"Premature senility is a genotype genetic disease. The process of physical aging is five to ten times faster than that of normal people. The patient looks like an old man, and the organs decline quickly, resulting in the decline of physiological function until death." Xie Yuyan said faintly and looked up at Li Qing, "About one to four out of eight million newborns will have premature aging. Although this disease is rare, it is not new in modern medicine."
Zhao Qili leaned forward: "my family has no genetic history of premature aging, and my aging speed is far more than what you call five or ten times."
Xie Yuyan nodded gently, then took out a document from the folder on the table and handed it to Zhao Qili: "this is a paper in the American Journal of natural science. You should be able to understand it?"
Zhao Qili took the information in his hand and was embarrassed: "my English... Is not very good."
Li Qing silently took the information from Zhao Qili and glanced at it: "this is a paper on gene research. What does it mean?"
"Let me put it simply." Xie Yuyan picked up the cup, drank some water and pursed his lips. "Some researchers of the foundation have newly discovered a gene whose mutation is the reason for the gradual degradation of cell structure and function in patients with premature aging. Patients with premature aging can obtain this pathological gene not only through heredity, but also through other factors."
Li Qing frowned: "other reasons? What do you mean?"
"For example... Radiation."
"Radiation?" Li Qing fiercely raised his head from the data and stared at Xie Yuyan in amazement.
"That's right." Xie Yuyan nodded. "You all mentioned that when the Tiankeng dome collapsed, you were in the irradiation range of a blue light, which can penetrate the skin, so I think it should be a kind of radiation. It is likely that this kind of radiation caused gene mutation in the body and premature aging."
Zhao Qili was a little excited: "then why is Li Qing OK? Only I have become this picture of people without ghosts and ghosts?"
"In fact, it's not just li Qing." Xie YuYan's voice is extremely calm, forming two extremes with Zhao Qili, "At that time, you two were outside, while the others were lying in the coffin. Do you think that since the radiation could penetrate the skin, it could not penetrate the wood? Frankly, everyone was exposed to radiation, but the lesions varied from person to person. Unfortunately, you are the only mutant."
Zhao Qili was silent.
Xie Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief and pulled out another piece of information from the folder. She handed the information to Zhao Qili again, but the other party didn't answer, so she winked and handed the information to Li Qing.
Li Qing's face was an unspeakably complex expression. He took the information, but he didn't want to see it again. He asked faintly, "what's this?"
"I thought of this possibility when I received your call, so I asked someone to check the local county chronicles of Longxi for the first time to see if there were relevant records." Xie Yuyan stood up, "But after years of war in Longxi, the county chronicles were seriously damaged. I really didn't find anything valuable, so I turned to other places. What you have in your hand now is an archaeological record twenty years ago."
"Archaeological records?"
"Yes. In this archaeological record, it is clearly stated that the daqianpo area of Longxi encountered a large-scale meteorite impact tens of thousands of years ago, and the huge meteorite crater still has traces."
Li Qing clenched the data in his hand and looked ugly: "you mean... That kind of ray comes from meteorites falling from the sky?"
"Li Qing, don't forget the records in ancient books. It connects the Milky way and leads the yellow spring. The two veins blend. We've seen the yellow spring water. Where's the Milky way? What's the Milky way?"
Xie Yuyan stretched out his jade hand and pointed to the data in Li Qing's hand: "isn't this Tianhe?"
Li Qing was silly on the spot. His face turned blue and he couldn't say a word for a long time. The truth was so unexpected and ridiculous that he couldn't bear it for a moment.
Xie Yuyan continued: "tens of thousands of years ago, the scale of the meteorite impact should be very large, which has greatly changed the landform of some areas in western Gansu, and left a large number of meteorite residues. These meteorites contain a large amount of radioactive materials, and the amount of radiation can cause gene mutation, premature aging and even other physical problems for some people."
Li Qing said in a deep voice, "but this is just one side of your story. There is no evidence."
"That's true." Xie Yuyan smiled. "People's life is only a drop in the long river of time. Why is the truth accurate? But my one-sided words will undoubtedly become the answer closest to the truth."
Zhao Qili's body trembled, and even his teeth couldn't help giggling: "I don't care about these at all."
Slowly raised his head, Zhao Qili stretched out his hands full of brown age spots and stared at Xie Yuyan without blinking: "what can I do now?"
