Chapter 137 Funding Issues
The so-called physical blood washing machine originated at the end of the 20th century and was regarded as a means of treating hyperlipidemia. However, it was confirmed that it was not effective a few years later. Most of the fat in the blood was deposited on the blood vessel walls, liver and other parts, and the actual blood content was minimal. Even if blood washing treatment was carried out at the medical risk caused by the rough technology at that time, the fat content in the blood would soon return to its original state for a period of time, so this invention was abandoned for a long time.
The opportunity to re-activate the blood washing machine comes from the Mars earth-making plan. In order to allow the soil that does not grow in grass on other colonial planets to grow vegetation, a large number of nanomechanical bodies were placed on Mars to activate soil in the Mars colonized countries. The plan itself was very successful, and the automatic proliferation of nanomechanical bodies was also controlled within a reasonable range. However, the first generation of food crops native to Mars caused a large area of disease after being consumed for a period of time. The remaining nanomechanical bodies in plants invaded the human circulation system and accumulated in the blood after consumption. After eating this crop for more than two years, "mechanical thrombosis" will appear in the human body. In severe cases, it may even cause myocardial infarction or cerebral thrombosis and die suddenly. This is an omission caused by the original designer's carelessness.
The soil nano-machine does not have the self-direction discharge function of medical nano-machine, because such production costs are too high and cannot be used on a large scale. Moreover, the mechanical bodies placed are already spread throughout Mars and several other colonies, so it is too late to recycle them. The medical staff who racked their brains finally turned out the physical blood washing machine from the corner of the warehouse. Unlike adhesion fat, the physical blood washing machine has a very good effect on removing nano-machine bodies. Soon, hospitals in the colonies of the solar system were equipped with this modern improved blood washing machine to treat emerging scientific and technological diseases "mechanical thrombosis". This disease that people in the colonies will definitely suffer from is also one of the main reasons why the people of the Free Alliance support the occupation of the earth. (This pseudoscience is inspired by "The Mobile Battleship Fuko". I wonder how many readers have read the original work?)
"Are you ready?" The nurse sent by Dr. Goodman held the shaky needle in one hand and grabbed Li Jingyun's arm on the hospital bed with the other hand, and asked softly.
"Well... come on!" Looking at the big needle, it was bragging that Li Jingyun was not afraid, but since he was lying here, he had made up his corresponding determination.
The pressure caused by the needle piercing the skin clearly told Li Jingyun that a foreign object had invaded his body, but the pain of the outbreak was unresponsive. This was the ability of the nurse - pain suppression. It must be said that it is really suitable for being a nurse. If there is such a nurse in every hospital, there would not be so many children suffering from "needle phobia".
Of course, it can also give people who are on the verge of death a safe way to die.
Soon two needles were pierced into Li Jingyun's right hand vein. The variable-shaped needle quickly closed a blood vessel in the body and formed an external circulation outside the body. Although there was no pain, Li Jingyun still felt weak when he watched his blood flow out of the catheter.
Professor Mushan, who was in the operating room, immediately started working. There was only one way to find this substance with unknown ingredients, which was to make it work. Professor Mushan extracted a very small amount of a molecular film enclosed in the center of the blood washing machine from the remaining stimulants in Li Jingyun's hands. When Li Jingyun's blood flowed through the film, the remaining inhibitors in the blood would react with the stimulant. The preset sensor will immediately isolate this part of the blood after receiving the reaction signal. With a rough range, it is not difficult for Professor Mushan to extract the inhibitor components - just compare the sample with normal blood.
"Finally!" The blood circulation of the human body is actually very fast, and it will take a week in less than thirty seconds. Li Jingyun only felt that his heart had stopped secretly, and the machine had already transferred the extracted blood sample to Professor Mushan.
Seeing that the extraction had been completed, the nurse who had been holding Li Jingyun's hand skillfully opened the sealing of the needle, and the blood returned to their original channels. The blood remaining in the machine was also slowly injected into Li Jingyun's body under the pressure. Then the nurse pulled out the needle and carefully tied a hemostatic bandage to Li Jingyun before allowing him to get up.
