The world enters the age of mythology.

The old dragon language was recalled in the old emperor's mind, and Shenlong seemed to be asking, what kind of benefits can he get?

The old emperor didn't dare to neglect, and answered carefully in his mind.

"Science and technology civilization has said that only a small amount of flesh and blood at the root of the beard is enough, and the whole beard is not needed...it must be the unknown hair follicle at the root of the beard."

Seeing that the screen stopped, the people on the Yunhai side were also in a hurry to die.

"It can't be that the signal is stuck. Why is the screen not moving?" Liu Xuwei said impatiently, "Is it going to work?"

Professor Huang smiled and said: "Don't worry, it should be a special skill similar to telepathy. They are talking remotely in their minds, and it is estimated that there will be results after a while."

The detection equipment hidden in the refrigerator successfully detected the ether value of this special ability.

The telepathic ability, the nubi used to use it, so people recorded this ether value fluctuation.

"I guess it will be..." Lu Yiming also laughed.

"Why?" Liu Xuwei asked.

"Because the dragon didn't lose his temper immediately, nor did he object immediately. Instead, he started a serious discussion with the emperor... This kind of thing, as long as there is no objection immediately, the problem will be fine. big."

Chapter 506 Stem Cells... Get it!

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "After all, the benefits we promised here are real. As long as you think about it for a long time, rationality can still overcome sensibility."

Yes, Yunhai will not renege on the contract.

If the other party is sincere enough to provide Shenlong's stem cells, technological assistance is not a big problem, and a little development of the Jin Empire will not bring too much threat, it is also a win-win choice.

Lu Yiming turned around and asked Professor Xiang Huang, "By the way, Lao Huang, I remembered an important question. Is it really possible to clone a dragon with stem cells? There is no technical problem? If there is no way to clone, then our efforts will be wasted. "

Previous cloning required an egg as a raw material.For example, the first cloned sheep "Dolly" was cloned from an enucleated egg and the nucleus of an epithelial cell.

Now, whether this dragon is male or female, or has no gender, people have no way to find out, so it is basically impossible to get eggs, and only through unconventional cloning methods.

"Don't worry. In the past, this technology may be more difficult, but it's different now." Professor Huang said with a smile: "Because our current biotechnology is advanced. I don't know how advanced we are. The first time we experienced A continent, Baiwu Continent, has stem cell induction technology, which can restore stem cells to a totipotent state..."

"The emergence of Z element has changed everything again. Z element can effectively improve the characteristics of cells and make cells younger. This is a special way of using it."

"We have successfully completed related experiments on mice. Using the hair follicle stem cells of mice and guided by trace Z elements, it successfully restored its totipotency, and gave birth to a cloned fertilized egg that can successfully divide and differentiate."

"Your speed is very fast. It is not many days before you discover the Z element?" Lu Yiming laughed.

Professor Huang touched his chin and said proudly: "With a brand new discovery, can the speed be fast? However, this cloned fertilized egg is still growing slowly, and it will take a while for the finished cloned mouse to be born. .”

The fertilized egg, as the starting point of life, is equivalent to the cell with the smallest entropy, which is omnipotent, and it can divide and differentiate into any somatic cell; the entropy of stem cells is slightly larger, and it only has partial totipotency, so it can only be transformed into a single Cell.

And one of the functions of Z element is to reduce the entropy value of life, so it is not surprising that stem cells restore their omnipotent nature.

Of course, the use of Z elements is very complicated. It is not a simple mix and match of the two, but a series of complex scientific and technological means are required. For example, various biological enzymes and various strange chemical components promote each other. .

The mode of action is different, and the form of expression is also different.

"So... what about the womb? After we have a cloned fertilized egg, we can't transplant this fertilized egg into the womb of a mouse, right? It's also impossible to find a dragon to conceive. How should we solve it?"

"Hey, that's simple." Professor Huang clapped his hands, "We have a great probability to determine that dragons are oviparous. As long as there is one cloned fertilized egg, the problem is not big, and there is no need for a uterus."

"Just like an egg, does a chicken need a womb to hatch? Of course it doesn't."

