Chapter 318 Gene Editing Project

Two invention systems, one combat system, and two new individual enhancement systems cost Li Lin a total of 10 skill points.

The basic pre-skills of three different routes were upgraded from level 8 to level 12, costing him a total of 12 skill points.

Currently, Li Lin has 24 skill points left, and there is no need to spend on upgrading his skills for the time being.

As soon as he added the skill, a large amount of knowledge suddenly appeared in his mind almost instantly.

Fortunately, he had already drank the "Activity Enhancer" before, and all aspects of his body's quality were further improved, but he did not experience the same discomfort as before.

Afterwards, Li Lin quickly sorted out the newly acquired knowledge.

"Quantum theory" is pure theoretical knowledge, which introduces the principles of quantum-related fields, but it is basically just "paper talk".

However, relying on this technology alone, Li Lin can greatly improve the computing power of computers and intelligent brains, and can also be applied to the communication level, thereby expanding the range and speed of communication.

As for communication security and encryption issues, there is no need to consider them at this stage.

In addition to "quantum theory", what Li Lin is most concerned about is the "genetic engineering" of individual enhancement.

He uploaded the technology of "zero synthetic materials" to Zhinao's database and asked it to arrange issues related to the production line.

With the availability of more advanced new materials, in order to fill the gap in the capital chain and avoid financial problems, Li Lin decided to start selling various types of compressed materials that he did not use.

The mechanical engineer, which has been stripped of many functions and can basically only be used as a coolie, will also be put on the market under the name of the Gila Mann family and will be sold through scheduled production and delivery.

There is no need to worry about workers' work problems, because the price of a low-end mechanical engineer is several times that of a low-end power armor.

Even if you add in the cost of food, clothing, housing and wages for the workers, and equip each of them with a set of power armor, it's still not as much as the cost of replacing a mechanical engineer.

It is precisely because of this that Li Lin adopts this method of scheduled production and sale.

Moreover, this was actually his intention.

Otherwise, the newly stable Twin Cities will once again have new social conflicts due to the unemployment rate, leading to a sudden drop in stability.

But even if this is the case, those big families who have seen the functions of the normal version of the mechanical engineer will also fight to buy the low-end version of the engineer.

According to Li Lin's prediction, on the one hand, those families may conduct research on mechanical engineers, and on the other hand, they may serve as guards who are not afraid of death, even if they no longer have weapon systems.

As for those families who tried to decipher the mechanical engineering blueprints through reverse derivation, he had no worries at all.

Not only do other families not have similar technology at all, but even if they can really crack it and study it, it will take at least several decades.

In addition, for the sake of conservatism, Li Lin also set up a program for the mechanical engineer. When it is forcibly disassembled or destroyed by external forces, the mechanical engineer will initiate a self-destruction program.

"Self-destruction" is not an explosion, but burning all the key parts inside the mechanical engineer, preventing others from taking advantage of it.

After completing the corresponding arrangements, Li Lin went to the basement of Gila Mann's mansion.

This was originally an explosion-proof room and training ground.

However, with his arrangement and Karina's support, part of the place has been turned into a safe warehouse for storing star iron, and the other part has been transformed by him into a chemical and biological laboratory with a pure sterile environment, equipped with a variety of his own High-precision equipment produced.

Because he had not had much time to study various genetic technologies before, Li Lin planned to give Zach to himself first. Recently, he had cultured a lot of cells for experiments.

From alchemical waste venom to a life form with human thinking, Zach's birth was an almost impossible accident.

Since his cells have cut off the connection with the mother body, they only have a certain degree of biological instinct and are very capable of division and regeneration. The production of low-light medicine was based on the principles of this kind of cells.

Using this special cell is more effective than using mice to conduct genetic research.

Of course, if you want to apply it to humans in the future, experimental testing on mice is still indispensable.

Li Lin transformed his clothes into a full set of protective clothing, carefully controlled the robotic arm to cut a small piece of cells from the culture dish, and placed it on the workbench.

