"I ...... What the hell is wrong with me? Back in the bedroom, picking up a towel and gently wiping off the water droplets on her body, she subconsciously walked to the mirror and shook her body from side to side. **

Compared to before, the skin is more refined, radiant, and fresher, and the body curves are round and flawless.

Although there were many doubts in her heart, the change in her body really made the girl happy, and she couldn't help but lift her toes, like dancing ballet, and turn in a circle in front of the mirror.

"Huh?" When he turned around, he caught a glimpse of a line of colorful colors.

The girl was stunned, hurriedly stopped, pointed her back at the mirror, and then opened her mouth wider and wider.

On the smooth jade back, a piece of colorful scales the size of a fingernail clings to the vest, reflecting a miniature rainbow in the light. She stretched out her hand and scratched at her back, it didn't hurt or itch, and it felt like ordinary skin tissue.

"It's so weird." After thinking for a while, Zhou Ai opened the wardrobe, changed into a set of sportswear, opened the door, and walked briskly towards the medical cabin.

At the same time, in the laboratory of the medical laboratory, Valentine stuffed a PDA into Tang Fang's hand: "This is the tissue sample test sheet of the 'jellyfish' type creature. ”

Tang Fang nodded, swiped the touch screen casually, and browsed the test numbers of the "xenomorph jellyfish" creatures in detail.

According to the study of slices of biological samples, the "xenogene" organism is an aquatic organism that lives in an acidic aqueous solution, and the organism is able to secrete a highly corrosive protease that dissolves organic matter and ingests nutrients to maintain its own survival.

"Organisms that survive in acidic aqueous solutions?" Tang Fang frowned and continued to flip through the page.

Next, after in-depth testing, Valentine came to an unbelievable conclusion, although this creature was analyzed from the tissue structure. Some resemble jellyfish that feed on plankton on Earth.

However, this is not the case, as the tentacles of the "xenomorphic jellyfish" contain a strange set of tissues and organs that are very sensitive to zero-element, and are able to absorb free zero-element particles in an acid solution in the same way that photosynthesis in aquatic plants does. And under the sun's rays, it is converted into nutrients that the body needs.

"There are two sets of 'digestive systems' ......"

Tang Fang continued to turn the page, and the third page was an explanation of the origin of the "xenomorph jellyfish". By deconstructing the genetic sequencing of the "xenomorph jellyfish", Valentine finds information about the "xenomorph jellyfish" in the gene pool of alien creatures that humans have aggregated.

According to the information in the database, the scientific name of "xenospecies jellyfish" is "AQBD-1 asexual jellyfish", and this organism is stored in an oceanic planet called Akron in the Akubador star system.

"Akron" is the famous river Styx in ancient Greek mythology, named after "Akron", an ocean planet, you can imagine what the planet means to humans.

Just like the one introduced on the first page. AQBD-1 clonal jellyfish is an organism that lives in an acidic solution. The most distinctive feature of "Akron" is the endless black ocean on its surface.

"Akron" has no land, and the entire planet is surrounded by this black ocean, with an average depth of more than 12,600 feet, and the lowest abyss is almost 11w feet above the ocean surface.

Of course, this depth of water is enough to overcome for today's human technology. However, "Akron" is called "Akron". Not because of its depth, but because the oceans on the planet's surface are very acidic. Unless the detector made of special materials, the general equipment goes down, only the result of the stone sinking into the "sea", if it is a human body, throw it down and stuff it for a few minutes, and then fish it up and even the bones are gone.

The "AQBD-1 asexual jellyfish" is precisely the harsh environment that survives. Biologists in human society have been puzzled by one thing for a long time. How does the AQBD-1 asexual jellyfish reproduce? Because this organism has no reproductive organs and is not capable of mitosis and indirect division like a single cell, this question remains unknown to this day.

In fact, for the Covenant government, it doesn't matter how the "AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish" reproduces. What the government really cares about is the zero-element resources of "Akron".

