[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer":3,"chapter-cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-142":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cyberpunk: Cross-dimensional Science and Engineering",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1151533,1495,"Chapter 142 - 133: The Direction of the New Prosthetics","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-142",142,"\u003Cp>Lille had indeed turned to a genius — he had just been thinking how lucky he was, but it turned out that Hammond was the real winner!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurassic Park was already mired in debt and was indeed embroiled in legal disputes — and the litigant was none other than the filmmaker!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille didn’t believe that the park could have lasted nine years without some real capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This genius quickly thought of a multitude of operations, declaring the original zoo bankrupt, then merging its physical assets into Bloom Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overall, this kind of operation was not uncommon, but it still required operational experience to figure out, saving Lille a great deal of effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, the biological laboratory would gradually relocate to the original Jurassic Park, and the original zoo would gradually become a true biological laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole process was managed by an excited Hammond — if there was anyone in the world who could resurrect dinosaurs, he felt it had to be Osborne Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Osborne Group wasn’t interested in such a project at all; they had their own plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hammond knew his own capabilities too, and in fact, if it weren’t for this opportunity, he planned to sell the zoo and flee next year, looking to join a company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A decade of persistence had brought him to a point of resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now things were different — his opportunity had arrived!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was always the type to pursue his ideals, and now seeing hope, he was even more enthusiastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the finances were being managed by someone else — or rather, all company matters were being handled by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of finances, Lille had already prepared the accompanying company management software, basically not allowing the company to slip out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was time to continue exploring the Lizard Serum issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The iguana is a herbivore, which means the DNA we have introduced not only made it stronger but also taught it to eat meat, this impact may be greatly amplified in humans...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpected methylation segments appeared in the genes, perhaps these segments changed the iguana’s herbivorous nature...but we will never know how it would affect humans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an afternoon of observation, Professor Conners came to a deeply disheartening conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The modified iguana had eaten its fill and seemed more stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that shortly after the DNA injection, the cells urgently required various nutrients, causing an overwhelming sense of hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the iguana, being well-fed meant it was much more docile, like a tiger or other fierce beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a clear difference between its hungry state and its satiated state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if this carnivorous gene appeared in humans?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should they conduct human experiments?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Lille had already volunteered once in another world and had recorded his own biological signs and model — thanks to biotechnology, they indeed did good work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille pondered pretentiously for a while, then began entering data into the computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Conners looked over quizzically, \"What are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... I have performed a decay calculation using myself as a model; this would be the state after the injection of the drug.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Conners was again plunged into confusion —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did he never understand what Lille said when he touched the computer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could such things really be calculated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, they had decay rate algorithms — but that’s how biological research was, always full of surprises, almost incalculable, only relying on experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had Lille calculated it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conners skeptically examined the data...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The DNA model looked so real it didn’t seem fabricated...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this physiologic state... was freakishly unreal — Professor Conners’s face drastically changed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to this biological model, after the injection, a person would turn into a monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The regeneration ability he had long sought was indeed perfectly replicated in humans, but it also transformed a person’s body into a monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lizard’s visual cells, thick keratin scales, claws, and an abundance of mixed reptilian superior muscle cells in the community, powerful yet low in precision...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a tail!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, after this injection, a person would indeed acquire incredibly powerful regeneration abilities, but the cost would be turning into a giant Lizard Man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, any regenerated arm would be entirely filled with lizardized cells —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This discouraged Dr. Conners’s idea:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The decay drug would activate this DNA segment in the short term, causing the modified DNA to undergo methylation over a long cycle, and in an even longer term of cell division and differentiation, the methylated segments would further disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Externally, this involved having super-fast regeneration abilities shortly after the injection, allowing for limb regeneration; in the long term, aside from a brief period after the injection having super-fast regeneration abilities, there would not be much difference from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from Lille’s modeling, the methylated DNA also caused a severe epigenetic reaction, pushing a person towards frenzy, with a continuous desire to reactivate the lizard DNA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the DNA moved from methylation to a declining phase, a person would revert, but the limb filled with lizard cells would also disappear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant the injection would make someone more like a lizard rather than human, and the designated safety mechanisms he set up would almost not function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slumped in the chair, somewhat at a loss, murmuring:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The methylated DNA indeed is the root cause of the subject’s frenzy... this drug would make a person more like a lizard rather than human...