Brother K's words plunged me into a deep thought I had never experienced before.

Want me to join the agency?

To be honest, I don't have the slightest affection for this organization. However, if it weren't for the disgust I felt from my past, I would have felt that the mechanism was a rather tempting piece of cake.

I stared at Brother K, at his eyes, which were so unpredictable what he was thinking.

"Join you...... Yes, in a word. But can I take off this 'collar' first?"

"Tut-tut, that's not going to be done for the time being. To remove this thing, you can't do it without a five-year observation period. In the past five years, you have been the most low-level grassroots personnel, equivalent to the original positions of Qian Yikang and Gao Minghua. Brother K said gloomily, "As for me, I am your senior." There are some things I can cover you, but some of my tasks, you have to do for me. Otherwise, I'm in a bad mood one day...... You know the result, right?" said Brother K, glancing at the plastic bomb on my wrist and reminding me.

I swallowed a mouthful of water. The pain in my shoulder was still shivering, but Brother K seemed to treat me as if I was fine.

"I know you're in pain. Brother K glanced at my shoulder and said lightly, "However, before I finish what I want to say, you still give me restraint from my pain nerves." ”

I gritted my teeth and stared at Brother K: "What do you want me to do for you?"

"2 Genetic experiments. Brother K directly hooked a chair next to him with his foot, and then he took off his gray sunhat, which actually hid a folded paper, Brother K took out the paper from the hat, and then spread it and placed it on the coffee table.

I glanced at what looked like a document, and it was filled with charts and graphs of proteases, mitochondria, and the composition of the human body.

"As for this experiment, Gao Minghua and Qian Yikang were in charge before, and now they are also destined to return to the West, so you are in charge, and on their basis, we will continue to do it. ”

Do you want me to do an experiment that Qian Yikang and Gao Minghua didn't complete?

Do I want to do a SIR2 gene test?

I felt the whole living room fall silent, only my heart was still beating throbbingly.

I glanced at the documents on the coffee table, then looked up, looked at Brother K, and asked him, "What is this experiment for?"

Brother K looked at me lazily and said, "Let me ask you a question, Yang Jiandong." ”

I concentrated and looked at Brother K, but Brother K was smiling, showing a chilling smile.

"Why do people die?"

I was taken aback.

I didn't expect Brother K to ask me this question all of a sudden.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, if a person doesn't get sick, get hurt, or have an accident, why would he die?" Brother K looked at me with a smile, "Yang Jiandong, why does each of us have a lifespan? Why do so few people can live past 100 years from ancient times to the present? Why can't people live a few more years? Live to be 200 or 300 years old...... Even, immortality, ah? Why?"

What exactly is Brother K trying to tell me?

Does the agency want to make an elixir?

I suddenly remembered what Liu Gang had said to me before he died, that the results of the SIR2 gene can make people immortal...... The heart began to become more restless.

"Because of the longevity gene. ”

It's just that before I could think about it, Brother K had already announced the answer, and he cocked the document on the coffee table with his finger and motioned for me to look at it.

I saw a set of model drawings of the DNA double helix structure drawn in the middle and bottom of the document, I squinted and looked at it a few times, and some English terms were written on it, I could only see a few familiar professional words, what coat protein, polymerase, and the rest I couldn't understand, I'm afraid only those professionals in the development department could understand them all,

"To put it simply, this image is the tail chain genome of ordinary people like me and you. It's also our longevity gene. Every time a cell divides, this tail chain shortens. That is, wear and tear. The new cells during cell division are a little shorter than the original tail chain, and the original cells die due to aging and are finally excreted with metabolism. When the new cell divides the next cell, the tail chain becomes shorter. If it goes on like this, the tail chain will be shorter and shorter, and according to the development of this process, the life span of human beings will begin to grow, when the tail chain is short to a golden length that is most suitable for cell survival, it is the light prime stage of human beings, at this time the human body is very healthy, and then the tail chain continues to shorten, people begin to gradually age, when the tail chain is finally worn out, people will die, but such a type of death is not rare, generally, the person who dies after the wear and tear should be called the end of life, that is, the person has lived to the limit of life, but most people in the tail chain have died when all the wear and tear of the tail chain, the wear speed of the tail chain varies from person to person, daily behaviorLifestyle habits will affect this wear rate. ”

Brother K laughed and talked about a lot of theories, I really can't believe that as a sheriff, he would actually say such a lot of professional things.

