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Chapter 267
chapter 0154 part 1
## Chapter 154: Dinner Party, Citywide Alert
At the open-air restaurant, the welcome dinner party for Kane was underway.
Over a dozen manor maids, dressed in black and white maid outfits, bustled between the chef's station and the dining tables, delivering delicacies on silver platters to the specially custom-made, widened, and thickened oak long table.
Tang Song naturally sat at the head of the table. To his left was Lane, followed by Skye, Fox, and Selene.
To his right was Kane, followed by Professor Connors, Sloan, and Lucien.
The two little girls, Gu Zi Yun and Zheng Duo En, sat at the very end of the oak long table, one on each side.
It could be said that for this welcome dinner for Kane, Tang Song had summoned the people in charge of his various industries.
The seating arrangement clearly showed how much Tang Song valued the two brothers, Lane and Kane.
Even more than his several women.
However, among those present, even the women who followed Tang Song had no complaints about this seating arrangement.
Kane and Lane could be said to be the earliest confidants who followed Tang Song.
Below Tang Song, perhaps only the mistress of the manor could surpass them in status.
But at this dining table, no one could be called the mistress of this manor yet.
According to the customs of the Federation, Skye, Fox, and Selene, while referred to as mistresses, were more like Boss Tang's paramours.
Tang Song raised his glass from time to time, occasionally spoke a few words, and asked Kane about the situation in East Africa.
He clinked glasses with Kane and Lane beside him and raised his glass to the others at the table.
Led by him, the entire table was filled with clinking glasses and lively conversation.
Soon, more than half of the Romanée-Conti in the five decanters was gone.
Delicacies were brought to the table by the maids like a flowing stream, and everyone ate and drank merrily.
The only exception was perhaps Selene. In the tall glass in front of her was a bright red liquid. Although she occasionally raised it to drink the "red wine" in her glass along with everyone else's drinks,
she didn't touch any of the delicacies on the table.
Tang Song saw this, put down his wine glass filled with red wine, and his gaze fell on Professor Connors.
"Professor, what's the progress on the Perfect Blood?"
"Huh?"
On the red willow skewers were pieces of meat with alternating fat and lean sections. The chef had mastered the heat perfectly. Professor Connors seemed to really enjoy these Middle Eastern-style skewers, eating one in each hand, his mouth greasy with oil.
Hearing Tang Song's question, he quickly put down the skewers in his hands.
He took out a paper towel from the table and wiped the corners of his mouth.
"We analyzed the Perfect Blood and found that this gene is a mutation that occurred after being stimulated by a virus.
Generally speaking, the probability of this kind of gene mutation producing such a perfect effect is one in several hundred million.
It's very difficult to artificially replicate this mutation!"
"However, we combined the Perfect Blood with the Alien Gene, and the two bred a new species with stronger adaptability.
This species is more adaptable, and the DNA chain inside its body is not afraid of the high temperature electric current on the Zero Genetic Chain.
We combined the DNA chain of this species with the gene chain of the Zero Experiment Subject and successfully created a New Lifeform!
This creature possesses Zero's Super Recovery, the Three-Headed Dragon Form, and its three heads can simultaneously spew Lightning Storms..."
"The experiment was successful! Why wasn't I informed!"
Listening to Professor Connors, Tang Song interrupted him, his gaze towards Professor Connors sharp as a knife.
The person in charge of such an important experiment project had a major breakthrough but didn't report it.
Professor Connors' behavior reminded Tang Song of the Parker couple who once worked for Oscorp, and the unlucky Norman Osborn.
"Boss, I wasn't intentionally concealing the experiment's progress. It's just that the Experimental Subject Defect was too obvious, and I wanted to report to you after the experiment was completely successful!"
As Professor Connors' gaze met Tang Song's, he involuntarily recalled the scene of the Shapeshifter bursting into Blood Mist. He quickly explained.
"Experimental Subject Defect? Tell me in detail?" Tang Song became interested.
The clinking of wine glasses and the sound of conversation at the entire table seemed to quiet down by a few decibels.
The crowd's gazes all turned towards Professor Connors.
Replicating King Ghidorah by transcribing its genes to create a Three-Headed Dragon Serum similar to the Lizard Serum was a project Tang Song greatly valued.
It could be said that all the research at the Hive Laboratory, whether on the Perfect Blood or the Alien Research, served this project.
Now that the experiment had a breakthrough, although Professor Connors said the Experimental Subject Defect was obvious,
compared to the last time, when he personally operated in the laboratory, the situation where the experimental subject cells couldn't withstand the Ghidorah Gene Chain was clearly much better.
Professor Connors explained the experiment's situation in detail to Boss Tang: "Boss, you should know that according to the Hayflick Limit, human cells die after dividing 52 times due to self-produced toxins. Theoretically, '52 times' is the limit for human cells to divide on their own and maintain the body's metabolism cycle.
