Chapter XVII. Salts

The salt in Huogu dialect does not only refer to sodium chloride, the salt that human beings consume daily, but generally refers to a large category in the chemical system, that is, "a class of metal ions or ammonium ions combined with acid ions or non-metal ions".

"Found it!"

After adjusting the vitreous of his eyes several times, Hogu captured a column of smoke rising from the bottom of the ocean in the distance, which was exactly the same as the column of smoke from the submarine volcano he had seen before.

"Sure enough......"

The mood that was originally slightly panicked suddenly calmed down, and a certain conjecture in my heart was confirmed.

In addition to the pH of the aqueous solution, there is another important factor that causes protein denaturation in the cell membrane, and that is temperature!

During the Plutozoic period, it was a dead Jedi that was only suitable for microorganisms, and the planet was a super giant steamer during this period.

Why are there millions of years of downpours?

That's why, the high temperature of the entire planet's inner core boils the seawater, and the water vapor dissipates heat at high altitude, then falls back to the planet's surface in the form of rain, and then evaporates again.

During this period, the water temperature of the sea water is always maintained at the maximum temperature of liquid water - 100 degrees! That is, boiling water!

Life is tenacious, and even in this extremely harsh environment, there is still life, and cell clusters and the microbes that have been encountered before are living examples.

However, although a high temperature of 100 degrees Celsius cannot cause harm to these microorganisms, low temperatures can.

Salts are 'exothermic' when they are formed, but since the water temperature is already at a maximum of 100 degrees, it doesn't have any effect, and the key point is after that.

Due to environmental factors, these salts are formed shortly after 'hydrolysis', which is an 'endothermic reaction' in which the water temperature is sucked away.

So, in this world of 'steamer', 'low temperature' was created.

Of course, this 'low temperature' is only relative to the surrounding boiling water environment, and it is difficult to adapt to the 'low temperature' environment of 70-80 degrees Celsius when it comes into contact with 100 degrees Celsius boiling water from birth.

"I said how the number of microorganisms collected in the digestive chamber plummeted......"

While whispering to himself, he debugged the cell wiping mechanism.

After the debugging was completed, Huo Gu repaired the inner wall of the digestive cavity again, and observed it with full attention, not daring to relax in the slightest.

If the situation still occurs, it means that there are still factors that it has ignored, and then the cell membrane needs to be re-adjusted.

Fortunately, everything was going well, and the new inner cells and parietal cells were doing their jobs normally, and Huo Gu was relieved.

The eyes of the cell clusters, looking out at the plumes of smoke in the distant waters, Hogu knew that it was also one of the culprits in the creation of neutral 'cold' waters.

Alkaline submarine volcano!

It is this volcano and the acidic volcano from which the Hogu originated that the flow of matter intersects, neutralizes the acid and alkali, and produces salt in this body of water that is enough to change the temperature of the nearby waters.

"Further on, there are alkaline waters."

Hogu could have predicted that there must have been an ecosystem of basophilic microorganisms near the volcano.

Do you want to go?

To be honest, Huo Gu really wanted to see what was going on, as a scholar with a strong interest in biology, the unknown treasure trove was presented in front of him, and he said that he didn't want to find out what was a lie.

There are always those who dare to die in pursuit of knowledge, and Hogu is one of them.

"Let's settle that matter first."

Hogu decided to put the exploration of alkaline waters on the back burner.

It is true that it dares to take risks for knowledge, but that does not mean that when there is a more secure way, it still risks its life, which is not called 'not afraid of life and death', that is called 'IQ arrears'.

Clusters of cells begin to replicate new individuals in large numbers to expand the size of the entire cluster.

Originally, in order to ensure mobility, Hogu had been deliberately ensuring the quality of the cell cluster itself, but now, it needed more cells to confirm its ideas.

"I still understand the truth that all eggs can't be put in one basket, and I hope that the next experiments can be carried out smoothly without accidents."

"The power enhancement experiment of the life field is officially underway!"

The cells obeyed the instructions to change their position within the cell cluster, appropriately squeezing out one of the largest cavities to date, with a volume equivalent to three times the volume of the water storage chamber.

If you want to extend the 'life field' of the cells to the outside world and exert instructions on the same kind of individuals in the distance, there is only one choice - increase the output power of the 'life field'!

"Come on, let me see if it works......

"The inner cells partially unwind, making new individuals."

The inner cells that receive the instructions begin to release enzymes and divide individually.

This division proceeded very quickly, far exceeding the speed of all previous replicating cells, and even the self-replication rate of phages was slightly inferior.

A tiny cell, equivalent to one hundredth of an inner cell, breaks away from that inner cell.

The cell is very small, the gene chain is also very short, the structure is very rudimentary, the cell membrane is thinner than the original cell membrane, and there is no need for aggressive microorganisms, and the violent ocean current alone can break the cell membrane.

This is also the reason why it takes so little time to make, simply because its structure is too simple.

"Novel Cellular ......"

Hogu thought about the purpose of this cell, and he had a plan in mind.

"Well, let's call it a 'sensory cell.'"

The replication of this new type of cell was in full swing within the cell cluster, and it was not long before the large cavity, which was three times the size of the water storage chamber, was filled with sensory cells.

Between the sensing cells, Hogudu uses connexins to connect to form a huge microscopic matrix, and then the network composed of inner cells connects the entire cavity to ensure the supply of sensing cells.

If you want to increase the field of influence, you need to increase the power of the field, and if you want to increase the power of the field, you need to start with the field source.

Although Hogu was not able to figure out what the essence of this life field was and why the field source was emerald, this did not prevent it from increasing the power of the field to a certain extent.

Increasing the number of field sources is an effective means of increasing the output power, in other words, as long as the number of cells under control is sufficient, the range of the life field will also expand.

Based on these factors, Hogu realized one thing - as long as the field source is not changed, and the contribution of large cells and micro cells to the life field should be equal, then the production of a large number of ultra-small controlled cells with only a field source will not increase the power of the life field in disguise?