"Thank you, Ms. Song." Huo Shaoheng was truly exhausted, so much so that he had no choice but to ask for help from Song Jinning, who had nothing to do with their work.
This was the first time in his career that he had ever experienced something like this.
Song Jinning was very worried about his physical condition, but she still said, "I will do my best to help you, but you have to be mentally prepared. Professionals do professional things. I'm not good at finding people. "
She was also worried about Gu Nianzhi's whereabouts, but this wasn't something she was good at, so she wisely didn't criticize Huo Shaoheng's work to avoid affecting their normal work.
Huo Shaoheng also knew this, but he really had no other choice.
It was obvious that the other party's technology was more advanced than theirs, and it was premeditated. They had prepared for such a long time like casting a net. If he did not think of another way, then he really had no chance of winning.
He explained the procedures and goals of their work to Song Jinning and discussed the follow-up. He then called Zhao Liangze and asked him to send him the surveillance footage related to Gu Nianzhi's disappearance.
After Song Jinning received all the surveillance videos, she immediately began to analyze the data.
Huo Shaoheng bid farewell and prepared to leave her lab.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw a chubby man in a white coat standing at the door, about to press the doorbell.
"Mr. Huo?! Why are you here?! "
The person standing in front of Song Jinning's laboratory was actually Chen Lie.
Huo Shaoheng was also very surprised. "Weren't you doing a DNA comparison?"
It should be in the underground laboratory, right?
Because the quantum computer is underground.
Chen Lie narrowed his eyes and smiled absentmindedly. "Of course! Damn it, I'm so tired! Now, all I see are numbers, and you're just like data, hahahaha … "
"…"
He stepped aside. Chen Lie walked in and looked around. "Where's Director Song? Why are you here? "
After working with the quantum computer for more than two days, Chen Lie was a little dizzy. He rubbed his eyes and looked around. He was extremely excited and even trembling.
Huo Shaoheng thought for a moment. "Let's go out first. Let's not disturb Ms. Song's work."
He gently closed the lab door and left the Institute of High Energy Physics with Chen Lie.
…
By the time the two of them returned to the office building of the headquarters of the Special Operations Forces, it was already dawn.
The September sun brought with it the heat of late summer. Although it was only early in the morning, it already had some power.
Huo Shaoheng closed the door to his office and looked at Chen Lie. His expression was still calm, but his voice was a little shaky. "… The results are out?"
Chen Lie's round eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled. "… We're out!"
Huo Shaoheng looked at him calmly. "Why are you so agitated?"
Chen Lie leaned forward and said mysteriously, "Beg me! Beg me and I'll tell you! "
Huo Shaoheng closed his eyes speechlessly and said dryly, "Chen Lie, Nianzhi is waiting for us to save her. Why are you still keeping us in suspense? Ask your own conscience …"
"… It will hurt!" Chen Lie rubbed his chest, his expression pained and conflicted. "I'm in such a good mood and so excited. I've really let Nianzhi down. My conscience really hurts!"
The corners of Huo Shaoheng's mouth twitched. He sat down on the sofa across from him and said calmly, "If you hadn't laughed so hard that I couldn't see your eyes, I might have believed you."
Chen Lie didn't want to laugh, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face. "Huo Shao, my conscience really hurts! Believe me! "
"I don't believe you." Huo Shaoheng stretched his long legs and crossed his arms. He was calm and composed. "Hurry up and tell me, or I'll let you have a taste of the iron fist of the people's dictatorship."
Huo Shaoheng's deterrence was still somewhat effective.
Chen Lie took a deep breath and finally calmed down. He said, "I spent two days and one night using a quantum computer to finally compare the six billion base pairs of the two sets of DNA in order."
Huo Shaoheng listened attentively. He turned on his phone and pointed it at Chen Lie to record the video.
Chen Lie rambled on. "Do you know, I've never seen such a situation before!"
"I first compared the DNA base pair sequence of He Zhichu and the 16-year-old boy," Chen Lie said as he took out a flash drive from his pocket. "I'll show you."
The computer in Huo Shaoheng's office was connected to the big screen on the wall. Chen Lie walked to the back of the computer and plugged in the flash drive.
