Chapter 858: I Don't Trust Everyone
001 quickly compiled all the information and even helped Gu Yin organize it into categories, from simple to complex, from basic knowledge to experimental data and papers. This was a great help to Gu Yin.
Gu Yin pressed the experimental marker at the door and then turned to enter the system space.
"You can look at the prohibited materials, but you can't use them to conduct experiments on Earth. This is for your own good."
"Directly modifying DNA to give the modified object some new characteristics and functions, on Earth, this only exists in the fields of biology and medicine. Let's not talk about biology. In medicine, it's a bit blurred. 001, you're saying that repairing some genetic defects to cure a patient and modifying some unimportant things to make a person's physique better are not much different, right? As long as the technology is in the hands of normal people in normal countries and is strictly controlled, it is actually possible to make changes, isn't it?"
Gu Yin felt a headache just looking at those documents! They were all marked with the word "prohibited".
"Don't challenge humanity. This is what my master asked me to convey to you. You can conduct experiments here, but you are not allowed to do them outside. Your technology is not up to par, and what you do will only be a disaster!"
Gu Yin simply sighed and picked up a document.
"Designer babies? Through gene editing or embryo screening, it is possible to modify a baby's physical, intellectual, physical, and other traits."
Isn't this somewhat similar to what she was thinking? Gu Yin became curious and continued to scroll down, her expression growing more and more serious, her brows furrowing more and more.
"Smack!"
Gu Yin slammed the documents onto the table.
“This is absolutely unacceptable! My goal is to improve the physical condition of humans so that they have a chance to survive when the spiritual energy returns! Not to let ‘superior genes’ become a gene pool for the privileged class! This matter cannot be rushed, and it cannot even be popularized. I need to rethink it.”
No wonder foreign laboratories spend huge sums of money every year to do these experiments, never giving up no matter how many times they fail. No wonder they can only do them secretly, because if outsiders find out, they will be condemned internationally. No wonder the old leader never let her do it, not because he was worried that she couldn't do it, but because he was worried that if the research succeeded, where would ordinary people have room to survive?
Ethical boundaries prevented Gu Yin from proceeding further, but the scientist's madness kept screaming in her heart!
001 also noticed Gu Yin's struggle and kindly reminded her: "You have to do this. You can't use it in this world, but you still have to learn it in the next world or the interstellar world. These things are very common in higher-level planes. The more skills you have, the more chances you will have to succeed in missions. You can also select some data from these experiments that are suitable for your world and can change your world to conduct experiments."
"Forget it, it's always good to have more skills. I'll learn first and then talk to Elder Jin later. Anyway, those people haven't arrived yet. By the time they come, I'll have a pretty good idea of what's going on."
Let's not think about these things for now. She's not the only one in the world doing this research. As for whether to destroy or utilize the results, that's the leadership's decision. She, as a researcher, just needs to do her job.
When Gu Yin came out of the laboratory, she saw Wen Xin and Zhang Chengming about to leave through the door.
"You came to find me?"
Hearing Gu Yin's voice, the two quickly turned around: "The teacher is out?"
"You've been in the lab for five days straight! If it weren't for the food inside, and if we didn't all know your habits, everyone would be worried! The person Elder Jin called just went back." Wen Xin looked at Gu Yin helplessly. Only she and Zhang Chengming were there to explain that Gu Yin often did this, otherwise Elder Jin would be guarding the door again!
Gu Yin smiled and shook her head: "You're engrossed. Come in. By the way, how are Chi Xing and the others? Have they gone out yet?"
Zhang Chengming nodded: "They went out the day before yesterday. Gu Ranchi and Xing took Senior Jin with them, and Xiao Sheng followed. They left the base early yesterday morning. The people Xiao Sheng arranged were already waiting there. We just received a message this morning that they had just left Qing Province. They've been looking around along the way, so don't worry about them."
They've already gone out? Gu Yin was surprised; that was pretty fast.
"What about you two? Did you find anything?"
Wenxin and Zhang Chengming exchanged a glance, and Wenxin handed the prepared documents to Gu Yin.
"These are some materials we found in the base library these past few days, as well as some of our own ideas based on our specific project. Please take a look."
Gu Yin took the book, flipping through it as she nodded, "Go on."
"According to the data we have collected, the past two years have been a critical period for the rapid development of global gene technology. Significant breakthroughs have been made in everything from synthesis and reprogramming to rare diseases. These reports can be found in foreign media journals. But what I want to talk about is not these breakthroughs, but the impact they have on the world."
At this point, Wen Xin's face became serious: "On the surface, everyone is cheering for the breakthrough in the experiment, but according to our analysis of many reports, the public was initially happy because of the breakthrough in some rare diseases. But later, people were more worried that these technologies were not in the hands of the state, but were instead bought by some families or conglomerates. Even worse, some experiments were invested in by wealthy people. They are worried that the experiments used for medical purposes are just superficial, and there may be inhumane transactions behind the scenes. People's concerns are not unreasonable. Several unknown laboratories abroad have been exposed. Even more so, we have seen some of our country's researchers conducting some of the most despicable experiments in private laboratories in the base's laboratories."
Gu Yin paused upon hearing this: "Domestic scientists?" She seemed to have a guess.
A few years later, a very famous scientist used gene-editing technology to modify a certain gene in twins, claiming that they could be naturally resistant to AIDS! This caused a huge uproar online, and he and some of the people in charge were imprisoned.
But now that AIDS has been cured, this experiment should have been discontinued, so why is it still ongoing? Or did this experiment only start in the last two years?
"They claimed it could naturally prevent AIDS, but the experiment was outrageous. Jin Lao said that the experiment was banned as soon as it was discovered."
It really was him!
"Teacher, can we do our experiment?" Zhang Chengming asked worriedly.
Gu Yin put down the documents, took a deep breath, and said, "Okay! Trust me, there's just a little difficulty. I need to go see Elder Jin and try my best to avoid making any mistakes!"
Seeing her like this, the two of them were a little at a loss, feeling that it seemed that there would be more than a little difficulty in continuing the experiment.
In Mr. Jin's office, upon seeing Gu Yin enter, Mr. Jin extinguished his cigarette: "So you've finally decided to come out?"
Gu Yin chuckled: "Don't you often do this too? Researcher and scientist, it's normal!"
That's true," Mr. Jin nodded. "Did you encounter difficulties finding me?"
Gu Yin sat down and sighed, "Yes, it's quite difficult. Are you sure you can help me pass my experiment?"
Mr. Jin raised his eyebrows: "Don't you believe me?"
Gu Yin gulped down a large cup of tea, sighed, and looked at Elder Jin with a heavy tone: "It's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust certain people, certain social classes! Even... those at the top. Human nature is simply unpredictable! Even I myself would go crazy for those experiments! You know, if those experiments succeed, all of humanity could be wiped out! Children born then will all have uniformly high intelligence, good looks, and no genetic defects! People might think that's great, but will it really be like that? Putting aside the external aspects, just considering the genetic reprogramming, won't there be even more powerful and unknown diseases? How will we deal with them then? Or, what if we can't protect the results, and some people take them away, monopolize them, and make a fortune? For ordinary people, that would be devastating! The more I think about it, the less I dare to continue. I can be an unknown person, but I cannot become a sinner against humanity!"
Old Jin glanced at her and snorted, "Just state your purpose! Don't try to play tricks on me, I won't fall for that! Speak your mind."
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