Luo Yuan's orders were well implemented, and everyone in the laboratory put down their work and busily moved all the information in the archives to Luo Yuan's office.
Although many researchers responded passively and were full of dissatisfaction, no one dared to turn a deaf ear to his orders in such a storm.
What's more, this person is also the deputy director of the Sword Department, the strongest extraordinary creature in the reconstruction area. As a biological laboratory that easily arouses evolutionists' resentment for studying superpower genes, no one is not worried about this.
Researchers are indeed valuable to the reconstruction area, but they have to be compared with others. Perhaps ordinary evolutionists are just objects of research in their eyes, but this does not include the deputy minister of the sharp sword department. Although they didn't know much, the importance of this unusual executive order, which allowed a layman to take over the country's key genetic laboratory and let him do whatever he wanted, could already be seen.
Luo Yuan's office is not small, about fifty square meters, but after all the information was moved into the office, the office was still so tightly packed that it was almost difficult to stay.
Luo Yuan thanked him lightly, and after everyone left, he closed the office door.
He didn't care whether these people were secretly dissatisfied. The scientific research field also had its own circle, which was closed and exclusive.
A layman without any qualifications or achievements leads the entire laboratory through administrative orders. No matter how courteous and courteous he behaves, no one will be satisfied. In this case, it is better to give direct high-pressure orders, as long as he does not cause trouble.
After pouring himself a cup of tea, he began to read through this mountain of information.
With a high level of fifteen points of wisdom, he has a perfect eye and a photographic memory, making him extremely efficient.
However, most of the information was of no use to Luo Yuan. He glanced at it and threw it away, such as the newly discovered gene cutting method in a certain paper, or the induced mutation of a group of genes of a certain virus, making it infectious. Sex disappears.
Through these materials and papers, Luo Yuan discovered that genetic research in the reconstruction area had not made any breakthrough compared to the end of the world. The research direction was still similar to finding a needle in a haystack. Everything depended on luck, and there was no way to directly edit genes.
For Luo Yuan, who is already capable of direct observation and fine manipulation, this method of finding specific enzymes to cut gene fragments and then transferring them into recipient cells through circular DNA transport is really time-consuming, laborious, and pitifully inefficient. , it’s like just entering the Stone Age.
As long as he is willing, he can change any cell or virus gene into something beyond recognition in an instant.
Of course, not all information is useless. The accumulated knowledge of human genetics and the judgment of some genome functions are relatively clear. Humans have a total of 3 billion bases, of which invalid DNA fragments account for 98%. The remaining 2% consists of about 30,000 genomes. Among these 30,000 genomes, the reconstructed area has now confirmed functions and accounts for 50%. This saved Luo Yuan a lot of time in screening them one by one.
Otherwise, it would be a huge project for Luo Yuan to figure out the role of these base pairs just by working behind closed doors.
Of course, these genomes with clarified functions are not completely accurate. The backwardness of observation and operation accuracy, as well as the lack of controlled experiments, make this judgment rather vague and full of uncertainty. It is only roughly certain.
Moreover, through the data, Luo Yuan discovered that the invalid DNA fragments that accounted for 98% were not useless. Some of the evolutionary gene mutations came from these areas that were invalid for ordinary people. These needed to be verified one by one by him.
However, human cloning has been very perfect. Through the preparation of nutrient solution rich in active energy, an artificial embryo can grow into a baby within ten days, and can reach the age of three years old in one month. After being separated from the nutrient solution, through acquired processes After education and training, the IQ and physique of the cloned human beings are no different from those of ordinary humans. Even because they have been exposed to active energy since childhood, the various qualities of the cloned human beings are slightly better than those of a normal fetus that is ten months pregnant.
As the time approached noon, Luo Yuan glanced at the last stack of information, threw it aside, and stood up.
He walked out and knocked on the door of Professor Fei's office next to him.
"Call all personnel to the human cloning culture area."
Professor Fei did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went over to inform. A few minutes later, more than 200 people from the entire laboratory came to the culture area. Luo Yuan did not expect that there were so many people in a laboratory, but until he arrived at the culture area , Luo Yuan discovered that so many people were really needed here.
The entire cultivation area is huge and vast, covering an area of nearly tens of thousands of square meters. The cultivation cabins are densely packed throughout the area. At a glance, there are almost more than 30,000.
These culture chambers are not empty. Most of them have fetuses floating in them, and some are just embryos.
Looking at these floating fetuses, sometimes twitching and squirming, if an ordinary person came in, they would be scared to death.
Seeing that Luo Yuan was a little dazed, Professor Fei was worried that he would misunderstand, and quickly explained from the side: "Minister Luo, this is not some experimental material. We researchers also have conscience. Even if we need to use it, we don't need so much, right?"
Someone next to me coughed a few times.
Professor Fei quickly laughed dryly: "Don't get me wrong, that's what I said. Biological research is like this, it is both a laboratory and a factory, but this factory only produces humans."
Professor Fei made a dry humor and continued to explain: "You also know that the population in the reconstruction area is decreasing month by month, and natural reproduction is inefficient. Cloning is the best choice to replenish the population. Our laboratory has clones cultivated every month. According to the indicator, 250,000 people have been cultured so far, but don’t worry, these cloned genes come from dead people and will not appear..."
"Okay, no need to explain!" Luo Yuan stopped him: "How many empty cultivation warehouses are there now?"
"Professor Guan is in charge of the cultivation area. Let him tell you!" Professor Fei is the head of the laboratory and leads the overall situation. How can he pay attention to these subtle aspects.
