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I Have A Super USB Drive

Auteur: Darkness Black Bear
Ciencia ficción
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Synopsis

Who could have guessed that the accidental discovery of a pitch-black USB drive would one day turn Chen Chen’s world upside down? He quickly realizes that this was no ordinary USB drive—and it came with mysterious powers, along with its own hidden rules. Equipped with his skills and intellect as a student of biological science, Chen Chen strives to uncover the limit of the USB drive, and the limit of his own ambition. Follow Chen Chen in his pursuit of lofty aspirations—wealth, immortality, and otherworldly powers! It is a path that will lead him to a grand plan, one that will change the fate of humanity forever…

Chapter 1The Inception Of Immortality

"Human life is limited. Every person will age, fall sick, and die. However, does anyone here know why we're mortal?"

Upon the platform, a nearly seventy-year-old professor spoke gradually, his voice echoing the large classroom due to its acoustics.

"Everyone knows that the unit of life begins with a single cell. Each of us here came into being as a tiny fertilized ovum that underwent cell division. 

"One cell becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight…"

Below the platform, Chen Chen propped up his chin with his left hand while his right hand twirled a rollerball pen. His eyes glazed over with boredom as he stared at the projection screen, daydreaming.

"Cells will undergo senescence and death as well. The newly divided cells replace the dead ones over and over. This is the secret to our unending growth.

"Even so, this cell fission isn't infinite.

"In 1965, Professor Hayflick of Stanford University discovered that human cells are unable to self-replicate over fifty-seven times. Every cell, upon its fifty-sixth replication, will die.

"It's as if there's a counter within each cell that determines when the cell would stop dividing and when humans would start to age…

"In theory, human cells can divide up to fifty-six times at most. By calculating the cycle of each cell division, we find that the limit of human life is at one hundred and twenty years. This theory is known as…"

"Clatter!"

Just as he was listening in fascination, Chen Chen's fingers slipped and the rollerball pen spun out of his grasp, falling under the desk.

Chen Chen immediately stooped over, feeling around the floor with one hand.

"Huh?"

When his head was below the desk, an unexpected glint of pitch-black light flashed before his eyes.

Whether it was possible for light to be black, Chen Chen truly did spot a flash of black light in that instant.

He looked over instinctively.

The item was long and pitch-black all over. It was wedged below the desk, trapped within a hidden groove.

Therefore, after Chen Chen had picked up his pen, he reached out and scratched that area.

With just a little bit of effort, there was a snapping sound and the black item was successfully pried loose.

"You there, burrowing under your desk, answer the question –"

Just then, the professor's voice suddenly rang out from the platform.

"Snicker!"

There was a burst of sniggers from his dormitory friends sitting behind.

Chen Chen hurriedly crawled out from under the desk, his face red with embarrassment.

He stared at the beaming professor, then glanced down at his textbook before stammering, "The Hay, Hayflick Limit?"

"Take your seat."

The professor wrung his hands and allowed Chen Chen to sit.

The lecture continued.

"At both ends of a DNA molecule is something called a 'telomere'. This component plays a vital role in cell division.

"It's responsible for keeping the chromosome intact. Each cell fission will shorten the telomere a little. When the telomeres are too short and thus unable to protect the gene structure, the cell would inhibit growth, stop replicating, and enter senescence."

"This is the Hayflick Limit."

With that, the professor turned around and quickly wrote "The Hayflick Limit" on the blackboard.

Chen Chen, who had just taken his seat, heaved a sigh of relief. While the professor was busy writing on the blackboard, Chen Chen swiftly glimpsed at the item in his hand. 

'Erm…'

In one glimpse, Chen Chen's interest was completely deflated.

It turned out that the extremely black item was nothing more than a USB drive.

Still, it was different from most USB drives. This one was much longer, about twelve or thirteen centimeters, and looked like a carbon rod.

Only its USB port revealed the truth – that it was merely a USB drive.

Other than this, the entire USB drive had no joints or cracks. It was pitch-black and had no mention of the brand name or storage space.

Nonetheless, seeing that it looked rather awesome, Chen Chen ended up stuffing the USB drive into his pocket. He would study it further in his dorm.

Currently, the professor was still lecturing. "With our current level of technology, it's impossible for cells to break past the Hayflick Limit but we could bypass this barrier through another method…" 

As he spoke, the professor wrote three words on the blackboard:

"The Immortal HeLa."

"Everyone must be thinking, if there's a way to prevent the telomeres from shortening, will our cells become immortal?

