Chapter 1647: Studying Magic Starts with Playing Dragons (Monthly Ticket Adds 14 Updates)

"The mature dragon in need of service" - the black dragon Bornhard, was really moved by me.

Germ cells are not precious!

These male giant dragons don't live with their wives every day and have to pay public food every day! Especially adult dragons and young dragons, most of them don’t even have wives yet!

No matter what, he would scatter his reproductive cells on dragon beasts, demonic lizards, and various female and even male creatures in his territory. For the common benefit of the dragon clan, it is not a problem to contribute a little to the Mage Tower!

And they are black dragons. If it is a gold dragon, silver dragon, brass dragon, etc., it may require a lot of persuasion and cajoling, as well as exchange of interests and so on. Black dragon? How can such a thing happen to a black dragon?

Either hand it over obediently, or I'll beat you until you hand it over!

The key is that he really needs this research himself. He is nearly a thousand years old and will soon enter old age. He has not impregnated his wife or any female dragon for three hundred years...

Even among the female creatures around him, such as cloud giants, lizardmen, ogres, and dragon beasts, he has not gotten any of his relatives or other female creatures pregnant for at least fifty years.

This made the black dragon Bornhard a little nervous. Am I going to die? Am I too old? Am I—can’t have any more children?

No!

Although I have lived for more than nine hundred years, lived with three female dragons, and laid five clutches of eggs, only seven of my children have survived to adulthood so far!

I want more kids!

More whelps!

More children means a stronger family, which means that they can seize more territory and have more resources!

Big sales and discounts during the experiment! As long as thirty germ cells are provided as experimental materials and meet the requirements, Master Nordmark will personally help with assisted reproduction!

The only problem is...

"This... mature dragons are harder to find... Can we use young and adult dragons instead?"

Grete kept writing experimental ideas in his scratch pad as he brushed and brushed. When I heard this request, I paused with my pen tip, put the pen holder against my chin, and remained silent for a long time:

"...Let's do this. First, ten young dragons and ten adult dragons will line up at the mage tower and call in according to my requirements. The mature dragons...can find as many as they can. If not, they will Just come in person..."

After giving in like this, Gretel quickly obtained a sufficient amount of dragon spirit, and came to the answer he expected:

As age increases, even for dragons, sperm motility decreases!

If it drops to a certain level, it is very likely that it will not be possible to fertilize the female dragon's eggs!

"What should we do?"

The black dragon Bornhard stared hard, stared hard, stared hard, until his eyes were sore, and he could not see through the two pieces of glass of the microscope to understand what "decreased sperm motility" meant.

Don’t those little dots, tiny dots, and translucent dots all look the same?

Who said his sperm motility has dropped?

Use your mental power to perceive the power of life...perceive...perceive...there is no difference in perceiving it!

"Ah, there is still a way." Grete smiled calmly:

"We select the sperm with stronger vitality and then send it in to combine with the egg. We have mature spells to send it in and promote the combination, and we have achieved success with other dragons before..."

"Then, how to choose?"

"This still requires research and experimentation..."

"Hurry up then!"

Needless to say, I also hope it will be soon. Gretel smiled and pushed the black dragon Bornhard out, turned around and hung up the research topic in the mage tower:

Project goal: Separation of viable sperm.

Topic content: From a tube of semen, separate healthy, complete, energetic sperm that can move forward quickly in a straight line, and move them individually into a complete container.

Project evaluation criteria:

1. Transfer speed: The selection and transfer of all viable sperm should be completed within 30 minutes after the semen is liquefied.

2. Transfer safety: The transferred sperm should still have normal vitality after transfer, and the sperm should not be significantly damaged.

3. Transfer accuracy: The transferred sperm contains the total amount of B-level sperm (moving forward slowly or sluggishly), C-level sperm (non-forward movement, moving in place), and D-level sperm (immobile). shall not be greater than 10%;

After the transfer is completed, after the remaining semen, the proportion of viable sperm shall not exceed 20%;

4. Experimental costs...

Detailed description of the subject...

Note:

1. The ultimate goal of this project is to provide assisted reproduction services for high-level dragons. Therefore, researchers need to consider the corrosiveness of dragon semen;

2. Considering the rarity of dragon semen, it is recommended that researchers replace it with germ cells of other races in the early stages;

3. This topic can be studied competitively, allowing multiple schools of thought and multiple groups to accept...

The request that Master Nordmark put forward in person was, of course, immediately taken seriously by all magicians.

