January 2037, Beiping.

The north of the republic had to face the cold snap from Siberia. Although the time is close to the beginning of spring, the temperature is still severe. Xiang Shan looked out the window, trembling and putting his hands in his pockets.

Fortunately, after the doorbell was pressed, someone soon opened the door.

The thin young man who opened the door was none other than Yagmov.

After Xiang Shan felt the heat flowing from the supplies, he was happy at first, but within a few seconds, sweat broke out on his forehead. He felt as if he was being blown on his forehead by a hair dryer, or that he had a heater working in front of him.

There is even an illusion that "the bangs are hot".

As he walked inside, he took off his jacket. Xiang Shan complained: "Are you really not afraid of heat stroke? ”

Yogmov shrugged: "Why do you think I'm insisting on wearing long sleeves in this environment?" Just to avoid being burned by the air. In addition, I have a lot of cold stickers under my clothes [a kind of small prop that contains water and can be attached to my body. After freezing, it can be used to cool down by sticking it to the body, and it can be changed every quarter of an hour. ”

"Oooooooooooo Applause to the mountain. He looked Yagmov up and down. The friend was wearing the kind of white shirt he used to wear in Indonesia — the kind that reflected light and heat very well, and his hair was still wet in some places.

This was obviously to avoid heat stroke, and the head was drenched.

Xiang Shan sighed: "Is there still a cold sticker?" Give me ten. I want ten. ”

Yagmov walked briskly inside, and after a while he came over with a lot of cold stickers.

The king who was flying towards the mountain had some stickers on his forehead, face, and neck, and he felt a little more comfortable.

In just this moment, there was already a sweat stain on his back.

It's hard to imagine that a minute ago, he was still counting the ice edges under the eaves at the door.

"Oh my God......" Xiang Shan sighed and continued to put a cold patch on his waist.

"Aren't you really a waste? It's not enough to turn the air conditioner up to the max, right? ”

"All the plugs are connected to the heaters."

Xiang Shan stopped what he was doing, thought for a moment, and said, "Brother, have you ever touched the meter?" It is illegal to alter the circuit without permission to create a safety hazard. ”

"What?"

"Don't overload the circuits in this room and cause a fire."

Yagmov shook his head: "No." This room was not originally civilian. ”

"Ugh." Xiang Shan shook his head: "If every human being has to have such a strong heater in the future, they can live......"

"This is mainly due to the fact that the large thermostat we ordered has not yet been shipped." Yagmov shook his head: "If you want to do an experiment, you have to heat the room to such a high temperature. ”

Xiangshan did not complain about this temperature. In essence, the air conditioning in the experimental area is not for researchers to enjoy, but to ensure the health of experimental animals.

If laboratory animals really need this kind of temperature, then it is natural to raise the temperature in the laboratory to this level.

Xiang Shan sighed: "I'm really afraid that I will catch a cold on the way back because I am sweating." ”

The two of them said as they walked into the experimental area.

The temperature in the experimental area is even higher than outside. The temperature of the entire experimental area was above 50 degrees. Xiang Shan only felt uncomfortable.

The entire experimental area was filled with heaters. The billowing convective air gave Ran the illusion that "space is distorted".

And in the center of the entire experimental area is a worm net. There were a number of locusts and fruit flies in it.

Just look closely, these creatures are a little strange.

I don't know why, those fruit flies can only flutter on the ground, but they can't fly high. And the bodies of those locusts were larger, and when they were carefully removed, the exoskeletons of these small creatures actually took on a strange metallic color.

"In the end, the weight has more than tripled, and some fruit flies have lost the ability to fly for long periods of time. Their genes for flying muscles have not been modified, and their strength is still the same. ”

Xiang Shan wiped the sweat from his head: "What kind of project is this?" ”

"After the 'new organisms' are introduced with new genetic information, the changes in appearance and habits." Yagmov smiled: "To steal these cuties out of the United States......"

“f u c k。” Xiang Shan hurriedly held down Yogmov: "Damn, if this word spreads, you may be charged with 'terrorist acts' and enter the bureau at any time, or even be extradited back directly!" Don't keep saying it's 'stolen'! 'Do'! 'Make it' here! Do you understand? ”

Yagmov rolled his eyes, "Come on." Anyone who understands knows that it is impossible to make such cutting-edge results with such a little broken material in this newly opened laboratory. And here I am. These flies are one of the projects I am working on in the public sector in the United States. It's inseparable. ”

"So low-key, low-key!" Xiang Shan gritted his teeth: "What's the matter, as long as it takes a few months, the equipment is in place, the medicine is in place, and then a skilled accountant is in place to make the expenses seem bigger than they actually are, these things can be whitewashed!" You've already implemented it over there, repeat it here, it's not a big problem, right? ”

That's why the lab has to keep the temperature this way. Yagmov arrived a little early, and the equipment ordered by Xiang Shan had not yet arrived, but the experimental animals could not wait.

