"Does the country have stored genetic samples or live embryos of animals from before the disaster?" Chen Xin asked a research staff member next to him while tinkering with a prototype of a project.

This research staff was here to deliver a prototype of a research project that needed upgrading. Although the total number of projects assigned to Chen Xin had significantly decreased, prototypes still frequently arrived at Chen Xin’s place for upgrades.

Hearing Chen Xin’s question, the research staff member recalled for a moment before replying, "The country established seed banks in the Kunlun Mountains and the Himalayas before the disaster, preserving a large number of plant seeds, animal embryos, and genetic samples. Is there something you need, Academician Chen?"

The research staff’s answer reminded Chen Xin. He had previously heard that the country froze a large quantity of plant seeds and animal embryos in the seed banks of the Kunlun Mountains and the Himalayas, as a foundation for rebuilding Earth’s ecological environment post-apocalypse.

If Flame Country had anything that Chen Xin needed now, these two places were undoubtedly the most promising.

After confirming this, Chen Xin nodded and said to the research staff, "Can the genetic samples and live embryos from these two seed banks be applied for research? I intend to conduct some genetic modification research and need samples and live embryos of wolf genes."

"Genetic modification research? What kind of research are you planning to do, Academician Chen?" The research staff was immediately curious upon hearing Chen Xin’s words.

After all, Chen Xin had previously mostly dealt with machines and had no contact with biological research. Now, although Chen Xin was preparing to enter the field of ecological agriculture research, which indeed requires genetic modification technology, why did he need wolf genetic samples?

"I plan to breed a type of wolf that can adapt to the current climate environment to help humans better survive in the current environment." Chen Xin did not reveal his ultimate goal to the research staff in front of him.

Regarding the breeding of Space Marines, Chen Xin decided it was better for him to convey this himself. If the information were transmitted through ordinary research staff and leaked, it would have undesirable consequences.

"Indeed, Academician Chen! Even if others had this idea, they wouldn’t have the capability to implement it. You are truly remarkable! If you can breed a batch of animals that adapt to the current environment, it could play a significant role!" The research staff understood the prospects of Chen Xin’s proposal with just a little thought.

Leaving aside other uses, even if these animals served no other purpose, slaughtering them for meat and acquiring their fur would be beneficial.

Not to mention, Chen Xin aimed to breed wolves, close kin to dogs, which, if properly nurtured, could certainly become good helpers for humans.

"So can these embryos and samples be applied for?" Chen Xin disregarded the research staff’s compliments, only concerned about obtaining the genetic samples and live embryos. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

After all, no matter how skilled he was, and no matter how powerful his system upgrade function was, he couldn’t create something from nothing. He needed genetic samples and live embryos for modification to make the entire transformation work.

Moreover, the key point was that this was just the beginning. Once he bred a new species of wolf, he would need to extract the so-called "wolf gene" from these wolves for his real objective—the modification of space wolf warriors.

Of course, the modified creatures in the future certainly couldn’t be called Space Marines or space wolf warriors, as they were only ground forces, far from reaching the level of galloping through the starry skies and hunting the firmament as originally envisaged.

"If it’s you, Academician Chen, it should be possible, right? I’m not sure about this matter. The seed banks are for preserving species samples to restore the ecosystem post-apocalypse, which might take hundreds to thousands of years to activate once the natural environment recovers." The research staff pondered for a moment and said to Chen Xin, "If you apply in the name of research, you should be able to get approval, considering you are going to conduct ecological environment research, applying for a batch of genetic samples should be justified."

"Thank you for your suggestion, I will consider it carefully." Chen Xin nodded, already devising a plan in his mind.

After finishing the upgrade of the project prototype in hand, Chen Xin sent it off with the research staff and then proceeded to the temporary military camp of the special forces. He found the Commander, explained his purpose, borrowed their communication equipment, and sent his request for wolf genetic samples and live embryos, along with his conceived genetic modification proposal.

After transmitting the information, Chen Xin also spoke with the Commander about the idea of genetic modification to create super soldiers.

"Can such genetic modification really be done? Would there be any bad consequences?" The first thing the Commander thought of was whether such genetic modification would have side effects.

Chen Xin shook his head. He was confident in his technology, or rather, the upgrade capability of his system. "There would be no bad consequences, but according to my concept, the modified soldiers’ height could reach 2.3~2.5 meters, and their weight would exceed 200 kilograms, with single-arm impact power surpassing half a ton.

There might be instances of dense hair, abnormally growing canines, and some degree of aggression and bloodthirsty tendencies. If these are the adverse effects you’re referring to, some can be controlled and adjusted, while others cannot."

"Which aspects can be controlled?" the Commander inquired with concern. If one simply grows taller and stronger, those are acceptable, but aggression and bloodthirsty tendencies are not traits desired in soldiers, at least not in Flame Country.

Chen Xin anticipated this question from the Commander, as it was a reasonable concern. He smiled and answered, "The increase in height and weight is inevitable, which is the intended effect of genetic modification. As for the dense hair and abnormally growing canines, those are not major issues, while aggression and bloodthirsty tendencies can be controlled and adjusted.

However, I personally believe that retaining a certain degree of wildness is more conducive to combat effectiveness. Although it may indeed bring some negative effects, overall, it remains controllable."

"Sounds good, a bit of hairiness on a man is nothing!" the Commander evidently didn’t consider dense hair on a man to be much of a side effect, merely a matter of using razors more frequently. "But the aggression and bloodthirstiness are very dangerous, we can’t have our soldiers like that."

Chen Xin neither confirmed nor denied, merely nodding and saying, "It’s not difficult to remove that, and it can be controlled through postnatal training."