As for the white flower bone found in the swamp, Alice certainly didn't expect any breakthrough discovery from Evan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Can't be too embarrassed, after all, it's not a botanist, isn't it?

What's more, with the current technological means, Evan will never be able to prove Alice's guess at that time, that is, the ability of this flower to use mental power to capture prey.

Still, he reported something unexpected.

"Through current experiments, we know that this unknown plant has a very strong need for water, and the rhizome cells that are not satisfied with burrs like thorns in the microscopic state can increase the rate at which it absorbs water exponentially. ”

As he explained, Evan walked into a room. Then, from the room that had been used as a greenhouse, he removed a two-foot-long root.

Alice said, "You cut it from that flower?"

"That's right, it's a long story, but let me prepare briefly. ”

Ivan prepared the experimental equipment lightly, but the content was simple, which was to fill a large-capacity measuring cylinder with 100ml of tap water, and then put it on the empty white table.

"The roots can survive on their own even if they are separated from the plant body, and according to the plant sections, it can also be proved that when the roots of the flower absorb water, ninety percent of the water elements are stored in the roots. ”

As he spoke, he had put the rhizome into the graduated cylinder.

Nothing has changed.

Sissi frowned and stepped forward, her head leaning forward, staring at the measuring cylinder that was not moving at the water level.

Ashley observed in the same pose, and her head was getting closer and closer, and her nose was almost on the line.

Maiya: "Ashley, watch out for nose oil. ”

"Who doesn't wash their face every day!?"

Sissi: "Idiot Ashley, the tone is up!"

"I wipe ............"

Watching the two living treasures play tricks, the others laughed. Alice looked down at the information directly, and Maiya asked Evan "Professor, it seems that this kind of rhizome cells absorb water at a rate that can indeed see visual effects in a short period of time?"

"Based on the volume and diameter of the current cylinder, it would drop an inch in ten minutes on average. ”

Evan easily said a very sensational statistic: "That's right, girls, every ten minutes, the water level will drop by an inch of height, and within an hour you can completely drain three hundred milliliters of tap water, and that's just the ability of a mere rhizome." ”

Alice nodded, "Limit?"

"It's not the limit, after a certain rhizome absorbed 300 milliliters of water, I prepared the same dose of tap water, and although the speed decreased, it still only took two hours to ......"

"Look, it's falling!"

Sissi was so surprised that she pointed to the graduated cylinder and said, "I swear it definitely went down!"

Alice could see clearly from a long distance, and the water level, which had just happened to be stuck on the scale, had dropped three or two millimeters in height at this time. Count the time, and it looks like a minute from the time this rhizome is stuffed in.

"Really, really, eh, Maiya, did you see it?

"Ashley, don't stick your head on it, bastard!"

“…… Well, then the mass of the rhizome increases. ”

The two girls were shouting, and Evan patiently explained to the other two: "The density of pure water, everyone knows it very well, I have done many group experiments, no matter how much water this rhizome absorbs, it is indeed stored in its cells...... Hehe, Alice, what did you guess?"

"This rhizome, though it's two feet long now, must it not be that long when you first cut it, right?"

Ashley and Sissi both lifted their heads, and now it was time to reveal the secret.

"That's right, this observation experiment has been going on for a whole month, and when I cut it out, it was only one foot long, and after absorbing so much water, it's already four feet long. The one you see now is the result of my truncation of that one. ”

For a moment, four strange eyes stared at the rhizome in the graduated cylinder.

Alice muttered to herself: "Even a desert plant, although it will have an extraordinarily exaggerated root system, but it is nothing more than extraordinarily drought-tolerant, it is impossible to have such an exaggerated rate of water absorption, right?

As he spoke, the water level had dropped a little again.

Maiya asked a question: "Professor, the contact area of this rhizome is very large now, and it is still immersed in pure water, this speed should not be particularly exaggerated, right?"

Ivan shook his head and chuckled, "Not an exaggeration, Miss Akaman, you said it yourself, this is a pure water environment." This rhizome, in just one hour, will unceremoniously absorb a full 300 milliliters of water, so what if we plant it in the soil? It will rob the surrounding plants of as much as one of their habitats?"

