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Can people really be resurrected after death?
Dr. Robert Ettinger of the United States once wrote a book called The Prospect of Immortality.
It mentions an advanced "resurrection technique" called cryonics.
This technique is to quickly put the remains into a -196 ° C environment for cryopreservation when the terminally ill patient breathes, and then thaw, treat and regenerate when the future medicine is developed enough and the terminal illness can be treated.
The first "frozen man" in the mainland to try this experiment was named Zhan Wenlian. She left the world on May 8, 2017, due to lung cancer.
Her husband, Gui Junmin, agreed with her: When we see each other again in 50 years, let's love each other again.
Their beautiful love story and arduous road to resurrection are touching thousands of people...
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Zhan Wenlian was born in 1968 to parents who are the children of cadres who aid Xinjiang.
In 1984, she was forced to repeat her grade due to her failure in the middle school entrance examination, but in this new class, Zhan Wenlian met Gui Junmin, who was both excellent in character and learning.
The family conditions of the Gui military and civilians are relatively poor, and they often do not have enough to eat.
The kind Zhan Wenlian took some meal tickets from home to him, and Gui Junmin often tutored Zhan Wenlian to do his homework as a thank you.
The two of them have developed a good feeling for each other day and night.
But at this time, due to the transfer of her parents' work, Zhan Wenlian had to follow her parents back to her hometown in Shanghe, Shandong.
Xinjiang and Shandong, one in the westernmost part of the motherland and the other in the easternmost part of the motherland. This "long-distance love" spanning 3,000 kilometers is still as beautiful as ever.
At that time, the telephone was not yet widespread, and they could only contact each other by sending letters.
Letter after letter filled the drawer, and all the memories and thoughts.
In 1990, Gui Junmin graduated from university and became a teacher at the Shanghai Sports School. Zhan Wenlian lost touch with the university and became a salesman in the bank.
In July of the same year, the two held hands and walked to the palace of marriage.
Just when Gui Junmin was planning to let Zhan Wenlian move to Shanghai to live, an unexpected news interrupted all the plans.
Zhan Wenlian's parents both died in a car accident, leaving only Zhan Wenlian and two younger siblings.
Without saying a word, Gui Junmin quit his job in Shanghai and came to Shanghe County to take care of this broken home with Zhan Wenlian.
In Gui Junmin's view, no matter how prosperous and bright the big city is, it is better to reach out and hug his wife every morning facing the morning sun.
In the company of Gui Junmin, Zhan Wenlian was also freed from the pain of losing her parents, and both of them lived plainly and happily under the sweet nourishment.
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In the blink of an eye, both are more than half a hundred years old, and they often plan their lives after retirement.
But accidents and blows like to strike hard when people are not afraid to defend themselves.
In 2015, zhan Wenlian felt a lump the size of a soybean grain on her neck while washing her face. At first, she didn't pay attention to it, thinking it was just a normal acne.
But it wasn't long before she began to feel weak and her waist and legs were sore, and Gui Junmin was not at ease, so he took her to the hospital for examination.
After the doctor saw the test report, he called Gui Junmin aside alone and told him: "Your wife is now in the advanced stage of lung cancer, it is estimated that there is still a year or so to accompany her."
A thunderbolt fell from the sky on a sunny day, and Gui Junmin was stunned in place, holding back the tears in his eyes.
He slowly returned to his wife and said, "The doctor said that you are an early stage of lung cancer, and you must hurry up to treat it now if it is not serious, the problem is not big."
Zhan Wenlian nodded and looked at her husband with a look of trust.
Late that night, Gui Junmin came alone to the playground of a nearby school, and he ran lap after lap, crying and running...
After two months of chemotherapy, Zhan Wenlian's condition was temporarily controlled, and Gui Junmin handled the discharge procedures for her, hoping that she would have no regrets in her last days.
After being discharged from the hospital, Zhan Wenlian is still lively and lovely, gentle and virtuous, and looks no different from ordinary people.
One day in December, a sudden dizziness and headache woke up Zhan Wenlian in her sleep.
Gui Junmin gave her some cold medicine and did not get better at all, and the two rushed to the hospital.
After a series of examinations, the hospital gave the final result: the cancer cells had metastasized to the brain, causing intracranial hemorrhage, and there was no other way...
The wife looked at her lost husband and vaguely understood her illness, but the two never tacitly said anything.
In order to alleviate Zhan Wenlian's pain, the hospital arranged intracranial antihypertensive surgery for her.
Before the operation, Zhan Wenlian painted a light makeup, shook Gui Junmin's hand and said, "Am I very beautiful"?
"Of course," Gui replied without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, this short conversation became the last language exchange between the two people.
After the operation, Zhan Wenlian's condition began to deteriorate rapidly, and she lay dying on the hospital bed, not even having the strength to speak.
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In January 2017, Gui Junmin transferred his wife to a hospice ward and prepared for her to leave at any time.
Just when Gui Junmin was discouraged, the director of the hospital thought of a way for him, and rekindled the hope in his heart.
"Are you considering cryonics"?
Gui Junmin had heard of "cryonics" before, and under the explanation of the director, he decided to try it.
Later, he drove to the Yinfeng Life Science Institute to understand the situation, and the researchers told Gui Junmin all the processes one by one.
At the same time, they also explained the risks: when frozen, ice crystals may also puncture cell membranes and blood vessels, making cells inactive, so the test may fail.
But thinking that his wife is already bound to die, Gui Junmin still chose to give it a go.
So what to do in the face of such expensive expenses?