Opening the file in the flash drive, Chen Lie beamed with joy.
"Look, this is the DNA of the boy who died at the age of 16. We can call him Little He Zhichu."
"This is the DNA base pair sequence of Big He Zhichu, which is also Professor He."
"From the comparison of all the base pairs, I found that their DNA base pairs are almost exactly the same. Yes, you heard me right. I said 'almost'. It's not exactly the same as what we thought before! "
Huo Shaoheng remained calm, but he still heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.
It finally proved that the two of them were not the same person.
As long as the DNA was different, they could never be the same person.
"But where are the differences?" Chen Lie pointed at Huo Shaoheng with the mouse. "Look, this is the place where the young He Zhichu's DNA mutated. There are a total of eight nodes. This proves that what the nanny said was true. The young He Zhichu is indeed sick, and it's a disease that won't last long."
"These DNA mutations directly limit his hematopoietic function. In other words, he really has a very serious congenital disease."
"Look here again. This is Professor He's DNA sequence. Look at the corresponding eight nodes here. They're completely healthy and normal. There's no mutation at all! "
"So the bases in these eight places in Professor He's DNA are completely different from the young He Zhichu's. This also proves that their DNA sequences are not exactly the same!"
Chen Lie was so excited that his face turned red. "Let's look at the results of our Nianzhi and Little Nianzhi's DNA comparison. It's even more amazing!"
He deliberately used "Our Nianzhi" and "Little Nianzhi" to distinguish the two of them.
Little Nianzhi was the 12-year-old girl who died in the submarine in the Caribbean Sea's blue hole seven years ago.
Our Nianzhi was, of course, the beautiful 19-year-old girl who grew up by their side and was now missing.
"The situation is very similar to He Zhichu's. The DNA of the two of them is almost exactly the same. Except in two key places. "
"But these two key places are different from He Zhichu's situation."
Chen Lie slowed down his tone and said word by word, "The situation on their side is even more unbelievable!"
"First of all, you have to know that half of the people on Blue Planet have ancient virus genes in their genes. They are usually latent and invisible. Only when the conditions are right or when they are stimulated by the outside world will they be expressed, causing various diseases of the immune system. "
"And Little Nianzhi's gene sequence clearly shows that there are two nodes of the ancient virus gene hidden in her genes that do not maintain their invisible characteristics. Instead, they are expressed and displayed in her body."
"Because of this, her body is very weak. Gu Yanran once said that she eavesdropped on Gu Xiangwen and his wife and said that Little Nianzhi would not live past the age of 18. It must be true."
"This kind of congenital genetic condition is practically carrying a living virus. It's really absurd for her to live past the age of 18!"
Chen Lie slammed the mouse hard.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at him without batting an eyelid.
Chen Lie immediately withered. He rubbed his hands and said fawningly, "But our Nianzhi is different! Look at this, this is our Nianzhi's gene structure map! "
On the big screen on the wall, a comparison of gene structure maps appeared.
In Huo Shaoheng's eyes, those long and short pictures looked no different from binary.
But in the eyes of an expert, this was the most beautiful picture in the world.
"I can say that our Nianzhi's gene structure represents the most perfect combination of human genes. There are no mutations or defects. More importantly, they are all human genes!"
Huo Shaoheng was speechless. "She's a human. What's so strange about her genes being all human genes?"
"Of course it's strange!" Chen Lie waved his fists excitedly. "I just said that 8% of the genes in the identified human gene map actually come from viruses! — 8%! Do you understand?! In other words, each of us has more or less non-human genes in our bodies! "
Huo Shaoheng: "…"
This was really hard to understand and believe.
How could there be 8% of virus genes in human genes?
Chen Lie pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and explained to Huo Shaoheng with a flushed face.
"It's like this. First of all, you have to know what a virus is. It's called a virus in English."
"In the textbooks, it's stated that a virus is a non-cellular form. It's between a living and non-living body. It's neither living nor non-living."
"It's mainly made up of a nucleic acid molecule, which is DNA or RNA, and a protein."
"It infects the host by relying on continuous self-replication to occupy the host's body."