Almost as soon as the subject was posted, various prompt sounds such as "ding dong", "ding dong", "beep - beep - beep - beep" rang in the ears of the magicians. :

There is a subject!

There are important issues!

Go grab it!

Go grab it!

Go grab it!

The magician who was giving the lecture put down his course materials and rushed out like a whirlwind;

The magicians who were listening to the class below followed suit with a bang, each rushing towards their respective terminals;

The magicians who were conducting experiments were clanging and clattering. If they could cover the lid, they would cover it. If they could extinguish the source of the fire, they would extinguish it. If they could stop the power, they would stop the power. One by one, they quickly put down their work and went to the information center. run.

As for those who are halfway through the experiment and halfway through the reaction, and really can't stop, they can only look at the backs of their colleagues sadly, and then comfort themselves:

“With so many people going, they may not be able to grab it!”

"If the experiment is stopped once, at least their losses will be ready!"

"The most important thing is to do the job well! Ten birds in the forest are worth less than one in the hand!"

"What happened to little Gretel?"

The Lord of Thunder also heard three consecutive "ding-ding-ding" sounds - coming from Archmage Philby's study.

After the sound rang out, his disciple stopped reporting and quickly began to swipe at the magic crystal panel. Then, his expression became very strange. Red and white, red and white, and finally, the panel was turned off with a "snap".

"Uh...it's okay, it's just that he posted a new research topic..."

Philby tried to answer calmly. The Lord of Thunder became curious, so he pulled the magic crystal panel and drew on it:

"..."

I always feel that the idea of ​​​​this topic is somewhat, how should I put it, what is the meaning?

Especially the sentence "replace with germ cells of other races"...

The Lord of Thunder also crossed out the magic crystal panel without saying a word. Just as the writing on the screen went out, another smiling face came over from the other side of the desk:

"What exactly is the subject?"

"It's a subject that has nothing to do with us..." The Lord of Thunder calmly turned off the magic crystal panel and moved it back to his disciples:

"Norrell, and Philby, let's continue discussing the accelerator's plan to deal with extraordinary seeds..."

Well, theoretically, sperm, eggs, or fertilized eggs are also a type of "seed". I wonder if that little guy Grete will ever think of using an accelerator to process "seeds"...

Gretel's research topic indeed caused a sensation in the Mage Tower. There is no designated school of thought to take over the project and conduct competitive research, which means that the demanders of this topic are not sure which technical route can be adopted;

Then, everyone will...

Work hard!

"I think we can give this project a try!" The head of the school of thought in the Department of Change was immediately blocked in the office by three colleagues:

"Isn't it just about selecting a specific material from a pile of mixed materials? We are good at it! Our alchemy branch is best at purifying impurities!"

"Although what needs to be purified this time are biologically active cells... it's not difficult at all! We have similar experience, just transplant them and use them!"

The Change Department devoted itself to Grete's project with great enthusiasm, and even divided into three groups with three different ideas. At the same time, Archmage Morton of the Conjuration Department also rushed forward with enthusiasm:

"This magic is very helpful to the naked eye in the treatment work of the medical branch! With it, we can help many patients with fertility difficulties to have children!

——We must win this project! In the past, magic arrays were used to refine penicillin, streptomycin, and various drugs. Adjusting magic arrays is the strength of the conjuration system! "

Magicians of the protection and control systems are relatively indifferent to this project. The necromancers rushed forward desperately:

"Research! You must research! It would be good to get some dragon semen by the way! Maybe it can be used for-"

"Pa!" An enhanced version of the mage's hand fell on his forehead:

"If you want to think about it, don't say it! - No, you can't even think about it! When we came here, we all signed a magic contract. We can't use any materials from the Dragon Clan for anything beyond the scope of research! You want to kill us? !”

All in all, half of the mage tower was stirred up when one of Gretel's research topics came up. The quietest ones are the magicians of the plasticity department:

Half of them did chromosome sequencing, and they were so good at it. After spending so much effort before, it was finally possible to develop a standard procedure for gel electrophoresis. The next step is to further analyze a large number of Dragon Clan extraordinary points;

The other half were carried by Archmage Philbi to Gretel's territory, the mage tower equipped with an accelerator - or in other words, only an accelerator.