But after the Perfect Blood and Alien Gene fused, the new gene chain produced, after successfully fusing with the Zero Gene, the number of times the cells underwent Telomere Shortening was greatly reduced..."
"Reduced to how many?" Tang Song asked! Professor Connors gave a bitter smile: "The experimental subject lived for only three days from its birth in the culture dish until its death!"
"It wasn't due to Genetic Collapse?" Tang Song questioned!
The maximum number of times human cells undergo Telomere Shortening gives humans a normal lifespan of 120 years.
Three days. Tang Song felt that the experimental subject's death was more like a collapse of the gene chain.
Hearing Tang Song's doubt, Professor Connors shook his head:
"We examined the experimental subject's Corpse. Its gene chain was intact, and all its organs and tissues were fine. The cause of death was that the Telomere Shortening reached its limit..."
"You just said you wanted to wait until the experiment was successful before informing me. Do you have a method to solve this problem?"
"Boss, among our current experimental subjects, only Vampires and Werewolves can break through the natural human lifespan.
However, once the genes of either combine with the Zero Gene, it triggers the high-strength electric current inherent in its gene chain..."
Talking about this topic, Professor Connors, as a seasoned science and engineering man, immediately became energetic.
When he talked about Werewolves and Vampires, Selene and Lucien's expressions became slightly awkward.
"We've tried many times, but the genes of both are incompatible with the Zero Gene, so I changed my approach!"
Professor Connors originally wanted to build a little suspense, but after seeing Tang Song's calm gaze, he gave an awkward smile: "I was thinking, if we could just increase the number of times the experimental subject's cells undergo Telomere Shortening, this experiment could also be considered a success!"
"Cough cough!"
Lane, who was drinking red wine beside him and listening with great interest, choked on his red wine and coughed repeatedly after hearing what Professor Connors said.
Thanks to his Super Intellect Mutant Ability, Lane held four doctorate degrees, including a PhD in Biology from the University of Munich.
He naturally understood Professor Connors' remarks.
It was precisely because he understood that he felt shocked.
One must know that solving the problem of the limit of Telomere Shortening in biology is equivalent to breaking the forbidden zone of God.
This means that human lifespan would be greatly extended!
Professor Connors sounded like a counterfeit money dealer printing fake bills, who couldn't figure out how to overcome the anti-counterfeiting marks on US Dollars, and then suddenly slapped his head.
'Let's go capture the Federal Reserve's printing plant and print cash directly using their printing presses.'
"I'm fine, Boss, please continue!"
## Chapter 154: Dinner Party, Citywide Alert
At the open-air restaurant, the welcome dinner party for Kane was underway.
Over a dozen manor maids, dressed in black and white maid outfits, bustled between the chef's station and the dining tables, delivering delicacies on silver platters to the specially custom-made, widened, and thickened oak long table.
Tang Song naturally sat at the head of the table. To his left was Lane, followed by Skye, Fox, and Selene.
To his right was Kane, followed by Professor Connors, Sloan, and Lucien.
The two little girls, Gu Zi Yun and Zheng Duo En, sat at the very end of the oak long table, one on each side.
It could be said that for this welcome dinner for Kane, Tang Song had summoned the people in charge of his various industries.
The seating arrangement clearly showed how much Tang Song valued the two brothers, Lane and Kane.
Even more than his several women.
However, among those present, even the women who followed Tang Song had no complaints about this seating arrangement.
Kane and Lane could be said to be the earliest confidants who followed Tang Song.
Below Tang Song, perhaps only the mistress of the manor could surpass them in status.
But at this dining table, no one could be called the mistress of this manor yet.
According to the customs of the Federation, Skye, Fox, and Selene, while referred to as mistresses, were more like Boss Tang's paramours.
Tang Song raised his glass from time to time, occasionally spoke a few words, and asked Kane about the situation in East Africa.
He clinked glasses with Kane and Lane beside him and raised his glass to the others at the table.
Led by him, the entire table was filled with clinking glasses and lively conversation.
Soon, more than half of the Romanée-Conti in the five decanters was gone.
Delicacies were brought to the table by the maids like a flowing stream, and everyone ate and drank merrily.
The only exception was perhaps Selene. In the tall glass in front of her was a bright red liquid. Although she occasionally raised it to drink the "red wine" in her glass along with everyone else's drinks,
she didn't touch any of the delicacies on the table.
Tang Song saw this, put down his wine glass filled with red wine, and his gaze fell on Professor Connors.
"Professor, what's the progress on the Perfect Blood?"
"Huh?"
On the red willow skewers were pieces of meat with alternating fat and lean sections. The chef had mastered the heat perfectly. Professor Connors seemed to really enjoy these Middle Eastern-style skewers, eating one in each hand, his mouth greasy with oil.
Hearing Tang Song's question, he quickly put down the skewers in his hands.
He took out a paper towel from the table and wiped the corners of his mouth.