As documented in the previous two pages of the specimen analysis report, AQBD-1 Asexual Jellyfish has two digestive systems. In terms of practical effect, the first set is purely ornamental, how can plankton live in an acidic ocean like "Akron". As for the second digestive system, it is the creature's actual subsistence organ.

The acidic ocean of "Akron" dissolves a small number of zero-element particles, and the "AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish" relies on the ingestion of free zero-element particles in the acid solution to obtain the nutrients needed for survival.

According to the analysis of the exploration department of the Star Alliance government, the zero element particles dissolved in the acidic ocean of "Akron" are not naturally occurring, because over the years, under the ingestion of "AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish", the concentration of zero element particles in the acidic ocean has not shown a downward trend, on the contrary, it has occasionally increased.

After monitoring the energy radiation level of "Akron" for a period of time, the exploration ship learned that the internal activity of the planet's core is very violent, and the earth's crust moves frequently, which in turn causes natural disasters such as submarine earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Considering this situation, some people boldly predicted that the free zero element particles in the strong acid ocean of "Akron" are the zero source elements that escape from the surface of the sea during seabed disasters.

If this speculation is true, then the underground of "Akron" must contain a large amount of zero-element resources.

As a result, the exploration department of Star Alliance submitted a project application report to the government, and after receiving the grant, it cooperated with "Ward Heavy Industries" to develop a special detector that can resist strong acid corrosion, and put it into the exploration of "Akron" zero-element resources.

Soon after, the number sent back by the probe confirmed the conjecture of the exploration department, and the "Akron" contains relatively rich zero-element ore underground. However, what is criticized is that the distribution of zero element ore in "Akron" is very irregular, and large and small mineral deposits are scattered in the middle layer of the earth's crust and mantle, which brings great obstacles to mining.

In fact, this difficulty is not nothing, the key is the strong acid ocean on the surface of "Akron", and the detector alone needs to be developed separately, which consumes a lot of money and time, and if it is expanded to a complete set of mining equipment. One can imagine what a huge project it will be. If the output is input, who doesn't want to do a profitable business? But if it is put in, a fool will waste time and energy on this matter.

The Star Alliance Council has discussed the zero-element development plan of "Akron" more than a dozen times, but all of them are due to the shortcomings of science and technology, and the investment is too large. The stakes are too high to be solved. After a long time, the zero-element development plan for "Carclonn" was completely shelved.

"It turned out to be the 'AQBD-1 asexual jellyfish' of 'Akron'...... No wonder there is such a strange way of survival. ”

Tang Fang flipped to the last page of the test report, and when he saw the genetic model diagram of "AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish" marked by Valentine on the screen, his pupils suddenly shrank: "This is ......"

In the middle and last segments of the model, there is a gene fragment that matches the genetic structure of the Ipsisaurus.

He remembered that when he was in the Lost Lands, Valentine had shown him the genetic map of the Serpent, which was a mixture of many biological genes, the Epsilon genes, and the TS-001 phagosome genes.

"Could it be that the 'AQBD-1 asexual jellyfish' is homologous to the giant snake?" Don looked at Valentine suspiciously.

The old professor didn't nod, and he didn't shake his head either: "The giant snake's genes are made up of many 'components', in its lengthy genetic chain. The core part is the terminal Y and T segments, that is, the Ipsilon gene fragment and the phagosome gene fragment. However, the gene for 'AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish' is missing phagosome fragments. ”

"What about the phagosome? Is it consistent with the specimen TS-001 obtained at the Rector Northern Suburbs Institute? ”

Valentine shook his head and nodded again: "The composition and binding laws of the basic organic molecules of these two are 99.999999% similar, and only some parts that are similar to human gene bases are slightly different. Take us humans as an example, because of the polymorphism of single nucleotides, everyone's appearance, figure, and talent are different. Therefore, I deduce that these two samples belong to a single organism. But from different individuals."

