After readjusting his emotions, Chen Xin also reorganized his thoughts and plans.

Since human genetic modification is still too premature right now, this plan can only be shelved temporarily until a more suitable time in the future.

However, while the human genetic modification plan has been put on hold, the modification and breeding of wolves can continue for now. Developing large-sized, high-cold-resistant wolves as a new type of livestock for the current environment is a promising area of research, and the country views it favorably.

If it weren’t for Chen Xin proposing the human genetic modification plan later, it’s believed that the modification and breeding of wolves alone would definitely receive strong support from the state.

Luckily, it’s not too bad now. The ethics review committee has already approved the experiment. Once the research facility is complete, relevant genetic samples and live wolf embryos will be delivered.

Completing this study isn’t difficult. After all, there are massive creatures like the North American Kenai Mountain wolves, which stand 1.2 meters tall and exceed two meters in length, as well as Arctic Wolves, which can withstand temperatures as low as minus fifty degrees. Moreover, since wolves and dogs are closely related, breeding large wolves with sufficient size, good endurance, and cold resistance should be fairly straightforward.

Of course, breeding using dogs as a base is also possible. However, generally speaking, dogs are smaller than wolves, with just a few large breeds being comparable in size. Thus, using wolves as the base makes it easier to breed the large creatures Chen Xin requires.

It’s just that breeding a truly suitable large creature isn’t simple. Besides genetic modification, it’s necessary to modify and adjust based on live samples bred and to explore suitable breeding methods.

After all, it’s a living animal, not a machine that can operate on pre-set programs.

Speaking of machines, Chen Xin couldn’t help but wonder if the Sos Mechanical Beast might be a good choice too?

Although it’s just a setting in some toys, Chen Xin particularly likes the Long-toothed Lion series and has even collected them.

However, after serious consideration, Chen Xin had to abandon this idea. While the Sos Mechanical Beasts appear to be mere steel machines similar to Gundams and Titans, they are, in fact, designed as bona fide metallic life forms.

Even if he only wanted to build a Mecha that resembles it, making it combat-ready would require very high standards in artificial intelligence and mechanical processing, which is beyond the current manufacturing capabilities of the country.

So, it’s better to first produce the relatively easier Titan, and then consider creating mechanical beasts and Gundams.

Moreover, in developing large cold-resistant wolves, there’s a very important issue that needs solving.

It’s well-known that mammalian reproduction requires a maternal body. Mammals undergo development within the maternal body to a certain stage before being born, unlike oviparous animals that develop within eggs.

So even if Chen Xin can acquire live embryos, to develop them into mature organisms, he will still need a maternal body for gestation, or use artificial breeding methods to mature the embryos.

Artificial breeding is evidently not easy. Even before the disaster, nations worldwide were researching it, but the artificial womb technology needed for breeding embryos hasn’t matured.

However, this is simple for Chen Xin. Manufacturing cultivation chambers isn’t difficult; the key issue remains the technology itself.

After all, Chen Xin only provides the equipment, not the technology. Therefore, specialist assistance is needed, which is precisely the main work and research topic of the biological laboratory after the research facility is completed.

In summary, after clarifying his thoughts, Chen Xin once again made a list of what he needs to do next.

The first priority is, of course, waiting for the completion of the Ecological Dome at the research facility and then conducting another overall upgrade connection between the research facility and his refuge.

Second is the cultivation of cold-resistant wolves, which is divided into sub-tasks like building cultivation chambers, adjusting wolf genetics, embryo development, individual training, and live reproduction. It’s a long-term endeavor.

The third task, manufacturing Titans, doesn’t differ in priority from the wolf breeding work. For this task, Chen Xin primarily focuses on making the prototype of a Titan, then assisting factories in technology cracking and reverse research to complete production line construction and begin producing this combat weapon.

As for manufacturing other beast-like machines and constructing Gundams, or even starting to cultivate genuine metal life forms like Sos Beasts, those are future projects that are not urgent now.

The fourth task, energy project research, is another important topic. Although controllable nuclear fusion, deep geothermal extraction, and thermoelectric isotope generation technologies exist, these still possess significant potential for enhancement.

Apart from these significant projects, Chen Xin is also considering the manufacture of individual protective armor.

While the Exoskeleton Protective Suit has already begun widespread use and the military has started deploying military Exoskeletons, which have considerable protective capabilities, Chen Xin still wants to create something different.

For example, the Power Armor that covers the entire body, though it was made, hasn’t been imitated or mass-produced. The military has been eagerly eyeing it for quite some time.

Besides the Power Armor itself, associated weapons and the vehicles equipped for Power Armor-wearing soldiers all require concurrent development.

Weapons can still make do with existing ones, but vehicles are challenging to adapt.

Since when soldiers wear Power Armor, both their total weight and body dimensions change considerably. For instance, a Z-20 helicopter can originally seat ten ordinarily equipped soldiers without weapon modules, but only eight with weapon racks.

If it’s carrying soldiers wearing Power Armor, even without weapons racks, it can only carry six soldiers and their equipment, and there isn’t enough space in the cabin for both them and their Power Armor.

As for armored personnel carriers, their internal space restricts even normally sized soldiers, let alone those in Power Armor.

Especially the Heavy Mecha provided by Chen Xin to the military, although not yet mass-produced, its size means it can’t be carried by any vehicle apart from trucks, and even helicopters can only transport it using sling methods.

Therefore, development of related auxiliary vehicles is necessary and is a key focus of the military’s attention.

Fortunately, in this regard, the military hasn’t relied solely on Chen Xin but has tasked other related research institutes with developing original vehicles. Current progress is reportedly satisfactory.