Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off.

"Doctor, there are still doubts about the evolution issue. Since the move was upgraded and activated with a new move gene."

"Does the same change occur in the process of evolution?"

"The gene sequence of Pokémon remains unchanged before and after evolution, which has been repeatedly verified by everyone."

"But this doesn't explain why there were such huge morphological changes before and after evolution."

Xia Ye's analysis made everyone fall into deep thought, and they began to analyze and take notes.

"Therefore, it is imperative to conduct a new round of pre- and post-evolutionary gene analysis using second-generation machines."

Xia Ye suddenly remembered the Xiao Yuan gene that had been entered earlier and retrieved it directly from the database.

After loading for more than ten minutes, Xia Ye began to slide across the gene sequence, searching.

"Dear Doctors, this is the genetic sequence of my Pokémon, Madoka. The little guy is already level 31 and is close to evolving."

"The report analysis shows that nearly 20% of the genes are in an inactive state."

"We'll know the result once it evolves further."

Natsuno then moved on to the technique gene sequence area and showed the fragments to the doctors.

"Furthermore, doctors, haven't you noticed? You've discovered a very important phenomenon."

"In the gene sequence partitioning, the genes for techniques are sequentially increased and extended."

"Each segment representing an independent move has only a promoter and a terminator gene before and after it, without any other extra bases."

"This shows that the technique is actually a form of gene sequence expression, but that's not the important phenomenon I want to talk about."

Natsuno slid the sequence display to other corresponding areas and continued displaying it.

"Look, here, between two useful sequences are some fragments of unknown meaning, or single bases."

"Although these fragments are active, they do not demonstrate any function."

"Of course, we have not explored these genes enough yet. Perhaps we will find their functions or meanings in the future."

"What I'm saying is that the sequential arrangement of moves from beginning to end is a bit too neat."

As far as Natsuno knows, the situation on Earth is this: genes are just a mountain of shit code, useful and useless piled together.

While things might be different in the Pokémon world, Natsuno still has serious doubts about this efficient and neat way of arranging genes.

Thinking deeper, perhaps it was designed by some great creator?

So it seems the Great One is also a genetic engineer, how amazing!

Unfortunately, there was no evidence or proof, and the exploration of legend information in the Sinnoh region was still too superficial, so Natsuno couldn't say it directly.

The professors were very confused by Natsuno's statement, but they still recorded it in its entirety.

Seeing that no one reacted particularly to his statement, Natsuno was not annoyed.

If everyone studies it for a while longer, they might discover the problem.

Then Natsuno suddenly remembered the gene editing function and quickly reminded the experts.

"Dear doctors, as I mentioned before, genes are actually fragile, and we cannot predict what the impact of a small change will be."

"Therefore, please be cautious about the gene probe editing function on the second-generation machine and do not rush to use it."

"Furthermore, editing of adult genes is not currently supported, so please don't rush into it."

"First, we need to understand all the regions and segments of the gene sequence. Only after we have a sufficient understanding can we start gene editing."

Daiki's eyes lit up: "So the gene editing function is working now?"

"We didn't even know that until you told us! Technology is truly amazing!"

Natsuno quickly restrained the agitated Professor Oak and once again solemnly reminded everyone.

He certainly didn't want to come back in a couple of days to find a bunch of strange creatures suddenly in the lab.

Things like "Cerberus the Cerberus version" or "Fat Two-Headed Dragon version".

Yo-me-lo!

Chapter 158 Why Not Just Slack Off?

Only after receiving repeated assurances from the doctoral students did Natsuno leave the laboratory.

Feeling helpless: I hope everything will be normal next time I come to the lab, and that no Eevee with eyes all over its body appears!

Xia Ye felt a chill run down his spine and shook his head to shake off those terrible fantasies.

Wearing sunglasses and a mask, I returned to the parking lot and found Nazja sitting in her car, lost in thought.

The latter seemed to be in a bad mood, and Natsuno sensed a melancholy aura about him.

This was completely different from the impression that Naz had always given him: that they would have a solo match as soon as they met.

Xia Ye walked over and knocked on the car window.

"Hey girl, let's go, it's still early, let's go catch some fish."

"Where to? My job is just to be the driver and tell you the location; I don't need to know the details of the journey."