There are so many projects to study in the accelerator, and throwing 20 people into it is just a drop in the ocean! Not to mention, the Lord of Thunder has arrived, and he is personally directing the research work of the accelerator. It seems that there will be a lot more research projects...

With such a cutting-edge topic, such high-end guidance, and such rich feedback, it is naturally impossible for the Department of Plastic Surgery to be interested in the sperm purification project. The only thing that can disturb them is:

"Hey, man, can you give me a little...hehehehe..."

"roll!!!"

Research materials are a big problem. For example, what is the source of the semen used for purification?

Animal semen? ——Stag? Male wolf? Breeding pig? Magic lizard? False dragon? Yaron?

Or dragon beast? Dragons are hard to deal with, but dragon beasts are still easy to deal with...

Or, humans?

Archmage Morton of the Conjuration Department particularly hopes to use human semen directly to transplant the results directly. However, the magicians who can come to work on Dragon Island are already very old, and their output is very limited...

"Well, the leading stags in the herd are all of hunting age...old stags? Old stags are harder to find..."

"Male wolf? Male wolves too. Old alpha wolves will be kicked out of the pack and become wanderers after being defeated..."

"Why can't you jerk me off? - Nonsense, of course I can't jerk you off. It's not the estrus period yet! When is the estrus period of the magic lizard? How do I know? You can go to the Natural Cult opposite and ask..."

"Dragon beast! Why can't this dragon beast be pulled out..."

"Go to the Transformation Department and ask? Over there, who is the one who specializes in dragon-shaped transformation..."

"Idiot! You should ask the control department for this kind of thing!"

Boom boom boom, boom boom boom, the alchemists, the conjuration magicians, and the necromancers bumped into each other at the door of the laboratory of the control department.

After hearing their request, Mrs. Alisa of the control department turned blue:

"The objects of our spells are people! They are people! Not dragon beasts! Not other beasts! What kind of male deer, male wolf, or breeding pig you want to win? Just think of your own way! - Get out!!!"

"Well……"

If you want to get rich, start by pulling down trees... No, if you want to engage in magic research, start by pulling down dragons. If you can't get rid of dragons, then start with other animals...

The magicians of several other departments were sprayed with disgrace and retreated in dismay. The alchemists set up a magic circle and began to purify:

"First, we need to select a sperm with high motility and put it into the magic array as a sample, and then let the magic array purify sperm with similar characteristics..."

"Ah! I caught at least a hundred sperm in this handful! Dilute it! Keep fishing!"

"Dilute it again! Fish it again!"

"Why is the activity getting lower and lower...Is there something wrong with the diluent?"

"How about adding some activity to it? Like, a healing spell?"

"Or add diluted holy water? 1:10 dilution, 1:100 dilution, all the way to 1:1000 dilution, use distilled water, use physiological saline, dilute with pure liquid of semen, and then do it one by one?"

If Gretel had read about sperm selection, Gretel would have told them that there are many ways to select sperm:

Upstream method, gradient centrifugation method, electrophoresis method, electrokinetic potential method, hyaluronic acid binding method, annexin V selection method, morphology selective sperm injection technology (IMSI), microfluidic chip method and so on.

Every technology has countless details. For example, what density of centrifugal fluid was used in the earliest gradient centrifugation method? The ratio of centrifuge liquid? How long does it take to centrifuge and what is the centrifugation speed?

However, Grete knew nothing about this. Therefore, he could only close his eyes, pretend not to know anything, and let the magicians go crazy:

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... Can anyone help me get some dragon semen... My demon doll was trampled! Is it too late to borrow a skeleton from the necromancy department..."

Reference papers for this article:

"Research Progress on Sperm Selection in Assisted Reproduction"

"Research on sperm selection based on microfluidic chip technology"

"Establishment of a new sperm selection method and research on related regulatory mechanisms"

"Analysis of Sperm Selection Methods for Intrauterine Artificial Insemination in Infertile Patients"

"The protective effect of resveratrol on oxidative stress damage during sperm selection"

"Human Serum Albumin Prefers Sperm Selection of Two Types of Abnormal Human Semen"

Etc., etc……