Fluorescent proteins were collected from jellyfish.
The genes are then modified and implanted into fertilized rabbit eggs.
There are fluorescent rabbits.
When I think of jellyfish.
Two familiar words appeared in Lu Wen's mind.
[eternal life]
The immortality of a certain kind of jellyfish once made many people pin their hopes of human immortality on this creature.
The slowly moving sarcoma in front of Lu Wen looked...
The outer skin does seem to have a bit of a jellyfish feel to it.
But this creature gave Lu Wen more of a feeling of just... hybridity and chaos, seemingly combining many biological genes.
He turned around and walked slowly back to the street.
"You know that the subject of immortality has now been separated into many small research projects. Some people place their hope of immortality in immortal animals, while others place their hope in plants, thinking that some plants can survive under suitable environmental conditions. To extend lifespan indefinitely, there are also some who, like you, are studying the mechanical immortality of flesh and blood life," Lu Wen said to Zero.
"Do you think this animal is the product of the immortality project?" Zero asked.
"What do you think?" Lu Wen did not answer, but asked instead.
"I think it should be."
The two continued on the city's roads.
The sky is getting darker and darker.
The night wind in this city is a bit cold, not as warm as summer.
Only a small part of many buildings collapsed.
The entire road was watched by the dark windows of the buildings on both sides.
From time to time, faded and pale curtains float out of the window, like lonely ghosts lingering in the city.
The whining sound of the wind echoed through the building.
Those who are timid will be quite afraid of this kind of old and deserted city.
When the night is approaching, it seems that there is a pair of dead eyes in every dark corner.
The alarm in Lu Wen's body kept going.
The sound of footsteps echoed in the dead city.
"Swish, rustle..."
Another strange sound.
A strange creature was struggling to flap a pair of small wings, as if it wanted to fly, but in the end it could only crawl on the ground, its two fluorescent transparent wings useless.
This creature, from Lu Wen's aesthetic point of view, is also ugly.
The skin is also quite smooth.
It feels like an elongated version of the sarcoma just now.
It's just that this time there is something else, two slender eyes, a deep-set mouth, no lips, and when you open and close it, you can see densely packed fangs, which are very thin, like peanut chips embedded in the mouth.
The creature is chewing on a long worm.
[Matching failed]
The system also cannot take photos.
As for the long black bug, the system gave part of the answer.
[Tbellarian genus]
The appearance is somewhat similar to the leech planaria, but the length of this one is nearly one meter, and the length of the eaten part is unknown.
"You brought me to this city because you wanted me to see the crawling creatures in this city?" Lu Wen asked lightly.
"Just to prove my point, humans in this world don't just live in the nine major cities." Zero replied.
"There may also be mad scientists in the nine cities who are doing this kind of thing and placing laboratory organisms in contaminated areas to avoid being discovered."
"You now have A00 authority, so you can naturally check it out."
The permissions of A00 are not omnipotent.
According to Lu Wen's observations, there are indeed a small number of scientific researchers doing this, and some have even used it directly on human embryos, but those people have not thrown their research results into no man's land.
Just like the plant city last time.
The further you go, the more strange creatures you see.
Plants also gradually appeared.
These plants are quite normal, just ordinary moss plants.
Night finally fell.
There are some fluorescent flying insects floating in the sky.
These bugs sometimes land on station signs, sometimes crawl on the steel beams of dilapidated old churches, and are occasionally eaten by some weird creatures.
Every ruin in the city lit up with a faint green fluorescence.
Night seems to be a paradise for these creatures.
They are afraid of sunlight.
But you can create your own light.
Most of the creatures here have one thing in common. They have no hair or scales, and their skin is smooth, wrinkled, and even somewhat translucent, and the flesh and blood inside can be seen.
The arrival of Lu Wen and Zero did not disturb these creatures.
Most of them move slowly.
Wriggling is the only way many creatures move.
When night comes, the direction they squirm is the water source in the center of the city.
"There are no bones." Zero suddenly said: "These creatures have no bones to support them, so they become soft and soft. Even sea creatures like squids will have a jellyfish in their bodies."