"About 5,000, but the next batch will be cultivated soon..." Professor Guan pushed up the thick glasses frame and said.
"Cancel it!" Luo Yuan interrupted: "There is no need to continue cultivating the next clones when they leave the warehouse."
"But, the indicators..." Professor Guan seemed to want to say something, but was pulled by Professor Fei, and he quickly reacted. He was angry in his heart. What indicators are he mentioning now? The entire laboratory has been packed up and given away by the superiors. What does he want to do? Just do whatever you want. Now I can only hope that he will get tired of playing with it for a while and will be kind enough to let this unlucky laboratory go.
Seeing Professor Guan's face turn red with anger, Luo Yuan felt slightly amused, but he was too lazy to explain.
"Are there any evolved clones among the clones here?" Luo Yuan continued to ask after Professor Guan's mood calmed down a little.
"There are some, but the evolved ones have strong physical fitness, slow cultivation, and consume a lot of nutrient solution. There are less than a hundred, and most of them are ordinary people." Although Professor Guan was still unhappy, he did not dare to offend Luo Yuan. He answered honestly.
"How many human genes are currently collected in this laboratory, and how many egg cells are there?" Luo Yuan used some hints. Egg cells are necessary vectors for cloning, and their number determines the number of clones that can be cloned.
"There are about 100,000 copies, of which 5,000 are cells collected from evolvers and only 30,000 egg cells. However, if they are out of stock, they can be allocated from the hospital. Many people have donated." Faced with the hint, ordinary people like Professor Guan He said honestly without any resistance.
"Who collected each cell? Is there any special information, such as a photo introduction?"
"This kind of project is too huge. Ordinary people don't have it, but there are some cells from evolvers!"
Luo Yuan was slightly disappointed. He was not in a hurry to study the evolvers. Instead, the genes of ordinary people were the target of his current strategy. Chopping wood did not waste time sharpening the knife. Only by thoroughly studying the common genes of human beings, and then integrating them with evolution By comparing the two genes, it will be easy to figure out how to improve physical fitness.
However, even if there is no information, it will be a little troublesome and a waste of time at most.
He looked at the more than 30,000 training cabins. I am afraid that the place will be working at full capacity next.
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These days, except for going back to Hope City at night, Luo Yuan spends almost every day in the laboratory, and he doesn't even go to the sword department very often. As time passed, the previously cultured clones were gradually removed from the warehouse and replaced with specific embryos that Luo Yuan had screened.
All embryos come from one recipient.
Only a few of them are used as controls without any changes. The other part is slightly modified for a specific genome. The 30,000 culture chambers correspond to the approximately 30,000 human genomes one by one.
The genes that are adjusted in the embryo come from the corresponding genes found in the gene pool of ordinary people. There are 100,000 genetic samples of ordinary people, covering almost all common gene variants in humans. Through a large number of experimental controls, he gradually determined the functions represented by each group of genes.
After confirming the function of the genome, he gradually changed the base pairs of the genome. As Luo Yuan changed the genome more and more, various malformations inevitably occurred. After analysis and research, these malformations collected various After a large amount of data, it was humanely destroyed before it fully grew up. Although it is a bit cruel, this is a must pass on the road of scientific progress.
During the experiment, a large number of results began to emerge. At the same time, the attitude of the researchers in the laboratory towards Luo Yuan was also changing day by day. From the beginning, he was reluctant and had a negative attitude, but now he is in high spirits, working hard and has a change of attitude. Earth-shaking changes.
There was an unspeakable excitement on everyone's face, as the clones were cultivated into babies one by one, as the functions of each gene were determined, and as the understanding of genes gradually became more accurate down to every base pair. The impact of change.
The mystery of human genes has gradually been unveiled to them.
As time passed slowly, the results here gradually spread and began to attract the attention of the reconstruction area. With the intervention of administrative power, a large number of scientific researchers joined the project. At the same time, the laboratory's cultivation area also With the sudden expansion, all the areas near the laboratory were vacated and placed into culture cabins. The number of the entire culture cabins reached 1.5 million in one fell swoop.
But Luo Yuan didn't care at all. The more resources he mobilized, the faster his progress became.
His research process began to accelerate suddenly.
In just two months, the genetic research and analysis of ordinary people and evolutionists has been completed.
Luo Yuan began to clone himself again. By this time, he had a very thorough understanding of genes. He knew the function of each genome and even the impact of base pair changes. In order to avoid countless people who look like him in the future, Luo Yuan's humans, these cells used for cloning, also made some genetic fine-tuning, such as skin color, face shape, height, and even gender.
Luo Yuan stood in the passage of the culture area, looking at the rows of millions of culture chambers in front of him, in which tiny embryos were slowly dividing and growing.
Luo Yuan, who had been in the laboratory for a long time, seemed to have no waves in his heart. At this time, he gradually became excited. With the start of cloning himself, the human body transformation project began to officially start!
In addition to Luo Yuan's own genes, these embryos were also transplanted with various superpower genes.
These superpowers are more than the more than 5,000 copies in the original laboratory. With the massive investment of resources in the reconstruction area, the number has now reached an astonishing 200,000 copies, basically covering most of the evolutionaries in the reconstruction area. Luo Yuan discovered among them Xu Zhiqiang, Ling Zhongan, and even his own genes did not know when they were collected.
There are more unknown evolvers. Although they are not strong and unknown, they have some abilities that even Luo Yuan is envious of.