Dr. Tesla's work was still exceptionally excellent.
She had successfully created a batch of living wombs capable of producing new humans, their reproductive efficiency far exceeding that of humans themselves.
The entire production system was propagated from the living wombs that Noldrei had created.
"The gene tree has been a great help. With its targeted selection, we can now use special genes, like those from the MANTISes, and use their Honkai ICHOR factor to induce new bodies that are both suitable and meet our needs."
"The influence of genes will also show different induction pathways in different sexes and on different chromosomes. We need to preserve the genes for the Kaslana Stigma organs in them, while also ensuring their genes are different from one another, so we don't end up with a large batch of inexplicably blood-related Kaslanas."
"Only then can we temporarily guarantee that the Venusians maintain their original social ecology."
"Oh, right, that's the social ecology from when we were still in the industrial age—monogamy, the existence of the family, and constructs like parents and children."
"The Venusian civilization is the same as ours. You should know that just by looking at Vita. We're clearly the same kind of human. And even..."
Tesla's expression became complicated here.
"Even Venusians and Earthlings have no reproductive isolation."
Venus and Earth were so far apart, with such a vast span of time between them, yet the humans on both planets looked exactly the same.
It felt to her as if the geographical isolation between the two planets had ceased to exist.
This was practically telling her that Darwin's theory of evolution was blatant nonsense. Look, Venus and Earth were so far apart, yet no reproductive isolation had occurred.
That's right, Tesla had even conducted a practical experiment with Vita's genes.
Vita could absolutely have a little Vita with a normal Earthling.
Vita, the proxy created by Sa using Venusians as a blueprint, was completely the same species as Earthlings.
And that was who knows how many years ago!
Noldrei had long known about the blurry parts of this world. Venusians and Earthlings being the same, the genes of the Previous and Current Eras remaining unchanged for so long, digital lifeforms having human-like consciousness...
Despite being humans with a material structure, their consciousness could exist independently of their bodies!
He had managed to get some inside information on all the things that had puzzled him. Noldrei could proudly say that he had now deeply studied the humans of this world.
Although they were all human, and even identical to the primitive people in Noldrei's historical records, they were in fact a completely different species. But you could still say they were primitive people wielding some ridiculously high-level energy.
As one of the top scientific researchers among humans, Tesla had clearly also discovered this disharmony within humanity itself.
She could only use Einstein's new theory to explain the results.
Humans were not humans from the beginning, but a part of a cosmic human collective. It was even possible that primate-like humans had existed from the very start.
The bros on Earth definitely didn't evolve from monkeys. It was possible that monkeys had devolved from humans.
"If you want, you can even create a gene you like and have it impregnate Vita."
Tesla didn't think this was a big deal. After all, not many people were qualified to impregnate Vita right now.
Kiana's eyes were truly opened. As Noldrei's power grew, he was beginning to show a more unrestrained side.
Even Dr. Tesla had started to not care about the method of childbirth.
Kiana could clearly feel that Dr. Tesla had, to a considerable extent, accepted Noldrei's values and saw them as a simple, ordinary reality.
As for whether Vita was willing, that wasn't within their scope of consideration.
But Noldrei was truly a beacon of human morality. He shook his head and refused, "There's no need. And I don't think Vita is the type who can properly educate her own offspring. Since we've already decided to centralize reproductive rights, we can't make an exception for Vita. When her genes are needed, just send her a notification."
Bronya considered whether she, too, would one day receive a notice that some of her genes were being borrowed.
Perhaps one day on the street, the people who greeted Bronya might have genes from all over the world.
Thinking of this, Bronya felt a little dizzy.
"The human body has over 3 billion base pairs, and only a small fraction of them are truly your own. In fact, most of our base pairs are the same." Noldrei seemed to have noticed Bronya's discomfort and explained, "The most differentiated part is non-coding RNA. You don't need to worry that other lifeforms using these partial genes of yours will create any life-responsibility relationship with you. It's like..."
Noldrei thought for a moment. "It's like organ donation in the past. You would give your donated organs to strangers. Would you then think you have some kind of blood tie with them?"
"The only difference is that in the past, you donated organs. Now, you're handing over reproducible genetic data that can be used multiple times."
Bronya knew she was overthinking it, but this new relationship completely shattered past blood ties.
According to Noldrei's current explanation, the child born from the union of a man and a woman was just a transfer of some genes. The 'supreme' blood chain between relatives was completely broken.
Just the thought that she and her parents weren't as closely related by blood as she had imagined made Bronya feel a wave of psychological discomfort.
Kiana didn't feel it as deeply as Bronya. Besides not wanting to think about these troublesome things, it was mostly because she and Noldrei were beings produced in the same way.
K-423. Kiana was the name given to her by the father she later came to accept. Just as she had accepted '03' and given him the name Noldrei.
Having also come from a lab, Kiana didn't place much importance on blood ties. It was useless to value them anyway since she had none. She cared more about whether everyone could get along well.
Tesla was still a bit worried. She was skeptical about whether they could use these humans to gradually complete the process of life's reproduction.
In the age of geneticism, a situation of 'privatized genetic data' was bound to appear in humanity's future.
"I'm a little worried. I'm worried the Venusians will have a hard time accepting this kind of revival. And even if they have the Kaslana Stigma organs, they're still just old-era people in a new era."
Tesla shook her head, not optimistic about the state of the Venusian civilization after its revival.