Rongcheng, Huayuan.

Qian Lixun lay in the lounge of the affiliated hospital, leisurely slid his cell phone.

He was originally doing the final inspection of the Shenguang 4 inertial constraint nuclear fusion. According to the plan, the first ignition experiment of the fusion device will be carried out in a week. For this goal, like everyone in the working group, he has been working at high intensity continuously for more than three months.

But even so, even if he had less than 5 hours of sleep every day, he still felt that he didn't have enough time, because this project was far more complicated than any project he had ever done in terms of technical complexity or cumbersome process.

He is already an old man in his twilight years, and his expectation for the success of the project supports his body's functioning, but it is obvious that objective laws are difficult to change, and even firm beliefs are not enough to fight against natural aging.

From this morning, he felt his heart was very uncomfortable, his heartbeat was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and even occasionally twitching and painful.

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 filter structure, he obviously felt something was wrong.

If this continues, something will happen.

However, the inspection of the device has reached the final stage. If the operation is temporarily removed, the progress of the project may be slowed down again.

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

Choose a country among home and country, choose a collective among individuals and collectives, choose to move forward in life and progress...

Such a choice is tragic--but I have to say that sometimes it is indeed stupid.

At least this is true in Qian Lixun's opinion.

He doesn't want to fall here.

He knew very well that the Shenguang 4 project was postponed by one week, even if it was postponed by one month or one year, the losses caused by it were not as valuable as his own.

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

"You are always quite decisive. Judging from the results of the marker examination just now, you have cardiovascular inflammation. If you are not treated in time, you may develop acute myocardial infarction in the future."

"Let's stay in bed for some time in the future. Now I've discovered it early and there's no need for surgery. I'll prescribe some medicines such as aspirin and bisoprolol in the future. You can take it on time."

"I checked your medical history and my heart function has always been very good. I guess I am too tired recently, my resistance has decreased, and I have some viral myocarditis."

The doctor next to him said while signing the ward inspection sheet.

“Is it necessary to undergo antiviral treatment?”

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

"Then there is no need. The effect of antiviral treatment is relatively limited and it has a great damage to liver function. The old man's liver function is not very good, so it is best not to do it----Are you a family member?"

Ye Zhou smiled, shook his head and replied:

"No, his family is still busy, I guess I have to come to see him later."

"I understand. Then I'll leave first. You can watch for a while and don't affect the patient's rest."

Ye Zhou nodded and agreed. After the latter turned around and left, Qian Lixun said jokingly:

"If Dr. Du knew who you were, he would regret not saying a few more words to you."

"That's not because we have specialties in our profession. They may not be able to understand the things we do, and it is probably difficult to have any deep perceptions."

Qian Lixun on the bed shook his head and replied:

"I'm not talking about nuclear fusion, it's the gene editor you proposed before. This affiliated hospital uses your editor. Last year, it has released a lot of results, mainly in cancer-targeted therapy drugs."

"When I came to the hospital for examination, the banners in their office were changed every now and then, celebrating the passing of new drugs and animal experiments."

Hearing this, Ye Zhou's expression was calm. He had been paying attention to the progress in the biological field, so he also knew that since the a&c-bemax was proposed, the medical application of this editor has been put on the agenda, and various medical institutions are moving very quickly, and it is normal to achieve results.

Before, he occasionally browsed news while he was resting, and saw news about liver cancer being cured by genetic drugs, which was a sensation at the time.

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

But of course, this inference is based on the traditional treatment methods such as surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. After using gene editing technology to create targeted drugs, only one course of injection is required for the treatment of liver cancer.

The whole process is convenient and painless-----Of course, the most important thing is that it is 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 about breaking the technological monopoly. In fact, it should be eliminated as a technology.

Afterwards, the profits of the car-t therapy were instantly divided by the Chinese medical institutions that flocked in. The price of drugs quickly dropped from millions to hundreds of thousands. Finally, with the subsidy of fiscal funds, the price of the full course of cancer treatment even fell below 100,000 at one point.

But this is obviously not the full potential of gene editing technology. If it were not for medical ethics restrictions, large-scale genetic modifications might have appeared.

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

Ye Zhou took a light breath, pulled his mind back to reality again, and then spoke to Qian Lixun:

"I won't care about medical matters for now... I have a problem now, so I need to discuss it with you."

“What’s the problem?”

Qian Lixun looked at Ye Zhou curiously and asked.

"The Chouguo National Laboratory has just proposed to give us free gifts of target pill technology for inertial constraint nuclear fusion, mainly in terms of target pill materials."

Hearing this, Qian Lixun was stunned and then asked subconsciously:

"What do they want us to exchange for?"

In his opinion, the target pill technology is one of the most core links in inertial constraint nuclear fusion technology. It is impossible for the other party to share this technology without any reason purely out of kindness.

The reason is also very simple. Controllable nuclear fusion is a technology that can definitely change the process of scientific and technological development. Whoever creates it first will be able to grasp world hegemony. These ugly people will never give up their hegemony, right?

Ye Zhou shook his head and replied:

"They want nothing, they just need no compensation."

“No remuneration? Why?”

Qian Lixun's expression was even more confusing. He could see that Ye Zhou was definitely not joking. Since the other party could say the word "free" with certainty, it means that this information should have been verified.

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

"They will pass on subsequent documents through other means, and they also mentioned that we are welcome to send researchers to the field to verify the authenticity of the technology - whatever is possible."

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

"So, I want to ask you, what are your suggestions for this matter?"

After hearing Ye Zhou's words, Qian Lixun frowned and thought for a moment, then spoke:

“Is the technical documentation they currently provide trustworthy?”

"It is credible, the information and data are complete, and some empirical results are also attached. I will also send the documents to you later, so you can check them out for yourself."

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

Qian Lixun nodded thoughtfully and then continued:

"The production and replacement process of target pills is not complicated, and it will only take a week or two at most. Our own target pill technology is not advanced enough, so it is okay to use other people's."

"It's really okay to use it, but what I'm worried about is...Isn't there a saying that free ones are the most expensive."

“That’s just when people get along with each other.”

Qian Lixun refuted Ye Zhou's words without hesitation.

"Free between people is indeed very expensive, because there may be various traps inside, which also involve human relationships and other things."

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

"We can mobilize sufficient strength to eliminate traps, and we will never be affected by 'human favors'."

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

"I think that they are willing to send this technology to the point of seeking resources for their cooperative project team--you know, there are researchers from Ugly Kingdoms on the edge of the Shenguang 4 project. If this technology can be successful, they will get more technical information, which will be beneficial to them."

"Anyway, the trend of our controllable nuclear fusion is already unstoppable. It's better to push us again. The faster we succeed, the higher their returns."

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

Ye Zhoushen nodded with consent. In fact, when he received the news, he immediately felt that the other party might want to use this opportunity to improve the relationship with his own party. As for the purpose of improving the relationship, it is likely that the BCI technology that is now at its peak.

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

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

"Then do what you always say. I'll let the General Technical Office connect and obtain documents and apply them to the device as soon as possible--but the application has to wait for the second ignition experiment, and this time it will definitely be too late."

"It doesn't matter."

Qian Lixun put down his cell phone and continued:

"Go step by step, first finish what we have at hand, and then consider further optimization."

"Now I have to rest. My old bones are still very useful. The next work will depend on you. You are still young, so let's work be done."

Ye Zhou laughed and replied:
Chapter completed!