Chapter 039: Coincidence?

Benjamin Lyschild is a world-renowned professor of biology with a focus on prehistoric biology.

Cui Chuanming is his assistant researcher.

In a private research institute in New York, Cui Chuanming, who had just arrived, met his mentor Benjamin.

"Cui, your speed is really fast enough, if you could have such a fast speed when doing research, I think, you would have become a researcher a long time ago, not an assistant researcher."

Benjamin was surprised by the arrival of his students, as only one day had passed since he told Cui Chuanming the news about the prehistoric mosquitoes.

Cui Chuanming touched his head in embarrassment, he was very serious when he did research, and because of the relationship between Virgo, his requirements for details were almost harsh. Therefore, many times Benjamin is not satisfied with his work speed, and if it weren't for his very good professional knowledge, Benjamin might have fired him a long time ago.

"Being able to witness this is something I think will remember for the rest of my life."

Cui Chuanming explained, but it was not the real reason why he came so quickly, after Wen Ming and he separated, he got information about prehistoric mosquitoes. But at the time, he didn't pay much attention to it.

It wasn't until the next day, when the results of the analysis of the amber that had encased the prehistoric mosquito came out, that his mentor told him that the amber had been around for more than 60 million years.

At that time, he was shocked, because he thought of a hypothesis that Wen Ming put forward when communicating with him, that is, in the body of a prehistoric mosquito, the blood of dinosaurs was extracted, and then the genes of dinosaurs were obtained.

So, he booked a plane ticket as soon as possible and hurried to New York.

Benjamin nodded and said, "Yes, this discovery is of great significance. It has long been suggested that mosquitoes existed on Earth during the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods. Because the living environment at that time had no impact on mosquitoes, and human research on mosquito genes also proved the antiquity of the existence of this creature. ”

However, all of this is just research inference, and there is no substantial evidence. Now, this amber, which has existed for more than 60 million years, will provide incontrovertible evidence for this research inference. ”

Led by Benjamin, Cui Chuanming entered the interior of this private research institute with him.

Cui Chuanming noticed that the security guards around him were all in black suits and had puffs around their waists, and asked in some surprise, "Teacher, aren't you here to visit your friends?" Why is it ...... here?"

Benjamin smiled: "My friend, I take my own safety very seriously. ”

The two men went through several security checks, went through aseptic disinfection, and entered a research room.

Dozens of researchers in white coats were busy working inside, most conspicuously a few people in formal clothes standing behind the glass curtain wall of the research room.

The leader was an old white man in a gray plaid suit and on crutches, followed by two security guards in black suits.

Noticing Benjamin and Cui Chuanming's entry into the research room, the white old man stood across the glass curtain wall and waved at Benjamin.

Benjamin responded, introducing his students, "That's my friend, Teresa Roy." ”

Hearing this name, the corners of Cui Chuanming's mouth twitched a few times, Teresa was obviously a feminine name, and this white old man ......

Benjamin noticed his student's expression, instantly understood Cui Chuanming's thoughts, coughed dryly, and said, "Let's get to work." ”

Hearing the work, Cui Chuanming's expression became serious.

"What we're going to do today is to break open this amber."

The two walked to a workbench, and Cui Chuanming finally saw the yellow-colored amber, the size of a human head, and the top was rubbed crystal clear. Through the yellow shell, you can see the prehistoric mosquito in the center.

"Do you think this mosquito is a bit big?"

Benjamin smiled and said, "Mosquitoes the size of an adult's index finger are still a bit unsightly for prehistoric giants. ”

Normal mosquitoes are very small, but that doesn't mean there aren't large mosquitoes, the largest mosquito found in the world, up to 40 centimeters long, is currently being stored in the Tokyo Museum. There is also a golden-bellied giant mosquito that lives in the forests of Malaysia and is the size of a human finger.

This is still a modern mosquito, let alone a prehistoric mosquito?

Cui Chuanming asked, "Teacher, is our purpose today to extract the blood from mosquitoes?" ”

Benjamin nodded and said, "Yes, mosquitoes naturally have nothing to study. However, our analysis suggests that this prehistoric giant mosquito is likely to have been sealed as amber by the sap just after it finished feeding. If this is the case, there is definitely the blood of prehistoric animals in its body. Maybe it's a Tyrannosaurus rex. ”

Cui Chuanming fell into a stupor, and subconsciously asked: "Teacher, if we get the blood of Tyrannosaurus rex, or the blood of other dinosaurs, then can we breed dinosaurs?" ”

Benjamin laughed, "Haven't you always been rigorous and scientific? How did you suddenly come up with such an incredible idea? Unless there was a living dinosaur, it would never have been possible to breed a prehistoric creature like a dinosaur. ”

Hearing Benjamin's words, Cui Chuanming breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, if it were so easy, then human genetic technology would have advanced to a long time. Moreover, even if there were living dinosaurs, they would not necessarily be able to breed dinosaurs, otherwise, there would not be so many animals in this world that would have gone extinct.

Besides, this prehistoric giant mosquito does not necessarily have dinosaur blood in its body.

"Let's get started!"

Benjamin gave the order, and the researcher next to him began to work, and Cui Chuanming could only watch from the sidelines.

The level of this institute seems to be very high, and the level of researchers in it is quite good.

Half an hour later, the amber was finally completely broken, leaving only a bit of amber that had encased the prehistoric mosquitoes, and then moved into a vacuum glass case.

Using a robotic arm inside a vacuum chamber, the researcher began the final step of the process, drilling through the last layer of amber and extracting blood from the body of the prehistoric giant mosquito.

Cui Chuanming was arranged to analyze it, and in this laboratory, it is not without a higher level than Cui Chuanming. But because Cui Chuanming is Benjamin's assistant researcher, it is easy to use, so the work is carried out by him.

Cui Chuanming, who entered the working state, was very serious, and after getting the blood sample in the abdominal cavity of the prehistoric giant mosquito, he began to use professional equipment for analysis.

With the help of a supercomputer, the results were not long in coming.

"Teacher!"

Cui Chuanming's voice trembled a little, and he said: "The genes in these samples are mitochondrial DNA, and it is very likely that they will ...... It's a dinosaur! ”

Benjie was obviously very excited, and waved his hand at the glass curtain wall, and the staff in the research room were also very excited. But their excitement is due to the fact that the hard work of many days has borne fruit, and a lot of the reason is to get a sample of dinosaur blood.

Because for them, samples of dinosaur blood are of little real use, except for writing a few new papers.

But for Cui Chuanming, he is excited and shocked, he is Chinese, he believes in cause and effect, fate, and fate.

How could it be such a coincidence?

The guy named Wen Ming, just a few days after contacting him, really found the prehistoric giant mosquito, and the prehistoric giant mosquito still has dinosaur blood in its body?

If Wen Ming knew the doubts in Cui Chuanming's heart, he would definitely tell him that this was not a coincidence at all.

The real coincidence is that there are 9 people in a yacht, and only he was swept away by a tornado and swept up on an uninhabited desert island a thousand kilometers away!

The other 8 people were completely fine.