Chapter 279 Gene Recombination

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"It's not the gene fragments in Tang Lin's body. Could it be that there are two gene recombination experiments carried out by the research institute?" Tang Fang fell into deep thought. This is the first time he has come into contact with a gene that can change its appearance all the time.

"Emma, ​​did you hear what the worm queen said? Do you have any comments?"

"Commander, through the gene fragment model transmitted by the queen, it can be analyzed that this is an aggressive gene that is similar to a supercomputer virus, can quickly replicate, regenerate, and has super adaptability and mutation. It parasitizes target organisms The original dna strand, and then injected its own genetic code, to achieve the ability to devour and assimilate the target."

"Its characteristics are somewhat similar to cancer cells, but it is stronger and more evolved. Through the analysis of dna composition, it is certain that, first, it can freely control the growth and distribution of mitochondria in the cell, and second, it can independently regulate gene expression. Combination, structure, ordering, to make the tissues and organs of organic organisms evolve in the direction it wants."

"What!" Tang Fang's face changed greatly after hearing this, what the hell is this tm, this thing is not so much a gene fragment of an unknown creature, but a parasite that acts on the dna level of an organism.

"Emma, ​​is there any treatment plan for this disease?"

"I'm sorry Commander, because there is no experimental research data on this weird creature in the database, the Star Trail Command Center can only calculate and analyze the specimens, but cannot give an effective treatment plan."

"Okay. I see. You can step back." Tang Fang felt that it was normal for Emma to be helpless. According to the human technology level in StarCraft 2. Lieutenant Emma is just a relatively advanced simulated intelligent robot, far from artificial intelligence. Using her as a scientist is obviously difficult for a strong machine.

"Master, maybe I can give it a try." Just when Tang Fang was in a dilemma, the Queen of Worms volunteered and said.

"Do you have a solution?" Tang Fang asked.

"Yes, I can secrete a protein solution rich in mitotic enzymes. This protein solution can promote the rapid regeneration of damaged tissues of the organism. To use the owner's name, it is a feeding liquid."

"Apart from the therapeutic organism. In fact, feeding has another effect. By combining the catalyst secreted by the glands in the neck,

Larvae in the hatchery can be bred quickly. "

"Oh?" Tang Fang raised his eyebrows: "Get to the point."

"Yes, master. There are many variants of the catalytic fluid secreted by the neck glands. If human DNA is added to the fluid, it should be able to achieve rapid regeneration of cells in a specific range. Roy's physical condition is that the mutant cells are in the The superiority in the confrontation hinders the growth of normal human cells, if it can accelerate the growth of normal human cells and improve the vitality of immunity and phagocytes, it should be able to help his condition."

"Indeed. What you said makes sense." Tang Fang turned his head and glanced at Roy, whose eyes were open in the medical cabin, forgetting the pain for a while, and looking curiously at the queen. He ordered: "It's better to act than to move, let's start."

"Obey, my master." As the queen's hoarse voice disappeared, traces of faint blue light climbed onto the back of its neck. Then, it opened its mouth and squirted a mouthful of green towards Roy's body. liquid.

As soon as those flashing fluorescent liquids touched the young man's body, they instantly sank into the flesh like a living thing.

The rapidly protruding granulation in the lower abdomen stopped suddenly, and gradually, a little whiteness appeared from the root of the granulation. Like a light slowly turning on, the white radiant area is getting bigger and bigger. The granulation also slowly shrank back and returned to smoothness.

a little. Two o'clock, three o'clock...

Human cells gradually competed for the peak, and a little bit of whiteness spread across Roy's body like a prairie fire, connecting into pieces.

"It works, it really works." Tang Fang beamed with joy.

"Pfft!" At this moment, the queen squirted out a second mouthful of green liquid.

The gray-black erosion is like the ebbing sea water, shrinking and falling off at a speed that can be discerned by the naked eye, first the lower abdomen, lower limbs, then the chest, and the back.

