Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 582 Species Change
In Beiping in March, the wind is still biting.

Sitting in a wheelchair, Lu Xuanyu and his wife came to a medical center affiliated to Superman Enterprise.

He didn't refuse his wife's kindness obstinately. He insisted on moving the wheelchair by himself, but let his wife push it.

Lu Xuanyu looked at the snow-white building under the sun, and was a little silent.

The wife was a little surprised: "What's the matter, Xuanyu? Why are you still nervous?"

"Well, can you not be nervous?" Lu Xuanyu said, "It's going to be a different kind... I won't even be a human anymore."

The wife sighed: "What's 'not a human being'. Does Mr. Voigt know? The greatest scientist of this century. Great scientist. He is the first to transform into a... um... new human? Anyway, it must be counted people."

"There are quite a few people on the Internet who say that he is no longer human."

"When you go online, the people on the Internet will piss you off." The wife shook her head: "Stop surfing the Internet."

Lu Xuanyu nodded.

However, he did feel a little nervous.

Last month, Xiang Shan, the chairman of Superman Enterprises, came to his home and personally said to him "give him a job", and then gave him a condition that he couldn't refuse.

But at the same time, Xiang Shan also stated various possible disadvantages.

Last month, Xiang Shan said, "Your sperm cannot maintain activity in an environment of 37 degrees. You cannot have offspring with Homo sapiens."

At that time, Lu Xuanyu pointed to his lower body, and asked dumbfoundedly: "Does this make any difference to me?"

He lost half of his body, there was no such organ at all.

Xiang Shan shook his head seriously: "No. You can't say that. The definition of 'species' in biology is 'a group of individuals that can mate and reproduce offspring, and these individuals cannot mate with creatures that are not in this group, cannot have sexual intercourse or The hybrids produced after mating can no longer reproduce.' The gametes of the benchmark human are very close to those of Homo sapiens in shape, and there is no rejection reaction in theory. But they can never combine. The gametes of Homo sapiens will be in the forty degrees temperature. But this temperature is too low for the gametes of the benchmark human.”

"This also means that once you undergo this operation, you are no longer a Homo sapiens. If you maintain your Homo sapiens status, the constantly updated human assisted reproductive technology can still help you produce offspring. But if you choose to accept it, then You can only conceive the next generation with the reference person."

Lu Xuanyu's head froze for a moment.He suddenly realized that this matter is really not that simple.

"Since this happened for the first time in history, we don't know what effect the fact of 'species change' will have." Xiang Shan said: "For example, in the worst case, the transformation of the baseline human will be completed first. The group will have an extreme sense of xenophobia, dividing itself and 'Homo sapiens' into two groups..."

Lu Xuanyu shouted: "How is this possible..."

"How is this impossible?" Xiang Shan asked back: "There is no reproductive isolation among Europeans, Africans and Asians, but the historical results of the past few hundred years are known to everyone. Homo sapiens is reproductively isolated. This fact alone is enough to trigger the impact of social thoughts. Even if you change your nationality, you will have new thinking about your own position, right?"

"Based on this fact, the Security Council specifically passed a resolution until 2055, prohibiting heads of government from undergoing genetic modification operations, and the recipients of the first-stage modification operations cannot become candidates for any official organization. Propaganda from various countries The department is also making preparations to prevent the birth of things like 'new nazi thoughts'."

Lu Xuanyu froze for a moment.

Various major countries have also considered whether if a hereditary king of a certain country undergoes this operation, will they take the opportunity to establish a "country that only belongs to the benchmark people" or something like that.

Xiang Shan folded his hands: "Based on this decision, you will also face a risk. If this kind of transformation surgery is not popularized in the future, or if it proves that the cost of human metal-based transformation surgery cannot be reduced, then you have to face Rejection from the Homo sapiens group. Until 2055, it will be difficult for the baseline to have a voice for itself.”

Lu Xuanyu pondered for a long time.

"In addition, people who value the succession of the family will not like someone to tamper with their genes. I hope you can seriously consider this point."

"In fact, the current benchmark is only a few dozen people. The sample size is too small, and we can't infer what kind of pressure this incident will have on your psychology."

Lu Xuanyu thought about it carefully, and admitted that what Xiang Shan said made sense.

But he still has a question: "But just now he said, 'but its price will definitely drop after a few years' or something..."

"I have to show you all the worst possibilities." Xiang Shan said: "'In the early days, the technology was not perfect, so it is expensive and risky to undergo surgery now, and you can receive cheap and safe surgery in a few years' It is the worst possibility. This is equivalent to taking the risk in vain. And 'the cost of metal-based gene modification surgery for human beings cannot be reduced, and it cannot be implemented on a large scale, leading to early recipients of the surgery being liquidated by conservatives' is another A worst possibility. I am obliged to tell you all."

Lu Xuanyu was a little curious: "Mr. Xiang, aren't you afraid that I won't want to cooperate with you after hearing these words?"

Xiang Shan raised his eyebrows: "Do you know how gene therapy, a promising medical technology, was delayed for decades? Because a few idiots didn't go through this process, and then there was an accident, and the public lost everything about related research Trust. This was at the end of the last century.”

"Mr. Lu, frankly speaking, you are indeed the No.1 candidate, but you are not the only candidate. Martial artists with severed arms and legs are indeed rare, but you can always find them if you want to. There are also many athletes. But if I skip this necessary process... If something really happens, the Superman Enterprise will disappear from the world immediately."

"I can't take this risk."

After calming down, Lu Xuanyu thought carefully and found that Xiang Shan's thoughts were really creepy.From the perspective of his parents' generation, it is simply evil.

However, Xiang Shan's frank attitude made people feel bad.

"Thinking about it carefully, when I was young, the 'genetics expert' seemed to have a bad reputation. But after Voigt settled in the Republic, the wind direction in society turned directly." Lu Xuanyu murmured.

The wife didn't understand why, she lowered her head and said, "What are you talking about?"

Lu Xuanyu shook his head: "If I go in, I'm not only inhuman, but I may even become a martial arts scum."

The wife got a little angry: "You care so much about those... those fake things?"

Lu Xuanyu shook his head: "It's nothing, since I'm here, I won't regret it. Let's go."

(End of this chapter)