Revenge After Death



On the other hand, Joel looked genuinely interested.

He looked around before turning to Sarah. "What determines the lifespan of a human? Is it genetics, environment, or god?"

She smiled at Joel as he walked over to the lab capsules. He then smiled and said, "We can be our own gods."

Sarah nodded. "You're right."

Joel said, "Scientists suggest that life is determined by the length of chromosome telomeres. After about 50 cell divisions, the telomeres shorten, leading to death and eventually ending the human lifespan.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"Others say that the human lifespan is a fate determined by god. Living beings are meant to reproduce. After reproduction, life moves toward death, and a new life is born."

He looked at the clone subjects in the lab capsules. "When humans no longer need to reproduce and instead rely on artificially created clone subjects to achieve soul immortality, perhaps we can step into a new level of evolution."

Sarah clapped for Joel before turning toward Steven and me with a smile. "Our experiments are focused on studying the human lifespan and the future of humanity.

"Humans are highly intelligent beings at the top of the food chain. There may be civilizations more advanced than ours in this vast universe. Some other life forms might have already achieved immortality. If humanity doesn't evolve, the only thing that awaits us is death."

Sarah pointed at the old coffins opposite the lab capsules. "Five thousand years of our civilization has been passed down through generations, but who can actually tell if there have been gaps in history?

"Who can tell if we've lost important pieces of our culture due to wars or any other factors? Immortality is the only key to humanity's future advancements to a higher level!"

Steven and I watched as Sarah continued on in her madness.

Sarah pointed at the human brain specimen soaked in formalin. "The human lifespan has been steadily expanding, but it's not enough—it's just too slow!"

Due to better environment and healthcare in recent years, the average human lifespan increased from around 40 years to about 70 to 80 years. It was a significant improvement, yet it wasn't enough for her.

Sarah continued, "More centenarians are emerging nowadays, yet their bodies have deteriorated at that age. Such frail human bodies can't support the evolution and development of the brain.

"The potential of a human brain is limitless. Take a genius like you, for example, Steven. You only have a few decades to make use of your brain. It would become useless when you grow old."

Sarah believed that one had to maintain eternal youth to keep the mind sharp so that the ability of a genius could be maximized. But clearly, this was just a fantasy.

The theory of immortality was fundamentally a false proposition. The development of human cell fission made it impossible for a body to be immortal.

That was why Steven's Theory of Reincarnation was much more convincing. By hypothesizing about the relationship between human genes and souls, he proposed that " souls" could be transferred through clone subjects.

Until now, he couldn't be sure if what he achieved was actually the transferring of souls or merely the transferring of memories.

Was a reincarnated person a new life who inherited the previous person's memories, or was it truly a transfer of the soul?

However, all these were unimportant to Genome Society.

They believed that memories were the core of one's soul. It would amount to the transferring of souls if memories could be replicated on a clone subject.

"So, your ultimate goal is to get Steven to hand over the experiment data and get your hired scientists to verify and analyze it. If the experiment is real, you'll hold the key to becoming gods and creating new evolutions. You'll then stand on the shoulders of giants, looking down on everything," I calmly said.

Sarah shook her head and looked at me solemnly. "No. It's not just me-it'll be us." She was inviting us to join her. It was a truly tempting offer.