Chapter 121 The whereabouts of the three escaped experimental subjects are unknown
Sli and Slang still remember the changes that happened in the research institute ten years ago.
At that time, a sudden explosion occurred in the institute's first laboratory, which directly led to the death of the director of the first laboratory, Lucius Cherri, and six first-level researchers, and injured many researchers.
Apart from the researchers on vacation, Deputy Director Ferguson went to a meeting outside the institute that day and escaped the disaster.
The first laboratory was destroyed, and all experimental data and materials were burned. Also destroyed were some experimental subjects in a stable observation period at the front of the culture room behind the first laboratory.
Sly: "I heard that there were over 100 test subjects under observation in the First Laboratory, and four-tenths were destroyed."
"If I only say 40%, you may not have an idea. The probability of obtaining a test subject in a stable observation period is about 1 in 10,000. To produce more than 40 such test subjects in a stable period, 400,000 "experimental consumables" will be needed." Slang added.
"Too cruel." Bai frowned. "They have absolutely no moral principles."
Nan Qi gently pinched the back of Bai's neck to calm him down. After a moment, he asked, "Does the research institute cultivate the so-called 'experimental consumables' themselves?"
In the world before Nan Qi, there was a technology that could use the genes of an organism to cultivate an organism that is exactly the same as the organism that provided the gene sample.
However, due to technical flaws, limited genetic samples, ethical issues, and the fact that the gene was used in weapons at the time, the research was terminated.
Now we have entered the interstellar age, and even spaceships, starships, and small wormholes have appeared. This kind of technology existed in their world where technology was not as advanced as it is now, so there is no reason why this world does not have it.
Of course, perhaps due to some objective factors, this technology is also prohibited in interstellar space, but live experiments are also prohibited in interstellar space, and research institutes have also done it. There is no reason not to conduct research that can easily obtain "experimental consumables".
Otherwise, given the rate at which they consume "experimental supplies", even if there are a lot of Imperial Bugs, if too many of them disappear in a short period of time, they will be discovered.
Sure enough, the next second, Nan Qi received a positive reply.
Sly: "Yes, every laboratory will extract the genes of good consumables and clone them when they come across them. Male insects will freeze their sperm and female insects will freeze their eggs and try in vitro fertilization, but I haven't heard of any success. But..."
Sly paused for a moment, as if to organize his words before speaking again: "You should know the side effects of injecting the Promote02 drug."
Nan Qi nodded slightly, instantly understanding what was happening. He frowned and asked, "They took advantage of your unconsciousness to force you to mate with the male insect?"
Sly nodded, "We didn't. Morse is very possessive. Even though he can't, he won't let other male insects touch us. Slang and I have to bear the side effects on our own."
"But many test subjects can't make it, so the researchers put them in a culture tank, where they'll have crazy intercourse."
"The test subjects back then were irrational, and their urge to reproduce took over. Many female test subjects actually became pregnant," Slang continued. "But for some reason, few were able to give birth safely. Perhaps our bodies, transformed by various chemicals, are no longer suitable for pregnancy."
Nan Qi was shocked by what Sli and Slang said. It seemed that they didn't take any measures on the day when he lost control after being poisoned by the green powder. It was really their luck that Bai didn't get pregnant.
If Bai gets pregnant now, all her plans will be disrupted. This is the result of decades of hard work by Bai and Marshal Ai You.
When he thought of this, Nan Qi felt a little scared. He looked at Bai with a decision in his eyes. He wanted to ask Pu Bo for some contraceptive tools.
Bai knew what Nan Qi was thinking at a glance. He was open-minded and thought about the madness of that day, but he understood the situation at that time better than Nan Qi.
Nan Qi did not completely lose her mind that day, and she woke up when their mental threads were entangled with each other, so the chance of pregnancy was not high.
Moreover, after that, he secretly found Pu Bo and took emergency contraceptive pills.
He didn't tell Nan Qi because he was afraid that Nan Qi would feel guilty. Although he had never communicated with Nan Qi about the child, he and Nan Qi had a 100% tacit understanding.
That is, children should not be born in such an unfair environment.
"Don't worry, it's okay." Bai comforted softly, and as if he had thought of something, he chuckled, "Tell me, is this how the Insect King's children came about?"
Nan Qi: “…It’s not impossible.”
There is a 99% risk of explosion when injecting cyan powder, but that does not mean it can only be used by injection.
On the day of the palace banquet, no insects were injected into Nan Qi. He was just choked and became a little confused. Perhaps this green powder has other uses, but they have not found them yet.
Bai: "Write this down first. When we return from the palace, we'll tell Pu Bo about this."
"Yes, that's fine." Nan Qi nodded. "Then will all the insect pups Ping An gave birth to become new experimental materials?"
The last sentence was addressed to Sli and Slang.