It's really something that can't be helped.

After leaving the research institutes of the United Nations University, Yagmoth worked in a laboratory with a national background in the United States, and along the way, he created two new and astonishing new lives.

Let's call them metal-based fruit flies and metal-based locusts.

And these things were all sent to Xiangshan by Yagmov from the United States from the world. Among them, the origin of these fruit flies is the most strange. Yagmov first dipped the flies' eggs on cotton swabs and then pretended to pluck his ears in front of him to hide the eggs in his body to avoid the sterilization process of entering and leaving the laboratory every time.

Human questions are only 37 degrees Celsius. The active temperature of metal-based organisms is above 50 degrees. So Yagmov is not worried about the hatching of these small animals.

When he got home, he collected them and hid them in various places.

Until he came to the Republic.

It's just that the earliest batch of eggs can no longer delay hatching.

In order not to waste these precious experimental animals, Yagmov and Xiang Shan had no choice but to arrange the laboratory in this way.

"Oh, this?" Yagmov shrugged: "I refuse to pay royalties when I use my work." And ......"

The young man rolled his eyes at Xiang Shan: "Are you sure that the method you just mentioned is not commonly used by bureaucrats when they embezzle funds to enrich themselves?"

"Use magic! Defeat the magic! Xiang Shan emphasized: "People have to bow their heads under the eaves, understand? ”

"Hush. If I would bow my head, I would still be in the United States. Yagmov said lazily, "Remember what you once said, 'Director'." ”

"I'm not a good guy anymore." Xiang Shan tore off the cold patch on his forehead: "Give me another one." ”

"In the fridge, go get it yourself."

Xiang Shan casually threw the cold stickers into the trash, then took a few more and pasted them on himself.

"And then? What's your latest knowledge? ”

"Due to the abnormal increase in body density, most of the bugs are unable to move normally. Their innate instincts can't regulate this. Yagmov shook his head: "That's not good news. Of course, there is good news. They are still able to absorb glucose. The oxidation of ATP is still present in their cells, but some of the energy can be replaced by electricity. Protein can also be absorbed normally. If I'm still there, it's almost time to get this news. ”

"Aha, that sounds pretty good." Xiang Shan nodded: "And then?" ”

"I'm trying to get them to mate." Yagmov shrugged: "Theoretically, the gametes of protists, and those of organisms that have undergone metal-based genetic modification, theoretically still share most of the genetic information in the nucleus. If you look at the nucleus alone, it is possible to produce reproduction offspring. But the gametes of metal-based organisms will lose their activity at room temperature, while the gametes of protists will lose their activity at high temperatures. So the two can never be combined. ”

"I've discussed with my colleagues over there whether a metal-based genetically modified organism should be a subspecies of the original species, or a completely new and separate species — and some taxonomists would even want to separate it into separate boundaries. It's like the animal kingdom, the plant kingdom. Because they have some genetic information that is not produced by the earth at all. ”

Xiang Shan nodded: "Off topic, brother, off topic." Come back and say mating. ”

"Aha, yes." Yogmov nodded: "Mating." In fact, it is very likely that because of the immaturity of the technology, we accidentally moved other genes of fruit flies. Many fruit flies don't emit the right pheromones when they reach sexual maturity – or are those pheromones quickly destroyed at high temperatures? ”

"In short, these little things just can't be learned."

"And even if there are occasional incidents, no one knows exactly how it happened."

Xiang Shan rolled his eyes: "Could it be that in the future, human beings will enter an era of abnormal fetishes for all members?" Most people don't want to pop normally, so we still have to develop artificial wombs and implement a socialized parenting system? I finally found hope, and I am not like the population that has plummeted after a human generation. ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Yagmov smirked. He picked up a petri dish from the laboratory table and held it up to Xiang Shan's eyes: "Take a good look at the little play on this sugary agar block." ”

Xiang Shan concentrated his eyes and found that there were some small black dots in the transparent material of the petri dish...... Wriggle?

Yagmov laughed: "I knew that we had succeeded!" ”