Chapter 142: Chapter 133: The Direction of the New Prosthetics

Lille had indeed turned to a genius — he had just been thinking how lucky he was, but it turned out that Hammond was the real winner!

Jurassic Park was already mired in debt and was indeed embroiled in legal disputes — and the litigant was none other than the filmmaker!

Lille didn’t believe that the park could have lasted nine years without some real capability.

This genius quickly thought of a multitude of operations, declaring the original zoo bankrupt, then merging its physical assets into Bloom Company.

Overall, this kind of operation was not uncommon, but it still required operational experience to figure out, saving Lille a great deal of effort.

In the future, the biological laboratory would gradually relocate to the original Jurassic Park, and the original zoo would gradually become a true biological laboratory.

The whole process was managed by an excited Hammond — if there was anyone in the world who could resurrect dinosaurs, he felt it had to be Osborne Group.

But Osborne Group wasn’t interested in such a project at all; they had their own plans.

Hammond knew his own capabilities too, and in fact, if it weren’t for this opportunity, he planned to sell the zoo and flee next year, looking to join a company.

A decade of persistence had brought him to a point of resignation.

But now things were different — his opportunity had arrived!

He was always the type to pursue his ideals, and now seeing hope, he was even more enthusiastic.

Now the finances were being managed by someone else — or rather, all company matters were being handled by others.

Speaking of finances, Lille had already prepared the accompanying company management software, basically not allowing the company to slip out of control.

Now it was time to continue exploring the Lizard Serum issue.

"The iguana is a herbivore, which means the DNA we have introduced not only made it stronger but also taught it to eat meat, this impact may be greatly amplified in humans...

Unexpected methylation segments appeared in the genes, perhaps these segments changed the iguana’s herbivorous nature...but we will never know how it would affect humans."

After an afternoon of observation, Professor Conners came to a deeply disheartening conclusion.

The modified iguana had eaten its fill and seemed more stable.

It seemed that shortly after the DNA injection, the cells urgently required various nutrients, causing an overwhelming sense of hunger.

For the iguana, being well-fed meant it was much more docile, like a tiger or other fierce beast.

There was a clear difference between its hungry state and its satiated state.

But what if this carnivorous gene appeared in humans?

Should they conduct human experiments?

Fortunately, Lille had already volunteered once in another world and had recorded his own biological signs and model — thanks to biotechnology, they indeed did good work.

Lille pondered pretentiously for a while, then began entering data into the computer.

Professor Conners looked over quizzically, "What are you doing?"

"... I have performed a decay calculation using myself as a model; this would be the state after the injection of the drug."

Professor Conners was again plunged into confusion —

Why did he never understand what Lille said when he touched the computer?

Could such things really be calculated?

Yes, they had decay rate algorithms — but that’s how biological research was, always full of surprises, almost incalculable, only relying on experiments.

How had Lille calculated it?

Conners skeptically examined the data...

The DNA model looked so real it didn’t seem fabricated...

But this physiologic state... was freakishly unreal — Professor Conners’s face drastically changed!

According to this biological model, after the injection, a person would turn into a monster!

The regeneration ability he had long sought was indeed perfectly replicated in humans, but it also transformed a person’s body into a monster!

The lizard’s visual cells, thick keratin scales, claws, and an abundance of mixed reptilian superior muscle cells in the community, powerful yet low in precision...

Even a tail!

That is to say, after this injection, a person would indeed acquire incredibly powerful regeneration abilities, but the cost would be turning into a giant Lizard Man!

Moreover, any regenerated arm would be entirely filled with lizardized cells —

This discouraged Dr. Conners’s idea:

The decay drug would activate this DNA segment in the short term, causing the modified DNA to undergo methylation over a long cycle, and in an even longer term of cell division and differentiation, the methylated segments would further disappear.

Externally, this involved having super-fast regeneration abilities shortly after the injection, allowing for limb regeneration; in the long term, aside from a brief period after the injection having super-fast regeneration abilities, there would not be much difference from before.

But from Lille’s modeling, the methylated DNA also caused a severe epigenetic reaction, pushing a person towards frenzy, with a continuous desire to reactivate the lizard DNA.

Once the DNA moved from methylation to a declining phase, a person would revert, but the limb filled with lizard cells would also disappear!

This meant the injection would make someone more like a lizard rather than human, and the designated safety mechanisms he set up would almost not function.

