"You...... You're saying that our family was exposed to the radiation of this meteorite, so we got sick?"

Jiang Shan asked incredulously. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"That's right, you've heard of nuclear radiation, right?"

Seeing Jiang Shan nodded, Zhang Wei continued, "Nuclear radiation is a type of radiation radiation, mainly referring to high-energy ionizing radiation such as A-rays, β-rays and γ-rays. These rays can be understood as extremely tiny particles released by matter, which have a lot of energy and can hit other particles, while the human body can be seen as being made of cells, which are made up of various organic matter, such as DNA and so on.

The tiny particles with energy mentioned above, such as neutrons, γ, and β rays, can easily alter and destroy DNA in essence, just like a bird hitting an airplane, and cells may die or mutate, such as cancer.

Of course, small doses of ionizing radiation will not cause significant harm to the body, because the human body itself has a certain repair ability. However, if the dose is too high and exceeds the repair capacity of various organs or tissues in the human body, it will cause local or systemic lesions. ”

Zhang Wei looked at the blank expressions of Ren Huaiyu, Jiang Shan, and Li Cui, and knew that his lofty scientific terms were in vain, and people couldn't understand them at all.

Helpless, Zhang Wei could only say it in another way, "Let me give you an example." During World War II, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the nuclear explosion, hundreds of thousands of people were killed and injured in an instant, and strong nuclear radiation was emitted, if the human body is subjected to a large dose of nuclear radiation for a long time, it will damage the cells and organs and tissues, destroy the human DNA molecular structure, and the probability of the human body suffering from cancer, leukemia and other diseases will be greatly increased. As a result, survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered from the after-effects of radiation, such as cancer, leukemia and skin burns.

Your family's situation is somewhat similar to what I mentioned above. This meteorite is the source of radiation, which has been emitting radiation to the outside world, and it should be ionizing radiation that is very harmful to the human body. Your family is exposed to large doses of ionizing radiation for long periods of time, and a large number of cells in your body are mutated, which is why you fall into coma, get cancer, and peel your skin. ”

When Jiang Shan heard this, he smiled bitterly, he could not have imagined that the culprit turned out to be an inconspicuous stone, and this was really an unwarranted disaster! He did not know that there were many examples like him, for example, on January 5, 1996, an employee of a construction company in Jilin named Song Xuewen picked up a small white metal chain similar to a key chain at the ethylene construction site, and the tragedy occurred because he picked up the nuclear radioactive material iridium-192. A few hours later, he fell unconscious due to a large dose of nuclear radiation, and after resuscitation, he survived, but he underwent a total of seven major surgeries in the next two years, and had his left forearm, right leg, and left leg amputated, and lost his fertility. That's what makes nuclear radiation so scary!

Li Cui scolded and rushed to the room where the meteorite was located, she wanted to smash the meteorite to pieces and "avenge" her family!

Zhang Wei hurriedly stopped Li Cui and said, "Aunt Li, that meteorite is still useful to me, so you can leave it to me to deal with." ”

Ever since he got the Great Inventor System, he has been very interested in all kinds of extraterrestrial objects, and this meteorite is also extraordinary and worthy of his study.

Li Cui naturally has no opinion, Zhang Wei is the only hope for their family now, but she still keeps complaining that her dead ghost husband actually brought such a devil stone that harmed the whole family to the house.

Zhang Wei instructed Beidou to arrange a flying car, and he wanted to take Jiang Shan's family to the scientific research building, and use the equipment in the scientific research building to conduct a comprehensive inspection of Jiang Shan's family, so as to analyze the subtle changes caused by the radiation of this meteorite to the human body, which can make him better understand human genes. In other words, he has already treated Jiang Shan's family as an experimental specimen. Of course, after the analysis, he will still try his best to help Jiang Shan's family recover their health.

Dozens of minutes later, a flying car landed in the courtyard of Jiang Shan's house, and then an intelligent robot opened the door and walked down, and it was zero zero one.

Under Zhang Wei's instructions, Zero Zero One packed the meteorite into a box made of organic anti-radiation materials, and then arranged for Jiang Shan's family to get into a flying car and fly to Future Technology Company.

Zhang Wei and Ren Huaiyu also drove steel suits and embarked on the return journey.

After returning to the scientific research building, Zhang Wei took off his steel suit, and then instructed Beidou to arrange for the robot to take Jiang Shan's family for a comprehensive inspection, and then instructed Zero Zero One to send the meteorite to a laboratory located on the fourth basement floor for preliminary analysis.

"It's a long time to check, let's watch a movie together. ”

After Zhang Wei made arrangements, he took Ren Huaiyu's hand, and without waiting for Ren Huaiyu to answer, he ordered Beidou, "Beidou, turn on the holographic image system and play ......"

He turned his head to look at Ren Huaiyu, "What movie do you want to watch?"

"Avatar 2, it was released last year, and I haven't seen it yet. ”

Ren Huaiyu said.

As soon as Ren Huaiyu's voice fell, the virtual screen in the air began to play "Avatar 2". It is worth mentioning that after the release of "Avatar 2" last Christmas, it once again broke the global box office record.

After the movie was played, Zhang Wei and Ren Huaiyu had dinner together, and waited for a while before the test results came out.

Beidou said, "Sir, the preliminary analysis results of the meteorite have come out, the shell of the meteorite is composed of an unknown substance, three times stronger than diamond, twice as hard as diamond, and inside the meteorite, there is also an unknown radioactive substance, which has serious radiation damage to the human body."

In addition, the results of Jiang Shan's family's examination have also come out. Jiang Shan's father, Jiang Aijun, suffered a series of complications and fell into a coma due to long-term exposure to large doses of radioactive radiation. Jiang Shan's mother, Li Cui, also suffered from cancer due to long-term exposure to large doses of radioactive radiation, a large number of cells became cancerous.

Jiang Shan's situation is a bit special, he also has a genetic mutation, but his mutation is a beneficial mutation, according to the analysis, his body, especially the new skin born after the skin falls off, the resistance to radiation has been greatly enhanced, and even if he receives the radiation of this meteorite for a long time, his body will not be harmed. ”

"It's interesting, it's an unknown substance, and Jiang Shan has a beneficial mutation and has evolved the ability to resist radiation, it's so lucky!"

Zhang Wei's eyes lit up.

Both humans and animals are susceptible to genetic mutations after exposure to radioactive radiation. Genetic mutations are random, beneficial, deleterious, or neutral, depending on the mutated gene's adaptation to the environment, and human evolution has been driven by countless beneficial mutations and natural selection, which is the principle of evolution of all species. However, beneficial mutations are very rare, and most of the genetic mutations are harmful to humans, such as various genetic diseases and fetal malformations.

Therefore, when he learned that Jiang Shan had a beneficial mutation, Zhang Wei became excited, because he had a new idea, that is, to collect various beneficial mutant genes from humans all over the world, and then study them carefully, which was very helpful for him to invent a better genetic evolution liquid. As far as he knew, there were many beneficial mutations, such as Margaret Thatcher, who only slept four hours a day and was still energetic, because she had a beneficial mutation in a gene called DEC2 (also known as BHLHE41).

Moreover, he can also use the radiation of this meteorite to induce genetic mutations in human cells, perhaps there will be new surprises, this technology has actually been applied, known as radiation breeding, scientists use a variety of rays (such as X-rays, neutrons, etc.) to irradiate crop seeds, plants or certain organs and tissues, prompting them to produce various variations, and then select the required heritable excellent variations, breeding into new excellent varieties. (To be continued.) )