A silent battle began at this moment, and the fifteen people of Nakatamura, representing the entire human race, gambled with their lives to start the first confrontation with extraterrestrial life......

These Martian life, without any intelligence, are the result of hundreds of millions of years of natural selection. And these fifteen people in Nakata Village represent the highest courage and wisdom of human beings.

"These microorganisms are suspected to be the size of the virus, which may be more complex than the virus, and they all live in uranium mining areas." Nakatamura wrote down the existing facts in the notebook on the left, and then wrote his conjectures in the notebook on the right for future generations to refer to.

He knew he didn't have much time, so he studied the basics as much as he could.

"The temperature on Mars is too cold, even up to minus 120 degrees at night, and the environment is too harsh for life to survive. However, in the uranium mining area, the temperature will stabilize at about minus 30 degrees to 10 degrees Celsius because of the slow nuclear fission relationship between uranium ore and polonium ore. Such temperatures are ideal for these microorganisms to survive. ”

"This also explains why no life has been found elsewhere, except for uranium mines."

"In the uranium mining area, there is not only temperature, but also a small amount of energy supply. Leaving the area and losing their energy supply, these microorganisms will gradually die. ”

"In harsh environments, they have evolved the ability to reproduce quickly. Humans are like fat sheep that have no ability to resist, almost becoming a breeding ground for them, and the existing human immune system has no time to respond......"

After writing this, an assistant "Dong Dong Dong" ran over with a bunch of materials in his hand, "Doctor, the information of more than 300 patients has been prepared." ”

"Okay, you can count it first, and then report it to me."

Nakatamura shook his head, he felt a little itchy in his throat, a little headache, it should be a symptom of illness. He immediately recorded in his notebook: "For 2 hours and 11 minutes, the dizziness symptoms were mild, the body temperature was 37.6, and the consciousness was quite clear. ”

Immediately afterward, he scraped a bit of mineral material with a knife and put it under a microscope to look closely.

"I think there are at least hundreds of species of these microorganisms, and there may be just a few of them. Under the light microscope, you can clearly see the process of an ordinary cell being killed, and I guessed correctly, the attack process of these microorganisms is similar to that of a virus. ”

"However, the interferons we already have are largely ineffective against them. Explain that their construction is different from all known viruses. (Interferon, a broad-spectrum antiviral agent)

"Doctor, I have counted the patients with low-grade fever who have developed symptoms such as difficulty breathing. However, patients with high fever are better off, why? Strange ......," the assistant said, somewhat confused.

Is it better to have a high fever than a low fever? Why? Why? It's also unconscious......

"Why?" Nakatamura muttered to himself.

He stood up and walked back and forth, as if something had been overlooked by himself.

At this time, an idea hit Nakatamura's mind like lightning, and he suddenly jumped up, "Yes, temperature!" It must be the temperature! These Martian lifeforms stay in a cold environment for a long time, so their ability to resist heat must be very poor! ”

It must be like this!

As soon as this idea came out, Nakatamura was excited, and he had a premonition that he was right, and he must be right.

An ordinary cell is completely invaded by the virus in dozens of minutes. Why Have Humans Been Resilient For So Long? So far, there has not been a single case of death, it must be the temperature!

The body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius is not very adaptable to these viruses. And when the fever rises to 40 degrees, this adaptability of the Martian virus is even weaker.

It's the heat that protects humanity!

"Quick! Perform a temperature test! Nakatamura shouted excitedly......

Four hours later, Nakatamura became infected and fell into a coma. But he left a valuable message, these Martian microbes are extremely afraid of high temperatures!

They are extremely hardy and can survive in an environment of minus 60 degrees, zero degrees Celsius is their most active temperature, but at 20 degrees Celsius, their activity generally drops by 50%, and at an ambient temperature of 40 degrees, their activity drops by more than 90%!

It's the high body temperature that saves humanity!

The reason for this is due to the natural selection of living beings. Natural selection of life, not only for Earth, but also for Mars.

