Chapter 47: The results of the Terran Research Base
When a new force was formed in the Nachmund sub-sector, the Darova Tyranid Zerg Research Base successively carried out in-vivo experiments on Tyranids.
This time, the Ninth Brotherhood not only brought back the living brain of the Chicken Thief Patriarch, but also brought back a large number of Tyranid node creatures, including brainworms, Likarts, etc.
The Tyranids corpses left on Blackstone Fortress were also collected at the Tyranids Research Base. The underground freezing factory at the research base could not even accommodate so many samples.
Many samples can only be burned on site to prevent parasites or microorganisms that are symbiotic with Tyranids from contaminating the air and water sources of the research base.
In addition to these samples directly related to Tyranids, Sage Della also collected alien creatures from the Tiamat system that were implanted with Tyranid genes. These alien creatures contain the original genes of Tyranids.
Such a huge research sample makes this research base one of the most important Tyranid research bases in the empire.
Many biological sages came here after learning this information, including senior biological sages from the Varnak Circle Sect.
With their participation, the scientific research level of the entire research base has increased exponentially, and research results will be produced soon.
In Sage Della's research room, Taiyue personally picked up Mansha and sent her back to Marsdan, where she continued to exercise her rights as the planetary governor.
Marsdan is the hometown of Thailand and Vietnam. Thailand and Vietnam list it as a planet that the Nachmond fleet must support, and add the laser weapons produced by Marsdan to the purchase list of the Nachmond sub-sector. .
After Taiyue returned to the laboratory, Della informed Mansha of the reason why he could coexist with the gene stealer's alien cells without being infected.
Infection by Gene Stealers is not only a biological process, but also a psychic catalytic process. After the alien cells enter the host's body, they continue to proliferate and release various retroviruses to infect the host's normal cells, transforming the Tyranids' sequences into Embedded with human or other alien genes, these cells are Tyranid chimeric cells.
Tyranne chimeric cells will also continue to synthesize viruses and infect many normal cells. When the infection enters the brain, the infected person's common sense will change as the chimeric cells transform.
The germ cells of the infected person were also affected. The first generation of mixed-bloods born had the worst genetic stability, and the corresponding individuals had the highest degree of mutation. During the subsequent mixed-blood reproduction process, the stability of the genes gradually increased, and gradually changed with the host race. consistent.
The gene stealer's infection has the opportunity to be controlled before it develops into the brain. Interferon can reduce the infection rate and prevent the generation of chimeric cells.
However, the proliferating alien cells cannot be controlled by biological means, because after these cells gather in the brain, they form a high-level structure similar to the meninges, and have psychic properties and can join the gene stealer's psychic network.
Conversely, the psychic power of Genestealers can also promote the rapid proliferation of alien cells and speed up the control of infected people.
The Gene Stealer's infection also has the characteristics of both. The genetically modified humans cloned by the Varnak Circle Sect who are immune to biological infection are immune to infection when they are initially injected with alien cells. However, when the pure-blood Gene Stealer uses psychic At that time, the experiment finally failed.
Mansha was not infected because she blocked the process of biological infection and psychic energy generation at the same time, which is related to her genes and psychic energy.
Her family is a genetically modified human being. Through genetic modification, her family has enhanced the interferon gene's response to viruses and gained super immunity.
When genetic modification was in 2K, some people tried human experiments regardless of ethics. By knocking out the CCR5 gene, the AIDS virus had no anchoring site and could not infect host cells, thus achieving the purpose of immunity to AIDS.
Subsequent studies have shown that CCR5 gene editing will shorten the life expectancy of gene programmers. Humanity’s understanding of genes at that time was far from sufficient.
In the golden age of science and technology, mankind has not only created loyal servant artificial humans through genetic modification technology, but has also eliminated almost all genetic disease genes in the human body. Some scientists and their descendants have also chosen to strengthen some human genes and even implanted them into human beings. Animal genes.
Mansha's hypnotic psychic power is even more important for preventing infection. This psychic power essentially inhibits the activity of brain cells, thereby reducing the brightness of the soul projection and causing the intensity of conscious activity to decrease or even stop.
Her psychic energy controls the alien cells in her body to enter the brain. These alien cells themselves have Tyranids genes. Under the influence of Taiyue's death and proliferation psychic energy, they can develop into zerg with Tyranids characteristics.
Taiyue's death and proliferation psionic power can be said to be the enhanced ability of the Gene Stealer. It not only allows the alien cells to proliferate and directly develop into zerg, but also allows the alien cells to die during crazy proliferation.
When Mansha and Taiyue established a psychic connection, her ability to control alien cells was further strengthened. Now she can control the alien cells from the body to develop into zerg, and command the zerg to attack the enemy.
“Can anti-infective drugs be developed?”
After listening, Tai Yue asked if there were drugs that could control the infiltration of gene stealers into the imperial world.
Della smiled slightly and took out the medicine just developed by Tyron Research Base.