In about 2 minutes, except for his right arm, other parts of Roy's body recovered as before. The creepy granulation disappeared, and the herpes, which appeared and disappeared like foam, also disappeared, and the whole body was like a newborn baby, stealing a delicate and shiny.

Perhaps feeling the long-lost sense of touch, or seeing the restored half of his body, Roy was like a puppet, staring blankly at Tang Fang in front of him: "Brother Talossa, I... I am not dreaming, am I? "

"Don't rush to talk, there is one last point." Reassuring him, Tang Fang turned to look at the queen.

"Pfft!" Another mouthful of green liquid hit Roy's right arm.

However, to Tang Fang's surprise, this time, the queen's feeding did not work. After waiting for a long time, there was no sign of the newborn skin, only a gray-black mass.

"what happened?"

The Queen of Worms tilted her head and made a very humane curious expression: "I don't know."

"I don't know?" Tang Fang rolled his eyes: "Then hurry up and find a way, it's too annoying to fall short."

The queen didn't dare to neglect, she leaned forward and thrust her appendage towards Roy's right arm.

"Ding." There came a sound like hitting an iron stone.

"Huh?" Tang Fang was startled, and looked down carefully, only to see that the worm queen's sharp appendages were hard to pierce Roy's right arm.

It wasn't until this moment that he noticed that the black-gray substance on Roy's right arm was different from the erosive and festered tissues in the past. Instead, it turned into a scale-like black crystal, without undulating granulation, and it didn't grow and disappear suddenly. Herpes, as quiet as a bionic mechanical arm.

One person and one insect were all confused, and only Roy was still at a loss because he didn't know.

"Have you tried hard?"

"Exercise."

Can't you stab it even if you try hard? Tang Fang felt that his brain was a little bit overwhelmed. Although the front pair of short appendages of the worm queen had limited attack power, it was still very easy to pierce an iron object or cut a piece of metal. But, why couldn't it pierce Roy's skin? Could it be that this weird right arm is harder than iron stone?

"try again."

The queen stabbed off the appendage again. There was still a crisp "ding", not to mention cutting it open, without leaving even a trace.

Tang Fang's face became a little gloomy. The green liquid prepared by the queen has actually failed. It was so effective just now, how could it be useless in the blink of an eye?

He turned to look at Roy. Look at his right arm again, he is a little hesitant, the best way right now is to cut off this arm. After all, other parts of Roy's body had already returned to their original state. Losing one right arm was not enough to endanger his life. With the help of fluid feeding, it would not be difficult to cultivate a new one.

Thinking of this, he looked at Roy's right shoulder and narrowed his eyes. Just as he was about to summon the fanatics to act, suddenly, Roy's right arm moved. His five fingers, which were lacquered like devil's claws, contracted and stretched a few times, and then with a light stroke, the transparent polymer plastic plate on the left side of the medical cabin " Chi" was cut into two, the boy straightened up and sat up.

Tang Fang was taken aback, and couldn't help but take a small step back, while Roy was also looking confused. Can't help but ask with concern: "Roy, how do you feel?"

"Brother Talossa, I...I'm fine." Roy looked at his right arm in a daze. Try to move around, be very flexible, just like before.

Tang Fang looked at his right arm with a puzzled expression: "Can you control it? Do you feel no discomfort?"

"Well, it's normal, just like before." Roy nodded, retracted his five fingers, and then his face changed slightly: "But..."

"But what?" Tang Fang asked anxiously.

"It seems a little different. I can feel a will flowing in my right arm, and... there is also an unknown energy."

"Be careful, there is no big mistake. It may happen..." He was just about to express his plan.

The originally dark, magic crystal-like skin on the surface of Roy's right arm surged, and the hard lens softened and shrank. Flesh turned out, a sudden change. After a few breaths, a new arm appeared in front of the two of them.

Not only Tang Fang was stunned, but even Roy was frightened, and stammered: "Brother Ta...Tarossa, what...what is going on here? I...I seem to be able...can It seems to control that consciousness."

