Great Power Technology.

Chapter 514
Rongcheng, Huawu Academy.

Qian Lixun was lying in the lounge of the affiliated hospital, leisurely scrolling through his mobile phone.

He was doing the final inspection of the Shenguang-[-] inertial confinement nuclear fusion. According to the plan, a week later, this fusion device will conduct the first ignition test. For this goal, he, like everyone in the working group, will Has been working continuously for more than three months.

But even so, even if he sleeps less than 5 hours a day, he still feels that there is not enough time, because this project is far more than what he has done in terms of technical complexity and cumbersome process. any item.

He is already an old man in his twilight years, and the expectation of the project's success supports his body's operation, but it is clear that objective laws are difficult to change, and no matter how firm the belief is, it is not enough to fight against natural aging.

Since this morning, he has felt that his heart is very uncomfortable, the heartbeat is fast and slow, and even occasionally has convulsions.

He thought it was just a temporary discomfort caused by lack of sleep, but at three o'clock in the afternoon, when he checked the structure of the divertor, he obviously felt something was wrong.

If this continues, something will happen.

However, the inspection of the device has reached the final stage, if it is temporarily removed, the progress of the project may be delayed again.

This is a difficult choice. In the long history of the Republic, many scientific researchers have faced the same choice, and their answers have brought countless silent but heroic sacrifices.

Choose country between family and country, choose collective between individual and collective, choose progress between life and progress
Such a choice is tragic - but it has to be said that sometimes it is indeed stupid.

At least from Qian Lixun's point of view.

He doesn't want to fall here.

He is very clear that if the Shenguang [-] project is postponed for a week, even if it is postponed for a month, or for a year, the loss it will bring will not compare to its own value.

Therefore, as soon as he realized the problem, he called the medical team and left his job.

"You are quite decisive when you are old. Judging from the results of the marker test just now, you now have cardiovascular inflammation. If you don't treat it in time, it is likely to develop into acute myocardial infarction later."

"Let's stay in bed for a period of time in the future. It is discovered early and there is no need for surgery. I will prescribe you some medicines such as aspirin and bisoprolol in the future. You just need to take them on time."

"I checked your medical history, and the heart function has always been very good. It is estimated that you have been too tired recently, your resistance has decreased, and you have a bit of viral myocarditis."

The doctor on the side said while signing the ward inspection form.

"Is antiviral treatment necessary?"

Ye Zhou, who was sitting by the bed, interrupted and asked.

"Then it's unnecessary. The effect of antiviral treatment is relatively limited, and the damage to liver function is relatively large. The old man's liver function is not very good, so it's best not to do it——Are you a family member?"

Ye Zhou smiled, shook his head and replied:
"No, his family members are still busy. I guess we will come to see him later."

"Understood. Then I'll go first, you watch the time, don't affect the patient's rest."

Ye Zhou nodded in agreement, and after the latter turned and left, Qian Lixun said jokingly:

"This Dr. Du, if he knows who you are, he probably regrets not saying a few more words to you."

"That's not the case. There are specialties in the art industry. They may not be able to understand what we do very thoroughly. It is probably difficult to have any deep perception."

Qian Lixun on the bed shook his head and replied:

"I'm not talking about nuclear fusion, but the gene editor you proposed before. This affiliated hospital uses your editor. Last year, a lot of results were published, mainly in the field of cancer targeted therapy drugs. .”

"When I came to the hospital for an examination, the banners in their office were changed every three to five times, celebrating the passing of animal experiments on new drugs and the like."

Hearing this, Ye Zhou's expression was calm. He has been paying attention to the progress in the field of biology, so he also knows that since A&C-BEmax was proposed, the medical application of this editor has been put on the agenda. Actions are fast and it is normal to achieve results.

Before, he occasionally checked the news when he was resting, and he also saw the news about liver cancer being cured by gene medicine, which was a sensation at the time.

After all, for humans, liver cancer is almost the most difficult cancer to treat. It has a high degree of deterioration, rapid development, short course of disease, and is very easy to relapse. The prognosis of each treatment is also extremely poor.

But of course, such an inference is based on previous traditional treatment methods such as surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. After using gene editing technology to create targeted drugs, the treatment of liver cancer only requires a course of injections.

The whole process is convenient and painless - of course, most importantly, cheap.

Compared with the gene transduction technology of CAR-T therapy, the new technology directly extracts human immune cells for transformation, which is more efficient and cheaper.

This is not just as simple as breaking the monopoly of technology, in fact, it should be eliminated as technology.

