Doesn't it make much sense for the current situation?
"How do I know if it makes sense if you don't tell me?"
General Reinhardt didn't want to argue with Lu Zhou.
He spoke calmly, "In the spacecraft's sample warehouse, there are three vials of medicine. The Observer asked me to bring them here and hand them over to the selected person along with the spacecraft."
Lu Zhou: "Take me there."
"Go through the buffer room, go straight along the corridor, and I will tell you when it's time to stop."
Under the guidance of General Reinhardt, Lu Zhou came to the door of the sample warehouse. Just when he was about to find a handle or something similar to a switch on the alloy door, the door opened by itself.
Lu Zhou smiled and spoke awkwardly.
"I didn't expect there to be electricity here …"
"…"
There was no response from the communication channel. After Lu Zhou coughed, he no longer cared about these trivial things. He looked around the room with a flashlight, locked on a silver-white metal cabinet in the corner of the room, and walked toward it.
This should be it …
Lu Zhou reached out and pressed it.
Along with a trace of coldness, the originally silver-white and shiny metal shell seemed to have faded in an instant, becoming as transparent as glass.
Lu Zhou looked at the changes in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.
"This is …"
"A two-phase material, but that's not the point. Do you see the three vials in the freezer? They are red, green, and purple. You can choose one of them to take away. "
Looking at the three test tubes of different colors, Lu Zhou continued to ask, "What are their uses?"
"The red one is called 'awakening'. It can strengthen the coupling efficiency of protons and electrons on the mitochondrial membrane of your somatic cells at the genetic level, as well as the level of activity of the coupling proteins. This is specifically reflected in the enhancement of metabolism and physical fitness, making your body healthier and stronger.
"The green one is called 'Venerable'. It can modify your DNA telomeres at the genetic level, giving you an almost infinite lifespan.
"As for the purple one … It has no name, but according to The Observer, it should correspond to psionic energy."
Lu Zhou paused for a second and frowned.
"… Psionic energy?"
General Reinhardt seemed to see through his thoughts. He smiled faintly and continued.
"I know what you're thinking, but I'm afraid it's a little different from your understanding of superpowers. It's very troublesome to explain in detail, and it was only after I arrived at the center of the galaxy that I learned that apart from materialists like us, there is also a group of evil civilizations that communicate with the Universal Consciousness through individual consciousness and trade with the Void. "
The evil path was still alright …
It was just a different path, but there was no need to belittle others like that, right?
Lu Zhou said, "In other words … even if I'm injected with the purple potion, I won't gain the ability to teleport or smash a planet with one punch?"
"It seems that you are still awake." Reinhardt smiled faintly. "Even psionic energy can't transform you from a low-dimensional creature to a high-dimensional creature, or from an ant to a giant. Its greatest purpose is to allow you to chat with the demons in the void for a while … No more nonsense, hurry up. "
Staring at the three potions in front of him, Lu Zhou fell into a dilemma.
"Even humans can use it?"
"In theory, any mammal can do it."
"Yeah, so we're still relatives."
"Tsk."
Huh?
Did this guy click his tongue just now?
Forget it, I'll pretend I didn't hear it.
"Can I only use one?"
"If you don't want to cause a rejection, you'd better restrain your greedy thoughts."
Red was excluded for the time being. Lu Zhou had no interest in becoming a superman. Humans were able to develop to this day not by relying on muscles, but by their brains. As for green and purple, he struggled for a while.
Psionic energy …
Lifespan …
The former meant that he would open the door to a new world, and the latter meant that he would have endless time to engage in the research that he was passionate about.
Putting that aside, there were few who could resist the temptation of eternal life.
Lu Zhou finally made a decision. He took a deep breath and asked the last question in his mind.
"By the way, are there any side effects?"
"There will be a little side effect, probably weakening your fertility."
Lu Zhou, who was about to make a choice, almost choked.
"Cough! What the hell? This thing … has an effect on that thing?! "
"It may be a little different from what you think. Have you heard of reproductive isolation?"
Lu Zhou nodded nervously.
"I've heard of it, why?"
"Modifying the genetic code is a very esoteric subject. Even we haven't fully mastered this technology."
After a pause, General Reinhardt continued.
"Strictly speaking, if you use any of the red or green potions, you and your kind will be genetically similar, but not completely the same. The chances of interbreeding between different breeds, or in other words, the probability of winning the lottery, were naturally lower than normal reproduction. If you want to save trouble, you can also use scientific means to get it done in one step. This is the more scientific approach I recommend. "
Get it done in one step …
Does it mean artificial X?
Reinhardt saw the hesitation in Lu Zhou's expression, so he spoke with a hint of ridicule.
