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Chapter 260 Successful Experiment

Wang Wei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Lao Wang and Lao Zheng’s statements.

It's not that he wanted to discredit Wu Zhigang on purpose, but because Wu Zhigang was not trustworthy at all. From the very beginning, when he didn't care about using humans as experimental subjects and the feelings of the experimental subjects, Wang Wei no longer had any good feelings towards them.

The reason why he said this was because he didn't want to have any disagreement with Lao Wang and Lao Zheng on this matter.

These two people are the ones who have a say in the base and are the ones he trusts.

Although the Three-Eyed Alien King is also the person in charge of the base, his current situation is not good, so it is naturally impossible for him to step forward and take charge of the overall situation.

"Then what should we do next?"

Wang Wei asked the two people to look at the gene sequence again. The two did not understand what it meant, but still did what the other party said. Soon they found that the gene sequence was indeed familiar.

It looked so familiar that they felt they had seen it somewhere.

"Wang Wei, please stop keeping us in suspense. Gene sequences are usually very complex. We think this sequence looks familiar, but we just can't remember where we've seen it before!"

Wang Wei pointed to the Xuantian Battle Armor beside him. Lao Wang and Lao Zheng looked in the direction of Wang Wei's finger and found that Wang Wei was pointing at his Xuantian Battle Armor.

Although they did not participate in the research and development process of the Xuantian Armor, they knew the process. When Wang Wei suddenly pointed at the Xuantian Armor, they immediately understood what Wang Wei meant.

"You mean, this gene sequence is similar to the Xuantian Armor?"

The Xuantian Armor is made of a kind of undead insect, so the Xuantian Armor has incredible power and the ability to be invisible. It can be said that as long as it is used properly, the power of the Xuantian Armor is definitely not inferior to that of a well-equipped army.

However, they never expected that they would see a species with a similar genetic sequence to the undead insects used in the production of the Xuantian armor at this time.

"This gene sequence comes from a parasitic plant that I brought back from the plant planet. The name of this parasitic plant is Ghost Vine!"

Wang Wei moved the ghost vine out from a corner of the room. At this moment, not only Lao Wang and Lao Zheng, but even Wang Wei was shocked.

Since Wang Wei discovered that the ghost vines were also parasitic plants, he brought them back from the plant planet and prepared to compare them with the meatworms. Since they first saw the ghost vines, they never thought that the ghost vines would have any connection with the ancient creature, the immortal worm.
Therefore, when Wang Wei saw this serial number and recalled the components of the Xuantian Armor, it meant that the ghost vine must have existed on the plant planet a very long time ago. As for when it was transmitted to the plant planet, they did not know, and there was no need to know.

What is now in front of them is actually the powerful vitality of the ghost vine.

During this period of time, Wang Wei did a lot of things, but he forgot about studying the ghost vine. However, based on the growth habits of the plant, the ghost vine was still alive, which was enough to shock everyone present.

Wang Wei put down the ghost vine in his hand and looked at Lao Wang and Lao Zheng: "Now you should understand why I value the genetic sequence of this plant so much, right?"

Although Lao Wang and Lao Zheng could understand that the genes of the immortal insects and the ghost vines used to make the Xuantian armor were very similar, it meant that the ghost vines might have some abilities that would amaze them.

But this incident cannot make their current situation better, because their current situation is not a time when they need any powerful creatures, but a technology that can separate the meat worms from the body of the parasite.

Wang Wei certainly understood their concerns. "I think, if they are both parasites, and the ghost vine may have some abilities that we don't know about, then maybe the ghost vine can restrain the meatworm?"

Wang Wei's words instantly reminded Lao Wang and Lao Zheng: "So should we start relevant research now?"

Wang Wei nodded. It was impossible for him to complete this research alone, so he told Lao Wang and Lao Zheng about it.

I just don’t know whether Lao Wang and Lao Zheng will think his idea is unrealistic after hearing this result.

However, it has now been proven that Lao Wang and Lao Zheng did not have such ideas, and they even strongly supported him to conduct research immediately.

The three of them quickly arranged all matters concerning the base and entered the laboratory at the same time.

At the beginning, they tried to use the genes of the ghost vine as a medicine to act directly on the meat-tape worms. When they saw that the meat-tape worms reacted very violently after the medicine came into contact with them, they became nervous.

Because if the medicine with ghost vine as the main ingredient cannot make the tapeworms actively separate from the body of the host, but can only stimulate the tapeworms and cause them to have a very strong reaction, it means that they cannot use this medicine on the tapeworms.

They have all witnessed with their own eyes that after the meat-tape worm wakes up, if it moves a little more frequently, the host will be in danger of life. If the ghost vine cannot separate the meat-tape worm from the host's body, but instead stimulates the meat-tape worm's reaction, then it will be useless and can even be said to be harmful.

