Lin Sanjiu had no idea how long she had been sitting there while the screen was changing.
Not long after the narration started, she couldn't help being immersed in it. For a moment, she even forgot that Rena was waiting beside her. As she had infiltrated a factory as a normal person and walked through a part of the process, the narration was very relevant to her. She realized that what she had experienced at that time was only the first two steps of the process.
The first step was to "prepare the experimental subjects". It was to gather the normal people together and go through a preliminary process. After recording their physiological data, they would be given a certain enhancement in their Evolving Ability and physical attributes. This would temporarily give them the characteristics and characteristics of a posthuman.
In this step, not only would the dead normal people be collected, even the dead posthumans or people who had just evolved would be used as supplementary research subjects. The dead body of the man in the leather jacket that Lin Sanjiu had tossed into the factory and landed on the tracks was sent to one of the supplementary research labs.
Lin Sanjiu sat on a chair that Rena had brought over. She leaned forward as she listened.
"All the pocket dimensions that we collected from the apocalyptic worlds have been slightly modified by us. We can record the physiological data of the participants when they enter and exit the pocket dimension …"
At this moment, Lin Sanjiu was once again in a fast-flowing river. There were all kinds of pocket dimensions on both sides of the river. The shark was reaching out to grab her — no, it was grabbing the projections of the other normal people in front and behind her. This river was different from the one she had experienced before. The pocket dimensions were also different. She wondered how much the shark faction had prepared for the same river.
"… If we use T (Travel) to refer to teleportation, the series of 'evolutionary factors' that we have roughly concluded can be uniformly expressed as A (Advancement). And in an ordinary person's body, apart from the A factor family, the shared physiological system, and the factors that are affected by factor A, which is the part that is unique to ordinary people, it is expressed as S (Stasis). When we injected Factor A into a normal person's body, we observed that Factor A behaved similarly in the bodies of normal people and posthumans. In other words, we can assume that normal people and posthumans can replace each other … "
To make it easier for Lin Sanjiu to understand, the explanation was simplified. As Lin Sanjiu explained, a series of spirals floated past her. She couldn't tell if they were images of DNA. In any case, they were as long as her leg.
"In further experiments, we have confirmed that ordinary people with Factor A will be recognized by the instance dungeon and will respond to each other. During this process, Factor A in the subject's body was activated, while the effect of Factor S could not be observed. S was still there and still working, but the key receptor that allowed them to 'communicate' and work had been seized by Factor A, causing the expression of Factor S to be shut down. We call this key receiver G (GL). Through a series of previous studies, we believe that the expression of Factor S is the reason why ordinary people are not teleported, but evolved people are.
"At this point we can ask a great many questions. For example, if we increase the supply of G in the subject's body so that factor S can take effect at the same time, will the subject continue to be an evolved person, or an ordinary person, or both? If we inject factor S into the body of an evolved human, will the key receptor G be occupied by factor A or factor S? "
It was as if Lin Sanjiu could hear a distant and excited voice deep inside her. "Let Factor S take effect. Give it the receiver. No matter how it works, stop humans from wandering in this apocalyptic world. Let us stay."
"Let them stay."
The more she listened, the hotter and itchier her palms became. The weight and reality of the word "vaccine" gradually seeped into her consciousness. She wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead. She couldn't believe that she was still conscious.
Perhaps this was also a part of the dream. Perhaps she was still in the "brain in a vat" and was just making up a scenario and a reason for her to immerse herself in it without thinking about getting out. Lin Sanjiu didn't know which one it was. After all, once the thought experiment was recognized, it would forever blur the line between reality and reality.
However, if everything she was experiencing now was a result of the "brain in a vat", then she should just continue like this.
This was the best path to a better future that Lin Sanjiu could imagine.
The projection was not only for explanation but also for a brief record. Lin Sanjiu corrected herself. Rather than calling it a business proposal, it was more like an introduction to a museum.
