Chapter 017 Transformation
Scientific research base, Area A6.
This is the area located on the underground level.
Of the ten large iron cages prepared to hold experimental animals, seven have already been put into use.
But there were no chimpanzees or anything like that in the cage, but seven people.
Bafat woke up from his daze. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a gray wall. Then he found that his hands and feet were bound by handcuffs and shackles, and there was a ball gag in his mouth.
All that could come out of his mouth was: "Woo woo woo..."
The scum in the other cages also woke up one after another. They were also tied up tightly and could only make whimpering sounds.
Of course, even if you can shout out, it is actually of no use. There is no other person in the AB area of the scientific research base, and this basement has been soundproofed.
Across Caragua Island, some Chinese employees have started their annual leave, while the local employees, most of whom are Christians, whose holiday was previously Christmas, are now working instead.
And inside the scientific research base.
Li Qingye has tested the effectiveness of CRISPR-JM on pigs and mice, and has locked down a part of the genetic sequence related to the prefrontal lobe.
However, there are still certain differences between human genes and those of other animals. Just because something is successful in animals does not mean it will be successful in humans.
After preparing all the experimental equipment, he began his first human experiment.
Buffat was very terrified because he found that he was not in prison, but in a place full of high technology. Having watched so many movies, he quickly thought of plots like evil scientists.
The moment he saw a man in a white coat appear in front of the cage, Bafat's fear reached its peak.
Li Qingye had no intention of discussing life with this kind of scum. He injected him with an injection of anesthetic, and the other party fell unconscious like a puddle of mud. He moved the experimental subject to the bed, fastened his handcuffs and shackles, and pushed him into the elevator.
The scum in the other cages were so frightened when they saw this scene that they began to tremble.
The bed was pushed into the laboratory. Li Qingye skillfully stripped the experimental subject's clothes, inserted various testing instruments, then inserted a urinary catheter, a nutrient solution infusion tube and an oxygen mask, and finally the cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment.
Compared to his original transformation, this guy is still a lot luckier.
Soon, the specially prepared CRISPR-JM factor injection solution continuously entered the body of the experimental subject.
Different from removing the genetic limiters before, the transformation on the experimental subject at this time only had a few fixed purposes.
First, turn the prefrontal gene sequence into a pseudogene;
Second, turn the reproductive gene sequence into a pseudogene;
Third, remove the gene sequence that restricts the physical fitness.
These three purposes are very simple. One is to make the experimental subjects lose their humanity; one is to make the experimental subjects lose their ability to reproduce so as not to pollute the human gene pool; and the last one is to make the experimental subjects strong and healthy.
Under the influence of anesthetics, Bafat only occasionally twitched, or had irregular heart rhythm and fluctuating blood pressure, but his life was not in danger.
The transformation lasted ten days.
When Li Qingye found that the experimental subject's vital signs were stable, he tested the chromosome telomeres, which also showed that the telomeres were greatly shortened. It was estimated that the experimental subject would only live for a maximum of 30 years.
This is actually an improvement compared to the fact that he only has less than twenty years left.
When Bafat woke up, his face was silent and his eyes were dull and lifeless.
He took out a tablet computer, opened a romance movie, and placed it in front of Bafat for him to watch.
He continued to check the data fed back by the testing equipment.
Even when extremely tempting scenes appeared on the screen, Bafat still had no physiological reaction at all, just like a wooden man.
Then they tested comedies, sad films, horror films and the like. Through these tests, it was basically confirmed that the subjects had lost their emotions.
Then, by injecting a certain amount of dopamine, path dependence was formed, and Baffert was successfully able to speak out his memories. This made Li Qingye certain that hormone and pheromone stimulation could indeed make the experimental subject very obedient.
But these people were like robots, and he had to train and give them commands constantly before they could complete some simple tasks.
Li Qingye was not too disappointed about this.
The experimental subject is like a computer with part of its processor damaged. It is fortunate that it is not paralyzed.
What he has to do now is to use an artificial photon biochip to replace the damaged frontal lobe of the experimental subject.
Let "artificial" emotions and desires replace "natural" emotions and desires.
Although the experimental subjects behaved very stiffly, Li Qingye continued to transform the remaining experimental subjects. After all, the transformed experimental subjects would obey his orders as the hormone controller.
Even if they can't do delicate work, he can let them eat and bathe by themselves without his help.
In order to facilitate future genetic modification, Li Qingye even specially renovated this laboratory. In the future, people can be pushed in and the genetic modification can be completed in ten days.
He spent more than three months transforming the experimental subjects, transforming the laboratories and equipment, and developing biochips.
A blink of an eye.
The time came to May of 2018.
During this period, the company earned another US$570 million in revenue, but in order to avoid attracting attention, he asked Li Jinglan to suspend the eel fry sales business.
The eel fry that were sold before were all sold under pseudonyms. Although Li Jinglan was very puzzled, facing Li Qingye's dominance, he still obediently followed the orders.
Although this is just an eel breeding technology, it actually involves an industry worth tens of billions of dollars.
He doesn’t know whether others are jealous or not, but the Japanese are definitely jealous.
After all, the Japanese have been studying eel breeding technology for more than ten years, and as the world's largest eel consumer region, they certainly don't want to give up this piece of cake easily.
Li Qingye didn't want to attract attention until his security was guaranteed.
We already have more than a billion US dollars in our hands, so we won't be short of funds in the short term and there is no need to expand sales.
Moreover, scarcity makes things valuable. Selling too many eel fry will cause the market price to fall, resulting in a decrease in the net profit of a single eel fry. Controlling shipment volume and using hunger marketing is the right approach.
At the same time, the recent business of the Sapiens Company has also shifted to increasing investment in the areas around Dart Port, with plans to expand 30 large-scale farms in the coastal areas of the area.
Li Jinglan, Kangnan, Zhaxi and others are all busy with this matter.
This is also one of Li Qingye's strategies, to make everyone feel that the work at hand is very busy, as if there are always endless things to do, so as to prevent them from stopping.
When people have free time, they tend to have random thoughts.
Only after the Homo sapiens company has completed its development and has sufficient soldiers, will it be time for it to expand its territory.
Now the loyalty of his subordinates cannot be guaranteed. Unless he wants to follow in his father's footsteps or go along with the capital, he can only endure it temporarily.
The photonic biochip that Li Qingye had always dreamed of had become relatively mature after more than three months of research and experiments.
Although it is still some distance away from what he envisioned, the second-generation technology is barely usable.
The manpower problem that troubled Li Qingye left him no time to wait for the technology to be further improved. Instead of doing it all at once, it would be better to improve it while using it.
