Chapter 370 Extending Lifespans

Li Miaomiao came into the study carrying a plate of fruit, only to find Xu Jingming had already closed the light screen and was lost in thought.

"Miaomiao," Xu Jingming said, looking at his wife.

"What's wrong?" Li Miaomiao asked, puzzled.

"Grandpa, and our parents, are all over 2,900 years old," Xu Jingming said. "Most of them aren't far from their lifespan limit."

Li Miaomiao looked at her husband. "Jingming, what are you thinking?"

Except for Xu's father, who had some talent on the path of evolution and reached the eighth level with the help of an evolution guide, the other elders were all ordinary cosmic lifeforms.

"Of course, it's about extending their lifespans," Xu Jingming said. "If I have the ability to do it, I naturally have to."

"Becoming a Source Lifeform with external force?" Li Miaomiao said worriedly. "In the human race, generally only scholars with a degree of 1,000 level or higher are eligible for free Source Lifeform transformation through external force. It's not allowed for others without special reasons."

Xu Jingming said, "There are still quota available."

"Cosmic Legends have the qualification to apply! And 'Great Scholars' who have made sufficient contributions also have the qualification to apply," Xu Jingming said.

"To become a Source Lifeform with external force, applying for the first quota requires deducting 100 million merits. The second quota requires 200 million merits, the third quota is 500 million merits, and then it's 1 billion, 2 billion, 5 billion, 10 billion, 20 billion..."

Li Miaomiao's expression changed as she listened. "So many merits? 100 million merits can buy ten galaxies. How many merits did you accumulate in total before you became a Cosmic Legend?"

Generally, Cosmic Legends only apply for a few quotas for their families.

"I've been thinking, Grandpa, both our parents, you, our daughter, and Xu Fangjin and Xu Biyun, those two little ones," Xu Jingming said. "This is my tentative list."

"Aren't quotas very precious?" Li Miaomiao asked. "Isn't this too many? Actually, I think living for thousands or tens of thousands of years is already a lot. There's no need to be too demanding."

"It's not about being demanding," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "Since I can do it, why wouldn't I? My family are the people I care about most in this world."

Li Miaomiao nodded.

"Moreover, with the help of evolution guides, many of you are already eighth-level cosmic lifeforms, still far from your lifespan limit," Xu Jingming said. "Currently, the only ones who need to break through with external force are Grandpa, my mother, and your parents, a total of four people."

Li Miaomiao nodded. "Four people is eight hundred million merits. From the fifth person onward, the merits will continue to soar."

After the couple confirmed their decision, they immediately began to implement it quietly.

They personally invited the four elders, who were sent to the headquarters of the Cosmic Human Alliance for Source Lifeform breakthrough transformation amid confusion.

"What is this?" Old Master Xu, Li Chen'an and his wife, and Xu's mother, after regaining consciousness, discovered the earth-shattering changes in themselves.

"What's happening to us?" Li Chen'an and his wife, who originally had full heads of white hair, now had their white hair turning black, returning to their prime.

"It's Jingming who applied for the quota, allowing you to become Source Lifeforms with external force," Li Miaomiao said as she greeted them.

"Become Source Lifeforms?" Li Chen'an and his wife couldn't believe it.

"What about our bodies?" Old Master Xu exclaimed, his body suddenly turning into a cloud of smoke before reassembling,

"This... this is cosmic origin power? I can also become a Source Lifeform. Grandson! It must not have been easy to apply for this quota, right?"...

...Xu's mother couldn't help but exclaim, "I heard that even the emperors of the three great royal families don't have the qualifications to apply for quotas."

As Xu Jingming's mother, Xu's mother had been living a comfortable life for many years and knew a lot about the top levels of the cosmic human race.

"Mom," Li Miaomiao said, "Your son is much more amazing than they are."

"Let's go back," Xu Jingming said, leading his family.

Whoosh!

In an instant, they returned from the distant headquarters of the Cosmic Human Alliance to Blue Star.

"Crossing multiple cosmic sectors, a distance of over a hundred billion light-years, and we arrived in an instant," Old Master Xu said, looking at Xu Jingming,

"My grandson is getting more and more amazing."

Back in his youth, he had been a professional esports player and a game streamer. How could he have imagined that his grandson would be this powerful?

Even he himself had soared to the sky, becoming a Source Lifeform with a lifespan of 30,000 years.

Li Chen'an and his wife resided on a private planet.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Five spaceships arrived at this private planet together.

"Dad, Mom, can my brother-in-law help me apply too?"

"Your eldest sister and we have said that applying for quotas is very difficult. Even the younger generation of the Xu family can't all be satisfied. Don't have such extravagant hopes," Li Chen'an shook his head. "You have to be measured in what you do. A lifespan of three thousand years is long enough. What else do you want? Let me make it clear here, don't bother your eldest sister and brother-in-law. You'll regret it if you anger your brother-in-law."

"If we don't look for brother-in-law, we'll look for eldest sister. We'll go find eldest sister ourselves."

The allure of lifespan was enough to make the children who had been obedient in the past become frantic.

The closer they got to the end of their lifespan, the more they craved to become Source Lifeforms. Their parents could get quotas, so why couldn't they?

Li Miaomiao usually handled matters on the Li family's side and never troubled Xu Jingming.

"Master, Xiaoqing," Xu Jingming said as he visited Dai Tongda and Dai Xiaoqing.

Dai Tongda didn't have an evolution guide. Although Xu Jingming had also given his master some resources, his master and junior sister were still very far from the eighth level.

"Jingming."

"Senior Brother."