In order to avoid trouble, this genetic experimental project requires the analysis and assistance of an intelligent brain. All professionally customized equipment is used for "genetic engineering" at the micro level.

Li Lin took a deep breath and immediately concentrated. He first took the sharp scalpel handed over by the robotic arm, scratched the thick epidermis of Zack's cells, and then injected the nanorobot into the experimental material.

This is the “protagonist” in genetic engineering at the microscopic level.

After nearly a day and a night of sleepless research, without eating or drinking, Li Lin practiced the applied technology of the individual strengthening route.

For example, "neural tissue engineering" studies cell regeneration and enhances the development of neurons, axons and synapses.

Through this micro-engineering, if the original regenerative power of Zack's cells was "1", then its regenerative power has now been directly increased several times, reaching the level of "5-8".

Not only that, Li Lin also conducted a "genetic test" on it to determine its extremely special gene sequence, combined with the related technology of "gene map recording", and then used "gene tailoring" and related tools to cut its reproducibility , successfully separated this small piece of "flesh and blood" from "regeneration", and each became an "independent" existence.

The "glandular adaptation" technology also unlocked at level 65 is not applicable to Zach's cells, because he does not have "glandular" tissue at all.

However, through the genetic surgery of "glandular adaptation", Li Lin can customize the environmental adaptability of organisms within a certain range by changing the characteristics of glandular organisms.

For example, humans without gills can directly absorb oxygen from the water through their lungs, filter the water out, and breathe underwater at the limit of the water pressure that the body can withstand.

Or, by modifying the characteristics of the human body's lungs, the activity of the lungs and the ability to store oxygen are greatly enhanced, allowing a person to exercise for an hour or two simply relying on the oxygen stored in the body during strenuous exercise.

However, if we compare this technology with the "secrets of evolution" and "genetic recombination" that can only be learned later, which can directly allow ordinary humans to move around in the deep sea like the vastaya sharks, it is definitely incomparable.

But the advantage of "glandular adaptation" is that it requires a smaller amount of work and less modifications to the human body. At least it keeps people at the "human" level.

With the help of "gene recombination", the genetic sequence will be completely reorganized and changed.

If Li Lin were to evaluate it, he believed that this "person" who had undergone transformation had actually broken away from the human level and had completely evolved into a new intelligent race.

The new technology was applied smoothly to Zack's cells, and he did not feel that it was a failure just because he only had knowledge but no practical experience.

But compared with the new technologies at level 70, these previous technologies are nothing more than "children's play house."

He simply ate something and took a short rest to replenish the physical wear and tear and the mental fatigue caused by being so focused all the time.

In the next few days, Li Lin performed two surgeries: "gene editing" and "gene targeted expression" on Zach's cells.

In fact, the large pile of Zach cells that he personally cultured and stored were not enough, so he had to go to Heimerdinger and borrow some of the cells stored by the college, and finally he was able to complete the microscopic surgery of editing Zach's genes.

"--call!"

Li Lin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead due to nervousness, and slumped down on the chair with a long sigh, feeling a rare sense of relaxation.

The non-stop research these days has made him extremely tired, and even the "Glimmer Potion" with the function of replenishing energy and refreshing can't hold on.

However, the rewards of going through the hardships are also considerable.

Now, Li Lin, who has mastered these two technologies, has been able to complete the gene editing project in a few hours, which initially took several days but failed to succeed.

In addition, depending on how well he understands Zach's cells, he can edit Zach's genes to transform him from the dark green "monster" he is today into a normal human.

If Zach wants to, Li Lin can also retain his ability to liquefy, and give his cells the ability to "mimic" and change into clothes, so that he will not be able to run around on the street as a "human" .

After uploading all the data from his experiment to Zhi Nao's database simultaneously, his spirit completely relaxed and his eyelids gradually became heavy.

This is the first time Li Lin has been so tired since he strengthened his body.

"In this way... part of the subsequent genetic modification does not require my own hands..."

Before he could finish his half-asleep mumblings, he fell completely into sleep.