Paranormal incident investigation notes

Looking at Lu Ming, who had bloodshot eyes in front of him, a trace of joy flashed across He Wei's face, but she concealed it well. Zhang Dingshan's tone was still calm: "Let's talk about it."

"Gene."

Lu Ming spit out a word.

"oh?"

"The similarities you analyzed before are too superficial. For example, race, gender, behavior, etc. I think that for a species that has mastered higher technology, when they look at humans, they should be able to see Something more original. What is the origin of human beings? Obviously, it can only be genes."

In essence, organisms are just carriers of genes. Genes determine everything about a species.

Lu Ming believes that methods of classifying human groups based on gender, race, etc. are only behaviors at a lower technological level. If the technology is higher and more data is available, then it will be more possible to divide human groups based on genetic differences.

Zhang Dingshan was silent, and He Wei pondered for a moment and said: "Lu Ming, do you think that the secret organization hiding in the dark uses genes as a criterion when selecting targets? That is, those with certain special genes People will be identified as targets by them and they will plan subsequent 'kidnapping' operations. People who do not possess certain special genes will be excluded?"

"Yes." Lu Ming responded affirmatively: "Although this is just a possibility. But I think it is worth analyzing."

"We really didn't think of this kind of screening criteria before... genes, genes..."

"For you, this should be a very simple thing, why not give it a try? Even if you fail, there is nothing to lose, but what if you succeed?"

Performing genetic analysis on just five specimens was indeed not a difficult task.

Zhang Dingshan made a decision.

"Contact Qing Liang and ask him to find someone to do it."

"yes."

Although he decided to make some attempts at genetics according to Lu Ming's statement, to be honest, He Wei was not optimistic about this attempt.

It’s not that she’s worried about not finding common ground, but that there’s too much in common. In that case, these commonalities found would still be meaningless, just as they are now.

The reason is simple. Even humans and mice share many of the same genes - about 70 to 90 million years ago, the two were basically the same species, let alone the genes of five humans.

Even if some relatively rare mutant genes exist in the bodies of five victims, including Lu Ming, it is a high probability event, and the number should not be too small. After all, there are too many genes in the human body, including more than 20,000 protein-coding genes alone.

But she still agreed to Lu Ming's suggestion. The reason is just like what Lu Ming said, even if you fail, you won't lose anything.

A biological specimen was taken from Lu Ming's body, and the biological specimens of the other four victims were also taken out from the body or the hospital, and were transported to a certain biological laboratory according to the address given by Lu Qingliang.

Five specimens will be genetically sequenced here and compared with each other.

This work took about half a month. While Lu Ming was waiting anxiously, the sequencing results were finally sent back to the field hospital.

So, several people were shocked together.

The biological laboratory also discovered a relatively rare genetic mutation among the five victims, including Lu Ming. Moreover, for such a rare gene, only this one was found during the comparison process.

This gene mutation is numbered Rag.1, and its effect is to affect the density of hair to a certain extent - it is of course not the only gene that determines whether the hair is thick or not. However, under the same conditions, people with this gene mutation will , whose hair is thicker in comparison.

The most important thing is that according to data surveys, among all humans, there is an average of only one in 100,000 people with this gene mutation.

Based on the current total human population, the total number of people with this mutant gene among all humans is only a few tens of thousands.

The probability that a person has this mutation is one in 100,000. So, if five people are randomly selected, what is the probability that all five people have this gene mutation?

This is almost impossible to describe as a coincidence. Then, the only explanation is that this is the result of intentional screening. In other words, the secret organization hiding in the dark is deliberately selecting people with this genetic mutation as targets for committing crimes!

At this moment, He Wei was filled with shock.

She didn't expect that after giving it a try without much hope, she would actually make such a major discovery!

Indeed, this is the most significant discovery since the investigation of this case. And most importantly, with the discovery of this clue, the subsequent investigation of the case will no longer be dead-end, but can continue!

"Lu Ming, it's okay, you, you've been deceived all this..."

He Wei patted Lu Ming's shoulder and inadvertently looked at Lu Ming's hair, which was indeed thicker.

