Tantai Sinian smiled scholarly and began his speech: "We recognize that human genes are the most perfect and stable. They cannot be interfered with or disturbed."
"Millions of years ago, humans didn't know how to cherish their own genes. They attempted to act as the hands of creation, performing various gene editing and mixing activities. This ultimately brought disaster to the human race and led to the emergence of humanoids."
"A million years from now, there will still be hundreds of millions of humanoids in our Beichen Empire, still in a chaotic stage of alternating between human and beast forms, with extremely unstable genes. This is a lesson for us."
As he spoke, several holographic animations that looked very real appeared in front of everyone.
There are creatures with human upper bodies and horse lower bodies, and there are also creatures with pig heads but human bodies from the neck down.
Others are animated images that switch between animals and human forms.
These are what Tantai Sinian called “humanoids”.
Xia Chujian was not unfamiliar with these humanoids, because the southern area of Mulan City was specially for the untouchables among the humanoids to live.
She only glanced at the holographic images before looking away and continuing to listen attentively to the lecture.
Tan Tai Sinian continued, "...Therefore, after the chaotic era ended, the empire's first emperor banned research on human genes. This was to ensure the stability of human genes and, more importantly, to comply with scientific ethics and prevent human genes from being contaminated by foreign genes."
"However, human genes are not static. They are constantly evolving. When they mutate naturally, we become our own genetic evolvers."
"Three years ago, a rare creature appeared in Mulan City, known as the 'Relic Species'. This creature is capable of rapidly contaminating human genes!"
"Its appearance shows that we must accelerate the pace of natural evolution of human genes. Otherwise, we will be conquered by other species and reduced to human-like pariahs or slaves."
"After years of research, I've discovered that some natural drugs can promote the natural evolution of genes without interfering with natural genes. This result was published in the Imperial Journal of Natural Sciences in September of this year."
Xia Chujian seemed to understand what Tantai Sinian said, but not quite.
But Shen Junyi nodded frequently, looking like he had benefited a lot.
When Tan Tai Sinian finished his speech and the question-and-answer session began, Shen Junyi finally seized the opportunity to ask a question: "Academician Tan Tai, is it possible for a patient with a genetic disease to become a genetic evolver?"
"When she becomes a genetic evolver, will her genetic disease be cured?"
Tantai Sinian looked in the direction of Shen Junyi with great interest.
Because it was a remote online conference, under Shen Junyi's operation, he could only see Shen Junyi alone, and did not know that Shen Junyi had brought someone to attend the lecture.
In his eyes, he was talking to Shen Junyi alone.
Tantai Sinian smiled at Shen Junyi and said approvingly, "That's a very good question. To be honest, I'm currently conducting research in this area."
"Theoretically, a patient with a genetic disease may also have a gene mutation. Of course, the probability can be so low that it can be negligible. But the theory is valid."
"When a normal person experiences a genetic mutation, it will only be a positive mutation, making that person a genetically evolved individual."
"And if a person who already has a problem with the gene develops a mutation, there are two possible outcomes."
"One is a positive mutation. That means his genes have broken through the shackles of nature and reached a new level. Like those genetically evolved, he will become a representative of the new human race. His genetic disease will naturally be cured."
"But it's also possible that it's a reverse mutation, which would cause his genes to deteriorate further. Not only would he not be able to recover, but his entire genetic chain would soon collapse, and his life would soon come to an end."
"According to our observations, patients with genetic diseases have never experienced any gene mutations, not even reverse mutations. Their genes are very stable."
A burst of laughter came from the remote conference system.
Xia Chujian’s fists hardened.
Other people’s pain is just a joke in the eyes of some people.
It is true that when my relatives are sad, others are already singing.
Human joys and sorrows have never been the same.
Tan Tai Sinian didn't laugh. He said very seriously, "So the situation you mentioned, although theoretically valid, has never occurred in reality."
"But..." Tan Tai Sinian suddenly made a sudden turn of events.
Xia Chujian, whose heart had fallen to the bottom, inexplicably felt a new hope.
Tan Tai Sinian continued, "I discovered that there's a plant called 'Kong Sang' that can promote natural positive gene mutations. Unfortunately, Kong Sang is incredibly rare. In millions of years of Chinese history, its discovery has only been recorded once."
"Because it's so rare, Kongsang isn't considered a chemical drug under Imperial law. Using Kongsang to induce positive genetic mutations doesn't violate Imperial law."
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