Era of Disaster

Chapter 47: Useful genes

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() Seeing Bai Yi like this, Hong Qihua stood up and nodded to everyone.

"New Zealand has a total of 121 research institutes and more than 100,000 experimental subjects. This is the information Martin told everyone. Although only the experimental subjects from the Hamilton North Research Institute and a nearby institute have escaped. But who We can’t be sure whether the experimental subjects from other research institutes will escape. Rather, they will definitely escape. It just depends on when.”

"In addition, the experimental subjects are only for one reason. Although they are powerful, they only number more than 100,000. The real danger is the entire New Zealand ecosystem. We are still in human society now, and the time is still short, so we still have to wait and see No changes will occur. I am afraid that in those inaccessible places, the creatures in nature have begun a cruel selection of life and death. The strong ones survive, while the weak ones become prey for other animals." Hong Qihua said, suddenly opening her mouth , making a biting motion.

Hong Qihua's silver teeth clicked down, making the girls who were listening attentively startled. Hong Qihua didn't talk about the genes of any creatures at the beginning. Instead, she explained the current situation first, which made everyone's worries even deeper.

"Qihua, please don't scare me on purpose." Sara patted her chest in shock and shook it.

"This is not scary. In essence, there is no difference between us and those experimental subjects. We are even more cruel. If we want to survive, we can only rely on our own efforts." Hong Qihua smiled and then said more seriously. .

"In the past few days, we have made a rough classification of the types of genes. It is not according to the usual biological classification method, but another kind - powerful strength, faster speed, precise vision, powerful Regenerative ability, maneuverable flight ability, toxin immunity, water environment adaptability, special abilities..." Hong Qihua said, picking up a piece of chalk and writing on the blackboard.

"There are about 2.5 million species of living things recorded in the biosphere, including about 2 million species of animals, about 340,000 species of plants, and about 37,000 species of microorganisms. First, microorganisms are excluded, because microorganisms have always existed in all parts of the ecosystem. , if it could be integrated, it would have been integrated long ago." Hong Qihua said, classifying them on the blackboard, so that everyone could see them more directly.

"Secondly, although there are millions of species, we exclude those that are usually invisible, because under our current situation, it is impossible to come into contact with them. For the rest, it is best to select some animals or insects with special abilities." Hong Qihua stood on the podium and talked.

Everyone was attracted by Hong Qihua.

The original Hong Qihua always wore a pair of wide glasses, covering almost half of her face, and looked very old-fashioned. Moreover, Hong Qihua herself is not very outstanding in school, so it is easy for people to ignore her. But now, after Hong Qihua took off her glasses, not only did she reveal her beautiful appearance, but her own temperament was also gradually revealed, making people feel very strange... but very attractive.

"I asked Martin about which organisms' genes to fuse, and got more detailed information. I already have a simple classification. If you have more opinions, you can put them forward." There is no electronic screen, but there is a blackboard. It's quite convenient. Everyone sat quietly in their seats, the only sound was the rustling of Hong Qihua's writing.

Soon, Hong Qihua listed several categories on the blackboard, then turned around and looked at everyone. At this time, everyone else was looking at the things on the small blackboard. Hong Qihua's handwriting is very graceful, and she is not a calligrapher, but it looks pleasing to the eye. However, what everyone cares about now is not the font, but the content on it.

1. Powerful strength - that is, the most basic strength, which is easy to understand.

Ants: Ants are very small, but if you look at the physical comparison, no other creature in the biosphere has the power of ants, and it is very easy to obtain.

Of course, this is only theoretical. If the bodies are the same size, the ants are invincible, but who knows what will happen after the genes are fused. Therefore, in nature, those creatures with great power are also the objects of consideration.

elephant:

Whale: They are all based on a huge body and have great power, which can be regarded as absolute power.

2. Faster speed - both aspects, ground speed and flight speed. In the end, the discussion between Bai Yi and Hong Qihua concluded that flexibility was the main factor on the ground. Speed alone was not enough to cope with various crises, and flexibility was better. For this flexible selection, there are several creatures to choose from.

Fleas: The reaction is very agile. When encountering danger, they can jump within 0.7~1.2 milliseconds.

Hummingbird: It only takes 8 milliseconds for the muscles to contract during flight.