"Queen, check Roy's right arm."

"Yes, master." After finishing speaking, the worm queen stretched out her appendage again and stabbed at the boy's right arm.

Perhaps it was fear, or conditioned reflex, Roy closed his eyes in fright.

"Ding." There was another crisp sound, and a group of gray and black spots flashed at the contact point between the queen's appendage and her right arm, and the spikes were blocked.

Tang Fang's heart moved: "Roy, relax, don't resist."

"Huh." The boy let out a long breath, his frown relaxed, and at the same time, the gray and black spots gradually faded away.

This time he didn't speak, but winked at the worm queen.

The spikes on the front part of the appendage thrust forward, sinking into the flesh easily.

Following the blue flashes, about a minute later, the queen slowly withdrew her appendages, and said ambiguously: "Master, Roy's current situation is a bit hard to say. However, I seem to have figured it out a little bit. Generally speaking, there are more elements of speculation."

"Say it quickly." Tang Fang was a little impatient.

"Master, you should have also noticed that under the effect of feeding, the human cells in Roy's body, with the help of mitotic enzymes, killed those foreign cells steadily. In the end, only one right arm remained. .”

"According to common sense, even without the last sip of feeding fluid, these heterogeneous cells should disappear in the next few minutes. However, what is strange is that not only the feeding fluid suddenly lost its effect, but the human cells and the heterogeneous cells turned their arms against each other into jade and stopped. fight."

"By analyzing the cell dna of Roy's right arm, it was found that its structure has changed a lot compared to before. It is different from both the human gene and the gene of the unknown creature. It is a mixed structure, based on human The gene is the source, and the unknown biological gene is the node, forming a brand new genetic structure."

"That is to say, the human gene and the foreign gene in Roy's body have recombined?" Tang Fang interjected.

"To a certain extent, it can be said that this brand new genetic structure is very unstable. According to my speculation, the cell dna in Roy's right arm should be able to produce new combinations anytime and anywhere."

"What?" Tang Fang was taken aback. Generating new combinations anytime, anywhere is simply incredible.

The queen continued to explain: "Master, do you still remember the characteristics of the heterogeneous gene I mentioned earlier? The heterogeneous gene has the ability to deform. I am afraid that the newly generated gene will inherit the deformation characteristics of the original heterogeneous gene."

"Just like just now, after Roy's right arm is blackened, he has strong defense and destructive capabilities. It should be based on genetic recombination under nerve reflex, making a specific gene in the dna database effective."

"Hiss..." Tang Fang gasped. A word flashed through his mind, Transformers...

"Of course. If it's genetic recombination alone, it can't change the posture of the right arm so quickly." The explanation ends here. Suddenly, there was a dumbfounding emotion from the queen: "It swallowed my mitotic enzyme."

As soon as these words came out, not only it, but even Tang Fang was stunned. The newly born dna chain of emotion also includes part of the ability of the queen to feed milk. Thinking of the scene where the right arm returned to its original appearance from the blackened state just now, it is indeed very similar to the situation when milk feeding is functioning.

The queen continued to say: "According to my speculation, the reason why Roy's right arm is in this situation should be that the heterogeneous gene in his body sensed that he was about to die out, so he had no choice but to give up the ability to devour and seek reconciliation. Then, it will be fused with human genes to form a new genetic structure."

"Because the feeding fluid with special catalysts can only act on human cells, in order to avoid being rejected as a foreign body by human immune cells with unlimited combat power, the only choice for heterogeneous genes to survive is to succumb to human genes. The change has become the current one. , a symbiont with human genes as roots and heterogeneous genes as branches and leaves."

"In layman's terms, it's actually more like the process of harmful parasites turning into beneficial parasites. Now the relationship between xenogeneic genes and Roy is that both are damaged and both are prosperous. On the whole, human genes are in a dominant position. If I There is no difference. At this time, Roy should be able to autonomously control the arm to change into various manifestations of the genetic information of organisms in the human and heterogeneous gene pools."

