Chapter 16: Red Biocrystals
"Yiting, you haven't forgiven me after all these years?" In the restaurant, only Han Wei and Liu Yiting sat opposite each other, and Han Wei finally found the opportunity to be alone with Liu Yiting.
"You want me to forgive you? That is, you admit that what you did back then was despicable? Liu Yiting was a little unscrupulous.
"Things are not ,,,,,, as you think"
"What's there to imagine you publishing my research results without my consent?" Liu Yiting couldn't listen to any explanation from Han Wei at all.
"I'm in trouble." Han Wei said with an aggrieved face,
"It's a form of stealing to publish someone else's research on your own. Thieves stealing something and still have trouble? The more Liu Yiting spoke, the more angry she became.
"You listen to me explain Yitingγγγγγγ"
"No need." Liu Yiting stood up angrily, turned around and walked out of the restaurant.
"Yiting, Yiting,,,,,,"
Liu Yiting came to the laboratory sullenly, wanting to devote herself to her busy work to relieve her emotions. only to find Li Jin sitting alone in front of the console in the laboratory.
This little kid who is a little clever and talks freely all day long is actually working selflessly. Liu Yiting involuntarily sat next to Li Jin while thinking.
If it was in normal times, Li Jin would definitely greet her with a smile, but at this moment, he didn't react at all, still engrossed in the experiment, and didn't seem to notice Liu Yiting's arrival. Li Jin's performance of turning a blind eye made Liu Yiting a little disappointed.
Liu Yiting stabilized her thoughts and set her eyes on the holographic display screen.
It turned out that Li Jin was conducting an all-round dissection of the biological gun of the large herbivore. In the picture, the tissue cells of the biogun are dissected layer by layer.
"Are there any new developments?" Liu Yiting asked.
"Oh ... You're here. Li Jin didn't even look back,
"Of course there is, but it's not comprehensive, I still have some questions, wait a minute." Inside the glass wall, on the laboratory bench, the laser scalpel is constantly cutting.
"Okay, got it." Li Jin smiled excitedly. On the workbench, the manipulator extracts a red crystal from the dark red "eyeball" of the biogun.
"Immediate physical and molecular analysis." Li Jin still didn't look at Liu Yiting.
On the workbench, advanced instruments are constantly scanning the hedron. Li Jin, who was waiting for the results of the analysis, turned around.
"Yiting, what's wrong, your face is not very good. Did you not rest last night? You must know that the day here is longer than the earth, and work is important, but rest is just as important. Li Jin said with a smile, without a little frivolity, and a tone full of concern, which suddenly made Liu Yiting's sense of loss just now disappear.
"Got it." Liu Yiting lowered her head. Her answer was less swaggering than before, but more like a little woman.
"The results of the analysis are coming." Li Jin turned his head back as he spoke, and Liu Yiting also raised her head to read the analysis report with Li Jin.
"As expected."
"It's incredible."
Reports show that the main component of this biocrystal, carbon, is composed of carbon atoms and some unknown substance. That is, this is a ruby, a biological ruby. And this crystal is the core building block of high-energy ray weapons.
The so-called bio-gun is some kind of ray weapon of pure living beings. On Earth, laser guns (also belonging to ray weapons) are a technology that human civilization has developed for nearly 10 million years to master, but on this wild planet, ray weapons exist objectively in the form of pure biology.
On the magical planet Gaia, this parasitic co-evolution of animals is so special that it has created a powerful pure biological ray weapon. The natural world is so magical,
Professor Cheng's message came from the holographic three-dimensional computer display screen, "I have noticed your experiment report just now. Professor Cheng said calmly, "Do you have any opinions?" β
"I would like to continue the following experiments to confirm my inference." Li Jin said.
"Please, continue." Professor Cheng also wanted to see Li Jin's next move.
The robotic arm places the biocrystals on the CU test bench (the CU test bench is a workbench dedicated to experimental weapons).
"Start experimenting." Li Jin said.
The ring-shaped electronic interface at one end of the CU bench slowly approached the biocrystal.
"Electron pulse bombardment, proton bombardment, neutron bombardmentγγγγγγ" (Computer's voice) "Experiment complete. "The biocrystals don't have any reaction.
These are all ways of catalyzing human ray weapons. The fact that the biocrystal does not react suggests that its catalytic method is even more special.
"I'd love to hear your point of view." Professor Cheng said.
"It's clear that the biogun is much more complex than we thought, and the special substances it contains should be one of the keys to how it works. The biogun is connected to its host's brain in such a way that it can obtain large enough brain waves, i.e., electrical impulses. But there must be a complex catalytic process before the electron pulses reach the biocrystals. It's not clear what kind of process this is. Regardless of the way this catalytic process is processed, the power of the electron pulse needs to be large enough, and such a large electron pulse will not only consume a lot of energy from the host, but also cause harm to the host's brain. So...... β
"So what?" Professor Cheng asked.
"So the connection between the bio gun and the host's brain has another purpose, which is to try to repair the damage. Limiting the frequency of the host's use of the Bio Gun explains that the animals on Gaia only use the Bio Gun when their lives are in danger. Li Jin paused and continued. This also shows that the biogun has some control over the host's brain. Limits and alters certain behaviors of the host. It is unclear how much of the host's behavior pattern can be controlled. β
"After the host is infected with the biogun, some changes will occur in the body, and some bodily functions will be improved, which is conducive to the survival of the host, which is also conducive to the survival of the biogun itself. We don't yet know how the biogun does this. β
"Wonderful, very wonderful. Your potential shows why the military thinks so highly of you. Professor Cheng is right, the hairy boy in front of him has a clear and well-founded analysis of the biological gun, and his talent and ability have surpassed his age group, and Liu Yiting next to him has become an "observer".
"Yiting, what do you think?" Professor Cheng asked Liu Yiting instead, because Liu Yiting is her proud protΓ©gΓ©, she must have her own opinions.
"This purely biocatalytic process of bioguns is complex and difficult to replicate. With our current technology, it is not yet possible to understand its working mechanism, let alone copy and use it. Liu Yiting smiled and continued, "This may disappoint the military." β
Things have developed to this point, in Liu Yiting's view, the military has always been keen on the exploration plan, and its purpose is obvious.
"Unless γγγγγγ"
"Unless what?" Professor Cheng asked.
Liu Yiting regretted that she said that unless these two words, there was no choice but to continue talking.
"Our basic amino acids are completely different from life on this planet, and we are not part of their evolution. This means that the eggs of the biogun cannot recognize us at all, so they cannot parasitize our bodies. But we are also organisms. We are not without the possibility of infection. β
"You're saying we could be its host." Professor Cheng said,
"Yes, although this is very unlikelyγγγγγγ"
"I see what you mean, you're saying that unless we genetically breed the Bio Gun so that it can live in humans, we can have the Bio Gun in this way." Professor Cheng said that Liu Yiting didn't want to say this directly.
"It's dangerous, if we get infected, our behavior will be controlled by the bio gun. This would threaten the entire human race. I propose to leave this planet immediately and destroy it. Liu Yiting said hurriedly. From the moment she saw the biological gun, Liu Yiting felt the existence of this danger.
"Billions of lives on this planet are innocent, do you want to kill them all?" Li Jin said.
"That's better than threatening humanity." Liu Yiting did not show weakness
"That's enough, I'll get here today." Professor Cheng interrupted the communication.