Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 11 Hair
Looking at Lu Ming with bloodshot eyes in front of her, a gleam of joy flashed across He Wei's face, but she hid it well.Zhang Dingshan's tone was still calm: "Tell me."

"Gene."

Lu Ming spat out a word.

"Oh?"

"The similarities you have analyzed before are too superficial. Such as race, gender, behavior, etc. I think that for a species with higher technology, they should be able to see human beings. Something more original. What is the origin of human beings? Obviously, it can only be genes."

Organisms are essentially carriers of genes.Genes determine everything about a species.

Lu Ming believes that relying on gender, race and other methods to divide human groups is only a behavior at a lower technological level.If the technology is higher and the data in hand is more, then it is more possible to divide the human race by genetic differences.

Zhang Dingshan remained silent, He Wei pondered for a moment, and said, "Lu Ming, do you think that the secret organization that hides in the dark uses genes as the standard when selecting targets? That is, that is, those with certain special genes People will be identified as targets by them, and they will plan subsequent 'kidnapping' operations, and people who do not have certain special genes will be excluded?"

"Yes." Lu Ming replied in the affirmative: "Although this is only a possibility. But I think it is worth analyzing."

"This kind of screening criteria, we really didn't think of it before... Genes, genes..."

"For you, this should be a very simple matter, why not try? There is no loss even if you fail, but what if you succeed?"

It's really not that difficult to do genetic analysis on just five specimens.

Zhang Dingshan made a decision.

"Contact Qingliang and ask him to find someone to do it."

"Yes."

Although he decided to try some genetics according to what Lu Ming said, but to be honest, He Wei was not optimistic about this attempt.

She wasn't worried about finding common ground, but that she had too much in common.In that case, the common ground found would still be as meaningless as it is now.

The reason is simple, even though humans and mice have many of the same genes - about 7000 million to 9000 million years ago, the two were basically the same species, not to mention five human genes.

Even if some rare mutant genes exist in the bodies of five victims including Lu Ming at the same time, it is a high probability event, and the number should not be too small.After all, there are too many genes in the human body, and there are more than 2 protein-coding genes alone.

But she still agreed with Lu Ming's suggestion.The reason is just like what Lu Ming said, even if you fail, you will not lose anything.

One biological specimen was taken from Lu Ming, and the biological specimens of the other four victims were also taken from the corpse or the hospital, and were transported to a certain biological laboratory according to the address given by Lu Qingliang.

The five samples will be sequenced here and compared with each other.

This work took about half a month.While Lu Ming waited anxiously, the sequencing results were finally sent back to the field hospital.

So, several people were shocked together.

That biological laboratory, among the five victims including Lu Ming, discovered a relatively rare gene mutation at the same time, and, such a rare gene, only found this one during the comparison process.

This gene mutation is numbered Rag.1, and its function is to affect the density of hair to a certain extent-it is certainly not the only gene that determines whether the hair is thick or not, but, under the same conditions, people with this gene mutation , whose hair is thicker in comparison.

The most important thing is that according to the data investigation, among all human beings, there is only one person in about 10 people with this gene mutation.

Based on the current total human population, the total number of people with this mutant gene among all human beings is only tens of thousands.

The probability that a person has this mutation is one in [-]. Then, if five people are randomly selected, and all five people have this gene mutation, what is the probability?

It's almost impossible to describe it as a coincidence.Then, the only explanation is that this is the result of deliberate screening.In other words, the secret organization hidden in the dark is deliberately selecting people with this gene mutation as the target of the crime!
At this moment, He Wei was full of shock.

She didn't expect that after trying it out, she didn't have much hope at all, but in the end she really made such a major discovery!
Indeed, this is the most significant achievement since the case was investigated.And most importantly, with the discovery of this clue, the follow-up case investigation will no longer have no way out, but can continue!
"Lu Ming, yes you can, you've got it all wrong..."

He Wei patted Lu Ming's shoulder, and inadvertently looked at Lu Ming's hair, it was indeed thicker.

Lu Ming bared his teeth when He Wei took the picture, but he was smiling wryly in his heart.

