Brain-computer center.
Ye Ming and Director Niu seemed to be walking in the garden between the dormitory and the office building.
There was originally only a glass passage in the small garden to facilitate passage. Later, Ye Ming thought that since the garden was so big, it could not be idle, so he took advantage of the Arbor Day of the year and led everyone to symbolically plant trees in the garden. A few trees were planted and then handed over to a landscaping company to create a natural garden, a circular glass promenade and two sun cabins.
He planned it very well and thought that this place could be a small place for everyone to take a walk, chat, and even fall in love. But in fact... no one comes at all. On the contrary, some "second-generation students" in the research center particularly like this place and regard it as their little paradise.
Now while the little kids are at school, it's just a good place to chat.
"We must be absolutely cautious about any modification of the genes of a certain species group, even if it is an evolved sample, let alone if it falls on humans."
Ye Ming walked into one of the sun cabins, wiped the stool and found it was very clean, then sat down and looked at Director Niu with a serious expression.
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Mo Valley's genetic research project has not been made academically public for the time being, but Y's side must not keep it a secret.
And he also knows that Lao Niu and even the entire system are also very concerned about this...
Let’s not talk about the scientific research results on the life cycle in the past. Everyone knows that if you want to live a long time, in addition to genes, you have to rely more on modern living conditions and medical conditions.
But now... it's different.
There is an intelligent and civilized race on the Blue Star that has twice the lifespan of a human being. Moreover, that race is extremely advanced in biotechnology. There is even evidence that Earth's creatures are homologous with its creatures...
Tell me, who doesn’t have any ideas?
"Well, caution must be necessary." Director Niu put his hands on his waist with the same serious expression. He looked around and then sat down in front of Ye Ming.
"But this temptation is too great - I am not talking about a certain individual or a certain group, but from the standpoint and perspective of the entire human race." Director Niu looked at Ye Ming and said seriously: "If the average life span of human beings If it can be improved by a hundred years - even fifty years, or even twenty or thirty years, this will be a huge boost to the productivity of the entire human civilization."
"After we enter the new industrial revolution, it seems that the producer attribute of human beings has been reduced, but the creation and consumption attributes are the key to promoting the continued progress of human civilization in the future." Director Niu paused: "You don't know this Deny it?"
"Of course I won't deny it." Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds and sighed softly: "Actually, what we are worried about is whether it can benefit the entire human race."
As he spoke, he looked at Director Niu and said seriously: "If the cost is too high, or the technology is too difficult, and it can only be a benefit to a few...then I think it should not happen."
Director Niu fell silent.
He knows Ye Ming too well. Sometimes this guy is so talkative that he doesn't care what you say, but when he starts insisting on something... he can't even point a gun at him.
——Besides, who can point a gun at him?
And...he must admit that Ye Ming is right.
If being able to live to be two hundred years old becomes the right of a few people, then for the entire human race...
After a long time, he took a long breath.
"What do you mean?"
"Currently, Mo Valley is still conducting multi-species DNA analysis, and we also need more Blue Planet remains at different stages for analysis. It is best to preserve them completely." Ye Ming said about the research progress, His expression became slightly calmer: "Remains are only found in the wreckage of battleships in space, and there are almost no valuable bones found in the ruins of space cities."
"Only after analyzing the genes of the Blue Star people and even the genes of the Blue Star animals and mammals and drawing reliable conclusions can we proceed to the next step. And this time... will definitely be long, and it must be a long time. of."
Director Niu nodded slightly and suddenly asked: "Then where did the Blue Planet people in the space city go? In such a big space city... there is no way that not even the bones and dregs are left, right?"
What Director Niu said is also a big mystery in the ruins of Blue Star.
Based on the preliminary investigation of the space city ruins in the past nearly a year, everyone agreed that the space city of Blue Star was designed in a segmented and enclosed manner. Even if the core is dried to pieces, some intact residential areas will definitely be preserved. This has also been confirmed in past detections.
