"Crackling..." Amidst the sound of traditional firecrackers, a huge "laboratory" was completed. ∏∈, this laboratory covers an area of more than 20 square kilometers and is surrounded by walls. There is only one gate, open to the city; the rest are all isolated.
A huge plaque hangs at the door, and there is a virtual projection in the sky. After taking a closer look, it turned out to be the "National Perfect Genetic Modification Temporary Laboratory and Genetic Modification Hospital (closed for 50 years)".
At the entrance of this somewhat crude building, there was already a long queue of citizens.
"Squeak..." At mid-eight o'clock in the morning local time, the door slowly opened, a hover car floated out, and a man dressed as a middle-aged doctor in a white coat jumped out. Then more hover cars slowly landed and opened, and each simple inspection workstation was completed in an instant.
This workstation is used to detect the genetic status of citizens; try to select those in need of emergency treatment as the main direction.
"Everyone, I am the director of this hospital. My name is Tang Chengsong, and I am the 95th generation of Duke Tang Yunfu. Now I announce that the genetic modification laboratory and hospital of the Emerald Planet has officially begun.
There are a few words to be clear before this.
First of all, if you sign up voluntarily, the cost will be borne by the state. But within 50 years, those who undergo transformation can only live in designated areas. These people can get married and work internally. But it will be isolated from the outside world.
Second, this should be considered a therapeutic opportunity anyway. If you have a congenital genetic defect, please make it easier. Leave opportunities to those who need them most.
Third, with current genetic modification technology, we can only ensure that people under 50 years old can complete the modification, and those over 50 years old will do so because their bodies have begun to age. Gene activity decreases and the risk increases. But in principle, we hope that people between the ages of 15 and 25 will sign up voluntarily.
Fourth, after all, it is experimental in nature, and we cannot completely guarantee that there will be no accidents! Therefore, volunteers need to sign some legal provisions. That is, a disclaimer. You can now see this on the Internet.
Of course for our honor, we will try our best to be perfect. But everything is inevitable, so please understand this.
Okay, let’s start registration now. The branch will eventually accept 10,000 volunteers. Due to the need for physical examination, online registration is not accepted, please understand! ”
At this time, I saw page after page of articles slowly appearing in the sky, which turned out to be the disclaimer just now! It was actually projected directly into the sky for everyone to see.
Finished reading the disclaimer. Everyone started to come forward one by one in the order of queuing. Today's social morality is very good. The country says that people aged 15-25 are like this for most people. Of course, there are also a small number who take the initiative to explain the situation - after all, as mentioned before, those with congenital genetic defects are given priority. In fact, with such a large population now, there can be quite a few people with genetic defects.
In fact, many diseases themselves are caused by genetic defects! But because China had been very secretive about genetic technology before, it did not dare to take action. After all, genes are a thing. It's not a minor illness or pain, just a slight mishandling. It can easily cause complications and so on. Especially after seeing the current situation of Bailing Civilization, China is even more afraid of genetic technology - this is fundamental.
If the technology is gone, you can start over from scratch! But if the entire civilization was like the Bailing Civilization, that would be a bad thing! There's no way to go back!
Therefore, even though genetic technology is now considered perfect, it still dare not promote it directly; although it has been tested internally for decades. However, when it comes to truly promoting it to the whole society, we still need to be cautious, and it may even take another 50 years of "public testing".
Tang Chengsong is very responsible and checks every applicant. Anyway, there are only 10,000 people and 50 years of trial time, so there is plenty of time to select volunteers one by one. At the same time, try to check as much as possible. There are actually very few places on this planet, and there are simply too many people who want genetic modification. With the current development of society, people all want to live long and healthy!
Tang Chengsong, on the other hand, tried his best to ask every volunteer who signed up, and some of them who were in good health would be persuaded to go back. Anyway, if they were less than 30 years old, with current technology, there would be no problem waiting for fifty years! There is no need to worry about physical aging and other problems in fifty years, as they will definitely be solved by then.
Suddenly, Tang Chengsong saw a little girl lying on a mobile hospital bed. She was a child who looked to be only in her early ten years, but her skin looked like lines like old trees, and her hair stood straight.
"This is..."
"Dean Tang," an ordinary woman covered in sorrow suddenly pulled Tang Chengsong's arm, "Save our child! When she was born, she was undetectable because she was in the universe. Although there was no death due to the cosmic rays, we were already in despair before. "
"Madam, you don't have to worry. As long as you are alive, we will do our best. But, the child is too young..."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Just work hard. Isn't there a disclaimer? We signed two copies! Not three! My husband and I and our children, we signed three disclaimers."