He slumped in the chair, somewhat at a loss, murmuring:

"...The methylated DNA indeed is the root cause of the subject’s frenzy... this drug would make a person more like a lizard rather than human..."

"When the pharmaceutical was applied to reptiles, we could create a super lizard, but that makes no sense at all. Once used on humans..."

Lille furrowed his brow—clearly, the outcome was a huge blow to Conners.

Peter, standing beside him, was startled, "But Professor, have you seen the latest news? There’s a Spiderman on TV who didn’t turn into a humanoid spider either?!"

Conners was taken aback too but quickly added, "I’ve seen that news; just because he’s called Spiderman doesn’t mean he used the same technology as us."

Peter realized the issue too—right, how could he be sure they used the same technology?

But Lille had no intention of persuading Conners from that perspective—

"Professor Conners, we have made progress, not encountered setbacks, you need to pull yourself together—suppose, just suppose someone could remain unaffected by the Frenzy.

What would happen if he were to inject himself with the pharmaceutical and it caused extensive bodily harm?"

Conners forced a smile: "...I guess you are talking about using yourself as the model? I can tell that’s the basis of this model.

If you weren’t affected mentally, you would also turn into a lizard."

"What if my cells died off rapidly during the process? Almost maintaining my human form?"

"That’s almost impossible," Conners shook his head, "in that case, unless you were in the midst of fire, but then,

once your body’s stored nutrients and energy were insufficient, you would be burned alive, fire is uncontrollable."

Just as Lille was about to add more, he saw Conners pause suddenly.

Then he immediately became somewhat embarrassed.

"...Lille, sorry, I lost my composure."

Indeed, the experiment failed, and Conners would only keep one arm.

But Lille was about to die!

"It’s okay, Professor, I just hope you can remain calm and professional, so what’s the answer?"

Conners thought seriously and then said, "If there really is such a... controllable loss, keeping the division and differentiation of lizard cells within a certain range,

the experimenter could indeed maintain human form, but the probability of cells becoming cancerous would increase exponentially—especially for you.

Your cells carry a trace of radiation! Your risk of cellular cancer is already much higher than that of an average person."

All cells have the potential to become cancerous, so the more often cells divide, the more likely it is that cancerous cells with DNA expression errors will occur.

Radiation, viruses, pharmaceuticals, and other factors increase the likelihood of cancer, and when these factors combine, the risk of cancer significantly increases.

However, for Lille, this was still acceptable.

"Does that mean I can recover my health?"

Conners nodded, "Theoretically... that’s right, as long as you keep injecting and control the cellular loss, you could appear healthy in the eyes of others.

But..."

Conners wanted to say, was it worth it?

But then he thought, Lille only had six months to live.

Even with the risk of cancer... Conners quickly calculated on his computer:

"Even with the risk of cancer... your expected lifespan could still be over four years, with cancer more likely appearing after a year and a half...

I... I seem to have been a bit emotional, we can still adjust the pharmaceutical effects to extend this time!"

Mathematics does not lie.

Emotionally, Conners felt it was a failed experiment, but rationally—

this was actually a major breakthrough!

Of course, all of this depended on the premise that everything Lille mentioned was valid.

And Lille started laughing, "See, I told you, this is a major breakthrough."

This was not just useful for Lille—the consumption of cells could be artificially induced.

The side effects of the Biotechnology’s painkiller pharmaceuticals, precisely lead to the degenerative decline of the nervous system.

As for the Frenzy... in reality, the real impact on ordinary people was very limited; it was so harmful in the movies mainly because it was Professor Conners who injected the pharmaceutical.

His brain, under the influence of the Lizard Man genes, got the idea that long live the Lizard Man, thus he started to spread the Lizard Serum—

But ordinary people would neither know that it was Lizard Serum nor understand the methods to produce it.

Even if they truly went mad, it was, in some ways, similar to Cyberpunk psychosis.

In the end, it still comes down to comparisons—in this world, a Lizard Man like Conners would be sanctioned, but in the Cyberpunk World, everyone knows prosthetics might drive you mad, and yet they still use them.

Moreover, aside from human injections, the serum could be developed for many more applications.

Perhaps it was because Hammond and Matt had successfully navigated the legal processes, or maybe it was because Conners truly wanted to serve Lille, but Lille also received a system notification.

[Biological Laboratory established]

It was time to develop new technologies.