So the question becomes, what about those people?
Without core energy, after a person dies, it is undoubtedly equivalent to being placed in an ice coffin. Even if it is caused by corruption, except for the skeletons of astronauts found in some battleship wreckage, there are currently not a large number of them found in the space city. Traces of remains.
It's as if... the residents of the space city either completely turned into dust when they died, or they disappeared collectively.
And to completely turn into dust...
Let's put it this way, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, I'm afraid it's a bit harsh.
Therefore, Sheng Fei's team has recently been desperately searching for corpses in the ruins and using large cutting devices, but they have found nothing.
"have no idea."
"..."
"I really don't know." Ye Ming spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Maybe he was caught, or maybe he escaped, or maybe they all turned into ashes - the earliest measured space city ruins so far Metal has a history of 10,000 years, which is actually a long time.”
"Okay, if you say you don't know, I'll just pretend I don't know." Director Niu took a long breath and made a pun.
Ye Ming nodded. He knew that when Lao Niu came to ask him, it obviously represented more than just his will.
"But Ye Ming, I think..." Director Niu hesitated, and finally stared at him: "Don't you want to take another look at how far human civilization can go?"
Ye Ming was stunned.
"Frankly speaking, I really want to." Director Niu looked at him and said frankly: "Not only do I think about it, but even all the people who currently support you... really want to see it, and also want to take another look. How far can we go, and what will we encounter after crossing the wormhole?"
"This is an important reason for gathering the strength of all mankind to carry out interstellar development."
After speaking, Director Niu stood up and patted Ye Ming's shoulder gently: "I will be fifty this year, and cryonics is still just a crappy technology. Otherwise, I really want to freeze myself and take a look. Let’s see what it will be like in a hundred years.”
Ye Ming: "..."
"Okay, I'll take the first step."
Ye Ming sent Director Niu to the gate. When he turned around vaguely, he saw a few white hairs on the old Niu's temples.
It can be seen that Director Y, who is the center of intelligence technology and the central nervous system between him and the highest power, has been worried a lot over the years.
Back in the office, Ye Ming sat on a chair and silently recalled Director Niu's words.
Finally, he let out a long sigh.
After a while, he dialed Mo Gu's phone number.
"Sister, the protein of the eighth subfamily can be tried on mice first."
"Huh? Just use it as a guinea pig? Don't you want to experiment on local creatures?"
"Well, after all, the local animal experiments will be conducted on mice. There are still seven months until you arrive at Blue Star. If you conduct experiments seven months in advance, you will have seven more months of observation time."
"Oh well."
On the phone, Mo Gu was silent for a few seconds, and then asked softly: "Did someone rush you? Can't stand the pressure anymore?"
"Well... not really, it's just that the experiment step has to be taken sooner or later, so I might as well go first."
"Then...what if?" Mo Gu paused: "I'm talking about, if it works. But what if..."
"What if it doesn't benefit the entire human race..." Ye Ming bit his lip and stared at the void in front of him.
"Then I will peacefully choose my destiny as a fully human being."
...(This is really difficult to write)
After hanging up the phone, Ye Ming closed his eyes, took a long breath, and quickly continued to work.
Half a month later, Mo Gu returned from Banna and entered her "vacation" time - it was said to be a vacation, but in fact she only stayed at home for one day, then went directly back to the Brain Computer Center and began to take charge of various tasks.
Apart from her, the attitudes of the others were also very different. Almost no one took this "vacation" seriously.
In fact, everyone knows that this one-and-a-half-month vacation is essentially "two-pronged preparation" - in case there is something wrong when crossing the wormhole, then this vacation will be the last time for the scientific expedition team members and their families.
But how can people who have the opportunity to inspect it care about this?
Whether it is fame, profit, or simply the pursuit of science, to put it bluntly, these people have long put life and death aside.
But these people put life and death at risk...the people on the ground who sent them there didn't dare.
