Special genetic chain

Time passed quietly as Ye Fan busied himself with work. Over the course of a month, Ye Fan mastered the manufacturing methods for all thirty-two segments of the power-formatted genetic chain. His astonishing learning speed initially left his colleagues on the gene production line amazed, but by the end, they had grown accustomed to it. With the addition of such a prodigious talent like Ye Fan, the power genetic chain's production exceeded the monthly target by more than seventy units.

As a result, when wages were distributed at the end of the month, each worker received an additional bonus of five thousand star coins. This naturally led to a growing sense of gratitude and warmth toward Ye Fan among his colleagues on the production line.

Beep beep...

"Information replication failed, carrier scrapped!" Ye Fan sat alone at his workstation, staring helplessly at the warning text on the smart screen, letting out a sigh of frustration. A colleague nearby noticed and teased, "You should be content! Your success rate is already at fifty percent. I've been here for three years and I'm just at that level."

"Heh, you can only improve by constantly challenging yourself!" Ye Fan chuckled confidently. The colleague could only shake his head in resignation; sitting next to this prodigy seemed to be lowering his own success rate, leaving him feeling discouraged.

As usual, Ye Fan placed the failed carrier into a bottle of gene culture fluid. Normally, these culture fluids are used to store successfully produced gene information segments. These segments, when stored in the fluid, can be preserved intact for a long time. Once all thirty-two segments of the power genetic chain are successfully produced, the line supervisor would collect them for assembly into a complete power-formatted genetic chain.

On the production line, failed carriers are usually discarded or destroyed. However, Ye Fan's practice of keeping them was unique to him. It wasn't a big deal though—since he was willing to collect "trash," others couldn't be bothered to say anything. The only downside was that it wasted a bottle of gene culture fluid, which, although worth several thousand star coins, was insignificant compared to Ye Fan's contributions.

"The one hundred and twentieth segment… only eight more to go."

Ye Fan's lips curled into a slight, mocking smile as he gazed at the bottle of "trash" before him. This was no ordinary waste; it was a mutated power-formatted genetic chain.

So, what is a formatted genetic chain? Simply put, it's a genetic chain created by humans, not one that occurs naturally. Compared to natural genetic chains, formatted genetic chains have many shortcomings, the most significant being that they cannot evolve.

A prevailing belief in contemporary human society is that source energy can catalyze genetic evolution, but this mysterious power is ineffective on formatted genes. When a formatted genetic chain is integrated into the human gene system, it expresses certain traits. However, the extent of these traits is limited, and once they reach a certain level, the formatted genetic chain ceases to function.

Take the power-formatted genetic chain as an example: when injected into the human gene system, it can enhance human cells, rapidly boosting strength in a short period. However, this boost is finite, and once the limit is reached, the formatted power genetic chain becomes useless.

In contrast, a natural genetic chain is different. When a power-related natural gene is injected into the human gene system, it also increases strength. Moreover, as the human genes evolve, this power-related genetic chain evolves as well, theoretically providing an unlimited potential for strength.

However, compared to natural genes, formatted genes do have many advantages. The most significant one is that formatted genes can be injected into any ordinary person without the risk of damaging their genetic system—something that natural genetic chains cannot match.

The power-formatted genetic chain produced by the Billy Gene Laboratory is divided into thirty-two segments. According to the theory that the more segments a genetic chain has, the more complex and advanced it is, a formatted genetic chain with thirty-two segments is at the pinnacle of the primary gene chain level.

Ye Fan was secretly manufacturing a mutated power-formatted genetic chain, which consisted of a staggering 128 genetic segments. This chain far surpassed the capabilities of the ones produced at the Billy Gene Laboratory, reaching the mid-level standard of intermediate gene chains. Although it was only two levels higher, the difference was astonishing.

Under normal conditions, the power-formatted genetic chain produced by the Billy Gene Laboratory, once injected into a human body, could theoretically increase a person's strength by 500 kilograms, giving them the strength of about 1,000 jin.

However, Ye Fan's mutated power-formatted genetic chain, composed of 128 segments, incorporated certain genetic fragments from a Dragon Elephant Beast. When injected into a human body, it could theoretically bestow the strength of half a Dragon Elephant.

A fully grown Dragon Elephant Beast possesses a strength of 100,000 jin, so half of its strength would be 50,000 jin—50 times the 1,000 jin that the regular power-formatted genetic chain could provide. This shows that while the genetic chain was only two levels higher, it represented a significant qualitative leap.