Leopard: The running speed on the ground is not very suitable. The reason why leopards can run so fast has a lot to do with their body size.

3. The powerful five senses—which are commonly known as vision, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.

1. The first is vision. Human vision is actually very average, and the capture of dynamic objects is very weak. If you really need to improve, vision is definitely a very important point. Generally, animals with compound eyes have strong dynamic vision, such as... flies. Of course, it’s not just dynamic vision, but also night vision.

Dragonflies, butterflies, etc.: Basically, insects have good dynamic vision. Of course, there is no need to specifically choose disgusting creatures like flies.

Owls, cats: Of course there are other creatures that also have night vision, but considering the ease of acquisition, cats are the most common.

Vulture: This creature watches its prey from thousands of meters in the air and then swoops down to catch it. It has excellent long-distance vision.

2. Second is hearing, which can often make up for the lack of vision.

Bat: Ultrasonic positioning is very good, but the reason why bats have this ability is because their vision is close to non-existent. Who knows if they will also become blind after fusing bat genes, so it's best not to choose bats.

Cats and dogs: their hearing is also very good, and they can detect some dangers more flexibly.

3. Smell

4. Touch

5. Taste

Relatively speaking, the latter three types of five consciousnesses do not have many applications in danger. Moreover, many creatures generally have relatively powerful five senses, at least, more powerful than humans, so I won’t list them exclusively.

4. Powerful regeneration ability - many animals have the ability to regenerate, but most of them are low-level creatures, so don't expect too much, and there is still no super-speed regeneration like in anime novels.

Gecko: Gecko’s tail regeneration is really something that is no longer familiar.

Zebrafish: Zebrafish can regenerate its fins, scales, spinal cord and part of its heart.

Sea cucumber: Cut off a bit of meat from a sea cucumber to grow a new sea cucumber, but this ability is a bit like cloning.

Spiders: Spiders can regrow broken legs.

In fact, judging from the recovery conditions of Woolf and Sharpei in the past few days, the living cells themselves have good regeneration capabilities. Of course, the premise is that sufficient food and energy must be provided.

5. Flying ability - The ability to fly can definitely allow people to avoid most crises. And the super high flying ability can quickly avoid crises.

Peregrine Falcon: The fastest flying bird, with a maximum speed of 180 kilometers per hour.

Vulture: This creature can watch its prey from an altitude of thousands of meters and then swoop down to catch it. Not only can it fly, but it also has very strong far-sightedness.

Fly: The reason why we say fly is entirely because of its flexibility. There is also the dynamic vision of flies. In short, this disgusting creature that people avoid has some qualities that are much better than humans.

However, these creatures may not be suitable, because their speed has a huge relationship with their body size, and humans may not be able to exert such powerful flying capabilities by merging their genes.

6 Toxin immunity - This is not absolute. Many creatures have a certain degree of toxin immunity, but they are only immune to certain toxins. King snakes, for example, are immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and copperheads and feed on them.

7. Water environment adaptability - as long as it is aquatic creatures, it is obviously acceptable. However, considering the above conditions, ornamental fish are obviously not suitable, but those such as octopuses are a good choice.

8 special abilities - such as spiders spinning silk, poisonous snakes' venom, and mayflies' ability to crawl on the water.

After Hong Qihua finished writing, everyone had read it, and everyone fell into a slight daze. Can humans really obtain those special abilities through genetic fusion

"Of course, this is just an ideal state, but in fact, gene fusion cannot be divided according to such simple rules. I have asked Martin that so many research institutes, in addition to studying the ethereal immortality, are also summarizing The law of gene fusion. In fact, extracting powerful genes that are theoretically useful for fusion is not a surprising idea. It has been tested in the research institute for a long time." Hong Qihua said.

"Then what happened?" Everyone asked with concern.

"The result was not as good as expected." Hong Qihua was slightly silent.

"Why?" Everyone was confused. Hong Qihua had just described a strong prospect for them, but in the blink of an eye, she said that the result was not good, which really made them laugh.

"Let me tell you." Martin stood up. Everyone immediately looked at Martin. Among them, only Martin knew the most about the experimental subjects. Although Martin was only a peripheral researcher, he was still much better than the rest of them who knew nothing.

"The experimental subjects in the institute are roughly divided into four levels according to their physical strength."

Four levels!