Although the Queen of Worms tried very hard to explain in plain language, Tang Fang still had a smattering of understanding: "Are you sure Roy is okay?"

"The heterogeneous gene in Roy's right arm has been fused with the human gene and transformed into a brand new gene. The original strong aggressiveness has disappeared, and the possibility of recurrence of the disease is less than 1%."

"Even so, it's always a hidden danger. It's best to listen to Roy's own opinion on whether to keep this right arm."

Thinking of this, what Tang Fang will happen to him. And the speculation of the queen will be briefly described.

After hearing this, Roy was stunned for a while. But he raised his head and said firmly, "I want to keep it."

Tang Fang thought for a while: "Okay. I respect your choice."

Roy tried to move his right arm, and lightly punched forward. The black gelatin and blood-red meridians were like twisted clouds, wrapping his arm in the blink of an eye. With one breath, the right arm was like a magic crystal. appeared in front of the two.

He held a metal bracket next to the medical cabin with his right hand, exerted a little force, but heard a "click", and the bracket snapped off. "Brother Talossa, thank you for saving my life."

Tang Fang smiled and patted his head: "My good boy, you have suffered. Also, my real name is Tang Fang, just call me Big Brother Tang from now on."

"Yeah." Roy nodded seriously, reached out and pulled off the electrodes on his forehead, as well as the infusion tube on his body, and jumped out of the medical cabin.

The queen's feeding was really effective. Roy lay paralyzed on the bed for a long time, and he didn't need to get used to it for a while, and he was able to walk on the ground immediately.

"Brother Tang, can I ask you a question?"

Tang Fang smiled: "What's the problem, let's talk."

"Are you Garcia's rebel army?" Roy is not as stubborn as Martin. Judging from Tang Fang's dialogue with Valentine and others, as well as their actions, he clearly regards the government as an enemy and dares to fight against the government. The opponents of the empire have searched all over Monya, and I am afraid that only Garcia's rebels are the only ones.

"Hmm..." Tang Fang pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Marion and I are pretty good friends."

Although he was prepared in his heart, Roy still hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "Brother Tang, can I go with you?"

"Come with me?" Tang Fang was taken aback: "Roy, do you know what you're talking about?"

"I know." Roy stared at him very seriously: "I hate them, I hate those officials, I want revenge, revenge!"

"Hey!" Tang Fang sighed: "Roy, you are still young, you are only 16 years old, and you haven't reached the time to take up arms and fight for your ideals."

"No..." Roy glanced at the girl in the medical cabin next to him, and said loudly, "They killed the girl I like, and I want to avenge her, and make those beasts pay the price!"

Tang Fang was a little doting, but also a little sad looking at the young man in front of him who hated for love. Once upon a time, when he was young and frivolous, he yearned for love and the future. At that time, like the boy in front of him, he had courage and hope in his heart, and he would not hesitate to make an enemy of the world for the girl he loved.

It's just... the youth's impassioned enthusiasm is like a flash in the pan, coming and going in a hurry. I don't know when, it just slipped away from life so silently, leaving only the silent and unbearable past events.

"Roy, don't let hatred cloud your heart. A person's life is very long. You can cry because of her, laugh because of her, but you can't live because of her. You still have your parents, and your first grader. Little sister, she will wait for you on the beach, pick up shells together, watch the sunset together, listen to the sea song under the moon, and then fall asleep on your shoulder."

Roy was silent for a while, but then smiled miserably: "Brother Tang, there are two years left, and I will be sent to serve in the army in two years, and my family can't afford the sponsorship fee of 50,000myd. To become the spear of the empire, Protect those who have harmed my friends, my lovers, or the powerful. Or follow you, to resist tyranny, to pursue light and freedom, I would rather choose the latter. Parents and little sister, they will forgive me..." (to be continued)