Age of Cosmic Exploration Chapter 178: During the Experiment

Chapter 178: During the Experint

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Mankind’s dical history was thousands of years long. Discounting the prehistoric period, even modern dicine had had a long history of about 200 years. However, we were still hamstrung when it ca to vaccines against viruses, bacteria, and microbes as well as risky operations like heart transplants.

When mankind’s technology reached the 4th revolution, many dical technologies also evolved. For example, there was a type of nanobot that could enter the human body to repair damaged organs or dissect tumors without the need for surgery. Other than that, the genetic soric resonator could be used to elongate all carbonate life forms’, mankind included, lifespan. The efficacy of surgery could also be increased by using technologies the like super growth field to stabilize the cellular activities of human organs during operation to increase the operation’s success rate. However, the side effect of the super growth field was still heavy on animals, so its uses were mostly limited to plants. It would probably require the 5th or 6th industrial revolution for the technology to be perfected.

It was true that the 4th revolution had introduced a giant increase to mankind’s dical progress, but there was also the appearance of many new diseases. Or rather, there was an increase in the number of viruses, bacteria, and microbes mankind’s dical technology couldn’t handle in space.

Saburo was alone in the locked laboratory. Of course, Yao Yuan, who had the master key, could still enter it, so this wasn’t a step to ward off Yao Yuan but to steel his own determination.

"Hanako, Shiro... I will not let what happened to you repeat itself!"

At the sa ti, Ivan sat silently in the biology lab. Researchers in the room looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to co to a decision.

After so ti, Ivan announced suddenly, "Report this to the Captain, then..."

The group of scientists sighed both in relief and in worry. This ant Saburo’s experint would be forcefully halted, but it would help ensure the Hope’s safety.

"...then transfer all the data we have on the alien cells, as well as this planet’s microbes, viruses, and bacteria to Professor Saburo. That is the least we can do for him."

Relief changed into shock. The researchers were confused. Did Ivan want to stop or help Saburo? His orders served 2 drastically different purposes.

Regardless of his intentions, as the leader of the biology committee, Ivan’s orders were quickly carried out. However, there were so issues during the transference of information. Since Yao Yuan and other authorities had their focus fully trained on the mother nest that was hurtling towards the sun, they wrongly assud the update ant Saburo was still working on discovering the alien cell’s weakness, so they didn’t pay it much attention.

Just like that, Saburo attained all the data from the biology lab. He then received splices of untainted alien cells from the damaged combat jets that returned from war. Since the combat jets hadn’t entered the planet’s atmosphere, the alien cells attached to them hadn’t had contact with the planet’s microbes, viruses, and bacteria. They were, so to speak, pure.

In the next few hours, Saburo subrged completely into his experints. Ti flew by as he worked on data analysis, observations, and experints. His whisperer power was activated from ti to ti, allowing him big and small breakthroughs...

Several hours later, the mother nest, which had evolved to a super organism, was confird to be dead. The Hope breathed a collective sigh of relief. However, no one knew that for one mber of the Hope, the battle was still going on...

When the correct news reached Yao Yuan, it was already 3 hours after the destruction of the mother nest. It was so delayed because there were simply too many things waiting to be done. The steps that needed to be done to ensure that the death of the mother nest was final took up about an hour of his ti. The rest was spent doing sothing incredibly important... that was to clear all the remnants of the alien cells within this solar system!

Ergency modifications were done on the remaining 80 space jets so that their emissions could release high heat using the interaction between liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. Rough estimations put the required ti to finish clearing the alien carcasses at 3 months. The monster carcasses littered the solar system, so they had to prioritize the ones that were closest to New Earth.

Similarly, the clearing had to be done on New Earth. This operation would require lesser ti, 1 and a half months to be precise. This was because it was easier to clean the carcasses on Earth due to the presence of natural oxygen. Unlike the space combat jets, the exterminators on New Earth had no need for constant refuels. Furthermore, they could rely on technology, like Fuel Air Explosives, to clear a large space within a short period of ti.

Within the 3 hours, Yao Yuan dropped a newly created Fuel Air Explosive on the spot where the alien monsters landed. After that, a unit with flathrowers was dispatch to make sure all traces of alien were burned away.

He finally had so ti to take a breather when Guang Zhen led the flathrower unit of about 2,000 people from the Hope. However, before he could even grab a quick bite, another piece of breaking news fell into his lap.

"What? You an Professor Saburo has locked himself up into a laboratory to conduct experints on the alien cells?" Yao Yuan asked in shock.

Ivan, who ca to update him on the infected, nodded firmly. "That’s right, Captain. We sent this information to you a few hours before the death of the mother nest was confird."

"Are you sure?" Yao Yuan asked, still in shock. "How could it have been reported already? I would have stopped him if I knew. The alien cell can easily mutate to beco a supercell capable of digesting everything. How could he be allowed to conduct such a dangerous experint?! If he is infected, no one will be around to help him because he’s doing this on his own! Stop him imdiately! Never mind, I’ll go and stop him myself!" Yao Yuan leaped out of his seat, hailed an electromobile, and sped to the Academy.

With an agile backflip that was inconspicuous with his scientist identity, Ivan leaped into the seat beside Yao Yuan. He smiled slyly in response to the surprised gaze that Yao Yuan threw him, adding, "Captain, you can’t pin the bla on us. We did inform you of this hours ago; you must have missed it sohow. Because no reply ca from you, we assud you were in support of Saburo’s action."

Yao Yuan racked his mind and indistinctly rembered soone did co over from the biology lab with an update. The person said that Saburo wanted to commission pre-evolved alien cells for his experint. Since Saburo was a firm follower of scientific protocol, Yao Yuan didn’t dwell on it. Furthermore, he thought a whole lab would be watching over Saburo’s experint. Help would be readily available if anything went wrong.

Lastly, all his focus then was occupied by the mother nest. Now that the mother nest was a problem of the past, Yao Yuan realized he had glossed over an important piece of news due to his haste and Ivan’s careful wordplay.

However, he found himself unable to punish Ivan or even Saburo. Professor Saburo’s action was ultimately for the goodness of mankind, and his willingness to take on this dangerous experint alone was admirable.

"Regardless... Let’s get to the lab first and pray that nothing serious has gone wrong..." Yao Yuan sighed.

Inside the lab, Saburo held a test tube with his shaking hands. After a few hours of using his Whisperer power, his face was flushed a sickly red. He stared at the thing inside the test tube with pride. That was the purpose of his experint... It turned out better than how he expected it be.

The ultimate vaccine’s first prototype!