[Comprehensive English and American] Ripples in time and space

Half an hour later, Kelly saw the skeptical expressions of a group of high-ranking officials of the Star Alliance and fleet generals.She has seen this kind of expression a lot—Kelly has traveled through so many worlds, and has seen all kinds of people express doubts, disdain, anger, shock, etc. to her abilities or spoilers.But every time she sees him, she still can't help secretly thinking of Principal Dumbledore, who is calm, calm, and able to read directly from memory - if every world can meet such a person, how much tongue will she save!

"If I heard you right, you are saying that in 16 years, the sun in the Hebbe galaxy will evolve into a supernova and explode, enough to destroy the entire Milky Way." One of the gray-haired people said slowly, "Vulcan A kind of...red matter was developed to create black holes to destroy supernovae. However, Mr. Spock, who was in charge of the mission, was one step late, and the supernova explosion still destroyed the Romulan planet. So a group of Romulan survivors used black holes to travel to another parallel world, and Destroyed Vulcan there as revenge?"

"Yes." Kelly nodded.

"It sounds like a very interesting story." Another general said, "But the Star Alliance, the Romulans, and Vulcan are not aware of this disaster, and you are asked to remind me. I doubt the veracity of this story. "

"If you have really read Captain Picard's report, you should know that my news comes directly from Shihui." Kelly said, "and the person who best embodies Shihui's power is standing next to me .” She gestured to the missing 78 years, but the appearance still looks like Kirk yesterday.

"I've read it. The report said that Shihui is a place that shows various illusions. What you said sounds like one of the illusions it showed you." The general retorted.Kelly wanted to say something, but endured it again: she knew the expression on the general's face very well, and unless she immediately showed the observation data, it would be difficult for him to accept anything she said.So she just shrugged her shoulders: "Ladies and gentlemen, you know better than me how important this matter is. Even if there is only a 1% chance that this is true, isn't it worth your time to observe Herb?" Galaxy data?"

Those people exchanged a few words quickly in low voices.The grizzled official earlier said, "The Federation will discuss this issue. You will receive our final decision in a few days."

Video transmission is off.Kirk turned to the others and asked, "What do you think?"

"A supernova explosion in the Hebbe galaxy's sun would pose a huge threat to the entire Milky Way, so it is logical to investigate it." Spock replied, "But unfortunately, Hebbe The galaxy is located in Romulan territory. Judging from the current relationship between the Star Federation and the Romulans, I doubt that the Star Federation will take the initiative to make this move that may affect the diplomatic balance."

Unfortunately, Mr. Spock was right about the Federation's reaction.

For the next full month, Kelly and Bucky stayed on the Enterprise, trying to catch up with the technological progress of these years with Captain Kirk.As she had expected, the Star Federation only placed her in the position of an intelligence provider. As for the subsequent decision-making, Kelly had no right to give any opinions at all.All she knew was that Picard, Kirk, and Spock had been arguing with the relevant departments of the Star Alliance on this issue for a month.

The feeling of being excluded should have been unnerving, but Kelly wasn't all that disturbed.The main reason is that she knows too little about this world; and her magical ability is enough to give her an overwhelming advantage in face-to-face battles, but not enough to play an important role in a vast and boundless environment like space—in short, she It is not possible to obtain any important identity or status in this world by virtue of one's own ability.Kelly believes that she has almost done everything she can do, and the rest is to do her best and obey the destiny.Of course, she has a backup plan: in case no matter how hard she tries, she can’t lead to the early development of red matter, then she will kill a Romulan captain Nero in advance, lest he travel to the parallel world to destroy Vulcan .In this way, although the Romulan star in this world will still be destroyed, at least the other parallel world will not be disturbed.

Out of this consideration, Kelly asked to go to the Romulan star with Spock and Kirk.Her request was granted.Right now, the Enterprise D has changed its route and personally sent a legendary captain like James Kirk to the Romulan star. Their voyage still has about a month left.One day during the voyage, Kelly and Bucky walked into the medical room together.

Ms. Carahill, the medical officer of Enterprise D, stood up to greet them. Kelly smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are not injured. It's just that I have been learning some medical knowledge this month, especially in genetic research. I want to ask you a question."

Calahir smiled kindly: "Please tell me."

"I heard that it is now possible to conduct comparative analysis of genes in a very short period of time, and have found the corresponding expression and related traits of most genes." Kelly said, taking out a few small test tubes, "Could you please analyze these samples for us?"

The five test tubes contained blood samples from herself, Bucky, Roxie, Elizabeth and Hank.Calahir nodded without doubting him, "Of course, come here."

She led Kelly and Bucky to a device, and put a drop of blood from each test tube into the device using a small glass tube: "One drop is enough."

Kelly put away the test tubes and watched some numbers that she couldn't understand jump out quickly on the screen of the instrument.But Calahir clearly understood: "The first four are related by blood, right? Parents and two fraternal twin daughters. The latter one has no blood relationship at all. But—huh..."

