Chapter 13 Cells VS Radiation

Under the leadership of Mai Shinwatara, it wasn't long before the two of them came to the Uesugi family car rental store she was talking about.

This is a store that specializes in car rental!

Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, oil-burning, electricity-using everything, the vehicle is very complete.

Meng Lang chose a half-new scooter with a tail box in line with a low-key principle.

Mai Shinwataru naturally acted as a translator on the side throughout the whole process.

In the end, the chubby shopkeeper also waived the deposit for the sake of her face, and it seems that this chick is quite familiar with this shop.

Coming out of the store, Meng Lang resigned from his new Mai and returned to the rented homestay under the reluctant gaze of the other party.

The next day, Meng Lang rode his motorcycle to the vicinity of the nuclear power plant.

Workers in protective suits were found clearing the rubble near Unit 6, while Units 1 and 2, which were the most severely radiated, were not moving.

In recent years, about 40% of the polluted areas around Fukushima have been restored to normal conditions, including by collecting contaminated topsoil.

On the road leading to the site of the nuclear power plant, the original contaminated pavement has been removed and a new concrete pavement has been paved.

The cleanliness of the outer area makes Fukushima look like a brand new look!

However, the most dangerous place is the unit 1 and 2 of the nuclear power plant, which is heavily polluted, not only with high radiation doses but also with large loose pollution!

On the third day, everything ordered online has been shipped.

On the fourth night, after dinner, Meng Lang stuffed some things such as radiation protective clothing into the trunk of the motorcycle.

Then he started the motorcycle and quietly came to the vicinity of Unit 1 in the night.

After taking out the protective suit and putting it on neatly, he took a turn around the center area of Unit 1 with the radiation detector in his hand.

In the end, a place with the highest radiation index was chosen as the place for cultivation!

With the faint moonlight to look around, the surroundings were quiet, and only the sound of the waves crashing on the shore could be faintly heard.

After confirming that everything was correct, he sat down cross-legged.

Then he took out a pair of scissors and cut a small hole the size of a peanut in the middle of the palm of the radiation-proof glove, exposing the skin on the palm directly to the radiation!

Meng Lang then quickly sketched the shape of the photoreceptor cells in his mind, and at the moment when the figure was completed, a strange and familiar picture suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Meng Lang had a serious expression, took a deep breath, and focused all his attention on the palm of his left hand!

Strictly speaking, exposing the skin directly to high-energy ionizing radiation is a very dangerous folly!

Although all these years have passed, the radiation intensity in the quarantine area is no longer directly fatal.

But one carelessness is still enough for him to spend the rest of his life in all kinds of sickness and wailing!

Despite the inward vision, these ghostly invisible radiation particles are still invisible.

But the abnormality of those cells in the palm of his hand still made him see the horror of radiation rays!

At this time, there are about 2~300 million human cells in this peanut-sized area.

At this moment, these cells are producing a violent ionization effect, and the atoms in the cells are spinning at high speed, causing the electrons that originally surrounded the atoms to be thrown away!

And what happens to an atom without electrons?

To put it simply, the cell to which this atom belongs is gone!

For example, red blood cells originally had the function of carrying oxygen to all parts of the body, but because they lost their electrons, they also lost the ability to carry oxygen.

In fact, these cells are lucky, and many more cells are directly hit and die instantly!

The various radiation rays are like an invisible sharp knife, smashing the protein molecular chains in the cell.

The chromosomal DNA has been cut in two, and the ability to replicate and divide has been completely lost!

The ubiquitous high-energy ray particles wreaked havoc in this small area, and a large number of cells lost their lives in an instant, and the scene was chaotic!

Seeing this scene, Meng Lang hurriedly covered the small hole in the palm of his left hand with his right hand, finally temporarily isolating the invasion of radiation, and also giving the cells in his palm some buffering and breathing time.

Although the radiation is menacing, the immune system in his body is not vegetarian either!

Dead cells are quickly cleaned up, and a large number of new cells are replenished to fill in the gaps.

Some cells that survived the Fallout Battlefield and did not die on the spot, and who survived are working hard to repair themselves.

After the repair, there are two things:

The first is that the DNA of the radiation-damaged cells is properly repaired and the cells function back to normal!

The second case is that the repair is incomplete or inaccurate!

Most of these unsuccessful cells die outright, but a very small number survive.

At this point, the DNA, or genes, in the surviving cells has actually changed!

Meng Lang is concerned about these cells that have survived the radiation battlefield but have already undergone genetic mutations.

With the help of internal vision, Meng Lang concentrated on careful observation

cells with mutations in these genes.

Ten minutes later, he opened his eyes a little tiredly, and it was clear that this time there was no mutation to evolve the modified cells he had in mind.

After resting for a while, after these cells were all stable, Meng Lang once again removed the palm covering his palm, and continued to set off a fierce battle between cells and radiation......

The cycle goes on and on, and after several successive radiation wars, there are not many cells with genetic mutations!

However, most of them have either developed lesions, or chromosomal malformations, and there are still no modified cells.

Meng Lang shook his head a little helplessly, this is also the disadvantage of handing over to random evolution.

The so-called randomness means that if you are lucky, you may evolve successfully the first time, but if you are unlucky, you may not appear in ten or a hundred years, which is indeed a bit painful.

But it also strengthened his determination to have an army of modified cells!

Raising his hand and looking at the timer on his wrist, according to the time estimate, the oxygen in the oxygen tank was almost exhausted.

Meng Lang quickly stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and returned to the place where the motorcycle was parked......

The days of cultivation are peaceful, running back and forth between the quarantine area and the B&B every day, and the days are not panicking!

But Meng Lang didn't feel lonely and bored, but enjoyed it a little.

Practicing at night and summarizing some experiences before resting during the day made him more and more proficient in the use of the power of inner vision.

Observe the operation of various cells every day, and in his spare time, he also opens his inner vision to explore the secrets in the body.

All of this gave him a deeper understanding of his body!

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has reached the end of July.

It has been nearly three months since Meng Lang arrived in Fukushima, and this week will also be the last week he will be able to stay here due to his visa.

Although he had not been able to meet the expected engineered cells, he was not discouraged.

In fact, in a few days, even if his visa does not expire, he will have to put aside his evolution plan for the time being.

Because in the past few days, Meng Lang obviously felt that the cells in his body seemed to have reached a certain critical point!

Although it is only the size of a peanut, the power of nuclear radiation should not be underestimated!

Under the daily radiation exposure, some deformed and diseased cells have become more and more numerous.

His immune system is also having a hard time dealing with it, and he doesn't want to hang up before his evolution has even begun!