242: Chapter 242 The Medical Pod is Here, Three Hundred Years of Life Within Reach!
The space behind the door was not large, resembling an independent circular treatment area.
In the center stood a pure white stasis pod, as if carved from a single piece of mutton-fat jade.
Embedded in the surrounding walls were a dozen or so slightly smaller devices of the same type.
On the functional description panel, streams of light converged into clear lines of Earth text.
[Basic Biological Medical Pod Area]
Cellular-level injury repair, complete limb regeneration, cosmic radiation damage repair, genetic defect correction, and radical cure for hereditary intractable diseases.
Anti-aging and life extension, refined cosmetic body sculpting, and cellular-level skin optimization.
Interstellar virus immunity and resuscitation from short-term brain death.
Su Che's gaze lingered on "complete limb regeneration" and "resuscitation from brain death" for a full dozen seconds.
He thought of President Liu Huaqiang.
"If... if only this door had been opened sooner..."
This thought flashed only for a moment before he forcibly extinguished it.
There are no "ifs."
His gaze shifted downward, landing on "anti-aging and life extension" and "radical cure for intractable diseases."
"Life extension? How long can it extend?"
"Radical cure for intractable diseases—does that mean those terminal illnesses on Earth can all be cured?"
Just as this thought emerged in his mind, the system's text appeared in his consciousness space.
[After mastering the operation of this medical pod, human theoretical lifespan can be increased to 300 years.]
[All known hereditary, viral, and cancerous terminal illnesses on Earth are within the scope of radical cure.]
[Brain death status within eight minutes can be reversed; as long as the core organs and brain tissue have not completely necrotized and rescue is timely, they can all be saved.]
Su Che's breath hitched.
Three hundred years!
He could bring his grandfather and the older generation of scientists up here, along with The Elder of the Dragon Kingdom.
This bluffing trip was worth it! Just this life alone was a massive profit.
The excitement in his heart hadn't yet faded when his gaze fell back on the "refined cosmetic body sculpting" line.
"This thing... is practically tailor-made for women."
The faces of Lin Waner and Jiang Yingxue uncontrollably appeared in Su Che's mind.
It had been a while since they met, and he didn't know how their secret experiment at Jinghua University was going.
Now that there were Kairos experts to help, there was no need to conduct any secret experiments anymore.
In a while, he would bring them to experience the interstellar medical aesthetics of a Level 3 Civilization; they should be pleasantly surprised.
These functions looked incredibly impressive, but as for how to use them specifically and what effects could be achieved, professionals would have to study them.
This was only the second door; what else was hidden behind the remaining ninety-eight?
The more Su Che thought about it, the more energized he felt, and the sense of weakness in his body dissipated quite a bit.
"Gurgle..."
His stomach growled at an inopportune moment.
Only then did he remember that he hadn't had a drop to drink since yesterday.
He was embarrassed to call Kayla; a "Level 4 Civilization messenger" couldn't possibly not know how to eat.
Relying on his memory, he groped his way to the living area alone.
The dining hall was empty, and the rows of buffet counters were spotless.
There were no chefs, only automated equipment.
Su Che stood in front of a machine and studied it for a long time before figuring out the operational logic. After tapping the screen a few times, a steaming simple meal slid out of the delivery port.
It looked good and smelled fragrant.
He took a bite, and the taste was unexpectedly good.
Although it was just a simple buffet meal, the texture and seasoning were far superior to any kind of fast food on Earth.
After eating and drinking his fill, Su Che returned to the row of closed doors.
He decided to continue unlocking them.
Following the same old process, he asked the system for a data disk and inserted it into the third door's reading panel.
Data reading complete.
No complex symbols appeared on the door panel again; instead, a three-dimensional star map emerged, with thirty-six light points flickering within it.
[Please sort the following thirty-six celestial bodies from the inside out according to their gravitational hierarchy within their respective star systems.]
[Warning: If the sorting is incorrect once, the order will be scrambled and reset, and the door will be locked for twenty-four hours.]
Su Che looked at it and chuckled.
"Isn't this just basic astronomical knowledge?"
He studied it for several hours, running the structure of the star map and the orbital trajectories of the celestial bodies through his mind countless times.
As night deepened, he still dared not act lightly.
"System, how do I sort this thing?"
[It is recommended that the host solve it yourself.] The system's reply was cold.
[This is also a process of learning and rapid growth. Moreover, since civilizations differ, this system is not omniscient and omnipotent; for some things, it can only provide basic hints.]
Su Che thought about it, and it made sense.
He couldn't rely on the system for everything; he had to have some real skills of his own.
He reached out and began to drag the light points on the star map.
The first one, correct.
The second one, also correct.
The third one, still correct.
Su Che was excited, feeling that he had found the pattern.
Without hesitation, he dragged the fourth light point to the preset position.
