Elf Simulator: The Super Power System starts with the Rockets

"What's the problem?" Dongyang asked immediately.

"Its lifespan is a problem, and there is also an IQ problem."

Unlike Dongyang, Tonegawa threw a living insect in this time.

The bulging piece of meat suddenly jumped towards the insect, squeezing it into a ball of green meat paste.

"Because it has no brain, it has almost no IQ and cannot distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. In addition, its lifespan is also very short. I predict that it will have a lifespan of about one month at most. During this period, it will continue to divide and expand, and then it will age. Until death."

"That's it..." Dongyang pondered.

Two questions Tonegawa mentioned. @*~~

There is no need to worry about brain and IQ issues, because the elf cells will evolve on their own after they aggregate to a certain stage.

For example, the ghost elves we encountered before, such as Ghost and Ghost Stone, seem to have no brains at first glance. They seem to be multi-molecular polymers, but in the arrangement and combination of those molecules, they have already formed A brain-like mechanism.

The second issue is the issue of lifespan. This is the key point.

This problem has not been solved even by the alliance’s official researchers.

Because as mentioned before, the creation and cultivation of elves, such as artificial cell eggs, are similar to cloning. The stem cells of the elves that have been born are extracted and gathered together.

Cloning: Many people think that the concept of this word is "copying".

But it is mainly about asexual reproduction technology.

The concept of cloning existed in Dongyang's previous life. The well-known cloned sheep Dolly used the cells of other sheep for asexual reproduction.

For organisms born in this way, because the telomeres of the chromosomes have been worn away, it is equivalent to the clone inheriting the age of the donor.

So clone life is usually short.

Moreover, as an experiment, in order to create an artificial cell egg whose functional performance more closely matched Tonegawa's wife, Miss Goethe, he extracted the somatic cells of Ms. Goethe.

According to the information given by Dongyang and the experience of previous people, this experiment also went smoothly.

However, the telomeres at the top of Miss Gothic's somatic cells and chromosomes have been worn to a very serious extent due to the side effects of her skills.

According to the normal interval of using her substitute amulet every three months, the lifespan of an elf cultivated with her cells would be less than four months at most.

Even if you don't use Miss Goethe's cells and use cells from other normal elves, there will still be lifespan issues.

"To overcome the problem of lifespan, we must first solve the problem of telomere wear in somatic cells."

Tonegawa wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the pieces of meat in the culture tank, thought for a while and said.

"In the next experimental step, I plan to use ionizing radiation to activate the oncogenes in these cells through physical carcinogenesis, causing them to mutate into cancer cells."

"I advise you not to do this."

Upon hearing this, Dongyang directly rejected his proposal without hesitation.

Elves, like humans, have tenacious vitality, but the gene expression in their cells is the same as that of normal organisms.

That said, they can also die from serious diseases such as cancer.

Cancer is neither a virus nor a bacterium, but a disease of cells. When proto-oncogenes in cells are abnormally activated due to certain carcinogens, they will transform into oncogenes, thereby inducing cells to become cancer cells. Cancer is also known as cancer. Hence it comes.

Cancer cells are scary because they can proliferate indefinitely and become "immortal" cells.

Tonegawa wanted to use the characteristics of cancer cells to create an elf with unlimited lifespan.

This idea is indeed feasible, but it has very big hidden dangers.

"First of all, the unlimited growth of cancer cells is uncontrollable. If it is allowed to grow, it will become a behemoth."

Dongyang analyzed it for Tonegawa.

"Secondly, the adhesion between cancer cells is very weak, and they are easily dispersed and metastasized. When elf cell disease turns into cancer cells, its law of 'gravity' will completely disappear. In the subsequent development process, the tissue of the meat mass will It will continue to fall off, and every tissue that falls off will form a new life.

, and finally it will continue to divide and reproduce to an infinite extent..."

"Cough, okay."

Tonegawa interrupted Dongyang and smiled awkwardly.

At the same time, I was sighing in my heart. Dongyang's knowledge of elf biology was beyond ordinary people. It was really rare to see such knowledge at his age.

I'm afraid the youngest researcher in the alliance is no more than this.

"I was a little impatient and didn't think things through."

Tonegawa paused, with a sad look on his face.

"If this is the case, the problem of the lifespan of artificial elves will be difficult to overcome, and our research process will be difficult to carry out, and everything will become empty talk."

"Indeed."

Dongyang nodded and said.

In fact, so far, not only the alliance officials have failed to solve the problem of the life span of artificial elves.

Even the team of researchers on Team Rocket's side have made no progress in this regard.

During these days in Team Rocket, Dongyang would get in touch with Nazi from time to time. According to Nazi's latest information, the Mewtwo Project mentioned earlier encountered problems in this regard.

The elf Mewtwo is essentially the product of cloning using Mew genes.Team Rocket obtained the dream cells by accident, thus starting the Mewtwo Project.

Since it is a clone, if there is no reasonable solution, its lifespan will naturally be limited. After all, Mew is a legendary elf. No one knows how long it has lived. When Team Rocket obtained its cells, its chromosomes The telomeres on it are extremely damaged.

Research has been stagnant, and the Mewtwo project, originally scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, is estimated to be difficult to complete until next year.

After all, Sakaki wouldn't expect the powerful elf he created to die within a few months.

I heard that Sakaki was even furious about this. Several researchers with relatively low contributions were unlucky enough to be executed directly for stepping into the research room with their left foot.

After that, Sakaki issued an order. If anyone in the organization can help overcome the difficulties created by Mewtwo, he will be heavily rewarded.

"It would be great if we could decipher the gene lock code." Tonegawa sighed.

There are two factors that affect the life span of elves.

One is the telomeres mentioned earlier.

The second is genetic lock.

Elves also have a genetic lock limit on their lifespan. Once opened, they can completely ignore telomere wear during body cell division, thus achieving true immortality.

It's a pity that humans have tried their best to decipher the genetic locks, but have not been able to overcome them. They can only indirectly eliminate the genetic locks through various genetic engineering and gene fusion.

Among the elves known and domesticated by humans, there is no elf whose lifespan is not limited by genetic locks, and naturally cannot be eliminated through genetic engineering.

"Maybe we can start with ordinary creatures."

At this time, Dongyang suddenly said. @·No mistake first release~~.