Chapter 21: Progress

Inside the scientific research base on the island of Caragua.

Li Qingye, who was in a white coat, looked at the unconscious members of the Sea Serpent Gang with an expressionless face, and he first divided these people into two parts according to their bone age.

Some are under the age of 30, and the rest are over the age of 30.

The reason for this distinction lies in the side effects of genetic modification, if you are too old, the body may not be able to withstand the erosion of the side effects, and directly die of organ failure.

And this limit is at the age of 30, and the maximum cannot exceed 40 years old.

According to the bone age test report, among the 43 Sea Serpent Gang members, 24 are under the age of 30; 12 people between the ages of 30~40; The remaining 7 are over 40 years old.

There were seven people in Buffat before, all under the age of forty.

In fact, this is also very normal, after all, the gap between the rich and the poor in Luzon is extremely large, and the middle and lower class members of the gang must be very young.

The logic is very simple: poverty leads to a poor quality of life, and a poor quality of life leads to a low life expectancy.

Gangs are a knife-licking job, and only the desperate poor will join them.

After Li Qingye grouped these people, he sent them to the genetic modification room, which was very different from before.

Previously, only one person could be transformed at a time, but after the upgrade, five people can be transformed at a time, and some equipment has been added to make the whole process more comfortable and further shorten the transformation time.

After the improvement, it takes about 6~7 days for each experimental subject to complete the genetic modification.

According to the bone age grouping, each batch of experimental subjects of different ages was arranged as much as possible.

The first test subjects were sent into the conversion chamber.

While Li Qingye is researching other projects, he keeps an eye on the progress of the renovation at any time.

Five days later, he stood with a frowning brow next to a test subject's bed, which had advanced uremia and had completely necrotic both kidneys.

He quickly dissected the subject, whose organs were severely diseased, and compared the telomere lengths of the chromosomes before and after, shook his head and sighed:

"Age is really an issue."

This dead subject is the only person over 40 years old in this batch of subjects, even if he is only 42 years old, he still can't withstand the backlash of genetic modification.

He readjusted the transformation plan, and in order to reduce the physical burden on the experimental subjects, he kicked out the part of the three gene sequences about body enhancement out of the transformation range.

Soon the second batch of experiments was quickly launched.

This time, the transformation time was shortened again, and it only took about 5 days to complete the genetic modification, and the physical condition of the experimental subjects was better than the previous transformation.

One of the 45-year-old test subjects survived, and according to telomere analysis and physical examination, it had about 15 years to live, barely usable.

Little by little, the genetic modification experiment was adjusted, and during the period, the experimental subjects were implanted with biochips.

Time flies.

It took Li Qingye more than two months to transform, interrogate, test, and train in one go.

But at this time, Li Qingye's command added 41 loyal subordinates.

20 of them were inserted by him, either explicitly or implicitly, into Homo sapiens; The remaining 21 men set up a Luzon intelligence station, which is now based in Dart Harbor and focuses on infiltrating the slums of Manila.

During this period, Li Qingye was not satisfied with the status quo, all kinds of biotechnology were improving, after all, his super brain was exchanged for decades of life.

In terms of biochip technology, in addition to the production of biochips with better performance, there is also a biocomputer that integrates various biological devices - [Fuxi's 1.0].

The Fuxi 1.0 biocomputer, unlike an electronic computer, is a computer that can be implanted into an organism.

Of course, this kind of computer can also be disguised as a regular mobile phone, or a laptop.

In addition, in order to support the biological computer, Li Qingye has also developed various biological functionaries.

On the one hand, he did not trust the electronic computer equipment currently on the market; On the other hand, it is to facilitate infiltration into the enemy.

After all, if you enter the area controlled by a hostile force, the other party will definitely not easily let your mobile phone and computer enter, and even if you are allowed to enter, you will be checked.

Biocomputers have a huge advantage in this regard, that is, they can be implanted in the body.

At present, Li Qingye has designed two implantation schemes, one is to fuse a biological computer into the skull; The other is to transform it into a rib shape.

Both of these options can deceive ordinary examinations, even if they use the hospital's MRI, X-ray search, etc., there is no way to distinguish between them.

Unless it is a laboratory-grade high-precision inspection equipment, it is difficult to detect.

Normally, even the DePauw laboratory in America would not use high-precision equipment to test people who didn't matter, after all, these devices cost money every time they are turned on.

As for the forces in Southeast Asia, it is not that Li Qingye looks down on them, but that the other party's comprehensive strength does not allow it.

Of course, another use of biocomputers is to work with other biotechnologies.

For example, Li Qingye has developed the [Fuxi's 1.0 computer - pheromone hive type], this model of biological computer is a special model specially developed to facilitate the control of other genetically modified organisms.

The 1.0 Pheromone Hive type has biological components that can produce various pheromones, and by adjusting the concentration of these pheromones, it is possible to roughly control genetically modified insects.

This is a huge step forward.

After all, the previously developed [Gu worm-Plasmodium] and [Gu worm-coma poisonous mosquito] are very troublesome in control, and they may endanger themselves if they are not careful.

Now with pheromone hives, genetically modified insects can be roughly controlled through pheromones.

This is of great help to intelligence gathering, infiltration, assassination, and so on.

Advances in biocomputers prompted Li Qingye to add a series of genetically modified organisms.

Through genetic recombinant biotechnology, in addition to the initial [Gu worm-Plasmodium] and [Gu worm-coma poisonous mosquito], many new genetically modified organisms have been born one after another in the scientific research base on Calagua Island.

Although many of these GMOs are not mature, as more and more GMOs are modified, there are also relatively stable varieties.

And Li Qingye's technological progress is very fast, which is also the terrible thing about biotechnology.

It is very difficult to achieve exponential growth in the production and R&D of the machinery industry and the chemical industry.

But biotechnology is different, especially after mastering genetic recombination technology, such as the production of various hormones, directly modifying microorganisms, using the division speed of microbial terror, and exponential growth can be completed in a few days.

The more genetically modified organisms there are, the more data Li Qingye observes, which will further promote the upgrading of technology.

However, he is quite restrained in the modification of bacteria and viruses.

After all, the mutation speed of microorganisms is too fast, and if a super virus is accidentally mutated and leaked out, then humanity will welcome the Resident Evil.