Super Dimension Technology Era

William Z. Baker, who was confined at home, was helpless and angry. All the information about "2015-Pyrisporum oryzae" on his computer, laptop, and mobile phone were completely deleted.

Now he can no longer use his identity to make any remarks online.

Opening the curtains, there were two cars parked on the road outside the villa, which were sent by Ruta Schneider to monitor him.

After closing the curtains, William Z. Baker was in great pain, his conscience was tortured, and he opened his e-mail.

There are many papers in it that were sent to him for review by The Lancet and other medical and biological journals. Now that he has been "sickly laid off" by the institute, The Lancet just sent him a condolence email.

Suddenly he noticed something and quickly opened his laptop and searched for some things in the biomedical field in 2015 and 2016.

[…On July 5, 2015, Dr. Nujin, a plant virologist from India, died in a car accident at the age of 37…]

[…2015.09.06, Dr. Juan Mikas, a Samba virologist, disappeared during an expedition in the Amazon rainforest…]

[…On October 17, 2015, Japanese geneticist Dr. Nagaharu Aoyama died of a sudden heart attack…]

[…On January 22, 2016, Dr. Anthony Frank, a scientific consultant, virobacteriologist, and infectious disease specialist at the Office of Infectious Diseases at the US Centers for Surveillance, committed suicide at home…]

Looking at the string of names, without knowing it, many well-known biologists or medical scientists around the world died or disappeared inexplicably.

Comparing the mortality rate of scientists in the biomedical field last year, the mortality rate during 2015/2016 was actually 37.9% higher.

A chill suddenly came to William Z Baker's heart. He had not noticed it before, but now he realized that there was an invisible black hand that was purging people who knew the truth.

There was no fear in his heart, only endless anger. Many of his dead or missing colleagues were still old friends with him. These were scientists with a sense of justice and conscience.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

William Z Baker, who was sitting in the chair, was startled, then calmed down, staring coldly at the door.

With a click, the door was slowly opened and the lights in the hall were turned on.

"Oh..." A young man with brown hair was startled: "Huh, William, why don't you turn on the light?"

William Z Baker, who breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at his son with a soothing look, and then said calmly: "Sim, why are you back suddenly?"

Opening the refrigerator and taking out a bottle of milk, Simbeck replied while picking up the bottle cap: "I was invited by the Marcus Laboratory in the United States. They plan to hire me as the leader of a project."

Marcus Laboratory? William Z. Baker frowned: "Marcus Laboratory in Texas?"

Simbek nodded after taking a sip of milk.

"Sim, you should know that the laboratory is a biological laboratory under the US Army, right?"

Simbeck nodded again, but then he explained: "It's not that kind of biochemical weapons project, it's about research on anti-cancer genetic modification. You know that the success of the Chinese in this area makes the Americans feel very uncomfortable."

Anti-cancer genetic modification? William Z Baker still felt something was wrong in his heart, especially after what happened yesterday, he tentatively asked:

"Sim, why did they ask you to be the person in charge?"

"Dear Mr. William, The Lancet just published my paper, you should take a look." Simbeck said with a smile.

The Lancet... Paper... William Z. Baker patted his forehead: "I'm very sorry Sim, I've been a little busy these days."

After saying that, he quickly opened his notebook, logged into The Lancet's official paper website, and after entering Simbeck's name, some papers popped up.

There are three papers related to his son Simbeck. For a young scientist who can publish three papers in The Lancet, Simbeck's level is obviously very extraordinary.

I saw the latest paper titled "Feasibility Experiment of Stem Cell DZ Fragment on Transgene Stability". The authors of the paper are Simbeck and Eric Fan.

The content of the paper is that the DZ fragment in stem cells can be inserted into the gene that needs to be transgenic after specific recombination, which can improve the stability and success rate of transgene.

Through 12 sets of comparative experiments, the stability of transgenic cells was increased by 30 to 40%, which greatly improved the success rate of transgenic gene embedding.

Unexpectedly, his son had already surpassed him unknowingly, and William Z Baker was very pleased.

"Sim, you are my pride."

Simbek said a little embarrassedly: "William, after I go to the United States, you should find a girlfriend!"

In fact, he has always been apologetic towards his father, giving up too many things in order to take care of himself.

“We’ll talk about it when we have a chance.” William Z. Baker changed the topic and chatted with his son about genetically modified projects for a while.

Simbek then went to take a shower.

He went to cook and took out potatoes, sausages, onions and some cheese from the refrigerator to prepare dinner for his son.

William Z. Baker was cutting potatoes when his finger suddenly hurt. A small cut was made on his index finger with a kitchen knife, and blood dripped on the chopping board.

Looking at the blood drops on the chopping board, I quickly took out a piece of kitchen paper and wiped it clean. Then I went to the utility room to take out the medicine box, treated the wound, and put a band-aid on it.

After returning to the kitchen, William Z Baker hurriedly prepared fried sausages, onions, and mashed potatoes. An ominous premonition gradually enveloped his heart.

A breeze blew open the curtains in the hall, and the two cars monitoring him were still outside on the roadside.

Rice plague...2015-Pyrosporum oryzae...artificial modification...the man behind it...thesis...

After some brainstorming, William Z. Baker remembered his son's research results, and he immediately reacted to the notorious American biological laboratory.

There may be a problem in Marcus' laboratory. If there had not been the matter of Pyrosporum oryzae, he might not have doubted the other party's motives. Now the other party's purpose is worth pondering.

If Marcus' laboratory is researching biological weapons, his son's results will most likely be used for research on genetically modified viruses.

No, I want to stop this. William Z. Baker will not allow his son's achievements to become a tool to massacre human beings.

"What is William thinking?" Simbek, who had just finished taking a bath, asked.

"Uh... Sim, let's eat first."

During the meal, William Z. Baker gave his son a look calmly, then spread the mashed potatoes flat on the plate and wrote on the mashed potatoes with a table knife.

[There is a bug in the house, don’t talk]

What? Simbek's face changed, and he looked at his father calmly continuing to write and draw on the mashed potatoes.

After a meal, Simbek already understood the seriousness of the matter.

After eating, I looked at my father's laptop again. It showed that the mortality rate of biologists or medical scientists in the world has indeed increased dramatically in the past two years.

Coupled with the fact that his father's personal freedom is now restricted and monitored, he feels angry and frightened.

When he thought that his achievement would become the executioner's sharp blade and be used to kill humans, Simbek would rather not have developed this achievement himself.

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