"We analyzed the Perfect Blood and found that this gene is a mutation that occurred after being stimulated by a virus.
Generally speaking, the probability of this kind of gene mutation producing such a perfect effect is one in several hundred million.
It's very difficult to artificially replicate this mutation!"
"However, we combined the Perfect Blood with the Alien Gene, and the two bred a new species with stronger adaptability.
This species is more adaptable, and the DNA chain inside its body is not afraid of the high temperature electric current on the Zero Genetic Chain.
We combined the DNA chain of this species with the gene chain of the Zero Experiment Subject and successfully created a New Lifeform!
This creature possesses Zero's Super Recovery, the Three-Headed Dragon Form, and its three heads can simultaneously spew Lightning Storms..."
"The experiment was successful! Why wasn't I informed!"
Listening to Professor Connors, Tang Song interrupted him, his gaze towards Professor Connors sharp as a knife.
The person in charge of such an important experiment project had a major breakthrough but didn't report it.
Professor Connors' behavior reminded Tang Song of the Parker couple who once worked for Oscorp, and the unlucky Norman Osborn.
"Boss, I wasn't intentionally concealing the experiment's progress. It's just that the Experimental Subject Defect was too obvious, and I wanted to report to you after the experiment was completely successful!"
As Professor Connors' gaze met Tang Song's, he involuntarily recalled the scene of the Shapeshifter bursting into Blood Mist. He quickly explained.
"Experimental Subject Defect? Tell me in detail?" Tang Song became interested.
The clinking of wine glasses and the sound of conversation at the entire table seemed to quiet down by a few decibels.
The crowd's gazes all turned towards Professor Connors.
Replicating King Ghidorah by transcribing its genes to create a Three-Headed Dragon Serum similar to the Lizard Serum was a project Tang Song greatly valued.
It could be said that all the research at the Hive Laboratory, whether on the Perfect Blood or the Alien Research, served this project.
Now that the experiment had a breakthrough, although Professor Connors said the Experimental Subject Defect was obvious,
compared to the last time, when he personally operated in the laboratory, the situation where the experimental subject cells couldn't withstand the Ghidorah Gene Chain was clearly much better.
Professor Connors explained the experiment's situation in detail to Boss Tang: "Boss, you should know that according to the Hayflick Limit, human cells die after dividing 52 times due to self-produced toxins. Theoretically, '52 times' is the limit for human cells to divide on their own and maintain the body's metabolism cycle.
But after the Perfect Blood and Alien Gene fused, the new gene chain produced, after successfully fusing with the Zero Gene, the number of times the cells underwent Telomere Shortening was greatly reduced..."
"Reduced to how many?" Tang Song asked! Professor Connors gave a bitter smile: "The experimental subject lived for only three days from its birth in the culture dish until its death!"
"It wasn't due to Genetic Collapse?" Tang Song questioned!
The maximum number of times human cells undergo Telomere Shortening gives humans a normal lifespan of 120 years.
Three days. Tang Song felt that the experimental subject's death was more like a collapse of the gene chain.
Hearing Tang Song's doubt, Professor Connors shook his head:
"We examined the experimental subject's Corpse. Its gene chain was intact, and all its organs and tissues were fine. The cause of death was that the Telomere Shortening reached its limit..."
"You just said you wanted to wait until the experiment was successful before informing me. Do you have a method to solve this problem?"
"Boss, among our current experimental subjects, only Vampires and Werewolves can break through the natural human lifespan.
However, once the genes of either combine with the Zero Gene, it triggers the high-strength electric current inherent in its gene chain..."
Talking about this topic, Professor Connors, as a seasoned science and engineering man, immediately became energetic.
When he talked about Werewolves and Vampires, Selene and Lucien's expressions became slightly awkward.
"We've tried many times, but the genes of both are incompatible with the Zero Gene, so I changed my approach!"
Professor Connors originally wanted to build a little suspense, but after seeing Tang Song's calm gaze, he gave an awkward smile: "I was thinking, if we could just increase the number of times the experimental subject's cells undergo Telomere Shortening, this experiment could also be considered a success!"
"Cough cough!"
Lane, who was drinking red wine beside him and listening with great interest, choked on his red wine and coughed repeatedly after hearing what Professor Connors said.
Thanks to his Super Intellect Mutant Ability, Lane held four doctorate degrees, including a PhD in Biology from the University of Munich.
He naturally understood Professor Connors' remarks.
It was precisely because he understood that he felt shocked.
One must know that solving the problem of the limit of Telomere Shortening in biology is equivalent to breaking the forbidden zone of God.
This means that human lifespan would be greatly extended!
Professor Connors sounded like a counterfeit money dealer printing fake bills, who couldn't figure out how to overcome the anti-counterfeiting marks on US Dollars, and then suddenly slapped his head.
'Let's go capture the Federal Reserve's printing plant and print cash directly using their printing presses.'
"I'm fine, Boss, please continue!"