Xie YuYan's face was stiff, and he immediately said with a smile: "don't worry, now the technology of gene therapy in the world is very mature. If you can find out the diseased gene, you can repair it again. This is just a disease, and it belongs to the type that can be cured."
"Really?" Zhao Qili trembled violently, and his wrinkled cheeks showed a thick color of hope. Li Qing gently glanced at the corners of his mouth and glanced at Xie YuYan's fine cheeks full of smiles with the rest of his eyes. He didn't speak. There was a knock at the door, and a woman's voice immediately sounded: "master, Dr. Thomson is here." "Oh? It's very fast..." Xie Yuyan picked his eyebrows lightly, with a hint of surprise in the bottom of his eyes. "I see. Please wait a moment, Mr. Thomson, and we'll be there right away." "yes." there was no sound outside the door. Xie Yuyan slowly stood up and said to Zhao Qili: "Let's go. Dr. Thomson is the honorary president of the International Medical Association and has made great achievements in the field of gene research. We are very lucky this time. It happens that Mr. Thomson is attending an academic conference in Zhonghai, so I invited him to Lingang. Go and check it and you'll see." Zhao Qili couldn't wait. He hurried to say thanks and went out. Li Qing and Xie Yuyan looked at each other and followed. Xie's residence was located in a remote place, covering the largest area of the three people near Hong Kong. There was a small airport near the mountain in the West. The three people crossed the yard and came to the reception hall outside the small airport. A 50-60-year-old Western foreigner was waiting there with two people around him Xie Yuyan, an experimental assistant in his thirties, came forward to greet the foreigner, then turned around and said to Zhao Qili, "Mr. Thomson has brought a lot of instruments this time, which is not easy to carry. Let's go with him to the plane. We can't help. Just wait here and listen to the results." Zhao Qili nodded. As the three foreigners left, Li Qing and Xie Yuyan sat down on one side of the sofa and waited quietly. An hour later, Li Qing moved on the sofa, picked up the tea cup and took a big sip. Xie Yuyan looked at him and asked with a smile, "how's my tea here?" "well, it's good, it's good." Li Qing responded carelessly. "The tea you just drank, produced in biluofeng, is the first batch of new tea in early spring this year. It was put in ancient times to pay tribute to the king. Ordinary people have no chance to use it." Xie Yuyan said faintly, "but I tell you this is also casting pearls before swine. You don't know the tea ceremony. Today's mind is not on it at all." Li Qing's eyebrows are full of anxiety: "isn't it over yet?" "genetic testing is not an ordinary physical examination. It's already quite troublesome." Xie Yuyan whispered, "Mr. Thomson's equipment is insufficient this time. It's hard to say whether he can get the results. In my opinion, I'm going to send him to Lingang Biotechnology Research Institute in the next step." Li Qing stared at Xie Yuyan for a while and suddenly said, "is it true that Zhao Qili's premature aging can be cured? With my understanding of gene technology, it seems that it has not developed to this extent." Xie Yuyan stared at Li Qing with beautiful eyes and suddenly sniffed: "Li Qing, the key point is not here." Li Qing wondered: "where is the key point?" "Zhao Qili's identity is very special, but I still found some news." Xie Yuyan smiled. "He has only a junior high school education, so... It's easy to cheat." Li Qing's face changed: "that is to say, he didn't save it at all, you've been cheating him?" "yes, the direction of gene mutation is disordered, and you want to correct it? It's just a fantasy." He threw the tea cup on the table, and Li Qingteng stood up: "since you can't save it, why don't you tell the truth!" "what are you doing with such a great anger!" Xie YuYan's eyes were cold for a moment, "Li Qing, you are no longer a child. Don't be so naive. How can you be sure that a dying dog won't bite? If Zhao Qili knows he will die, he won't have any worries. Who can think of what he will do." Li Qing's chest fluctuated sharply, took a deep breath and sat down again: "sorry, I didn't think about it." Although it's a little inhumane, Li Qing has to admit that Xie YuYan's handling method is completely correct. Zhao Qili's identity is special after all. Will he have a card? When he is completely disappointed, he will blow up all the people, which is something no one can say. "Anyway, don't go too far." Li Qing said in a deep voice, "If you can't save him, let him die with dignity." Xie Yuyan said with a trace of contempt: "it's human and worldly sophistication again?" Li Qing nodded, and then sighed deeply: "even if you can't go, at least you should have a clear conscience." "you're so tired..." This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.