Chapter 657: Is This Still the Same You?
"Is this matter really so urgent? Can't we let others go in and explore first to see what the reaction will be?"
Lu Zhiyao knew that everyone was equal in principle, but it was undeniable that everyone’s importance to Blue Star was definitely different.
Some people are highly replaceable, but some people are almost irreplaceable.
On this point, Lu Zhiyao and Lin Shi have the same idea.
"This matter is much more urgent than you think. We can let the others go first, but no matter what, I think I have to go there myself. There are some things that maybe only I can solve."
Xu You knew that the secrets inside the moon might have some connection with the system he obtained.
Anyway, Xu You had already prepared to become an astronaut, so going to the moon in person was not a sudden decision.
Afterwards, Xu You told Lu Zhiyao about some of his preparations, even including some of the most hidden preparations.
"Yaoyao, before I go to the moon, I will master the technology of consciousness uploading and human omnipotent stem cell regeneration. Even if something unexpected happens to me, I can be resurrected again in this way."
The consciousness uploading technology that Xu You mentioned is to upload a person's consciousness to the computer cloud. In this way, immortality can be achieved to a certain extent.
The upper limit of totipotent stem cell regeneration technology is to cultivate a complete individual through a person's somatic cells .
Xu You knew that simply copying his body was meaningless, what was more important was to copy his consciousness.
If one could copy one's consciousness into this new body, it would theoretically be a kind of rebirth.
"But, will you be the same as you were before?"
"I can't say it's 100% the same, but it's at least 99% the same. Of course, this is also a helpless move under the most extreme circumstances, but at least it allows me to survive in another way."
Lu Zhiyao could not accept this method for a while, and even Xu You himself knew that with current technology, it was difficult to achieve immortality in the absolute sense.
And Xu You knew that in addition to these, Xu You had one final trump card.
That is this incredible system.
As early as when Xu You was researching artificial hearts in order to save Wang Xiangwu, he almost faced life-threatening danger due to overload of brain power.
At this time, it was the system that triggered the self-protection mechanism and protected the safety of Xu You's brain.
Xu You didn't know what the upper limit of the system's self-protection mechanism was, but this was definitely the last barrier to protect Xu You.
"Can I go to the moon with you?"
Lu Zhiyao suddenly asked this question, and Xu You was a little hesitant after hearing it.
Lin Shi just proposed the same idea, and Xu You decisively rejected it after hearing it, because Lin Shi did have other tasks and was not suitable to appear on the moon.
However, Lu Zhiyao is different from Lin Shi and does not need to perform any other tasks.
In addition, Xu You had also promised to travel in space with Lu Zhiyao.
If something really happens to Xu You, this will be the last chance.
However, Xu You was a little worried about Lu Zhiyao's safety. After hesitating for a while, he did not make a decision immediately.
"Why, Xu You, are you still hesitating? It should be safe to just travel to the moon. Besides, if something unexpected happens, I can upload my consciousness, keep my omnipotent stem cells, and revive with you in this way."
Lu Zhiyao's words left Xu You with no reason to refute.
"Well... that's fine, let's go to the moon together. But don't do anything dangerous like entering the black hole."
"Okay, I'll listen to you on all this."
When he woke up the next day, Xu You did not rush to contact the Shenzhou Space Administration. Instead, he and Lu Zhiyao went to find Gao Mi, who was in charge of stem cell research.
"Academician Xu, you're looking for me?"
"Yes, Professor Gao, I haven't heard about the progress of the project for a long time. How are the various studies of the project going now?"
"Everything is going smoothly. We have mastered the method of cultivating complete individuals of various animals starting from somatic cells."
Gao Mi told Xu You in detail about the progress of each project. The project team has moved on from the initial mouse experiments to the research of various more advanced mammals.
So far, the project team has been able to start from monkey somatic cells, restore them into pluripotent stem cells, and cultivate complete individuals without relying on any mother.
At this time, Xu You asked:
"If the subject of the experiment is a human body, what is the probability of success?"
"In theory, we can start from a somatic cell and cultivate a complete human body, which is technically completely possible. However, such experiments face great ethical issues, and we are not yet suitable to conduct such experiments."
After listening to Gao Mi's story, Xu You felt more at ease.
Since the experiment has been carried out from mice to monkeys, there will not be too many technical problems if the human body is cultivated in the same way.
After getting Gao Mi's affirmation, Xu You said:
"Professor Gao, please extract some cells from my body. Try to extract as many as possible. If something unexpected happens to me in the future, you can cultivate my body again. Also, the same goes for my wife Lu Zhiyao."
Gao Mi was very surprised to hear Xu You's words and didn't know why Xu You suddenly did this.
"Professor Gao, don't be surprised. This is just a safekeeping of cells, just like preserving umbilical cord blood when a fetus is just born. It is very likely that it will not be used at all."
Xu You did not reveal too many details to Gao Mi. After all, Gao Mi's job was just to study stem cells, and she didn't need to know too many things.
"Well, that's certainly no problem. I'll arrange this right away."
Soon, Gao Mi found several experimenters and arranged for them to extract the cells of Xu You and Lu Zhiyao.
Theoretically, the more cells are extracted, the easier it will be for subsequent experiments to succeed. Of course, because a cell itself occupies a very small volume, even if millions of cells are extracted, the actual volume they occupy is very small.
In order to further ensure the success rate of subsequent experiments, Gao Mi specially arranged to collect several more types of body cells to enrich the diversity of cells.
"Academician Xu, with so many cells, it will be basically no problem to restore an individual. I will preserve these cells well, and most of them will definitely be able to survive within fifteen years."
