Chapter 15: A Changing World
"Name Zhou Yiyang, gender male, admission time 2050 in the old calendar, admission age 16 years old, admission reason infection with an unknown virus, causing acute organ failure, treatment method freezing and cryopreservation to find antiviral treatment drugs, admission treatment time 55 years, cured by gene drug treatment. Liao Cheng clicked on the wrist-like device like a watch again, found Zhou Yiyang's case, and said slowly:
"The RX virus you were infected with, we found to be the mother of the late human virus outbreak, and after several generations of mutations, it is still a relatively difficult pathogen with a very high fatality rate. ”
Zhou Yiyang nodded lightly as if he didn't understand, and then asked
"What exactly do we often call a deviant?"
"Hehe, variation refers to the difference between offspring and parents, and the difference between offspring individuals. Mutants are human beings who are different from normal humans and are called mutants. Mutants can be abnormal in appearance or function, usually due to genetic mutations.
"Is the mutation in humans caused by a virus, or is it due to nuclear contamination?"
"The main causes of mutation are physical causes of chromosome mutation such as rays and radiation, chemical causes of chromosomal mutation caused by mutations of genes on chromosomes through certain chemicals, and biological causes of chromosome mutations caused by adding or subtracting a gene from a chromosome at the molecular level. So no one can say exactly what caused the mutation. ”
Liao Cheng used his professional knowledge to explain very simply, and it was not difficult to understand Zhou Yiyang's knowledge, and then Liao Cheng's words Zhou Yiyang said with disdain:
"No matter what the cause of the mutation, human beings are definitely the biggest promoters, and they have an unshirkable responsibility. ”
Liao Cheng shrugged his shoulders and didn't go on with the topic, while Zhou Yiyang then asked:
"What's going on with the current genetic medicine, is the purpose of his existence just to cure diseases?"
"For us doctors, yes, the most effective treatment for superviral infections is gene therapy. But I don't have much to say about the use of other institutions, and you will get into it slowly in the future, but I still have a piece of advice, don't show your alienation skills at will, otherwise it will be troublesome. Liao Cheng said casually, I don't know if it was a reminder or a advice, but Zhou Yiyang on the side disagreed, and then asked:
"Are all humans mutants now?"
"Not all, it depends on how it is compared, if it is compared with the physical fitness of humans in the old era, it is true, but compared to mutated beasts, most humans do not have the so-called mutation. Liao Cheng still maintains the unique rigor of a scholar, saying everything from many aspects, and never filling the story.
"In fact, we have found through research that if human beings can also stimulate mutated hormones under specific conditions and environments, such as overload exercise, they can stimulate cell muscle tissue and cell mutation, and stimulate the ability in the subconscious for their own use, so under the influence of the general environment, the different times when the strong are respected by internal and external troubles, in order to adapt to the current living environment, human genes are also constantly optimized, which is also forced mutation, not so much mutation as evolution, human beings from the primitive apes in order to adapt to the living environment do not gradually evolve to what we are now, evolution is going on all the time, but the existing environment gives all living things a catalyst, It's just that the speed of evolution has been accelerated, this may be a kind of self-protection of the earth, human beings have been in full swing, and they have begun to be complacent and arrogant, wantonly destroying the common home of all living things, which is also a punishment from God for us. ”
Liao Cheng gushed endlessly, and finally became emotional, with a hint of helplessness.
"I'm sorry, I talked a bit too much, and I digressed from the topic, so let's go on, do you have any questions. Liao Cheng looked at Zhou Yiyang with a serious look on his face, and said embarrassedly.
"I'm not sorry, I agree with you, can you talk to me about strange beasts?" Zhou Yiyang then asked.
"Since the beginning of the period of alienation and mutation, all living things on the earth have undergone qualitative changes, external strength, speed, reflexes, defense, internal cell activity, intelligence have undergone qualitative changes, as you saw in the hospital last time, it is the most common mouse mutation, that is only the weakest attack beast, just a group of infested, so the attack power should not be underestimated. Only when these really go to the barren area can they understand the danger of mutant creatures, and the danger of animals can also be predicted, and the real danger is those man-eating trees and psychedelic flowers and thorn grass, killing people invisibly, and unknowingly becoming plant dung. ”
"Modern technology is so advanced, can't so many self-defense weapons deal with them?"
"Hehe......" Liao Chenggan laughed twice and continued:
"The thermal weapons that humans are proud of are now considered toys, effective against weaker social mutant creatures, and against slightly more powerful alien beasts, even their armor cannot be broken,* It is effective against ordinary alien beasts but still ineffective against powerful alien beasts, and what is even more ridiculous is that some countries are anxious to use nuclear bombs to attack in the early days of the outbreak of alien beasts, but after the explosion of nuclear bombs, only the alien beasts in the central area die, and the surrounding areas are still alive, and some alien beasts have further evolved under the nuclear radiation again, becoming more powerful, and some powerful alien beasts have produced some wisdom and used tactics to launch attacks on humans. Appearing in the wilderness, humans can only serve as a cake for foreign beasts. ”
"Is it possible that human beings can only live here and have no choice?" Zhou Yiyang asked with a slightly sad face.
"Other creatures are mutating, so are humans, and we have an even greater advantage, which is the mind. Liao Cheng pointed to his head and continued:
"At the beginning of the mutation, there was a group of people, they also had a powerful mutation, and got super powers that were different from ordinary people, under their leadership, we have the current peaceful place, everything has its two sides, and the mutation is the same, among the many mutants, it is rare to have a favorable mutation. ”
"And harmful mutations?"
"That's too many, what we call deformities, which are the most common harmful mutations, and they usually don't live long, and you'll learn about these things later. Liao Cheng looked at Zhou Yiyang and said slowly, without staying on this topic for long, and continued.
"There is no shortage of smart people in the world, nature does not give us the opportunity to mutate, we create opportunities ourselves. ”
"So we created genetic drugs to artificially alter human genes. Zhou Yiyang hurriedly said.
"Yes or no, in fact, the genes of altered organisms have entered our lives for a long time, but they have not been used in a large area for the modification of human genes, so they are not understood by most people. ”