After that, the profits that originally belonged to CAR-T therapy were instantly divided up by the swarming Chinese medical institutions, and the price of the drug quickly dropped from millions to hundreds of thousands. Finally, under the subsidy of the financial fund, part of the cancer treatment The price of a full course of treatment even fell below [-] at one point.

But this is obviously not the full potential of gene editing technology. If it is not limited by medical ethics, large-scale genetically modified people may have already appeared.

However, this is not what Ye Zhou needs to care about now - he cares more about new things, such as immune reconstruction technology.

Ye Zhou took a light breath, brought his thoughts back to reality, and then said to Qian Lixun:
"I don't care about medical matters. Now I have a problem, but I need to discuss it with you."

"what is the problem?"

Qian Lixun looked at Ye Zhou curiously and asked.

"The Ugly Country National Laboratory has just proposed to donate the technology of inertial confinement nuclear fusion pellets to us for free, mainly in terms of pellet materials."

Hearing this, Qian Lixun was taken aback for a moment, and then subconsciously asked:

"What do they want us to exchange?"

In his view, the pellet technology is one of the core links in the inertial confinement fusion technology, and it is impossible for the other party to share this technology without any reason and purely out of good intentions.

The reason is also very simple. Controlled nuclear fusion is a technology that can definitely change the development process of science and technology. Whoever creates it first will be able to control the world hegemony. These ugly people will not give up their hegemony, right?
Ye Zhou shook his head and replied:

"They don't want anything, just gratuitous."

"Gratuitous? Why?"

Qian Lixun's expression was even more puzzled. He could tell that Ye Zhou was definitely not joking. Since the other party could definitely say the word "free", it means that this information should be verified.

"We don't know—in fact, the other party has directly contacted the General Technical Office and passed some technical documents to them, saying that it was to prove their sincerity."

"The follow-up documents will be passed on in other ways, and they also mentioned that we are welcome to send researchers to the field to verify the authenticity of the technology—anyone."

"The Chief Technical Office is also very puzzled. They really can't see any possible conspiracy from the other party's proposal, as if they really want to give us some expensive gifts."

"So, I just want to ask you, what is your suggestion on this matter?"

After listening to Ye Zhou's words, Qian Lixun frowned and thought for a moment, then said:
"Is the technical documentation they currently provide credible?"

"It is credible. The information and data are complete, and some empirical results are attached. I will send the document to you later, so you can see it for yourself."

"Since it's credible, let's use it."

Qian Lixun nodded thoughtfully, and then continued:
"The production and replacement process of the target pellets is not complicated, and it will only delay a week or two at most. Our own target pellet technology is not advanced enough, so it is no problem to use others."

"It's really no problem to use it, but what I'm worried about is whether there is a saying that the free one is the most expensive."

"That's only when people are with people."

Qian Lixun unceremoniously refuted Ye Zhou's words.

"Between people, free ones are really expensive, because there may be various traps in it, and it also involves things like human relations."

"But in the face of such national-level technology, free is free."

"We can mobilize sufficient forces to eliminate the trap, and we will definitely not be affected by 'humanity'."

"There is no emotion between countries. Under the leadership of interests, even if they are allies who have fought wars and died together before, they will not hesitate when it is time to give up, not to mention that we are still in an antagonistic relationship with them. "

"I think that they are willing to send this technology, in fact, they are fighting for resources for their cooperative project team——you know, there are researchers from Ugly countries in the fringe fields of the Shenguang [-] project. If this technology If they are successful, they will have more access to technical information, which is good for them.”

"Anyway, our tendency to develop controllable nuclear fusion is already unstoppable, so it's better to give us another push. The faster we succeed, the higher their income will be."

"And, with this action, they can ease the tension with us a little bit, and if there are other cooperations later, they can also occupy a more favorable position."

Ye Zhou nodded in agreement. In fact, when he received the news, he immediately felt that the other party might want to use this opportunity to improve their relationship with him. As for the purpose of improving the relationship, it is likely that the BCI technology is now in full swing. .

Therefore, when Qian Lixun pointed out this point, he was not too surprised.

However, the wisdom of the older generation still made him sigh in his heart.

"Then do as you always said. I'll ask the Chief Technical Office to get the documents and apply them to the equipment as soon as possible—but the application will have to wait until the second ignition test, and this time it will definitely be too late."

"It's ok."

Qian Lixun put down his phone and continued:
"Step by step, finish what we are doing first, and then consider further optimization."

"Now I have to rest. I still have a lot of use for my old bones. The next job is up to you. You are still young, so go through it."

Ye Zhou laughed and replied:
"Don't worry, I will announce the good news to you in a week."

(End of this chapter)