Chapter 111: A New Species
As soon as Yang Tuo arrived, he immediately suggested that a meeting be held.
After learning Yang Tuo's identity and the weight of the research report in his hand, Aruna, the new director, did not dare to slack off and quickly vacated the conference room.
And Dilan, a glamorous woman, became the focus of this meeting at this time.
Because of Yang Tuo, he handed over the right to interpret the research report in his hand to her.
Lin Shuo's location was next to Yang Tuo, and at this time Di Lan was explaining this biological research report, but Yang Tuo stretched his head over and asked softly, "You knew each other before?"
"It's hard to put into words. Lin Shuo told the truth, and then asked, "Why did you bring her here?"
"Coincidentally. "After I did the genetic analysis of the sample, I thought I should consult an expert in zombie fungi, so I called Dilan, and she was nearby, so I joined her." ”
"What is the origin of this woman?"
Her father is a Chinese biologist and one of the elders of the International Society of Biological Research. Yang Tuo replied.
What a coincidence, Lin Shuo couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then felt that it was wrong after thinking about it, so he asked, "More than that, right?"
Lin Shuo knew in his heart that if Dylan was just this background, there was no reason for Anne to be so frustrated in her personal relationships.
After all, Anne's mentor Miao Guangqi is also one of the elders of the International Biological Research Association, and she herself is the head of Asia, second only to the elders in terms of authority.
Yang Tuo seemed to be reminded, and said softly, "Her mother is a member of the royal family of a European country, and the right to inherit the throne is very high. ”
Now Lin Shuo understood, it turned out that this woman was still a princess.
The volume of the conversation between the two was very light, but the two of them were the focus of attention at the same time in the venue, and this kind of head-to-ear action was still very conspicuous.
Di Lan, who was speaking, stopped and looked at Lin Shuo and Yang Tuo, as if waiting for them to finish.
Yang Tuo retracted his head and lifted his glasses with an indifferent expression: "I'm sorry, please continue." ”
Di Lan glared at Yang Tuo with an unkind expression, which means that I heard what you said, and then said:
"Like I said, zombie fungi are one such species. They parasitize their hosts, control their brains, influence their behavior, and finally kill the host, and then complete their own reproduction in the form of infecting the new host.
The behavior of this fungus may sound scary, but so far, it has only been found in the rainforests of Brazil.
And the hosts they affect are only insects such as ants and crickets. So it doesn't have any impact on our human lives.
This time, however, based on Professor Yang's findings, it is reasonable to think that there may be an entirely new species of zombie fungus that behaves in a similar way to the Altai Mountains in Asia.
The genetic map of this species is completely foreign to us and does not belong to any species currently known.
And the host that this organism can control is much more advanced than the insects that zombie fungi can control, and it can even control mammals.
Let's take a look at this image. ”
As he spoke, Dylan took out a picture from the folder, put it in the projector, and then said:
"This is a genetic map, and the sample taken is the soil around the footprints of the unknown creature found by the Outer Mongolian police at the scene. In these soils, Professor Yang isolated the skin cells of the owner of the footprints and completed the genetic analysis.
This picture shows that the owner of this footprint is a Xinjiang tiger, also called Lop Nur tiger.
At present, the biological community generally believes that the Xinjiang tiger became extinct 50 years ago, and it is very fortunate to find such an individual this time.
Of course, on the other hand, it can also be unfortunate.
Because, the genetic map shows that it is no longer a pure Xinjiang tiger.
Its genes, which control the size of an individual, have been mutated, so that it is very large and has exceeded the size range of a tiger.
In addition, there are some genes that we biologists do not know the specific meaning of expression, but it is certain that affect the central nervous system, have also been mutated.
We don't know exactly what the consequences of these gene mutations will be, but we only know that this affects biological behavior.
According to our biological theory. Genes, in the case of natural evolution, heredity and variation exist at the same time, where heredity is a universal phenomenon and variation is an occasional event.
Therefore, it is impossible for so many variations to occur in a single organism at the same time in a short period of time.
Therefore, it is not so much that the genes of this Xinjiang tiger have been mutated, but that the genes have been rewritten.
But rewriting so many genes is an impossible task for even the world's most advanced biological laboratories.
And this Xinjiang tiger actually achieved these mutations under natural conditions.
This phenomenon is actually very scary. ”
After saying this, Dylan paused, as if waiting for the people present to digest the information.
The expressions of the people who participated in this meeting were different at this time.
And the object of Lin Shuo's attention is Zhang Jin.
Because the Zhang family and this "King of Mountain Yama" can be said to be a feud. Zhang Jin must have heard a lot about the "King of Mountain Yama" from his grandfather and father.
Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Zhang Jin's understanding of the "King of Mountain Yama" was the most among the people present.
Therefore, although Lin Shuo didn't expect him to speak, he at least wanted to see an expression.
That's the "Oh, I see" expression.
If he has such an expression, it means that the current direction of Yang Tuo and Di Lan's suspicion is correct, and it is also consistent with the information that Zhang Guohua exchanged his life for before:
The "Mountain Yama" is a zombie-like fungus that parasitically affects the genes of other creatures and controls their behavior.
This piece of information is very important to Lin Shuo.
This not only provides an idea of dealing with the "King of Mountain Yama", but also may hint at the truth of the Kunlun Mountain incident six years ago.
Because in this, mind control is involved.
But Lin Shuo was disappointed, Zhang Jin, who was currently sitting opposite him, had a handsome face that was no different from before, his face was expressionless, and even his eyes were a little sloppy, looking absent-minded.
Lin Shuo then remembered that this kid had never gone to school and was illiterate.
Dilan's explanation just now touched on some common sense of biology. These simple biological common sense, for Zhang Jin, are as difficult as the book of heaven, and he may not understand half a word.
Lin Shuo sighed secretly in his heart, thinking that he would have to give this kid a good cultural lesson in the future.
Otherwise, once the beast alien is killed, Zhang Jin, this kid, will have to starve to death.
These thoughts swirled in Lin Shuo's mind, and Di Lan here had already begun to continue:
"The genes of this unknown creature have been extracted from the victim's body by Professor Yang and analyzed by mapping.
This is a completely new species and does not belong to any of the types of organisms we currently know.
We humans are the species with the largest amount of information in the known genome, and the amount of information contained in our genes is 3.2Gb.
Although the gene expression of this biological individual is not yet clear, Professor Yang calculated that its information volume is 3.6Gb, which is higher than that of us humans.
This means that it itself is very advanced in terms of biological evolution, and may also possess a very high level of intelligence.
And since it has been able to rewrite the tiger's genes, invade the tiger's central nervous system, and influence and even control the tiger's behavior.
So, is it capable of controlling us humans?
Are we, human beings, qualified to call ourselves the spirits of all things in front of it?"
With that, Dylan closed the folder in front of him and glanced at the people who were in the meeting.
At this time, the atmosphere at the venue was very depressing, and everyone was silent.
For the Outer Mongolian police, this woman who has recently brought misfortune to the police station has thrown out even more unfortunate news.
This is their jurisdiction, and something big is going to happen!
As for Lin Shuo, Anne and others, if this thing is really as Di Lan said, then the characteristics of this strange creature have no precedent in the history of Hunting.
It's no wonder that "Kyushu Foreign Objects" is vague about this thing.
No wonder with Zhang Guohua's ability, it took a whole decade to hunt down this thing, and in the end he would be defeated and die.
It's no wonder that Yang Tuo is obviously very busy, and as soon as he gets the results of this research, he will run over in person.
"Mr. Lin. ”
At this time, Di Lan looked at Lin Shuo: "I have already reported the situation." So what do we do next?"