Chapter 185: The Medical Saint_1

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Bo Xiangdong opened the air-tight door of the lab, leading Jiang Yu to the next laboratory.

Bo Xiangdong said, "The Trisolarans should also be some kind of organisms. I wonder if they will be afraid of the No. 7 Bacterium?"

Jiang Yu laughed, "Whether they are afraid or not, let's set that aside. The real challenge is how to deploy the No. 7 Bacterium on the battlefield.

"Launch it to Trisolaris? Too far!

"During space battles, release the No. 7 Bacterium into the enemy's spacecraft? There's no way to get close enough!"

Bo Xiangdong sighed, "It seems we can only wait for the Trisolarans to land on Earth before we can release the No. 7 Bacterium in large quantities."

Jiang Yu glanced at Bo Xiangdong, "Without my command, do not continue any experiments or research in this direction!"

Bo Xiangdong nodded. Although he used to be a member of ETO, he knew whose orders to follow.

Jiang Yu added, "Don't worry, the Trisolarans will never set foot on Earth!"

Bo Xiangdong was startled. He didn't quite understand, "Why are you so confident?"

Jiang Yu smiled, "Can't say!"

Bo Xiangdong smiled too without asking further and opened the door to another laboratory.

This lab was spacious, containing a section in the middle where a plant with orange leaves was growing.

These plants were about the height of a person, also covered with glass domes, although the glass wasn't as thick as the ones used for the No. 7 Bacterium.

Bo Xiangdong said, "This is our second experimental product, code-named 'Orange Leaf Assassin.'

Jiang Yu asked with a laugh, "Did you come up with these experiment names yourself?"

Bo Xiangdong cleared his throat, a bit embarrassed, "I don't usually put too much effort into naming."

Jiang Yu shook his head with a laugh and took a close look at the peculiar plants under the glass dome; there didn't seem to be anything special about them.

Just as he was about to ask a question, the branch of the closest Orange Leaf Assassin suddenly trembled and shot a wooden spike toward Jiang Yu from within the leaves.

Though the spike was blocked by the glass dome, it still gave Jiang Yu quite a start!

Bo Xiangdong laughed, "These spikes contain neurotoxins. If it weren't for the protection of the glass dome, you would be in big trouble!"

Jiang Yu smiled, "That aggressive, huh?"

Bo Xiangdong explained, "This is a hybrid of animal and plant cells. It has such strong vitality that we were attacked by it several times during dissections.

"It won't die just by being pulled out of the soil. It inherited many animal traits and can detach its roots from the soil to move to places with more food or nutrients.

"At the same time, it retains many plant characteristics; just a single branch inserted into the soil can quickly regrow its root system and become a whole new organism.

"So far, we haven't found a way to kill it while keeping its main structure intact.

"Thus, there have been several instances where it seemed dead, only to injure the dissecting staff on the operating table."

Bo Xiangdong rolled up his sleeve, revealing a circular scar as thick as a finger on his forearm: "This is from when it wrapped its roots around me."

Jiang Yu was taken aback, "Orange Leaf Assassin! The name is quite fitting."

Bo Xiangdong pulled his sleeve back down, "According to our observations, it has three ways of killing."

As he said this, he signaled to a researcher, who opened a small hole in the glass dome and let six mice inside.

The dozen or so Orange Leaf Assassins immediately began to shake, as if waking from a slumber to go hunting.

First, seven or eight spikes shot toward the scurrying mice, with a surprisingly high hit rate, striking three of them!

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Roots resembling earthworms then slowly extended from the ground, entangling three rats that weren't quite dead yet.

Two other unfortunate rats were also bound by the roots, the more they struggled, the tighter they were constricted, and soon the roots strangled them to death.

Another rat darted around, dodging two rounds of attacks from the Orange Leaf Assassin, but as it was running, it suddenly collapsed and began convulsing on the ground.

An Orange Leaf Assassin's root system was surging below the dirt, slowly moving towards the convulsing rat.

In just a few minutes, six rats had been dragged underground by the roots of the Orange Leaf Assassin, leaving not even a single hair behind.

Bo Xiangdong said, "The Orange Leaf Assassin has a mass-destruction weapon! Through photosynthesis, the gas it exhales, apart from oxygen, contains carbon monoxide!

That's why carbon monoxide poisoning occurs, of course, the content of carbon monoxide inside the glass cover has accumulated, which is why the rats passed out so quickly.

If this were outdoors, unless the Orange Leaf Assassin grew in large numbers, the third move could only be considered a supplementary tactic."

Jiang Yu frowned as he looked at the Orange Leaf Assassin, "The Star Defense Department was right, the killing intent here is too strong!

"The two research projects I've observed are both capable of causing catastrophic consequences in nature."

"It's not that I have a desire to kill," Bo Xiangdong explained, "but when animal cells and plant cells are combined and cultivated at only a superficial level, the competitiveness of new species greatly increases!

Scientists had this notion a long time ago, Gu Zhize's achievements simply provided technological support for this idea.

"What I have always been searching for is a controllable method for human genetics; we now know what role each segment of human genes plays, as if it were the palm of our hand.

"Yet we cannot change anything, it's like the ancient sky—visible every day, yet unreachable for soaring."

Bo Xiangdong became more agitated as he spoke, "Earth's most advanced genetic modifications are random. You've seen it; even wings can grow out! Human genes seem to have endless possibilities!

"What do you expect me to do? I can only approach it from a tangent. Before the experiment started, I didn't anticipate that I would cultivate the No. 7 Bacterium and the Orange Leaf Assassin; at best, these are by-products!

"Yet damn it, these by-products are not what I wanted at all."

Researchers in the laboratory dared not even breathe heavily, was it really okay to get angry at a Wallfacer?

After pondering for a long time, Jiang Yu finally asked, "What results have your studies produced?"

"Come with me!" Bo Xiangdong strode to the door of the opposite laboratory and opened it.

Jiang Yu took a glance inside the laboratory and was startled. Inside, there were two rows of structures resembling shelves.

Except, the shelves neatly held rows of cylindrical culture vessels, which contained hearts, lungs, livers, kidneys, and other organs.

These organs would occasionally pulsate as if they were alive.

The mouths of the culture vessels were sealed, with many conduits running inside and out, making it look as though human organs had grown upon the lines and white support structures.

Some organs in the vessels were only partly developed, evidently still able to continue growing!

Bo Xiangdong exclaimed loudly, "This is how I've used those two by-products to find a way to control the genes of human organs!

"From now on, organ transplants will become very cheap and can be cultivated from the patient's own cells, with no risk of rejection!

"Damn it, is this the result I wanted? My previous experiment led to huge advancements in the prosthetics industry!

"Now I've discovered a method to cultivate individual organs. What kind of biologist am I? I'm practically a miracle healer!"

Witnessing this scene, Jiang Yu was somewhat shaken. He had long sensed that Bo Xiangdong had a streak of madness in him.

Such a scholar either goes mad in his work or achieves something monumental.

But Jiang Yu never expected that Bo Xiangdong would attain such resplendent accomplishments!