Progress (Bonus Chapter)

Inside the Research Base on Calagua Island.

Li Qingye, wearing a white coat, expressionlessly examined the unconscious members of the Sea Serpent Gang. He first divided them into two groups based on their bone age.

One group was under 30 years old, and the remaining were over 30 years old.

The reason for this division was the side effects of Gene Modification. If the age was too high, the body might not be able to withstand the erosion of the side effects, leading to organ failure and death.

The limit was 30 years old, with a maximum of 40 years old.

According to the bone age detection Report, among the 43 Sea Serpent Gang members, 24 were under 30 years old; 12 were between 30 and 40 years old; and the remaining 7 were over 40 years old.

Baffart's seven men were all under forty.

This was actually very normal. Luzon had an extremely large wealth gap, and the lower and middle-tier members of gangs were inevitably very young.

The logic behind this was very simple: poverty led to a low quality of life, and a low quality of life resulted in a lower average lifespan.

Gang life was a dangerous job, and only the desperate poor would join.

After Li Qingye grouped them, he sent them into the Gene Modification room. The Gene Modification room was very different from before.

Previously, it could only modify one person at a time. After the upgrade, it could modify five people at once, and some equipment was added, making the entire process smoother and further shortening the modification time.

With the improved modification time, each experimental subject required about 6-7 days to complete the Gene Modification.

Based on the bone age grouping, each batch tried to arrange experimental subjects of different ages.

The first batch of experimental subjects was sent into the modification room.

Li Qingye continued to research other projects while monitoring the modification progress.

Five days later, he stood frowning beside the bed of an experimental subject. The subject on the bed had entered the late stage of uremia, and both kidneys had completely failed.

He quickly dissected the experimental subject. The organs showed severe lesions. He compared the telomere lengths before and after and sighed, shaking his head:

"Age is indeed a problem."

This deceased experimental subject was the only one in this batch who was over 40 years old. Even at only 42, he still couldn't withstand the backlash of Gene Modification.

He readjusted the modification plan. To reduce the burden on the experimental subjects' bodies, he removed the gene sequences related to physical strengthening from the three gene sequences from the modification scope.

Soon, the second batch of experiments quickly commenced.

This time, the modification time was further shortened, taking only about 5 days to complete the Gene Modification, and the physical condition of the experimental subjects was better than before.

One 45-year-old experimental subject actually survived. After telomere analysis and physical examination, his remaining lifespan was estimated to be about 15 years, which was barely usable.

He continued to adjust the Gene Modification experiments bit by bit, even taking time to implant Biochips into the experimental subjects.

Time flew by.

The entire process of modification, interrogation, testing, and training took Li Qingye another two months.

But at this point, Li Qingye had gained 41 loyal subordinates.

Twenty of them were either openly or covertly inserted into the Homo sapiens Company. The remaining twenty-one established the Luzon Intelligence Station, with its current headquarters in Darte Port, focusing on infiltrating the slums of Manila.

During this period, Li Qingye did not rest on his laurels. Various biotechnologies were progressing, after all, his super brain was exchanged for decades of his lifespan.

In terms of biochip technology, in addition to producing biochips with better performance, he also developed biological computers that integrated various biological components—[Fu Xi Shi 1.0].

The Fu Xi Shi 1.0 biological computer, unlike electronic computers, was a computer that could be implanted within a biological organism.

Of course, such a computer could also be disguised as an ordinary mobile phone or a laptop computer.

In addition, to complement the biological computer, Li Qingye had also successively developed various biological functional components.

He developed the Fu Xi Shi computer for two reasons: first, he did not trust the electronic computer equipment on the market; second, it was for the convenience of infiltrating enemy ranks.

After all, when entering the controlled areas of hostile forces, the other party would certainly not allow mobile phones or computers to enter easily. Even if allowed, they would be inspected.

Biological computers had a huge advantage in this regard: they could be implanted into the body.

Currently, Li Qingye had designed two implantation methods: one was to integrate the biological computer into the skull; the other was to modify it into the shape of a rib.

Both of these methods could deceive ordinary inspections. Even with hospital MRI, X-ray scans, and the like, they could not be distinguished.

Unless it was high-precision detection equipment at the laboratory level, it would be difficult to discover.

Under normal circumstances, even places like America's Fort Detrick laboratory would not casually use high-precision equipment to scan unimportant individuals, as these devices cost money every time they were powered on.

As for the forces in Southeast Asia, it wasn't that Li Qingye looked down on them, but their overall strength did not allow it.

Of course, another use for biological computers was to cooperate with other biotechnologies.

For example, the [Fu Xi Shi 1.0 Computer—Pheromone Hive Model] that Li Qingye had already developed was a specialized model developed specifically to facilitate the control of other Gene Modified Organisms.

The Fu Xi Shi 1.0 Computer—Pheromone Hive Model was equipped with biological components capable of producing various pheromones. By adjusting the concentration of these pheromones, it was already possible to roughly control genetically modified insects.

This was a huge breakthrough.

The previously developed [Gu Worm—Plasmodium] and [Gu Worm—Coma Poison Mosquitoes] were very troublesome to control, and could even endanger oneself if not careful.

Now, with the Pheromone Hive, genetically modified insects could be roughly controlled through pheromones.

This would be of great help in intelligence gathering, infiltration, assassination, and other operations.

The progress in biological computers prompted Li Qingye to increase the number of genetically modified organisms.

Using Gene Recombination Technology, besides the initial [Gu Worm - Plasmodium] and [Gu Worm - Coma Poison Mosquitoes], many new Gene Modified Organisms were successively created within the Research Base on Calagua Island.

Although many of these Gene Modified Organisms were immature, as the number of modified organisms increased, there were also relatively stable varieties among them.

Moreover, Li Qingye's technological progress speed was very fast, which was the terrifying aspect of Biotechnology.

Achieving exponential growth in the production and R&D of the mechanical and chemical industries was extremely difficult.

But Biotechnology was different, especially after mastering Gene Recombination Technology. For example, the production of various hormones could be achieved through direct modification of Microorganisms. Utilizing the terrifying replication speed of Microorganisms, exponential growth could be completed in just a few days.

Similarly, the more Gene Modified Organisms there were, the more data Li Qingye could observe, which would further promote technological upgrades and modifications.

However, he remained quite restrained in the modification of bacteria and viruses.

After all, the mutation speed of Microorganisms was too fast. If a Super Virus were accidentally mutated and leaked out, humanity would be welcoming a Bio-crisis.

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