Gotham, late February.

When winter snow meets spring sunshine, water seeps into the soil while melting, creating sticky mud.

Several pitch-black SUVs were driving on the roads on the outskirts of Gotham City. The license plates were white and blue, and the bottom was marked "For official ues only". It is obvious that these vehicles were federal official vehicles and were specially used to participate in official activities.

As for the passengers in the car, the ingredients are quite complex, including the White House think tank, university professors hired within the system, and the heads of various departments of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—including, but not limited to, the director of the Center for Food Review and Research, the director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and the director of the Center for Biological Products Review and Research.

Unlike colleagues in other countries and regions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has an astonishing scope of reference, ranging from food, drugs, vaccines, medical equipment imported and exported across the United States to veterinary medicines, cosmetics, bottled water, and as long as any product related to citizen health, the FDA has decisive authority.

Even pharmaceutical giants like Johnson & Johnson and Bayer had to pay 12% of their smiles to face the FDA's scrutiny, fearing that they would not be able to do anything well and be worn.

At this moment, these stomps of feet can cause earthquakes in the pharmaceutical industry across the United States squeeze into SUVs, looking into the distance through the car windows, a factory on the outskirts of Gotham City.

The three-story factory looks quite simple, with four walls just built and a rough roof at the top.

There were several large machinery parked at the construction site behind the factory, and a group of construction workers were busy walking through it - it seemed that they were planning to continue to build a matching workshop.

“For God’s sake, has this meme company not even fully built a factory?” The FDA’s consultant couldn’t help but complain: “What exactly are we here for?”

"For the instructions from the upper class, for the interests of capital, and for the future of the country." A retired professor at Wesleyan University said bluntly: "Actually, this is also your fault. They just applied for a patent and published a paper, and you rushed over in a hurry, without giving any preparation time."

The FDA bureaucrats couldn't help but remain silent. In the past, they were sitting high in the office, waiting for those flattering and pleasing food and drug manufacturers to submit reports. How could all the employees be dispatched and ran over to review a small business that had not even built a factory.

"But where did this Li Ang come from?" The White House think tank broke the silence and frowned and flirted through the folder. "Southeast Chinese, who just had a household registration last year, now only has a high school education..."

"Genius always plays the game without reason, right?" said the old professor casually. "Maybe he just tinkered with these things from the garage like Bill Gates."

"Don't joke," said the White House think tank with a wry smile: "Even geniuses like Bill Gates and John Carmack who can create amazing inventions in the garage must have complete equipment support. Moreover, medical achievements are no more than IT technology research and development, and require massive experimental data and financial support."

"Do you suspect that Li Ang was a spy sent by a certain force?" The old professor jokingly said: "Even if he is a spy, tell me, which force can come up with bait like epoch-making technology and be willing to take out such bait?"

Everyone rolled their eyes when they heard this, just pretending not to hear the old professor's sarcasm.

This complex investigation team came to Gotham this time to inspect the so-called "meme company" and to meet and negotiate with Li Ang on behalf of the federal government.

Advanced medical technology represented by stem cell culture and the agricultural industrial revolution represented by hydroponic meat will have a profound impact on the entire country.

The SUV moved forward slowly and showed the relevant documents at the entrance of the factory. The security personnel who had already received the notice naturally released the SUV and allowed it to be opened in front of the factory.

The investigators walked out of the car and stood in front of them not a large group of receptionists, but a lonely person.

Li Ang was wearing a white coat, leaning lazily against the factory door frame, throwing bright red apples back and forth in his hands. When he saw the vehicle stop, he put the apples in his pockets, stood up, and greeted the investigators who were walking out of the car: "Hello, I am Li Ang."

The investigation team was vaguely headed by the deputy director of the FDA. Even though this middle-aged man had seen Li Ang’s relevant information, he was still surprised by the other party’s youth when he saw the real person with his own eyes. He reached out to shake hands, "Hello, Li...uh, sir."

