Cyber Heroes

Ever since he learned that he was suffering from restorative abnormal growth disease, this mysterious old man has been a little distracted. Cui Kui was extremely surprised by this.

——Could it be that the senior suddenly realized that he was getting old, so his interest waned?

The senior has recently changed into a voice pack that sounds very young. I guess he is the kind of person who refuses to accept old age. This kind of person will suddenly realize that he has been fighting for many years, and he will have this kind of mentality, right?

As a good young man, Cui Kui felt that he should really carry forward the virtue of respecting the elderly and said: "Senior, are you worried about the disease? My junior sister is responsible for studying the medical records published online. This disease is by no means a serious illness. Although the disease is in the middle stage, It may make it difficult to use your martial arts, but it won't be a big problem in a short time. If you can leave here, it will be easy to remove those growths with the medical skills of seniors."

But he deliberately found a topic to stop the old man's thoughts from focusing on "he is getting old."

But Xiangshan sighed again.

It seems that my time is indeed limited.

Less than a month after I got this spine, I experienced abnormal growth in my nervous system. If it continues to develop, symptoms that may affect the performance of martial arts may appear within ten days.

Xiangshan deliberately stopped eating and drinking to curb the growth of nerve cells.

The biggest advantage of baseline humans is that they can rely on electrical energy to replace the energy produced by respiration. Only a little water and a small amount of organic matter are needed to maintain metabolism for a long time. But tissue proliferation definitely requires raw materials.

As long as you stop eating, you can naturally curb the rate of cell growth.

But the problem is that he is not sure what mechanism this growth follows.

If in this trait, "repair" has a higher priority than "maintaining brain structure", then this idiot's physiological function may decompose his own brain to grow those damn things without nutrient intake. nerves.

Yes, under natural conditions, people will not encounter such ridiculous things. After all, human genetic information has been developed for hundreds of millions of years and stabilized in the last million years. Although it is true that it is a "Shit Mountain", there are definitely no vicious bugs. Stable operation can still be guaranteed.

Gene therapy to transform Homo sapiens into baseline Homo sapiens essentially uses viruses and enzymes to introduce new genetic information into this piece of genetic information, and then gradually replace the cells that originally belonged to Homo sapiens - this is equivalent to treating Homo sapiens An expansion of a person’s original genetic information.

In the words of programmers, extending a shit mountain is equivalent to walking into the depths of the shit mountain and pulling out a new big pile - only God knows whether it will trigger a landslide.

According to Xiangshan's memory, this gene therapy was originally applied to yeast. Then came nematodes and fruit flies.

Each step brings together a large team of scholars, and the reimbursement of experimental animals alone is enough to support a large enterprise.

Next up is the Xenopus.

It was not until the mortality rate was reduced to one-third of Xenopus that it was introduced to mice.

The mortality rate of the first batch of mice was as high as 100%.

A few years later, after it was confirmed that the therapy did not cause direct death in mice, it was further introduced to rhesus monkeys.

These steps may sound like just violent trial and error, but back then, the research institution established by Xiang Shan was steadily producing Nobel Prize nominees.

And the secrets of life are constantly being cracked.

But even so...

Beta version of therapy may indeed have various “unpredictable benign bugs”.

Maybe "your cells will try to break down your brain to repair your body" sounds bad, but compared to "you will be poisoned by your own neurotransmitters", it is already a pretty benign bug.

That's why final versions of gene therapy severely limit the amount of genetic information transferred.

Of course, these things are not understandable to outsiders.

Xiangshan could only falter on this topic.

Seeing that the old man was really not in a good mood, Cui Hai could only sigh slightly. It is indeed difficult for a young man like him to make these old-timers put their minds at ease with words alone.

The two continued to move forward.

Soon, Cui Kui found a new trace on a wall.

This trace almost blends in with the crack in the wall. If someone does not recognize this mark, they will think that it is a naturally formed mark.

But for those who know the meaning of this symbol, this "crack" is particularly conspicuous compared to natural cracks.

"It's still seven hundred meters away from here." Cui Kui said.

Xiangshan carefully observed the crack, although he could vaguely see some traces of artificial interference. But in his eyes, this symbol was like a Chinese character made up of hundreds of strokes.

Only those who know it can understand its meaning.

