Chapter 136: The First Man to Eat Crabs

Lille spends almost every second of his time building a new paraheart based on the lizard serum.

It was unknown what the difference in time between the two worlds would become, and he had to hurry up and get this thing done.

Overall, its structure is fairly simple, and can basically only be seen as a minor change to the original prosthetic.

While there aren't many bioplastics available in 2011, if done better, it could be possible to hide these small parts that cause a huge immune response in the accessory heart.

Design is a complex process, but the real problem is how to implement the retrofit:

The prosthesis is directly in the body, and of course the modification must be carried out in the body - but who will perform the surgery?

Lille came up with a solution: to operate on himself himself.

He won't lose consciousness and reason because of the pain of the surgery, which is quite an advantageous condition.

Secondly, he is equipped with a fairly advanced spinal prosthesis, which can control almost every nerve in the body if handled well.

Some pre-programmed and then made into a behavioral chip that used a semi-automatic way to perform the surgery – that was the only way he could think of it.

But then, he's going to have to teleport the prosthetic doctor gloves from the cyberpunk world--

Removing the replaceable tools and extensions, the total weight of the gloves is 500g, thanks to Lille's choice of gloves instead of the entire arm.

Despite this, the available Tech Points are still insufficient.

So a lot of time was spent by Lille to supplement his knowledge of genetic engineering, and he spent a whole day in Connors's laboratory to breed a second genetically modified iguana.

[Basic theoretical knowledge: Molecular Biology (Professor Connors)]

[Bonus Technology Points: 100]

[Practical Engineering Techniques: Cross-species Genetic Modification (Professor Connors)]

[Bonus Technology Points: 100]

[First completion of cross-species genetic modification]

[Bonus Technology Points: 200]

[Current Technology Points: 620]

Throughout the day, Hammond, Peter, and Professors Connors watched little by little as Lille went from a beginner to an expert in this area.

Not just an expert, Lille completed the synthesis of the potion and injected the iguana with no human assistance.

Connors didn't give Lille any guidance on engineering, but Lille was a quick learner and a pretty standard worker.

The second iguana ate its first genetically modified meal, and Hammond was stunned and said, "Uh, boss, I should call you boss now."

Are you really a high school dropout? ”

Of course notβ€”Lille said inwardly that, strictly speaking, he had a higher education than everyone in the room.

However, it is difficult to compare the years of war with those of peace.

Lille spread his hands: "Of course - you have to admit that there are geniuses in this world, and this iguana we can use for propaganda, or one more observation sample." ”

"Okay." Hammond said stupidly, "It's good that I didn't choose to continue my studies back then, and it was useless to read it anyway, I was born with it." ”

"That's over." Lille took off his gloves and said, "Let's report on the situation." ”

Hammond was the first to report: "The experimental equipment has found a seller, and now the purchase license of these equipment is relatively easy to approve, thanks to Professor Connors's signboard.

However, it will take a few days to transport, and we can first negotiate with the engineering team about the expansion of the zoo and laboratory.

I have some candidates, but the boss said that there are other arrangements. ”

Lille nodded, motioning for the next one.

Professor Connors gave a second report, a little sad.

"The experiment has been reported to the school, and the ethics review is fine, but the key is that I can't find volunteers."

Predictable.

Blood donations are a minority, let alone bone marrow donations.

As for organ donation. It's harder to get hold of than bone marrow.

Let the hospital or the donor give up the opportunity to save the patient and send the precious organ to the laboratory for study?

They don't have that big face yet - maybe someone would have wanted it if it had been longer, but not now.

"It's okay, I found it."

Lille pulled out a couple of signed voluntary contribution agreements --

"As you may know, I had a bit of a charisma in Hell's Kitchen, and I had my people talk about it in the community, six donors."

This is where the benefits of being a good person come in.

Rich people can use money to recruit people, but most of these people choose to do these things out of desperation.

And if you make people's lives better, then you don't have to worry about finding volunteers.

Among other things, Skye, John, and Anthony, as well as their families, are willing to volunteer – but Skye's bone marrow may have other problems with experiments.

Connors' eyes revealed surprise, and so did Hammond - in his mind, the evaluation of Lille was once again raised by a level.

This boss has a pattern.

The idea of using money to solve problems is simple and crude, but it is somewhat naked.

As a dreamer who has been in poverty for a long time, Hammond is more interested in the way Lille finds volunteers.

In his eyes, using money to drive people to do things is no less than using money to get a woman, he doesn't look down on this kind of behavior, it's just that he prefers to rely on his own people to attract women.

Although he is not very good at this.

