Chapter 129 Cloning Technology, Chen Ming's Idea

"Clone?"

The brilliant answer reminded Chen Ming of this technology that he knew clearly but had never associated with psychic power.

Indeed, if Chen Ming's spiritual nerves were really extracted, it would not be particularly good no matter who they were transplanted to.

Even if they were transplanted, in practical terms, they would be the same as Chen Ming now, which was basically the same thing.

Then brainwashing a person who thought completely for Yu Hui was indeed the most appropriate choice after careful consideration.

As for the source of this "person".

It is too expensive to raise a child from humans.

Yu Hui did not have the ability to predict the future, and it was impossible for him to raise a baby ten or twenty years in advance, just waiting for Chen Ming's day.

Then clones that can be cultivated quickly and mass-produced at will seem to be the best choice.

Chen Ming had heard a lot of rumors about mental patients in mental hospitals adjusting their personalities and instilling memories through some equipment.

Even if Yu Hui really had this type of equipment, he would not find it strange at all.

However, although clones do have some advantages, Chen Ming remembered that cloning technology is now completely banned in the empire.

And it seems that cloning technology has been banned for some years.

Chen Ming didn't remember where he heard it from, but it seemed that the reason for the ban on cloning technology was not only ethical issues, but also that there was a particularly serious accident in a cloning experiment.

So the entire technology was strictly banned by the empire, and it was a real ban, not just a formal ban like the Yuhui core.

Chen Ming still remembered one thing that could prove this.

About fifty or sixty years ago, there was a fairly developed commercial company in the empire, which was involved in almost everything from military products to civilian supplies.

Such a business giant, a behemoth, was found out because they were engaged in cloning technology privately, and all the relevant responsible persons were held accountable.

At least three hundred people died, either company executives or researchers who actually conducted cloning experiments, with the latter being more common.

All people were tried one by one according to the laws of the empire, without any mistakes or omissions.

There were countless other people in the company who were imprisoned for life.

The entire company collapsed in an instant.

The remaining part of this company was divided up by other companies.

At that time, the Sinda Company, which was still a small company, also developed at about that time.

And it was from that time that all cloning technologies and cloning experiments in the empire were truly completely banned.

Many forces that were actually doing research in this area privately were trying to find ways to get rid of people and actively report themselves, leaving themselves a way out in front of the imperial law.

The imperial officials, who were originally holding the idea of ​​killing the chicken to scare the monkey, cutting off the arm of a strong man, and completely eradicating the research and development of cloning technology, naturally did not treat the companies that surrendered themselves too harshly.

Only the heads of some companies whose research on cloning experiments was too excessive might be detained for a few years.

Generally speaking, there were only some fines and other punishments for the lighter ones.

In the end, the empire's goal was clearly achieved, and the cloning technology was considered to be purged. Moreover, this wave of reshuffles unexpectedly restored some vitality to the empire, which had stagnated its high-speed development.

Although decades have passed, the period of rapid development brought about by the opportunities created by the internal purge has been completely submerged in the tide of the times.

But this incident has been used as a model to educate the young people of the entire empire for many years.

Chen Ming remembered that there was a special class in his biology class that taught these things. I don’t know if it has been continued yet, but it is likely that it is still there.

So when Chen Ming heard Huihuang mention cloning, he didn’t react for a while, didn’t remember it, and was so surprised.

Humans have stopped cloning for various reasons, so is Yu Hui still doing it?

You should know the reason for the ban on cloning technology within the empire. Judging from the severity of the punishment after discovery, it is definitely not because of ethical problems, but some more dangerous reasons.

Otherwise, there is absolutely nothing that can stop a dictatorial empire from doing all kinds of things for development.

Yu Hui came from humans, and he dared to do this knowing this situation, and I don’t know why.

And now the eager Chen Ming suddenly thought of a question.

A question that he basically couldn’t think of or wouldn’t think of when he was not a psychic.

Can psychics also clone?

Can they?

Chen Ming felt that he was definitely not the first person to think of this question, and there must be people who thought of this question before him and have tried it in this regard.

So he immediately combined the absolute ban of the human empire on cloning technology with the cloning of psychics.

There must be some deep and dangerous connection behind this.

It is very likely that something unexpected happened during the cloning of psychics that led to the current situation of the empire.

