Rebel Demon King

Chapter 487 Black Prince (4)

The huge and empty laboratory like a factory building is silent, and countless pairs of colorful pupils are staring at the only glass hut that emits light in the darkness, and a strange scene is happening there.

When the two men met for the first time, there was no greeting, no pleasantries, no disputes or even conversations, and they directly started a conversation with a pen.

Even Yan Funing himself did not expect that he would meet such a strange person and such a strange thing.

To be honest, everything that happened right now was beyond his imagination.

He squinted at the handsome man in the glass room who was writing furiously, and soon a string of somewhat scribbled English words filled the entire white A4 paper. It was obvious that his answer was not what Yan Funing thought. "He doesn't know what the God gene is", but a more complicated answer. Yan Funing saw Hugh Gerald Grosvenor's expression was very serious, and he was writing the answer very seriously. Soon he wrote several There seemed to be countless words to confide in him.

This was a bit beyond Yan Funing's expectation. He looked at Hugh Gerald Grosvenor's immature face like a 16 or 7-year-old boy. It was hard to believe that the man in front of him was 28 years old this year. Gerald Grosvenor is not only the godfather of Prince George, the richest man in the UK and the third heir to the British royal family, but also a doctoral supervisor at the Department of Genetics at Oxford University. He has been nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Biology.

In fact, Oxford University has the largest number of biological Nobel Prize winners in the world. It is at the forefront of human biology and genetics, and it is a place where major research breakthroughs may occur at any time.

This is not surprising given Oxford's reputation, but recalling Li Jiting's rather dignified expression when he introduced Hugh Gerald Grosvenor to him earlier today, Yan Funing found it indescribably weird.

Because this man in front of him is different from most rich second generations in the world. He doesn't like famous watches, sports cars, beauties, travel, or even talking. Research is full of enthusiasm.

It's like on such a weekend night, when young people are relaxing at a party, he is the only one in the laboratory, listening to 80s jazz while doing boring and boring experiments.

Because of Hugh Gerald Grosvenor's dedication, he must publish twenty or thirty papers in the most powerful magazines every year, and at the age of 23, he entered the College of All Souls and became a Became the youngest head of department ever at the University of Oxford.

Today, his discovery and research on gene editing has become a must-read basic knowledge in biology and gene textbooks.

At this moment, Yan Funing could see Hugh Gerald Grosvenor's deep inner peace and fulfillment. Yan Funing felt that the scene in front of him was something he would never forget in his life, and that was exactly the case.
Yan Funing saw Hugh Gerald Grosvenor put down the fountain pen and held up the white A4 paper. He didn't know what he used to line up several A4 papers full of scribbles and fixed them on the transparent glass On it, it's like securing a note with a magnetic fridge magnet.

Yan Funing looked intently at the few pages that looked like papers. Lines of black English filled all the blanks, and there were many traces of alteration. Yan Funing looked at the first page, Hugh Gerald Grosvenor Write the first sentence at the beginning: "Let's talk about the next question first."

So Yan Funing held up the second piece of paper without hesitation, on which was written: "What is the God gene?"

Hugh Gerald Grosvenor turned his head and walked back to the table, bent over again, prostrated himself on the table and began to write. The shadowless lamp above his head cast a faint shadow on the ground, and Yan Funing looked at him carefully Answer to the first question posed written by Hugh Gerald Grosvenor.

"The depth of research on that thing is beyond imagination. After the announcement of 'CRISPR-Cas2014' (an extremely efficient gene editing technology, called gene magic scissors) in 9, our research on genes has entered a new era. However, due to the obstacles of the World Scientific Knowledge and Technology Ethics Committee, our research on ourselves and our ancient ancestors has entered a bottleneck. I think you may have seen the movie "Planet of the Apes". In fact, the movie The "Caesar" in "Caesar" also exists in reality. When CRISPR-Cas14 was just released in 9, I used chimpanzees to do experiments and completed the first chimpanzee human. Humans and chimpanzees (and bonobos) are about 99% The nuclear DNA is the same. Even if the 1% difference contains some key alleles, I can use CRISPR-Cas9 to add or delete target genes as needed. Therefore, it is very easy to make a 'chimpanzee human' thing. The resulting individual is neither a human nor a chimpanzee, nor is it a combination of exactly equal parts of the two, but something in between, an entirely new species, and a hybrid liger or The hybrid of the mule is completely different, it has broken through the reproductive isolation, in biology, we call it a chimera. In essence, editing your so-called God's gene into a human embryo is the same result, and it is born' Man' is a new species between humans and God. I have no doubt that there are such people in this world. In fact, the carrier is probably an incomplete version of 'New Human'. Of course, I prefer Like to call it Human 1.5, and the New Human is 2.0"

"Yet a powerful force is holding our research forward. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's famous novel Frankenstein. The novel's subtitle is 'Modern Prometheus '(the modern Prometheus), "Frankenstein" is considered to be the first science fiction novel in the history of Western literature. However, it is a pity that we have not realized that Prometheus-style arrogance can only bring disaster to mankind , Creation itself is not a sin, but arrogance is. Today's human beings are so arrogant that they think they have to be responsible for other lives, such as various unreasonable abuses of non-human animals, and prohibit us from doing research on other creatures. Leading to this The cause of this phenomenon may be one of the most pernicious theologically driven myths of long standing: that humans are disconnected from the rest of the natural world because we are specially created and ensouled, and 'they'—others All living things—not."

"I think this is a fatal mistake. We humans just won in the process of evolution. If our ancestors didn't win in this competition, then we are now locked in a cage, treated as a test product, and treated with pity. Those poor creatures are us humans. We must let go of human arrogance, use genetic technology to create hybrids and chimeras, and truly become 'God', in order to fully understand the 'God Gene'."

