Chapter 26 Detection
Professor Murray's lab was not very far from the area where Ning Fei worked, and Ning Fei went to Professor Murray early after a night's rest. Professor Murray's laboratory is simply a biological encyclopedia, with all kinds of insects and animal specimens stored in bottles and cans, many of which Ning Fei can't name, and there are some mice doing experiments, and there are also some living organisms with strange characteristics, according to the introduction label above, probably some experimental subjects that have been genetically modified.
The space here is relatively large, and there are about twenty or thirty researchers working in the laboratory, wearing uniform uniforms, unlike Dr. Crescent, who likes to work alone, and is a complete research team. Ning Fei walked and watched, and came earlier than agreed, so he was not in a hurry, and he looked like a visitor.
"Sir, how can I help you? You are the first visitor to come today, and the ticket window of the exhibition hall has not yet opened", a thin young male researcher holding a folder noticed Ning Fei, an outsider.
Ning Fei heard that the other party was making fun of herself, and said with a smile: "I made an appointment with Professor Murray, my name is Ning Fei, and I work with Dr. Crescent. ”
The young male researcher took the initiative to shake Ning Fei's hand, "I'm Professor Murray's assistant and student, Bloom Eddy, and the professor informed me. ”
Eddie took out his phone and looked at the time, and continued, "The professor should be having breakfast at this time, and it will be there in about ten minutes." ”
"It's okay, I have plenty of time today, can I walk around here?"
"Of course, let me give you a brief introduction, this is the most vibrant place in Albert, you look at those interesting guys, you can't find them anywhere else", Eddie enthusiastically took Ning Fei to visit the Life Lab.
Eddie walked between the living test benches in front, pointing to a square heavy glass box filled with sand, and introduced Ning Fei: "This is some ants modified by genetically modified technology, its size is slightly larger than ordinary ants, but its strength is dozens of times that of ordinary ants, don't look at their small size, you must know that an ordinary ant can lift more than 400 times its own weight, and can also drag things that exceed its own weight 1700 times. Their power has reached an astonishing height! ”
Ning Fei lowered his head and approached the glass box, only to see that there was an entrance to an anthill on the surface of the sand, and three or two big ants were coming in and out.
"Is there only that?" Ning Fei asked.
"It's enough at the moment, because we still need to see if this genetic trait can stabilize after multiple generations," Eddie continued, "ants are more capable of being in groups, and ordinary ants can carry more than 5,000 times more weight than themselves when they work together, and this kind of modified ant is estimated to reach more than 100,000 times, just imagine what would happen if there were enough ants to reproduce and be large enough." ”
Ning Fei actually couldn't quite understand what to do with so many big ants, but he didn't know what to ask, so he had to give a thumbs up and praise seriously: "What an amazing scientific and technological achievement!" ”
"What's that, is that some transparent fish?"
Ning Fei noticed that there was a fish tank on the other test bench, and some of the bodies in it were transparent, and only the eyes and part of the internal organs were colored creatures, which looked cute.
"Tadpoles, which will grow into a highly poisonous frog."
Ning Fei's fingers that had just reached into the jar and stirred, when he heard Eddie's words, he was startled, and immediately pulled out nervously.
"It's okay now, it's just some harmless tadpole baby", Eddie patted another fish tank next door, this fish tank was sealed, heard a sound, and an extremely ugly frog jumped out of the corner, with black pimple-filled back skin, extremely strong legs, and most special of all, completely scarlet eyes.
"This mutant tadpole will go through a series of complete processes and eventually become such a final form, and for example, the flies, bees, butterflies and other insects we are familiar with will also go through this process, its larvae and adults are very different, and this process is called metamorphosis in biology."
"I remember, I talked about it in middle school biology class~"
"I'm willing to bet biology class won't talk about how to transfer the mechanisms of metamorphosis to mammals," Eddie laughs mysteriously.
"Humans?" , Ning Fei asked cautiously.
"Haha, of course not, it is illegal to use human beings for biological experiments at will, which must have a series of strict procedures and related reviews, we generally use small animals, rats, rabbits, etc."
"I watched a certain episode of the history show reported by the planet before, and according to the grapevine, the first super soldier was the result of illegal human experimentation."
"Shh Eddie made a silencing gesture, "Professor Murray doesn't like to hear that, but I think there are times when science needs to break the mold, and that's the flexibility it should be." ”
"Okay, so let's talk about something else, what's that over there, some kind of organization?"
"Brain slices, from some great deceased scientist, this may be the most incredible brain the planet has ever seen."
"Oh~ I've learned about the structure of the brain......"
Eddie took out his phone again and looked at the time, and said with a smile: "It's almost time." ”
Sure enough, Professor Murray had just arrived, and when he came in through the door, he saw the two of them, "Good morning, young people!" ”
"Good morning!"
"Good morning, Professor!"
Professor Murray, who was a clean man at work, said to Eddie as he continued to walk inside, "Bloom, take this gentleman inside, help me prepare, I'll go change my clothes, we'll start in ten minutes." ”
"Okay, Professor!"
