Extraterrestrial parasite

In the next area B on the first floor, Chen Yang saw the three doctors who were already standing there waiting. The two sides shook hands with each other, and they were not very polite to each other.

As the boss, Chen Yang naturally didn't need to be polite, but the three Ph.D.s were focused on research and were not people who paid much attention to the world, let alone polite words. As soon as they met, Dr. Gordon Freeman pointed to the bottom of the platform. The large-scale freezing cabin placed vertically said seriously: "The foundry has assembled twenty-five sets of this new type of freezing cabin. The amount stored in each set can provide a single person with about 4 hours of oxygen and nutrient consumption. , if the power is cut off, it can continue to provide power output for 1 hour... If you switch to freezing mode, after previous tests, it will not cause any harm to the human body for at least two months. According to the instructions you gave, it can at least be frozen. The human body has been safe for ten years... To be honest, this new type of cryogenic chamber is of great value..."

Gordon Freeman was full of praise. Although the freezing cabin has not been tested for more than five years and its freezing technology cannot be truly guaranteed, the technical level currently displayed by the freezing cabin is already extremely high. Rare and valuable.

For decades, countless biologists around the world have been committed to exploring the fundamental reasons for the threat to life under low temperature conditions. By studying the protective effects of antifreeze substances in antifreeze organisms and conducting freezing experiments on cells, we have now discovered There are currently two complementary theories that can provide a basic explanation for this: chemical damage caused by low temperature and ice crystal damage! Why life needs oxygen. It uses the power of oxidation to decompose organic molecules to obtain huge energy without oxygen. If it cannot decompose organic molecules, it will naturally not be able to obtain energy, and then it will be death.

However, no matter how important oxygen is in life activities, it cannot hide that its oxidative decomposition will destroy the essence of life molecules, especially the cells in the living body. When oxygen is actively utilized, a large number of free radicals, which are more active than molecular oxygen, are produced.

under normal circumstances. Cells use a series of enzymes to directly or indirectly resist damage caused by oxygen and free radicals.

But as the temperature drops, the speed of this damage also drops, which should be a good thing.

But good things always come with a big bad thing. The resistance ability that is accelerated by enzyme catalysis decreases sharply as the activity of the enzyme decreases sharply, and the originally balanced chemical reaction eventually shifts to the destructive side.

Life itself, as an ordered structure, will collapse if there is any slight deviation.

Such an unbalanced chemical reaction will only cause the frozen life to gradually die, and it will not be able to meet the requirements of freezing at all.

As a member of the earth's creatures, human beings are even more fragile. Refrigeration technology has stagnated for decades because there is no good way to solve the imbalance of this balanced chemical reaction. As for the other ice crystal damage. It lies in the nature of water.

Water is a substance that increases in volume instead of decreasing after crystallization and solidification. If the temperature is too low in winter, water pipes will sometimes freeze to burst, for the same reason. Most of the structure of the human body is water, once the temperature is too low. It will cause cells to freeze and expand, resulting in tragic results that are by no means ideal and no one wants to see.

In addition to this reason, the rigid structure of ice crystals will also exclude other substances, causing the concentration of solutes in the unfrozen liquid to increase significantly. Excessive salt concentrations and harmful substances can directly damage cells.

With so many insurmountable difficulties, it is no wonder that biologists in so many countries have spent decades failing to truly solve them.

However, this freezing chamber and the corresponding glycerin c-px1 antifreeze synthetic substance have solved several of the shortcomings of the appeal, making long-term freezing of the human body a real possibility!

Although it has not yet gone through a lot of testing and the safety of this process cannot be completely guaranteed, the three doctors present are all very aware of the value of this.

Even if the cryochamber and the glycerin c-px1 antifreeze synthetic substance are not fully tested, as long as this technology is announced, I believe that winning the Nobel Prize will be just a trivial matter, followed by a large number of investment requirements and countless There will definitely be a staggering number of people who want to try it.

When thinking of this, Dr. Gordon Freeman himself felt a deep moment of silence for the "Alcor Life Extension Foundation" in Arizona and the "Cryonics Facility" in Michigan.

I'm sorry, you are still working hard on it, but we can actually put it into use. This gap is so big that I feel really sorry.

After hearing what Dr. Gordon Freeman said, Chen Yang pondered: "Is it safe at the foundry?"

"this……"

Gordon Freeman only focused on the research and equipment needs of the laboratory. How could he know this? Fortunately, Liu Helan, who was participating in the whole process, suddenly said: "I am in charge of the foundry. Everything is done according to the procedures. There should be no question."