"Is there hope?" Li Jingyun walked into the operating room with a numb wrist. Professor Mushan was using an electron microscope to compare the blood components.
"It should be no problem. The things you need have been found, and then it will be a copying work." With the help of the microcomputer, Professor Mushan accurately separated the inhibitor components from Li Jingyun's blood, and then put the sample into another instrument for comparison. This instrument is used to test the chemical properties of the substance, and then find the correct components of the substance from countless compounds.
The two waited for a while, and the instrument gave the result, but Professor Mushan's face suddenly became very ugly.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Li Jingyun thought something was wrong.
"There was nothing wrong, but I didn't expect that the main ingredient of the inhibitor was this thing..." Professor Mushan stroked his forehead with a headache, "If the main ingredient is this thing, let alone save a thousand replicas, even these ten lying in your house, we can't afford to save them. No wonder Professor Mendeleev only made one, and with his financial resources, he could only make one."
"What the hell is going on?" Li Jingyun, who is only at the level of a high school graduate, naturally couldn't understand the densely packed professional terms on the analysis report, so she had to ask Professor Mushan.
"The main ingredient of the inhibitor is a powerful antioxidant called gnx, a harmless anesthetic and another chemical substance that can destroy nanomechanical. The other two ingredients are very common. We usually use them to fully anesthetize and control the natural proliferation of nanomechanicals, but gnx is the most expensive compound in the world. I don't know if you have heard of it. This thing is called the "Crown of Medicinal Chemistry". The raw materials are extremely expensive and the synthesis conditions are harsh and can only be synthesized in zero gravity environment. The annual output of the whole federal government is only about a few dozen kilograms. Gnx itself is a harmless anti-aging drug. It can effectively inhibit aging by taking a tiny amount every day. The market price is about 5 million per gram. It is a good thing that even high officials and nobles can't bear. Judging from the residual amount in your body, it takes about two grams of inhibitors per person. Do you have that much money?"
"Ten million..." This price was so expensive that Li Jingyun was amazed. "If it was just one, you could get it all together, but..."
If it was a thousand copies, it would require a total of 10 billion federal dollars, which was not a small amount for a country, and it was even more astronomical for him, who was just an ordinary student. He never thought that the small medicine bottle that Mendeleev seemed to throw him at random was much more expensive than the same amount of large diamonds.
"In short, we already know the specific ingredients, and the allocation ratio is very clear. What needs to be worried about is the money problem. How to solve it specifically... It's useless to worry about it here, so let's go back and discuss it. After all, this is not a small amount." Professor Mushan suggested to the distressed Li Jingyun.
“You are talking about…”
Thanks to Dr. Goodman, and the two returned to the villa with the results.
"Has the extraction been successful?" Looking at Li Jingyun with a frown, Pandora thought Professor Mushan's plan had failed.
"No, we have already obtained the sample, but... can I ask you something?" Li Jingyun asked carefully.
"What's the matter? Tell me, as long as I don't borrow money, I will promise you."
"Um..." Li Jingyun's expression seemed to be hit by a stick on the front.
"Hey, hey, it's not really a borrowing money, right?" Pandora didn't expect that she had a point of saying something.
Jingyun nodded silently.
"There's really nothing to do. I'll make it in advance. I'm a loan shark. If I can't pay it back when it's due, I will ask for a debt and repay it. Tell me how much do you want to borrow." Facing Li Jingyun, who looked discouraged, Pandora relaxed helplessly.
"One, one hundred million..." Li Jingyun was so embarrassed that he spoke, and this was just a ten-person inhibitor.
"Puff..." Pandora squirted on the ground with a sip of tea, "You are making fun of me, right? Or do you think my family runs a bank?!"
"I don't mean that, I really have no choice but to do it..." Li Jingyun told Pandora all the results of Professor Mushan's analysis.
"This is difficult..." Pandora's eyes rolled and threw a suggestion to Li Jingyun, "There are only one person in Zhongdu College who can afford such a large sum of money, and her family happens to have a GNX production space station under her name. If you really want to save these replicas no matter what, I suggest you ask her for help."
"who?"
"Who else? Of course it is the eldest lady of the Grand Duke of Britain."...
Chapter completed!