The deputy director originally wanted to call the other party a doctor or professor. After all, the people who can stand here basically carry several top titles, the most time is also a master. In Western society, adding a degree title that symbolizes social elites before their names is even more respectful.

"Just call me Li Ang. I am still studying in a public high school." Li Ang was very open-minded. When he was traveling to the Tang Dynasty in his previous life, he also participated in the imperial examination and entered the palace examination. He was not very enthusiastic about Western degree certificates.

"Okay, but with this paper in the first author of the Nature journal, you may be rushing to send you an olive branch, and it will take only minutes to get a degree." The deputy director went down the dowry and skipped the topic, "Do you know what we are here too?"

Li Ang nodded, turned around and entered the factory, "Come with me."

Investigators looked at each other and followed him in one after another.

When they stepped into the factory, the investigators found that the space inside was quite spacious, with cylindrical light tubes embedded in the ceiling dome and pure white tiles on the floor.

There is not much on the first floor, only four cylindrical water tanks lined up side by side, extending to the top of the third floor.

"SMC fiberglass water tank is equipped with a remote level electric valve, water level monitoring system, automatic water tank cleaning system and self-cleaning and disinfection system. It contains nutrient solution and sprayed onto the hydroponic meat through a showerhead."

When you arrive on the second floor, there are rows of glass walls containing hydroponic meat. In order to facilitate cutting and beauty, the cultivation bases of these hydroponic meat are designed into square sterile utensils of 30 cm * 30 cm.

Investigators looked at the vessels and asked, "How fast does this meat grow?"

Li Ang replied: "In a standard sterile vessel, about 3KG of pure beef can be grown every hour. From the degree of oil flower distribution, fat color quality, to the marble muscle texture of the frost-declined marble muscle texture, they all meet the A5 level."

The White House think tank standing in the corner was shocked when he heard this. He roughly swept through the glass walls, turned his mind and quickly calculated: "Each wall has 400 standard vessels, and there are 50 walls here, which means that 60 tons of beef can be produced every hour. Moreover, a fully mechanized factory can start construction 24 hours a day, and 1,440 tons a day, and 510,000 tons a year. This is just a factory!"

The White House think tank blurted out and asked, "What about the cost?"

Li Ang replied: "Unlike tumor cells that require fetal bovine serum for cultivation, the growth process of hydroponic meat is nothing more than nutrient solution. If a filtration circulation system for nutrient solution is installed, the cost price is about US$3/500 kg."

In other words, the cost price is almost none.

FDA advisers frowned and asked, "What kind of cattle are the cells that were the initial samples?"

"Black hair and breeding of Danma cattle." Li Ang brought a thick experimental record form and handed it to the consultants.

"Watanabe..." The White House think tank turned his head and said, "Can other beef species be used as meat?"

"Yes, the cultivation process is exactly the same. Whether it is tendons, bones, and fat, it can be made through directional guidance, but pure meat is more convenient," said Li Ang. "In order to harmonize the taste of the general public, hydroponic meat will take the meat samples of other beef varieties - but it takes more effort to take the patent rights of the beef varieties."

All the professionals present. After looking through one side, it is roughly certain that there is no problem with the production process of hydroponic meat. The health problems at the genetic level can be slowly investigated through experiments, but the process that should be followed still needs to be followed.

Several FDA employees stepped forward and took away a pile of hydroponic meat samples, experimental records, and process assembly line instructions.

Until this time, the indescribable field investigation was only half completed, and the next step was to negotiate with Li Ang.

Everyone walked straight to the third floor and sat down in a slightly simple office. Based on the principle of "harmony brings wealth", the next contract was roughly finalized.

First of all, hydroponic meat can be launched on the market, but it takes some time. Academic institutions need time to explain the principles of hydroponic meat, and major media need time to promote hydroponic meat to avoid arousing fear from the public. At the same time, the federal government also needs time to transform and upgrade agriculture.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and this rule can be used everywhere. The production capacity of hydroponic meat is as great as that of traditional agriculture. This kind of explosion is unquestionable and revolutionary.

