The world of science and technology has developed to the level of "Broken Star". Maybe the next goal is to build a "Dyson Sphere".
However, human beings are still as weak as ants compared to extraordinary beings.
The most intuitive comparison is lifespan.
In today's technological world, there are all kinds of means to increase life span, including genetic modification, organ replacement, consciousness transfer, etc., but no one can survive more than two hundred years.
One very interesting thing is that on the one hand, human beings are studying methods of immortality, and on the other hand, there are many "cultured people" who preach the pain of immortality.
How ridiculous!
A group of short-lived species with a lifespan of less than a hundred years always like to use their own knowledge to imagine various hardships for the long-lived species.
The sages once said: Summer insects cannot talk about ice.
Looking at immortality from the perspective of a short-lived species, isn't it just like being a summer insect and imagining the ice and snow in winter
Some people say that if this person lives forever, he will watch his relatives and friends die one by one. In the end, he will be alone in the world!
But the question is, when you don’t live forever, won’t you watch your relatives and friends around you pass away
What, you were the one who passed away while being watched by others
Let’s talk about this eternal “loneliness”.
If you co-author, you will make a "batch" of friends. All the friends in this "batch" have passed away, so you will never make friends again in your life, right
The ancients said, "Birds of a feather flock together, and people divide into groups."
Even if you can't bear the departure of your short-lived friends, don't you still have long-lived friends like you
Isn’t this what the ascetics mean by “Taoist companions”!
But then again, no matter whether it is a long-lived species or a short-lived species, it will eventually experience "separation".
If you are afraid of separation, then it is not a matter of immortality, but simply not living.
In the final analysis, it can be summed up in two words: "arrogance".
Because of arrogance, they think that their feelings are extremely great, their thoughts are extremely profound, and their ideas are extremely noble.
However, in fact, capital obviously scorns the remarks of "cultural people", otherwise it would not invest in longevity research.
By the way, one of the reasons why "literary people" oppose immortality is that if the technology of immortality is available, only the rich and powerful will enjoy immortality, and the poor will lose the equality in lifespan with the rich. .
It seems as if without the technology of immortality, the poor and the rich would really have equal lifespans.
Survival is the instinct of living things.
The pursuit of immortality is also based on the instinct of survival. There is no essential difference between "wanting to live for one more year" and "wanting to live for hundreds of millions of years".
In fact, humans are not much more advanced than other creatures.
Humans do think more than other creatures, and they do have the ability to control instincts, but normal people also want to live a few more years.
Those "educated people" who talk big words and say that they only have short-term glory are just because immortality is not yet achievable, so they use such big words to highlight their own style.
Just like that joke, some people say that if they have 10 million, they will donate it all. In fact, it is because they don’t have 10 million.
Let’s go back to “extraordinary”.
In fact, for many people, the desire for extraordinary power may not necessarily lie in how powerful they can have, but whether they can live forever is the driving force.
In the world of monasticism, who doesn’t cultivate Taoism for the sake of immortality
Maybe, there will be special reasons, such as revenge, unification, or any other random reasons.
But it is undeniable that the vast majority of people still want to live forever.
Although, among those who practice Taoism, even those who seek immortality may not always get what they want.
From Qi training to foundation building, from foundation building to golden elixir, and then from golden elixir to Yuanying, these levels are thresholds.
Every threshold will block the relatively large majority from the door.
However, hope lies ahead, and there are so many senior role models, so latecomers will naturally follow suit.
Therefore, if you want extraordinary power to be accepted by the public, "immortality" is definitely an indispensable component.
Especially those rich and powerful plutocrats, those who are worried that their people will survive without money, all of them have been thinking about immortality and going crazy.
These people will both help and hinder the spread of extraordinary power.
It's help because they will try their best to get it.
It is an obstacle because they will also try their best to prevent others from getting it.
A law declaring a certain behavior illegal and then quietly profiting from it is a skill that those in power have used skillfully for thousands of years.
However, this method can stop others, but it can never stop Ye Zan.
