Chapter 329: Mars Exploration (3)

On 20 meat balls, a new Martian virus was tested, and compared with those viruses in Blue Star, the Martian virus is very strong in attacking the human body.

The main reason is that for hundreds of millions of years, the increasingly thin atmosphere of Mars, coupled with the insufficient strength of the planet's magnetic field, has led to the solar wind and cosmic rays driving straight to the surface of Mars.

The microorganisms that can thrive in this environment are obviously very evolutionary, not only with tenacious vitality, but also very aggressive against other organisms.

Huang Fan looked at the meat ball that was on the verge of collapse than the virus attack, and couldn't help but press his temple, as the biochemical properties of these viruses were tested, there were two viruses that made him feel very tricky.

Numbered [Mars-Greece-00011] and [Number-Canyon-00004], these two Martian viruses are very aggressive to humans.

The former directly attacks human brain cells, while the latter mutates with a terrifying speed and adaptability.

That's what makes him feel tricky.

The test results of the meat ball show that the No. 11 Mars virus attacks human brain cells very quickly, can be transmitted through blood, once it enters the human body, it will invade brain cells within ten minutes, and then frantically absorb brain cell nutrients for division.

At present, none of the meat balls can form antibodies, the main reason is that the attack speed is too fast.

According to the results of the supercomputer simulation, even if a new human is infected, if the response is not timely (it needs to be removed within 5 minutes after entering the human body), there is a 76.4% chance of causing permanent brain damage.

In the absence of a way to repair brain cells, the virus poses a serious threat to new humans.

Fortunately, this is a blood-borne virus.

As for virus No. 4, it is a high-speed mutant virus, which may be due to long-term cosmic radiation, which makes this virus very difficult.

Unless a large dose of gamma rays is used, or nanobots are directly used for physical killing, it is difficult to completely eliminate ghosts.

Fortunately, the humans of the Common Era did not officially enter Mars, and if one accidentally brought these Martian viruses back to the blue star, it is estimated that the Illuminati would not need to release the Homo sapiens virus, and the Martian virus could bring extinction to mankind.

Huang Fan turned off the virtual display screen and sighed with some rejoicing: "A civilization with low technology should indeed be cautious when exploring alien planets. ”

Jiang Naoto, who was helping him on the side, silently saved these test data, and at the same time raised the biochemical threat level of Mars to level 7.

The biochemical threat level is a set of safety standards formulated by the Scientific Committee for the degree of biological threat to alien planets, and the threat level is divided into 0~10.

0 is no threat, 1~3 is mild, 4~6 is moderate, 7~9 is severe, and 10 is fatal.

The threat of Ebola virus is only level 3, while smallpox virus and highly drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are assessed at level 4, and prion and Homo sapiens virus are at level 5.

And the biochemical threat level of Mars is as high as level 7, which shows the terrible danger in it.

After being upgraded to biochemical threat level 7, people, objects, and spacecraft that leave Mars in the future will be fully physically disinfected by nanobots to ensure that these microorganisms are not taken out.

……

Inside the restaurant.

Zhang Haiyang, who was eating lunch, listened to Huang Fan talk about the Martian virus.

Zhang Haiyang, who was originally going to enter the automatic adaptation mode of the alien environment, immediately retreated when he saw that he had been raised to the biochemical threat level of 7.

Even if he is a new human at this level, he may overturn if he is not careful, and he does not dare to test the poison himself.

Huang Fan, who ate a piece of pork cutlet, asked about other things: "Ocean, how is your research over there?"

Wiping the rice grains from the corners of his mouth, Zhang Haiyang replied: "Some results have been achieved. ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Huang Fan asked with interest.

Jiang Zhiren and Gao Yuxi on the side did not say anything, and silently wiped out lunch.

"Probably similar to the mass extinction 65 million years ago on the blue star."

As soon as he heard this, Huang Fan knew what the situation was: "Asteroid impact?"

Zhang Haiyang explained: "Yes, it is a very huge asteroid, and that impact not only destroyed the fragile ecology of Mars, but also took away a large part of the atmosphere, which in turn caused a total collapse of the Martian ecology. ”

Huang Fan doesn't have too many doubts about the destruction of the Martian ecology by the asteroid impact, after all, Mars is "the first to get the moon near the water", the asteroid belt is at the doorstep, and it is only a matter of time before it is patronized by the asteroid.

If Mars had a natural satellite the size of the Moon, it might be able to support it for a while longer.

"Are all the Martian paleontocracy you found invertebrates and plants?"

Zhang Haiyang thought for a while and replied: "Not all, there are also some fossils suspected of vertebrates, which are currently being further excavated." ”

Picking up a candy-hearted apple, Huang Fan nibbled on it while flipping through the fossil research reports of Zhang Haiyang and Gao Yuxi.

Among the Martian paleontological fossils that have been preliminarily modeled and archived, echinoderms, molluscs, flattened animals, annelids, coelenterates, and arthropods have been found among invertebrates.

Obviously, this situation is very similar to the Blue Star Cambrian, in fact, there is no need to make a fuss, because according to the same cosmic rules, living things will always be affected by the basic rules, resulting in the phenomenon of convergent evolution.

Mars is like a small blue star, which has evolved carbon-based organisms similar to blue stars, and this is also within the rules.

……

Back inside the chamber again.

Glancing at the row of meat balls in the isolation pod.

Hey? This is......

One of them was injected with a meat ball with a high mutation of the No. 4 virus, and at this time there was an unexpected result for Huang Fan.

He immediately turned on the virtual display and called up the monitoring data during lunch.

This...... Huang Fan couldn't believe his eyes, the No. 4 virus in this meat ball actually changed its form and completed symbiosis with the meat ball cells.

"Naoto, help me get a separate isolation cabin."

"Okay."

Huang Fan, whose eyes were full of surprise, continued to look at the data, and felt more and more that this No. 4 virus was unusual.

After a while, Jiang Zhiren brought over a set of independent life-sustaining isolation cabins.

"Transfer this ball of meat to this isolation pod."

"No problem."

Jiang Zhiren operated the nanobot, directly wrapped the mutant meat ball, and then transferred it into an independent life-sustaining isolation cabin.

After the transfer was completed, Huang Fan beckoned Jiang Zhiren and told him what he had found, and the two began to study the mutant meat ball.

On the whole genome sequence analysis image of the atomic scanner, the gene sequence of virus No. 4 turned out to be a double helix.

What made the two even more stunned was that the double helix formed by the No. 4 virus actually formed a pair of chromosomes, as if it had become the 24th pair of chromosomes in the flesh ball cell.

"What the hell is going on?" Huang Fan looked at the No. 4 virus, which automatically makes up chromosomes.

Jiang Zhiren was also puzzled, and this situation was the first time they had encountered it.

Is it a camouflage made to parasitize on living organisms? But why do you want to change the pattern of chromosomes?

While the two of them carefully studied it, they hurriedly reported the discovery to the scientific committee.

Caution must be exercised with regard to this strange alien virus, as any negligence could trigger unpredictable effects.