Ye Fan had developed and created this mutated power-formatted genetic chain in his previous life, naming it the Dragon Elephant Power-Formatted Genetic Chain. However, at that time, he was already a top-tier human expert, so this level of a genetic chain was of no use to him.

Nevertheless, it served as a lucrative money-making tool. This genetic chain far exceeded ordinary power-formatted genetic chains, and in his previous life, Ye Fan priced each Dragon Elephant Power-Formatted Genetic Chain at one million star coins, which sold very well.

At one point, the largest human conglomerate, Stark Group, offered a staggering 100 billion star coins to purchase the production method for this genetic chain, but Ye Fan politely declined. This illustrates just how valuable this mutated genetic chain was.

Time slipped by with the ticking of the smart brain, and by the end of the day, Ye Fan had quietly completed the remaining eight gene segments of the Dragon Elephant Power-Formatted Genetic Chain.

Staring at the culture fluid in the crystal bottle, a flicker of excitement crossed Ye Fan's eyes. After a month of secret work, today he would finally have his first genetic chain. Although it was just a formatted genetic chain, it was still a very impressive mutated formatted genetic chain.

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Genetic chains are luxury items. Even low-end formatted genes cost tens of thousands of star coins, while high-level natural genes can fetch unimaginably high prices. Therefore, anti-theft measures on gene production lines have always been a top priority.

The production line at Billy Laboratory did not produce any particularly valuable genetic chains, so its anti-theft measures were simple yet effective. The system relied on a smart brain anti-theft mechanism, which recorded every gene segment created through its operation, including both successful and failed attempts.

The line's management only needed to count the successful segments and, based on the number of segments required to form a complete gene chain, determine the final number of successful chains. At the end of the day or month, they would only need to collect the corresponding number of completed genetic chains.

Of course, this anti-theft system had its loopholes. For example, someone like Ye Fan, who had stored information and methods for creating a specific genetic chain in his mind, could use the lab's raw materials to process the gene segments he wanted.

Since the smart brain only stored information on the gene segments meant to be produced on this line, when Ye Fan created the Dragon Elephant gene segments, they were classified as unqualified products by the smart brain—essentially, as waste.

This apparent flaw, though it exists, is almost as if it doesn't. After all, the information on each gene chain is the producer's most closely guarded secret. Its value far exceeds the gene chain itself, making it impossible for the average person to possess.

Therefore, the management doesn't have to worry about someone using the raw materials on the production line to create other gene chains. After all, the recipe for such a gene chain could easily fetch a sky-high price if sold. And someone with that kind of knowledge wouldn't waste time working on a gene production line.

Ye Fan's appearance was completely unexpected—who could have imagined that this "little guy" would have something like this in his head? Of course, Ye Fan had his own frustrations. Though he was sitting on a treasure trove, his lack of strength made him too afraid to use it.

These two reasons combined led to the loophole in the production line's security measures finally being exploited. If word of this got out, it would probably cause a major shock throughout the entire Yadis Federation!

"Ye Fan, aren't you leaving yet?" Teacher Zhou walked over with a smile, patting the head-buried-in-work Ye Fan and said cheerfully.

"I want to study a bit more, Teacher Zhou. You go ahead!" Ye Fan smiled, looking full of energy.

"Haha... Youth is truly wonderful! But don't overwork yourself—I'm counting on you to earn another bonus next month." As he spoke, Teacher Zhou couldn't hide his grin. Last month, he had received a bonus of 30,000 star coins, and seeing Ye Fan's dedication, he could already envision the generous reward next month. With that, he couldn't help but feel pleased.

"Alright, I got it!"

After Teacher Zhou left, the workers on the production line gradually headed out as well. Sean had long since gotten used to Ye Fan's voluntary overtime. He waved a quick goodbye to Ye Fan before disappearing. Half an hour later, the now empty production line was left with only Ye Fan.

After waiting another half hour, Ye Fan stood up, shut the door to the production line, then swiftly returned to his workstation and picked up the bottle of "junk." He walked over to the gene fragment synthesizer.

Skillfully opening the machine, Ye Fan placed the gene culture solution inside, then sat down in front of the smart brain. His fingers moved rapidly across the light screen, issuing a series of commands so quickly they made one's head spin. After about fifteen minutes, the smart brain beeped, and a small test tube was ejected from the synthesizer.

Ye Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead, tightly grasped the small test tube in one hand, and with excitement in his eyes, exclaimed, "Not bad, it's been a while since I've done this, and I managed to succeed on the first try!"