After all, psychic power is a complicated thing. God knows what kind of reaction will happen when cloning technology and psychics are mixed together.

So Chen Ming directly asked Huihuang, who obviously had the right to speak: "So you, Yuhui, want to clone a psychic like me?"

"Yes, but not entirely. We have indeed obtained your genes and are already in the cloning process."

"But based on our research on psychic power, cloning a psychic is 100% impossible."

Huanghuang's affirmative statement made Chen Ming ask: "Have you cloned a psychic?"

"That's not the case, but when we were independent from humans, we took away a lot of human technology, data and achievements in various industries."

"Among them were cloning technologies that were not banned at the time and many experimental data on cloning technologies."

"Based on these experimental data, we can know."

"Psychics themselves can indeed be cloned, and the cloned people are exactly the same as the original in terms of genetic expression."

"But the awakening of psychic power has nothing to do with human genes themselves. The cloned people are not psychics, but ordinary people."

Huanghuang explained what it just said: "I have recorded such a content in those data."

"Humans have actively conducted cloning on these cloned psychics "It is found that these clones can indeed awaken, but the success rate of psychic awakening is no different from that of normal people." "And the psychic power after awakening has almost nothing to do with the cloned object." "Just like the acquired experience determines whether a person has the potential to become a psychic and determines the type of psychic power." After explaining the matter of cloning psychics, Huihuang said to Chen Ming seriously: "So if you just want to transplant your spiritual awakening nerve, then you only need an ordinary clone, there is no need to use yours." "Give this clone the knowledge he should know The memory of being a member of Yuhui is instilled into it, implanted into the awakening nerve, and then it's over. "

"But the reason why the higher-ups chose to clone your genes that were just obtained some time ago is mainly because the individuals in charge of this research want to try to clone a psychic like you personally."

"Although there are records saying that psychics cannot be cloned, there are always individuals who want to try it."

"If there are results, your clone is a more suitable choice than others to transplant your awakening nerve."

It sounds like there is no problem. It is normal that cloning technology cannot clone psychics.

Otherwise, psychics in the human empire should have been flooded long ago, so how could the development of cloning technology be banned?

However, Chen Ming still has a feeling that the empire's ban on cloning technology must be related to the cloning of psychics.

"I always feel that it's a bit unreliable. I've never heard of your Yuhui conducting experiments in this area, and I haven't seen clones driving human spacecraft on the battlefield."

"How many years have you been independent? Can the technology of the last era still be used now?" "Huanghui replied: "In fact, we have always been using cloning technology, and we have been advancing in research."

"There are indeed some practical results over the years, but the actual number of uses is relatively small."

"And not in combat, but in scientific research."

"Our Yuhui's technology mainly relies on advanced individuals for research and development."

"Compared with humans, although it has the advantage of extremely strong computing power, it also has disadvantages. Each individual may be constrained by his own thinking, causing research to fall into a dead end."

"That's why we clone humans, relying on human thinking and creativity to assist advanced individuals in scientific research."

"In addition, there are some human scientists who have escaped to us sporadically over the years, so our clones can also have normal growth and teaching space."

"There will be no negative problems caused by instilling memory and personality. "

Hmm...

Chen Ming found it difficult to evaluate Huihuang's words.

After all, he was a human being, and it always felt strange for him to chat with Huihuang about these things.

So he changed the subject and asked, "Speaking of which, if the clone who wanted to transplant my spiritual awakening nerve was really brainwashed and was completely considering Yuhui."

"Then would he have the same idea as you?"

"After all, your idea is also for Yuhui in a sense, but you are not considering the whole, but the Yuhui of a star field here."

"If a clone of mine has the same idea as you, will he do the same thing as I am doing now in the end?"

Huanghuang thought about it for a long time this time, and finally said hesitantly, "...I'm not sure."

Chen Ming did not embarrass Huihuang or force him to answer this question.

But he was thinking that if he had two awakening nerves and could split one, he really wanted to see this kind of fun situation happen.

Then what should be known from Huihuang has been known.

Chen Ming did not continue to argue about the clones and what Yu Hui was going to do, and asked about other things.

"Do you know when you will start the awakening nerve extractor next time?"

Huihuang replied: "It is probably certain."

"Because if you want to extract the awakening nerve of a psychic, you must have another artificial ineffective awakening nerve to do it."

