Chapter 416: Strange Genes
Li Ziming pressed a button at the end of the treatment table, and a multi-functional medical device terminal on the ceiling slowly moved down, and finally hovered 1 foot on Zhou Ai's back.
On the other hand, Valentine set the operating parameters at the control end, and explained to Tang Fang: "I will try to relieve her pain with anesthetic, and then use laser microbeam puncture with optical tweezers to directly obtain a scale sample, and you take care of her." β
"Okay." Tang Fang felt that his palms were a little slippery, thinking that it was the girl's sweat.
It can make her so frightened, you can imagine how intense the pain just now was.
"Don't worry, I'll be here with you all the time."
"Hmm...... Hmm......" Zhou Ai bowed slightly, his eyes narrowed tighter and tighter, and finally blinked twice, lost his mind and fell asleep.
At the same time, the syringe slowly rises from the back of her neck and retracts into the terminal hole of the multifunctional medical device. After that, with a turn of the base axis used to switch the component, a laser probe slowly extends through the central aperture and moves to the part where the scales are located.
Valentine glanced back and pressed confirm.
A glimmer of light shot out from the probe's diamond crystal, and Tang Fang only felt that the girl's stretched hands suddenly tightened, and her body spasmed.
Fortunately, the procedure is very short, only 1 or 2 seconds.
"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Valentine let out a long breath.
Seeing that Zhou Aihui was calm and his breathing became long and long, Tang Fang breathed a sigh of relief, got up and asked, "How is it?" β
"Sample analysis is underway, just be patient for a while." Li Ziming stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry too much, Jiren has his own natural appearance." Tang Fang nodded and did not speak.
After 10 minutes, the test results came out, and Valentine slid a few times with the PDA in his hand, and his mouth opened wider and wider.
"How did it turn out?" Tang Fang stepped forward: "Is there any potential danger?" β
Valentine synchronizes the number jΓΉ to the central display. Pointing to the crystalline cell aggregate, he said: "The structure of the scales of Zhou Ai's vest is very strange, the cells that resemble crystals are densely arranged, and the surface biofilm has a certain hardness. It is also rich in nervous tissue and extremely sensitive. β
"I'm weird. How they integrate into the human body and how they connect with the nervous system to transmit bioelectrical signals. β
"Also, the squamous cell is very different from ordinary human cells, it has a very low level of energy production, there are few extranuclear organs, and the nucleus is very large, accounting for almost 85% of the entire cell body."
"And. The nucleus is divided into many small segments, each of which contains different genetic material. β
Speaking of this, Valentine slid the trackpad again, and several DNA model drawings appeared on the monitor one after another: "How's it going?" See something? β
Tang Fang looked at the first picture and said, "This is ...... Gene strand of AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish? β
"Yes, it is the AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish gene chain that has been stripped of the epsilone gene fragment. As for the single helix chart of the second one, the double helix chart of the third one, and the quadruple helix chart of the fourth one, I wonder if you have any impressions? β
Tang Fang frowned, and suddenly remembered the scene where Valentine introduced him to the giant snake gene at the Ipsi Dragon Relay Station before.
"Is it some segment of the serpent's genes?"
"Not bad." Valentine nodded: "It's the DNA fragment that makes up the giant snake's genes." β
"What's going on? The squamous nucleus contains so many kinds of DNA! β
"And that's not even the weirdest of all." Valentine's finger continued to slide. The camera shifts to the central nucleus, and a monolithically spherical polyhedral DNA strand appears in front of the eyes of the three individuals.
"If I'm guessing correctly, this polyhedral DNA strand is the basic genetic material of the squamous cells. It consists of two parts, a fragment of the epsilon gene on the outside, and a phagosome gene at the core. β
"You see, the reticulated eppsilosaurus gene folds head to tail, encapsulating the phagosome genes to form this polyhedral DNA strand. As a result, the phagosome gene is suppressed by the epsilon gene, losing its phagocytic properties. The situation is similar to Roy's right arm, of course. There is still a difference between the two, and the hybrid genes of Roy's right arm are governed by human will. However, the genes of the colored scales cannot be controlled. β
"Phagosome gene, Ipsisaurus gene, giant snake gene, AQBD-1 asexual jellyfish gene......" Tang Fang's eyebrows twisted.