"We're not sure about that, but Morse said that all of these safely born insect pups have some issues," Sly said. "Some seem to be evolving, but most die before they're three years old. Most experiments are done on clones."
"Just because the experiments on the original failed, the clones won't be successful either. Most clones are only useful for large-scale experiments on the effects of combining new drugs with Protome02."
What Slee meant was that none of the experimental subjects who entered the stable observation period were cloned, but were all captured from all over the United Nations.
With such a high disappearance rate, it is impossible to be discovered in this technologically advanced and intelligent interstellar space without the "coordination" of the local interstellar police department.
The Star Police Department, the Military Department, and the Public Relations Department were the only three departments among the nine departments that were managed by female insects. The Star Police Department was the most important department for protecting the people of the empire. If the Star Police Minister knew about this and got involved...
Bai felt a little uncomfortable, but he quickly adjusted himself. After being domesticated by male insects for so many years, most female insects were completely dependent on male insects and power both physically and mentally.
This is the inevitable result of a deformed system. Now that he knows that the Star Police Minister may be involved, what he should do is not to feel sad and regretful, but to find out the facts and then take corresponding measures.
He calmed down and turned the topic back to the explosion in the institute's first laboratory.
Sly took a deep breath and continued, "That day, the alarms were blaring. Lab 1 is incredibly important, occupying three floors within the institute building. Lab 2 is upstairs, and Lab 6 is downstairs. Both were affected by the explosion, resulting in varying degrees of damage."
"In order to rescue the data and experimental subjects, many normally closed doors were opened. The scene was chaotic. Morse drunkenly mentioned that one experimental subject had successfully escaped."
"I remember that it was very difficult for you to escape." Nan Qi pointed to his neck and heart. "The things in your neck and heart have strong signal capabilities. If it weren't for my Void Hole that can completely block all kinds of signals, you would have died long ago."
"Well, we didn't lie to you about this. The things removed from our bodies can also prove that I didn't lie." Sly said calmly without any air of doubt, "So at the time, Slang and I thought he was talking drunkenly."
"Well, my brother and I thought Morse was gloating until a week later."
Silang thought about the situation and continued, "That day, my brother and I were supposed to be injected with Protome02. Normally, we would do it in the injection room of the First Laboratory. But the First Laboratory was almost destroyed by the bomb, so we naturally had to move to another place to do the injection."
"The new injection room is in the fourth laboratory. The researchers who injected us were from the first laboratory. They thought we were unconscious and started chatting."
"I heard them say that eight test subjects escaped from three labs. Five have been recovered, but three are still missing. We don't know if they're dead or alive. These three are from the First Lab."
"Later, my brother and I speculated that the damage to the first laboratory was so complete that the programs for controlling the experimental subjects were blown up, so the experimental subjects could not be recovered." Slang concluded.
"Do you know which experimental subject successfully escaped?" Nan Qi asked.
Sli and Slang shook their heads at the same time: "This is confidential, we don't know."
"Has there been any changes in your life since then?" Nan Qi asked.
"As for the changes..." Sly thought for a moment, "The supervision has become stricter, and the bombs in my body are more sophisticated and more powerful. Oh, now I remember, the biggest change happened a year later."
Nan Qi's nerves tensed: "What changes?"
Sly: "If you want to develop special abilities in the experimental subject, you must continue to inject Promote02 until the subject enters a stable observation period. Once the subject wakes up, inject a large amount of Promote02 all at once."
"For test subjects who have survived multiple injections of Promote02 without exploding, there's still a 99% chance they won't make it through the final step, but that's much better than the 1 in 10,000 chance of entering a stable phase."
"But a year later, when the batch reached the final stage, none of them succeeded." Sly's throat tightened. "Across the entire institute, over 2,000 test subjects who reached the final stage all exploded and died."
"That's not all," Slang added. "In the five years since then, all the test subjects who entered the stable phase and then reawakened have, without exception, exploded and died during the final step."
"Yes," Sly said, "and no stable test subjects awoke in the next two years. It wasn't until last year that a success was achieved, but the successful test subjects replicated the abilities of 006 and 017, so it's not considered innovative in the strict sense."
Bai: "Is the information reliable?"
"Reliable." The two brothers exchanged glances, and Sly spoke up. "Morse said that when he was drunk. He's been suppressed by other labs because he's been frustrated. All his previous experiments failed, and he felt proud. Then he succeeded last year, and he got drunk and cursed."
Speaking of Morse, Sly's face was filled with disgust. "This is Morse's biggest concern. He's not likely to lie about it. Morse can't hold his liquor well. When he's drunk, he loves to brag about his own achievements and belittle his competitors. There's no need for him to lie to us."
Nan Qi nodded and looked at Bai. If what the two brothers said was true, then things would be interesting.
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