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Chapter 164: 164

As the Eco Science City got closer to its completion date, this newly built town was also getting more tourists who came here to visit .

Since the construction of the Eco Science City began, it had practically become a local attraction for Namibia . After all, these towering buildings had been erected in a wasteland . In the eyes of a bunch of idle natives, this was the mighty power of civilization .

They praised this great power and they always went to the construction team to ask for water from the well . Every day, before daylight, some villagers from nearby villages would even earnestly haul up water from the wells created by the construction team .

Finally, in desperation, the research center had to apply for assistance from the military before they managed to drive away these natives .

Even so, in this sense, the lack of manpower in Blacklight Biotechnology became evident .

As Chen Chen’s territory expanded, he was stretched for manpower, whether it was the scientific research personnel or the technical personnel or even the guards in the Black Security Service force . A new round of talent recruitment was urgently needed .

Meanwhile, as the precedents from the eleven Disciple families also served to create buzz for his Eco Science City, Chen Chen chose to announce the “age-reversal treatment” in the form of a paper in the journal, Cell .

The core of this technology was to cultivate the patients’ cloned embryos, from which embryonic stem cells would be extracted . Therefore, after the announcement, the entire academic community was in a complete uproar!

Following that, this information quickly went viral . Numerous news outlets and even independent media, like flies that had caught a stench, all published the results of Chen Chen’s paper on the Internet .

“Journal Cell Publishes Amazing Research Results, Human Life Expectancy Is Expected to Reach New Limits! — Old Wave News . ”

“Can Human Aging Be Reversed? Scientists Have a Shocking Answer — TX News . ”

“What Is a Cloned Embryo? What Does It Have to Do With Cloned Humans? Is It Illegal to Study Cloned Embryos? — Search Bear Express . ”

All at once, the words “age-reversal treatment” were everywhere online all over the world .

On one hand, many marveled at the progress of science and the fact that even aging could be treated now . On the other hand, countless people immediately leaped up angrily and began to raise their banners to oppose Blacklight Biotechnology .

Soon, the Internet was full of comments that lambasted Blacklight Biotechnology .

This was why Chen Chen previously had reservations . Many people thought that an embryo was a new life and killing embryos to extract embryonic stem cells was a kind of murder, which should be strongly rejected .

Of course, if there were detractors, there would naturally be supporters too . Some people thought that this was a price that was not even worth mentioning when compared to increasing human lifespan .

For instance, on a certain technological forum currently, the debate between both sides was in full swing in a post titled [Where did a third-rate company like Blacklight Biotechnology even come from]:

LunarSirius: [What right does Blacklight Biotechnology have to take away the lives of those cloned embryos? I seem to recall that China has forbidden human cloning over and over? Why is this company of theirs not punished?]

LuyaoZou: [OP, are you an idiot? Yes, the company is a China company, but they’ve even built a city in another country, who even gives a f*ck about that law?]

JoyLovesGrayWolf: [It’s bad enough that the OP is dumb, but the reply is just as stupid . The Earth Federation and every continent oppose all forms of human cloning, yes, but cloned embryos aren’t included in this definition . Which continent or country in this world has not researched cloned embryos? If researching cloned embryos is a crime, then the whole world is guilty . ]

Poison: [Lol, so you can harm a life just like that? Embryos aren’t human? In that case, dear poster, didn’t you start out as an embryo? Or you jumped out from a crack in a rock?]

Childheart: [dude you’re a troll right]

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These discussions either started out on an extreme note, after which both parties started to attack each other’s parents or they began as a friendly debate which gradually turned violent, finally devolving into comments that revolved around genitals and parents, all in the spirit of cheerful academic discourse .

In short, the “age-reversal treatment” had taken over every screen across the entire Earth Federation . Before the situation cleared up, some authoritative agencies would not even deign to come to a conclusion .

Nonetheless, Chen Chen was no longer the simpleton he once was . If he had publicized this technology one year ago, he would have been crushed to death by international public opinion . However, by now, these criticisms and verbal abuses had no effect on him .

This was because he had capital backing .

Not only that but as Chen Chen kept publishing papers in major journals one after another, his reputation gradually improved accordingly . Although he was not at the level of those academic luminaries, he was at least considered to have some clout .

When people in academia mention Chen Chen’s name, they could immediately associate him with results such as “Alzheimer’s disease treatment” and “age-reversal treatment” .

This was a form of recognition by the academic world .

Before the public, Chen Chen had deliberately downplayed things and even allowed Little X to manipulate online public opinion so that his name appeared in the public eye as little as possible . Nonetheless, the names, “Blacklight Biotechnology” and “Eco Science City”, had become known to everyone .

Even so, with the announcement of these technologies, the principles behind the technologies also became fully known to the public . After all, the technology of the “age-reversal treatment” was not complicated . It was simply using embryonic stem cells to transform the hematopoietic stem cells, then rebuild the human immune system .

Although there were difficulties with this technology, they were not impossible to overcome . In Chen Chen’s view, as long as he had publicized the technology, the world would be able to develop a mature version of the technology within a few years even without the core data .

In other words, the world would have been able to develop this technology sooner or later, even without Chen Chen . He merely advanced it by a few years .

Still, for the time being, the Eco Science City was the only place in the entire Earth Federation that could utilize this technology . This was an intangible advantage . Once the Eco Science City was launched, the money would come rolling in at once .

Of course, when there was profit, there would also be more conflicts .

In North America and Europe, the eleven Disciple families served as his sentries . Coupled with the Blanc family incident some time ago that acted as a deterrent, Chen Chen could hold down the fort . Now he was just afraid that someone from Mainland China would try to trip him up .

Therefore, Chen Chen headed to the Embassy of Mainland China again and sold the core data of the “age-reversal treatment” to the authorities of China .

Though it was called a sale, naturally, it was more like a gift . At this point, some of the researchers in this country could use this technology to extend their lives . Chen Chen had only one condition, which was, the technology must not be developed for commercial use for three years .

By now, Chen Chen had everything ready and was only lacking manpower .

However, after his rise in fame, things like manpower came to him in a steady stream . Chen Chen no longer had to employ threats and rewards as he did before . He only had to toss out hundreds of invitations and more than one-third of these researchers would gladly accept this olive branch and come to Namibia .