When he first thought about the question of 'field source', Hogu first thought of the trace amount of ferric tetroxide contained in cells.

Ferro-tetroxide, commonly known as 'magnet', emits a magnetic field at all times, and the amount of this substance is very small in the original cell, which is consistent with the previous inference that the life field is susceptible to external interference.

But the results of the experiment are telling Hogu that it is wrong!

The true face of the field source - 'beryllium-aluminosilicate mineral'.

Many people will feel unfamiliar with this name alone, but if it is a common name, it is definitely familiar - 'emerald', those gems that were once used as ornaments by princes and nobles.

"Why is this substance? Can this substance also form a 'field'? ”

As a result, it suddenly turned into a situation that Huo Gu couldn't understand, and in its impression, such a thing as emerald, except for its ornamental value, seemed to be of little use, let alone heard of it, and could exude some kind of field.

By this time, Hogu had realized one thing, and its knowledge was no longer enough to help it solve its current problem.

Although he is a professor, he can focus on archaeology, physics and chemistry, and only the general knowledge he knows when he dabbles in archaeology.

"Okay, I'll put this 'Emerald Mystery' aside for a while, and solve the easier problem first."

Hoguben wanted to find out what allowed him to sustain his mind, and then understand the principle and network across the clusters, so that it only needed to scatter countless clusters of cells around the planet, and it would no longer have to worry about sudden geological activity and kill it along with the cluster of cells it hosted.

"But it's not bad, although we haven't found the reason why that thing produces the 'field', but in terms of the results, it's still acceptable, at least we have found out what the medium of cell clusters is connected to each other."

"In this way, it is only necessary to increase the output power of the 'field', and it can also mask the interference and issue instructions to distant cells...... Belch? ”

Just as Hogu was planning the follow-up, a crisis that affected the entire cell cluster suddenly happened.

The first thing that happened was the inner wall cells in the digestive cavity and the inner cells near the inner wall cells, which entered a state of death one after another.

Aggressive microbes?

Huo Gu subconsciously thought of this.

For no other reason, it has absolute confidence that those microorganisms will never be able to break through the completely closed cell wall of the parietal cell, which relies on the protein channels of the adjacent cells to ensure cell viability.

This would explain why the cells lining the digestive cavity and the cells attached to it are the ones who die first.

The whole cell cluster is the place where the substances circulate from the outside world, and the inner cells use the large gap between the cells on the inner wall to absorb and eliminate the amino acids in the cavity and provide nutrients to the entire cell cluster.

But then, Hogu immediately discarded this conjecture.

All microorganisms rely on proteins and amino acids as the basic units to build themselves, considering the possibility of extreme acidophilic bacteria, so the digestive juice chosen by Hogu at the beginning is an enzyme, which is a big killer of microorganisms that take protein as the basis of life.

The intercellular space in the inner wall is also absolutely inviolable, which is not only the entrance for the inner cells to take up proteins, but also the outlet for the release of digestive enzymes.

With the exception of completely specialized enclosed cells such as parietal cells, no microorganism can resist the breakdown of digestive enzymes for a long time.

But since the cause is not microorganisms, what is it that causes the death of inner wall cells and neighboring inner cells?

Since he had been focusing on the source of the cell cluster network, it was not until the cells died that Hogu noticed the abnormal condition of the cells, and the exact process of occurrence was not clear.

Hogu took a cursory look at the inner cells around the inner wall as a whole, but did not find out the cause.

The interaction between the digestive cavity and the external material must not be stopped, just like a human needs to breathe, and all the cells in the cell cluster also rely on the digestive cavity to collect and integrate the 'provisions' to maintain their own cell activity.

Immediately, Hogu issued new instructions to the cell cluster.

"Cell division, repairing the inner wall of the cavity, replacing dead cells."

Once a certain amount of protein reserves are consumed, the inner cells and inner cells replace the dead cells, complete the repair of the digestive cavity, and continue the operation of resource collection.

However, the same thing soon happened again, and the inner cells that were engaged in collecting amino acids and proteins through the cracks between the parietal cells quickly began to lose their activity, repeating the mistakes of the previous cells, and after a while, the inner cells died again, and the parietal cells connected to them also lost their sustenance.

Huo Gu watched the whole process coldly, and the death of the cells did not make it panic, but it was better to say that everything that happened was done by it on purpose, in order to understand the reason for the death of the cells.

"External factors lead to the 'denaturation' of the cell membrane...... Well, it's the water problem. ”

The cells of the cell cluster live in the waters near the submarine volcano, which is hot and acidic, and is a paradise for acidophilic bacteria and a hell for non-acidophilic bacteria.

And now, Hogu led the cell cluster out of that water area and came to a neutral water, as a cell cluster of acidophilic bacteria, naturally it can't accept this environment, and the cell membranes of the cells in it are "denatured" after contact with a neutral aqueous solution, and it becomes a matter of course.

The solution to this problem is also very simple, only need to make some subtle adjustments to the properties of the cell membrane, whether it is acidophilic bacteria or basophilic bacteria, the cytoplasmic solution inside them is neutral, and it is dependent on the cell membrane for liquid adjustment to be able to survive in that extreme environment.

The process of modification was not cumbersome, and thanks to the self-replicating nature of the cells themselves, Hogu soon obtained a batch of inner cells capable of surviving in neutral waters.

However, the result of the implementation was not as simple as Hogu thought, and under its stunned gaze, the newly constructed inner wall still crumbled as before.

"Why is this happening?"

"I've already adjusted the mechanism of the cell wall, so why do proteins still 'denature'?"

Suddenly, Hogu noticed the tiny crystalline particles floating in the solution of the digestive chamber.

"Salt...... Wait, do you say!? ”

The all-round view of the cell clusters, covering 360 degrees, began to move.