"I believe this day is not far away, with the in-depth research on the 'God Gene', we are about to enter the era of Human 2.0"

Yan Funing knows that 'CRISPR-Cas9', one of the greatest inventions in biology, makes gene editing an extremely simple matter. Maybe ordinary people don't know it, but as a research dog, Yan Funing knows it. In 2015 In 4, Chinese scientists used CRISPR technology to successfully breed two MSTN gene knockout dogs. Gene knockout refers to the functional inactivation of the target gene. This method makes a specific gene of the animal no longer function.In this study, the resulting knockout dogs had more muscular development than normal dogs at [-] months of age and were more athletic as adults. "

Not only that, in fact, after experiments by Taijilong scientists, knocking out the MSTN gene can also lead to the growth of human muscle, and the reason why Taijilong scientists suspect that the "Plague Shadow" of the Black Death is derived from the "God Gene" is Because the muscles of the human beings who took the "Plague Shadow" surged, it was as if all the MSTN genes in the body were knocked out in an instant.

In fact, the experiments of scientists are more than that. In China, gene editing and cloning have become the most powerful technology that allows human beings to have unlimited possibilities. In addition to breeding pigs that can grow human organs, organ transplantation is no longer a problem. In addition, human cells have also been knocked into the genes of mice, and the average IQ of mice with human genes is four times higher than that of ordinary mice.
What this means is self-evident.

Yan Funing thought about the various ways he and Hugh Gerald Grosvenor started, but he never thought that the two would start with "Caesar" and "Frankenstein". Hugh Gerrard Grosvenor's answer seems to be a bit irrelevant. When asked about the research progress of the "God gene", he did not answer directly. Instead, he said that human beings have become "God".

This made Yan Funing a little confused, but now he can only use his brain power to remember everything Hugh Gerald Grosvenor said, and try to keep up with Hugh Gerald Grosvenor's thinking, Find out what this descendant of the Black Prince, the richest man in Britain, and the weirdest Frankenstein wants to say.

He even couldn't wait to see how Hugh Gerald Grosvenor would answer his second question. Yan Funing looked away from the few pages he had already memorized. Ladd Grosvenor was still writing the answer quickly on the white paper. Yan Funing turned his head to look at the animals in the incubator around him, and suddenly felt a little creepy, because many animals stood motionless on the transparent Staring at him in the incubator, that kind of "staring" is not an animal instinctively looking for food or judging danger, but "observing".
Yan Funing took a deep breath, feeling that Hugh Gerald Grosvenor had bred some monsters through genetic technology. At this time, footsteps came from the transparent glass room in the middle, and he turned around and saw Hugh Gerald Grosvenor had pasted several pages of A4 paper filled with English on the glass.

"To be honest, I really don't know why you call that thing 'God gene'. I always think that only we humans are our own gods. For example, now we humans have mastered the ability to give other animals 'souls'. Like the "Chimpanzee Caesar" I created, he can't speak, and his IQ has reached the level of a 12-year-old child. You see, human beings are so hypocritical, they will worry about us giving other creatures superpowers or intelligence, but Never caring about becoming stronger by mixing genes of other species, there is a long-term fear deep in the human soul for genetic technology, which started from Dr. could happen."

"Human beings' fear of 'genes' is not without reason. In fact, it has to start from the Sumerian civilization."

Hugh Gerald Grosvenor's answer about what the "God gene" is made Yan Funing completely lost his mind. He never expected that he would see such an unbelievable thing from Hugh Gerald Grosvenor. The answer is like he is standing on the top of a deserted pyramid at the moment, looking up at the starry sky and seeing the starlight in the darkness shining out of a silver totem, this totem that has hovered for tens of thousands of years in human history has a bone-eating coldness.

This kind of cold has nothing to do with temperature, but a pure feeling that makes the soul tremble, like a huge shock erupting from his head like an electric current, attacking his whole body.
No, there is real current.

It was too late for Yan Funing to react, the blue sterile suit on his body erupted with countless purple currents like little snakes, paralyzing him and making him unable to move.And I don't know what material the sterile suit is getting tighter and tighter. Even with the strong destructive power of the carrier, he can't break free. If he can use skills, there may be a chance to escape, but he used the shielding ring, completely lost the ability to resist.
Yan Funing felt that his consciousness was becoming more and more blurred. He felt that he could no longer stand upright and was about to collapse on the ground. He strained his eyelids to watch Hugh Gerald Grosvenor walk away from the transparent glass room When he came out, the innocent man with a childlike face was holding a stack of A4 paper in one hand and an oil-based pen in the other, smiling nervously at him.
Yan Funing saw Hugh Gerald Grosvenor writing quickly on a piece of paper: "There are no superheroes in this world, there are only mice in the laboratory. Look at those poor animals. In the transparent incubator, day after day, year after year, they have no names but numbers, and they dare not escape and cannot escape. The lives of the whole family are in the hands of others. One day, whether they want to or not, People in the world have to face the facts. They have to choose whether to understand it from a scientific point of view or to experience it from a religious point of view? When a person is facing life and death, religious belief always wins."

"Where do you prefer to get eternal life? In a fantasy paradise on earth, or in a cold laboratory?"

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Just when Yan Funing was about to become Hugh Grosvenor's test subject, the formal dinner at All Souls College had come to an end, and William had come over to urge Feng Zhenzhen to wake Yan Funing up.

However, Yan Funing still hadn't recovered from his drunkenness.
(End of this chapter)