Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

Unfortunately, no matter how hard she tried, she still failed.

Looking at her weak yet determined appearance, the man's words of advice to give up stuck in his throat.

Finally, he reluctantly nodded and said, "Okay, good luck."

He then injected her with the medication again.

This time the medicine was much stronger than the last one. Almost instantly, before Ji Qingqing could even react, she was overwhelmed by intense pain.

The pain, as if she were being mercilessly crushed and ground by a force, made her arch her back and convulse repeatedly, her fingers gripping the edge of the medical bed with increasing force until her nails were torn off.

Netizens couldn't help but feel their hearts clench as they watched the screams and Ji Qingqing's extreme pain in the video.

Oh my god, this is going to hurt like hell!

[This looks terrifying...]

Is this medicine really safe? It feels kind of scary...

Although it looked terrifying, the video played for more than ten minutes, and the intense struggle gradually subsided and eventually calmed down.

Another medical worker sitting in front of the testing screen looked at the vital signs, which had almost returned to normal, and spoke up.

"It was a success, but all this ordeal has weakened her physique and potential considerably." The cool voice carried a hint of regret.

The man turned to look at the screen his colleague had turned to him and said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do but see if we can make up for it the day after tomorrow."

However, he admired the girl; few people would have the courage to try again after experiencing failure once.

As they talked, the two placed the girl from the medical bed onto a stretcher and wheeled her out of the room.

Is this the end?

[Could he be dead?]

[Is the person upstairs blind? Can't they see that her chest is rising and falling?]

Netizens found it strange that the person in the video was pushed into a place that resembled a single hospital room.

【What is this for? 】

Are you just going to leave it here and ignore it?

Seeing this, Si Nan explained, "This is a private rest room for volunteers. After the injection, the body will fall into a brief coma and continue to absorb the remaining power from the drug to recover its condition."

"We'll just wait for everyone to wake up naturally, but the wait will be a bit long, so I'll skip that for now."

As the video fast-forwarded, everyone briefly saw some of Ji Qingqing's daily activities after she woke up.

Medication and dietary therapy, physical exercise, medical checkups, and even tests for special abilities, etc...

"I believe this video will give everyone a simple understanding of the effects of gene therapy."

As Si Nan spoke, she magnified several different gene chains, "This drug is used to develop the potential of human genes."

"We have completed four clinical trials and published relevant papers at international medical exchange forums, and all procedures have been compliant."

"You don't need to worry about the safety of the medicine. We have purchased special long-term insurance for this medicine to protect the rights and interests of every user."

Si Nan smiled and explained as she looked at the netizens' worried questions.

"Originally, this drug was supposed to appear on our official website announcement at the drug launch event some time later, but because of the live broadcast by the Huaxia Trade Union, our chairman gave special permission to reveal the drug in advance."

"With frequent natural disasters and increasing attacks by stray organisms, the future has become increasingly uncertain. Looking at the future of the world, humanity can no longer sit idly by and wait for its demise. That's why we developed and promoted this medicine."

"As an emerging medical pharmaceutical company, Huaxia Pharmaceutical is not only involved in the medical profession but also in biotechnology. This drug was developed by chance after we discovered the secrets of genes."

Si Nan then retrieved a gene sequence and amplified it.

"These are several gene chains from different sources but with the same sequence position. Can you see any differences?"

Upon hearing her question, netizens and Li Yue and others began to carefully examine the rotating and magnified gene chains.

[Did you guys notice anything? I don't see much difference.]

The person upstairs needs to get glasses; these lines are clearly different.

[They are indeed different. The shape of the first one, clearly in the third segment, is slightly different... like a small thorn, and it's a bit red.]

You know what, they're all a bit different, but the last one is more like what I expected.

[It really is true. Whose genes are these? Are they legally sourced?]

Si Nan looked at the comments explaining, "Of course it's legal; we collected gene samples from different volunteers for analysis."

"These genes showed different branches at the same location."

What does it represent?

After observing for a moment, Li Yue asked a question.

"The branches of different colors represent different conditions within the host's body, such as the level and strength of their special ability, as well as their element."

However, this involves too much content and is too complicated to explain in detail here.

Si Nan then drew everyone's attention back to the enlarged gene sequence diagrams. "The five gene sequences arranged here are: the first is for naturally awakened superhumans, the second is for Evolvers who have undergone a second awakening after being injected with gene serum, and the rest are for normal Evolvers and ordinary people."

"So this is why you see the difference, and the last one is the form that everyone is familiar with."

In other words, ordinary genes whose potential has not been realized.

"Biological genetics is a subject that has been studied for many years, especially human genes, but we have found that we have only focused on its diversity in the past while ignoring its hidden nature and potential for breakthroughs."

"Until recently, our group accidentally discovered the secrets of the human genome during a drug research project."

Si Nan magnified the genes of ordinary people and said, "We discovered that these ordinary gene chains can take on another form under specific environments and continue to evolve."

The screen changed, and suddenly several almost transparent and pale red cell-like things appeared, rushing towards the gene chain and beginning to climb and tear at it.

In a matter of seconds, the once complete gene chain was torn to pieces, branches broke and scattered, and those strange cells slowly disappeared.

[Was it destroyed? What are those tiny cells? A virus?]

I don't know. But it looks so terrible.

"...Something feels really strange. Why destroy these genetic chains?"

Just as Li Yue was about to ask a question, the originally dim and scattered gene fragments began to tremble rhythmically and then began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The pieces, torn into dozens of pieces, began to grow simultaneously, and within a few breaths they grew to their original size or even larger.

Si Nan zoomed in on the fourth segment of those gene chains. "Look here, does it look familiar?"

Li Yue shook her head. Gao Hai examined it for a few seconds and said, "This is very similar to the first one you showed us before, but it's obviously much thinner."

Si Nan nodded. "Mr. Gao has a good eye. Indeed, the microscopic video just shown is the effect of gene therapy on genes."

"When the genes in the human body are damaged under certain conditions, they do not die as we usually know them. Instead, they begin to rebuild and regenerate, and then engulf and tear apart the cells that attacked them."

"Gene-generating agents provide two environments simultaneously, which is why people experience severe pain after injection."

Oh my god, so that's how it is. No wonder it hurt so much.

Thinking about it this way, the idea of ​​all the genes in your body being destroyed and regenerated at the same time is terrifying; I can already imagine the pain...

[Damn it, who turned on pain sharing? Turn it off now! I'm scared!]

"Does this medicine have any dangerous side effects?"

"No, to be honest, this medicine is similar to the vaccines you receive for infectious diseases."

Si Nan's relaxed tone eased the tense and worried atmosphere considerably.

"If I had to say something, it would be that although this drug can stimulate genetic changes and awaken a person's abilities, it is only a probability and cannot guarantee that the user will awaken their superpowers 100% of the time."