Luo Yuan went back to the lab and gave Huang Jiahui a call to explain the situation. He stayed in the lab for the next few days.
As the days passed, there was bad news. It was either that the embryos were deformed or that they were dead. The first ones that had problems were the embryos that had been transplanted with more than 10 types of genes.
Perhaps there were too many transplanted abilities and the DNA strands could not handle it. In addition to the conflicting abilities, the embryos started to have problems after a few rounds of division. Some even mutated their genes again.
Next, the embryos that had been transplanted with more than five types of genes started to have problems too. Then, it was four types, three types, and even two types of genes started to have problems.
One by one, the cultivation cabins were emptied.
On the 10th day, there were less than 300,000 of the 1.5 million cultivation cabins left.
On the 15th day, there were only 100,000 of them left.
On the 18th day, there were only 10,000 of them left.
Such a terrifying elimination rate made Luo Yuan nervous. He spent more and more time in the cultivation room. Sometimes, he would wake up in the middle of the night to take a look before he could fall asleep.
Since the apocalypse, there were hundreds of thousands of evolved people in the Reconstruction Area. However, there were only a handful of evolved people who possessed two completely different abilities. Luo Yuan's experiment was an attempt to break this rule. It was normal for there to be a large number of failures.
Fortunately, not all the embryos had problems. With such a large number of embryos, there were always some miracles.
The remaining 10,000 embryos did not look like a lump of meat anymore. Instead, they looked like humans with their internal organs and brains taking shape.
At this stage of growth, they had passed the most dangerous stage of elimination. The possibility of success was high. As long as there were no major accidents, at least 30% of these embryos could survive and grow into humans.
From the 1.5 million embryos, only 3,000 survived. Looking at the data, the success rate was pitiful. In terms of yield, the project was a complete failure. If these cultivation cabins were used to cultivate normal clones, it could increase the population of the Reconstruction Area by more than 10 million. However, if the clones were to be cultivated carefully, they would be enhanced versions of Luo Yuan without the four-dimensional ability. Their value would be difficult to measure.
The Reconstruction Area needed a large number of ordinary people as well as super evolved humans. Most of the 3000 super evolved humans had the ability to fight against level seven mutated beasts. In terms of effectiveness, it was almost comparable to a large army. Moreover, after being trained and brainwashed since young, this group of clones would not be as rebellious as other evolved humans. To a certain extent, they would be completely loyal to the Reconstruction Area, except for Luo Yuan.
As he walked along the corridor, he examined the babies curled up in the incubation pods on both sides of the corridor. He felt a sense of kinship with them. This feeling was not a literary embellishment, nor was it a preconceived misconception. It was a real feeling. These babies were an extension of his bloodline, a part of his body.
Luo Yuan could even feel that these babies, who had not fully developed and only had their instincts, were transmitting their emotions to him as he got closer.
Upon closer inspection, it was a feeling of admiration, perhaps mixed with a tinge of respect!
The growth of these babies varied. Generally speaking, the stronger the baby, the slower it would grow, and the higher the concentration of nutrient solution they needed. However, there were also exceptions. Some cells could supply energy on their own. This was especially true for a batch of individuals that had been transplanted with genes that allowed the mitochondria to undergo cold fusion. While most of the babies were only the size of a fist, this batch of babies was already close to maturity.
Apart from the initial stage, there was a certain consumption of nutrient solution. Now, the need for nutrient solution was negligible.
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On the 20th day, the first batch of babies were released from the incubation pods. It was not because all the organs of these babies were fully developed, but because they had to leave the incubation pods. This was because these babies were kicking unconsciously, causing a lot of damage to the incubation pods.
The first batch of babies were transplanted with the cold fusion gene. These babies had soft and tough skin, and the strength of their bones was comparable to a level five mutated beast. At the same time, each of them was extremely strong. The strength of their struggle was comparable to that of an ordinary evolved human with strength.
These babies were still at the infant stage. Their skin was relatively tender, their bones had not completely hardened, and their muscles were weak. Once they were fully grown, even Luo Yuan could not imagine how terrifying they would be.
They were completely different from ordinary babies. This group of super babies was simply too active. Coupled with their strong vitality, a normal bed could no longer trap them.
A baby whose eyes hadn't even opened could easily roll out of the bed and onto the floor with just a flick of his body.
Falling from a height of half a meter would not hurt them at all. They could even crawl around as if nothing had happened.
What was more troublesome was the crying of the babies. Ever since the incubation room next door was converted into a nursery, the entire laboratory had not been quiet for a single day. The incessant crying was deafening. All the researchers were surprised and annoyed at the same time.
Initially, in order to take care of these babies, the Reconstruction Area had transferred some nurses from various hospitals. However, after many nurses tried to touch the babies and got injured one after another, the babies were completely released. They were allowed to move around freely. Other than the daily necessities, no one was allowed to step into the nursery.
Of course, these babies did not require much food. Even if they were not careful for a few days, they would not starve to death.
However, it was not that there was no silence. When Luo Yuan walked into the nursery, all the babies would miraculously calm down. Those who were crying stopped crying and those who were playing stopped playing. The entire nursery was silent!
However, due to some considerations or concerns, Luo Yuan rarely went into the nursery.
