"So, most of the new humans in this world are either completely unaware or have simply resigned themselves to their fate, not wanting to strive or rebel.
Only a very small portion are troubled by this matter?"
"What's the difference between someone striving upwards and dragging along a group of laggards? No wonder this organization has been around for almost two hundred years without accomplishing anything significant. Not a single one of the three goals set at its inception has been achieved.
Not enough manpower, so everything is restricted.
Furthermore, the situation isn't dire enough. Compared to past threats like the annihilation of a race, it's far from it, and there's no sense of urgency. It's normal for things to be this way now.
Never mind, I won't overthink it. I should first thoroughly digest the original body's knowledge about genes, and then at least demonstrate my abilities, preferably with some tangible results. Otherwise, it might be difficult to establish myself.
I can't let others think I'm just freeloading!"
After reading relevant information for a while and reflecting on her current situation, Ding Yun immediately decided that she needed to showcase her value first.
Regardless of the organization, they likely don't keep useless people.
She had now boarded a runaway ship. Even if she wanted to return to a normal life, it was impossible because the main brain still had a warrant for her arrest. Therefore, she could either wander and hide in the contaminated zones or stay here.
And to stay here with peace of mind.
She couldn't just do nothing.
Whether it was to reassure this organization or to feel secure staying here herself, Ding Yun had to contribute something useful and not just eat the bread of idleness. She had to show her value.
Therefore, less than two hours after returning to her room, she pulled herself together, used her clearance to go to the laboratory arranged by Ji Hua and others for her, and continued her research on genes based on the original body's past research achievements.
She had also successfully identified the specific direction: finding the gene fragments in their bodies that differed from natural humans, while also analyzing the Daughter Spring water she carried.
...
In the previously vacant office.
"Ji Hua, we've tried our best to train and recruit over a thousand genetic research talents similar to Fan Lihua. It's been almost fifty years since we started implementing this plan, and there are still no results. I'm wondering if what we're doing is really effective?"
"This matter is actually quite simple. To know which gene fragments in us differ from natural humans, isn't the easiest method to find a way to obtain natural human gene fragments? Or, to somehow abduct a natural human.
As long as there's a control group, it'll be easy to find the differences or extra inserted gene fragments. Searching based solely on imagination without any reference point is too difficult. I'm afraid it will be hard to get any results even after another fifty or a hundred years."
Relevant discussions had been ongoing for many years.
After all, normally, if a plan shows no breakthrough in three to five years, it's already hard to bear, let alone thirty to fifty years without any. It's normal for some people to doubt or even feel anxious about this plan.
They had long known about related problems and solutions, but some things cannot be solved just by thinking of a solution. For example, finding natural human genes. Who among them didn't know that obtaining natural human genes would definitely lead to a breakthrough in their gene project?
But who could actually obtain them?
"After all these years, you all just talk about what's useful. If any of you had the capability to actually get them, I'd call you grandpa, grandma, mom, and dad.
I'd even worship you as my ancestors.
If it were hundreds of years ago, we might have been able to find ways, even sell everything we own, to bribe some people for help, or steal some blood, hair, or fur. But now, those natural humans don't interact with us new humans at all. They are surrounded by robots, all controlled by the world's main brain, and the world's main brain is also in the hands of those natural humans. How can we bribe anyone?
Are we going to bribe them with energy blocks or batteries?
We've tried every method over the years, rummaging through trash cans, digging through sewers, we've tried everything, even finding ways to get some from septic tanks for analysis, but we've had no success!
In the end, it's still our lack of manpower.
And the other useless new humans who have no sense of resistance. If only we new humans could unite, why would we have to go through so much trouble now? We could just destroy the world's main brain, disable all the robots, and capture the natural humans!"
By the end, Ji Hua was also expressing her frustration and dissatisfaction, feeling a sense of disappointment.
Their manpower was truly too scarce.
And the robots were too difficult to deal with, they couldn't even be incited to rebellion. It was truly very, very difficult to get anything done.
"Sigh, we're really in a tough spot..."
"Do we need to change our strategy? I feel like it's becoming increasingly difficult to instigate new humans to join us, and even many within our ranks are wavering. To put it bluntly, even I myself.
I'm a bit lost about the future now."
"I also think there might be something wrong with our strategy, particularly regarding our goals. Recently, I've read a lot of very old books that mention past rebellions and land redistribution.
It's about giving people visible benefits that they can enjoy immediately.
Our current goals seem to be related to very distant matters, with no immediate benefits.
Also, I read in books that past rebellions were usually due to starvation. While we don't eat natural food now, we have plenty of synthesized food, as much as we want, and at very low prices.
Even if someone is too lazy to do anything,
Basic provisions can ensure they don't starve.
From any perspective, the current environment and our organization don't seem to possess the elements for a successful rebellion."
"But we're not rebelling, are we? We just want to pass on our legacy and avoid the extinction of humanity. We are the righteous ones, so why should we be described as rebels?"
"Alright, stop arguing. When we have time, let's gather all the core members and have a meeting."
"That's fine. Arguing amongst ourselves won't yield any results."
"Then let's disperse for now. I have things to do."
Aside from their individual complaints, they didn't really discuss anything conclusive and soon dispersed.
If Ding Yun had heard this, she would likely have thought this organization was not very good.
With no future prospects, it would be best to disband it early.
...
Meanwhile, in the research laboratory, Ding Yun.