When Lao Wang and Lao Zheng took the research results to Wang Wei, both of them were very depressed. Before Wang Wei even saw the experimental results, he knew that the two might not be able to give him relatively good news.

"Did you encounter any trouble during the experiment?"

After the two men told Wang Wei the truth, Wang Wei fell into deep thought. Although judging from the current research results, Lao Wang and Lao Zheng's experiments did not make much progress, at least they did not get experimental results that satisfied them.

However, Wang Wei's perspective on the problem was different from theirs. Although they could not yet confirm that the ghost vine could definitely remove the tapeworms from the body of the host, it at least proved that the ghost vine was effective against the tapeworms.

"Increase the dosage and see if we can completely destroy the meat-worms!" Wang Wei ignored the concerns of Lao Wang and Lao Zheng. He now needed two people to prove to him that the ghost vine was enough to completely destroy the meat-worms.

As for other issues, his research was not completely without any progress.

Lao Wang and Lao Zheng didn't understand what Wang Wei meant and were a little worried: "If we continue to increase the dosage, it might make the worms react more violently. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Wang Wei nodded solemnly at them, "Yes, that's what I want you to do, because we are in the research stage now. Your experiment only needs to prove that the ghost vine can indeed have an effect on the striped worms. As for other things, you don't need to prove it at all."

Lao Wang and Lao Zheng looked at Wang Wei and suddenly felt that they had lived in vain.

Although they have been engaged in scientific research longer than Wang Wei, their ideas are still not as clear as Wang Wei's.

If they had figured it out earlier that what they were conducting was an experiment and that they had not used the drug on the infected soldiers in the base, they should not have felt that the irritation of the striped worms was something unacceptable to them.

From a certain perspective, they want to peel the meat-tape worms from the body of the host, which is obviously a behavior that stimulates the meat-tape worms. Instead of worrying about it, it is better to directly increase the dosage and see to what extent the meat-tape worms can be completely defeated by the ghost vine.

"Let's continue the experiment!"

When he heard this, Wang Wei nodded with satisfaction.

The experimental process requires bold assumptions and careful verification.

If they don't even dare to put forward a bold hypothesis, there is no way they can get more useful results.

After Lao Wang and Lao Zheng left, Wang Wei was not idle either. For him, the experiment to be carried out was also very critical.

When Lao Wang and Lao Zheng came with their experimental results, Wang Wei was thinking that if the meatworms kept tossing around in the body of the parasite, it would definitely be unbearable for the parasite. So while they were using the ghost vine to stimulate the meatworms, they must have used other means to protect the body of the parasite.

Wang Wei couldn't help but think of the immortal insects, whose genetic sequence was very similar to that of the ghost vine. The Xuantian armor made from the immortal insects had very strong protective capabilities and even the ability to become invisible.

If the genes of the immortal insect are combined with the genes of the ghost vine, or through other means, the two abilities of the immortal insect and the ghost vine can be allowed to take effect separately in the body of the parasite, would it be possible to produce unexpected results?
Wang Wei was not as nervous as Lao Wang and Lao Zheng. He could understand that Lao Wang and Lao Zheng were temporarily handling matters related to the base on his behalf during this period of time, and everything they saw would make the two of them become cautious in their attitude towards this matter.

The only thing he was thinking about was how to make the power of the undead worm work in the body of the parasite.

Simply implanting the genes of the undead insect into the medicine does not guarantee that it will work. At least that is the result from his experiments.

Wang Wei suddenly had a bold idea. If he could combine the genes of the ghost vine and the immortal insect through genetic recombination, maybe there would be different results!

However, genetic recombination was not as simple as he had imagined. Wang Wei worked in the laboratory for three days and three nights without sleep, but still failed to get the results he wanted.

At this time, good news came from Lao Wang and Lao Zheng's experiment.

When Lao Wang and Lao Zheng came over with their experimental data, their faces were filled with excitement: "We have now determined that at a certain dosage concentration, the body of the meatworm can be instantly disintegrated, but the process will still take some time, and the parasite may suffer quite severe pain during this period. We are worried..."

Wang Wei directly took over their words: "You are worried that the parasite may not be able to hold on and die because of the agitation of the meatworms. Am I right?"

The two nodded, and Lao Wang was even more excited: "That's what we mean. This is a method of fighting poison with poison. If the parasite is strong enough, then even if he doesn't die, he will lose a layer of skin..."

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"Is this method saving people or harming them?"