Valentine groaned for a moment and said, "According to the cellular structure of the colored scales. The composition of genetic material, I suddenly thought of a possibility, will the colored scales be a gene pool? Based on polyhedral DNA, a kind of 'hive number jΓΉ library' is constructed, and each cell is a hive, and each hive stores the DNA of different organisms. β
"Gene bank?" Tang Fang glanced back at the sleeping girl on the treatment table: "Will the colored scales have any adverse effects on her body?" β
"It shouldn't be, after all, the phagosome gene is captured and suppressed by the ipsilon gene, and it can't assimilate human cells, so it naturally won't produce any danger."
"That's good."
Tang Fang's heart was at ease for a while, and then he remembered the origin of these genes, and he frowned unconsciously, and a little light flashed in his heart. When he was at the Ipsilong Relay Station, Zhou Ai once devoured the gallbladder of the giant snake, but he didn't care because he had been safe and sound. To this day, judging from the AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish gene contained in the colored scales, the parasitic follicles must have had some kind of Cheng DΓΉ effect on the girl during the battle with the "One-Eyed Tai Sui".
Similarly, the giant snake's gallbladder is not a good thing, but I didn't expect it to be lurking in Zhou Ai's body all the time, and I can't even distinguish it from medical equipment.
The qiΔ that happened to Zhou Ai today must be the result of the interaction between the gallbladder of the giant snake and the parasitic follicles. Valentine has said that the serpent may be a concoction that has both a fragment of the Epsilon gene and a phagosome gene fragment.
In the DNA chain of the giant snake, the Epsilon gene is in an absolute dominant position, suppressing the phagosome gene fragments to death, that is, the Ippsisaurus gene power > the phagosome gene power.
And the parasitic follicles of the "one-eyed Tai Sui" have devoured many organic organisms. The phagosome gene has grown tremendously, far beyond the part of the Ipsilosaurus gene in the AQBD-1 clonoid jellyfish gene, i.e., the phagosome gene power > the ipsilon gene power.
When these two diametrically opposed forces collide together, it is inevitable that there will be a big war.
Judging from Zhou Ai's current appearance, it should be the Ipsilosaurus gene that has gained the upper hand. It not only modifies the girl's body element and gene structure, but also seals the phagosome gene to form a polyhedral DNA strand. Finally, the colorful scales of the vest are derived.
"Tile Lao, analyze the number of jΓΉ and you handle it yourself. As for the colored scale sample, please give it to me. "How precious the phagosome gene is, Tang Fang knows that if the unit suspected of being a brain worm above the wormhole wants to mature, it needs to be injected with phagosome genes from different individuals several times, and the DNA of Zhou Ai's vest color scales can be described as a variant of the phagosome gene from a certain process, since the mutated phagosome gene on Roy's right arm can improve the hatching progress of the vesicles above the wormhole. Then, the DNA of the colored scales may be able to have the same effect.
Valentine walked to the back of the medical table, clicked a button, and five seconds later, a one-inch specimen box popped up from the rectangular hole on the side of the multifunctional medical device terminal.
"Why do you want this?" When he handed it to Tang Fang, he asked casually.
Tang Fang smiled without saying a word, picked up the specimen box, walked back to the treatment table and pointed at Zhou Aidao: "How long will it take for her to wake up?" β
Valentine looked at the timetable: "Fifteen minutes in one more minute is almost fine." β
"Oh, got it." So he pulled a chair from the side and sat down, waiting for the girl to wake up.
It's only about 10 minutes of work. Li Ziming, who had been concentrating on studying the number of samples, suddenly walked over, leaned into Tang Fang's ear, and said with eyebrows and eyes: "You kid is blessed." β
"What do you mean?" Tang Fang was puzzled.
Li Ziming glanced at Valentine in front of him. Seeing that the old professor was meticulously comparing the genetic differences, he didn't pay any attention to the situation here, so he lowered his voice and explained: "I just compared the neural network profile of the color scale sample, and found that it is similar to a certain human tissue and organ in terms of neuronal distribution and peripheral nerve density. β
"Guess what organ?" Dr. Li, who prides himself on being born in a professional class, said word by word, his expression was three points ghostly and seven points obscene.