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the pharmaceutical was applied to reptiles, we could create a super lizard, but that makes no sense at all. Once used on humans...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille furrowed his brow—clearly, the outcome was a huge blow to Conners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter, standing beside him, was startled, \"But Professor, have you seen the latest news? There’s a Spiderman on TV who didn’t turn into a humanoid spider either?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conners was taken aback too but quickly added, \"I’ve seen that news; just because he’s called Spiderman doesn’t mean he used the same technology as us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter realized the issue too—right, how could he be sure they used the same technology?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lille had no intention of persuading Conners from that perspective—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor Conners, we have made progress, not encountered setbacks, you need to pull yourself together—suppose, just suppose someone could remain unaffected by the Frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen if he were to inject himself with the pharmaceutical and it caused extensive bodily harm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conners forced a smile: \"...I guess you are talking about using yourself as the model? I can tell that’s the basis of this model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you weren’t affected mentally, you would also turn into a lizard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if my cells died off rapidly during the process? Almost maintaining my human form?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s almost impossible,\" Conners shook his head, \"in that case, unless you were in the midst of fire, but then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>once your body’s stored nutrients and energy were insufficient, you would be burned alive, fire is uncontrollable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lille was about to add more, he saw Conners pause suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he immediately became somewhat embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Lille, sorry, I lost my composure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the experiment failed, and Conners would only keep one arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lille was about to die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay, Professor, I just hope you can remain calm and professional, so what’s the answer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conners thought seriously and then said, \"If there really is such a... controllable loss, keeping the division and differentiation of lizard cells within a certain range,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the experimenter could indeed maintain human form, but the probability of cells becoming cancerous would increase exponentially—especially for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your cells carry a trace of radiation! Your risk of cellular cancer is already much higher than that of an average person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All cells have the potential to become cancerous, so the more often cells divide, the more likely it is that cancerous cells with DNA expression errors will occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radiation, viruses, pharmaceuticals, and other factors increase the likelihood of cancer, and when these factors combine, the risk of cancer significantly increases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for Lille, this was still acceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does that mean I can recover my health?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conners nodded, \"Theoretically... that’s right, as long as you keep injecting and control the cellular loss, you could appear healthy in the eyes of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conners wanted to say, was it worth it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he thought, Lille only had six months to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the risk of cancer... Conners quickly calculated on his computer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even with the risk of cancer... your expected lifespan could still be over four years, with cancer more likely appearing after a year and a half...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I... I seem to have been a bit emotional, we can still adjust the pharmaceutical effects to extend this time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mathematics does not lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emotionally, Conners felt it was a failed experiment, but rationally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was actually a major breakthrough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, all of this depended on the premise that everything Lille mentioned was valid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lille started laughing, \"See, I told you, this is a major breakthrough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not just useful for Lille—the consumption of cells could be artificially induced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The side effects of the Biotechnology’s painkiller pharmaceuticals, precisely lead to the degenerative decline of the nervous system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Frenzy... in reality, the real impact on ordinary people was very limited; it was so harmful in the movies mainly because it was Professor Conners who injected the pharmaceutical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brain, under the influence of the Lizard Man genes, got the idea that long live the Lizard Man, thus he started to spread the Lizard Serum—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ordinary people would neither know that it was Lizard Serum nor understand the methods to produce it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they truly went mad, it was, in some ways, similar to Cyberpunk psychosis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it still comes down to comparisons—in this world, a Lizard Man like Conners would be sanctioned, but in the Cyberpunk World, everyone knows prosthetics might drive you mad, and yet they still use them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, aside from human injections, the serum could be developed for many more applications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was because Hammond and Matt had successfully navigated the legal processes, or maybe it was because Conners truly wanted to serve Lille, but Lille also received a system notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Biological Laboratory established]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time to develop new technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>",1708,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","c710e8cbce2acec761ed97c1149293382417a9e64ccfa825c78ae5d99c7dca36","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-143","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-141",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]