On the outskirts of Boston, there is a research institute covering hundreds of acres.

The institute was originally a partner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is controlled by a pharmaceutical company with a market capitalization of about $2 billion.

Until last year, the research direction engaged in here has been mainly focused on clinical biology.

Now, however, it has been given a new mission by the First National Bank of Boston, which acquired it, with all research directed towards cryonics and dormancy, and a billion-dollar funding from the Cancer Medical Research Fund, a well-known charity, with the aim of sending terminally ill patients who cannot be properly treated this century to a future that can cure them.

The cryobiology institute is now managed by Space-X and merged with Space-X's cryo-dormant lab.

The reason why the cooperation can be reached so smoothly is that the two sides have the same demand for cryodormancy technology, but one is in the aerospace direction and the other is in the medical direction.

As for the other reason......

Naturally, this is because both have a common benefactor in the young leader of the Boston consortium, David Lawrence.

It's not just this cryobiology institute.

Now he has invested in most of the projects of Space-X, as long as he is optimistic, even if many of them seem to be not so profitable......

At the moment, in the cryobiology laboratory.

A large cylindrical petri dish sits between two computers, connected by a variety of pipelines. In the middle of the petri dish, lying quietly was an experimental monkey, and if it weren't for the beating lines on the electrocardiogram, it wouldn't even be known if it was alive or dead just by looking at it from the outside.

Staring at the monkey for a long time, David Lawrence asked.

"How's the research going?"

Standing next to him, Musk smiled and said: "So far, it has gone well, and the congressional staff who have a good relationship with us have persuaded the Congressional Budget Committee at the hearing that cryo-dormancy technology is an essential part of space colonization, especially for the colonization of distant galaxies." This allowed us to successfully get the order from NASA."

"You know I don't care about that."

Looking at the petri dish not far away, and the experimental monkey floating inside, the eyes seemed to be staring at something far away, David Lawrence said in a nonchalant tone, "I have a lot of money, I don't care how much you can make with this thing, I only care if you can complete my plan." ”

Looking at Lawrence's back, Musk involuntarily swallowed saliva.

After a long moment of silence, he tried to calm himself from the tension and said as he soothed his tense brow.

"I understand, rich Mr. Lawrence...... In fact, it's not exactly money that I care about, it's a pleasure to be able to make childhood dreams come true, it's just that in order to turn dreams into reality, we have to seek the help of those who can afford it. ”

Lawrence nodded slightly: "If NASA has the resources you need, I don't resent you to do it, but I hope you don't put the cart before the horse." I don't care if it saves the poor lives of a couple of poor people, but this technology is important to me, I need it, it's as simple as that. ”

Musk bowed slightly respectfully.

"I understand."

Although he is a rising star in the Silicon Valley science and technology innovation industry, and has been dubbed by countless people with a series of titles such as "Iron Man" and "Future Technology Industry Giant", he knows very well in his heart that in front of those veteran Wall Street financial giants, whether it is him or those Internet tycoons who have become giants, they are not worth mentioning at all.

Their wealth is accumulated in centuries, and even the Federal Tax Service does not know how rich they really are.

And that network is embedded in the entire financial system......

Mastering these things is sometimes more terrifying than simply being rich.

Looking at the monkey floating in the cultivation of Fujian, Lawrence was silent for a while, and then suddenly spoke.

"Speaking of which, there's one more thing I'm concerned about."

Musk immediately asked.

"What's the matter?"

"About your little company called neuralink, and that project called 'Neurolace,'" Lawrence looked sideways at Musk and asked with interest, looking away from the petri dish, "I wonder how it's going now?" ”

Neural lace, also known as neuralace, is a technology in which nano-sized filaments are drilled into the brain to make contact with external electrodes.

Based on this technology, users will be able to emit signals through external electrodes, so as to operate a series of electronic devices including mobile phones, computers, etc., and even project consciousness directly onto the Internet, and interact face-to-face with people thousands of miles away.

Similar technologies have been in development for a long time, but it has only recently become popular.

"Some progress has been made...... However, it is not very big compared to two years ago," Musk explained, after a pause, "There is no doubt about the technical feasibility of building a brain-computer interface through nanofilaments, and we have confirmed this before." The problem, however, is that even if we have made the nerve lace fine enough, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not cause permanent damage to the brain......"

After listening to Musk's explanation, Lawrence nodded, and the expression on his face seemed to be thinking about something.

Just when Musk was wondering why this guy suddenly thought of the company he invested in, Neuralink, Lawrence suddenly continued to ask.

"If you are in a cryodormant state, only the body is dormant, not the brain...... Or is it theoretically possible to only sleep a part of the brain and ensure that the other half of the brain is awake to form dreams? ”

Musk was slightly stunned, and his pupils contracted instantly.

"What do you mean ......"

"Looks like you've guessed it," Lawrence smiled, lifted his chin slightly, and pointed to the monkey in the petri dish not far away, "I wonder if 'that thing' can be used in a dormant state?" ”

“…… This, I don't know very well," Musk shook his head, "...... This is not my specialty, and it would be irresponsible to jump to conclusions about this yet-to-be-born technology. ”

"But if it's just a theoretical speculation," he continued after a pause, "if you want to keep a part of your brain, you're afraid you'll have to implant not only a brain-computer interface in the brain, but also a nutrient interface that will feed oxygen and nutrients from the outside to keep the brain alive." ”

Lawrence: "So it's still theoretically possible?" ”

Met his gaze, Musk couldn't help but hold his breath.

He originally thought that his imagination was wild enough, but he didn't expect that there would be someone crazier than himself.

"The weak body is just a burden, the spirit or consciousness is the foundation of being a human being, I originally thought you would agree with my point of view," Seeing that Musk didn't speak for a long time, a trace of disappointment appeared on Lawrence's face that he didn't know whether it was true or not, and he smiled and continued, "But it doesn't matter, you're just a passerby in this era, you just need to do what I say." ”

At this moment, the secretary standing aside suddenly came over with his mobile phone and whispered a few words to Lawrence.

With a look of surprise on his face, Lawrence glanced at the contents of the phone screen, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with some interest in his voice.

"It seems like something interesting is happening."

After recovering from his stunned state, Musk frowned and immediately asked, "What's ......?"

Lawrence said with a relaxed smile: "The phone is on you, the first hot topic on Twitter, you should be better at playing these things than me, why not take a look at it yourself?" ”

Without any stops, Musk immediately took out the phone from his pocket and cut it to Twitter's app.

However, the moment the eye makes contact with the screen......

His heartbeat almost stopped for half a beat.

【Jinling Institute for Advanced Study has completed neural access virtual reality technology to realize the seamless connection between the non-invasive nervous system and the computer system!】 】

[Star Technology is open to the world to recruit virtual reality system packaging and testing experimenters! ] 】

Seeing these two lines, Musk almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

Dry!

Star Technology!

Why the hell is this thing again?