"The only trouble is... the birth of the dragon may have something to do with incense, beliefs, etc. If this is the case, just technology and a small amount of Z elements may still not be able to give birth to a real dragon. Sigh... I'll think of a way then." Professor Huang muttered to himself, "Perhaps, our dragons will be different again."

After answering all the questions, Lu Yiming felt relieved.

After about 10 minutes, the screen finally moved.

This huge dragon seemed to be persuaded by the old emperor, its eyes flickered, and its whole body squirmed.

And the old emperor couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, he was very excited...

Lord Shenlong, you are really kind.

It agrees!

Of course, it's just the root of a beard, and the benefits promised by technological civilization are too great, too big to imagine... It's strange to disagree.

If the emperor's own beard or hair could be exchanged for so many benefits, he would do so without hesitation.

But Shenlong has only two beards, which are thick and hard. A rough estimate may weigh several hundred catties. If one is really pulled out, I don't know how long it will take to grow back.A dragon's beard is useful, like an elephant's trunk, capable of dexterous activities, and one less beard is equivalent to one less hand.

Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, the Sea of ​​Clouds provided a needle the size of an arm in advance.

The needle tube is also abnormally thick, as thick as bean sprouts.

Just use a needle tube to pierce the root of the hair follicle gently, and suck out part of the tissue fluid.

Shenlong was huge in size, but his movements were extremely sensitive. It caught the needle with one beard, and accurately pierced the root of the other beard.

But its scales are so hard that ordinary needles can't penetrate them at all.

In desperation, he had no choice but to scratch his face with his claws, tearing his face, and even grabbed a piece of scale with a little fresh flesh on it.

However, there is not a single drop of essence blood. Shenlong's blood is scarce, and it is much more valuable than pure meat.

In the end, I used a needle to suck something out from the root of the beard...

A gust of wind blew by, a piece of dragon scale, and a needle, slowly floated over.

The old emperor had a look of surprise on his face. He stretched out his hands, respectfully took the fishy scale, weighed it, and it was heavy, weighing tens of catties, and took the scale again. Needle for interstitial fluid.

"Master Shenlong, are you alright?"

Shenlong lowered his high head again, lay down on the ground to rest, let out a breath, and signaled that there was nothing wrong with him.

It won't take long for this wound to heal.

The old emperor nodded quickly, holding the things in his hand, feeling very happy in his heart.

Dragon scales, they will definitely not give them away, a piece of dragon scale can make a hard shield.

As for these flesh and blood... Maybe they can be exchanged for some good things and sold.

After much deliberation, the old emperor scraped off a small amount of flesh and blood with a knife and put it into a petri dish.

Then put the petri dish and the needle tube into the refrigerator provided by Yunhai and freeze it, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.

……

"Their operation should be fine, right?" Lu Yiming also breathed a sigh of relief when he got the hair follicle stem cells.

Professor Huang's face was flushed, and it could be seen that he was more nervous than anyone else.

"No problem, the needle should have pierced the root of the hair follicle. Don't be too nervous, the hair follicle is not just the root of the beard, there are hair follicles everywhere on the surface of the skin. Although this dragon only has two beards, it doesn't mean it has only one beard. Two hair follicles, just like your hair follicles are not just hair, under the small pores on the surface of the skin, there are all hair follicles, understand? So don't worry too much."

"I understand, I understand!" Lu Yiming couldn't help laughing, "They should come to trade soon. Let's get ready!"

……

Shenlong, who was originally in a bad state of mind, seemed a little tired, closed his eyes again, and his huge head hung on the ground.

And the old emperor pushed the tricycle, bent over and made a bow, said goodbye and left, his heart is still beating rapidly!

It worked!

It really worked!

We managed to get... stem cells!

We... are about to become a technological civilization.

He took a deep breath, pushed the tricycle out of the cellar door, looked up and saw Zhao Yi and the two chief priests.

These people are still waiting patiently at the door.

"Your Majesty..." Several people rushed to help and lifted the tricycle out of the cellar.

"How is Lord Shenlong?" A high priest couldn't help asking.