There is a blind fish on the earth, because they live in holes* for a long time, and there is no light all year round, their eyes slowly deteriorate, but their sense of hearing, smell and touch is extremely sensitive.

On the island of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean, there are 550 species of beetles, 200 of which have very underdeveloped wings and cannot fly. Of the 29 endemic insect genera, 23 genera have all wings degenerated. These beetles hide when the wind blows and wait until the wind is good.

Insects that occasionally land on the islands are preserved because their wings are degraded and cannot fly, so they are not blown into the sea by the wind. Flying insects, on the other hand, were blown into the sea by the strong wind......

In the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the Earth, in ice cellars, snow-capped mountains, deep seas and tundra areas, some psychrophilic microorganisms live. Obligate psychrophiles can live in environments below 20°C, but it is difficult to survive above 20°C.

This is natural selection, survival of the fittest, elimination of the unfit!

Martian life, which has been in a cold environment for a long time, has greatly increased its resistance to cold, however, their resistance to heat is almost none!

Because they don't need heat resistance at all, this ability hasn't evolved.

This also gives humans a way to kill the virus: high temperatures! According to Nakatamura's research, as soon as it reaches 60 degrees Celsius, all microbial activity drops to almost zero.

So, the whole laboratory hot air conditioner was turned on to the maximum, and it was almost burned with high temperatures.

Patients with fever don't care, and those with a low-grade fever should take some medicine to let them have a high fever, as long as it does not exceed 41 degrees. The high temperature that humans can withstand for a long time, that is, about 41 degrees!

41 degrees, now he has become the protector of mankind!

……

"How?" Yu Yifeng took care of the internal affairs of the spaceship, and hurried to the Mars base, "Have you achieved results?" ”

"Dr. Nakatamura is already in a coma, and now he is replaced by Mr. Konstantin, a biologist." One scientist replied, "Dr. Nakatamura has made a great discovery that these viruses are very resistant to high temperatures, and that patients with high fever can be effectively relieved."

Now, Dr. Konstantin is using a scanning tunneling microscope to observe the virus......"

Yu Yifeng nodded, clenched his fists anxiously, and paced back and forth.

His assistant Yuriko also came over, and she wasn't as calm as she used to be. Because her father is Dr. Roman, who is still in a coma in the hospital room, and she doesn't know what the situation is...... Although she is not her biological father, she is still a little anxious.

Yu Yifeng let out a long sigh, it is only a delay to make people have a high fever all the time, and the symptoms are not cured.

It is said that 60 degrees Celsius can kill the virus, but at 60 degrees Celsius, people will also die...... When a human fever reaches 44 degrees, it is almost the limit.

"Can you hurry up and ......" As soon as Yu Yifeng opened his mouth, he knew that this request was really unreasonable, but he really couldn't help it, he was in a hurry.

……

In the Mars base, in the biochemical laboratory, after a high-temperature disinfection, the current scientific research staff has expanded to 30 people.

"The results of the protein composition test came out, and oh my God, their cell walls generally contain metallic elements, and they actually contain a lot of lead and copper...... Is it an organometallic case? One scientist exclaimed.

"Dr. Wenlan, the outer layer of the virus is not called the cell wall, it is called the capsid ......"

"Hey, don't worry about it so much, it doesn't have to be a virus...... I believe that it is because of this metal casing that they can effectively absorb nuclear radiation. Otherwise, the DNA inside these viruses would have been penetrated by the neutron stream. If we had this radiation-resistant material, tsk......"

"Yes, I've heard that this uranium ore has a high concentration, and maybe there are strong radiating elements such as plutonium and radon. Because of these metal shells, they are very resistant to radiation, but even less heat-resistant. ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it. We still have to find a drug that works on the human body and kills them...... Our time is still limited. A scientist spoke.

Everyone nodded and went back to work.

Although laboratories have been sterilized, the risk of infection remains. They have to come into contact with patients, get first-hand information, do biological tests, and observe active specimens, and if they are not careful, they will get infected, so in any case, they still have to hurry......