"Huh?" Tang Fang was stunned: "What organ?" β
Li Ziming looked back at Valentine again and saw that the old man was still busy with himself. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief: "Look at my mouth." β
The creature bit the tip of its tongue, and its lips shifted. Say 2 words at a volume that is almost suppressed to zero o'clock.
The corners of Tang Fang's mouth twitched twice, and the corners of his eyebrows almost hung up to the sky. This product could never have been born in a professional class. Even if he had been a doctor at the beginning, I am afraid that he is not like he introduced himself, he is an internal medicine doctor, and a tumor urology doctor is about the same.
"Brother Tang, think about it, as long as you control the strength and heat, don't say seven times a night, seventeen times is not a problem. You'll also have less effort to deal with Claire. Tsk, tsk, sister flowers ......"
Tang Fang has a black line, this Li Ziming, his kung fu is really unique, and most of them are meat.
He glanced worriedly at Yingluo outside the window, and then looked at Li Ziming with a wary face.
Dr. Li seemed to notice something, his eyes widened, and his face wrenched: "Who are you to me?" β
"Not a serious person anyway." Tang Fang raised his eyelids and gave him a blank look.
"Brother Tang, it's not me who blows to you, when we were young, we were also suave, a talent, even if we can't call countless women, but we are also a veteran of the love field, the queen bee in the flowers, a young girl like Yingluo whose body has not yet grown, to use a metaphor with a more image, that is, a bowl of boiled water, which is not to our taste."
"Blow, keep blowing, the cowhide has blown you to the sky, just like you, are you still suave? The water crotch diaper is about the same! β
"What kind of suave, crotch diaper?" The two of them were poor here, and Zhou Ai's somewhat lazy voice suddenly came from behind them.
Tang Fang looked back, and at some point, she had already sat up, frowning lightly, and looking at the two of them with a puzzled expression.
"You're awake." Tang Fang asked with concern, "Do you feel uncomfortable?" β
"Where am I so squeamish." Zhou Ai jumped off the treatment table and tidied up his slightly messy clothes.
"Hehe, you talk, I still have some work to do." Li Ziming retired at the right time.
Tang Fang put the chair back in its place and said, "Since it's okay, it's just right, come with me to 'Cristiel'." β
Zhou Ai nodded, and the two said goodbye to Valentine and Roy, and walked out of the medical cabin side by side.
"You haven't told me yet." On the way, Zhou Ai asked.
Tang Fang smiled slightly: "It's not a big deal, the actual situation is difficult to explain in one sentence or two, you just have to rest assured." β
"I've always felt at ease. The one who is not at ease is you. β
"Hah, that's right." Tang Fang smiled: "If something happens to you, who will fight with me in the future?" β
"Hmph. I think the bickering is fake, but eating tofu is real, right? β
"Haven't you always had fun?" Tang Fang blinked. A cunning face.
"Uh-huh......" Zhou Ai squinted at him: "Believe it or not, I sue SΓΉ Claire for insulting me." β
"Eldest sister, today you insulted me first, I just didn't resist." Tang Fang shrugged innocently.
"Hooligans!"
"What's the matter, I didn't do anything, I just moved my eyes, this is all hooligans, aren't all men in the world all 'stream' brothers? Or...... Are you saying the opposite, sarcastically saying that I didn't make a move when I should have struck? There's a saying. If you want to enter a woman's heart, you must first enter her 'beep...... Beep'. β
Zhou Ai bit his lower lip tightly and looked at him with angry eyes: "Tang Fang, you are a scoundrel." β
"I'm just telling the truth." Tang Fang felt very aggrieved.
At this moment, two crew members happened to pass by, and when they heard the conversation between the two, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the person who could force Zhou Ai to this job, the entire Morningstar was probably only the captain.
As if sensing the gaze of the two crew members, Zhou Aiqiao's face was slightly red. Scolded: "What do you see? There's no work to do, isn't it? I cleaned the port hangar ten times, but if there is a little oil and sludge, I am not allowed to eat for 3 days. β
One sentence frightened the two of them and fled without a trace.
"Hedong Lion, ......," Tang Fang muttered in a low voice.
