Chapter 021 Progress
Inside the scientific research base on Caragua Island.
Li Qingye, in a white coat, looked at the unconscious members of the Sea Snake Gang expressionlessly. He first divided these people into two groups based on their bone age.
Some of them are under 30 years old, and the rest are over 30 years old.
The reason for this distinction is the side effects of genetic modification. If the age is too old, the body may not be able to withstand the side effects and die directly from organ failure.
The limit is 30 years old, and the maximum age cannot exceed 40 years old.
According to the bone age test report, among the 43 Sea Snake Gang members, 24 were under 30 years old; 12 were between 30 and 40 years old; and the remaining 7 were over 40 years old.
Previously, the seven members of Bafat were all under the age of forty.
In fact, this is very normal. After all, the gap between the rich and the poor in Luzon is extremely large, and the middle and lower-level members of the gang must be very young.
The logic here is very simple. Poverty leads to poor quality of life, and low quality of life leads to low life expectancy.
Gangs are a dangerous job, and only poor people with nowhere else to go will join them.
After Li Qingye divided these people into groups, he sent them into the genetic modification room. The genetic modification room at this time was very different from the previous one.
Previously, only one person could be transformed at a time, but after the upgrade, five people can be transformed at a time, and some equipment has been added to make the whole process more comfortable, further shortening the transformation time.
After the improvement, it takes about 6 to 7 days to complete the genetic modification of each experimental subject.
According to the bone age grouping, we try to arrange experimental subjects of different ages in each batch.
The first batch of test subjects were sent into the transformation room.
While studying other projects, Li Qingye also kept an eye on the progress of the renovation.
Five days later, he stood with a frown beside the bed of an experimental subject. The subject on the bed had entered the late stage of uremia and both kidneys were completely necrotic.
He quickly dissected the experimental subject, and found that its organs had serious lesions. He then compared the length of the chromosome telomeres before and after, shook his head and sighed:
“Age is indeed a problem.”
The deceased experimental subject was the only one among this batch of experimental subjects who was over 40 years old. Even though he was only 42 years old, he still could not withstand the backlash of genetic modification.
He readjusted the transformation plan. In order to reduce the physical burden on the experimental subjects, he kicked out the part of the three gene sequences related to physical strengthening from the scope of transformation.
Soon the second batch of experiments was launched quickly.
This time the transformation time was shortened again. It took only about 5 days to complete the genetic transformation, and the physical condition of the experimental subjects was better than before.
One of the experimental subjects, 45 years old, actually survived. According to telomere analysis and physical examination, he still had about 15 years to live, which was barely enough to be used.
The genetic modification experiment was adjusted bit by bit, and during the process, time was also taken to implant biochips into the experimental subjects.
Time flies.
It took Li Qingye more than two months to complete the whole process of transformation, interrogation, testing and training.
But at this time, Li Qingye had 41 more loyal subordinates under his command.
Among them, 20 people were inserted into the Sapiens Company by him, either openly or secretly; the remaining 21 people established the Luzon Intelligence Station, with its current headquarters in Dart Harbor, focusing on infiltrating the slums of Manila.
During this period, Li Qingye was not satisfied with the status quo. Various biotechnologies were progressing. After all, his super brain was obtained at the cost of decades of life.
In terms of biochip technology, in addition to producing biochips with better performance, there is also a biocomputer that integrates various biological organs - [Fuxishi 1.0].
Fuxi 1.0 biological computer is different from electronic computer. It is a computer that can be implanted in a living body.
Of course, this computer can also disguise itself as an ordinary mobile phone or laptop.
In addition, in order to match the biological computer, Li Qingye has also successively developed various biological functional devices.
He developed the Fuxi computer, on the one hand because he did not trust the electronic computer equipment currently on the market; on the other hand, it was to make it easier for him to infiltrate the enemy.
After all, when entering an area controlled by hostile forces, the other party will definitely not allow mobile phones and computers to enter easily. Even if they are allowed to enter, they will be checked.
Biocomputers have a huge advantage in this regard, which is that they can be implanted in the body.
Li Qingye has currently designed two implantation plans. One is to integrate the biological computer into the skull; the other is to transform it into the shape of ribs.
Both of these methods can deceive ordinary examinations, and even if a hospital's MRI or X-ray is used, there is no way to distinguish them.
Unless it is a laboratory-level high-precision detection equipment, it is difficult to detect.
Under normal circumstances, even the Fort Detrick laboratory in America would not use high-precision equipment to test unimportant people. After all, it costs money every time these devices are turned on.
As for the forces in Southeast Asia, it’s not that Li Qingye looks down on them, but their overall strength does not allow it.
Of course, another use of biological computers is to cooperate with other biotechnologies.
For example, the [Fuxi 1.0 Computer - Pheromone Honeycomb Type] that Li Qingye has developed. This type of biological computer is a special model specially developed to facilitate the control of other genetically modified organisms.
Fuxi's 1.0 computer - pheromone honeycomb type, has biological components that can produce various pheromones. By adjusting the concentration of these pheromones, it can roughly control genetically modified insects.
This is a huge step forward.
After all, the previously developed [Poisonous insects-malaria parasites] and [Poisonous insects -coma mosquitoes] are very difficult to control and may endanger oneself if not careful.
Now that we have pheromone hives, we can roughly control genetically modified insects through pheromones.
This is of great help in intelligence gathering, infiltration, assassination and the like.
Advances in biological computers have prompted Li Qingye to add a series of genetically modified organisms.
Through genetic recombination biotechnology, in addition to the initial [insect- malaria parasite ] and [insect-coma poison mosquito], many new genetically modified organisms have been born one after another in the scientific research base on Caragua Island.
Although many of these genetically modified organisms are not mature, as more and more organisms are modified, there are also relatively stable varieties among them.
Moreover, Li Qingye's technology is advancing very quickly, which is also the terrifying thing about biotechnology.
It is extremely difficult to achieve exponential growth in production and R&D in the mechanical and chemical industries.
But biotechnology is different, especially after mastering genetic recombination technology, such as the production of various hormones, direct transformation of microorganisms, and utilizing the terrifying division speed of microorganisms to achieve exponential growth in a few days.
Similarly, the more genetically modified organisms there are, the more data Li Qingye will observe, which will further promote the upgrading and transformation of technology.
However, he is still quite restrained in the transformation of bacteria and viruses.
After all, microorganisms mutate too quickly. If a super virus accidentally mutates and leaks out, humans will be faced with a biochemical crisis.