Dai Tongda and Dai Xiaoqing were also pleasantly surprised by Xu Jingming's arrival.

Xu Jingming had long been deified, as the Blue Star civilization's greatest leader, an incredibly dazzling figure in the human race, and even recognized as someone who would become a new "Supreme Realm existence."

With such a figure visiting, the Dai family was naturally in an uproar, and everyone else retreated. Only Dai Tongda and Dai Xiaoqing accompanied him.

"Unknowingly, it's been more than two thousand nine hundred years," Dai Tongda said with a smile. "Xiaoqing and I both have full heads of silver hair, but you, Jingming, are still young."

"Senior Brother will become a Supreme Realm existence in the future," Dai Xiaoqing said admiringly. "It's a pity we won't be able to see it."

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Xu Jingming asked.

Dai Tongda and Dai Xiaoqing exchanged a glance.

"No need," Dai Tongda said. "The Pearwood Group usually helps us a lot, so we don't have anything to worry about."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

"In this life, we've experienced a lot, the virtual worlds of the virtual world network... fulfilling all our childhood fantasies."

Dai Tongda said with emotion, "This life has really been wonderful."...

...Dai Xiaoqing looked at her father. "My dad has never forgotten my mom, but he's pretty carefree otherwise."

Dai Tongda was stunned, his wrinkled face showing a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

Compared to that woman, the other women he met in the years that followed were not worth mentioning.

"Master, Xiaoqing," Xu Jingming said, "You must remember what I'm about to say."

The two of them looked at Xu Jingming.

"Don't hold on until the last day of your lifespan limit," Xu Jingming said. "You can pass away ten or fifteen days before the limit."

Current technology was very advanced, fully capable of allowing cosmic lifeforms to hold on until the last moment of their lifespan.

"Ten or fifteen days before the limit?" Dai Tongda and Dai Xiaoqing asked, puzzled.

"In the future, if I become a Supreme Realm existence, there is hope of changing the fate of low-dimensional lifeforms," Xu Jingming said. "Reviving you, and even Senior Master's wife, who you have never been able to forget, can be revived."

Senior Master's wife had died young, naturally far from her lifespan limit.

"Really?" Dai Tongda was stunned. He dreamed of seeing his wife again.

"There's only hope," Xu Jingming said.

Cultivating dependents was not easy. Xu Jingming currently only knew of the *Dreamhado* lineage.

In the future, becoming a high-dimensional lifeform might grant him new methods.

But without a doubt, Xu Jingming definitely wanted his wife, daughter, and many others to have long lives.

"Understood, we understand," Dai Tongda's eyes burned with fervor. Dai Xiaoqing also remembered and asked, "Are there restrictions on the number of quotas?"

"If I can revive you in the future, we'll talk about the quotas then," Xu Jingming said. He didn't know about the quotas yet. He only knew that the *Dreamhado* dependent quotas were very numerous.

Those serving as the three thousand holy envoys were only a small part of the dependents.

While Xu Jingming was comprehending the construction of high-dimensional lifeforms, he was also visiting his friends one by one.

His master, Liu Hai, with Xu Jingming's resource allocation and his talent, had finally become a Source Lifeform.

Most of his other friends were facing the limit of their lifespans.

Blue Star, cemetery.

Xu Jingming stood alone in front of a tombstone.

"Ashuo, you're gone too," Xu Jingming said, looking at Yang Qingshuo's name on the tombstone. "The sharpshooter of the original Pearwood team. Sister Wang Yi, Big Bear, Liu Chongyuan, Heng Fang, and Ashuo, all of you are gone."

"We were once full of vigor, participating in the first Fire Seed Cup competition in the virtual world. Everything is still vivid in my mind. And those opponents from back then, Lei Yunfang, Fang Yu, Zhou Yi, Zhang Qing, Xiong Tianshan, and all of you, are gone."

The earliest batch of cosmic lifeforms on Blue Star, few could reach the eighth level on their own, so naturally they couldn't break through the 3,000-year lifespan limit.

His childhood classmates, his companions from his youth, his friends from his adulthood, almost all of them had died, becoming a part of history.

Xu Jingming returned to his old home on Blue Star alone.

He sat there silently, watching the sun slowly set.

"Jingming," Li Miaomiao sat beside him.

"I now understand why very few high-dimensional lifeforms return to their hometowns," Xu Jingming said softly. "Because their former relatives and friends are long gone."

"A 3,000-year lifespan limit, a 10,000-year limit, 30,000 years, 100,000 years... will take away the people around you one by one, there will be fewer and fewer people around you, until only you are left," Xu Jingming said softly. "Being alone is what it means to be a high-dimensional lifeform."

Li Miaomiao held Xu Jingming's hand.

"The goal of my life's struggle," Xu Jingming said, looking at his wife beside him, "is for the two of us to be able to often watch this sunrise and sunset together."

"Jingming, my lifespan may be far shorter than yours, but as long as I'm alive, I will always be with you," Li Miaomiao said. "You will live for a very, very long time." Xu Jingming also held his wife's hand, suddenly his brows furrowed slightly.

Because five people had arrived outside the residential area.

"Master," a guardian respectfully saluted. "The five younger siblings of Madam are outside the residential area, wishing to pay their respects to Master."

"They chased us all the way here?" Li Miaomiao's expression changed!

Xu Jingming frowned slightly and looked at the guardian. "Tell them to get lost!"

"Yes," the guardian replied.

"Forbid them from entering Blue Star again," Xu Jingming instructed.

"Yes," the guardian replied again.

The five members of the Li family were unable to see Xu Jingming and were expelled from Blue Star.