Chapter 230: Awakening
Since its inception, the 9573 Research Institute has gathered a group of outstanding biological researchers to engage in special research on some mysterious parasitic organization. The subjects they studied were known by a variety of names, such as Chimera plasma, Pretender cells, evolutions, gene fusion organizations, and so on.
The most striking feature of this peculiar life is that it has a special nucleus similar to a gene pool, which is dedicated to storing large amounts of genetic information. Unlike almost all known natural life, Chimera cells are capable of containing the genetic information of several, if not dozen, natural organisms. In general, these genes from different organisms do not have any effect on the host, and Chimera cells hide in normal organisms in a ratio of a few hundred to several thousand to one. The initial discovery of this specific cell, which has little to no adverse effect on the host, was actually caused by accident.
A patient who received an organ transplant behaved healthier than normal for a period of time when rejection should have occurred shortly after surgery. Because there is no blood relationship between the donor and the beneficiary, the doctors are extremely curious about the incredible success of the organ transplant.
It was in this context that Chimera cells were discovered. This peculiar parasitic cell is nearly ten times larger than the average tissue cell, and has two nucleus-like gene storage structures, one of which is similar in size to the nucleus of an ordinary organism, and the other is many times larger than the ordinary nucleus according to its gene storage. In that case, the Chimera cells fused the genetic information of the donor and the recipient, so that the two could be quickly assimilated, and the rejection in the whole process was almost non-existent, as if the transplanted organ had grown on the patient. Even after discovering this strange cell, the research physician could not tell whether it was transmitted from an organ donor to the recipient, or whether the organ recipient himself had been carrying the strange parasite.
In the days that followed, Chimera cells were increasingly used in organ transplants, rare blood type transfusions, and even to treat and alleviate allergic reactions caused by biological sources such as pollen and animal allergies.
An unknown biological tissue should not be so widely used in clinical practice, but the safety of Chimera protoplasma is extremely amazing! For more than ten years, no host has had the slightest adverse reaction. So much so that people inside and outside the industry who don't know the truth believe that this is an extremely irresponsible propaganda and hype behavior.
Those who know enough about Chimera are fascinated by its incomparably subtle ability to regulate genes. Over the years, researchers have discovered that Chimera cells are capable of fusing almost all known genetic information of life on Earth, from planktonic algae to woody plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and even invertebrate insects.
Naturally, some people are intimidated by the all-encompassing ability of the Chimera cell, but there are also many who want to further develop the other properties of this strange living tissue. However, it is regrettable or reassuring to note that the Chimera cells have always exhibited a very stubborn stability. Although it is able to keenly adjust the characteristics and even morphology of itself and surrounding cells according to the host, it never actively affects the host itself, but immulates, passively and precisely caters to the host's rejectionist immune system.
Although Chimera cells have been developed by researchers to inhibit hepatitis, HIV virus, cancer cells and other miraculous effects, in fact, these are only the effects that Chimera cells can do in the first place, and the so-called "development" is actually just a process of discovery.
Many believe that the genetic regulation of Chimera cells is safer than that of the artificial creation of genetically modified organisms, and its accuracy is unmatched. However, the "camouflage" instinct of the Chimera cell is far stronger than that of natural life such as octopuses and chameleons, and as long as it is in the host, it will not exhibit any characteristics outside the host in its gene pool. Researchers have tried more than once to transplant the skin of a frog infected with Chimera tissue into a mouse, and within a few days, the transplanted frog skin will be quickly "assimilated" by the epidermal tissue of the mouse, and then grow white hair very naturally.
Workers who work on genetically modified organisms to exhibit the excellent properties of two or even many different organisms at the same time in a single organism have been working hard for many years. However, it is not a simple matter to fuse the excellent characteristics of two organisms, and the result of genetic implantation is ineffective, undesirable mutations occur, and even the modified individuals after gene implantation cannot grow and survive normally, such results are pervasive throughout the genetic modification project.
If human genetic intervention can be as precise and efficient as Chimera cells, chickens as big as geese, trees with fruits close to eggs in protein, and even spider-men and teenage mutant ninja turtles may no longer be a fantasy.
Under such circumstances, the 9573 Institute has adopted the most boring and effective stupid method - the artificial removal of the nucleus of the Chimera cell, which is believed to play a role in gene regulation, the so-called "manipulation nucleus", by physical means.