After speaking, he muttered for a while. He remembered something and added, "By the way, the frequency of DNA deformation is also different. I'm curious as to where 'Daystar Pharmaceuticals' got this sample. Also, I thought the phagosome was a single creature, judging by the current situation. They are more of a group. ”

"Phagoagosome ......" Tang Fang returned the PDA to Valentine, thinking about it, the vesicles above the Zerg base in the system space were still wriggling regularly, but the fungus blanket did not shrink again, as if the video being played suddenly pressed the pause button.

Why is this happening? Could it be that the phagosome sample that has just been obtained is "running out of energy"? It's a pity that the TS-001 sample has already been wiped out under the bombardment of the plasma cannon of the "Archangel". Otherwise, you can give it a try.

Also, what exactly is the origin of the vesicles above the wormhole? It's a mule or a horse, and you have to pull it out for a walk, how can you do it like this?

"Phagosomes...... ts-001…… By the way, how did I forget about him. Tang Fang clapped his fist and turned his head to look at the hall outside: "Roy, Roy!" ”

Half of the eldest son was sitting on the side and Yingluo was greasy, and he vaguely heard someone calling him, and when he looked up, he saw Tang Fang waving to him in the laboratory.

"I'll come when I go." Greeting Yingluo, Roy walked quickly into the laboratory.

Tang Fang pulled him into the operating room on the left-hand side, staring at the half-grown man's right hand: "These days, there has been no abnormal situation, right?" ”

Roy moved his right hand and said with a smile: "It's normal, this guy is very honest, but he has a bit of a big appetite, and he can eat two or three meals of other people's rations in one meal." ”

"It's okay, Brother Tang can't help you much in finding your daughter-in-law, but the food is full and the water pipe is enough." Tang Fang raised his eyebrows and teased.

Roy is not like Bai Hao, in the end, his face is tender, his face turned red when he heard this, and his squinted eyes swept over Yingluo, who was concentrating on sorting out the health files of the crew: "I...... I...... Didn't ......."

"None? What do you stutter without you? ”

The half-sized child's face turned even redder, like a ripe peach, looking left and right, not knowing how to answer.

"Okay, no kidding you." Tang Fang shook his head, Roy is too real, compared to Bai Hao's kid, it is like a day and a day: "I need to collect a little tissue cells from your right arm." ”

Roy didn't think about it, and directly stretched out his right hand. Young. Suddenly, his brows furrowed: "Brother Tang, I almost forgot to say it." As long as this guy is attacked by an external force that exceeds the rated range, it will actively harden, and ordinary weapons will not damage at all. ”

"I know that." Regarding Roy's right arm, Tang Fang knew more than himself: "Maybe it will hurt a little, you bear with it." ”

"Hmm." Roy simply closed his eyes.

Tang Fang didn't say much. He took a scalpel from the operating table next to him, injected a wisp of high-energy electrons into the knife edge, and swiped it lightly on the fingertips of Roy's right thumb.

The originally white and tender arm stiffened, and instantly blackened.

Once Roy's right arm is blackened, the defense is even stronger than the machine gunner's explosion-proof shield, if it is just an ordinary scalpel, it is naturally helpless. However, in front of a scalpel infused with high-energy electrons, the phagosome resembles ice and snow exposed to the scorching sun.

With a wisp of blood spilled. The flesh the size of a fingernail is cut off with a scalpel.

After Tang Fang quickly summoned a worm, he handed it the bloody flesh, walked to the operating table, tore off a piece of gauze, and helped Roy bandage it.

"Brother Tang, don't bandage, a little injury." Roy withdrew his arm suddenly. At this time, the blackness receded like a tide, and the arm returned to its normal state. Then. The half-sized man stretched out his left hand and wiped it on his thumb. The blood was gone, but the wound was restored.

"I forgot that phagosomes have the ability to regenerate at high speeds." Tang Fang smiled bitterly.