"Why are you telling me this? Isn't it telling me if there is any way to keep the gene tail chain from wearing out and make people immortal?" I asked Brother K tentatively.

That's pretty much what it means. It has a lot to do with what I'm going to do with you. Brother K put on a rare serious expression, "The experiment on preventing the tail chain of genes began in the United States decades ago. About 8 or 9 years ago, the U.S. genetic engineering team found a gene related to yeast called the SIR2 gene. I don't really understand, in short, the SIR2 gene can inhibit the wear and tear of human genes by replicating the tail chain of the gene, and then conjugating and destroying the original worn tail chain of the gene to replace it, so as to inhibit the aging of the person. Theoretically, humans can live up to 1,200 years without external harm. Of course, considering the problem of brain volume, you can only live to be about 800 years old. That's what we've been doing. ”

"With all that, you know what I mean, right?"

Brother K lowered his head and leaned his face towards me.

And I felt a storm in my heart.

At this point, I have a complete understanding of the agency's intentions.

The agency wants to conduct SIR2 experiments and develop a genetic drug that can make people live longer and even immortality, and apply that gene to humans.

This is definitely a terrifying plan that can change the future of the entire human race.

Only a madman would do that.

The purpose of the agency is to subvert the laws of biology...... It can't be described in two words: terrible.

Damn, isn't this science fiction again?

Eternal life...... This kind of thing that will make people laugh out of their big teeth when they say it, how can they say it on such a serious occasion.

However, looking at Brother K's gloomy expression, I knew that he was definitely not joking.

What he said was true.

"Such a huge project...... Why do you want us to do it?"

"Do you want Sanxin to do it? Joke, of course, this kind of big project is not something that a small Sanxin can do. Don't be afraid to say it, you know, this experimental project, now there are six countries in the world at the same time, this project was originally launched at the same time as the HGP (Human Genome Project) launched in 90. The experimental research institutions are distributed in the United States, Europe and Asia, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. It was only later that something went wrong with the experiment, and the SIR2 gene experiment was aborted. Only one independent research organization and a few large biopharmaceutical companies are still working with the experimental data. To put it bluntly, this organization is supported by our organs. You get the idea, right?"

Brother K's tone was very casual, and his tone was as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.

"So, the agency wants us Sanxin to conduct experiments on part of this genome?"

I've finally fully understood the agency's intentions.

"This kind of project, why find us Sanxin, in the national pharmaceutical industry, our Sanxin is not among the best, why not find other companies?"

"Hehe, Yang Jiandong, can you use your brain a little? Do you think this kind of project will be done by a state-owned enterprise that wears the same pants as the government? Huh?" Brother K knocked on the table a little impatiently, and there was a little disdain in his eyes, which made me shudder.

"Although Sanxin is not comparable with state-owned enterprises, it is not a short mountain in private enterprises. And it's rare to see a young chairman like you, so I'm pulling you in for the sake of your ability. If you don't want to, I can have done you when something happened last year. You know what?"

Brother K belittled me with unceremonious words.

To be honest, if I hadn't been restrained by him now, I would have rushed up to him and beat him up.

"Be happy. Yang Jiandong, those who can enter the agency are all upper-class people, all of them are people with status and wealth, and you can get in, which can be regarded as a blessing for being a person. Don't let me down. As he spoke, Brother K stretched out his white plastic gloved hand to me, and then gently squeezed my face. It's not too hard, but at that moment I felt that Brother K was cold.

"As for me, I'll give you another half a month to recuperate, and in this half a month, I will send you the list and contact information of Qian Yikang and Gao Minghua's experimental team through the 'collar', and you can find them out for me. Then, I will contact you at a later date for the specific direction and process of the experiment. ”

With that, Brother K got up from his seat, put his hat back on, and picked up the papers from the coffee table. "Don't be clever for me, cleverness like hiding a mobile phone on your body and calling Yang Chenghua's manpower ambush can't help you. Yang Jiandong, we know your details very well, if you want your little girl and that Japanese girl to live a few more days, be obedient. It's good for you, and for me, I can save a lot of trouble. ”

Seeing that Brother K seemed to stand up, I felt the pressure on my body receding like a tide.

But the psychological pressure is even greater.

It's terrifyingly big.

Brother K has completely figured out my bottom line.

He already knew about my family situation.

He already knew what I was doing.

Including the whole of my life.