Chapter 877 Symptoms
Compared with Xu You, Hu Shucheng's life may seem a little ordinary. He is just doing his job in his own position.
But in fact, as a worker in the aerospace field, Hu Shucheng has almost done his best.
Hu Shucheng's journey was not as smooth as Xu You's. When he participated in the physics competition, he missed the qualification for direct admission to Jinghua University and Jijing University by one place.
However, Hu Shucheng still achieved very good results in the strong foundation examination and was successfully admitted to Jijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, entering the aerospace major he had dreamed of.
As early as his freshman year, Hu Shucheng had already started his professional internship, which was almost impossible to achieve among students of the same major.
At the age of only 30, Hu Shucheng has become one of the leaders of the Shenzhou Space Administration and a qualified astronaut, participating in the first mission to land on Mars.
Hu Shucheng thought to himself that this mission would not make any difference even if he was not there.
But Xu You knew that without Hu Shucheng, he would never be able to carry out these tasks so smoothly. This was also Xu You's greatest affirmation of Hu Shucheng.
Seeing that Xu You did not blame him at all, Hu Shucheng felt much calmer.
"Old Xu, if anything happens to me, please tell my parents that I have never been able to take good care of them. This is my lifelong regret. But I have nothing to regret. I am honored to dedicate my life to Shenzhou Aerospace, the industry I love most."
Hu Shucheng sounded passionate when he said this, as if his life was really about to end. Xu You couldn't help laughing when he heard it.
"Old Hu, don't be so pessimistic. Things are much more optimistic than you think. Take a good rest during this period. The environment of the space laboratory is much better than that of the aerospace fighter, and there are not many scientists in the space laboratory right now. It is very spacious here for you. Don't think about these problems. Things are moving in a good direction step by step, and everything will be fine."
Those experts in the fields of biology and medicine who have not yet arrived at the space laboratory also obtained all the data about Martian life from the space laboratory at the first time and participated in the research of the project on the blue planet.
Moreover, they are also ready to come to the space laboratory at any time to help everyone with research.
After Xu You's repeated persuasion, Hu Shucheng no longer held a negative attitude and knew that he had to get out of it.
"Okay, Lao Xu, I will cheer up. Then I won't bother you anymore. Your time is very precious. I will do as you asked and have a good rest."
Seeing that Hu Shucheng's emotions had calmed down, Xu You nodded seriously, indicating that Hu Shucheng should be like this and not be tortured by his own thoughts.
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In the following period, the project continued as normal.
However, the project has not made any groundbreaking progress in research in some areas.
Xu You had anticipated this and did not feel surprised at all. Instead, he was waiting for a node to arrive.
Sure enough, a few days later, some new changes took place.
A member of the Mars exploration team showed some physical symptoms.
At first, only part of his skin became rough, but after that, the change became more intense, and some parts of the skin even cracked.
In addition to these symptoms, he also appeared weaker than before, with a certain degree of decline in both his physical and mental strength.
After testing by medical experts, it was found that this symptom did not come from any known skin disease, and this weakness was not caused by long-term space travel.
Because whether in the aerospace fighter or in the space laboratory, there is no microgravity or weightless environment.
Thanks to the artificial gravity system developed by Xu You, humans can now enjoy the same gravitational acceleration as on the Blue Planet, whether in space or on other planets.
Combined with various other scientific technologies, it is now possible to ensure that people in space can experience the same environment as on the blue planet. Therefore, various common symptoms in space no longer exist.
This was also proved by the fact that a subsequent group of scientists who arrived at the space laboratory did not show any symptoms.
However, as time goes by, more and more Martian astronauts are showing similar symptoms, which inevitably makes everyone worried.
Xu You was almost certain that this incident was inevitably related to the Martian cells, and through research on the bodies of these Martian astronauts, the specific causes of these symptoms could be determined.
"Academician Xu, we have detected some new cell behaviors in their bodies. Such behaviors may be related to changes in their DNA..."
Through communication with various scientists, Xu You became more certain of his previous conjectures.
These Martian cells can indeed affect human DNA in some ways that have not yet been clarified, and these symptoms appear precisely because their DNA has changed.
Genetic changes may not necessarily affect traits, but after enough time, these Martian cells do cause changes in human traits.
This newly emerged cellular behavior shares some of the energy that their cells should have consumed, which also slows down their breathing and heart rate, making them feel physically tired and their energy and physical strength decrease.
"The most important thing now is to prevent the lives of these Martian astronauts from being in danger," said Xu You.
Even though the current situation does not seem so bad, these symptoms will not directly endanger everyone's life, but will make them feel uncomfortable and unable to perform some strenuous exercise.
However, Xu You also knew that if these symptoms continued to develop, they would likely lead to even more terrible consequences.
However, Xu You did not give a clear hypothesis at this time as to what the mechanism of these symptoms was.
It is not easy to solve these problems when the essence of the matter is not clear.
After communicating with the experts, Xu You returned to his room.
Xu You Xu You thinks more deeply and integrates the current information to get the final result.