He found out that the newborn consciousness of these clones was a derivative of the Will that was left in his cells. To some extent, these babies were like his clones. If he wanted to, he could even control these babies.
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Time passed slowly. On the 28th day, the rest of the babies were released one after another. On the 32nd day, the last batch of babies left the nutrition cabin. The number of babies that survived was more than expected. There were more than 4,100 of them, divided into 450 groups.
Although most of the embryos in some of the experimental groups were dead or deformed, there were a few that survived. However, these unstable genes were first eliminated by Luo Yuan as he did not want any accidents to happen during the modification.
Among the 450 groups, only two groups had three ability genes transplanted, 28 groups had two ability genes transplanted and the rest only had one ability gene transplanted. However, what caught Luo Yuan's attention was that those that had more than two ability genes transplanted were basically clones that had the same cold fusion gene transplanted.
This made Luo Yuan speculate that the reason why the transplantation of multiple ability genes failed was not only because of the conflict of genes, but also because of the energy provided by the body.
Luo Yuan waited patiently for another week, waiting for all the medical examination reports of the clones to be released.
Luo Yuan repeatedly confirmed the reports with hints and did a random inspection of the samples. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he eliminated the cell samples that had congenital genetic defects. In the end, there were only 321 groups left.
He could finally heave a sigh of relief as the preliminary work had been completed. The next step was to modify his own genes.
Luo Yuan carefully placed each cell sample into his backpack and left the laboratory without any hesitation.
As soon as he got out of the tunnel, a wave of heat hit him.
Luo Yuan had stayed in the laboratory for more than a month. It was only January when he first arrived but now it was March. As the relatively comfortable winter was coming to an end, the temperature was getting hotter again.
Luo Yuan looked up at the glaring sun. After leaving the New Capital City, he flew into the sky. He did not return to Hope City but flew towards the wilderness.
Half an hour later, he landed.
Although he did not fly in the space-time bubble, his speed was still extremely fast. The mountains were surrounded by lush greenery and he was thousands of kilometers away from the Reconstruction Area. However, for safety reasons, he flew in the space-time bubble and entered the mountain.
When the spatial bubble dispersed, a ten-meter-wide fully enclosed cave immediately appeared around him.
He took out his backpack and spread out the cell samples that he had collected one by one. He began to filter them carefully. Even the weakest one of these cell samples could add an evolved ability to his strength. However, if it was just to add an evolved ability, Luo Yuan would not have to waste so much time and effort.
Some of the weaker cells were eliminated by Luo Yuan first. Out of the 321 cell samples, there were only about 80 of them left.
Because he considered that transplanting samples of three abilities might cause genetic instability, he ruled it out.
As for those that only had one ability transplanted, they were not cost-effective and were eliminated as well.
The number of choices was greatly reduced. Looking at the remaining 12 samples, Luo Yuan filtered them again and there were only three of them left.
One was cold fusion plus material dissociation.
Another was cold fusion plus plasma defense.
The last one was cold fusion plus space movement.
Looking at the three samples, Luo Yuan was hesitant. Sometimes, it was a painful thing to have too many choices. Among the three samples, other than cold fusion, the other ability was extremely powerful.
For example, Matter Dissociation. According to the information on the file, this evolved human could shoot a ray from his finger that could temporarily nullify the interaction between atoms and vaporize matter. However, this kind of terrifying ability was not carried forward by this evolved human. His physical fitness was not much different from an ordinary person, and the energy he could provide was pitifully small. Not only would this evolved human's body weaken for half a day every time he shot the ray, the intensity of the ray was not strong, and the effect was not very good. It could only cause some superficial damage, and could not even kill a low-level mutated beast.
However, there were only weak users and not weak abilities. Once this ability was transplanted into Luo Yuan's body, coupled with the energy provided by cold fusion, the power would be thousands of times stronger. By then, even a level eight mutated beast would not be able to withstand it.
Another example was the plasma defense. Luo Yuan was very familiar with this ability. His underwear had a plasma field. If it was not for the underwear that blocked his four-dimensional vision, he would have been blocked by the four-dimensional information and turned into a vegetable.
This ability could produce a high-temperature plasma field. The plasma that moved at high speed could absorb a certain amount of energy attacks and physical attacks. At the same time, it could also absorb electromagnetic wave detection. It was equivalent to the energy shield in science fiction.
The third ability was needless to say. This ability came from the crazy Mr. Wang from the Firearms Bureau in Hope City. Luo Yuan had been longing for this ability for a long time. Once he had this ability, coupled with his two-second prediction, his ability to survive would increase tremendously.
Unfortunately, he could only choose one out of the three abilities. Luo Yuan hesitated for a long time and finally chose space movement.
Material dissociation increased his attack power. With the Zhanmadao that had the ability to cut through space, he did not lack attack power at all. The only drawback was his long-range attack.
As for the plasma defense, it would be fine against mutated beasts. However, it would be useless against the high-energy ray from the spaceship of the extraterrestrial civilization. Even with the energy provided by the cold fusion of mitochondria, it would be like comparing a firefly to the moon.
He picked up the cell sample and took a deep breath. He quickly immersed his Will into it and memorized the base arrangement of the cells.
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