Luo Wenkun once accidentally bought an artificial shrimp. When he ate it, he found no obvious abnormalities. When he later checked the ingredient list on the package, he discovered that it was actually "artificial shrimp" made from plant protein.

After reading the text on the packaging, Luo Wenkun realized that there seemed to be some slight differences between the two, but he was not sure whether this was just a psychological suggestion.

After hearing Luo Wenkun's words, Lin Shi quickly retorted:

"It's just that your sense of taste is not sensitive enough. The difference is still very obvious. Plant protein cannot completely replace animal protein. Life without meat is incomplete!"

As a foodie and meat lover, Lin Shi stuck to her point of view and did not back down because of Luo Wenkun's words.

"I also support Lin Shi on this point. It is indeed too uncomfortable not to eat meat. Replacing animal protein with plant protein is essentially a vegetarian diet," Hu Shucheng said.

Seeing this, Xu You also stood up and said:

"Yes, I also think animal protein is an indispensable part. Of course, I also know that it is difficult to build a pasture like the one on the Blue Star underground on the moon. Even if some pastures can be built, the meat-eating

The price will also be very high and can only be eaten by a few people. This is inconsistent with our original concept."

Since Xu You is willing to take people all over the world to escape, he naturally hopes that everyone can live a better life instead of living in an underground shelter like staying in prison.

At this time, Xu You changed the subject:

“I think one direction that can be considered to balance this matter is to research real ‘artificial meat’.”

“Real cultured meat?”

After hearing Xu You's words, Luo Wenkun, Lin Shi and Hu Shucheng all said in surprise.

Lin Shi was the first to react and confirmed to Xu You:

"Teacher, is the direction you are talking about using cell-based cells to cultivate artificial meat?"

Lin Shi is worthy of being one of the people who has the most tacit understanding with Xu You, and she immediately understands Xu You's thoughts.

Xu You nodded and said:

"Yes, this is the direction. We directly use animal stem cells as seeds to grow various meats like growing plants. In fact, some companies are already doing this, but it is still in a relatively early stage.

There is still a very big gap between true marketization. What we want to do is to really apply this technology and make it truly marketable."

In the current direction of cell-based artificial meat, the meat produced not only tastes worse than normal meat, but the cost is also very high, far more expensive than ordinary meat.

Except for a very small number of people who buy this kind of artificial meat out of curiosity, most ordinary people will never give this kind of artificial meat a second glance.

"Well, if this technology can really be marketed, I would also like to try to accept this kind of artificial meat. The premise is that the taste is not much worse than normal meat, safety issues can be guaranteed, and the price is normal."

Lin Shi said.

"But this technology is really exciting. Using cell-based materials to make artificial meat can only produce specific parts. For example, chicken can produce more parts of chicken wings, pork can produce more trotters, and beef can produce more than five parts.

The meaty part of the shank... No, I’m almost drooling just thinking about it.”

Hu Shucheng is rather optimistic about this technology. After all, if it can really be like Hu Shucheng's ideal, then humans can really achieve meat freedom.

After listening to everyone’s discussion, Luo Wenkun said:

"Well, this direction can indeed be discussed in detail. But after all, we are not experts in biology, so we should study it with experts later. I will discuss this matter with Gao Mi and other experts, and wait until I return to Jijing University

When the time comes, we will discuss it in detail."

Xu You didn't have too in-depth research on the technology of cell-based cultured artificial meat, so he nodded and agreed to Luo Wenkun's proposal.

In the time that followed, everyone continued to discuss other details of the lunar space station transformation project and reached agreement on multiple ideas.

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After several days of meetings, expert delegations from various countries have completed a number of project cooperation agreements.

This means that the lunar space station transformation plan is no longer just an empty fantasy, but a plan that has actually been carried out.

The transformation of the lunar space station does not mean that all humans on Blue Star will definitely escape to outer space on the moon. This is just an alternative plan.

If humans can successfully resist the impact of alien civilization and ensure the safety of Blue Star, then there will be no need for humans to evacuate.

But everyone knows that judging from the various technologies displayed by alien civilizations, their civilization level is most likely much higher than that of Blue Star's civilization.

Therefore, regardless of whether the humans on Blue Star want to escape in the end, the lunar space station transformation plan must be carried out as soon as possible.

After the meeting, Xu You and others returned to Jijing University.

Gao Mi had received a notice from Luo Wenkun. After confirming that Xu You had returned to school and had time to see him, he brought several core scientists from the team to Xu You's laboratory.

"Professor Gao, you are here."

Seeing Gao Mi and others coming, Xu You smiled and greeted them.

"Academician Xu, I heard that you and Mr. Luo are discussing the issue of artificial meat, and you want to discuss it with us."

"Yes, there is indeed such a thing. This is a technology that needs to be studied on the moon in the future, because the space of the moon is relatively limited. It is not easy to build a large number of pastures like on the blue star.

Realistic things. Therefore, we must carry out technical research on artificial meat and strive to allow people around the world to eat meat on the moon."

After listening to what Xu You said, Gao Mi finally understood why Xu You was looking for him.

"It turns out that the lunar space is indeed not suitable for large-scale livestock breeding."

In the following time, Gao Mi introduced some information about artificial meat to Xu You.

"There are two main directions for artificial meat. The first is artificial meat based on plant protein, which is plant-based artificial meat. This direction can simulate the taste of meat to the greatest extent, but it is still plant protein in essence."

"The second type is animal-based artificial meat, which is different from plant-based artificial meat. It is based on biological tissue culture and uses animal stem cells as seeds to produce meat."
Chapter completed!