"Or have you never raised a narcissus? 300 milliliters of water in the first hour, 300 milliliters of water in the second two hours, and another 300 milliliters of water in the fourth to eighth hours, and the length of the rhizome soared fourfold in a month, from one foot to four feet, when have you ever heard of such a greedy fellow?"

"So as it stands, it's supposed to be an eco-killer. ”

Alice gently pushed Ashley away and leaned her head in front of the measuring cylinder. By this time, the water level in the graduated cylinder had dropped by 1.5 inches, and the time before and after was only about five minutes, and the main body of water absorption was only the roots of a one-foot-long plant in the root zone.

"But when we found this flower in the swamp, it was a whole swamp, Evan. ”

Alice was also really puzzled, God knows, her initial curiosity was just a predatory method for this flower, how could it be related to the rhizome's ability to absorb water: "Does this guy still have ......the ability to feed back?"

Yes, not only Alice, but the other three girls immediately remembered. According to the old news they heard from the governor of North Carolina at the beginning, and based on the field investigation, it was known that as early as fifteen years ago, this flower must have grown in the middle of a soft swamp that could trap people!

"No, it's not right. ”

Alice muttered, "Fifteen years, that's a long time, and when I pulled out this damn flower, the length of the rhizome wasn't exaggerated to more than ten meters." It is impossible to absorb the water of an entire swamp, and it does not interfere with the normal growth of plants, but this flower is surrounded by waist-high grass, is it really feeding?"

There is no doubt that although there is still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from figuring out its predatory methods, after such a period of research, Evan has really made some wonderful discoveries. What is the practical value of the discovery that thorn-like plant rhizome cells absorb water at an almost voracious rate?

Finally, with a wave of her hand, she concluded, "Let's prioritize." Ivan, I'll contact my family right away and promise to send Caesar to Windsor within two weeks, but you'll have to handle the adoption formalities yourself, okay?"

"Of course there is no problem. But do you have any good names for this virus?"

Ivan smiled and said, "Although I was in charge of the research, you were the one who first discovered it from Caesar's lymphatic fluid. Alice, you have a well-deserved name for this virus, right?"

Name the newly discovered virus.

It's a very honorable thing.

But it's also a very Alexander, very inspiring thing!

Alice thought about it for a while, and finally came to the conclusion: "The current function of this virus is to increase immunity, so it is named I virus...... Is it okay? No? Isn't it a little too casual? What do you say?"

i-virus?

Sissi was the first to express her dissipation: "I-virus?i,virus?I said dear, have you read too many Asimov's novels, or do you not want to be a human being?"

Ashley is always a person who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and of course she will shout loudly at this time: "That's it, what a broken name! Do you want scientists all over the world and students of the virus department to open and shut up when they study it in the future, and say that they are viruses? This is too ...... That's cool!"

"Ashley, who the hell are you helping!?"

"I'll help whoever is interesting. Oh no, tell the truth!Oh, help!

A certain golden-haired girl ran out of the room in a puff of smoke, and it was a shame that she didn't knock over any experimental equipment along the way, but the Sissi who was chasing behind was miserable, and she was careless, and suddenly fell on the smooth marble floor!

"If you want to make trouble outside the house, and Sissi, pay attention to the light. ”

With a sweep of her eyes, she saw someone's pants, and Alice pursed her lips, but fortunately she blocked Evan Deloff's view: "Anyway, it's decided, the name of this virus is called i virus." Maiya, Professor, what do you think?"

Maiya shrugged indifferently: "You look at it." ”

Evan smiled as he watched the two girls fighting outside, and the entire glass wall of the research room was convenient for him: "I thought you would call it Caesar Virus, or Orangutan Virus." Haven't considered that title?"

Alice waved her hand and said, "It's too narrow, it's too casual." If this virus can really be applied to the field of clinical drugs, it will be a big project that can bring me tens of billions of revenues, whether it is Caesar or an orangutan, this is not a cause of ambiguity. ”

As she spoke, she rubbed her chin and muttered to herself in a voice that only she could hear.

“i-virus。 Well, medicine has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, so what should I do?" )