Chapter 67
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Chapter 67: Immortality?
Looking at the horrified Luo Ji, Gao Su’s always expressionless face seemed to show a subtle change.
“Indeed, in the other world, our lifespans can be infinitely extended.”
“This is one of the main reasons why many players have completely abandoned reality and chosen to live in the other world.”
At this point, Gao Su’s tone shifted slightly.
“Of course, this isn’t free.”
“Extending your lifespan requires a price.”
“10,000 civilization points per year can fix your age at its peak period.”
“Isn’t that very cheap?”
Hearing Gao Su’s last question, the horror on Luo Ji’s face slightly subsided.
He vaguely felt that things weren’t that simple.
“So, what’s the catch?”
“The catch lies in a misconception. What’s the first word that comes to your mind when you hear ‘lifespan can be infinitely extended’?”
“Immortality?”
Luo Ji asked tentatively.
“It’s longevity, but not immortality.”
Gao Su explained seriously.
Luo Ji reacted quickly.
The moment he heard this, a flash of understanding passed through his eyes.
“So, even if you extend your lifespan by 100 years, if I stab a knife into your heart, you’d still die when you’re supposed to, right?”
“Exactly.”
Gao Su nodded, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
After learning the actual situation, Luo Ji’s mood completely calmed down.
Longevity, but not immortality, Gao Su’s words were very precise.
However, this clearly reduced the allure of extending one’s lifespan significantly.
It wasn’t that there was no allure, but rather that his initial expectations were too high, and then he suddenly realized it wasn’t what he thought, which inevitably led to disappointment.
Moreover, Luo Ji himself was still young and hadn’t reached the age where he needed to worry about natural lifespan.
Thus, the allure was naturally even smaller.
“According to you, can such a method of prolonging life also be used on the citizens within my civilization?”
Facing Luo Ji’s deductive reasoning, Gao Su confirmed.
“Exactly.”
“After all, talents with excellent aptitudes and potential aren’t found everywhere.”
“But then, as civilization develops, the number of people needing life extension will surely increase in the later stages.”
“The price of 10,000 civilization points per year doesn’t sound that cheap anymore, not to mention that development projects also consume civilization points.”
“Couldn’t things easily collapse in the later stages if one isn’t careful?”
“Yes, so sometimes, to avoid collapsing in the later stages due to massive civilization point consumption, every player must make appropriate trade-offs, or else frantically launch wars to plunder other players’ civilization points.”
“After all, the victor of every war can take half of the loser’s points.”
Luo Ji listened carefully, and then asked, frowning.
“Aside from these two methods, aren’t there any more permanent solutions?”
The two methods Gao Su mentioned were not ideal for him.
Take the first one, two characters with a 5-star potential limit are in front of you, and you have to choose to abandon one?
No matter which one he gave up, it would be extremely painful!
As for the second method of earning civilization points by waging war, it was too unstable.
“There are also permanent solutions, and I can think of at least 2.”
Gao Su said, raising two fingers.
This truly surprised Luo Ji, but he instinctively felt that these two methods would definitely not be easy.
“Tell me about them.”
“The first method is to become a certain special civilization. I mentioned a ‘Mechanical Civilization’ when I gave an example before, right?”
Luo Ji’s eyelids twitched.
He seemed to have imagined something…
“That Mechanical Civilization wasn’t something I just made up.”
“It’s an extremely powerful civilization in the game.”
“That player transferred the consciousnesses of all their citizens into mechanical bodies.”
“As a price, all the citizens of their entire civilization achieved a certain degree of immortality.”
“Theoretically, as long as energy doesn’t run out and the mechanical core carrying the consciousness isn’t damaged, they are immortal.”
His premonition was confirmed.
Luo Ji exhaled a long breath.
“I have a feeling the price isn’t small.”
“Indeed, the price isn’t small.”
Gao Su nodded.
“Because everyone in the entire civilization has become mechanical lifeforms, they completely lose the ability to reproduce, and their population stops growing. They can only increase their population by plundering populations from other civilizations. Besides that, it seems they even lose senses like smell and taste. Strictly speaking, they can no longer be considered humans, but it cannot be denied that, from a combat perspective, they are very strong, existing as overlords.”
“This method is too difficult. I don’t even have a treasure chest right now, let alone World Fragments. And even if I had the chance, I’d find it hard to make that decision. If your whole body becomes a machine, what’s the meaning of life? Tell me the second method.”
“The second method is to use a gold-tier item, the Elixir of Immortality.”
Gao Su’s tone noticeably slowed when he said the name ‘Elixir of Immortality.’
“Gold-tier item…”
Luo Ji covered his face.
“This should be the highest-tier item, right?”
“Above the gold-tier, there are only World Fragments. However, while the Elixir of Immortality is gold-tier, its value is actually quite subtle. Players who get it often throw it into the auction house to sell for civilization points because they’re short on them. I remember one was just auctioned off a while ago.”
“Such a thing happened?”
Luo Ji was a bit surprised.
“Yes. As I said, its value is subtle precisely because it’s longevity, but not immortality.”
“I see.”
Luo Ji suddenly understood.
“How much did the Elixir of Immortality sell for?”
“3.79 million civilization points.”
“Hiss—”
Luo Ji immediately sucked in a cold breath.
This was a number he couldn’t even imagine right now, but it also made the subtle value of the Elixir of Immortality clear.
Spending civilization points to extend life for 100 years would only cost one million.
Yet, a single Elixir of Immortality cost nearly four million civilization points, and had to be paid for all at once.
What if the person who took the Elixir of Immortality only lived for a few decades and then suddenly contracted a plague or died on the battlefield?
Wouldn’t that be a huge loss?
Rather than that, it would be better to sell it for money, make a huge profit first, and then adapt as needed when life extension truly became necessary.
It truly couldn’t be said that the people who sold the ‘Elixir of Immortality’ were shortsighted, rather, its efficacy was indeed subtle.
Especially for fierce general-type characters who often needed to go to the battlefield, extending life year by year was the safest option.
