Chapter 1290 Old Man Fuji

The Origin Project is Xia Yu’s current priority.

Almost every week, Chi Hanqing would call Xia Yu to report the latest progress of the Origin Project. This time when he came to the laboratory, he naturally had to focus on the actual progress of the Origin Project.

"Chi Hanqing, please tell me about the latest experimental progress of the Origin Project." Xia Yu directly called Chi Hanqing's name and asked.

"Okay." Chi Hanqing nodded and said in a deep voice, "The Origin Project is still in its first phase. Considering the extreme rarity of Mew cells, we dare not rashly use them for experiments. Instead, we are trying to analyze Mew cells while simultaneously attempting to create new Pokémon using Ditto's cells as a blueprint."

"Currently... progress in both directions is relatively slow, and there are significant technical challenges." Chi Hanqing paused, then said seriously, "The strength of Dream's cells is beyond our imagination, and the most important reason is that they are covered in a thick layer of super-energy film."

"Although we can easily destroy this Psychic-type energy film with our technology, we are afraid of the impact on the Mew Cells, so we dare not try it rashly." Chi Hanqing explained: "Champion Xia, we need a master-level peak Psychic-type Pokémon to help us."

"I'll leave Deoxys to you." Xia Yu took out a Poké Ball from his waist and placed it on the table. He looked at Chi Hanqing and said, "With Deoxys's strength, it's enough to meet your requirements. Are there any problems analyzing Mew's cells?"

"Not for now." Chi Hanqing responded.

"Let's continue talking about the problem in another direction." Xia Yu looked at Chi Hanqing and continued.

"There's a major problem with using Ditto's cells as a blueprint for creating Pokémon. Ditto's cells are extremely active and unstable, and they have the ability to transform. This means the Pokémon we can clone can only be Ditto, and we can't create completely new Pokémon at this point." Chi Hanqing said, "We've tried countless times, but using Ditto's cells as a blueprint, we can only clone Ditto."

"What if we give up Ditto's transformation ability?" Xia Yu said incisively.

In the previous life, Mewtwo was a fighting monster created by abandoning Mew's transformation ability and recombining its genes.

"Give up Ditto's transformation ability..." Chi Hanqing listened to Xia Yu's words, murmured in a low voice, and a hesitant expression appeared on his face.

"That's right. By recombining its genes and completely abandoning its transformation ability, we can avoid the problem of its cells being inappropriate, and then create a new Pokémon for the purpose of fighting." Xia Yu said.

"Champion Xia..." Qian Mingyuan, who was sitting next to Chi Hanqing, suddenly raised his hand and interrupted Xia Yu: "Sorry to interrupt you, I have something to add."

"In theory, your idea is feasible, but it would require enormous manpower and resources. Our current observations show that Mew's genome contains the genes of almost every Pokémon. Recombining these genomes in different sequences would create hundreds of millions, perhaps even billions, of possible combinations."

"Champion Xia, that's a huge number." Qian Mingyuan looked at Xia Yu and said, "Even if our lab cultivates tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of embryos at the same time, it will take thousands or even tens of thousands of days."

"This doesn't even include the time for training and growth." Qian Mingyuan looked at Xia Yu with a serious face: "Xia Guanjun, I know you are a genius. From a personal point of view, I support your decision very much. However, from the long-term development of the Giant Laboratory, I am not optimistic about this plan."

"The investment cost is too high, and the return... to be honest, I can hardly see it."

After listening to Qian Mingyuan's words, the conference room fell into an eerie silence. After all, the Giant Laboratory has always been Xia Yu's territory, and few people would raise objections to Xia Yu so directly.

"Director Qian..." Xia Yu was not annoyed. He sat on the chair, looking at Qian Mingyuan calmly, his tone also very calm: "From the perspective of the operation and development of the Gigantamax Laboratory, I agree with your opinion, but from the perspective of my identity as a Pokémon doctor and trainer, I do not agree with your point of view."

"Like you said before, Mew's genome contains the genes of almost all Pokémon. If we really find the optimal combination among these hundreds of millions of permutations, does that mean we've found the strongest Pokémon in theory?"

"The strongest Pokémon..." Xia Yu's tone suddenly became a little emotional: "Director Qian, you should know that in today's world, even ten, a hundred, or a thousand master-level Pokémon are not as good as a quasi-god-level Pokémon!"

"My goal in launching the Origin Project from the very beginning was to cultivate the theoretically strongest Pokémon!"

"As long as we can cultivate a quasi-god-level Pokémon, it would be worth it even if we empty the entire Maxim Lab's funds!" Xia Yu said seriously, "We are carrying out a plan that can change China and the world. I don't want anyone here to question me or the entire Origin Project!"

"If anyone has any opinions or ideas, please raise them today. I will do my best to answer them, but... I hope this is the last time you raise any opinions!" Xia Yu said seriously, "Don't tell me about difficulties. You are all leaders in your respective fields. The only purpose of sitting here is to solve problems!"

Xia Yu's words caused the conference room to fall into a brief silence.

"Champion Xia, I still have reservations about the Origin Project, but I respect your ideas and opinions and will do my best to cooperate with you." Even Qian Mingyuan did not disobey Xia Yu's opinion at this time: "But Champion Xia, as I just said, you have to be mentally prepared. It may take decades to obtain experimental results."

"Yeah." Xia Yu nodded. He certainly knew that the process of creating Mewtwo would not be simple.

You should know that it was clearly mentioned in the previous anime and games that Mewtwo was the result of Dr. Fuji's years of terrible genetic research experiments with the help of Team Rocket.

Dr. Fuji can be regarded as an important character in the Pokémon game. Most people may not know Dr. Fuji, but they should have heard of Old Man Fuji.

It has been hinted several times in the games and anime that Dr. Fuji and Mr. Fuji are the same person.

This also means that Dr. Fuji was the developer of Mewtwo when he was young, and when he was old, he returned to the Pokémon House in Lavender Town with his granddaughter. In the game, after the protagonist defeats the ghost Garagara in Lavender Town, Mr. Fuji will give the protagonist the key item, the Pokémon Flute, to wake up the Snorlax who is blocking the road.

Such a genius spent more than ten years or even decades to create Mewtwo with the support of Team Rocket.

Xia Yu had naturally prepared for a long battle.

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friendly reminder.

Xia Yu is absolutely unable to create Mewtwo now, as there is still a very critical link missing in creating Mewtwo.

Because in the game, a very crucial piece of information is mentioned, that is, in the diary left by Dr. Fuji in the Pokémon House, it is clearly recorded that Mewtwo is the Pokémon born from Mew!

Diary February 6th

A child was born from fantasy.

Let’s call the newborn boy Mewtwo.

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