After all, with Ye Zan's ability, as long as others are willing to accept it, nothing can stand in the way.
Taking a step back, interest groups have really controlled information to the extreme, and Ye Zan can also move to "face-to-face" teaching through the quantum realm.
Of course, it shouldn't actually be the case.
After all, no matter in which world, whether it is the monastic world or the outer world, extraordinary power has not spread to the whole people.
On the one hand, there is a so-called "qualification" threshold for mastering extraordinary power.
On the other hand, similar to the "poor in literature and rich in martial arts", the people at the real bottom, unless there is some great opportunity, most people still have no chance to be extraordinary.
This is reality, "everyone is like a dragon" is just a beautiful wish.
Again, there is no absolute fairness in the world.
In addition, Ye Zan considered using "immortality" as bait, but actually he did not want to add "immortality" to the extraordinary elements.
In fact, transcendence itself can be said to be the evolution of life forms, and there is naturally an element of "immortality" in it.
Looking at the countless extraordinary worlds in the heavens, there is no one who says that the more you practice, the shorter your life will be.
There may be some extreme methods, such as overdrafting life force to activate more powerful power.
However, those are just means, just some "side theories" under the entire extraordinary system.
It's just like: most vehicles will drive on the road in a disciplined manner, but there will always be a few who do not obey the traffic rules, overtaking other vehicles and causing harm to others and themselves.
Generally speaking, the evolution of life forms is to improve life in all aspects.
However, different extraordinary powers will have different stages in the development of each characteristic.
Therefore, Ye Zan's calculations are mainly based on the priority of showing "immortality" to the world.
Some extraordinary powers may even shorten one's lifespan, not to mention immortality in the early stages.
For example:
There is the so-called "magical world".
The magic elements there will cause serious erosion to the magician's body.
Under such erosion, if a magician cannot become a "demigod" or "lich", his lifespan may not even be as good as that of ordinary people.
Another example:
It is somewhat similar to the civilization of the monastic world, the so-called "martial world".
Refining the skin and bones, refining the muscles and refining the internal organs, treating the body as a piece of forged iron to keep tempering.
It seems that the more you exercise, the stronger your body becomes, but a stronger body does not mean your life span will be extended.
Only by tempering the flesh body to achieve qualitative change, which in the scientific world means breaking through the limits of cell division, can the life span of the flesh body be truly extended.
Therefore, people will definitely be able to see "immortal life" without showing off their extraordinary power.
What Ye Zan has to do is to adjust the order so that the benefits of "immortality" can be more easily revealed.
Just like there is a game called "Plague Inc."
In the game, in order to spread the plague virus to the whole world, the characteristics of the virus such as "spread", "death" and "drug resistance" need to be adjusted accordingly.
If you set up a high fatality rate from the beginning, the virus will kill the host as soon as it is infected, and there will be no time for further spread.
Of course, extraordinary power is not a virus, but if you want to spread it better, you obviously need some methods.
After all, people in the technological world desire "immortality" far more than "power".
There is no way, who says that the environment in the technological world is generally in a "civilized", "peaceful", "legal" and "equality" stage.
In such an environment, whether an individual's strength is "strong" or not actually doesn't mean much.
In particular, there are personal equipment such as "auxiliary chips" and "nano battle suits". If it is not enough, there are also military equipment such as "individual exoskeleton armor". There is really no need to improve personal strength.
If you tell them to dismantle a Gundam with bare hands, it's not like they can't imagine it. After all, there are so many extraordinary types of film and television works.
However, in reality, is it necessary to work hard to practice
Just imagine, what you have worked hard on for decades can be achieved by me with just a piece of technological equipment. How many people can still concentrate on practicing
In fact, let alone the technological world, even in those extraordinary worlds, not everyone wants to cultivate extraordinary power.
In the world of monasticism and secular dynasties, there is still a lot of thinking that "everything is inferior, only reading is superior."
I think back when Ye Zan went down to the secular Tang Kingdom for the first time, his status as a monk was still looked down upon by some scholars.