Even he himself did not expect this result.When I proposed this idea before, I was forced to help myself, just to save myself.

"Okay." Zhang Dingshan's expression became serious: "Our situation has been opened for the time being, but there is still a lot of work to be done. Our question is, how does that secret organization screen out people with this genetic mutation? ?”

From the current point of view, the secret organization's selection of targets is very targeted.This means that they must have some means of screening.Otherwise, it is looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is impossible to find a target among such a large population.

"Two possibilities."

Lu Ming immediately said: "First, they have some kind of technology beyond our imagination, which can scan many human beings very quickly, very secretly, and on a very large scale, and quickly screen out those who have the gene mutation. But I think This is unlikely. Second, adopt a certain method to achieve this goal with the help of existing actions or institutions in our human society."

Zhang Dingshan nodded appreciatively, and He Wei blurted out: "Human gene pool!"

The Human Gene Bank is a public genetic data storage institution managed by the government.According to the current human law, all genetic testing institutions, regardless of commercial nature, public welfare, or scientific research nature, must report their genetic data to the institution for storage and management.

With the help of these data, scientific research institutions can conduct research on aspects such as the overall evolution trend of human beings and public health from the overall level of human civilization.

It is the institution that stores the most and most complete genetic data in the human world.

Obviously, for that secret organization, as long as it finds a way to obtain the genetic data of the human gene bank, and after a little screening, it can immediately screen out the qualified specimen providers.

Such means are necessarily illegal.Because the human gene bank strictly prohibits data trading or commercial activities, all its data can only be used for public welfare purposes and is subject to strict supervision.

As for the means of obtaining these data, whether it is through theft through more advanced network technology, or colluding with insiders to secretly and illegally trade data, it is not known for the time being.

But in short, this method exists, and it is extremely convenient, fast, and relatively concealed.Compared with the speculated super technology of "extremely fast, covert, and large-scale scanning of many human beings", this method is undoubtedly more reasonable and possible.

"We have a way to find out which method the secret organization used to screen targets. We only need to determine whether the five victims have undergone genetic testing, and we can know whether they obtained data through super technology or from human genes. The data obtained in the library."

Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Ming: "Have you done a genetic test?"

Lu Ming bowed his head to recall, while He Wei picked up the phone and quickly issued an order to check whether the five victims, including Lu Ming, had undergone genetic testing in the medical and health systems.

Results came quickly.

Including Lu Ming, the five victims had undergone genetic testing for various reasons and had recorded them in the system.

Among them, Lu Ming did a genetic screening in the hospital during the summer vacation of his high school graduation because of illness.

If it wasn't for the query data to find out, Lu Ming himself would have even forgotten about it.

But the data don't lie.When the real data was in front of him, he tried hard to recall, and he also vaguely remembered this matter.

At this moment, Lu Ming didn't know what it was like.

No matter what, he never imagined that it was just an ordinary illness and an ordinary examination, but after so many years, his life was completely changed.

Moreover, the person whose life was changed was not only himself.

I was lucky enough to save my life.What about the others?
It is impossible to return to human society in this life without seeing people alive or dead.Not sure if it's even on Earth now.

This sentence is not alarmist.After all, in the face of a hidden existence that has mastered technology beyond the level of human civilization, it is not impossible to send it to other planets.

"From this point of view, it is almost certain that the secret organization obtained data from the human gene pool..."

Then, the direction of the next investigation is very clear.

Thoroughly investigate the management organization of the human gene pool, find out how the secret was leaked, and follow the clues to find out that secret organization.

Lu Ming murmured, "This time, we must keep it secret."

If the secret is leaked, I am afraid that the secret organization will wipe out the traces in advance, and it will be a waste of effort again.

This situation has happened once before.

"This is just a basic operation!"

He Wei was a little dissatisfied: "After the last leak, we have tried every means to increase the level of secrecy!"

Lu Ming shook his head, but did not speak.

His mood is still a little low at the moment.

"Okay, let's do this first. Lu Ming, you go to rest first, and you can communicate with me if you have any ideas. If there is any progress on my side, I will keep you informed."

(End of this chapter)