The next day, at the cafeteria.
Luo Yuan and Chen Xinjie sat opposite each other and did not speak for a long time. They had not seen each other for quite some time and she had lost a lot of weight. He could vaguely see the hidden sorrow in her eyes. She looked like a completely different person compared to the beautiful girl who was always smiling.
"I'm sorry …" Luo Yuan broke the silence after a long while.
He didn't expect that her mother would pass away in just a few days. It was too sudden, and he didn't know what to do. If he had treated her mother a few days earlier, or when they met, such a sad thing wouldn't have happened!
"You don't have to apologize. I'm mentally prepared. This is all fate!" Chen Xinjie turned her head away and said softly. Her eyes were slightly red.
The atmosphere was silent.
At this time, it was lunchtime. People were coming and going in the cafeteria of the city hall, and the seats were full. However, this area was empty. The nearby seats were empty, and no one dared to take the initiative to approach.
Luo Yuan could feel that there was someone looking at him. He said, "I think you should be transferred to my secretariat. I'm going to let Cheng Guanghui be in charge of some practical matters."
"This is not appropriate, Mayor. I'm doing very well now!" Chen Xinjie bit her lips and lowered her head, "You already know that everything in the past was for the mission from the higher-ups. It's no longer necessary now."
"But it's all in the past. We should look forward …" Luo Yuan said in a serious tone.
"Mayor, I'm done eating. I'll leave first!" Chen Xinjie pulled her bangs and left the table with her plate.
Looking at her running away, Luo Yuan opened his mouth and sighed. Their relationship was not normal. It was like a stained white cloth. It could not be cleaned up and it would return to its original state.
…
Luo Yuan returned to his office and sat for a while. After going through more than 10 documents, he became bored. Now that everything in Hope City was on the right track, there was no need for him to do everything himself. With the completion of the heating system, the expansion of the production of vegetables and food, and the reopening of more and more civilian factories, the people's lives were getting better.
Although it was not as good as before, it was enough to satisfy the needs of the people.
The biggest contribution was the nuclear fusion furnace that was dismantled from the Glassian aircraft. It provided endless energy and allowed the humans to survive in such a terrible winter.
Moreover, there was now more than one nuclear fusion reactor in Hope City. To ensure energy security and prevent emergencies, Luo Yuan had dismantled the nuclear fusion reactor in another aircraft that was floating in space. It was placed in Hope City as a backup energy source. Even if there was a problem with one of the nuclear fusion reactors, it would not affect the survival of humans.
Luo Yuan tapped the table lightly and closed his eyes to think. After a while, he picked up the intercom and called Secretary Cheng Guanghui.
"Inform the director of the Biology Research Institute to come here!" Luo Yuan said and hung up the phone.
Now that most of the researchers in Hope City had been sent to the spaceship, the Biology Research Institute was the only laboratory on Earth. However, there were not many real researchers in the Biology Research Institute. Apart from a few authoritative researchers, most of them were newly recruited laboratory operators. Firstly, they were used to reserve talents and secondly, they were used to operate the human cloning assembly line.
The number of humans was too small. After the apocalypse, reproduction was difficult and the pregnancy rate was low. It would take at least a thousand years to recover the population of the reconstruction area by natural reproduction. As for recovering the population before the apocalypse, it would take at least a few thousand years or even tens of thousands of years. Moreover, it would require continuous and forceful intervention from the government.
However, cloning was much easier. It was also the only way for humans to quickly recover their civilization and rebuild their glory.
Unfortunately, regardless of whether it was Hope City or the spaceship that was about to migrate, the number of humans that could be accommodated was quite limited. For a long period of time, the number of humans could only be maintained at a maximum of 10 million. Unless humans could find a new habitable planet in the universe or wait for technology to develop to a certain extent, they would have the ability to modify planets.
However, the possibility of the former was slim while the latter required time.
…
Not long after, the director of the Biology Research Institute walked in with the help of his secretary.
He was a skinny and short old man who was about 50 to 60 years old. He did not even have time to change his clothes. Apparently, he had rushed over as soon as he received the call.
The continuous publicity about Luo Yuan's annihilation of the aliens in Hope City had made him a legend. Even though the senior researcher was used to meeting all kinds of leaders, he was still nervous when he saw Luo Yuan. He was so nervous that he could not speak properly. "Mayor … Mayor, you called for me?"
"Have a seat!" Luo Yuan nodded and said.
He closed the door carefully and sat on the sofa cautiously. It was his first time meeting the legendary mayor. Thinking about the research progress of the research institute, he could not help but feel anxious.
"How's the research on the human cloning technology going?" Luo Yuan asked.
"We still need some time. There are still some problems with the amniotic fluid formula. We need a lot of experiments." Hearing the mayor's question, he could not help but break out in cold sweat.
The cloning factory in Hope City was not going well. After the disaster, there was a gap in the technology. There was still no breakthrough in the technology to simulate the amniotic fluid in the womb, causing the cloning factory to be shut down.
Human cloning often involved all kinds of moral and ethical issues. Even in the apocalypse, human cloning was still a secret. There were only a few laboratories like this in New Capital City. Many of the biological researchers in Hope City had never heard of it before. Now, everything in the research institute needed to be restarted.
Luo Yuan frowned. Although he had done a lot of experiments on human cloning, he did not understand the most basic amniotic fluid technique. He did not have any concept of it. After all, who would have cared about how the culture fluid was synthesized back then?
However, he was not in a hurry. After all, there was no absolute difference between Hope City's biotechnology and New Capital City's. It was only a matter of time. Moreover, there was a more advanced genetic technology in the Glassian spaceship. He believed that as time passed, humans would continue to explore the Glassian technology and everything would be solved.
"Can the laboratory do plant cloning now?" Luo Yuan asked.
"Plant cloning?" The director was surprised. He immediately reacted and replied, "Mayor, compared to human cloning, plant cloning is relatively easier. If it's asexual reproduction, it'll be even easier. With the technology in our laboratory, it should not be a problem."
"Very well. Prepare the relevant technology first. I'll come over to inspect after some time." Luo Yuan nodded and said.
The director of the research institute was confused. Although he did not know what Luo Yuan wanted to do, he still promised to complete the political task. Soon, he walked away and the office returned to silence.
That was right. This was Luo Yuan's arrangement to produce wisdom.
However, compared to the slow and inefficient cloning, Luo Yuan hoped to directly synthesize the beneficial components of the wisdom heart, such as various macromolecules and proteins. He wanted to directly industrialize it. However, with the current technology in Hope City, it was not practical. Perhaps it would only be possible after they absorbed the Glassian technology.
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