She frowned, quickly entered something on the instrument, and frowned even more when she saw the result: "Computer, search the human genome database, and perform genetic comparison."

"Comparing." The computer beeped.Calahir turned to ask, "Where did these samples come from?"

"Is there a problem?" Kelly asked, casting a silent obfuscation spell at her.

The spell took effect immediately, Calahir blinked, and turned his gaze to the instrument screen as if he had forgotten the question. "Look, this is the comparison between your samples and ordinary human genetic samples." Calahir said, calling up the comparison chart on the computer, and quickly listed various data beside it, "But genetically speaking, these The samples can all be counted as human beings. But—look here.”

She tapped one pair of chromosomes to enlarge it, "Except for the second sample, there is such a base pair on the No.17 pair of chromosomes in other samples—you see. This group is arranged in the current It has never appeared in the human gene pool. This is a brand new gene segment. But it is very strange that this gene segment is usually in—to put it simply, in a dormant state, it will not actively express, and requires a certain amount of activation The condition will be triggered, but until we find the activation condition, we have no way to analyze how it works..."

"Radiation," Kelly said. "Radiation activates it."

"Let's try then," Calahir said, pressing a few keys and turning to another instrument.

They spent hours in the medical room and found hundreds of types of radiation that could activate this gene - there were almost no rays or radioactive elements that had no effect on it.In the end, the instrument showed that after this gene fragment was activated, it would undergo a random mutation with great activity, and immediately "infect" this mutation to other cells in the body. Once a cell mutated, its overall function and activity would undergo tremendous changes. changes, and may eventually even change the overall body structure or physiological function.In these hundreds of experiments, none of the mutations they witnessed was the same - fire control, water control, flight, ground burrowing, mind reading, illusion, wall penetration... Some mutations were even too complicated to pass through just a drop of blood. cells can't tell the ultimate outcome.

"It seems that as long as you carry this gene, there is always the possibility of being activated." Finally, Calahir said, "However, from the current analysis results, the smaller the individual, the greater the amount of radiation required to activate the gene." Small. If it is an embryo, a very small amount of radiation may be enough to activate genes; if it is already an elderly person, it may require radiation at the level of a nuclear reactor. In a few cases, high-intensity radiation can even cause cells to mutate autonomously. But no matter when this gene segment is activated, it will only be expressed at about 8-12 years old at the earliest."

"I see." Kelly said, it seems that this is the cause of mutants. "So, once the gene is activated, will it give mutants the ability to resist radiation?"

"What? No, of course not." Calahir said in surprise, "If the gene is carried but not activated, it can change direction to achieve the purpose of resisting radiation, because the process of gene activation and transformation is equivalent to changing all the cells in the whole body .But if the gene has been activated, then absolutely not! Such a person will die if exposed to excessive radiation."

Kelly continued to ask a few more questions about mutant abilities and magic: Why do genetic mutants give people solidified magical abilities?However, it is a pity that the Star Federation has never conducted research on magical abilities in this world, so Calahir has no way to answer her question.

"It seems that, except for me, you all carry this 'mutant gene'." When they returned to their cabins, Bucky said, "But why are you and Elizabeth not mutants?"

"I guess, maybe our magical ability is relatively strong, so we suppressed the mutant ability of a single version?" Kelly joked, but she herself didn't know the answer to this question. "It seems that when you received the super soldier serum, the V-rays in the experiment caused a substantial increase in the carrying rate of the mutant gene."

"Unfortunately, we didn't have time to bring more samples." Bucky regretted.

"I'd rather bring one of those analyzers," Kelly grumbled.Even though she knew very well that casually bringing technology beyond the times would not be good for that world, and might even have disastrous consequences, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful, "I want to go back and do experiments now. I really want Locke Sissy and Liz."

"Unfortunately, we still have to wait for the red matter to be developed." Bucky put his arms around her, "Just wait patiently, dear. ——Speaking of the children..."

He paused, and Kelly immediately understood what he was thinking. "Did you speak to Captain Picard earlier?" she asked.

"Not yet." Bucky said, "According to the time, he should have been in the Romulan prison for many years. Who knows if it's too late? But if I don't try, I always feel unwilling."

Kelly glanced at him, stretched out her hand, and pressed the call button on the cabin computer. "Captain Picard. We have a very personal matter to discuss with you and Mr. Spock."

The author has something to say: In XFC, Sebastian Shaw said that mutants have the ability to resist radiation, and the radiation that can kill humans will only make them stronger.

I very strongly disagree with his view that has no scientific basis.How many mutants has he come into contact with in total, five or six?Seven or eight?Moreover, there was no science and technology of genetic testing at that time, so he took it for granted that all kinds of mutants could resist radiation based on his ability to absorb energy, which was too one-sided.Kelly also had this suspicion, so she specifically asked such a question for confirmation.