"Do you still want to use it? If you are worried, you can also choose to give it to someone else. "
"I'll do this myself."
This is an opportunity to obtain eternity in the sense of time.
In contrast, reproduction is simply insignificant.
At most …
I'll spend more time making babies in the future.
Lu Zhou took a deep breath and made up his mind. He reached out and selected the button on the freezer.
With a soft clank, the dark green test tube gently fell into the sample extraction tank.
At the same time, there was a chuckle in the communication channel.
"Sure enough, you will choose 'Honored One'."
Lu Zhou: "Is there anything strange?"
"No, if it were me, I would probably choose the same. The strength of the flesh and blood is just a burden. In the face of eternity, the mystery is even more vulnerable. Although it is surprising that you guys are backward, I didn't expect your morality to be unexpectedly similar to ours. Maybe this is why The Observer sent me. "
Lu Zhou didn't say anything about General Reinhardt's ridicule. In fact, when making the choice, he actually hesitated for a second about whether to take the purple potion or not.
However, since he had already made a choice, there was no need to say more about this kind of thing.
"What will happen to the remaining two potions?"
"Nothing. You can choose to take them with you or leave them here, but I recommend you destroy them. Genetic modification is a very precise art. Not all genes can be perfectly compatible, especially genes that are artificially modified. The wrong fusion will lead to serious genetic pollution. "
"If you plan to use other potions on another person in order to create a descendant compatible with both genes at the same time, I advise you to dispel this idea. Before the two incompatible genes stabilize, not only will you destroy it, but you will also plant a time bomb hidden in your civilization's chromosomes. "
Are you exaggerating?
Lu Zhou admitted that he did have this idea.
However, General Reinhardt didn't seem to be joking, so he put this matter aside for the time being.
Lu Zhou turned his gaze to the test tube in his hand. He looked at the dark green mucus in the transparent container that exuded an ominous aura and asked.
"How should I use it?"
"Just drink it."
Lu Zhou took off the plastic hose connected to the water bag and inserted the tube into the mouth of the test tube.
This was a reagent that had been in the freezer for billions of years. Even though he knew that it was basically maintained under the protection of the freezing environment and the four-dimensional space fragments, it still took him a lot of effort to overcome the discomfort in his heart. He took a deep breath.
The cold and delicate touch went all the way down his esophagus, but then the strong burning sensation rushed from his throat to his respiratory tract, making Lu Zhou cough violently.
Fortunately, this strong discomfort did not last long. Soon, the burning feeling turned into a warm current, spreading along his chest, washing every cell in his body.
Almost at the same time, there was a faint laughter in the communication channel.
"Congratulations, Chosen One. You are now the only carrier of the 'Supremacy' gene. If you can't survive, I suggest you find a way to leave some seeds for the people who come here in the future. If I guessed correctly, you should not have much oxygen left. "
Lu Zhou: "Is there no oxygen tank on the spacecraft?"
"Do you think there is such a thing?" There was a hint of mockery in the voice. "When it took off from the planet of the Calan Empire, it didn't take any living beings with it. Why do I have to prepare things like oxygen tanks on it?"
Lu Zhou remembered.
What was sent to the center of the galaxy was just a memory.
The General Reinhardt he saw in the Void Memory had already died under the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army.
"I see … That's really a headache."
Reinhardt continued slowly as he looked at Lu Zhou, who was in a desperate situation.
"Do you need me to give you some time? If you want to save the seeds, you can use the sample cabinet next to you. "
"No need, I will go back alive."
After leaving the sample library, Lu Zhou almost turned the spacecraft upside down.
Although General Reinhardt was quite dissatisfied with his rude behavior, he still complied with the contract he made with the Observer civilization and cooperatively introduced the role of each room and facility to Lu Zhou.
Finally, in a room next to the cockpit, Lu Zhou, who found what he was looking for, stopped.
He gently dusted off the non-existent dust. He looked at the angular, freezer-shaped cuboid in front of him. A relieved smile finally appeared on his face.
He had seen this thing on a four-dimensional space fragment.
It was in a vast grotto. Professor Vernal and Schulz stood with them. Through the four-dimensional space fragment, he even received the electromagnetic wave signals from the grotto and heard Professor Vernal's conjecture about the cubes that had weathered into rocks.
If his speculation was correct, the dormancy cabin in front of him at the moment was the source of the Martian civilization's cryodormancy technology and the prototype of the dormancy cabin displayed in that grotto!
"General Reinhardt."
"What's wrong?"
"Let's make a bet."
"Bet on what."
Lu Zhou took his hand back from the shell of the dormancy cabin. He took a deep breath and spoke slowly.
"Bet that I can get out of here alive."
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