Chapter 15: A Preliminary Understanding of Biological Guns
After landing on the spacecraft and successfully recovering Robot Dog 1, the wheeled robot sent the biological specimens it brought back directly into the lab.
Liu Yiting: They were already waiting in the laboratory. The lab is right next door to the isolation room. All the members sat in front of the console and saw through the large, fully enclosed glass wall that the wheeled robot had placed the head of the large herbivore on the workbench.
"Let's get started." Professor Cheng's instructions came from the holographic display screen.
"Yes." Liu Yiting sat in front of the console and operated. On the other side of the heavy glass wall, the spotlight was turned on, and a mechanical hand stretched out from one side of the workbench - a laser scalpel that cut upwards from the middle of the two eyes of the large herbivore's skull, avoiding the third eye, and slicing all the way to the back of the skull. The manipulator changed its orientation, and the laser scalpel began to cut from the side of the skull along the horizontal mold direction of the eye, and the manipulator retracted after the cutting was completed.
A dexterous mechanical gripper extends from the table to remove the cut area. The internal structure of the brain is unobstructed.
The holographic 3D display shows an enlarged image of the inside of the brain of a large herbivore. At the end of the dark red biogun, there is a 1 centimeter-diameter nerve cord that extends to the brain of the large herbivore, and the tail of the nerve cord is like the fibrous root of a plant, branching out into countless small branches to connect with the brain of the large herbivore. The entire brains of the large herbivores are encased in the nerve cords of the bioguns.
"Oh my God, it's incredible." Chen Wenjing exclaimed.
"Zoom in." The holographic display screen magnifies the portrait under Liu Yiting's instructions.
"Zoom in again, stop." Everyone watched intently, and the nerves as thin as hair were evenly connected to the brains of the large herbivores. A bridge is built between the biogun and the brains of large herbivores. There is also a small network of blood vessels underneath this 'bridge', but it has taken on a dark red color.
"Microscope." Liu Yiting said.
The bench arm extends out of the microscope.
"Three hundred times,,,,,, five hundred times,,,,,," Liu Yiting operated.
The other members in front of the console also operated, analyzing different screen data in their own way.
"Did you find anything?" Professor Cheng asked.
"The neuronal endings of the biogun are slightly connected to the neuronal endings of the brains of the large herbivores. The mechanism and role of this connection are not clear. But it is certain that this connection has made the brain no longer belong to the host itself. Obviously, the bio gun can completely affect the morphological pattern of its host. And...... Chen Wenjing paused.
"And what?" Professor Cheng asked.
"And, moreover, the activity of any part of the host's brain, which is the brain waves, is transmitted to the biogun." Chen Wenjing said.
"The biogun is the third eye, and its 'eyeball' is a red biocrystal, and its bottom has a retina composed of photoreceptor cells, that is, its host can observe the external environment through the biogun." Han Wei said. "The structure and function of red biospars need further research."
"Since the specimen has just been collected, its cells still have some vital activity, but 。。。。。。 However, all of the tissue cells of the biogun have no signs of life, which means that the biogun is dead long before its host is hunted. Li Jin said with a puzzled face. This explains why the Large Herbivores do not use their bio guns when attacked. ”
"You're saying the biogun was dead long before its host was attacked?" Professor Cheng asked.
"Yes."
"It seems that the attack of the large carnivorous tooth on the large herbivore is not accidental, and the toothed beast seems to know that the herbivore's biogun is dead, so this hunt is very accurate. But why did the bio gun die early? Liu Yiting muttered.
"Disease? Trauma? Han Wei said.
"I hope you will do further research. Complete. Professor Cheng interrupted the video.
Although through this autopsy, the YXRJH team members have a preliminary understanding of the biological gun, more questions have arisen.
Why do large herbivorous bioguns die early? How does a bio gun work? What is the structure and function of the red bio hedron of the bio gun? Can bioguns affect the host's behavior patterns? And how much can it affect? Wait a minute.
As scientists, these questions are always fascinating to all YXRJH team members.