"The children at the Genius Institute haven't drunk Second Generation Brain Spring yet. They've only had the first generation, which provides a modest boost. The first batch of children only started drinking the second generation this summer," General Wang said.
"They haven't drunk it yet?" Song He was stunned. "You were given the Second Generation Brain Spring a long time ago. Why didn't you give it to the children? I thought they'd been drinking it all along."
"Changing the human brain is something we have to approach with the utmost caution. You've heard of Genius Disease, right?" General Wang said. "Some mental illnesses are common among highly intelligent people. One thought, and you're a genius; the next, and you're insane."
"Most of the children at the Genius Institute are the children of fallen heroes. Our first priority is for them to grow up healthy, not for us to replicate genius at the cost of turning them into a bunch of tormented children with mental problems."
"That's why we organized a dedicated medical team to rigorously verify the safety of the Second Generation Brain Spring. We mainly conducted experiments on children with brain disorders. For example, we gave it to some intellectually disabled children to help restore them to normal intelligence, while observing whether their mental state deteriorated."
"The final round of safety testing only ended last week. The risks weren't considered high, so we discussed it and approved giving the children the Second Generation Brain Spring," General Wang explained.
Song He understood. "That makes sense. The first generation doesn't improve intelligence by much, while the second generation improves it too much. It's only right to be more cautious... So when we teach these children during the summer vacation, we'll happen to see the process of their intelligence improving?"
"That's right,"