"Ah?"

Major Li couldn't help but look down at the ring-shaped Space System Alchemy Storage Device on his left hand's middle finger. Fortunately, with Chen Fei's reminder, he almost made a big mistake.

After the delegation from the "Sagali" civilization arrived at Blue Star, they presented ten doses of life-extending drugs as a gift, many of which had probably already undergone the ordeal with the Storage Magical Device.

The reason Chen Fei could take them out without any effect was that he already had an alchemical artifact with Life Space, which was well-known information.

A truth concealed another truth, but the fact that he legally possessed a Life Space was undeniable.

"Please take it!"

After giving a "vaccine," Chen Fei handed over the small, slender-necked bottle, saying, "I am trying to figure out how to replicate this, but don't get your hopes up."

Besides the active substance components, there was also the soul component. With Blue Star's current level of technology, there's probably no way to enter this technological field. More crucially, the technology tree hasn't even been started; although Chen Fei has a "Life Tree," he is not familiar with this soul business.

After carefully putting away the slim-necked bottle containing the life-extending drug, Li Xinliang stood at attention, saluted, then swiftly turned and left.

Having completed the task, there was no need to disturb further.

Watching the other's departing back, Chen Fei sighed; he could roughly guess just who would use this life-extending drug and why they came to request it now.

S-Class Ability User Yan Ling had little life left; this kind of thing that could extend life by sixty years was tantamount to a lifesaver. Even the remaining portion might allow her to regain the capital to unleash her Psi Skill.

Chen Fei unhesitatingly took out this life-extending drug, as a gesture of goodwill.

If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't easily give away such a precious thing like this.

Moments later, several transport airships within the camp took to the sky; all belonged to The First Sovereign's military airships, and nobody knew which one Major Li boarded.

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The result report from the "Life Tree" research institute included hundreds of related papers. The tireless scientists were practically burning their lives. Chen Fei sent over a dozen Healing Fruits to ensure their health; otherwise, they would have worked themselves to death.

The researchers seemed to have sensed something; the "big tree" they were studying wasn't simple and couldn't be defined purely under Blue Star's biological systems of either animal or plant. With their intelligence, it was just a matter of time before they noticed the anomalies, but everyone kept silent without leaking a single bit.

Nobody took the lead, yet they kept confidentiality with tacit understanding; it was human nature.

If the news were leaked, drawing in more researchers, the reality is that too many monks would be competing for too little gruel. Then, these guys would be left out; they'd wake up early but miss the late market. It's better to shut the door and accumulate papers. These research results... are mine! Mine! All mine!!!

Researchers also have selfish motives; who doesn't want to make a name for themselves like a saint and have all the hindering opponents die off?

In Chen Fei's view, the research reports from the "Life Tree" institute and the life-extending drug research shared similar depths. They remained superficially, analyzing only what could be seen, unable to reach deeper levels.

After all, Blue Star's technological path was mainly industrial science and technology, not entirely focused on biotechnology. Compared with the "Sagali" civilization, which focused primarily on biotechnology, even trying to show off one's slight skill before an expert was inadequate.

He tidied up some of his ideas and sent them as references to the "Life Tree" Research Institute and the life-extending drug laboratory.

Chen Fei might not be a professional, but he could provide some external perspectives to potentially inspire researchers. Sometimes scientific research requires a flash of inspiration; even dreaming could lead to a major breakthrough.

Once the research direction involved the soul field, researchers on both sides suddenly scratched their heads; none were from this specialized research field, and Blue Star's existing scientific system didn't even have a discipline in this area.

The religious aspect did have relevant descriptions, but practically it remained within psychology and philosophy, never truly delving into soul research. It was more of baseless imagination and speculation, far off the mark, to be taken seriously would be truly foolish.

Chen Fei didn't have high hopes for the "Life Tree" Research Institute and the life-extending drug laboratory in their non-specialized study of the soul field; crossing fields was like crossing mountains, let alone leaping from the material domain to the intangible and almost unobservable soul domain.

He commissioned the newly established think tank to prepare for forming a soul research team, gathering preliminary data and preparing the groundwork.

Know thyself and know thy enemy, and you won't be endangered in a hundred battles. Even though the "Sagali" civilization has gone far on the biotechnology route and even Blue Star civilization struggles to catch up, that doesn't mean giving up on exploring. If we can dive in early, there might be unexpected harvests.

Before long, the think tank in the Boundary Pearl's Life Space responded to Chen Fei's instruction with a message.

In soul research, it's likely that the Cangqiong Star Civilization is ahead of Blue Star.

The Dark Holy Temple organization, forcibly disbanded by the Slan Dynasty long ago, was known for its Dark Element abilities, and had considerable research in the soul realm. A strong Psychic series presence also ventured into the soul field. The Dark and Psychic series are the two most accessible elemental abilities to the soul; while Blue Star has made significant progress in elemental abilities over decades, striving to catch up with the Cangqiong Star Civilization, in terms of numbers and quality of ability users, and data accumulation in this area, it still lags far behind Cangqiong Star.

This information means Chen Fei needs to acquire relevant data from Cangqiong Star to fill Blue Star's gap in this area.

However, given his relationship with the Slan Royal Family, it's not difficult to handle.

Three clumsy generals, like Zhuge Liang; what's more, a group of intelligent people, the think tank, pooled their wisdom and came up with a highly valuable suggestion, performing their initial intended function.

"Adam, help me send a text message to Lin Ziyu Slan. I'd like some information about the soul, and if possible, I'd like to visit Cangqiong Star; arrange a schedule to see when there's free time, plan it around ten to fifteen days."

Chen Fei assigned the task to Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam."

Reading documents isn't as good as making a visit. Previously, even though the procedures were cumbersome, journeys from Blue Star to Cangqiong Star were still feasible; now, due to the opposition between Blue Star's sovereignty and the Slan Dynasty, together with the "Master of the Firmament" Lin Family as the fuse, most known Dimensional Gates have been closed, preventing passage.