Therefore, even in the important New Year of 2030, Ye Ming had no time to reunite with his family. Instead, he stayed at the Dalian Shipyard throughout the entire process and conducted a comprehensive and thorough inspection and acceptance of the Questioning Star with an acceptance team of up to 200 people.
On January 18, 2030, the acceptance team completed the acceptance work of the Star Questioner and conducted the first engine ignition.
On January 19, the spacecraft driving team officially boarded the ship for its first airborne takeoff. The next day, the high-dimensional space membrane test was started.
On January 22, the Wenxing left the dock and headed for Xichang at a constant speed like an ordinary plane.
Ye Ming took a special plane and followed closely behind.
It's not that he didn't ask for the star to fly over together, but... everyone refused to let him. This made him extremely depressed and he read a poem on the spot.
——There is no earth in front of the door, and there is no tile on the house. The ten fingers are not stained with mud, and the scales live in the building.
He is the poor potter.
As the Wenxing arrived in Xichang, materials and equipment that had been prepared were successively transported to the ship. At the same time, the expedition team also arrived at the Space City and began to conduct "actual combat" simulations.
On February 23rd, facing the sharp spring breeze, the Wenxing carried 300 scientific expedition members, as well as pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, fish and other animals... embarked on a journey full of human hopes, but also... A journey with an uncertain future.
…
"You said, taking live poultry and livestock to another star... are we humans the only ones?"
In the conference room, Director Zhang’s hearty laughter could be heard endlessly.
Everyone also laughed at the same time.
"That's not necessarily true. What if other civilizations want to colonize? If they colonize, they must bring this kind of breeding animals, right?"
"But we are not colonizing, we are doing scientific research!"
"Yeah, but this group of people, even if they go to colonize, it's almost done."
Amid the laughter of everyone, Director Zhang glanced at Ye Ming without leaving any trace.
In addition to occupations and disciplines, among these 300 people, the ratio of men to women has also reached an astonishing balance - both men and women are about the same.
This approach has naturally won unanimous praise from certain groups.
Those people even called the scientific expedition team and the domestic aerospace department on Twitter, Weibo and other social media...
But in fact……
In fact, only a very small number of people, or those who designated the plan, know that this is not at all to satisfy political correctness or to please certain groups.
But...to prepare for the worst!
If something goes wrong, these 300 people can still... survive, reproduce, and establish civilization!
But this purpose...can never be said or even mentioned, it can only be understood!
Ye Ming felt Director Zhang's gaze, and he looked up from the monitor - it showed that the data of the Questioning Star were all normal, the posture was perfect, and it was continuously accelerating.
In two hours at most, the Star Questioner will break away from the Earth's gravity, enter space, and fly to the distant celestial body Ye-2023, which is the entrance to the wormhole.
Of course, there was four months of travel time in between.
Moreover, this is also the most accident-prone time of the trip.
Because of the long journey and being in a narrow space... it is easy for people to have all kinds of negative emotions - this is not the previous space mission, but an interstellar shuttle spanning two million light years. !
Therefore, in addition to the on-board psychologists intervening at any time, the ground team also maintains contact and cooperation at all times, and even gives them most of the remote control authority and work.
Keeping the crew immersed in their work can undoubtedly stabilize their emotions.
"If you want to colonize... you have to cultivate land and build houses." Ye Ming took over the topic with a smile.
"Then we are familiar with this job!" Director Zhang laughed and said, "There were so many people in the farm this time, and they were originally going straight to farming."
At this time, someone asked out of curiosity: "By the way, Mr. Ye, do you think this colonization belongs to human beings or to our country?"
Ye Ming coughed immediately.
This thing... he knows, but he doesn't say it.
——There is currently an international conference being held to discuss this matter.
But how can I put it this way? All current space missions, including this manned wormhole crossing, are all funded by the state. This is still just money, not technology.
If others really want to get on the interstellar colonization train, you must at least make up for their tickets.