"Come with me", Eddie led Ning Fei to the inside of the life laboratory, the area inside was divided into several areas by a glass wall, one of which was placed a machine similar to a medical MRI machine, and there was a retractable bed in the middle, but this one was larger and more complicated.
Ning Fei also noticed that the machine also had a jar embedded in it, which contained something that looked like it would flow, but it was not liquid.
"What is this?"
"Nanorobots, the invention of Dr. Crescent Moon, have unlimited potential for application in the biological field."
"It saved my life......," Ning Fei sighed, when the machine was put away by the base hospital after it was used up, and this was the first time to carefully observe the real appearance of nanorobots.
"Lie down on it", Eddie looked at Ning Fei's mechanical skeleton and reminded, "But you have to take off your weaponry, otherwise the machine won't be allowed to do so." ”
Ning Fei said while taking off the mechanical skeleton when he heard this: "In fact, it's not a weapon, uh, I'm embarrassed to help me, I can't walk without it~"
......
"Relax", Professor Murray put on his uniform and walked into this area, saw that Ning Fei was already lying in the machine, and immediately opened the room on the machine's operating table to set the parameters.
"With all due respect, don't you have to fix your hands and feet?" , Ning Fei was lying in the center of the hole of the machine, unable to see the outside.
"Why do you have such a strange idea?" Dr. Murray wondered.
Ning Fei hurriedly said: "I have watched some movies, in the process of experiencing some very high-tech, very important experiments or scientific transformations, people always have to endure great pain, probably in order to make the process go smoothly, I have to fix people, I feel that I have experienced it before, I was fixed, although I was not very sober at that time, but I can feel it, um~ I don't know if my guess is right." ”
Professor Murray explained: "We don't do human modifications, we don't inject metal into your bones, we just do some testing, and this machine is the best out of the world, and it doesn't feel too much." ”
Ning Fei smiled awkwardly, his expression was projected on the screen, and even Eddie laughed.
The machine was started, and Ning Fei, who was lying in the middle cabin, heard a noise, sometimes high and sometimes low, which made Ning Fei feel uncomfortable.
As the power of the machine increased, Ning Fei's uncomfortable feeling became a little stronger, and he began to shake his head from side to side.
"Are you feeling okay?" , Dr. Murray saw Ning Fei's expression from the projection.
"The noise made me a little uncomfortable, a little dizzy, but not quite."
Professor Murray hurriedly checked the data of the machine, the situation of the machine was normal, a little puzzled, it seemed that Ning Fei's perception was a little sensitive, and said: "In some sequences, the noise will be a little more loud, and the noise will also increase when the power is increased, but this does not have any radiation damage, and it is generally a psychological effect." ”
Ning Fei smiled bitterly: "I knew I should put on some music." ”
Professor Murray looked at the monitored data, as if he had found some insignificant clues, and said to Ning Fei: "I need to increase the power a little more, so that I can see your brain more clearly, if you can't stand it, you can shout out." ”
"Go ahead, Professor, it's not a big problem!"
The noise of the machine became louder, and the uncomfortable feeling in Ning Fei's mind caused by the noise turned into an anxiety, more like a crisis imminent.
This was not a physical pain, Ning Fei could only suppress it.
"There's something different going on, and there's a little bit of a difference in the cellular parameters that are detected in that location in your right brain," says Professor Murray.
The noise stopped as the machine turned off, and Add moved Ning Fei out of the cabin.
Ning Fei took a breath and put on the mechanical skeleton again, the machine noise was gone, but the anxiety was still there, and after drinking half a cup of water that Eddie poured for him, it was slightly reduced.
Professor Murray didn't like staring at an electronic screen all the time, and it would probably be easy for him to dry his eyes, so he asked Add to print out important parts of the test data into a paper document.
"You just said that in my right brain, there was an unusual change?" , Ning Fei asked.
"I don't know the specifics, but what is certain is that there are some cells that are mutating, they are in progress, not over, relatively temporarily, and I am very experienced in this area, and I can't make mistakes," Professor Murray said, looking at the document in his hand carefully, but emphasizing the word "is".
"What would happen to that?" , Ning Fei couldn't help but worry, this kind of cell mutation caused by accidents is often an uncontrolled type, such as cancer.
Professor Murray put the file away, looked at Ning Fei seriously, and said, "This is exactly what I am worried about, once a cell mutates, it is difficult to reverse, and as for where this mutation goes, it may be affected by many factors for now. ”
"Is there anything you can do, Professor Murray?"
"This requires further testing."
"No problem, it's all up to you."
"These brain cells need to be extracted and replicated to observe and study their properties."
"What? Can brain cells also be extracted? Ning Fei asked in surprise.
Add gestured with his hand and described, "Use a very slender needle to pierce it...... It might hurt a little, don't be afraid, we can make a thinner needle. ”
Ning Fei's face stiffened, and his face showed panic, "No, no, no, I want to ...... I still need to think about it, but not now, I'm sorry~"