How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 16: Emerald

  When he first thought about the issue of ‘field source’, Huo Gu first thought about the trace amount of ferroferric oxide contained in the cells.

  The common name of ferroferric oxide is ‘magnet’, which emits a magnetic field at all times. In addition, the content of this substance in the original cell is very small, and it can be consistent with the previous inference that ‘life field is vulnerable to external interference’.

   But the result of the experiment is telling Huo Gu that it was wrong!

  The true face of Changyuan-‘beryllium-aluminosilicate mineral’.

   Just listen to this name, many people will find it unfamiliar, but if it is a common name, it is definitely familiar-‘emerald’, those gems that were once used as jewelry by princes and nobles.

   "Why is this kind of substance? Can this kind of substance also form a "field"?"

   As a result, it suddenly turned into a situation that Huogu couldn't understand. In its impression, emeralds seemed to be useless except for the ornamental value, and I had never heard of it, and could give off a certain field.

  At this time, Huo Gu had realized one thing, its knowledge was no longer enough to help it solve the current problems.

   Human energy is ultimately limited, and every subject is broad and profound. Although he is a professor, he can focus on the knowledge of archaeology, physics, and chemistry after all, but the general knowledge of archaeology.

   "Well, I will put this "Emerald Mystery" first, and solve the better problem first."

Huoguben hopes to find the thing that allows him to maintain his thinking, and then understand the principle to achieve cross-cluster networking. In this way, he only needs to spread countless cell clusters in all corners of the planet, and there is no need to worry about it suddenly appearing. The geological activity will kill it together with the host cell clusters.

   "But it's not bad. Although I haven't found the reason for the "field" of that thing, but after tangled up, it is still acceptable. At least I found out what the medium of cell clusters is interconnected."

   "In this way, you only need to increase the output power of the ‘field’ to cover up the interference and issue commands to distant cells...eh?"

   Just as Huogu planned the follow-up actions, the crisis that affected the entire cell cluster happened so suddenly.

   The first thing that happened was the inner wall cells in the digestive cavity and the inner cells near the inner wall cells. They went into a dead state one after another.

   Attacking microorganisms?

   Huogu thought of this subconsciously.

  There is no other reason. It has absolute confidence. Those microorganisms can never break through the completely enclosed cell wall of parietal cells. Parietal cells rely on the protein channels of adjacent inner cells to ensure cell viability.

   This can also explain why the inner wall cells of the digestive cavity and the inner cells connected to it are the ones that die first.

   There is only the digestive cavity where the entire cell cluster and the outside circulate substances. The inner cells use the larger gaps between the cells on the inner wall to take in the amino acids in the digestive cavity and provide nourishment for the entire cell cluster.

   But then, Huo Gu immediately discarded this conjecture.

All microorganisms rely on protein and amino acids as the basic units to build themselves. Taking into account the possible existence of extreme acidophilic bacteria, the digestive juice that Huogu chose at the beginning was enzymes, which are a big killer for microorganisms that use protein as the basis of life. .

   And the space between the inner wall cells is absolutely impossible to invade. There is not only the entrance for the inner cells to take up the protein, but also the exit for the release of digestive enzymes. In the entire digestive cavity, there is the highest concentration of enzymes.

   Except for completely specialized and enclosed cells like parietal cells, no microorganisms can resist the decomposition of digestive enzymes for a long time.

   But since the cause is not microorganisms, what is it that caused the death of inner wall cells and neighboring inner cells?

  Because I have been focusing on the source of the cell cluster network before, Huogu did not notice the abnormal condition of the cell until the death of the cell. The specific process is not clear.

   Huogu made a rough observation of the inner cells around the inner wall, but did not find out the reason.

   The material interaction between the digestive cavity and the outside world is absolutely impossible to stop, just like people need to breathe. All the cells in the cell cluster also count on the digestive cavity to collect and integrate the'supplies' to maintain their cell viability.

   Immediately, Huogu gave new instructions to the cell cluster.

   "The cell divides, repairs the inner wall of the cavity, and replaces dead cells."

   A certain amount of protein reserves was consumed, and the inner wall cells and inner cells replaced the dead cells, completed the repair of the digestive cavity, and continued the operation of resource collection.

However, the same thing happened again soon. The inner cells that collected amino acids and proteins through the crevices of the parietal cells quickly lost their cell membranes, repeating the same mistakes of the previous cells. After a while, the inner cells once again After death, the parietal cells connected to it also lose their nourishment and cannot follow suit. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

   During the whole process, Huo Gu was watching with cold eyes. The death of the cells did not make it panic. Rather, it was deliberate for everything that happened in order to understand the cause of the death of the cells.

   "External factors have caused the'denaturation' of the cell membrane... well, it's a water problem."

  The cells of cell clusters originally lived in the waters near the submarine volcanoes. The waters were hot and acidic. It was a paradise for acidophilic bacteria and a **** for non-acidophilic bacteria.

But now, Huogu led the cell cluster out of the waters and came to a neutral waters. As a cell cluster of acidophilic bacteria, it is natural that they cannot accept this environment. The cell membranes of the inner cells are exposed to neutral aqueous solutions. When the protein is "denatured", it loses its original activity, and it becomes a matter of course.

The solution to this problem is also very simple. It only needs to make some subtle adjustments to the properties of the cell membrane. Whether it is acidophilic bacteria or alkaliphilic bacteria, the cytoplasmic solution inside them is neutral, and it depends on the cell membrane to adjust the liquid. Only to survive in that extreme environment.

The process of    transformation is not cumbersome. Thanks to the self-replication of the cells themselves, Huogu quickly obtained a batch of inner cells that can survive in neutral waters.

   However, the result of the implementation was not as simple as Huo Gu thought. Under its awkward sight, the newly constructed inner wall still fell apart as before.

   "Why is this?"

   "I have clearly adjusted the mechanism of the cell wall, why does the protein still undergo ‘denaturation’?"

   Suddenly, Huogu noticed the tiny crystal particles floating in the digestive cavity solution.

   "Salt...wait, can't it be said!?"

   The cell cluster covers 360 degrees of all-round perspective and began to mobilize.