How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 3: brain

   The problem of fitting has been solved, and the number of life forms replicating the same kind has exponentially increased exponentially.

  ...Two...four...eight...sixteen...

The increase in the number of    is also accompanied by the unraveling of a large number of ‘yoke’, and this stimulates the living body even more, prompting it to replicate and split into more similar species.

   As the number of replicas that clump together reaches a certain critical point, life forms have also changed in nature.

   "I... I'm Huogu."

   The life form, that is, Huo Gu, now finally has a clear understanding of himself, completely separated from the previous state of haunting.

   At the same time, I had to accept that I became a ‘single-cell biological cluster thinking’.

   "No, maybe I just accepted the memory of the human named ‘Hogu’..."

   On this matter, Huo Gu didn't struggle for long. After all, I think and therefore I am. Only by being in the present can I think about those wild things.

   Right now, there are still the most difficult problems that need to be solved.

   That is the part of the gene that the mild bacteriophage has implanted into the DNA of this single-cell cluster.

   Mild bacteriophage is still a bacteriophage after all, not a good man, even if it is a mild phage.

  What is a bacteriophage?

   It is a virus that specifically infects microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, algae, actinomycetes or spirochetes, and is a terrorist killer in the microbial kingdom.

   is just different from those toxic phages, the mild bacteriophages will have a longer reaction cycle.

   This is like poison, which is divided into chronic poison and strong poison. Chronic poison is not non-toxic or fatal, but the remaining period of toxicity is relatively long.

   What's more deadly is that the mild phage will infect the divided replicas as the single cells divide. In other words, the single-celled biological cluster that Huogu now hosts has all been infected.

   As long as the mild phage enters the last lysis cycle, it means that the group of single-celled organisms that Huogu hosts will also be finished.

   What will happen to Huo Gu, who loses his host carrier, the result is self-evident.

   Then, what should I do?

   Such a question posed in front of Huo Gu, making it fall into contemplation.

  Bacteria and viruses are essentially one kind of things, living organisms based on amino acids, but their survival mode is different...

   The gene chain is like a tape in a tape recorder. Only when connected together can it play its original role...

   "Although it is more troublesome, this is the only feasible way."

   After turning back from meditation, Huo Gu thought of a rather dumb way-through DNA "unwinding", and gradually screen out the gene fragment that replicates the phage.

   But before that, it still needs some preparatory work.

   The first thing is to choose the experimental object. Huogu did not choose a single-celled organism currently in the carrier, but commanded the outermost replica to split into a daughter.

   After splitting out, this replica, under Huogu's command, clings to the group of single-celled organisms.

   This experiment started with the unwinding of the daughter's DNA. Huogu's spirit was very focused on observing the process, not daring to relax at all, for fear of missing a detail.

   Then there is partial transcription. The part of the unrotated recording starts from the gene fragment that replicates the protein structure, and then gradually expands and replicates to both ends.

   "Be careful... be careful... you have to be more careful..."

   Huogu warned himself over and over again in his heart that if the incomplete transcribed fragment forms a toxic phage, it will be a very dangerous thing for it.

The first replication started. After the protein structure that can be used as a bridge is replicated, it is just some useless protein. Although it is docked with the transcribed phage tail, the shape is just a hairy spherical shell. It is completely inconsistent with the phage shell.

   Huogu also determined that the DNA at one end of the gene chain belonged to the single-cell cluster he is currently serving as a carrier, thus focusing more attention on the other end.

   The second replication started, this time it was indeed transcribed, but only the shell of the phage, and no phage gene was replicated.

   Huo Gu is not in a hurry. Those who do experiments must have enough patience. This is the basic quality of a scientific researcher. Ten years are the norm.

   At the beginning of the third replication, the bases of the single-stranded gene spontaneously seek out their own partners to complement themselves. As the amino acids aggregate to form proteins, the phage finally takes shape.

   The three pairs of stent-like tails and the rocket-shaped protein container connected to the tail are the outer shell of the mild phage.

   The transcription continues. This time the amino acids are combined with each other in a completely different form to form a single chain, and independently complete the base pair combination, and enter the phage shell.

   Huogu knows that it has found the gene fragment that it was trying to find.

   However, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com hasn't waited for it to breathe a sigh of relief. What happened next made it nervous again, and its most worried thing appeared.

   The copying single strand does not stop transcribing the phage gene. The number of phage in the daughter cells is constantly increasing, and the DNA single strand is completely out of control. Genes are transcribed at all costs to make phage.

   Obviously, these are virulent bacteriophages. Among bacteriophages, the most threatening bacteriophage to Huogu.

  Hogu can probably guess what's going on. The gene duplication of the phage is still incomplete, and it is this incompleteness that caused the mild phage to be transformed into a virulent phage.

  According to the current development trend, these toxic phages will gradually burst the cell membrane from the inside to the outside, and then infect other single-celled organisms, repeating the behavior of'infection-replication-explosion' again and again.

  The first thing that bears the brunt is the single-cell cluster that Huogu hosts.

   Fortunately, Huo Gu had taken precautions against accidents in the experiment early in the morning.

   "Stay away from us."

   Huogu gave instructions to the daughter that did not form a connection with the single-cell cluster.

   The daughter body filled with bacteriophages immediately changed its fit state, riding on the power gushing around in the darkness, quickly moved away from Huogu and disappeared.

   Huogu was not idle either, taking advantage of the spewing power, quickly moved in the opposite direction.

   I don’t know how long or how far I ran. After Huogu believed that he was indeed safe, the single-cell cluster stopped moving.

   The matter is far from over. So far, we are collecting information for the next step.

   Huogu's target is locked on the daughter of a single-cell cluster.

   Next, it will undergo a ‘surgery’ to complete self-help.