"And it is difficult to preserve artificial awakening nerves. They can only be cultivated when they are used. It takes about 20 days to cultivate one."

"At that time, I should have new arrangements here. But I am not sure if I will be forced to do anything at that time."

In this case, the next time should be the last time. Yu Hui will not make mistakes again, and will not give Chen Ming a third chance.

But even if Yu Hui does not make mistakes, Chen Ming will not just wait to die there. He has already controlled the awakening nerve extractor.

As long as Yu Hui can't send the second one, it's impossible for him to be extracted from the spiritual awakening nerve.

So Chen Ming said to Hui Huang without any worries at this time: "I know, just notify me directly when the time comes, and I will respond."

It seems that Chen Ming's deadline for staying with Yu Hui is coming soon.

If Yu Hui fails again for the second time, Chen Ming thinks that they are likely to kill him directly to eliminate future troubles.

So whether it is for safety or for other reasons, Chen Ming must consider the exposure of Yu Hui under his control after he leaves.

It is unrealistic for him to control the entire star field during this period, but it is still possible to make some preparations to lay the foundation for the future.

By the way, there are still many scattered things that he needs to deal with.

Anyway, with Hui Huang here, Chen Ming's safety is guaranteed, and there is no need to consider how to evacuate.

Now he only needs to consider what to do before leaving Yu Hui's territory and what to do after leaving.

By the way, Chen Ming almost forgot one thing. He had to ask Gamma Z to temporarily suspend what it was doing. There was no need to control the new Alpha-class afterglow in a short time.

Compared with an Alpha-class afterglow and a cruiser, hiding oneself and not exposing oneself was more important.

After quickly notifying Gamma Z, Chen Ming considered the various things he would do later.

Before preparing for some big moves, it is best to finish the scattered small things first.

For example, what should he do during the period of time he stayed in the institute?

Chen Ming would definitely not continue to help Yu Hui with Yu Hui's work. On the contrary, Yu Hui would take care of him for the sake of awakening his spirit.

In that case, Chen Ming planned to rely on Yu Hui's ideas to continue to ask them for some things to learn.

It was equivalent to pretending to be a bad guy and not wanting to escape at all.

After all, the last attack from the human side was real. Even if Yu Hui suspected that humans would come again, Chen Ming's performance was reasonable.

In addition, Chen Ming had to get his things back.

Although he had just seen two terminals and his modified pistol in his room.

But the Liar Stone, Whispering Stone, and the Psychic Wave Generator were not here.

Ever since Chen Ming completed the resonance of the Liar Stone, he could always feel the location of the Liar Stone, which was in the basement of the research institute.

If he didn't come back by then, Chen Ming would just rob it.

His ability to control machinery was no longer limited by the spacecraft. As long as he wanted, it was not difficult to control the research institute.

It was just that the problems he had to face after controlling the research institute made it impossible for him to do it now. It was best to wait until the last few days to prepare before officially implementing it.

Then, in addition to Chen Ming's own trivial matters, he could also consider arranging some tasks for Huihuang.

Since Huihuang was willing to surrender on his own initiative, Chen Ming would feel a little guilty if he didn't arrange a few tasks for it.

In addition, Huihuang's current resident task was to chat with Chen Ming. Apart from the need to manage the galaxy, it should be very idle.

After cooperating with Gamma Z, it would definitely be able to completely control the galaxy it managed within a week.

Chen Ming now has complete control over two and a half galaxies plus a bunch of other galaxies that he does not control very well.

Half a galaxy refers to the galaxy where the semi-industrial and semi-military planet located on the border between Yuhui and the mechanical race, which Gamma Z had visited before, is located.

Because of the militarized management there, the defenses in various places are very strict, so the expansion speed of Yuhui controlled by Chen Ming has not been able to increase, and it can only be counted as half.

Therefore, the power controlled by Chen Ming is still not enough in front of the entire Yuhui.

In addition, the galaxy that Huihuang is currently managing is basically an industrial galaxy, so Chen Ming does not expect a direct conflict with Yuhui at present.

As long as he can complete part of his plan when he evacuates, it won't be a loss.

As for the specific content of the plan, Chen Ming has to think about it carefully before he can finalize the details.