"These animals are more like random combinations of some crazy people when they were extremely bored. Otherwise, there is no way to explain the fluorescent components in all living things."
If it is to study eternal life.
There's no need to do any fluorescence, it's superfluous.
The strange and deformed creatures that fill this city must be random creations.
Mastering this technology is like holding a treasure box from another world. There are always things you can't hold, and from time to time you want to open the box and release the alien species.
"Let's go." Lu Wen said to Zero.
Zero was stunned and asked: "Why don't you go to the center of the city and take a look?"
Lu Wen said lightly: "It's a stagnant lake. There are some deformed creatures floating in the lake. Those creatures may also be fluorescent. They are soft and about as ugly as a blobfish... Apart from that, is there anything else to see? ?”
"No...no."
"Then let's go."
7 p.m.
The city is becoming more and more fluorescent.
Many animals slowly wriggled out from under the ruins and moved little by little towards the water source in the center of the city.
This long movement should take several days or more. After getting enough water at once, they slowly move in the opposite direction.
Lu Wen didn't know if these creatures could think.
But it looks like it won't happen.
Maybe there were people secretly watching the city and watching their arrival, but because they both had special identities, they didn't take action.
"You are afraid, afraid that I will kill you." Lu Wen said lightly.
"Your flat tone is exactly the same as Xia Chuluo's. She is the kind of person who shoots and kills if she doesn't agree with her. I don't know if you have learned her character." Number Zero answered truthfully.
Miss Xia really doesn't like to talk too much.
The last time we were in Central City, a certain temple member just walked into the hotel, and before she could say anything harsh, she shot him in the head.
This is probably the type of person who doesn't talk much.
What she says is often very sharp, and not many people can parry it, so her popularity has never been good, but she can leave a deep impression on others.
"Don't worry, you are still valuable."
"Have it?"
"Tell me all the chess pieces you have manipulated over the past few decades. Those who deserve to be killed must be killed, and those who deserve to be free can live their own lives."
…
Mowu City.
The lanterns are on.
The city is gradually returning to prosperity.
Many families were having dinner and watching the news to learn about the progress of the city's reconstruction efforts and what to do with the androids.
"Dong dong dong..."
A normal knock on the door.
Smooth, not rushed.
Very light, not heavy.
"Sisi, is someone knocking on the door?"
"Well, let me drive it."
This family is very wealthy, you can tell just by looking at the decoration inside the house.
Although wealthy, life is dull.
The wheelchair turned slowly.
Come to the door.
The white-haired girl turned the doorknob.
The door opened.
nobody.
In front of the door is a painting. In the painting, a girl is standing on the edge of a field in the sun, her long white skirt blowing in the wind.
The girl was sitting in a wheelchair, bending down and reaching out to pick up the painting, her pink eyes full of joy.
…
Jing Le leaned against the street corner, where the street lights could not reach him.
Her long blond hair hangs down in front of her forehead.
He held the drawing board and kept looking at the door in the distance with his light blue eyes for a long time until the painting was picked up and the door was closed.
“How does it feel to be free?”
A voice thought behind him.
Jing Le was shocked.
He turned around slowly, holding the sketchpad in one hand and holding the other behind his back, ready to pull out the gun on his waist.
What appeared in his field of vision was an android.
A very ordinary, very common housekeeping type android.
"Lu Wen?"
"it's me."
"You have indeed reached this level."
Jing Le gave up his plan to resist.
Facing the current Lu Wen, he had no hope of escaping.
"Number Zero has been killed by you?" he asked.
"She's still alive."
"Are you here to deal with me?"
"Just saying hello to an old friend." Lu Wen smiled lightly: "You should be able to guess that I have obtained the A00 permission. Now only the no-man's land is safe for you, but you still entered the city."
Jing Le calmly replied: "You are different from No. 0. At least you have principles and will not kill Sisi just because I entered Mowu City."
"If you like that girl, why don't you tell her?" Lu Wen asked.
"I'm sick."
"Everyone is sick."
…
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(End of chapter)