A reception room appeared in midair as a projection. A staff member was talking in detail with a married couple.
The couple held a tablet, gesturing and pondering carefully, as though working through a multiple-choice test. Chu Feihong reached out and grabbed, and the image in midair switched, directly displaying the tablet's contents here in real time, with no intention whatsoever of keeping the clients' information confidential.
Shi Tiexin focused his gaze and saw that it was filled with various traits.
Big or small eyes, thick or thin brows—countless details from head to toe dazzled the eye. At a glance, there were hundreds of entries, much like the character-creation menu in ancient games. But unlike those freely adjustable character-creation menus, this one only allowed choices from limited options. Moreover, many choices were interconnected; changing one would alter another, making it impossible to have everything as one wished.
"This is 'selection,'" Chu Feihong said. "Genes are a very basic subject in the life sciences, one humanity mastered long ago. Our institute's advantage lies only in bringing research results down into industry through the most reasonable costs and most convenient methods."
"Under this program, we conduct a comprehensive analysis of both spouses' genes, then derive complete trait data. The couple can independently choose the traits of their offspring, freely combine them, and select the kind they like best—the most outstanding kind."
"No matter how they choose, we will not alter the genes themselves. We will not insert foreign genes, nor will we delete existing ones."
"The newborn will one hundred percent be the child of that couple, while also avoiding almost all hereditary diseases. Whether from the perspective of ethics, genetics, eugenics, or the child itself, there are benefits."
Chu Feihong tapped "Preview," and a virtual image of an infant was immediately