How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 17: Salt

The salt in Huogu dialect does not simply refer to sodium chloride, which is commonly consumed by humans, but refers to a broad category in the chemical system, that is, a type of metal ion or ammonium ion combined with acid or non-metal ions. Compound'.

"found it!"

   After adjusting the vitreous body of his eyes several times, Huogu captured the plume of smoke rising from the bottom of the sea in the distance, exactly the same as the plume of submarine volcanic smoke that he had seen before.

   "Sure enough..."

   The original panic mood suddenly settled down, and a certain conjecture in his heart was confirmed.

   The source of protein denaturation in cell membranes, in addition to the pH of the aqueous solution, there is another important factor, that is temperature!

   In the period of the ancient universe, it was a dead Jedi only suitable for microorganisms to survive. The planet in this period was a super giant steamer.

   Why is there a million-year-long downpour?

   This is the reason. The high temperature of the inner core of the entire planet boils seawater. While the water vapor finishes dissipating heat at high altitude, it falls back to the planet's surface in the form of rain and then evaporates again.

  During this period, the water temperature of seawater has been kept at the highest temperature of liquid water—100 degrees! That is boiling water!

  Life is very tenacious. Even in this extremely harsh environment, there is still life. Cell clusters and the microorganisms encountered before are living examples.

   However, although the high temperature of 100 degrees cannot harm these microorganisms, the low temperature can.

   Salt is an ‘exothermic reaction’ when it is formed, but since the water temperature is originally the highest 100 degrees, it will not have any effect, and the key point is after this.

   Due to environmental factors, these salts will undergo ‘hydrolysis’ soon after they are formed. This is an ‘endothermic reaction’. In the process of hydrolysis, the water temperature is also absorbed.

   So, in this ‘steamer’ world, ‘low temperature’ was created.

  Of course, this ‘low temperature’ is only relative to the surrounding boiling water environment. The original microorganisms that came into contact with 100 degrees boiling water were born, but it is difficult to adapt to the ‘low temperature’ environment of 70-80 degrees.

   "I said how the number of microorganisms collected in the digestive cavity has dropped drastically..."

   whispered clearly while debugging the cell wipe mechanism.

   After the commissioning was completed, Huo Gu repaired the inner wall of the digestive cavity again, and watched with all his attention, not daring to relax at all.

   If the situation still occurs, it means that there are still factors that it has overlooked, and then the cell membrane needs to be re-adjusted.

   Fortunately, everything went smoothly. The new inner cells and parietal cells were performing their work normally. Huo Gu was relieved.

   The eyes of the cell clusters looked at the plumes of smoke in the distant waters. Huogu knew that that was also one of the culprits in the production of neutral ‘low temperature’ waters.

   Alkaline submarine volcano!

   It is this kind of volcano and the acidic volcano that they started from. Under the action of the flow, the material meets, the acid and alkali are neutralized, and the salt in this water area is enough to change the temperature of the nearby water area.

   "Further forward is the alkaline waters."

  Hogu can expect that there must be an ecosystem of alkaliphilic microorganisms near that volcano.

   Do you want to go?

   To be honest, Huo Gu wanted to see what was going on. As a scholar with a strong interest in biology, an unknown treasure was presented in front of him, saying that it was a lie that he did not want to find out.

   Among human beings, there are always those who dare to die for the pursuit of knowledge, and Huo Gu is one of them.

   "We should settle that matter first."

   Huogu decided to set aside the exploration of alkaline waters.

   It’s true that it dares to take risks for knowledge, but that doesn’t mean that when there is a safer way, it still risks its lives. It’s not called ‘not afraid of life and death’, it’s called ‘IQ arrears’.

  The cell cluster began to replicate a large number of new individuals to expand the size of the entire cluster.

   Originally, in order to ensure mobility, Huogu had always deliberately ensured the quality of the cell cluster itself, but now it needs more cells to confirm its ideas.

   "You can't put all your eggs in one basket. I still understand the truth. I hope that the next experiment can proceed smoothly without accident."

   "The power enhancement experiment of the life field is officially underway!"

   The cells follow the instructions to change their position in the cell cluster, and appropriately squeeze out the largest cavity so far, with a volume equivalent to three times the water storage cavity.

   If you want to extend the cell’s “life field” to the outside world and give instructions to the same species in the distance, there is only one option-increase the output power of the “life field”!

   "Come on, let me see if it works..."

   "Part of the inner cell untwisted to create a new individual."

   The inner cells that received the instruction began to release enzymes, and the individual divided.

   This kind of division progressed very quickly, far surpassing the speed of all previous replicating cells, even the speed of self-replication of bacteriophages is slightly inferior.

   A tiny cell equivalent to one percent of the inner cell, and it breaks away from that inner cell.

This cell is very small, the gene chain is also very short, and the structure is very simple. The cell membrane is thinner than the original cell membrane of the original cell. It does not even need aggressive microorganisms. The fierce ocean current can remove this cell membrane. Wash down.

   This is also the reason why it takes a short time to make it, just because its structure is too simple.

   "New cell..."

   Huo Gu thought of the purpose of this cell, and he had a plan in mind.

   "Well, it's called the'sensing cell'."

   The replication of this new type of cell is in full swing in the cell cluster. It didn't take long for this large cavity, which is three times the size of the water storage cavity, to be packed with sensing cells.

   Sensing cells are connected by connexins to form a huge microscopic matrix, and then a network of inner cells connects the entire cavity to ensure the replenishment of the sensing cells.

   If you want the field to expand the range of influence, you need to increase the power of the field, and if you want to increase the power of the field, you need to start from the field source.

   Although Huo Gu could not figure out what the essence of this life field is, and why the field source is emerald, this does not prevent it from increasing the power of the field to a certain extent.

   Increasing the number of field sources is an effective means to increase the output power. In other words, as long as the number of controlled cells is large enough, the scope of the life field will also expand.

Based on these various factors, Huo Gu realized one thing-as long as the field source does not change, the contribution of large cells and micro cells to the life field should be equal, so a large number of ultra-small controlled cells with only field sources are created. Will the power of the life field increase in disguise?