This was because the next part of the narration introduced the series of failures of the shark series. They used the problems they raised as a guide and conducted many experiments and explorations. However, all of their efforts were in vain. For a long period of time, they felt like a fly flying into a glass. The light was right in front of them, but they couldn't get through it. Even Lin Sanjiu started to feel anxious.
Just when her heart was in her throat and she couldn't wait to find out the answer, the projection ended with one sentence: "So far, the above has been proven to be wrong."
"The rest of the content should be about today's progress."
While Lin Sanjiu was still in a daze, Rena interrupted. She looked at the empty wall in the room as if it was her precious child. "The reason why we could achieve such a crucial breakthrough … is because we were in a desperate situation. Among the countless supplementary studies we conducted, one of them produced an unexpected result."
"What was the result?"
"We discovered that the process of turning a normal human into a posthuman is actually a process in which Factor A gradually consumes Receptor G and consumes it. After that, the human body modified by Factor A no longer produces Receptor G. The fact that Receptor G is taken over by Factor A in the narration is the beginning of this process … However, the Factor A in our subjects' bodies isn't produced by themselves. So, before the Receptor disappeared, Factor A disappeared first. So, after they regained their status as normal humans, everything went back to normal. "
"That's right, that old woman."
Lin Sanjiu observed Rena's expression. Of course, Rena knew that the old woman was the cause of Factor A. She probably also knew about the conflict between herself and the old woman … However, Rena looked calm and natural. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell anything from her expression.
"What is the relationship between Rena and the old woman's master?"
Rena turned her head and smiled, "In other words, you don't have Receptor G in your body right now. Even if we injected Factor S into your body, your body wouldn't be able to use it. Of course, you can't degenerate because of it. In this apocalyptic world, there are many ways to degenerate a posthuman, but that isn't our goal. We just want to preserve everything and add a 'non-teleportation' feature, right? "
Lin Sanjiu nodded. Otherwise, she could have just stayed in the modern world.
"However, it isn't uncommon to temporarily degenerate a posthuman during the apocalypse. So, based on this point, we continued to delve deeper. We discovered that when a posthuman has both Receptor G and Factor S in his or her body, if a few other conditions are met, the posthuman will temporarily degenerate. However, under normal circumstances, unless there is a fundamental or structural change, Receptor G will be gradually absorbed by the posthuman's body until it is completely absorbed … At that time, the posthuman's abilities will naturally recover. "
Lin Sanjiu frowned and thought for a moment. She immediately grasped the main point. "But … Factor S is still there?"
"Yes," Rena said softly, "In other words, the 'vaccine' needs two injections. For the first injection, we inject Factor S into the posthuman's body. For the second injection, we implant a container containing G in the posthuman's body. We use this container to protect G from being absorbed by the human body. This way, Receptor G can exist in the posthuman's body for a long time. When the posthuman is transported or enters a pocket dimension, the container will be triggered and release G, combining with Factor S … In simple terms, when a posthuman is transported, the 'vaccine' in his or her body will be activated. The moment he or she is transported, he or she will temporarily become a normal person. "
When the 'G' in the container was used up, Lin Sanjiu thought that she would probably need to replenish it. However, that was nothing compared to being transported.
When Rena said this, she couldn't hold back her laughter anymore.
"You witnessed that scene with your own eyes. We set up five experimental groups and tried to include people with different conditions … After receiving the vaccine, all five groups successfully passed the pocket dimension. None of them were captured by the pocket dimension. In other words, they probably wouldn't be sent away by the Great Flood. Of course, we still have a lot of questions to ask. For example, after escaping a teleportation, will the posthuman immediately be transported again? Or will the posthuman return to the Lawless Lands? Wait a minute. Most importantly, we need to conduct a real experiment using teleportation before we can conclude whether it is a success or not. Coincidentally, there is a huge flood heading towards Walkabout Clouds right now. "
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