Marvel: Spear Bureau Technical Advisor

"Close the meeting room, turn on optical shielding, and turn on electronic shielding."

Following Zheng Xian's instructions one after another, the electronic lock of the door of the meeting room was instantly locked, and the originally bright floor-to-ceiling windows became pitch black. At the same time, metal gates fell from above, covering the windows from the inside.

The meeting room instantly went dark, leaving only the electronic imaging device on the metal table in front emitting a faint blue light.

Zheng Xian was standing in front of the metal stage.The director of the Spear Bureau presided over the meeting. First, he briefly explained the process and results of Alcatraz-related operations, as well as the secret placement of the mutant boy Jimmy.Soon, he gave up the podium to Qiangqian, the reporter.

"Leaders, now I'm going to do the mission summary report; let me briefly explain the background of this mission. This mission should be said to be a relatively risky action..." Xiangqian followed the script in front of the metal stage Read the prologue.

Under the reporting platform, just as Zheng Xian took his seat, a shadow beside him who had completely merged into the darkness asked in a low voice: "Why is this little monkey so honest today, and he doesn't talk glibly or just talk?"

Zheng Xian pouted in a corner behind him, signaling to his immediate superior in the dark: "Look over there."

In the dark shadows, one could barely make out a tall and straight woman sitting in the corner.

"You still called Xiang Tian back?" The person who merged into the shadow was a little embarrassed in surprise.

Zheng Xian smiled triumphantly: "If you want to calm down that monkey, you have to find someone who can recite the magic spell."

The two black shadows laughed secretly in a low voice.

In front of the metal stage, the faint blue projected light illuminated Qianqian's face, and the report gradually turned to the main topic.

"In order to explain the necessity of this task, here is the concept of the target gene first." Scanned forward to the audience, some of them are evaluation experts, but more are department affairs officials, not everyone have a corresponding knowledge base.

"To put it simply, the target gene was first proposed during the research and development of gene therapy technology. During the treatment process, drugs or genetic modification technology are used to change the traits of certain gene segments in patients in a targeted manner, so as to achieve treatment effect.

"Those specific gene segments that are targeted are the target genes."

"Since the emergence of a large number of mutants, countries around the world have carried out a series of genetic mutation studies on mutants. It has been confirmed that what causes mutants to mutate is a small fixed gene fragment, which the world calls the X gene."

"In order to solve the problem of mutants, all countries are developing genetic medicines targeting the X gene. It should be said that the results are gratifying."

"However, with the progress of the research, we also discovered a serious problem. The gene medicine only works on the X gene that has not been mutated, and it is completely ineffective for those who have already mutated, that is, people who have become mutants."

In the conference room, there was only the sound of talking forward, and the audience was silent.

"Our research on the mutant gene shows that the X gene in different individuals is exactly the same before it is activated-this is also the main reason why the gene drug works-it does not differ due to different races. "

"It can be deduced from this that all mutant genes in humans should come from the same source-of course this has nothing to do with what we are going to talk about today."

Xiangqian opened the projection light curtain on the metal stage in the explanation, and the double helix structure of human genes was displayed on the light curtain; his fingers were beating rapidly, manipulating a short section of the double helix structure to explode.

"We regard the X gene before mutation as a recessive gene, which will not produce any external phenotype before mutation; but after it is stimulated to mutate, it will change a part of the genome and produce significant Sex genes, whose phenotypes are the various abilities of mutants—including, of course, mutations in appearance and body.”

"But for genetic research, the problem with variant genetic mutation is that it changes too much."

With the forward operation, the genetic helix on the light curtain differentiates into countless mutation patterns, and each pattern represents a mutation.

"As far as we know, the X gene has strange characteristics. After the gene mutation, the recessive X gene segment remains; but at the same time, the dominant X gene produced by each person is different.

"We have tested at least tens of thousands of mutants, and we can't find even the smallest unit of a genome that can cover all mutants."

"All the experimental data show that the mutation results of mutant genes are completely disordered. Even two mutants with similar superpowers may have different dominant mutant genes."

"This has led to the fact that we can't find a single target gene that can target all mutants. As a result, the development of genetic medicines for mutants has basically come to a standstill in various countries around the world."

With the forward operation, a photo of the mutant boy Jimmy appeared on the projection screen of the metal platform.

"That's why the governments of various countries show extraordinary concern for the little mutant boy in the hands of the Worthington Company."

Xiangqian once again turned his gaze to the bald young man in a hospital gown on the light curtain.

"We deduced from the information leaked by the Worthington Company in advance, and confirmed that the endocrine substances in this young man's body have an inhibitory effect on all mutant abilities—they suppress all mutant abilities without any distinction."

"This shows that beyond the scope of existing research, there is indeed a commonality in mutant genes that has not been discovered by the world; and the key to finding this commonality lies in this young man. He breaks the bottleneck of existing research and completely opens up The key to the door of mutant gene research."

"That's why, we have to get hold of this little boy."

The forward report came to an end, and someone started asking questions.

"Can you be more specific about the value of this Jimmy?"

Grinding his teeth forward, the long speech just now had consumed a lot of his patience, but looking at the blurry but clear figure in the corner, he decided to give his patience some more.

"So far, the endocrine extract in Jimmy's body is the only substance that has been found to be able to inhibit all variants indiscriminately—he is the only one."

"There is no other way to make medicine, and the only way is to extract it from this child?" Someone asked again.

"The endocrine substances on Jimmy's body are very powerful, and even the endocrine molecules that automatically volatilize from the capillary pores will maintain a certain activity, causing mutants who enter the five-meter range around him to lose their abilities."

Considering the wording forward: "We have tried artificially synthesizing similar substances. In fact, in terms of the way of use, the related genetic medicine does not need to be too powerful, nor does it need to be effective through air transmission; as long as intramuscular injection can take effect three To five hours, it has the value of mass production."

"Because from the previous clinical trials, the main function of the endocrine substances in Jimmy's body is to inhibit the activity of the mutated X gene, but the effect is not permanent, it just kills the dominant X gene within a certain period of time. As we all know, targeting the recessive X gene We already have established drugs."

Participants mostly nodded silently.This drug is either used on low-level mutants who actively request treatment, or as a weapon to deal with out-of-control mutant criminals; as long as it works for three to five hours, combined with drugs targeting recessive genes, it is enough to satisfy everyone. partial demand.