After hearing what Lao Wang said, Wang Wei didn't plan to keep them in suspense any longer, and directly told them the direction of his research in the past two days. "The last time you came to me with the experimental data, I was thinking, if we can protect the parasites, at least in the short term, from being affected by the agitation of the meatworms, can we safely and boldly use sufficient doses of the drug."

"I immediately thought of the immortal bug. The immortal bug's powerful recovery ability and self-protection ability should be able to play a role, so I conducted the first round of experiments."

"The experimental results prove that the immortal insect's ability to recover and protect itself can indeed work independently. However, when the two genes are used in the drug at the same time, the performance of these two abilities will become unstable. This is also the difficulty of my recent research."

After listening to Wang Wei's explanation and introduction, Lao Wang and Lao Zheng suddenly understood.

Wang Wei also proposed a new idea: "I'm thinking, if we can reorganize genes, rewrite the two different genes, so that this medicine can protect the parasite while using the genes of the ghost vine to instantly kill the meatworm, then our goal will be achieved!"

Lao Wang and Lao Zheng immediately understood what Wang Wei had been doing during this period of time, and they provided a simpler method that could achieve results in a shorter period of time.

"Gene recombination and gene editing are indeed difficult. Although it is beneficial for us to figure this out, you should also understand that the soldiers in our base who are parasitized by the striped worms simply cannot wait that long, so I have a good idea." Lao Zheng looked at Wang Wei and Lao Wang.

Old Wang was impatient and couldn't stand Old Zheng's suspense, so he hurriedly urged, "Hurry up and tell us. There are so many soldiers in the base who are parasitized by the striped worms waiting. According to what Wang Wei described before, Oscar may lead the Bayan race to the base at any time. We must race against time now!"

Lao Wang shrugged, as if he didn't take Lao Zheng's words seriously at all: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Which of these things you know I don't know?"

Wang Wei saw that the two were still arguing, and waved his hand helplessly: "Stop arguing!"

"Old Zheng, what is the solution you are talking about?"

Lao Zheng really didn't intend to keep him in suspense, he just didn't like Lao Wang's attitude towards him. However, Wang Wei had already spoken, so he naturally didn't say much: "You should know that there is a technology called sustained release in the pharmaceutical industry."

"It is to release the drug components slowly and steadily, and the sustained-release method can also gradually release different components of the drug at different time points."

"I think this method can be done as you said. First release the genes of the immortal worm to protect the parasite, and then release the genes of the ghost vine to destroy the fleshworms in the body of the parasite. This way, you can achieve the effect you want."

Wang Wei's eyes brightened after hearing this. After all, he had forgotten this method which seemed simple but was actually very beneficial to their current situation.

"Then let's try it now?"

The three of them worked in the same laboratory and began to study how to combine the different ingredients in the medicine and encapsulate them using sustained-release technology.

In the first test, the effect of the sustained-release technology was quite good. They used rabbits as experimental subjects. Although the rabbits did not survive, when they dissected the rabbits' bodies, Wang Wei and the other two were surprised to find that the tapeworms in the rabbits' bodies had completely disappeared!
This is a very good result for the three of them.

In the second experiment, they accelerated the release rate of some drugs containing the immortal insect gene.

The rabbit used in the second experiment survived, but its condition became extremely weak and it could not hold on during the physical examination.

But the result was good, because the tapeworms in the rabbits' bodies also disappeared.

The three of them looked at each other and saw hope in each other's eyes.

The rabbit had survived, but it did not hold on when they were checking for tapeworms in its body. This was enough to prove that their research direction was correct, but in a sense, the rabbit's body was not strong enough and could not survive.

If they want to succeed in the experiment on rabbits, they must increase the amount of the potion that contains the undead bug gene.

After the third improvement, the drug was finally able to protect the rabbits while completely destroying the tapeworms parasitic in their bodies and keeping them alive.

When the subjects of the third experiment successfully survived, the three of them finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep in different corners of the laboratory.

When he opened his eyes again, Wang Wei was woken up by someone.

The three of them stayed in the laboratory quietly for three days and three nights. On the fourth day, the person who came to deliver food was surprised to see the three of them lying on the ground.

If we were not sure that they were still breathing, we would never be able to accept the result that Wang Wei, the person in charge of the base, was "dead" like this.

When Wang Wei saw the people in the base with red eyes, he was still puzzled: "Did something happen?"

"Are there any signs that the fleshworms parasitic in someone's body are waking up and starting to move?"

Wang Wei thought that something big had happened in the base, but he didn't expect that the person who came to wake them up shook his head.

Wang Wei sat up and looked around. He found that Lao Wang and Lao Zheng were still asleep, and the people who came could not wake them up. There were even people examining them. He immediately understood everything.

These people treat them as dead!

"Don't call them, they are really tired, send them back to rest!"

(End of this chapter)