Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 502 Experiment
"Albert, remember to use clones. The genes of those zombies and mob volunteers are too seriously contaminated and they are basically unable to withstand Tianrui's transformation."

Qin Huai held several genetic reports of different types of living things in his hand, and first ruled out the wasteland mobs nicknamed "mules" by the three major powers.

These poor people who have struggled hard for decades in the harsh winter almost all have physiological tissues diseased by radiation. They are infertile, brutal, embrace chaos, indulge in sex, violence and addictive drugs. The daily life of living on the edge of a knife can hardly stimulate their numb nerves. If it were not for the desire to survive, they would drag their injured and diseased bodies to explore the dangerous areas inhabited by mutant beasts, searching for food, water, and drivable cars. They also have a little subjective initiative. In Albert's view, they are no different from zombies.

It was precisely because of the extreme environment of winter, where even seeing the sun tomorrow has become a luxury, that when Albert decided to conduct a living experiment, the fourth-order soldiers sent by the three major powers to guard the base did not express even the slightest opposition. They just silently captured zombies from all over District S and accepted the ferocious mules who heard the news from various refugee gathering places and voluntarily rushed to fight, as if everything was supposed to be this way.

Obviously, in this wasteland, the three major powers have made far more "sacrifices" than Tianrui Dragon Riders to develop genetic drugs.

It’s a pity that Tianrui Dragon Riders had no choice, and those mob mules had even less.

When these desperate people come to the crossroads of life and find that there is hell on the left and hell on the right, and they can only curse and raise their crudely made guns to fight the devil, what do you think they will choose if someone puts a new choice in front of them at this moment?

Qin Huai himself had experienced the struggle of being on the verge of death, and he knew very well the desire of those who fell into the water for a life-saving straw.

Even if this life-saving straw only provides short-term psychological comfort, the situation will not be worse than before.
After hearing Qin Huai's order, two men in white coats quickly operated mechanical equipment to take out several metal-glazed ceramic culture tanks from the freezer deep in the base, and sent them to the laboratory along with the naked strong man inside.

"Boss, your genes are too powerful to be cloned, so the ones we've been using recently are all cloned experimental subjects based on the excellent human gene specimens before the winter collected by Big Ben, to ensure maximum purity."

As a top genius in the genetics and biology fields of the [Flowing Dream] fruit, Albert, who has experienced the baptism of massive data in the cyber age, is more professional than most of the senior researchers at Big Ben. Even if Qin Huai himself also comes from a scientific research background and has the real-time help of Zero, he can't do better than him.

It can be said that if it weren't for the blood gene in Qin Huai's body that was eroded and assimilated by Tianrui and became brand new, Albert would be fully capable of independently developing a genetic medicine with capabilities no less than level four based on the genetic research algorithm provided by the Big Ben Research Institute and using the instruments and equipment in the [Liuguangmeng] fruit that are beyond the current era.

"It's a pity that Su Ling has searched for thousands of fruits in Yamabuli, but only the [Ghost Branch·Dinghai 262] fruit is the only one that is almost exactly the same as the [Heaven·Jia Zi Jiu] fruit. Only the genetic modification drug designed based on the humans here can be 100% compatible with the [Heaven·Jia Zi Jiu] Yamabuli. Otherwise, let Xiao Gui and the others provide blood samples for cloning, and your progress would not be so slow."

In the cold white laboratory, Qin Huai dismissed his attendants and chatted with Albert who stayed behind about the preparatory work.

"To be honest, Boss, the Tianrui Blood you provided is derived from the dragon blood of the top mythical creatures of the Six Divisions. It is one level higher than the upper limit of the genetic modification potion, which is the peak of the Seven Palaces represented by the fifth level. Both of them are the secret treasures of Yamafu that will profoundly change the bloodline genes. I have to worry whether the genetic modification potions developed in the future can compete with Tianrui Blood."

As a wingless insect that Qin Huai would rather use the wishing stone to bring out the fruit, Albert, who is highly respected, knows a lot about the walking of the world of Yanfu. Some of them are the physical conditions that Qin Huai revealed voluntarily, and some of them are the information he has been exposed to at the Big Ben headquarters.