Natsuno pointed to the buildings on the distant mountain: "Fossil Pokémon Eco-Park, would you like to take a look?"

Sabrina shook her head, showing little interest: "What's so interesting about these rock Pokémon? I prefer psychic Pokémon."

Natsuno shrugged, his mind racing through various locations.

He's been spending his days in the underground base these past few days, and he has no desire to go back so early.

Suddenly, a name popped into his mind: "Miaokou Changkai Dessert Shop, I'll treat you to dessert, let's go!"

Naza started the car and turned on the navigation without objecting to Natsuno's suggestion.

The name of this dessert shop was given to me by the old man I met on the dark gray commercial street that day.

Since Xia Ye didn't want to go back to the base anyway, he decided to go and see how the old man and his son were doing.

The car stopped on the outskirts of Dark Grey City, where a huge cat image was displayed on a sign.

The old man was lying on a recliner by the door, looking relaxed.

Several cats were chasing and playing around nearby, creating quite a lively scene.

Upon seeing guests arrive, the old man quickly stood up to greet them: "Guests, would you like to try some dessert? Please come in!"

Seeing Xia Ye's mask and sunglasses, he looked very familiar: "Young man, haven't we met before?"

Xia Ye went up to greet him: "Grandpa, it's been a long time. We met before on Dark Gray Commercial Street."

The old man nodded repeatedly and pulled Xia Ye inside, saying, "Oh, young man, it really is you! Come in quickly!"

Then he looked at Sabrina, who was looking around, and she was wearing a Milotic mask.

"Is this young lady your friend? Please come in and have a seat!"

"Son, quickly make some of your signature desserts, we have important guests!"

A young man's voice echoed from the kitchen, and an old woman came out at that moment.

"Old man, who are these two?"

The old man first introduced this woman to Xia Ye as his wife, and then introduced Xia Ye to the old woman.

"This is the young man we met at the egg hatchery last time, the one who changed my son's mind!"

Upon hearing this, the old woman repeatedly expressed her gratitude to Natsuno.

Xia Ye waved his hands frantically: "You don't need to be so polite. I just said a couple of things casually that day. It wasn't helpful at all."

"Besides, your son was asleep when I was speaking, so he didn't hear me at all. It has nothing to do with me."

"What truly matters is your love for your son; only then can he completely change his mind."

The old woman expressed her gratitude again before returning to the kitchen.

At this moment, the old man's son, the young man, came out carrying several kinds of desserts, with a big smile on his face.

"Your signature dessert is here, Dad. Who is our special guest?"

The old man gestured towards Xia Ye with his chin: "Look, this is the distinguished guest you pretended to be asleep that day!"

The young man blushed when he saw it was Natsuno, but he still warmly welcomed him and expressed his gratitude.

"Brother, I was actually pretending to be asleep that day. I heard everything you said clearly, and you're absolutely right."

"Embrace the present and the future—that's my motto now!"

Natsuno looked at the six kinds of desserts on the table, swallowed hard, and looked at Naz.

"Ladies first, please choose first, don't be shy!"

Naz looked at the six desserts and her mouth watered.

However, as a female celebrity, she ultimately chose only one of the professional qualities required of her.

He muttered to himself, "I'll start dieting after I eat, and I need to manage my figure!"

Natsuno shook his head to indicate that he did not understand, but respected.

At this moment, Sabrina removes her Milotic mask, revealing her true face.

The old man and the young man exclaimed in surprise: "Master Naz?" "Miss Naz?"

Naz smiled and said, "I'm just an ordinary person having dessert with a friend, please don't be surprised."

The young man's eyes lit up, and he ran back to his room to get a new poster of Naz and a pen.

"Ms. Nazi, I'm really looking forward to your collaboration with Director Yan. Could you please give me your autograph?"

Naz smiled as she signed an autograph and even offered to take a photo with the person.

Seeing how dedicated Naz was, Xia Ye gave her a thumbs up: "A superstar who loves her fans! Thumbs up for you!"

Naza rolled her eyes at Natsuno and began to savor the dessert in front of her: "I'm going to dig in!"

A smile inadvertently crept onto his lips.

At this moment, the three cats that had been playing outside ran into the house and started meowing sweetly.