The White House think tank hinted that the federal government would come forward as an intermediary to let meme companies cooperate with meat products giants, gradually tighten the gaps in traditional agriculture and animal husbandry, reduce employees and reduce the scale of the industry, and this process may need to be calculated in "years".

This is also impossible. The animal husbandry in the Central Plains involves the jobs of countless citizens, and their jobs need to be arranged. What if these country bumpkins who have lost their jobs riots riots?

Fortunately, the members of the investigation team are all professional talents, and there are no anti-intellectual or anti-technicalists. No one will jump out and accuse Li Ang of destroying citizens' work rights.

The issue of hydroponic meat was roughly discussed, and the atmosphere at the scene was much relaxed. The White House think tank hinted that the federal government was willing to contribute funds to fund Li Ang’s preparations for the establishment of a laboratory, which was specifically used for follow-up research on hydroponic meat and stem cell cultivation. Everything is easy to say about treatment.

The patent for hydroponic meat alone can give the newly established meme company a potential value of tens of billions of dollars, which does not include the stem cell cultivation owned by Li Ang and the subsequent artificial organ technology.

"What is the most valuable thing in the 21st century? Talent." Li Ang silently complained in his heart, indicating that he already had a private laboratory and politely declined the other party's invitation.

The other party was unwilling to give up and proposed to help Li Ang cooperate with other scientific research institutions and recruit scientific researchers to fill the team.

Similarly, Li Ang rejected the request.

He already has a group of good assistants.

Crack, the office door opened, and a woman in workplace costume walked in, holding a stack of reports.

She is Rebecca, one of Li Ang's assistants.

The witch who had lived for more than two hundred years still looked like she was young and beautiful. She bent down slightly and placed the report in front of Li Ang. The golden hair was filled with a faint fragrance.

In the eyes of others, Rebek's image at this time can be regarded as a normal working woman. She has a good figure, a pretty face, a dignified and gentle attitude, and does not have the aggressiveness of a strong woman.

Many investigators were envious of Li Ang, and in addition to understanding, there was a little more contempt for male creatures out of empathy.

What's the secretary doing if you have something to do?

Rebecca turned around and looked at the normal humans in high positions behind the conference table, with a complex emotion emerging in her eyes.

She still remembers the source of this body.

Li Ang fulfilled his promise and reshaped his body for Rebecca, and the method he adopted was really "shaping" in the literal sense.

The skin on the body is made of artificial leather cultivated by stem cells, the tendons are artificial muscles cultivated by stem cells, and the bones are no longer calcium. They are all replaced by light anti-corrosion alloys. Rooney runes are also engraved on them to support weight.

What's even more terrifying is that her blood vessels no longer simply transport blood, but are magical circuits that can draw ether from the surrounding environment at all times.

Her magic affinity is beyond imagination. The large-scale magic that required a long singing in the past could be released by waves. During her breathing and meditation, she could feel the ether whispering in her ears.

She is no longer a flesh and blood body, and can no longer be simply regarded as a "human", but is more like a carefully crafted doll dancing in the prison of steel.

Rebecca has never been so powerful as she even believes that she is now enough to deal with the entire Inquisition and win the battle.

This young Chinese man in a white coat sat behind his desk, less than one meter away from Rebecca. She only needed to run the magic circuit to burst out a column of light composed of pure magic, completely tearing the narrow office apart.

Li Ang looked at Rebecca's smiling expression with interest, gently pulled her collar, and said in her ear: "If you want to do it, just take advantage of the situation. Even if you can't kill me, at least you can kill all the senior officials from Washington."

A trace of struggle flashed in Rebecca's eyes, but in the end, she just took Li Ang's hand with a reserved attitude, "You're over-thinking."

She turned around, left the room, leaned against the railing and looked at the flesh wall below.

Rebecca opened her lips lightly, and she let out a breath of turbid air.
Chapter completed!