"If the level represented by Tianrui's blood is too high, you can directly use my blood. The two are of the same origin, but the upper limit of power has been weakened. It is almost the level of the Seventh Palace."

After thinking for a while, Qin Huai's fingers cracked, and a few drops of gorgeous liquid like red crystal floated out and fell into the quartz tube on the laboratory table.

[Ether Dragon Blood]: The fresh blood of the seventh king [Ether Dragon] contains the ultimate secret of Tianrui Source Blood. Users only need to swallow or inject it to forcibly change their blood genes and usher in unpredictable changes.

Note: After receiving the rough transformation of [Ether Dragon Blood], there is about a one in 700 million chance that a pure-blooded human can miraculously survive and become a natural-born warrior with a promising future.

"One in 700 million"

Qin Huai looked at the data estimated by Zero on his iris and his cheeks twitched a little.

In terms of personal growth ability alone, Qin Huai, who possesses a glazed dragon body and has achieved the status of [Ether Dragon], has undoubtedly reached the seventh palace rank. He can be said to be the seventh king after [Nidhoggr] and those kings of the old era. His blood has the same effect as Tianrui's blood. Perhaps it is not as overbearing, but it still has the miraculous effect of transforming people.

"Boss, I will dilute your blood to simulate the environment of the Tianrui fruit and try to cultivate a test-tube baby with Tianrui, um, ether mixed blood."

Albert picked up the test tube and examined it carefully. He could keenly sense that the blood inside was more special than the regular Tianrui blood, but he couldn't tell what was so special about it for the time being.

"Let's do a set of controlled experiments and try to pick out the one with better results."

Qin Huai, who had opened [A Glimpse] to collect data, looked at Albert who was busy at the operating table and suddenly suggested.

"Understood. I will make a new dragon blood transformation potion right away."

Albert nodded in response, and quickly replaced the original Tianrui potion in the culture tank with a freshly made ether potion.

[Dragon Blood Transformation Potion: Tianrui (for experimental use)]

Category: Consumables
Quality: Rare

It was carefully prepared by Albert using the original liquid of genetically modified drugs as the base and adding extremely high concentration of liquid Tianrui.

After use, there is a one in a billion chance that a purebred human can miraculously survive and gain the status [Tianrui Hybrid].

The higher the genetic strength of the organism, the higher the probability of success after receiving the drug injection. If the person injecting the drug is a Yamabu who possesses the inheritance, the success rate will be greatly improved due to the unique chemical reaction that the Yamabu inheritance brings to the blood and bones!

Note: Although this is a big gamble, there will always be winners in any gambling.

"Let's start." Qin Huai confirmed the status of the two clones and nodded to Albert.

Albert pulled the lever and slowly pushed the two medicines into the clone, then paid attention to the data appearing on the large screens nearby.

Qin Huai glanced at it and the most eye-catching things on the screen were two dark blue DNA models with dense black words next to them.

Test results: The original gene structure is stable, with strong genetic capabilities that can be tapped, and can withstand more than 80% of genetic drug enhancements. However, due to the inherent intelligence defects of the clone, it can only be used as an experimental consumable.

Note: The peak activity of blood cells is 1.5 times that of ordinary humans, making it suitable as a testing ground for various genetically modified drugs.

Just as Qin Huai was reading the report, two clones that had been injected with the drug for just a few seconds had already mutated!

The skin that had become white due to not seeing the sun for a long time began to harden gradually, and a small amount of blue-black scales grew. The ten fingers became slender, and the extended nails glowed with a metallic luster. Soon they grew into a pair of ferocious claws covered with scales and armor. As the clone struggled painfully, it smashed against the inner wall of the culture tank, causing bubbles to surge.
boom!
Looking at the venting behavior of the clones in front of him, Qin Huai raised his eyebrows, and his black pupils were instantly covered with gold. The clear light emitted was like a searchlight, emitting indescribable majesty, which completely suppressed the two clones.

Unlike Clone No. 1 on the left which was injected with the original Tianrui potion, although Clone No. 2 on the right which was injected with the ether potion also showed obvious dragon-like characteristics, the speed of mutation was obviously much slower, and the direction of distortion was still developing towards the humanoid type.