Fortunately, Zhou Ai didn't hear it. Otherwise, I am afraid that it will lead to another storm.
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Leaving the Morning Star on a shuttle, the two returned to the "Christel" industrial park, because Ruskin was still leading people to clean up the battlefield, so they handed over the cargo ship log chip to Sheridan and Fielding to browse.
Tang Fang was not hypocritical, and said his meaning directly: "I want to know the origin of 'it'." β
Fielding's face was embarrassed: "Brother Tang, I won't tell you, I really don't know the origin of those samples in the cargo ship, you must know that I am just a management member of the transportation department." There is no right to know the origin, value and other relevant information of the sample. For sample details. It is necessary to contact the deputy manager in charge of scientific research. β
"How long will it take for the quantum communication device to be repaired?"
Sheridan thought for a moment and said, "Three days should be enough." β
"That's good. I'll wait for your reply in 3 days. After speaking, he stood up and was about to say goodbye and leave, when Zhou Ai suddenly said, "Wait." Then he looked at Sheridan: "How much food is still in the industrial park?" Stock is running out on the Morningstar. β
"This is simple, there is a food warehouse in Area C, just go and get it." Sheridan and Fielding smiled at each other, the arrival of the transport team this time was not only for the transportation of biological samples, but also for the task of material supply.
The food warehouse in Area C is larger than the five Morning Stars, not to mention that there is a plantation on the lowest floor of the industrial park, so there is no danger of running out of food.
"I think there's quite a bit of food on the Morningstar." Farewell to Sheridan and Fielding, on the way back from driving the shuttle, Tang Fang couldn't help but ask.
"Have you forgotten what day tomorrow is?"
"What day? What's your birthday? Tang Fang asked rhetorically.
"You're still a Han." Zhou Ai pouted: "According to the earth calendar, tomorrow should be the lunar Spring Festival." β
"Spring Festival?" Hearing these two words, Tang Fang was silent for a while, counting the days, it has been several months since he crossed into this world, and he doesn't know what happened to his parents?
With this disappearance, will my father pick up the cigarettes that he just quit for two days again? Will my mother's high blood pressure happen again?
"Tang Fang, Tang Fang, what do you want?" Zhou Ai shook his arm in front of him.
"I didn't ...... Nothing, just a little touch. β
"Yes, the Spring Festival, I'm a year older."
"Want to get married?" Tang Fang quickly cleaned up the melancholy in his heart, because he knew that he had no choice. All he can do is be at peace with what happens.
Zhou Ai gave him a hard look: "Yes, I just want to get married." β
Tang Fang smiled: "Do you think I want to invite the two matchmakers to go to 'Qi Luoge' to find the father-in-law Lao Taishan to propose marriage?" β
"Less stinky fart." She has long understood this kid's ability to fight snakes with sticks, and it is natural to get used to it.
"I'll take someone to 'Christier' to pick up some ingredients later, anyway, I'm idle, how about a Spring Festival party tomorrow? By the way, celebrate the reunion of old friends. β
"Okay." Tang Fang nodded: "I haven't eaten your dishes for a long time, I'm hungry." β
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Five minutes later, the shuttle slowly drove into the dock of the resource supply station, Tang Fang went to check the repair progress of the pirate warship, and Zhou Ai selected a few cooks, transferred to a medium-sized shuttle, and went with her to "Christiel" to carry the ingredients.
With a sufficient supply of materials, the SCV's repair of the pirate warship progressed extremely quickly. After all, with Emma providing repair solutions, with the assistance of high-tech equipment that surpasses the current technological level, if it can't surpass the logistics maintenance class of "Daystar Pharmaceutical" several times, or even dozens of times, Tang Fang himself feels ashamed.
More than 3 hours have passed since the "Whitebeard" pirates retreated, and 5 lightly damaged ships have been completely repaired. At this rate, the repair of 87 lightly damaged pirate warships and 44 seriously damaged pirate warships can be completed in about 5 days if the work is carried out day and night.
After the inspection, Tang Fang returned to the captain's room of the Morning Star, summoned the worm, handed it a sample of Zhou Ai's vest colored scales, and ordered it to be injected into the wormhole decomposition pool. (To be continued) R655