[Sorting incorrect.]
[The door is now locked. Remaining unlocking time: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]
The star map on the door panel instantly dimmed, turning into a lifeless iron plate.
"..."
Su Che stood in front of the door panel for a while.
"Fine, time to wash up and go to sleep."
Early the next morning, Su Che didn't bother with the locked door again.
There were only five days left until the deadline he promised General Shen Wangchuan for the plan.
He sat in the main control hall, brought up a blank data panel, and sank his consciousness into the system space.
"System, give me the design plan for the interstellar version of the Nantianmen Project."
[Host, you must eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time.]
The system suggested.
[Given Earth's current industrial foundation and technical reserves, launching the complete interstellar fleet version directly is a bit of a stretch. It is recommended to iterate twice.]
"That's what I was thinking too."
Su Che explained his train of thought, "Combining the technology already applied in the second-generation fleet, let's incorporate primary antimatter application, dark matter detection, Penrose energy, space distortion stealth, and Space Jump."
[Space Jump technology is too complex; it is recommended to put it in the next version.] The system added, [You can consider incorporating directional gravitational wave weapons into this iteration as well.]
"Fine."
The system directly gave him a complete technical data disk.
Su Che inserted it into the terminal, and a massive data stream unfolded on the screen.
He read through it line by line, and when he saw the detailed parameters of the "directional gravitational wave weapon system," he couldn't help but think of that "directional gravitational wave oscillator" that the Eagle had come up with before.
That thing didn't even come close to a real gravitational wave weapon; it was purely a name made up to scare people.
Calling it a half-baked effort back then was an exaggeration by ten thousand times.
"By the way, System, give me a copy of the technical data for the Dyson Cloud as well. Anyway, with a hundred Kairos experts here, with their help, this shouldn't be too difficult."
Su Che organized the data for the whole day until night fell.
On the morning of the third day, General Shen Wangchuan's communication came through.
"Chief Engineer Su, the one hundred top scientists from around the world you mentioned have all assembled at Xishan Airport and are ready for a spaceship to pick them up at any time."
"Got it."
Su Che had Kayla pilot the shuttle and, carrying the data disk he had organized, headed to Earth.
The shuttle could carry twenty people at a time; it took five round trips to bring all one hundred scientists onto Genesis.
When these top brains on Earth first stepped onto this creation of a Level 3 Civilization, everyone was completely shocked.
They touched the seamless inner walls, felt the perfectly constant gravity, and looked at the massive ship structure outside the window, each one of them flushed with excitement.
By the afternoon, all one hundred scientists were in place.
Su Che summoned them to the main control hall.
Among these people, there were men and women, young and old, with an average age of over fifty. The youngest was thirty-five, and the oldest was none other than the nearly eighty-year-old Academician Zhong.
Su Che laid out the matter of unlocking the mothership, including the occasionally appearing punishment mechanism.
"...That is the situation. Unlocking the mothership will be your core task for a long time to come."
"I will divide you into five groups of twenty people each. The members are not fixed and can be swapped at any time. You will take turns unlocking it. The groups that are not on rotation will go learn from the Kairos experts; learn as much as you can."
"You will live in Zone A, the same zone as the Kairos experts, to facilitate communication at any time."
When the scientists heard this, they immediately burst into an uproar.
To be able to participate in unlocking the mothership of a Level 3 Civilization was already a tremendous stroke of luck.
Now they could even receive personal guidance from Level 3 Civilization experts?
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Academician Zhong was so excited that he started trembling, rubbing his hands back and forth.
Su Che told them to rest for the night and start work officially tomorrow.
Subsequently, he summoned the ninety-nine Kairos experts again.
"Everyone, you don't need to go to Earth for the time being; wait for my notification."
"Your primary task is to help me train these one hundred scientists from Earth, starting from the most basic knowledge of a Level 3 Civilization. I don't have the time, and they wouldn't understand things from a Level 4 Civilization. You are the most suitable to teach them."
"If they encounter problems while unlocking, they may ask you for advice at any time; I hope you will answer them patiently."
The Kairos experts had been idle for a few days and were already quite bored. Upon hearing there was work to do, they readily agreed.
After arranging everything, the night was already deep.
Su Che returned to his rest pod and was just about to lie down to sleep.
[Host.]
The system's voice rang out in his mind without warning, carrying extreme gravity.
[This system vaguely senses that because the progress of the current timeline has been significantly altered, a variable that should not have appeared may be occurring.]
Su Che's heart skipped a beat.
[The Level 4 Civilization 'Noah,' which destroys human civilization in one hundred thousand years, has very likely already detected the abnormal fluctuations in the timeline.]
[Perhaps... they will soon follow this disturbed line and find us.]
[This time, if we are destroyed again, human civilization will truly disappear from the river of the universe forever.]
[We... have no time left.]