Half an hour later, the No. 1 on the left was completely covered with blue-black scales. He now looked more like a bronze statue of a giant lizard than a human being. Not only had his limbs transformed into sharp claws, but bone spikes that pierced the skin grew on his chest and back, like sharp thorns. There was no trace of humanity in his bulging golden pupils.

Number 2 on the right also stopped mutating after an hour. Unlike Number 1 which had been completely transformed into a giant lizard, he still retained the basic human structure. Although he still had green scales, ferocious claws and ugly facial features, and a pair of rugged and eerie bone wings grew on his back, from Qin Huai's perspective, this was already a good sign.

"Is it true that using etheric blood to induce is more appropriate?"

Albert operated the robotic arm to enter the culture tank, removed some flesh and blood from the two clones and sent them for testing, and told Qin Huai his guess.

"Boss, I've discovered that the genetic erosion caused by both Tianrui blood and etheric blood is irreversible. If it is not restrained and controlled, the genetic chain will easily have various problems. The breakage and recombination of the genetic chain are already minor problems. Genetic collapse is a common situation that is not uncommon at present."

"Can it be solved? For example, by some means to restrain the dragon blood, so that they can optimize the erosion of genes in a controlled manner?"

Qin Huai thought of his own Yanfu heritage and continued the discussion.

"Genes are difficult to control. Before the winter, Hitler intended to use gene editing to create super babies, which was condemned by all sectors of society, including the Big Ben Institute. However, due to insufficient scientific research and technology, they ultimately failed. In their imagination, the baby with successful gene editing would be a perfect creature comparable to gods, with all the adaptive abilities and the advantages of all beasts and birds of prey. Of course, the premise is that they can combine human genes with other genes across species."

When talking about the history of winter, Albert, who has hyperthymesia, speaks very clearly.

"A prototype of a genetically modified drug?"

Qin Huai handed over a sentence.

"Logically, it should be that Dean Su Ling must have obtained something from NC Germany, which is why he perfected the genetic research algorithm and indirectly led the old Soviet Union to propose the [Endless Yak] plan."

Albert frowned and said slowly, "Besides, even with the current technology of the three major powers, they can improve the various abilities of fruits and vegetables through gene editing and create fluorescent species such as fluorescent tobacco, fluorescent zebrafish, and fluorescent mice. If there is a force willing to be ruthless and abandon ethics and morality, it is technically possible to use gene editing to create special organisms."

“Can gene editing be used to create genetically modified drugs?”

Qin Huai probably had the answer in his mind, but he still asked one more question.

"To be honest, it's not good enough. The original purpose of developing genetic modification drugs is to be effective on humans, and the modified extraordinary genes can be found in the bodies of the survivors in the winter wasteland. Although other species will also give birth to excellent genes after being irradiated, the gene chains in humans may not have the same original genes as them. Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee the effect of research and development in this direction."

Albert shrugged his shoulders and looked at the remaining ether dragon blood on the experimental table. He sighed: "Genes are called God's code after all. Maybe humans can gain eternal life after deciphering genes, or maybe they will usher in an eternal hell. Who knows?"

At this moment, the genetic analysis report sent back by the laboratory appeared on the screen in front of the two people.

Compared to the stable dark blue gene chains of the first two clones after the injection of the drug, the images that appeared at this time included double-ring chromosomes that were constantly breaking and decomposing, as well as large areas of yellow-brown, irregularly shaped mutated cells.

Laboratory report No. 1: severe chromosomal disorder, severe gene suppression, the possibility of chromosome errors in simple replication is as high as 10%, gene collapse has occurred, and gene repair surgery is estimated to be ineffective.

Test report No. 2: Mild chromosomal disorder, severe gene suppression, the possibility of chromosome errors during simple replication is one in ten thousand, and it has basically lost the ability to withstand genetic enhancement. Genetic collapse may occur at any time, and it has a certain recovery value.

"The degree of chromosome disorder has been reduced, so we will use etheric blood for experiments in the future. As for the issue of gene suppression..."

Qin Huai took out a hard drive and threw it to Albert: "I think it's time to study how to control this rampaging Tyrannosaurus."

The hard drive was inserted into the computer, and a golden genetic strip was projected out. As it continued to magnify, the complicated genetic fragments filled the screen.

(End of this chapter)