Cyber Heroes

January 2037, Peking.

The northern part of the Republic will face the cold current from Siberia. Although the time is close to the beginning of spring, the temperature is still severe. Xiang Shan looked out the window and put his hand in his pocket trembling.

Fortunately, after the doorbell was pressed, someone came to open the door soon.

The thin young man who opened the door was Yoggmov.

Xiang Shan felt the heat coming from the supplies, he was happy at first, but within a few seconds, sweat broke out on his forehead. He felt as if he was blown on his forehead by a hair dryer, or there was a heater working in front of him.

There is even the illusion that "bangs are hot".

While walking inside, he took off his jacket. Xiang Shan complained: "Are you really afraid of heatstroke?"

Yoggmov shrugged: "Why do you think I insist on wearing long sleeves in this environment? Just to avoid being burned by the air. In addition, my clothes There are also many ice-cold stickers [a kind of watery props that can be attached to the body. After being frozen, it can be attached to the body to cool down], which are changed every quarter of an hour."

"Ohhhhhh." Xiang Shan applauds. He then looked Yoggmov up and down. This friend is wearing the white shirt he usually wears in Indonesia—the kind that reflects light and heat. There are bulges under the clothes and the hair is still wet.

This is obviously to avoid heatstroke, especially to water the head.

Xiang Shan sighed: "Are there any ice-cold stickers? Give me ten. I want ten."

Yoggmov walked in quickly, holding a lot in a while Bingliang posted over.

Xiang Shan's fast Wang's forehead, face, and neck were attached to his head, which made him feel a little more comfortable.

At this moment of effort, there is already a sweat on his back.

It is hard to imagine that before one minute, his hands were flushed with cold and he counted the icy edges under the eaves at the door.

"Oh my God..." Xiang Shan sighed, continuing to put ice-cold stickers on his back.

"Are you really not too wasteful? The air conditioner is turned on to the highest level is not enough?"

"All the plugs are connected to the heater."

Xiang Shan stopped his movements, thought for a moment, and said, "Dude, have you ever moved the meter? It is illegal to modify the circuit without permission and it is illegal here."

"What "

"Don't overload the circuit in this room and cause a fire."

Yoggmov shook his head: "No. This room is not for civilian use."

"Oh." Xiang Shan shook his head: "If every human being needs such a strong heater to live on..."

"This is mainly because the large-scale constant temperature equipment we ordered is still No shipment." Yoggmov shook his head: "If you want to experiment, you have to heat the room to such a high temperature."

Xiang Shan did not complain about this temperature. In essence, the air conditioning in the experimental area is not for researchers to enjoy, but to ensure the health of the experimental animals.

If laboratory animals really need this temperature, then the temperature of the laboratory must naturally be raised to this level.

Xiang Shan sighed: "I'm really afraid that I would catch a cold on the way home because of a sweat."

The two said as they walked into the experimental area.

The temperature in the experimental area is higher than outside. The temperature in the entire experimental area is above fifty degrees. Xiang Shan just feels uncomfortable all over.

The entire experimental area is filled with heaters up and down. The billowing convection air actually gave the illusion that "the space is distorted".

The center of the entire experimental area is a worm net. There are some locusts and fruit flies inside.

Just a closer look, these creatures are a bit strange.

I don't know why, those fruit flies can only flutter on the ground, but they can't fly high. And the bodies of the locusts are larger. Remove them carefully, and the outer skeletons of these small creatures actually show a strange metallic color.

"Whether the body weight has increased more than twice, some fruit flies have lost the ability to fly for a long time. Their genes for flight muscles have not been modified, and the strength is still the same."

Xiang Shan wiped the sweat on his head: "What is this project?"

"After the new genetic information was introduced, the appearance and habits of the'new creatures' changed. "Yoggmov laughed: "In order to steal these cuties from the United States..."

"fuck." Xiang Shan hurriedly held down Yoggmov: "Damn, if this is spread out, you may be possible at any time. Be accused of'terrorism' and enter the bureau, even directly extradited back! Don't always force it to be'stolen'!'Do it'!'Do it' here! Understand?"

Yoggmov rolled the eyes: "Come on. Everyone knows that the laboratory that just opened, with such a little broken material, is impossible to make such cutting-edge results. And here I am. These fruit flies are One of the projects I am responsible for in a public institution in the United States. It’s not related."