Lille continued: "Regarding the construction team, there has been a lot of unemployment among workers recently, and Hell's Kitchen has been the hardest hit area.

After the accident with the United Construction Company, another group of people were laid off, and we could recruit workers from these people.

As for qualified contractors, you only need to post a message in the newspaper, and a large number of companies on the verge of bankruptcy will come to you, so I don't need to teach you this, right? ”

"So. We find a contractor and ask them to take temporary workers from the unemployed workers in Hell's Kitchen?

Interesting idea, boss, you should form a union yourself. ”

Lille laid out another document and pointed to the line on it: Hell's Kitchen Workers Mutual Aid.

"Actually, it's already being done, and I've hired a couple of unemployed electricians in my partnership with the NYPD, and now I can sign up for such a union by adding a few construction workers to it.

The ctOS system will statistically screen out workers who meet our requirements, and you can further conduct interviews.

Then I need you to talk to the president of this mutual aid association, he's a newbie, but I think he has some potential. ”

And the president of this union is Anthony, who loves to speak.

Hammond nodded again in admiration.

"Boss, if you don't do research and concentrate on running the company, you will be a good CEO."

Lille smiled: "So is there still a problem?" ”

Connors and Hammond looked at each other and shook their heads.

There is almost no confusion and confusion in the general direction, and it is very reassuring and motivating to do things in this kind of team, and they just want to immediately devote themselves to the next stage of work.

"No problem, dismiss, Professor Connors, Peter, let's take a sample of new subjects."

Peter raised his hand, "Uh, sir, is this going to take a long time?" ”

Lille thought for a moment and said, "It's four o'clock, it can be finished before half past five, and it won't be more than six o'clock at the latest, do you have any arrangements?" ”

"I'm going to a prom β€” you know, graduation season, there's a lot going on."

"Then we'll hurryβ€”" Lille got up from his seat, putting on his gloves and mask again, "we can't miss graduation season activities, Professor, we won't rest." ”

Professor Connors smiled as well, "I don't know, I thought you were going to the event - did you think about going back to campus?" ”

Lille shrugged his shoulders and began to operate the machine: "I'm already on campus, like-minded friends, research meaningful things together, what better campus life could be?"

Peter - turn on the electron microscope. ”

Lille took the sample and placed it in the electron microscope.

Peter looked at Learle who was concentrating, and envy welled up in his heart--

He was still too young, and he didn't have so much knowledge to support him to participate in research, so he could only do odd jobs.

If only I could do more.

"Sir, how are you so perfect?"

Lille looked at the electron microscope, was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Peter strangely: "Perfect? ”

Peter noticed his strange wording, and immediately said, "No, no, I mean, you always look energetic and energetic."

What Professor Connors considered a setback was seen as a milestone by Lille;

When encountering problems with the purchase of test subjects, Lille directly fooled the other side with the territory of the people;

Even if the days of life are short, I don't see even one time when Lille shows his anxiety and gaffe--

On the other hand, I seem to be anxious and worried all the time, and I will fall into a depression after a few minutes.

But when it comes to comparison, he doesn't seem to be anything compared to Lille!

Lille patted Peter: "You're still young, so you prefer to focus on what you don't have yet."

But look around you, don't you already have something that many people dream of? A brother from a rich family, excellent grades, an internship that no one else can ask for. It's just too much.

Have some confidence in yourself. ”

Peter just nodded, and Uncle Ben often said these words to him.

But like all adolescent teenagers, he felt that he had listened, and only felt for himself.

Looking at Lille who was lying on the monitor again, he said again: "Sir, do you think that a human experiment will speed up the development of lizard elixirs?"

I mean, every second we finish development, we have the potential to save more people. ”

Lille didn't look up again this time, but said: "Yes – but ignoring ethics without clarity will only lead to more serious consequences."

We don't rush into human experimentation, for which even one life would be heavy.

The first person to eat a crab would be considered courageous, but as scientists, we should try to grasp as many details as possible about the crab before eating it. ”

An aspiring young man who dedicated his life to the experiment is an impressive thing.

But as in the cyberpunk world, hundreds of thousands of physically disabled soldiers sent into laboratories to experiment with various technologies are just a statistic.

The two may seem like worlds apart, but the relationship is quite delicate.

You can send someone to the test bench when the experiment is extremely unsafe, and of course you can send a second person up, and everyone will follow suit.

It is very difficult to repair the broken moral bottom line.

Peter was convinced.

But his subconscious focus is more on: the first person willing to volunteer must be a hero with a sacrificial spirit.

The first person to eat crabs is always very courageous.

(End of chapter)