The surgery started and everything went smoothly and simply beyond people's expectations. Luck didn't always come to you, though—until the time for slicing.

When Bai Shutong's scalpel just touched the brain tissue that needed to be sliced, something strange happened.

His first slash missed, as if he had slipped from above.

At first, Bai Shutong thought that the operation took too long and the numbness of his arm weakened, so he deliberately increased his strength when he went under the knife for the second time, but he didn't expect that the scalpel slipped again!

Bai Shutong took a deep breath, and after the third attempt, it was still the same result.

At this point, he began to panic a little, as if the brain had its own consciousness, it was on defense, something that had never happened before.

The first thing that came to his mind was that it had something to do with abnormal brain waves. However, since the surgery has reached this stage, no matter what measures are taken, it is necessary to ensure that the biopsy is successful.

"Switch to an electron light knife." Bai Shutong said to his assistant without hesitation.

The electronic light knife is the most advanced scalpel at present, and the assistant hesitated a little when he heard it, but when he saw Bai Shutong's determined eyes, he did so.

"Technology always solves problems." When the slicing was successful, while feeling puzzled, Bai Shu thought so.

And then there's the main job.

Bai Shutong first placed the slices in a sterile petri dish for half an hour, and then stimulated the cultured tissue through a special device, and observed its reaction under an electron microscope at all times, a process called "neuronal probing".

When tempted, neurons exhibit a strong sense of resistance, repelling any matter that comes close to them, and attempting to "surround" them in some way.

Obviously, the neurons are already conscious, which confirms Bai Shutong's conjecture. Excitement is mixed with shock, and shock is followed by boundless conjecture and fear.

However, this is not the most important thing in front of him, the most important thing is how to restore Yang Baiwen's brain to its original state, this is a promise to him, no matter what.

Now, Bai Shutong can be sure that Yang Baiwen's brain neurons have an obvious sense of self-defense, which is the culprit that causes the brain wave abnormality.

Once the problem is found, the next step is to solve it. The meaning of human existence is probably to create problems, and then solve them, and so on and so forth, until they drown in dust.

After careful consideration, Bai Shutong told Zhang Tianlin all the discoveries. His first reaction was shock, and after calming down, he uttered the following first sentence.

"Is it possible to confirm the existence of aliens?"

"There seems to be no other more plausible explanation." Bai Shutong said, "This is not my field of study, so I ......"

He acted like he didn't care.

"Is there a way to repair the ......" Zhang Tianlin couldn't think of a suitable word for a while, "is there a tampered neuron?" ”

He thought it was a better word.

"That's the point." Bai Shu pointed to the peak on the piece, "To be sure, it has a strong sense of defense. In addition to this, there seems to be a tendency to be self-conscious, which I'm not sure about at the moment. ”

After speaking, he gently tapped the dot on the film with his pen and fell into deep thought.

"Self-awareness?" Zhang Tianlin asked puzzled.

"To put it bluntly, this consciousness will quickly take over his entire brain, and then he will lose control."

"This ......"

Zhang Tianlin pondered for a moment and whispered, "Professor Bai, I just want to know if there is a way to repair the tampered neurons?" ”

"Nope." Bai Shutong said, "The sense of autonomy is very strong, and it is almost difficult to get rid of it. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Tianlin also fell into deep thought.

Could it be that the "mass suicide" incident is going to be repeated, and there is no other way but to die?

Taking a step back, if aliens do exist, and they do it all on purpose, have they achieved their purpose? If it will bring inevitable disaster, is it necessary to save these five people?

Unfortunately, all this is unknown.

However, at this moment, he had a very important idea - genes.

"If we use gene fusion or gene phagocytosis, can we eliminate the so-called sense of self-defense?"

"This, it's hard to say." Bai Shutong hesitated for a moment before he said, "In this regard, you are an expert. ”

"Theoretically, yes, because genes support the basic structure and performance of life, and it determines the various characteristics of an organism, whether human or extraterrestrial."

Bai Shutong nodded.

"I think it should be possible." Zhang Tianlin added.

Bai Shutong hesitated for a while, but still expressed his concern, that is, there is no test application on humans at present. Moreover, sometimes the theory is far from the practice, let alone an uncertain experiment.

"That's just what you know, not everything." Zhang Tianlin said meaningfully.

Bai Shutong was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "Dean Zhang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhang Tianlin did not answer, but said: "Genetic research is my field, and I think this plan is feasible, but I don't know how it will be applied in medicine." ”

He raised his head and asked solemnly, "I would like to know your point of view, in medicine, Professor Bai." ”

Objectively speaking, this sense of self-defense mainly resists external influences, and according to the existing theory, it has less impact on internal factors. As you said, gene phagocytosis or gene fusion, the success rate can be very high. Bai Shu said truthfully.

"My concern is not so much the success of genetic modification, but the fear of the unknown. If we fail, we may be able to have a clear conscience, but what if we succeed? ”

"Hehe, success is naturally a great achievement." Bai Shu smiled.

"You're right, of course, but have you ever thought about the consequences?"

"As you said, this is uncharted territory." Bai Shutong shook his head, "However, I don't think there is so much time to think about it. In front of real aliens, this is probably nothing! ”

Zhang Tianlin was alerted by his words.

Yes, if alien civilizations existed, the earth would have been watched a long time ago, maybe from the moment the "Speed of Light" was discovered, the fate of mankind has been destined to be rewritten, what could be more important than this?

Without further ado, Zhang Tianlin took Bai Shutong to Ye Dongming's laboratory. As expected, Bai Shutong's reaction can no longer be described as "strong"!

"Is this true? You did it! It's amazing! Bai Shutong said excitedly.

Seeing his speechless appearance, Zhang Tianlin silently poured him a glass of water, roughly explained the matter of the "volunteer experiment", and repeatedly emphasized the importance of confidentiality.

Regarding the confidential part, Bai Shutong didn't listen to a word at all, just nodded vigorously.

"When did the experiment begin? How long has it been going on? Is there any rejection of the new muscle tissue......"

Faced with his series of questions, Zhang Tianlin chose to remain silent until he calmed down.