents, brothers and sisters.
If this whole family also learns Qigong, it will be difficult for them not to leak secrets during their daily practice, and even more difficult to explain.
As long as Life No. 1 eliminates the hidden danger, Luke can quietly give the other party an injection.
The beneficiaries themselves are not aware of the situation, so there is naturally no question of leaking information.
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After calming down his own rear, Luke received a call from his relatives and friends a few days later—Phil said he wanted to talk to him about something.
Luke subconsciously thought of Tamiya Yoshiko.
But in a flash he came to his senses: Phil was looking for Luke himself, and Tamiya Yoshiko was a deal between Beidou and Phil, so it must be something else.
Luke himself doesn't communicate much with Phil, at most sending a few standard greeting text messages during the holidays.
For a moment, he didn't know why his cousin was looking for him.
In the evening, Phil put on makeup and came to Luke's nest.
Luke welcomed me upstairs and we sat down in the living room. The two of us drank coffee and chatted for a while.
Luke didn’t want to waste any more time, so he said directly: “Just tell me what you want to say. I see you are very busy.”
"Okay." Phil smiled sheepishly: "Are you and that girl named Skye on good terms?"
Luke was a little surprised and hummed, "It should be very good."
He emphasized the word "very well", making it clear that Skye was someone he was protecting.
Phil was so smart that he understood immediately. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Recently, we met two old SHIELD agents. They are still carrying out a secret mission for many years - protecting Skye."
Luke raised an eyebrow, not expecting this to unfold.
Phil: "Unfortunately, my men arrived a little late. Two agents were attacked at the time, one died and the other was seriously injured. The seriously injured one only said this and died soon after."
Luke was surprised: "The old SHIELD has been gone for more than two years. What missions are they still carrying out?"
Phil sighed, "They have been in charge of this for more than a decade, and have lost contact with the headquarters in recent years. If they suddenly stop doing this, what else can they do?"
Luke nodded in understanding.
When you do something for many years, it's natural that there will be inertia.
Phil suppressed his depressed mood and stopped himself from immersing himself in the memories of the past SHIELD: "The reason why a group of agents were able to protect Skye for more than ten years is because Skye is actually an 084 item."
"Hmm?" Luke sat up a little straighter: "Items of unknown origin?"
084 is the code in the old S.H.I.E.L.D., used to refer to some strange items whose origins cannot be determined.
Generally speaking, 084 also means that there are certain abnormalities.
For example, Thor's Meow Hammer was once defined by Phil as an 084 item.
Frowning and thinking for a while, Luke asked, "Is it because she has super powers?"
Phil was surprised: "What superpower?"
Luke was sure that Phil didn't know, but he didn't bother to fool his cousin: "Shockwave, it's quite powerful."
Phil was a little moved: "This ability... seems very good."
Luke rolled his eyes. “Come on, you have your own people, why do you want everything you see?”