"The answer is – definitely!"

Under the words "The Immortal HeLa", the professor spiritedly added "The HeLa cell line".

"The HeLa cell line was derived in 1951 from a clump of cervical cancer cells, taken from a contributor named Henrietta Lacks.

"Researchers found that these cells collected from Lacks not only failed to die, they even showed signs of growth. Every twenty-four hours, the number of cells would double.

"Later, they discovered that these cells didn't die because of the tumor retrovirus that caused cervical cancer. This virus' gene was able to alter the lifespan 'switch' in ordinary cells, thereby creating immortal cells of unlimited growth.

"In the following years, HeLa cells were supplied to various research organizations across the Federation. They helped scientists achieve cell cloning and have also been used to investigate the effects of nuclear radiation on a human body. Moreover, they've been placed in a space-bound rocket, to study the growth of cells in a weightless state...

"Data from medical sciences and biology indicate that, by this year, there are more than sixty-five thousand papers related to HeLa cells and over fifty million tons of HeLa cells have been cultivated…

"Hence, later generations shared this common knowledge – that cancer cell lines are 'immortal'. They can continue dividing without end."

When the professor uttered this line, many students started to clap enthusiastically, indicating their respect toward the contributor, Henrietta Lacks.

"Of course, if we humans play around with this 'switch', we'll end up dead!"

The professor changed the topic abruptly, killing off the applause.

"After all, if the cycle of cell fission in our body is disrupted and doesn't enter senescence in time, it'll turn into a malignant tumor and threaten our life!

"We humans have kept on forging ahead in our search for the truth. When society was nothing more than an assortment of clans, the average human lifespan was less than twenty years. In the Middle Ages, that had progressed to forty years…

"With the emergence of science, human civilization plunged into a phase of swift development. In mere decades, humans of the Earth Federation enjoy an average lifespan that is close to eighty years!

"But is that enough?

"Even if humans achieve the pinnacle of development, we wouldn't surpass the hundred and twenty years stated in the Hayflick Limit. This is a long way from immortality. So, what do we do?"

After a pause, the professor continued.

"Thus, a revolution arrived…

"In 2002, this 'switch' was finally discovered. Professor John Sulston from the University of Cambridge, along with two of his colleagues, found a hereditary regulation mechanism that was then named 'programmed cell death'."

The professor wrote the words "Programmed Cell Death" on the blackboard and roughly drew a circle.

There was a loud snap. The chalk had broken under the professor's forceful fingers.

"This discovery shook up the entire medical science community because it determined that cell death is an automatic, physiological form of 'suicide', like a program that was secretly embedded!"

The professor spread his arms. "This means that, although we initially assumed that senescence was a natural process, in truth, it may be due to a genetic defect! If we can fix this flaw, there's hope that we may prevail over aging and attain immortality!"

A soft, collective gasp could be heard throughout the room.

It was like a huge door had just been opened. Chen Chen's pupils shrank and he could only hear one voice, constantly repeating that magical word.

"Immortality?"

"Immortality…"

"Therefore, as students specializing in biology, you're the generation with the best chance of rectifying this genetic defect."

The professor broke out into an expectant smile. "In other words, you're the ones closest to achieving immortality in the entire human history!"

The class was reaching the end at this point.

The silver-haired professor wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, then concluded in a hopeful, yet rueful, manner:

"There's no denying that we humans are still completely ignorant in the face of the boundless ocean of truth. Perhaps a distant, impossible dream like immortality is only the first step in the search for truth…

"However, no matter what, the future is in your hands…

"That's it. Class dismissed!"

"Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap…"

The room was filled with thunderous applause.