On the one hand, we do not rule out those with a sour grape mentality. After all, cultivating Taoism also depends on qualifications, and not everyone is qualified to practice Taoism.
On the other hand, the operation of society requires talents from all walks of life, and the so-called "military power" situation can only exist in fantasy.
Generally speaking, "monastics", "wizards" and "magicians" are regarded as one of the many professions in society.
It's just that, just like "politicians", "generals", "migrant workers" and "soldiers", there are obvious differences between each profession.
Moreover, in the eyes of the secular public, "extraordinary profession" may not be the most advanced profession.
A profession that requires very high qualifications and may not yield any results even after years of practice does not seem like a good career choice.
Fortunately, other extraordinary worlds often have some extraordinary alien races, which forces the "human race" to invest their energy in developing extraordinary powers.
Just like in the world of monasticism, in ancient times, there were both demons and witches. The weak humans were like domestic animals in captivity at that time.
It wasn't until the human race developed in extraordinary power, had a complete and advanced monastic system, and had saints to suppress their luck for the human race that they were able to get rid of the status of being nothing but monsters.
However, in the world of science and technology, even if humans do not have extraordinary powers, they can already "suppress luck" with the power of technology.
Therefore, for the public in the technological world, the so-called "power" of extraordinary power is far less tempting than the temptation of "immortality".
In other words, "life extension" should be placed first, and the effect should be made easier for the public to see.
It doesn’t mean that everyone can live forever once they practice cultivation, but at least they can break through the shackles of cell division earlier.
Of course, this does not mean that everyone can do it.
After all, taking the realm levels of the monastic world as an example, the first level of Qi Refining Realm has already filtered out 60 to 70% of the people.
If he could extend his life by several decades in the Qi Refining Realm, that would be a big enough temptation.
I'm afraid, as long as there are conditions, regardless of whether they have the qualifications, people will try their best to give it a try.
After all, if you succeed, you can live for a few more decades, and if you fail, you won't suffer too much loss.
And after stepping into the threshold of extraordinary power, they will face the temptation of the next level that may extend their lives by tens or even hundreds of years.
There is actually not much to say later. In the later stages of the power system of the monastic world, the extent of life extension is even more "exaggerated". In the Yuanshen realm, one can live for almost thousands of years.
Thousands of years!
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Determining the priority of "life extension" does not mean giving up the pursuit of "power". After all, we still have to consider the situation that the world will face after upgrading.
The power of science and technology in the world of science and technology is very powerful, but it has great shortcomings in targeting powerful individuals.
There is nothing that can be done about this. There has never been a strong enough individual in the technological world, and naturally there is no targeted research on any technology.
Star battleships are so powerful that they can smash a planet to pieces.
However, if a powerful individual enters the battleship, let alone a powerful person like Ye Zan in the Dharma Realm, even if he is a person in the Yuanshen Realm or even the Nascent Soul Realm, all the soldiers on the ship will only be slaughtered.
In fact, it might as well be said more unfavorably. If it were not for the limited mana of the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Foundation Establishment Realm alone would have been enough to kill them all in a river of blood.
The world of science and technology strengthens individual equipment, whether it is nano battle suits or individual armors. In the final analysis, they all have the function of strengthening the physical body.
Stronger strength, faster speed, including more ingenious combat skills, are all expansion and strengthening of physical functions.
However, ascetics in the world of monasticism already possess mana in the foundation-building realm, and can cast some weird spells, and also use talismans and magic weapons.
For example, for some methods targeting the soul, no matter how powerful the equipment is, it will not help.
Unless, like those who practice martial arts, they can condense Qi and blood to feed the soul, it is possible to avoid being affected by those elementary soul methods.
It is a pity that people in the technological world, regardless of technological equipment, are also very fragile physically.
If the technological world is given time, perhaps after learning a few lessons, they will be able to research targeted methods to defeat the enemy.
Just like Ye Zan back then, didn't he think of using electromagnetic pulse bombs to target the ghosts
However, after all, it is not as reliable as its own strength.