The stream of time flowed by ever so quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was 20X5, the federal fifth year. Within that time, many momentous events had occurred on Earth.
First, life-prolonging medical technology had become remarkably successful. since the technology's invention, Xing Hai Hospital had completed the treatment of 5 million elderly individuals. It was possible that the average life expectancy of human beings in the future could reach 150 years and above.
Since Xing Hai Hospital was the only one that had mastery over the life-prolonging technology, the elderly from all over the world flocked to the Life Cities in the Z nation's Desert Transformation Zone to receive the treatment. Including these patients, their family members, and visiting tourists, there was an estimated influx of more than 30 million visitors to the Desert Transformation Zone annually.