"The terrain of the Arctic Ocean is very changeable, and there is an ocean under the ice. It is very difficult to search, so some sects place things that are difficult to move there." Cui Hu said: "Although it is not as good as the gathering of heroes in Africa, but It can be considered a diverse ecosystem. Some sects have their own special symbol systems to communicate within. At the same time, there are many small sects that have formed alliances, and there are also some private circles of knights. These circles use different symbol systems. Therefore, even the government cannot exhaust these secret codes."

Xiang Shan nodded slightly.

Cui Ji did not specify what circle's symbol system it was. He didn't ask either.

The two continued walking for a while.

Xiang Shan looked at the ground and said, "Huh? This seems to be the territory of those gangs..."

During this section of the road, the ground became much tidier.

Except for the main roads, which were built and maintained at the expense of the lords, other roads were built voluntarily by residents.

In theory, anyone can erect buildings and build roads on the ground at will.

However, if your building is suspected of hindering the escape of others, then there is a risk of violating Dyson's principle.

The government has no obligation to provide any public services and will not build public infrastructure. Everything is entirely voluntary.

Some signal stations were only set up by the government for the convenience of management. This is not a system, but a personal choice of local officials.

Of course, in theory, "residents volunteer" is not a ridiculous thing. There are a lot of free non-weapon drawings on the Internet, and civilian-level 3D printers are also easy to find. If one is willing, in theory, one can indeed maintain a decent standard of living.

But that's just "in theory".

In reality, many people cannot save parts for a civilian 3D printer in their lifetime, and they lack the professional skills to assemble it.

Even if the government implants a chip for enlightenment education into everyone when they are young, not everyone will be able to use that complex knowledge.

Therefore, in a sense, it is the gangs who undertake these public services.

They will set up base stations - because improving base stations is equivalent to strengthening the government's monitoring capabilities, the protectors tacitly approve and even encourage this business. Everyone who joins their base station will contribute their remaining computing resources while being monitored by the government. Gangsters use cloud computing technology to use these resources to package blockchains and obtain digital currencies.

This process is not even carried out secretly, but is openly written in the user access agreement of the base station.

This is the gang's main livelihood.

In addition, they also recover bodies, sort out garbage, and even dig sewers.

Of course, to enjoy these services, you have to pay money to the gang.

Of course, this "use or not" is not entirely voluntary, and the pricing is not very reasonable. And if you are unwilling to use it, then you have no choice but to get out of the area controlled by the gang.

Of course, subject to Dyson's principle, gangsters will not kill people. However, constantly hindering a person's work, or even accumulating small injuries on a person's prosthetic body, is enough to drive a person to death.

This kind of behavior just steps on the line of Dyson's principle. If there are not enough records to prove that this is a deliberate effort to push people to death, then it will all depend on the mood of the asylum seekers.

Some city residents can't stand it either. They would hire warriors, open up settlements in the wilderness, and formulate their own set of game rules. When the number of people in the settlement reaches a certain level, you can apply for asylum from the lord.

It is true that when you seek life in the wilderness, you will encounter green forests. But for many people, there is no difference between Green Forest and gangsters.

Xiang Shan hacked into several surrounding cameras and found that there were indeed several people cleaning up garbage. They are similar to the owners of the previous service station, and their renovation rate is very low. They usually do things under the violent coercion of gangs. As long as a small amount of compensation is given normally, this kind of behavior is still just stepping on the line of Dyson's principle. These guys know very little.

But Xiangshan soon found several different traces of intrusion inside the systems of several cameras.

"It seems that there is more than one non-government force monitoring this place? It's interesting."

Xiang Shan patted Cui Kui on the shoulder, then turned and walked in the other direction.

He would keep a hundred meters away from Cui Zu to ensure that the two of them would not be wiped out in one wave.

And at this distance, even if someone suddenly attacks, Xiang Shan is sure to save Cui Kui's life.

After all, Xiangshan just doesn't like the art of guns and art, but it doesn't mean he doesn't understand the art of artillery.

Cui Kui silently contemplated the Arctic icebergs, composed himself, and then walked out of the hut.

This tin hut looks like an abandoned warehouse. Metal can block the prying eyes of electromagnetic waves in multiple frequency bands, so it is quite a good building material.

Cui Gu found a stain like a mud dot under one of the windows.

The rest of the signal is hidden in the stain.

Cui Kui parsed out the information, and then the sounder sent out a burst of short ultrasonic signals.

After a moment, the door creaked open.

I've been sick for a few days, but my health is getting better, and I will resume my second update tomorrow.