The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 163 Chimera

Next, the council members of the PDC discussed how to land on Mars as soon as possible.

To the surprise of all countries, there are still some "anti-escapeism" demonstrators claiming that the wisdom signal from Mars is a lie of the Wallfacers, so everyone should not listen to it.

Jiang Yu personally called the rotating chairman of the PDC, emphasizing that the reaction of these people was too abnormal and an investigation should be launched immediately.

This proposal is in the hands of all countries. During the previous demonstrations of demonstrators, everyone had already suppressed their anger, and immediately launched investigations and arrests of some demonstrators.

None of these actions have attracted much public attention. Now everyone is thinking about how to land on Mars and how to get assistance from advanced civilizations.

Related meetings are very intensive, mainly held in China, the United States and Russia.

Jiang Yu only chose some of the meetings to attend, and only needed to grasp the progress of the agenda.

After a leisurely week, Jiang Yu just finished attending a meeting in Hangzhou.

When he came out of the venue, Di Fengyi reported to him that Bai Xiangdong was also having a meeting in Hangzhou and hoped to meet Jiang Yu.

In the past three years, only the biological group has made an unexpected progress by accident, and almost no other groups have made much progress. Jiang Yu did not visit one by one like last time.

Jiang Yu looked at his watch: "It just so happens that it's time for dinner, you book a restaurant, let's have a meal with Bai Xiangdong."

Di Fengyi chose a restaurant with more exquisite dishes and local characteristics, and asked for a small private room.

Bai Xiangdong looked a little tired, and when he saw Jiang Yu, he said, "The genetic fortress of the people on Earth is about to fail!"

After Jiang Yu waited for the waiter to serve the dishes, he asked, "How do you say that?"

Bai Xiangdong also disappeared, took a sip of tea, wolfed down two mouthfuls of vegetables, and said: "The meeting we held in Hangzhou discussed the genetic technology in the 'Poisoned Apple Project'!
"As far as I know, more than [-] families have used the genetic technology of the Trisolarans for their offspring!"

Jiang Yu shook his head: "Someone wants to die, you can't stop it!"

He sighed: "But the child is innocent, can you start an initiative to boycott the following?"

Bai Xiangdong was a little embarrassed: "I have a few colleagues who have done research on the genetic modification technology of trisolarans. It's embarrassing to say that we haven't found any problems!
"But we firmly believe that the Trisolarans will not be so benevolent and provide us with technology!"

Di Fengyi poured a glass of beer for Bai Xiangdong, who became more and more excited as he talked, and let him moisten his throat.

Bai Xiangdong took a sip of beer and continued: "There must be something wrong with the technology that the Trisolarans gave us!

"It's a pity that so far, we don't have any means to directly prove our guess.

"So even though we have advocated many times, stay vigilant about this technology! There are still many people who use this technology to transform future generations."

Di Fengyi interjected, "I've seen genetically modified children who are indeed smarter and more beautiful.

"Which parent doesn't want their children to be healthy and smart? ETO should have captured the mentality of parents, and the 'Poisoned Apple Project' has the soil to grow."

Bai Xiangdong looked sad: "It can be predicted that after the first batch of genetically modified children grow up, everyone will see that this technology has no side effects, and families with conditions will definitely do genetic modification for their offspring.

"Some lobby groups with ulterior motives are already lobbying the governments of some countries to legislate to support genetic modification, and even suggest genetic modification for all!
"The genetic barriers of human beings have been breached by our own people!"

The private room fell into silence for a while, Jiang Yu pondered for a while before asking Bai Xiangdong: "If I support you with all my strength, are you sure you can win this genetic battle?"

Bai Xiangdong shook his head: "Do you remember that I studied Jiang Shiliu's genes three years ago?"

Jiang Yu nodded.

"The technology of the three-body star is a level higher than ours as a whole!" Bai Xiangdong pinched his temples and said, "They have already made a move, and the worst thing is, we don't even know where they are going to hit us with this move?"

Jiang Yu thought about it again: "Maybe the gap is not that big, but we are blinded."

Speaking of this, he suddenly asked: "Haven't you ever thought about asking Mars for help?"

Bai Xiangdong took a sip of wine: "I still say that genes are the foundation of our life, and any technology can be used by others! Only this fundamental thing must be grasped by ourselves.

"You can study slowly, but you can't fake it to others."

Jiang Yu smiled gratifiedly, and said to Di Fengyi, "Tell him about the new discoveries of the biology team."

Bai Xiangdong heard that animal cells can actually divide into plant cells, so he sat there silent for a long time!
Jiang Yu reminded: "It's still the same sentence, maybe under the blockade of sophons, we can only make breakthroughs in biology."

Bai Xiangdong also laughed: "Maybe there will be a turning point in the future!"

The atmosphere in the private room finally became less tense, and Jiang Yu poured himself a glass of beer:
"If you have time today, tell me about where the trisolarans' genetic technology has reached? Where is our genetic technology?"

While the three were eating, Bai Xiangdong said, "According to human's understanding and utilization of genetic technology, there are roughly three known stages.

"The first stage is the stage of artificial selection. At that time, there was no concept of genes at all, because the methods of agriculture and animal husbandry have changed the genes of many species.

"For example, wheat and corn are a kind of grass a long time ago, especially corn, which was thinner than ham sausage in the earliest days.

"Clearly there are carrots, watermelons, etc. Carrots in the Yuan Dynasty were similar to the roots of some plants, thin and full of branches.

"I still remember the shock when I saw the picture of wild carrots when I was in school!"

Jiang Yu and Di Fengyi felt that the few examples Bai Xiangdong gave were very interesting, so they listened more seriously.

Bai Xiangdong continued: "The second stage is that after entering the atomic age, we discovered that the genes of animals and plants can undergo some changes under moderate radiation.

"But these changes are random, good and bad.

"In agriculture, we take what works for us, breed for a few seasons and then stabilize their genes.

"Technologies in this area include early maturation of crops, dwarfing of plants, enhanced disease resistance, and more."

After a few glasses of wine, Bai Xiangdong's face turned rosy: "The third stage is the chimera stage!

"By combining the two genes, a new species is produced that is more useful to us.

"Before sophons came to Earth, we already had one foot in this stage.

"The main achievement is to use chimeric E. coli to produce insulin!"

Bai Xiangdong suddenly said seriously: "The trisolarans have already entered the fourth stage, starting directly from the genes, and changing the genes of their offspring in a controllable way!
"Moreover, if humans want to complete artificial evolution, they must at least reach the level of the fourth stage!"

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