Chapter 35

"The Eternal Project you're talking about… Wasn't that the incident where the entire team was wiped out three years ago?" Valerie asked. Owen's eyes lit up. "Exactly. There were 18 participants in the experimental group for the Eternal Project. The experiment was nearing its final stages when a sudden explosion occurred. "All the participants died on site, the experimental data was destroyed, and the project was forced to shut down." Valerie had a vague understanding of the incident Owen was talking about. Having conducted thousands of experiments in the field of genetics and cell biology, she was well aware of the shockwaves the Eternal Project had sent through the industry when it was first announced. The group of 18 had tried to achieve human immortality through genetic modification. It was a goal that had countless corporate leaders eagerly awaiting the results. Immortality would mean they could live until the end of the world with their empires—trillions in assets—intact. An