The old emperor nodded and suppressed a smile, "Master Shenlong fell asleep... After eating these strange flesh and blood, it feels good and will recover soon."

"This refrigerator...was temporarily lent to us by the technological civilization, and it should be returned in time."

"It should be returned, it should be."

The two chief priests nodded hurriedly. Shenlong was able to recover only with the help of technological civilization.

So their favorability towards technological civilization is exploding now, and they absolutely dare not embezzle this kind of thing.

The emperor also turned his head and smiled at Zhao Yi.

From the expression on the emperor's face, Zhao Yi couldn't guess anything, and his mood immediately became ecstatic.

He quietly asked: "Shenlong...agreed?"

The emperor nodded.

Naturally, there are reformers and conservatives in the Jin civilization. After seeing a more powerful civilization, the reformers are determined to use technology to change themselves.

They want to abandon some traditions and embrace technology.

The opposite is the conservatives.

Conservatives naturally want to stick to tradition and maintain tradition.Any treasure bestowed by Shenlong is not allowed to be destroyed, let alone sold.It cannot be sold no matter what.

Therefore, this matter should not be known to those old stubborn people, including the two chief priests standing nearby, otherwise they will cry and make trouble again.

For these conservatives, Shenlong is their heaven!As long as the dragon was injured even a little bit, they would be so anxious that they couldn't sleep, thinking about it all day long, even they didn't pay so much attention to their old father.

Moreover, the power of the conservatives is quite strong, including most of the ordinary people below are actually members of the conservatives, their thinking is relatively rigid, and there is no way to make changes rashly.

Now that Shenlong has sold his own flesh and blood for the entire Great Jin Empire, if this group of people find out, the consequences will be unimaginable...

Therefore, it must be kept secret!

"Hurry up and hand over the stem cells!" The old emperor quietly signaled General Zhao through his eyes.

……

(PS: I recommend a starting point science fiction novel "Scientific and Technological Maniac", which is said to be hard science fiction. If you like this type, you can read it.)

Chapter 507 Presenting a Steelmaking Boiler

The old emperor and Zhao Yi exchanged eye contact with each other winkingly.

Since Lord Shenlong has already agreed to this matter, what is there to worry about?

As long as the deal can be completed, it's done, and it can bring huge benefits, these old stubbornes can finally accept it.

Just like selling dragon blood and dragon scale armor a few times ago, didn't the old stubborn people accept it in the end?

"...This is the dragon scale bestowed by Lord Shenlong, please take it away." The old emperor handed over the dragon scale in his arms.

The two chief priests took it quickly, and it weighed dozens of catties, which was heavy.

He added another word of comfort: "Master Shenlong said that its body will recover soon, and it will also watch our exploration of the new continent...don't worry."

The two chief priests nodded quickly.

They were a little suspicious, now is not the time for Shenlong to change its scales, Shenlong's injury has improved, why did it drop scales again?It's a little strange to think about it.

But after thinking about it, it is a fact that Shenlong's improvement is true, they saw it with their own eyes, but they didn't take it seriously.

With the successful return of the old emperor and his party from the ancestral hall, the loud bell of "Dangdangdang" rang again.

The sacrificial ceremony ended grandly in the worship of the common people.

Everyone still looked very excited, chatting together and chirping together.For the poor people, it is a great wealth for everyone to get a piece of clothing for no reason!

In many people's homes, there are only a few tattered clothes.

And this time, no matter men, women, old or young, everyone got one piece of clothing. Some large families have a large population, and there might be more than a dozen new clothes...

It's just as happy as the Chinese New Year...

These people are not only grateful to the emperor, but also to the dragon. The Dragon King Temple next to the ancestral hall is full of people...

In fact, there was nothing wrong with their gratitude. After all, it was the blood and scales of the dragon that got these clothes, and they were really grateful in the dark.

Not long after, the old emperor returned to the palace with a large group of courtiers to discuss future cooperation with technological civilization and discuss matters related to the exploration of the New World. As the destination approached, discussions in this area became more and more frequent.

However, he secretly found an opportunity and quietly ordered General Zhao Yi to deliver the goods quickly.