Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 1032: Stop scolding! Stop scolding!
Marcus continued his introduction.

Due to the breakthrough in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, the Lingshu Bio team is also developing an "Alzheimer's disease prevention drug" and has made good progress.

There are also some academic achievements, which Marcus also mentioned.

Below, a senior executive of Bayer whispered to his assistant, "I remember we worked with Marcus before, right?"

"Yes, I even had coffee with him."

"Do you think there's a chance to poach him?"

"Forget it. Countless pharmaceutical companies and top headhunters around the world are trying to pry this old man away, but he has changed his nationality."

"Is there no possibility at all?"

He didn't know how miraculous this man was after he recovered, but he was a dominant figure in the academic field.

He publishes all kinds of important papers as if they are free, and "Cell" is about to open a column for him!
The companion curled his lips: "Do you remember that he has a granddaughter?"

"I've read the information. She's a rare blonde beauty. Are you saying that his granddaughter is the breakthrough?"

"No, I mean, he gave his granddaughter to Master Zhou as his personal secretary."

"Well, there is really no chance."

Marcus' opening speech gradually came to an end. In the past year, as the main person in charge of Lingshu Biology, his performance was impeccable and he managed the work in an orderly manner.

What was reported to Zhou Rui at the meeting were actually a small part of the extremely important content. In fact, they had too many innovative advances. Academic papers, pathological studies, and technological breakthroughs popped up like dumplings, and only one in ten of them survived the test reported to Zhou Rui.

You can't disturb your big boss just because you published a few papers in Cell and were considered to have a chance to compete for the Nobel Prize, right?
Finally, Marcus talked about the highlight of the day, which was the original purpose of the "briefing session".

"In our ongoing research into Alzheimer's disease and severe brain damage, we have discovered some unique mechanisms of the human brain and entirely new possibilities."

"One possibility is to be able to transform the brain and increase the speed of thinking by 3-5 times."

After these words were spoken, many people below subconsciously sat up straight.

"First, let's define thinking speed. A three to five-fold increase in thinking speed doesn't mean that your sense of time is faster than others and everything seems to be in slow motion, as in the movies. Rather, it refers to a comprehensive improvement in 'information processing speed', 'logical deduction speed', 'memory retrieval speed', and 'thing recognition speed'."

Many people frowned, but didn't know what to say for a moment.
Even at the Lingshu Biological Exhibition, this statement sounded a bit confusing.
Thinking speed three to five times? What difference does it make to directly increase intelligence three to five times?
Well, it seems to be a little different, but it still makes people feel a little ridiculous.
If the "hibernation virus" is something that many people have imagined and studied, then Marcus's idea of ​​brain modification seems a bit rootless.
Marcus seemed to have expected this. He was not surprised that ordinary people would find everything they heard magical and outrageous.

It is impossible to disclose technical details at the briefing, so there must be something else that makes people believe.

So let's just speak with facts.

A video clip was played on the big screen.

What emerged was a chimpanzee.

This was Lingshu Institute’s own animal experiment, and it was different from what Zhou Rui was doing in Factory No. 6.

Marcus also tried macaques, but due to differences in their immune systems, the results were not very good, so he started using chimpanzees, which are more expensive and closer to humans.

In the video, the chimpanzee is locked in a cage with a label next to it, showing its name:
"Lili".

Gan Yuan subconsciously said, "I almost mistook her for Meimei."

Zhou Rui was stunned: "Huh? Why?"

"Nothing. Just a character in a game."

I can't let my boss know that I'm playing a paper love game based on him.
And became the player who topped up the most in the entire game
The female chimpanzee in the picture is 7 years old. She was six and a half years old when she was sent to Lingshu Biological Institute. She was specially used as an animal experiment subject for "Compound No. ".

In the video, "Lili" skillfully uses the tablet computer to do the exercises.

This kind of scene is not uncommon. The intelligence of chimpanzees can reach the level of a 10-year-old human. They are the second most intelligent species on the planet after humans, far beyond the reach of macaques. They are also highly similar to humans in terms of genes, organs, and immune systems. After training, chimpanzees can easily complete some cognitive tests and even do some simple math problems.
But when the screen showed the content of the test that "Lili" was doing, many viewers below were stunned.

