"Hey! Bat! Lucius contacted Bruce through a secret communications device, and he hid in the bathroom, putting his computer on the toilet, facing the masked Bruce Wayne, who of course is now Batman.

Lucius managed to use an undetectable signal, he was in his pajamas, his hair was messy, and he only communicated with bats when he woke up in the morning.

"The boy you sent is unusual!" Lucius made a small report: "The matter you asked me to investigate is also clear. ”

"There are a lot of illegal projects in the secret laboratory of the Lex Group, although they hide some documents and some research avoids us, but the scientific research is coherent, so I can still see one thing - although Luthor has carried out many projects at the same time, the core project of the entire secret laboratory is only one - complete somatic cell cloning."

"And it's specific clones, they're replicating a special being."

"Of course, they're making a very slow progress...... As far as I can see, they are still trapped in the pluripotent cell step, complete somatic cell cloning, first of all, to restore the totipotency of the cell, to restore the ordinary cell to the state of undifferentiated stem cells, which is also related to the technology of non-destructive replication of specific somatic cells. ”

"That's why I found that the target of their cloning is specific, and generally a wide range of samples are selected for somatic cell cloning, but I have observed that their samples are very scarce, which greatly delays their research progress."

Batman, ...... opposite the "Lucius " video, spoke: "Are you sure this is the biggest secret of the Lex Group Labs!" ”

"My judgment is not reliable...... Batman. You and Luthor are both people who have more than a dozen circles in their heads than I do, and it's too easy for you to hide from me. If Luthor has a secret, I can't guarantee that I'll find out...... All I can say is that, in my professional judgment, this is the biggest project in the Lex Group Labs! Lucius replied.

The Batman on the other side is silent!

He thought about countless things in his mind for an instant...... whether the 'origin' was true or false, whether it was the prophet and the spider who deceived him. Is this project related to 'origins'? What is 'Origin'? How does it relate to the mysterious First Prophet? Was it the weakness of the First Prophet?

In an instant, the bat rethinks these questions from countless angles.

He said in a hoarse voice, "Lucius, I need you to get deeper into this project, and it's better to figure out the source of the sample cells!" ”

Lucius showed an indescribable embarrassment on his face, and he hesitated, "Bat...... You know my strengths are in precision mechanics and electronics, and biology is not my forte. Meddling in someone else's project in a direction that I'm not good at...... This would have caused me to lose my reputation and provoke rejection from the researchers at the Lex Group...... Of course I can get a little tougher if you need to, interfering with them under the pretext of reviewing the funds, and getting something before Luthor doesn't react, before I kick out of the project. ”

"But the bat...... This is not the best move. ”

"Didn't you already send a professional over?"

"Professional?" Bruce was stunned for a moment, and then his mind began to recall quickly, and he quickly reacted: "You said Peter? You've been in contact with him for a while, what kind of young man do you think he is? ”

Bat didn't answer the question directly, he always avoided revealing information, if intelligence was compared to wealth, Batman was a complete Grandet, if he had run the Wayne family business with this attitude, he would have acquired the entire Gotham long ago!

Lucius smiled bitterly: "Old friend, you really made me ugly, now in the Lex Group laboratory, I am just a dispensable character sent by Wayne Enterprises, and he ...... He's almost becoming the god here...... He knows much more about this place than I do, and he's got to the heart of the project! ”

……………… Lex Group Core Laboratory..................

"Retroviruses are used to implant gene fragments to activate the differentiation function of cells and obtain 'totipotent cells' with stem cell characteristics. Yes, you are not wrong in this step. But you are counting on the same idea to obtain stem cells, and cells that can develop into a complete individual potential for various tissues and organs. That is, 'totipotent stem cells' – although only one word is missing, but these are two completely different concepts – totipotent stem cells only exist with the fertilized egg until the cleavage stage 32 cells. ”

"This is also the ethical limitation of studying totipotent stem cells, every time one totipotent stem cell is obtained...... You have to kill an embryo. ”

"What is the concept of expecting to implant a gene fragment in a somatic cell to differentiate into embryonic stem cells—if you succeed. Then there will be no limit to the lifespan of human beings, and everyone will be able to live forever, because with the same technology, a cell in our body can be restored to the state of embryonic stem cells. It can differentiate a new me, and only need to complete the induction differentiation technology, and our body cells will have no physiological limit, which is the best immortal technology. ”

"I'm not saying it's impossible, I've seen many more sensational, incredible techniques than this, but...... It's not something you can figure out. ”

The little spider stood on the podium and scolded the researcher who took notes below: "You are not even sure that you have inserted a gene to cause it to differentiate into a 'totipotent cell', and the use of retroviruses has caused irreversible genetic damage to the totipotent cells, if success is on the earth, then you are still wandering in the Sirius galaxy!" ”

"The reason why I extracted the gene compiler from retroviruses, reverse transcriptase, and created this new gene editing tool, so that you can restore the partial totipotency of cells without damage and extract lossless totipotent cells. Just because I need a success to convince you, not expect anything from this path. ”

"If I had, I would send this paper to Science and trumpet the potential of this technology, including the potential of the future step by step from unipotent stem cells, to pluripotent stem cells, to totipotent stem cells, that is, embryonic stem cells, including the possibility of human immortality...... Can you believe it? At that time, those who were willing to provide me with research funds were able to line up from the Metropolitan to Gotham! ”

"The ultimate goal of this project is to re-clon some cell samples and ensure the genetic integrity of the cells."

"What kind of concept is this - even if it's a science fiction movie that says we're going to clone dinosaurs......"

"It's all more realistic than that, because we can reconstruct the genes of dinosaurs, by inserting gene fragments, step by step to induce the creatures that dinosaurs evolved - I personally prefer large birds - such as ostriches, to induce them to atavistic because no one asks us to copy a specific dinosaur that is genetically identical to that of countless years ago."

"But the owner of this lab doesn't even allow us to use orangutans...... Or some kind of large Homo erectus (whisper: you know) uses their fertilized eggs to reconstruct the genetics of the sample step by step. We all know that although the genes of the samples look quite human-like, they are so different that they even make people wonder if they are terrestrial creatures. ”

The scientists below whispered, exchanged heads, and nodded frequently.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are like crappy dancers who challenge the world dance king with shackles, and we are not allowed to try something that is impossible in the first place!"

The little spider stretched his hands and sighed, and he suddenly raised a finger calmly: "So now, I have some crazy ideas that I need your support......"

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"What are you going to do? What are you doing? Peter! A few hours ago, the little spider looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Give up this crazy idea!" It's simply evil......"

"But the truth is before me...... That's the beauty of science! The little spider in the mirror muttered to herself.

"There is no good or evil in science...... It has only truth and falsehood! ”

"But scientists are good and evil! We still have a conscience......" the little spider struggled as she touched her chest.

"Give it a try? It won't work out anyway! Peter in the mirror whispered with a darkened smile.