It is said that the liquid nitrogen tank used to preserve the remains alone needs 400,000 yuan, and the liquid nitrogen needs to be replaced every half a month to a month, on average, it costs about 50,000 yuan per year, which is only the tip of the iceberg.
Fortunately, Zhan Wenlian is the first frozen person in the country, and Yinfeng Life Science Institute decided to waive her surgery costs.
In this way, the two parties reached a consensus.
Before freezing, the researchers came to the hospital to assess Zhan Wenlian's physical condition.
Gui Junmin said to his wife: "Your current illness is not easy to treat, I have thought of another way for you, you sleep well first, and when I call you, you will wake up, can you?"
The wife grabbed her husband's finger with a weak force and expressed her consent.
On behalf of his wife, Gui Junmin signed an informed consent form and a life continuation plan with Yinfeng Life Science Institute, and in this way, Zhan Wenlian became the first volunteer of the life extension plan in the mainland.
In the early morning of May 8, 2017, Zhan Wenlian, who had been battling the disease, lost her breath, and the researchers immediately processed it.
They injected Zhan Wenlian with anticoagulants and antioxidants, and injected ice brine through the circulatory system to cool her down.
Since then, endotracheal intubation and ventilator operation have been carried out to maintain her basic physiological functions.
After being taken to the Yinfeng Life Research Institute, the most important step is to be performed, that is, perfusion replacement surgery.
This procedure is a method of intubating the arteries and using a cardiopulmonary bypass machine to maintain blood flow, thereby replacing the body's blood with a cryoprotectant.
The operation was finally completed after 55 hours, at which point Zhan Wenlian's body temperature dropped to about -196 ° C.
Before being loaded into a liquid nitrogen tank, Gui Junmin and his family met Zhan Wenlian for the last time.
These few tens of seconds gave Gui Junmin a lingering memory, he said: "She is like asleep, the skin is so delicate, so beautiful that it is difficult for me to remember, and it is even more difficult to forget."
This 50-year wait has officially counted down from this moment...
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On August 13, 2017, Yinfeng Life Science and Technology Institute made the matter public, followed by controversy from all sides.
Some people say that this is pseudoscience and simply cannot be believed.
So why is it said to be pseudoscience?
Originally, in 1967, there were frozen people, and with the progress of the experiment, more than 300 people have joined the ranks of frozen people, but until today there has not been a successful case, and even the rats that have done the experiment have not been successfully resurrected.
In the face of these doubts, the foreign expert Decre is very optimistic, saying that the organ transplant surgery did not come step by step in that year? Success always takes a lot of experimentation.
In addition, the voice of doubt also reached the ears of Gui Junmin.
Some people say that he is cold-blooded and ruthless, selfish, plotting against the Mandate of Heaven, etc., and Gui Junmin also gave the masses an explanation: "You don't know the pain of watching your relatives disappear, standing outside and talking, you can never do it."
In these days when his wife left, not a single day did Gui Junmin not miss her.
He often took his wife's mobile phone and ran to the Yinfeng Life Research Institute, standing outside his wife's liquid nitrogen canister and playing her favorite song - "I only care about you"
"Let the time pass in a hurry, I only care about you..." Gui Junmin hummed softly, as if he was coaxing his wife to sleep.
Although the two did not have the opportunity to touch each other, but separated by a jar was also very satisfied for Gui Junmin.
Sometimes he worries that his wife will wake up and forget him, but he is more worried that her wife will forget herself.
In order to help his wife keep his memories, Gui Junmin marked the dates and events that happened on the back of all the photos. He also kept a diary of his daily life so that one day his wife, who was "resurrected," would learn about the changes in the world.
In addition, Gui Junmin has also been renewing Zhan Wenlian's mobile phone card, so that her QQ and WeChat have always been online, as if everything is still the original.
Friends and family around him are very worried about the state of Gui Junmin, and he misses Zhan Wenlian every day except commuting to and from work.
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Years later, Gui Junmin's students introduced him to a girlfriend and persuaded him to start a new life.
At this time, Gui Junmin's health was also somewhat poor and needed to be taken care of, but he still couldn't let go of Zhan Wenlian, feeling sorry for her for doing so.
The new girlfriend said to him, "Don't worry, we'll be friends, and if you feel trouble, I'll quit."
But after a period of getting along, Gui Junmin also realized her intentions and couldn't bear to push her away again.
And this lady is also very reasonable, he knows that Gui Junmin has been waiting for Zhan Wenlian to be resurrected, but she feels that it does not matter, which is why she likes Gui Junmin.
No matter what, Gui Junmin's heart has always loved Zhan Wenlian, and every year on his wife's birthday, he will send her a bouquet of flowers and sing a song "I Only Care About You".
Someone once asked him if you regretted it?
He said: "I don't regret it, if Zhan Wenlian is not resurrected after 50 years, I will renew her, if I am old and she has not been resurrected, then I will freeze with her until I am resurrected or cremated together."
None of us know whether this "resurrection" technology will succeed, and it does face a lot of social problems, as some reports say.
For example, how do frozen people live?
Will it become a pastime for the rich?
Will you be discriminated against by others?
If this technology were popularized, would there be a population explosion on Earth?
Until the future comes, perhaps there will be no clear answer to these questions...
At this time, Gui Junmin is still full of hope waiting for the long-lost rebirth, reunion and love, he is getting older day by day in anticipation, and his wife is still the same face as before...
What do you think about the "resurrection technology" of freezing people?
If one day we will all grow old, will you choose to freeze yourself and wait for the resurrection?