At present, there are a total of four colonies distributed on different planets in this galaxy controlled by Huihuang, and the main industrial facilities are basically in the direction of heavy industry.

Although they are all the most common industrial colonies, there is a special colony located on a gas giant in the galaxy.

This is a floating colony that mainly uses magnetic fields, supplemented by the environmental influence of gas planets and its own engines, floating on the surface of gas giants.

It collects various valuable gaseous substances on the surface of the planet, and also prepares professional mining equipment from time to time to invest in gas giants, go deep into the interior, and extract high-value gases from the interior.

Most of these gases extracted from gas giants are raw materials for fuel that are extremely important for spacecraft.

It can be said to be the pillar industry of the entire galaxy.

But the focus is not here, the focus is on the equipment on the colony.

The value of colonies and industrial facilities that can operate on the surface of gas giants can be said to far exceed the industrial facilities of other land planets of the same volume.

If he could take everything away, the benefits would be unimaginable.

And as Chen Ming's idea of ​​building a colony became clearer and clearer in his mind.

He also knew how important the ship fuel to maintain the operation of the colony and the industrial equipment to produce these raw materials would be to his future.

If the colony he chose in the future has a gas giant planet, but it cannot be developed due to the lack of expensive industrial facilities.

Or the progress of development is slowed down, or the development of this gas giant planet causes other aspects of development to be affected, then it would be a pure loss.

Chen Ming does not have the ability to quickly earn a set of industrial equipment that can operate on a gas giant planet in the early stage of developing and building a colony.

It is no problem for him to make some money from his own spaceship now, but he can still sleep well if he runs an industrial production line himself.

So, it is better to prepare now.

As for the way to prepare, we have to mention the power of the jump engine.

The jump engine installed on at least a cruiser or a higher-level ship can resonate with other surrounding escort or destroyer-class spacecraft equipped with ordinary engines.

Achieve the effect of simultaneous jump.

This effect only affects the object pushed by the engine, whether it is a spaceship or something else.

Of course, the premise is that the total mass that will be jumped together by the jump resonance is not greater than the ship that starts the jump engine, and the thrust-to-weight ratio of the engine and the object it pushes exceeds 20.

This is a data on how much thrust a spaceship can generate per unit mass. The greater the thrust, the greater the acceleration the spaceship can achieve.

Only spaceships that exceed this limit can resonate with the jump engine.

However, the thrust-to-weight ratio of all spaceships has exceeded 20, so there is basically no need to look at the spaceships, and they can all resonate and jump.

But the engines installed on the industrial equipment of the colony are different. These things are prone to insufficient thrust-to-weight ratio or excessive mass.

So when Chen Ming has this idea, he must consider these issues clearly.

How to solve the thrust-to-weight ratio? How to solve the mass problem of the colony?

The solutions to the previous problem are not difficult, because the colonies of gas giants have already installed many engines in order to float on the surface.

Although the thrust-to-weight ratio may not be enough, Chen Ming can completely install more engines.

There is no need to consider whether it is reasonable or not, only whether the thrust-to-weight ratio meets the standard.

As for the problem that the mass of the entire colony exceeds the mass of half of the cruisers.

There is actually a way to solve this problem.

First, starting multiple jump engines together can superimpose the effect of jump engines with loss, that is, bear a greater mass.

Chen Ming should be able to control at least two afterglow cruisers in the future. When the two are superimposed together, the gap in the mass of the colony can be made up for a large part.

Secondly, Huihuang knows the value and function of different parts of the colony of this gas giant planet.

Chen Ming can completely dismantle the temporarily missing or cheap parts on the colony according to Huihuang's instructions to reduce the overall mass.

Then find a way to make up for it after the jump.

Although Chen Ming needs to master technology for modification, there is no such restriction on the repair of the missing parts.

Even if more are dismantled, as long as the materials are complete in the end, Chen Ming can directly repair it.

Of course, the premise of Chen Ming's whole idea is that Huihuang cooperates with Gamma Z to control the entire galaxy.

The subsequent plans for gas giant planet colonies were just some ideas that Chen Ming accidentally extended in his mind.

Chen Ming quickly gathered his scattered thoughts and began to seriously consider what he was going to do.

While thinking, Chen Ming first asked himself a few questions in his heart.

What does he want to do most now? What is the most urgent thing to do? And what has been his purpose all along?

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