Lu Ming grinned slightly when He Wei took the photo, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart.

Even he himself did not expect this result. When I proposed this idea before, it was because I had no choice but to save myself.

"Okay." Zhang Dingshan's expression became serious: "Our situation has been opened for the time being, but there is still a lot of work to be done. Our question is, how does the secret organization screen out people with this gene mutation? ?”

At present, the secret organization's target selection is very targeted. This means that they must have some kind of screening method. Otherwise, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is impossible to find the target among such a large population.

"Two possibilities."

Lu Ming immediately said: "First, they have some kind of technology beyond our imagination. They can scan many humans extremely quickly, extremely covertly, and on an extremely large scale, and quickly screen out those who have the gene mutation. But I think This is unlikely. Second, adopt some method and use existing actions or institutions in our human society to achieve this goal."

Zhang Dingshan nodded appreciatively, and He Wei blurted out: "Human gene pool!"

The Human Genome Bank is a public, government-managed genetic data storage institution. According to current human laws, all genetic testing institutions, regardless of commercial nature, public welfare, or scientific research nature, must report their genetic data to the institution for storage and management.

With the help of these data, scientific research institutions can conduct research on the overall level of human civilization, such as overall human evolutionary trends and public health.

It is the institution that stores the largest and most complete genetic data in the human world.

So obviously, for that secretive organization, as long as they find a way to obtain the genetic data of the human gene bank, and do a little screening, they can immediately screen out the specimen providers who meet the standards.

This method must be illegal. Because the human gene bank strictly prohibits data trading or commercial activities, all its data can only be used for public welfare purposes and is subject to strict supervision.

As for the means of obtaining this data, whether it is stealing through more advanced network technology, or colluding with insiders to secretly and illegally buy and sell data, it is not known for the time being.

But in short, this method exists, and it is extremely convenient, fast, and relatively hidden. Compared with the speculated super technology that "extremely fast, covert, and large-scale scanning of many humans", this method is undoubtedly more reasonable and possible.

"We have a way to figure out which method the secret organization uses to select targets. We only need to determine whether these five victims have undergone genetic testing, and we can know whether they obtained data through super technology or from human genes. The data was obtained from the library.”

Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Ming: "Have you ever done a genetic test?"

Lu Ming lowered his head to recall, while He Wei picked up her phone and quickly issued an order to check whether the five victims, including Lu Ming, had undergone genetic testing in the medical and health systems.

Results come quickly.

Including Lu Ming, all five victims had undergone genetic testing for various reasons, and records were left in the system.

Among them, Lu Ming had a genetic screening in the hospital because of illness during the summer vacation of his high school graduation.

If it hadn't been found out by querying the data, Lu Ming himself would have even forgotten about this matter.

But the data doesn't lie. When the real data was placed in front of him, he tried to remember it and vaguely remembered it.

At this moment, Lu Ming didn't know what he was feeling.

He never imagined that it was just an ordinary illness and an ordinary check-up, but it would actually change his life completely after so many years.

Moreover, he is not the only one whose life has been changed.

I was lucky enough to save my life. What about everyone else?

Without seeing people alive or dead, it is impossible to return to human society in this life. It is not even certain whether it is still on earth now.

This statement is not alarmist. After all, facing a hidden existence that has mastered technology beyond the level of human civilization, it is not impossible to send it to other planets.

"It seems that the secret organization almost certainly obtained the data from the human gene bank..."

Then, the next direction of investigation is clear.

Thoroughly investigate the human gene bank management agency, find out how the secret was leaked, and follow the clues to find out the secret organization.

Lu Ming murmured: "We must keep it secret this time."

If the secret is leaked, I'm afraid that the secret organization will clear up the traces in advance, and then the efforts will be in vain again.

This situation has already occurred once before.

"This is just basic operation!"

He Wei was a little dissatisfied: "After the last leak, we have tried every means to improve the confidentiality level!"

Lu Ming shook his head and said nothing.

His mood was still a little low at the moment.

"Okay, let's do this for now. Lu Ming, you go and rest first. If you have any ideas, you can communicate with me. I will keep you informed of any progress here."