"When viruses infected humans in ancient times, they could convert their own RNA into DNA and leave it in the ancient human genome."
"Although the infected humans eventually defeated the virus and survived, these defeated viruses were not completely removed from the human body."
"The DNA fragments they left in the human genome lurked and were passed down from generation to generation as humans reproduced."
"Therefore, 8% of the human genes identified by modern humans actually came from ancient viruses."
"These different viruses embedded in our genomes have different effects on the human body. They can't be generalized."
"But it can't be denied that these are all external influences. Even if some virus genes have been 'tamed' by the human body and become an indispensable part of the human genome, they are still 'not of our race, not of our heart'. "
"Their lurking is like a ticking time bomb. You don't know when they will explode one day."
"Some virus genes even determine the extent of the human body's resistance to certain diseases."
"In this sense, whether you will get those serious diseases is really determined by your genes. Acquired factors don't have much influence."
"Therefore, to treat certain diseases, the most effective way is to start with genes."
"But frankly speaking, our current understanding of genes is still too shallow. The technology that can be used to treat diseases at the genetic level is also too backward. The cost is huge, and there isn't much effect."
"But our Nianzhi's genes are different. Not only do her genes not have any remnants of ancient virus genes, but they are completely human genes. Moreover, they are incomparably healthy and perfect, and they have that powerful … function! "
Chen Lie's last sentence was vague, but Huo Shaoheng understood what he meant.
It wasn't strange that there were no mutations or defects in the genes, but not only were there no mutations or defects, but they were all human genes. Moreover, they could repair mutated and defective genes. This was very heaven-defying.
Huo Shaoheng frowned. "… Is she really that perfect?"
Things that were too perfect always made people feel that they were illusory and would not last long.
"It's just that perfect. If you don't agree, hang yourself." Chen Lie chuckled and said Gu Nianzhi's catchphrase.
"So, our Nianzhi's DNA is actually different from Little Nianzhi's?" Huo Shaoheng urgently needed to confirm this. Otherwise, he didn't know how to face Little Nianzhi's body, which was about to be escorted back by Yin Shixiong.
"It's definitely different." Chen Lie was very emotional. "Although the two of them have exactly the same genes related to Gu Xiangwen, there are still differences between them. This kind of difference is like the difference between the two of them being biological sisters with the same father and mother. "
"But Gu Xiangwen didn't have two daughters." Huo Shaoheng subconsciously refuted Chen Lie's conclusion.
Chen Lie shrugged and said nonchalantly, "I'm purely from a biological point of view. Even if they weren't born to the same parents, it's still possible for such a DNA situation to have a parent-child relationship. Although the probability is very, very small, it's not completely impossible."
Huo Shaoheng thought about this possibility, but Chen Lie was shocked by his discovery.
"Major General Huo, have you ever thought that our Nianzhi's genes might be the only set in this world that belongs to humans?! No wonder it's so perfect! It's so powerful! "Chen Lie was almost dancing with joy." If only I could give out paper! This is definitely a Nobel Prize-level discovery! "
Huo Shaoheng couldn't help glancing at him and reminded him, "You've made an even greater discovery than this, so wake up. It's already dawn. Stop daydreaming."
Chen Lie giggled and said emotionally, "This discovery is different from other discoveries. This is a discovery that can be made public. Unfortunately, it's on our Nianzhi, so I still can't say it!"
Huo Shaoheng thought about it for a while and silently deleted the video he had just recorded. He then reminded Chen Lie, "Keep this discovery to yourself forever. Just tell the outside world that they're biological sisters."
"… Oh." Chen Lie looked at Huo Shaoheng. Although he felt it was a pity, he still nodded.
The two of them sat in silence for a while. Chen Lie yawned loudly and said, "I'm really sleepy. I haven't slept for three days. Major General Huo, I'll go back first, okay? "
Huo Shaoheng nodded and watched Chen Lie leave.
He turned his chair around and looked out the window at the morning sun. He thought to himself, Where is Nianzhi now?
Are they really getting closer to her step by step?
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This is today's chapter: Chapter 1462, "Perfect Genes".
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