Because it is doing "advanced mathematics", it is solving unformed limits.

A young visitor standing in the back row, probably a college student, spit out a mouthful of water, which splashed the back of the Bayer executive's head.

But the other party didn't have time to care, because the Bayer executive's coffee spilled all over his pants due to a shaking hand.

"What the hell! Isn't this L'Hôpital's Law?"

A suppressed noise sounded, and countless people took several deep breaths of the air-conditioned air.

Although visually, "Lili" and "Jiji" who was doing math problems in Factory No. 6 are very similar, but these are two completely different routes. "Jiji" was instilled through memory, while "Lili" had her thinking ability elevated by Compound No. 2, and then mastered mathematical rules through normal training.

At this time, the advanced math problems in front of "Lili" have no words but only symbols. Lili is very focused. These advanced math problems are not easy for her, and she even scratches her head, but she is really doing them seriously.

This reveals two pieces of information: one is that it can understand mathematical symbols and rules, and the other is that it can apply formulas.

I dare not even think about whether it can understand the laws of mathematics. After all, many university students cannot even understand the application of formulas.

The video content is coherent, but it is played a little fast. It takes "Lili" more than ten minutes to complete a question. After each question is completed, the correct answer will be given on the screen for comparison. It can be seen that its accuracy rate is not high, only 60% at most.

This means that if it takes the advanced mathematics exam, it should be able to pass.
Among the crowd standing in the back row, a young couple stared with their eyes wide open.

Boy: "I remember you failed Advanced Mathematics."

Girl: "Humph! Let's split up!"

Marcus smiled and said, "Out of humanitarian and ethical considerations, we did not teach it any language and only used mathematical symbols for training. This caused a lot of trouble, but Lili still successfully exceeded the limits of her species."

"But we think it is possible that it has mastered some kind of language. After all, ordinary chimpanzees can master hundreds of words if they are properly trained, but they just can't speak them."

"By the way, it has a better grasp of the 'Lagrange mean value theorem' and is very clever in applying derivative functions."

Many of the people below who had failed advanced mathematics in the past were quite speechless.

Stop scolding, stop scolding!
Damn, now even chimpanzees can't compare to them.
Not to mention the liberal arts students, what can they do?
And shouldn’t it be “China and Japan”? Why should “small life” be ranked first? !
Marcus pressed the button in his hand and the screen paused:
"Our company is not in a position to disclose the specific principle yet, but we have indeed found the possibility of strengthening the human brain."

“The brain is the most precious organ of human beings. It is also the prerequisite for us to stand out from all creatures, reach the top of the food chain, and build a brilliant civilization.”

"From ancient times to the present, countless people have been fascinated by this magical organ, the brain, and have tried to strengthen it, improve it, and even deify and worship it. Now Lingshu Biology has found a completely new path."

"We have tentatively named it 'Compound No. 2.'"

The briefing was meant to be ambiguous. In fact, Marcus had hidden a very important effect, which was "super memory". Otherwise, "Lili" would not have been able to master advanced mathematics so quickly.
Even if you are an ordinary human being, you can't pass the advanced mathematics exam after studying for several months.
It is also very difficult.
The crowd below has become quiet, no longer as lively as before.

I really can't digest such a huge amount of information. Can Lingshu organisms strengthen the human brain?

In particular, an idea came to the minds of senior executives of global biopharmaceutical companies at this time.

"Lingshu Biology" is not on the same track as them at all.

Do you think others are your opponents? They are in the atmosphere!
They sell medicine, while Lingshu Biotechnology is researching the "future".

Every technology is a key to open a new era.
And those media reporters were even happier than before.

I used to think that the "hibernation virus" would be the biggest news of this expo, but it seems that needs to be changed!
The most explosive news at the expo is definitely this "Compound No. 2"!
　I haven’t been in a very good state these past two days, but “The Expo” is a very important part before the end, and I don’t want to write it too hastily.

　　Analogous to the "Hangzhou Summit", the expo will be a temporal concept during which many things will happen, rather than a spatial concept where technology is discussed and that's it.

　　It certainly won’t end in two or three chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)