Aleph Medical Bay Usage Log
Person in charge: Aleph's attending physician Hayat
From the outside, the population of the Double Corona Empire bears some resemblance to Homo sapiens. There happened to be a physician named Lauren in the fleet, so I invited him over just to be on the safe side.
The operator of the Gold No. 1 mecha is in a coma due to serious injuries and is currently being isolated and treated in a sterile medical cabin.
His coat has been sent to the Engineering Department for further testing.
It was a close-fitting garment that appeared to be woven from some tough artificial fiber.
Electrodes are installed in the interlayer of the clothes, and some flexible pipes are buried there. There is a catheter connected to the urine storage bag in the crotch.
Because the clothes had to be removed first for rescue, and the catheter was still inserted in its original position during the stripping, Dr. Lauren had to perform the operation manually.
When the naked body was exposed to the air in the operating room, Dr. Lauren found that the body was well developed, with every muscle and bone strictly in accordance with human medical standards.
If you ignore that flamboyant blond hair, he'd be a perfect candidate for anatomy projects for medical students.
Dr. Hayat from the Lalon clan immediately stopped Dr. Lauren from mixing formalin on the spot and sent the pilot, who was in a deep coma, to the medical cabin.
Body fluid analysis reports and digital three-dimensional imaging scans show that the population of the Double Corona Empire meets the characteristics of the first Homo sapiens.
Their brain capacity and endocrine system are similar to those of humans, but their mitochondrial activity in cells is higher, and enzymes related to lactate metabolism are also more active.
Supported by mitochondrial activity and faster lactate metabolism, these people have advantages in explosive power and endurance compared to ancient humans on Earth.
But these are not their most distinctive features.
The people of the Double Corona Empire have a mutation in their DNA group. This mutation has different tendencies in different people's bodies and will be transmitted to the next generation through the reproductive system.
People who carry this mutation absorb specific pigments from food and re-apply them to their own cells. The specific trait is that people with the double corona empire have hair of various colors.
According to statistics, the hair of the 32 captured mecha operators has 18 different hues, and even the same two colors will have slight differences in saturation and brightness.
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"How long do you think it will take for him to wake up?"
Dr. Hyatt touched Dr. Lauren's shoulder, who was directing his interns to collect the used instruments for secondary disinfection.
"How should I know?"
Lauren pulled off her disposable gloves and threw them into the blood-stained stainless steel tray. On the tray were four or five injections of various sizes and some blood-stained gauze, all of which were to be sent for destruction.
"I wish this man would die soon so that we can leave him a medical specimen."
Hayat frowned.
"Didn't you all memorize the Hippocratic Oath when you were studying medicine?"
"Only Earthlings like to engage in these ethereal things. You've been around them for too long and you've been influenced by them."
Lauren stood there with his arms open to welcome the cleansing of the disinfectant steam, his expression drowned in a hazy mist.
"In our civilization, doctors only need to save lives."
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The two men stood in the fog for a while, until the red warning light turned green again, then they opened the door and walked out.
"What about the two who were slightly injured?"
Lauren suddenly asked before leaving.
"After the physical examination, there was no problem and he was taken back."
Hayat replied.
"Our Second Officer Li seems very interested in these guys."
The so-called Second Deputy Li is actually Old Li.
Few people remember his original name anymore, and everyone affectionately calls him Lao Li or Brother Li when they meet him.
This person is considered a celebrity in the entire Lalong Star.
It's nothing special, it's just that his height of 1.75 meters set a historical record for pure-blooded Laron people.
It is said that a long time ago, the height of the Lalong people was above the normal level.
But this civilization had a very bad custom. In the tribal era, each tribe would accurately measure the height of its own people, and then add up these values to get an average.
Whenever a tribe seized new territory from its enemies, they would kill off any individuals in the area who were taller than average.
Then the remaining people will join the tribe and become one of them. These joiners will further lower the average height of the entire tribe, and then kill more people after the next conquest.
This ultimately creates a vicious cycle.
As time went by, the average height of the Lalong people became lower and lower, even falling to 1.25 meters at one point.
Those tall genes were efficiently drowned in the long river of time during the massacres over dozens or hundreds of years. In the end, when the height could no longer be lowered, this tradition was gradually abandoned.
But the consequences it caused still affect this race today. Even after thousands of years of recuperation, there are only a very small number of individuals among the Lalong people whose height can exceed 1m6.
There hasn't been a case of someone like Lao Li growing to 1.75 meters in hundreds of years.
It was said that in Lalong society, Lao Li's marriage had become a political task. On the day he came of age, the head of the local Civil Affairs Bureau personally visited him to ask what kind of wife he wanted.
However, Lao Li was not interested in this. He only wanted to be a sailor traveling among the stars. He secretly signed up for the selection of the long-distance fleet, but the next day, the community leader came to his house with the application form and questioned him.
It is said that this stalemate lasted for several years. Every day when Lao Li went out, there were several disguised agents following him for fear that he would encounter an accident.
It was fine at first, but after a while, Lao Li started to feel annoyed.
The main reason is that the disguise ability of those agents is too poor. Have you ever seen a street vendor who does not do business all day and just pushes a cart and strolls around?
The sausages on the shelf are almost carbonized, but people are still buying them.
In the end, he went to the local city government in person.
Although we don't know what he went through in there, in the end both sides took a step back.
Lao Li was assigned to be Dolap's second-in-command, and part of his DNA was collected for life science research.
It is said that in the second year after Lao Li left, the local mayor's daughter became pregnant with a virgin and gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
But these have nothing to do with Lao Li.
He was a very curious and adventurous person. From the moment he set foot in space, he had no intention of returning to the planet filled with radiation and dust.
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