<h4>Chapter 1305: Chapter 1613: He’s Still Alive (2)</h4>


    Listening to Guo Ming’s conversation with the other party, Ling Chen and the others were stunned, staring incredulously at the sterile room.


    Is he really talking to Ling Gengqiu? How is this possible! Even Chen Junfeng and Qiu Yong, who had experienced great trials, were frightened.


    "Is he... still alive?" After a long while, Ling Chen finally turned around and asked incredulously.


    "How should I put it... his conscious thought still exists, but he can’t speak. I used quite a few high-tech products connected to his brain to convert his consciousness into data. Just like the text you saw earlier, you canmunicate with him this way."


    "Can he see me?"


    Guo Ming pointed to the camera outside the ss and said, "This camera will directly transmit images to his brain. However, because he is very weak, he can’t receive too many image signals, or it would burden his brain and cause his consciousness to be chaotic. You’re fairly lucky today; under normal circumstances, he sleeps more than twenty hours a day and is only awake for one or two hours."


    "How’s his body?"


    Guo Ming walked to a nearbyputer and tapped the keyboard a few times. Suddenly, a rectangr transparent cover in the center of the sterile room slowly opened. Then, the bed, resembling a cradle, gradually stood upright.


    Soon, an aged face appeared in everyone’s view, looking like a man in his forties. Ling Chen carefully examined him, knowing that this ancestor loved romantic adventures and had wooed countless women in his lifetime. However, Ling Gengqiu was not actually handsome; quite in indeed, easily lost in a crowd.


    Ling Gengqiu’s head was already connected to his torso, together with more than a dozen IV tubes and metal wires. To be honest, seeing Ling Gengqiu like this unsettled Ling Chen.


    "Mr. Guo, how long have you beenmunicating with him?"


    "I chat with him whenever I have time, telling him about the outside world, which interests him greatly."


    "Given that you can transmit images directly to his brain, why not just connect him to the inte so he can watch whatever he wants?" Xia Yue chimed in.


    Guo Ming smiled slightly, nodding: "We’ve considered this suggestion long ago, but the data on the inte is too vast for his brain to handle, so we abandoned the idea."


    Pausing, Guo Ming turned to Ling Chen and asked, "Interested in seeing our research results?"


    "Are you also looking for the reason behind his immortality?"


    "Anyone would be curious about a person with self-healing abilities who has lived for hundreds of years. However, it’s just curiosity; each person has their destiny. Not everyone can live as long as he has. Frankly, I’ve tried researching this before, but haven’t achieved anything beyond dying aging. Living a hundred years... is extremely difficult. So I shifted my focus to new drug research, aiming to improve treatment methods for certain terminal illnesses."


    "How are the results?"


    "Not bad; we’ve discovered solutions for at least three incurable diseases. However, these treatments are tooplex and costly for ordinary people to afford. We’re now simplifying the treatment steps, hoping to make them essible to everyone."


    Ling Chen nodded, understanding that although Guo Ming withheld some truths, his intentions were good.


    After touring theboratory, Guo Ming handed Ling Chen a document, saying, "I brought you here today just to let you know I have no ambitions. Maybe my ancestors had such thoughts, but my ideals differ from theirs. Over the years, I’ve distributed the developed medicine to hospitals using the name of a pharmaceutical research institute, funding thisb through the profits. Although I conducted human experiments, the volunteers were terminal patients who willingly signed agreements."


    "Mr. Guo, you don’t need to exin, I understand your point. However, Ling Gengqiu’s physical condition..."


    "For now, he has to stay here," Guo Ming interjected. "His situation is ratherplex. Hastily transferring him might negatively impact his health. Rest assured, since I revealed this secret to you, I don’t intend to oppose you. If you don’t trust me, you can send someone to theb to ensure Ling Gengqiu’s safety."


    After some thought, Ling Chen said, "Mr. Guo, I trust your character. How about letting you take care of Ling Gengqiu for now? I’ll deploy personnel to enhance the security around the Guo Family to prevent external threats to theb."


    "No problem."


    Guo Ming agreed readily. After reaching an agreement, Ling Chen asked, "Mr. Guo, can I chat with him alone?" Referring to Ling Gengqiu, as not everyone has the chance to meet their ancestors and actually converse.


    "He’s a member of your Ling Family, of course, you can." With that, Guo Ming called some people to escort Qiu Yong and others to the lounge, while apanying Ling Chen to the outside of the sterile room.


    "Take your time; I won’t disturb you." As he finished speaking, Guo Ming turned and walked out, closing the door behind him.


    Ling Chen gazed at Ling Gengqiu lying in the sterile room, his eyes reflectingplex emotions.


    "What are you thinking?" A line of text appeared on the screen.


    Ling Chen smiled and said, "Nothing much, just amazed that I can chat with someone from hundreds of years ago. If I told anyone, they’d likely not believe it."


    "The world is full of wonders. I asked myself why others die, but I live on. I’ve attempted suicide three times, but unfortunately, was never sessful. No matter how severe my injuries, they recover quickly."


    "Why did you want tomit suicide?"


    "Watching the closest people to me die one by one, how would you feel? Lonely, solitary, despairing — those feelings are tough to endure. Living so long, having been through so much, there are times I just want to end it all, never to wake again."


    "Your immortality, isn’t it a blessing from heaven?"


    "Blessing? No, it’s not a blessing; I view it as a punishment. I’ve asked myself the same question countless times: why don’t I die? I believe it’s not heaven’s doing but something inherent within me."


    "Inherent reason?" Ling Chen was startled and asked puzzledly, "What reason?"


    "Before I turned forty, I was like any ordinary person, no different. It wasn’t until I became a monk that changes began urring in my body."