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LightningCatThiefLv12

Is there an industry somewhere in China which specializes in writing novels with 40+ interesting and fun to read chapters, only to massively deteriorate befor reaching chapter 60? This novel has a good start and the intro is quite well done, especially the few lectures about life and theology are a nice and refreshing touch. The onlc character to develop is the MC but that is alright. The MC plotarmour is thick and all other characters interlectually challenged. 2 examples: - MC drives Prof. to suicide, but the superior doesn't care and endorses the MC immediately after the Police could not prove his guild, despite him being clearly involved. - MC practically forces 4 people (criminal hacker masterminds) to invest in his company, with very flimsical reasoning, one refuses and dies in a car accident after leaving the meeting and the other 3 pay the money and never appear again. But this novel stopped to be worthwhile for me after the story becomes a fantasy-wish fulfillment type with slapping down foreigners and foreign companies, playing lazy excentric boss baby and generally making an ass of oneself just because he can. Worse, moral and logical thinking are completely obsolety as well as laws. It is like the MC is playing untouchable in a sandbox. No consequence, no opposition, no real thought but into story development. At this point even the USB is unnecessary. It is a nice to have after less than 50 chapters. Maybe if the author would show more of the motives and underlying reasons behind the MC actions there would be a way to save this, but a few sentences about his parents are not it. Especially because they have not been mentioned at all beforehand. In the end this novel is badly planned, illogical and very superficial. Even the basic idea of the USB is almost comically badly thought out. The line between Fantasy and science fiction is blurry and the author does not have a clue about those. Example: Can pull stuff from Oasis and not Endgame. Clear line, but Ironman movies? Stuff like super drugs from the furure are okay, but Tonys stuff is not. Pokemon detective works? Like hell. Do not recommend.

HorizonLv13

Hi everyone, back again with an in depth review. A short summary: great story, it’s on the dark anti-hero side but no cliche brooding MC. It has a lot of kingdom building elements, with the company aspect, decent fights, a diverse and well fleshed out cast of characters, and interesting plot points/story progression. The translation is also top notch with minimal errors. Overall, great story, I recommend if you enjoy smart and ruthless MCs and are fine with the use of other intellectual properties. Now onto the in depth part: First, always start with translation: It was perfect. That’s it. Well obviously not really, no translation is truly perfect, however, this story comes as close as it gets to perfect. No errors in sentences, no missing text, names are consistent and appropriate, no syntax or sentence structure mistakes, and it is editorialized well when compared to the source. Overall great translation quality, what other stories should strive for. Also, at the time when the chapters were being released, the releases were always consistent and reliable. Grade A++ Story/Plot Progression: so the premise of the story is that the MC gets an USB that he can use to take items out of movies and shows, and later on even travel towards those worlds. Simple premise, even if it’s a bit of fan fiction, right? Well I can’t deny that, but despite the basicness and unoriginality, it is totally made up for by the fun of thinking what movies or items the MC can go into to become stronger, and how the MCs choices affect the people and world around him. The author makes an excellent job of not only fleshing out the MC, but also other characters and the world, but more on that in the character section. The story has a clear path and progression, with understandable goals and where it’s heading. Though the last 20 chapters can be seen as somewhat rushed as the authors seems to wish to end the story soon when in my opinion it could had kept going for 100 more chapters to fully complete it. Grade A- Characters: we’ll start with the MC. If you aren’t into ruthless MCs like Leylin from WMW, then this story is not for you. The MC is ruthless and isn’t afraid of killing people who get in his way, regardless of who they may be, however, his reasonings and goals are completely logical and make sense for who he is. He isn’t a murderous psychopath like many other MCs we’ve seen (looking at you ATG and MGA), but more of a cold blooded person. He is willing to go to many lengths to accomplish his goals but he has clear bottom lines he tries not to cross and isn’t needlessly cruel. Other characters are also great in this story though, so it isn’t just a one man show. The author fleshes out many characters that inhabit this world, sometimes dedicating 2-3 chapters to them and it’s a treat to get outside perspectives on the MC and how his actions have changed the world, whether for better or worse. These characters are also given believable personalities and depth. They aren’t cardboard cutouts to simply cheer on the MC. Grade: A World building: with the premise of the story being able to go into movies/shows you would expect this story to be mainly focused on going on adventures to those worlds correct? Well you would be wrong, this story is more about the MC trying to elevate humanity from a simple planet civilization to intergalactic society, the movies are just a device to get to it. Though it’s enjoyable seeing the worlds from games and movies we like be referenced into the story, I always found myself looking forward more to the “real” world parts of the story. This is due to the MC learning more about the universe and uncovering the mysteries that surround him, including why he even got the USB in the first place. There’s a nice consistent pace as we see the world change in stages and how humanity responds to these changes, though it can be funny seeing politicians agree on things easily when threatened. The only downside is the ending as it felt somewhat rushed. Grade: A- So in the end, I think this is a great story. One of the better ones I’ve read in a long time. It has intrigue, mystery, a smart MC and a diverse cast of characters. Clear plot progression and world building with interesting settings. I fully recommend this if you are into smart ruthless MCs and a bit of kingdom building aspects. This story isn’t super heavy on the fighting, but it does a decent job when it does show those scenes. No romance, and only affection is from the MC towards his parents and his AI. Overall an A grade for this story.

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