Since the Chimera cell, as a parasite, cannot survive independently of the host, it makes no sense to do this work at a separate cellular level. A very small number of Chimera cells that have been removed from the "manipulative nucleus" cannot survive in the host at all, they are eliminated by the host's immune system as "foreign substances", and individual Chimera cells cannot exist independently in the natural environment to divide and reproduce normally.
Eventually, the researchers of the 9573 Research Institute used tadpole embryos infected with Chimera tissue, and had them artificially remove the "manipulative nuclei" of the Chimera cells hidden between ordinary cells as they continued to grow in a petri dish. Finding and successfully removing the "surgery" under the electron microscope is no simple task. After countless failures, lessons learned and continuous improvement in experimental conditions, after 11 years of unremitting persistence, it was very accidental that a young researcher named Long Baiguang successfully removed nearly ninety percent of the Chimera cells in this process. Tadpole embryos, although still dying during growth, show the characteristics of other species as they develop.
It was such an accident that caused mankind to finally taste the consequences of arrogance, and the out-of-control Chimera protoplasma directly led to the destruction of the 9573 Research Institute, and used it as an opportunity to open the prelude to a new era for mankind......
...... It turns out that the Lord of Yellow Springs didn't take away all of his memories of his past life, or is this information more akin to knowledge than memories?
The scorching sunlight and the intense jolts awakened André's dreamscape of consciousness and image, and the newly awakened, unknown Son of the Abyss found himself in a completely unfamiliar environment—a prisoner cart made of thigh-thick barked tree trunks, and a total of four "prisoners" in ragged clothes like him. Except for herself, the other three were all half-beast women with clear eyebrows. In addition to the loess and blue sky, there are only a few dead yellow shrubs and grasses scattered on this plain.
The familiar Emerald River and the forest are completely gone, this strange strangeness...... It's like going through the third crossing!
"Great, you're finally awake!" the youngest orc girl glared at her big bright yellow eyes, looking curiously at the children of the abyss, who were still a little dizzy.
Orcs are a very strange race, and the difference between them and other races is mainly manifested in the difference in appearance between men and women - most male orcs have beast-like heads and hair, while orc women are closer to humans than their fathers and brothers. Hair that is more lush than the average human, with fangs, claws, and ears and tails that people love to see. As such, female orcs are called half-orcs, and among the three women, except for one who appears to be a werewolf with a black nose like a canine, the other two have faces that are not much different from human women.
Looking at the little girl in front of him whose bloodline he couldn't distinguish and who had obviously not yet grown, Andre realized that he was actually treated as a rare commodity as precious as an orc woman. The humans walking around the prisoner cart were clearly almost identical to the bandits who had once gathered in the Emerald River Valley, claiming to be adventurers. The Children of the Abyss observed with some strange vision that there were a number of orcs with their hands bound and their feet shackled behind the cart. Obviously, like these guys, he is all the "spoils" of this slave catcher. It's just that Andrei didn't expect that he would be regarded as a "high-end product" like a half-beast woman, or maybe it was because he was in a coma and couldn't walk on his own?
"How long have I been in a coma?" andre, perhaps because he hadn't spoken for a long time, and André felt his throat very dry.
"You were lying here before Nanali and her sister were captured, and after that, another five or six days passed......" The little girl who called herself Nanali handed the Children of the Abyss a worn-out crockpot.
Looking at the jar in his hand uncomfortably, André could even clearly see the sediment deposited at the bottom of the jar, but his thirsty throat and surroundings reminded him that now was not the time to pick and choose. After thanking him, the Child of the Abyss tilted his head and took two small sips before returning the jar to the kind-hearted little girl.
"Do you know what time it is? little girl. Although he didn't find the seed of Garanord hanging around his neck, Andre could clearly feel that the divine power of the goddess still existed in his body, perhaps because he had been in a coma for too long, and the divine power that maintained his body functions seemed to be no longer as abundant as before.
"Today is the 11th, the 11th of the autumn moon. Nanali stared curiously at the strange but good-looking young man in front of her.
"The month of autumn fruit, the eleventh ......" describes the haggard son of the abyss with a stunned face, and it has been almost a month since the day of the negotiation!?What happened at that time?How did he let himself sleep for so long!?