"Should there be no problem?"

Chen Yang sighed: "What I want is a guarantee, not an ambiguous answer. Although all parts orders come from European countries, after all, the final assembly process needs to be carried out. The foundry must be closely monitored and never The relevant technology of the cryogenic chamber must be leaked."

"yes."

The three of them nodded in agreement. Only Wang Rui disagreed. He had gone to the foundry before and saw that the cryogenic chamber was composed of thousands of parts. As long as the core technology was not leaked, even if it was handed over to others, it would be difficult to crack the key. location. What's more, the cryo-chamber is important, but the glycerin c-px1 is the most important core. Without this thing, the cryo-chamber is useless.

After visiting area b, a few people continued to lead the team and took Chen Yang to the next area c.

Area C is used as a material equipment warehouse. It is also the only large entrance and exit. It stores a large amount of food and water resources. It has enough food for two hundred people to eat for a month at any time. It also houses a lot of research equipment. Equipment and parts ensure that if there is a problem with related equipment, there will be corresponding parts available for repair immediately.

As for the last area D on the first floor, there is nothing interesting to see in the restaurant, lounge, etc. Chen Yang directly transferred to the second floor.

Shen Lang has introduced before that in addition to the three Ph.D.s in charge of research, there are 123 ordinary researchers in the entire laboratory, but there are not many researchers on the first floor. It turned out to be on the second floor.

The second floor of the laboratory is only divided into areas a and b. In addition to ordinary office rooms and separate offices, area a also has small professional laboratories isolated from each other with bulletproof glass walls.

As a group of people walked in the aisle, researchers in white uniforms came and went. Looking through the glass on both sides of the aisle, there were many researchers doing experiments in the laboratories inside.

"Based on the information you gave us, we have already started the first step of research..."

Dr. Gerry Foyle took off his glasses and wiped them with a handkerchief, and said calmly: "It's just that the progress is not very great."

Chen Yang immediately understood what he meant and said slowly: "I will give you the next step information as soon as possible, so don't be too anxious."

The three doctors looked at each other and said nothing.

The reason they were hired by Andres Technology in the beginning was probably because of the huge commission remuneration. However, as the research deepened, what attracted them to stay here was not only because of the inappropriate remuneration, but also because of Chen Yang's success. Piqued their interest.

The group of people moved forward without stopping. They quickly walked down the aisle and left Area A and entered Area B.

Area B here is not as relaxed as Area A just now. After a laser channel, there is also a liquid helium defense that can lower the temperature by hundreds of degrees in one minute, all for the safety of Area B.

Just because Area B in the future will be responsible for most of the extremely dangerous research, if isolation and protective measures are not taken in advance, it will be too late to regret it after the unforeseen danger has passed.

The isolation method in Area B on the second floor is also outrageously strict.

Because it has not really started operation yet, Chen Yang and the others have omitted the five disinfection processes. When Area B is operational in the future, all personnel entering and leaving must undergo strict disinfection measures and wear bulky clothes with their own oxygen supply. Protective clothing before entering area b.

The entire area B is tightly sealed, and the internal space is designed with negative pressure to prevent any gas from leaking out. Seven layers of high-standard bulletproof glass are installed between the four separate laboratories. Although it costs a lot, it can withstand the close range of machine guns. Shooting is fine, even RPGs may not be able to completely blast the seven-layer bulletproof glass.

"Okay, three doctors, go do your own thing."

Chen Yang stopped, turned around and said.

Since they no longer wanted their company, the three doctors couldn't help but hurriedly left to continue the research they had just interrupted.

"Let's go to the third floor."

"Yes, boss."

The third floor of the underground laboratory has been completely sealed according to Chen Yang's instructions since the equipment was moved, waiting for him to come over in person before it can be opened again.

In fact, when I actually stepped onto the third floor, which is the smallest, there was nothing strange at first glance, and there weren't many noteworthy things. They were all experimental equipment similar to the two floors above.

"By the way, boss, Mr. Froese sent a message before asking you how to name the laboratory?"

Following Chen Yang into the third floor, Liu Helan, who was quietly beside him, asked softly.

"name?"

Chen Yang put his hands behind his hands and looked at the scene on the third floor casually with his eyes, and said: "Such a small thing... Well, that's fine. I think the shape of the laboratory is like an inverted pyramid. Let's just name it. Call it 'Pyramid'."