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Chapter 198 Paradise Project - Part [-]
Johnny and Zach began to plan how to successfully sneak into the Adam Technology Building to "borrow" their laboratory.

On the side of the Phoenix base, Luo also sneaked into a certain laboratory.

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"Hey, I don't eat people, so relax."

Luo sat on the operating table in the laboratory, eating a can of pickles in his hand.

In front of him were several experimenters in white coats with stiff expressions.

They stood very cautiously, not daring to look directly at the demon in front of them.

"Continue with your work, I'll just take a look."

Luo was sitting on the operating table dangling his legs, chewing the sour pickled cucumber in his mouth.

The few experimenters panicked to death, but they didn't know what to say.

...Get rid of your ass sitting on our console, how can we continue to work?

Of course, in this case, even if they were given a hundred guts, they would not be able to say it.

The staff of the entire experimental area knew that two people escaped from the ark and broke into the experimental area not long ago, and even one of them broke into the upper floor. In the process, there were almost 30 people who had no time to evacuate. The experimenter was killed by him in an extremely cruel way.

These scholars who have been immersed in scientific research for many years have never encountered such an encounter.

And who would have imagined that staying in the laboratory to cultivate some microorganisms would lead to death.

So when Luo suddenly appeared here, the first reaction of the researchers in the lab was to run.

Most of them "escaped" from the laboratory in good time.

The remaining few were half a beat slower in response.

Luo sat in front of them carelessly.

But not long ago, the superior notified that Luo's threat report was revoked, which meant that he did have the qualifications to move freely in the experimental area.

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"Okay, since you don't want to continue working, do me a favor."

Luo threw a small piece of pickled cucumber into his mouth, pointed to a culture chamber in the laboratory and said:

"Tell me about the things grown there."

The fungi that Bonnie mentioned are cultivated in the cultivation warehouse.

These experimenters did not dare to refuse Luo's request.

Finally, someone among them mustered up the courage to come to Luo and tell him about the fungi grown in the cultivation warehouse.

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It was about the same as what Luo had speculated.

These colorful fungi are not species that originally existed in nature, but synthetic species artificially cultivated in the laboratory.

They cultivated such a creature by combining the DNA of different fungi through genetic technology.

The original purpose was only to target a certain human disease mechanism, trying to combine some existing biological mechanisms to form a species that can cure this disease.

However, the genetic experiment itself has great drawbacks. After the biosynthesis was bred, they found that the desired effect was not as expected. First of all, the disease-causing gene could not be completely cured, but could only be suppressed. The problem is that synthetic fungi also have negative effects similar to drug addiction. If the dosage is not well controlled, users will become extremely dependent.

Moreover, the conditions for the use of synthetic fungi are relatively harsh, and basically only have beneficial value for patients with this type of disease, but for normal humans, they are just a highly toxic organism.

That's why the laboratory needs to use a completely closed isolation culture chamber to cultivate these fungi.

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After listening to a series of introductions given by the laboratory staff with trepidation, Luo left with a vague understanding.

Everyone in the lab breathed a sigh of relief.

As for Luo, he basically figured out what he wanted to know.

As for his purpose and what he wants to do next, no one knows.

Apparently, Bonnie has some kind of strange disease, and these fungi have been bred for this disease in her body.

But this thing did not treat her disease very well. On the contrary, it also caused her dependence on fungi, which is called drug addiction for short. No wonder the child tried so hard to stage the "prison break" before.

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Meanwhile, on Klaus' side.

Harvey has crawled out of the treatment cabin in good spirits.

He is topless.

All the scars on his body have disappeared, and even the blood stains left before have been cleaned up.

"call……"

Harvey let out a long breath, and sat down on the sofa unsteadily.

"Comfortable!"

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to capsize during several consecutive field missions." Klaus was holding a paper book and flipping through it.

The successive capsizing of Harvey's boat he mentioned naturally refers to his actions against the narwhal and the hunting of Johnny Alton this time.

"How could I have imagined that the energy cube that was lost in the headquarters just fell into the hands of those two boys. Johnny was in charge of the development of the core technology of the energy cube, and this thing naturally became a big thing in his hands. Lethal weapons, if it wasn't for this, he would have been captured and locked in the ark long ago." Harvey put his feet on the table and said leisurely.

"This is indeed a negligent point." Klaus nodded: "Before there were traces of energy cubes in Hilo City, we should have expected the whereabouts of the energy cubes, but it doesn't matter anymore. The derivation experiment of the symbiont has been completed, as long as we complete the last step, it doesn't matter how much that kid Johnny struggles."

"It's finished so soon?" Harvey's eyes flashed a frenzied look.

"That's right, the experiment process was smoother than I imagined." Klaus smiled.

He put down the book in his hand and turned the dial on his wrist.

The dial projects a virtual image in the air.

Displayed on the screen is a series of cumbersome data tables.

"I extracted the symbiont substance fused with his cells from Luo's blood. Compared with the original symbiont, it has greatly reduced some of its uncontrollable properties after being fused with the human body. Of course, in order to The part of the substance we need can be extracted to a greater extent. In the derivative experiment, I discarded all other irrelevant gene points and only kept the most critical section. Now the preliminary sample has been prepared. "Klaus said Talking about the various data on the virtual screen.

"It means that we will be completely free soon?" Harvey grinned.