"So low-key, low-key!" Xiang Shan gritted his teeth: "What's special, it only takes a few months , The instruments are in place, the medicines are in place, and then find a skilled accounting operation to make the cost look bigger than the actual one, these things can be washed away! You have already achieved it over there, repeat it here, the problem is not Big?"

That's why this laboratory insists on using this technique to maintain high temperatures. Yoggmov came a little earlier, and the equipment ordered by Xiang Shan hadn't arrived yet, but the experimental animals couldn't wait.

This is actually impossible.

After leaving the research institute of the United Nations University, Yoggmov worked in a laboratory with a national background in the United States, and along the road of the year, he created two shocking new lives.

Tentatively called metal-based fruit flies and metal-based locusts.

And these things were sent to Xiang Shan from the United States of America by Yoggmov. The origin of these fruit flies is the most strange. Yoggmov first put the fruit fly egg on the cotton swab, and then pretended to pull out his ears in front of him, and hid the insect egg in his body to avoid the disinfection process every time he went in and out of the laboratory.

Human questions are only 37 degrees Celsius. The active temperature of metal-based organisms is above fifty degrees. So Yoggmov is not worried about these small animals hatching.

After arriving at home, he collected these things and hid them in various places.

Until he came to the Republic.

It's just that the earliest batch of eggs can no longer be delayed.

In order not to waste these precious laboratory animals, Yoggmov and Xiang Shan had to arrange the laboratory like this.

"Oh, this?" Yoggmov shrugged: "I refuse to pay royalties when I use my results. And..."

The youth rolled the eyes: "Are you sure that the technique you just mentioned is not the one commonly used by bureaucrats to embezzle funds to fill their own pockets?"

"Use magic! To defeat magic!" Xiang Shan emphasized: "People are in the eaves I have to bow my head, understand?"

"Hey. If I am willing to bow my head, I am still in the United States now." Yoggmov lazily said: "Remember what you said before,'Director'."

"I'm no longer good at it." Xiang Shan tore off the cold sticker on his forehead: "Give me a change."

"In the refrigerator, go by yourself Take it."

Xiang Shan threw the ice-cold stickers into the trash can, then took a few again and pasted them on himself.

"And then? What is your latest understanding?"

"Due to the abnormal increase in body density, most of the insects can no longer exercise normally. Their Innate instinct is not The law regulates this.” Yoggmov shook his head: “This is not good news. Of course, there is also good news. They can still absorb glucose. The ATP oxidation process still exists in their cells, but a part of the energy can be replaced by electricity. . Protein and other things can be absorbed normally. If I were still there, I should almost get the news."

"Aha, it sounds pretty good." Xiang Shan nodded: " What then?"

"I'm trying to make them mate." Yoggmov shrugged: "Theoretically, the gametes of protists and the gametes of organisms undergoing metal-based genetic modification operations still share the nucleus in theory. Most of the genetic information inside. Just look at the nucleus, it can produce reproductive offspring. However, the gametes of metal-based organisms will lose their activity at room temperature, while the gametes of protists will lose their activity at high temperatures. So these two Can never be combined."

"I discussed with my colleagues there before, whether a metal-based genetically modified organism should be regarded as a subspecies of the original species or a completely new independent species—even Yu said that some taxonomists want to divide it into a separate boundary. Just like the animal kingdom and the plant kingdom. Because they have some genetic information, they are simply not produced by Earth."

Xiang Shan nodded : "I digressed Brother, I digressed. Come back and talk about mating."

"Aha, yes." Yoggmov nodded: "Mating. Actually, it's probably because of immature technology. We don't Be careful to move other genes of fruit flies. Many fruit flies will not emit the correct pheromone after entering sexual maturity-or that pheromone will be quickly destroyed under high temperature?"

"In short , These little things just can’t learn pa pa pa."

"And even if there are accidents, no one knows how it happened."

Xiang Shan rolled the eyes: "Is it possible that in the future human beings will enter an era of abnormal hobbies for all members? Most people are not willing to normal pa pa pa pa, so we have to develop artificial uterus and implement a socialized nurturing system? It is hard to find hope, can’t I? It's like the population has dropped drastically after the generation of humans."

"You don't have to worry about this." Yoggmov showed a proud expression. He picked up a petri dish from the experimental table and held it in front of Xiang Shan's eyes: "Take a good look at the toy on this sugary agar block."

Xiang Shan focused his eyes and found that the culture In the transparent substance of the dish, there are some tiny black spots...wriggling?

Yoggmov laughed heartily: "I knew it, we succeeded!"