"No, madam, listen to me. Genetic modification actually involves a certain amount of pain. The reason why we choose older people with genetic defects is that they should be able to bear the pain.
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Of course, the pain is not absolute, but it is certainly uncomfortable. ”
"Don't be afraid! Our children are not afraid of pain! Dean Tang, in fact, the pain of the soul is more severe than the pain of the body. Our children can bear any pain!
Little Guangming, Little Guangming, are you afraid of pain? ”
"Don't be afraid, Mom." The little girl smiled brightly, but she could see ulcers in her mouth.
At that moment, Tang Chengsong's heart was moved!
"What a strong little girl! Okay, let's take it. Well... let's do it, madam, we need a nurse here. I wonder if you are willing to do it? Especially all aspects of cleaning, etc., many places require manual labor Operation.”
"Ah...Okay, okay, can I come tomorrow? I'm going to resign today." The woman's face was full of surprise, and her eyes were full of gratitude. In fact, in today's large hospitals, wherever there are cleaning workers and the like, there will naturally be robots and so on to automatically clean. Some things even have their own cleaning functions. By doing this, Tang Chengsong really felt the maternal love and the strength of the little girl. A person who was swept by cosmic rays but did not die, but survived strong, suffered an unknown amount of pain! This is a little girl!
The pain involved may not be bearable even by some adults! To be honest, Tang Chengsong was really shocked when he saw that the little girl's mouth was already ulcerated.
"Xiao Wang, please arrange for this little girl to have surgery immediately."
"Okay, Dean." A woman who looked to be in her thirties came over and gently carried the little girl "Guangming" into the hover car.
"Madam, you go up too. When a child is suffering, if there are relatives around, it will increase their strength. But no matter what you see later, you have to be strong. Genetic modification is not that easy to carry out. . There are many technologies that are not open to the public. If your children really don’t need you, I won’t let you in. But I believe that a mother is the best spiritual support for children in difficult times!”
"Thank you, thank you!" The woman bowed gratefully, and until she got on the hover car, she was still thinking about Tang Chengsong bowing.
Tang Chengsong watched the pair of distressed beauties leave before turning his head again. During this process, no one at the scene made any noise or made any noise. "Okay everyone, let's continue.
I'm sorry for what happened just now, but that child was in so much pain. I don't think anyone wants such a child who is full of bright hope to continue to suffer like this. ”
"Dean Tang, you are right." The middle-aged man at the front who led his children to register nodded, "If it were me, I would do the same. One less minute of delay will mean one less minute of pain. < br>
In fact, I still feel that even if genetic technology is not perfect, limited gene repair treatment should be carried out for some patients. ”
"Hey..." Tang Chengsong shook his head with a wry smile, "No. Genetic technology can affect the whole body. Maybe your seemingly unimportant changes will eventually lead to big mistakes. The butterfly effect is among the genes of the human body. , has a huge impact
In fact, we have simulated it in the computer, and once we do this, the consequences will be very serious. It seems that a gene has been changed, but in fact the offspring will slowly undergo genetic mutations, and these are undirected genetic mutations. ”
At this time, Tang Chengsong's communicator rang. Tang Chengsong looked at the message and said, "Sorry sir, the little girl behind needs my guidance for surgery."
Tang Chengsong left, and the remaining people urgently needed to be busy, and they were busy strictly according to the rules set by Tang Chengsong.
Tang Chengsong had already arrived at the medical room at this time. Here, there are all huge glass-like pillars, etc., with various liquids and so on inside; and if you look carefully, you will find that these liquids are actually flowing - they are actually filled with various kinds of liquids. nanorobots and even smaller robots.
In one of the pillars, the little girl just now was lying in it; but if you look carefully, you will find that surgery is being performed on the head.
In fact, during the genetic modification process, the brain is separated from the body for the sake of safety. The first step is to transform the body, or analyze the body's genes.
A computer nearby is working crazily, and you can see that red gene fragments are constantly being analyzed, which are the diseased genes. Later, preliminary optimization will be carried out for the diseased genes. Then the perfect treatment will begin. Next to her, Xiao Guangming's mother was waiting nervously. (To be continued...)
ps: The new book "Stealing God's Power" is locked in the background and cannot be changed for the time being