"Soon? Not soon, but very soon, and the experiment can even be started today."

Compared with Harvey, who was a little emotional, Klaus seemed much calmer.

"Then let's experiment today!" Harvey said.

"It's not impossible..."

"That's all right, so what's the nonsense?"

"Listen to me first." Klaus made a calm gesture, and said to Harvey: "What I want to tell you is that I abandoned most of the traits of the symbiont, and only kept its influence on our genes. The re-alteration of the cancer gene set in the computer, understand?"

"Isn't that our purpose?" Harvey asked a little calmer.

"You still don't understand what I mean. There is nothing wrong with this being our most important purpose, but if it is just that, we are equivalent to abandoning all other gifts in the symbiont. Simply put, using the derivative experiment After the product, we just got rid of the control of the headquarters, but from the essence of the biological mechanism, the symbiont did not bring us more changes, and we will never be able to become a creature like the few fusers in Rona. Klaus shook his head and said.

"Wait, you still want to copy all the traits of the symbiote fusion?" Harvey frowned and said, "Or do you really want to become a creature like them? Buddy? Be sober, let's Our goal has been achieved, as long as we inject the product of the derivative experiment, we can get rid of the control of Phoenix headquarters, what's wrong with that?"

"Then you never thought about it, did you go further?" Klaus looked very calm.

"No!" Harvey replied very calmly, "I just want to get out of control. I've been a puppet for decades."

"But after leaving the headquarters, you will return to a normal state of life. Excluding the years of being a test subject of the 'Heaven Project', what is your real age now? After you get out of control, how many years can you live? After 30 Years? Or 20 years? Your body will age like a normal person, then your spirit will start to weaken, and then you will die mediocrely." Klaus said word by word.

"What's wrong? 'Project Paradise' is a joke. It's not immortality. After being a part of this project, I didn't feel alive for a moment. What I want is freedom, my friend, freedom! Don't Tell me you have forgotten your original intention, we have worked hard for this goal for more than ten years." Harvey's eyes once again ignited fanaticism.

"It is because it took more than ten years that I am not reconciled. The symbiont is like a gift thrown by God to the world. It gives us the hope of returning to freedom, but what this gift contains is not only We can only get us back to freedom, and we can get more." Klaus tutted.

"It means that you are reluctant to just turn back into an ordinary person, you want to go further, right?" Harvey said, reaching out and touching the top of his bald head.

"I need time, give me more time, I can perfectly excavate and reproduce all the performance of the symbiote, now Luo is under our control, the symbiote has undergone deep fusion with his cells, we have There are endless symbiont substances, as long as I have enough time, I can definitely create a complete symbiont, you are right, the company headquarters' "Heaven Project" is not immortal at all, it is fake, but this !this!"

Klaus stretched out his hand, and the virtual projection projected the symbiont material currently under study onto his palm.

"This! This is the opportunity for true eternal life!"

His eyes fell on the rolling blue matter.

Klaus has always maintained a stable and peaceful external state. He seems to be always calm, no matter what the situation is, he will not be surprised.

But at this moment, when he held the symbiote in his hand, the expression on his face far exceeded Harvey's fanaticism.

Harvey's fanaticism stems from his yearning for freedom.

And Klaus pursues more, he has greater ambitions.

He wasn't content to stop there.

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"Wake up, if it's really that easy, those scientific research institutions that got the symbiont decades earlier than us would have produced such creatures in batches, don't forget that these institutions have a high probability of mastering Those few fused organisms back then, but so many years have passed, and no related examples have appeared, there must be other problems, and it is even impossible to complete."

At this time, Harvey calmed down rarely. He found that the old friend who had been with him for decades suddenly became a little strange, or he hadn't seen Klaus through all these years.

For Harvey, he really just wanted to withdraw from the "Heaven Project". He originally thought that Klaus thought so too, but judging from what the other party said today, it was not so.

Klaus wanted more.

On the one hand, he hopes that he can get rid of the headquarters' "Heaven Project", but on the other hand, he is unwilling to become a normal human being.

Perhaps because he has been engaged in research in the field of biology for many years, Klaus's outlook on life has undergone a great change. He has seen more profound scientific mysteries and learned more areas that ordinary people cannot touch. become more frenzied.

He realized the insignificance of human beings, and he no longer wanted to be such an ordinary and insignificant species.

Klaus wanted to perfectly excavate all the operating mechanisms of the symbiote, and use Luo as a fusion body to obtain more symbiote substances whose resistance had been removed, so as to copy the symbiote that could change himself into a brand new creature. symbiont.

From the bottom of his heart, Klaus yearns for freedom, but he yearns for transcendence even more. Perhaps after seeing so many unusual creatures in his research career over the years, he realized the current level of human evolution limitations, thus stimulating more slightly distorted thinking.

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"You're right, in 44 years, from the time the symbiont fell to the earth until now, no one has perfectly studied the symbiont, let alone copied a fused version of the symbiont, so I said I It takes time. I have spent more than ten years, which can be considered a long time, but in fact, it is not worth mentioning compared with the whole life, and 44 years is also not worth mentioning. If I can, I am willing to spend more time. Delve into it."

Klaus gradually calmed down his emotions, and he kept flipping through the research data on the virtual screen.

"Time, it's just a matter of time."

(End of this chapter)