"Coo......" There was a muffled sound in the belly of the half-grown child. Roy was embarrassed, touched his stomach with one hand, and scolded angrily: "Eat, eat, eat." I know how to eat all day long, and I'm almost a stool maker. ”

Tang Fang was amused by him: "You want the horses to run fast, but you also want the horses not to eat grass, how can you be like Zhou Paoskin, when did Grant's turtle hair infect you?" ”

"Who is Zhou Papi?" Roy asked rhetorically.

"Ugh. Since I'm hungry, I'll go to the back kitchen and find something to eat. Tang Fang didn't have time to tell him stories, not to mention that the prototype character of Zhou Papi was not a bad guy at all, but it was just a false rumor, and what was the need, so the royal literati borrowed the chicken to lay eggs and made a "story of a chicken crowing in the middle of the night", which was used to sing praises and pat the master's ass.

"Oh." Roy agreed, turned around and walked out the door, muttering as he walked: "I'd better make some quick food to deal with it, now the chief cook sees me ......as if he met the creditor."

Tang Fang was stunned, and watched the half-sized child leave, but he smiled helplessly, put the insect queen into the system space, and ordered it to inject the collected phagocytes into the wormhole decomposition pool.

Sure enough, the next scene confirmed his suspicion, shortly after the queen injected the cell tissue of Roy's right arm into the decomposition pool, the wormhole was like an active volcano that suddenly erupted, and the thick intestinal tube and hatching cavity paced violently, and the bacterial blanket that had originally expanded to the normal range was like being swallowed by a whale, and the whole circle shrank.

The insect hole is connected to the suspended vesicles by foreign bodies, and the liquefied bacterial blanket is pressed into the vesicles like blood.

After a few breaths, the fungus blanket began to expand outward, slowly returning to its original size, and the violently paced insect nest also returned to calm, only the vesicles on it were still wriggling regularly.

After experiencing these two mutations, Tang Fang keenly discovered a problem, the appearance of the vesicles was very similar to the process of the worker bees mutating into Zerg buildings. Originally, it was still a vesicle formed by the condensation of countless veins and tissues, but at this moment, the surface of the vesicle is more transparent, and there seems to be mucus flowing back and forth.

"If it's really a Zerg building......" Tang Fang shook his head vigorously, no, the only Zerg buildings that can be suspended in the air are the Burst Worm Nest and the Spire, as well as the giant spire that the Spire has evolved into.

The Worm Nest and the Pinnacle have been built, and the giant minaret has not yet been unlocked, so what is the vesicle above this wormhole?

Isn't it a Zerg building? But...... Rather, a unit of action? The operational unit, and the Air Force, look at this momentum, it is not small in size, could it be ...... Could it be a Leviathan?

Tang Fang was stunned by this thought, is it really Leviathan? Impossible, right...... That thing is a level of existence with the Protoss mothership, it can be said to be a Zerg base that can travel interstellarly, which provides the survival and evolution environment of all Zerg units, and in the Battle of the Heart of the Swarm, Sister Kai uses it as a mobile fortress.

Will such a powerful unit be lightly unlocked? If not Leviathan, what would it be? Tang Fang thought of a possibility, the brain worm, the sub-commander created by the Juggernaut to assist it in commanding the entire swarm.

In StarCraft 1, the brain worm is the brain and brain of the Zerg brood, and belongs to the absolute core management. However, after the battle of the brood, the Juggernaut died, and Sister Kai took power, and in order to maintain her dominance, she almost slaughtered the brainworms created by the Juggernaut.

The reason why Tang Fang suspected that the thing in the vesicle was a brain worm. First, the insect nest provides nutrients during the gestation process; Second, considering the characteristics of the phagosome, the aliens that are parasitic by this creature are all units in the interstellar 1 era, and the brain worm is an important command unit in interstellar 1, so it is absolutely reasonable to unlock it; Thirdly, there is an adjutant in the Terran base, which has given him a lot of help, and it is naturally reasonable for the Zerg base to evolve an auxiliary unit like a brain worm. (To be continued......)

ps: There will be 2 more R527 tomorrow