Chapter 154 Eternal Life

The symbiotic stone is a miracle creation. It can replace the exhausted parts of the human body, provide energy for the host, and prolong its life.

The principle of this energy supply is easy to understand. For example, if a person has an incurable disease and the entire liver is necrotic, then the symbiotic stone can replace the liver of this person and restore the body's normal operation.

But this function can only be applied to the internal organs of the human body, not including the integrity of the limbs.

Depending on the size of the stone and the amount of body functions that the host lacks, how long their energy will last also varies.

A complete symbiotic stone is a blue crystal. The stone inserted in Corrigan's forehead has turned black, and the power of the stone is running out.

"I feel that I don't have much time left, and the power of this stone is dissipating. I need... a new symbiotic stone." Corrigan's tone was begging.

"The symbiotic stone is a miracle creation, and it is more difficult to obtain than a holy object..." Mensis turned around.

"Then go to the Great Void to find it!" Corrigan grabbed Mensis's shoulders and stared into his eyes fiercely.

There was a trace of pity in Mansis's eyes.

Corrigan loosened his hand, sighed, walked to the huge globe, and gently brushed the sphere with his dry fingers to make it rotate.

"Remember, Mansis, 1979." Corrigan said slowly.

"Remember, we met that year." Mansis sighed.

In 1979, Corrigan was already an 80-year-old man with esophageal cancer, while Mansis was just a 47-year-old frustrated researcher.

As his condition worsened, Corrigan's fear of death increased day by day. In the past 20 years, he has invested a lot of money in the field of medical technology to find ways to treat diseases and prolong life.

In the late 1970s, the world's research on psychic power was not as developed as it is today. Various psychic power research sides were basically dominated by the military and focused on military use.

When Mansis found Corrigan with a symbiotic stone, Corrigan discovered a new possibility.

"At that time, it was you who let me see the miracle, Mensis, you gave me hope, you can't take it away now..." Corrigan said.

Mensis was speechless.

In 1979, he held the Symbiotic Stone in his hand, but did not choose to hand it over to the military or the Psychic Research Institute.

Because as a researcher without any results, his discovery would be taken away by other great scholars who were already in high positions.

He wanted to leave his mark in human history, and he wanted to occupy a place in the psychic world. Therefore, finding a chaebol to invest in himself was the only option.

When the Symbiotic Stone was inserted into Corrigan's forehead, his intestines that had been overwhelmed and lost their basic functions were instantly replaced by the power of the Symbiotic Stone, and his kidneys, liver, spleen, brain nerves... and other organs that were slowly failing also became normal.

Corrigan, who was eager to extend his life, and Mensis, who was eager to leave a name in human history, became the best partners.

Corrigan never interfered with Mensis's research and provided unlimited research funds.

The only reward he wanted was the Symbiotic Stone.

However, in subsequent research, Mansis gradually figured out the specific role of the Symbiotic Stone.

This is a stone that deceives the gods.

It does not replace the damaged and exhausted organs of the host as previously stated, but only deceives the host's body, making the body think that all muscle functions are still normal.

Once the energy of the stone is exhausted, or it is removed or damaged, the host will die immediately. In the end, the host will live in a terrifying countdown of life.

Look at Corrigan's appearance...

At the age of 112, his whole body is like a shriveled corpse that has been dead for a long time. If this stone really replaced his necrotic internal organs, he should not look like this.

In other words, Corrigan had died of colon cancer in his 80s, but the Symbiotic Stone deceived his body and allowed him to maintain his consciousness and survive.

However, even if Corrigan's body with necrotic internal organs can deceive itself, it cannot deceive the laws of nature. Without nutritional supplements, his body gradually rotted and shriveled, becoming what it is now.

This stone is a self-deceptive meme, and it can materialize memes. It is not a means of prolonging life, but more like a crystallization of the living beings' remembrance of life.

However, Manthis was not ready to tell Corrigan the truth.

"I am very disappointed with this world. Everyone is studying how to use psychic energy to kill each other faster and more conveniently, but no one has thought of using it to prolong their own life. Manthis, tell me, why is this?" Corrigan shook his head, his eyes revealing helplessness and fear of death.

"Humanity is not ready yet, Corrigan. Death is an insult to life, and eternity is a curse to life... Life without death is meaningless." Manthis shook his head.

"Nonsense! Nonsense!" Corrigan suddenly roared loudly and knocked the globe to the ground.

Manthis took a step back and looked at Corrigan vigilantly.

"In this world, no one has ever experienced the taste of immortality. To say that immortality is a curse is just an excuse for self-consolation after failing to get it! If you can live forever, Manthis, live until the end of time, wouldn't that be good?" Corrigan asked.

"Corrigan... have you ever thought about this? If humans cannot eliminate poverty and hunger, cannot guarantee true equality between people, and cannot break down barriers between classes, then immortality means different things to different people... If the gameplay allows everyone to live with dignity, then the technology of immortality is destined to be just a new tool of rule." Mensis said.

"Mensis, that is a human problem, we don't need to worry about it... Eternal life is the starting point of mankind... If they are not ready, let them wait... But at least, I am ready." Corrigan forced a smile on his shriveled face.

Mensis was silent for a moment, walked to the portrait on the wall, moved the portrait away, revealing the safe hidden behind it.

He glanced at Corrigan, who turned his head away wisely. After making sure that the other party was not looking at the safe again, he began to gently turn the combination lock and took out a piece of oil paper wrapped inside.

The thing in Mansis's hand was about the size of a TV remote control. He spread out the oil paper to reveal the symbiotic stone inside. The pure blue crystals emitted a beautiful halo that made people reluctant to look away.

Corrigan stared at the Symbiotic Stone in Manthis's hand, his mouth slightly open, and his hand unconsciously reached out to the stone.

Manthis raised his hand and said, "This is the last piece,"

"We can always find more." Corrigan replied absentmindedly.

"Don't think I don't know what you have been doing in the past two years, Corrigan. Tell me, is it you who caused the explosion of the West Gold Building?" Manthis asked.

"If you want to stop me, you shouldn't use your position to provide me with the blasphemous dagger." Corrigan smiled.

"Is this a threat?" Manthis said coldly.

"I'm just reminding you." Corrigan said.

"You and I are actually the same kind of people, but we are pursuing different things. I have found what I want, and you haven't... So, why not work together, just like forty years ago? Instead of talking big and pretending to be the savior of mankind." Corrigan laughed.

Manthis couldn't refute, so he could only glare at Corrigan fiercely. Then he stuffed the Symbiotic Stone into his hand.

"May God bless you to find what you want in the Great Void as soon as possible." Corrigan smiled, put the Symbiotic Stone into his windbreaker pocket with satisfaction, put on his hood again, and left the office.

Watching Corrigan leave, Mansis sighed and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

Corrigan was right. He and he were the same kind of people. They both wanted to find what they were looking for in the Great Void.

Corrigan wanted eternal life, Wang Ailin pursued the ultimate knowledge and the truth of the world, and Mansis wanted the power to lead mankind!

The not-so-short history of mankind is full of wars, oppression and injustice. The insatiable wealth and power class's waste of resources and obstruction of great undertakings have seriously slowed down the pace of mankind's march into the universe.

Human beings need a god of their own to unite people around the world and achieve true unity. Only in this way can they be ready to enter the era of immortality.

Mansis wants to take this responsibility, so he needs the power to take on this responsibility.