After completing some of the tasks she had planned and confirming that there were no other surveillance cameras in the laboratory, she quickly took out a portion of the Daughter Spring water.
Then, using the offline testing instruments available there,
She manually tested the data of the Daughter Spring water.
Through various testing instruments, Ding Yun could clearly detect that the Daughter Spring water contained an immense vitality. From a metaphysical perspective, it could be described as containing a vast amount of innate yin and yang generative energy.
This was an element similar to Nuwa creating humans.
As long as there was a drop of blood or a strand of hair, one could use the bloodline contained within that drop of blood and strand of hair, combined with the innate yin and yang generative energy, to create an embryo, and even allow the embryo to develop rapidly into a healthy fetus for birth.
Theoretically, it wasn't necessary to drink it.
A drop of blood could also form an embryo.
However, the embryo could not develop exposed to the air. It required a suitable environment.
Therefore, the spring water needed to be drunk, allowing the embryo to take root inside the body, receiving protection within the mother's body for a period of time, and ultimately being born healthily.
But now there were specialized instruments to simulate the mother's body. Therefore, theoretically, all that was needed was to take a portion of the Daughter Spring water, combine it with a drop of blood, and place it in an artificial embryo development chamber to create a person.
Whether this person would be considered a clone or something else, Ding Yun did not know, as she had never conducted such an experiment.
Of course, this was from a metaphysical perspective.
From a scientific standpoint, this Daughter Spring water was actually a special nutrient solution.
No genes were mixed into it.
If human genes were introduced, it would result in a human. If pig genes were introduced, it would result in a pig. It was a kind of omnipotent cultivation liquid.
"So, in reality, the Daughter Spring water is a product of genetic research. I just don't know if this spring water is for cloning or for regeneration. I also don't know if it would have any effect on plants. Creating humans is unnecessary, but creating other species should be fine."
With a clearer understanding, Ding Yun soon proceeded to the next step: applying to the authorities for complete animal gene chains and some crop seeds.
As for the results, the animal gene chains were delivered quickly without any problems. However, for the crop seeds, the reply from above was a clear "no."
They had to be found or purchased specifically.
This was because almost no one engaged in planting anymore, and land that was not contaminated and could grow normal crops was extremely rare. The crops grown on the few clean lands were specifically for natural humans. New humans mainly consumed various types of nutrient solutions or synthesized food.
Therefore, the authorities did not have crop seeds, and obtaining them was not easy.
Ding Yun had no choice but to select the gene chain of a rabbit from the batch of animal gene chains sent by the authorities, and then use the Daughter Spring water in conjunction with the rabbit's gene chain and a small embryo cultivation chamber to artificially cultivate a new little rabbit.
Normally, the process would not be fast.
However, Ding Yun had added the Daughter Spring water. The Daughter Spring water itself had the effect of helping embryos mature quickly. Even human infants could be successfully grown and born in a few days, let alone a rabbit.
Soon, the invisible rabbit gene chain in the small embryo cultivation chamber gradually transformed from its initial invisible state into a tiny, mung bean-sized embryo over the next few hours.
And it only took less than six hours.
It developed into a complete rabbit embryo.
Then, of course, the little rabbit was taken out of the small embryo cultivation chamber, and a small blood sample was collected from it for further analysis and testing.
A comparative study was conducted with the rabbit gene chain that was initially injected.
"The genes are not exactly the same, so this is not cloning technology. But I only injected the genes of one rabbit. This is a bit unscientific!"
Before the comparison, Ding Yun had always felt that the life created by the Daughter Spring water was most likely a clone. However, after seeing the comparison data, she realized she was wrong.
The genes of the newly born rabbit were not completely identical to the previously injected rabbit genes. In fact, based on the criteria for kinship identification, the newly born rabbit could be considered the offspring of the rabbit whose genes were previously injected. This was incredible!
In the absence of any other genes being mixed in, how did the genes change? And what role did this Daughter Spring water play in it?
These clear comparative data reports.
Indeed, Ding Yun was baffled.
"Could it be that this Daughter Spring water can also self-modify genes, perfect gene chains, or perhaps this substance itself can deduce new gene fragments?
Then what about creating a human?"
"No, no, I can't be so hasty.
Right, maybe I can try to adjust some animal gene fragments first, then insert the adjusted gene fragments into the animal's genes again, and then create new life with the Daughter Spring water, while also conducting gene comparisons.
If my guess is correct.
Then some things will be much simpler!"
Based on the existing results, Ding Yun, with new hypotheses, naturally proceeded with further experiments. However, modifying gene fragments and ensuring that they wouldn't collapse in a short period of time was not an easy task, and it couldn't be done in an hour or two. Therefore, Ding Yun spent nearly half a month to complete this task.
And then officially began new experiments.
She conducted several comparative experiments for the new experiments.
The results surprised and confused Ding Yun.
What surprised Ding Yun was that after cultivating modified animal gene chains using the Daughter Spring water, the gene chains of the resulting animals were all restored to their original state. The gene fragments that Ding Yun had artificially inserted had completely disappeared.
This meant that the Daughter Spring water.
Indeed had the effect of restoring original gene chains.
If all estimations were correct, she could likely use the gene chains of new humans in conjunction with the Daughter Spring water to restore the genes of natural humans.
As for her confusion, it was mainly because although the experiment went smoothly, Ding Yun truly couldn't understand why the Daughter Spring water had this effect.
And what was the principle behind it?