In June 2005, the paleontology research laboratory of a university in city B. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At 10 a.m., the fat man and I had just slipped around the corner of the stairs to smoke a cigarette when we were called back to the lab by the professor's duck voice.

"Du Feng, come here, there are a few specimens of crustaceans, from City C, it should be the golden beetle you have been looking for."

"Golden beetles? A man-eating golden beetle? I said dude, is there really such a thing in the world? The fat man came after him, slapping me with a shitty giggle. I ignored him, my heart was very heavy, a little expectant, and a little apprehensive.

Since his father died unexpectedly at the Wuhou Temple in C City 10 years ago, as long as he closes his eyes, his father's cold ashes and his mother's endless tears will appear in front of him.

My father's death was unclear, and our mother and son didn't even see him for the last time. The unwilling mother, together with several family members of the victims, went to the relevant departments many times to ask for explanations, and finally only got a death result certificate, which was very simple: "After identification, it was an unknown virus carried by a mutant tortoise beetle until the infection died, and the body and vector were strongly infectious." "That's it. However, the impact of this incident on the experiencer has not been eliminated for a long time, and the direct consequence for me is that when I filled in the college entrance examination volunteer, I directly chose the unpopular paleontology department.

After studying for a while, I found that this paleontology department and things like beetles actually have nothing to do with a dime, and the whole department has a few students, and the curriculum is chaotic, basically combined with geology and other departments, so I was very disappointed, took archaeology and history, and listened to lectures randomly, and finally was actually protected by the school.

In the past 10 years, the golden beetle has become a nightmare for me, and I have been tossing for this god beetle. Although in some sporadic clues, it is confirmed that the incident is not just as simple as a beetle, but this thing must be the key to it. When I was a student, I spent every winter and summer vacation searching for this species, but I never found anything. The only person who can be found is Bi Laoda's crazy wife, but all she can offer is one sentence: "Cannibalism, beetles cannibalism!" ”

Theoretically, beetles eat people, it is nonsense at all, I once suspected that the legendary beetle is actually a corpse, but I have never found a physical object to confirm this speculation, and the conclusion of the relevant departments also says that it is a "mutated tortoise beetle", such an authoritative organization of the relevant departments, of course, will not be idiotic enough to treat the corpse as a beetle, so the results of the identification should be very clear. The tortoise beetle is a common insect that feeds on plants and can be found everywhere on morning glories in the morning, and they are able to change the color of their body, by changing the reflective layer of their body, the outer wing part becomes transparent, looking like gold or silver jewelry, this miniature beetle is quite similar to the golden scout in the Quidditch match in Harry Potter.

Among my numerous private collections, the most numerous are the golden tortoiseshells of all shapes and forms. I know that my friends in the circle have poisonous mouths, and they nickname me "worm maniac" in private, but in my heart they sympathize with and take care of me. Just like the professor, through a relationship, he asked the "relevant departments" of the state for me to ask for the beetle specimen of the Wuhou Temple incident that should be carefully preserved.

I forgot to introduce the professor, the professor's name is Tang Jianxin, a doctoral supervisor, is one of the most authoritative scholar-type experts in the field of paleontology in China, and has been presiding over the paleontology laboratory of the university for more than ten years. Because he was born with a male duck voice, I and several other young graduate students called him Donald Duck in private. The professor is very good, no big or small with a few of our students, and the working atmosphere is very relaxed and lively.

There are a total of 3 specimens, which are preserved by the method of needle insertion and drying, which is very complete, and the fluff on the limbs is clearly visible, which can be inferred that the maker is a master.

When I took out the specimen from the isolation box, my hands were shaky and I almost didn't hold them steady. The professor smiled and patted me on the shoulder, saying, "Be careful, don't get excited." ”

The nuclear gene sequence of 28S rDNA was amplified by electrophoresis detection and PCR, and three methods were tried, namely SDS-proteinase K method, CTAB method and saturated NaCl method, to extract DNA and amplify the target gene, but the effect was not very ideal. If there is a sample of absolute ethanol or 75% ethanol, it is perfect. But anyway, it's also a valuable first-hand account that I got. Through comparison, there is basically no difference between the so-called golden beetle and the ordinary tortoise beetle, to say that there is a difference, except for the slightly larger individual differences, on the head of this thing, there is a small, faint dark red eye-like pattern, eerie and terrifying, similar to a "ghost eye", very rare. In any case, this bug is also an exciting new discovery of the biological species, and the habits of the golden beetle and the legend of "cannibalism" are yet to be further studied in vivo. But how to capture the living is the key to the continuation of research.

On this day, I was squatting on the edge of the playground not far from the lab, smoking a cigarette while watching a group of girls play volleyball. A whistle behind him: "Damn, buddy, eat alone, and don't call me when you look at MM." The fat man came from behind, snatched the remaining half of my cigarette and took a puff, spitting out a smoke ring with a satisfied face.

For four years in college and three years in graduate school, Fat Man and I have been in the same class, studying boring biology. I chose this major because I had a knot, but the fat man studied biology because he was persecuted. The fat man's surname is Tang, Tang Xiaohua, and his nickname is Tang Xiaohua, the nephew of Professor Tang in the laboratory, and his background is not simple. His parents are in the army, his father is the division commander of a certain mechanic division of the Lanzhou Military Region, and it is rare to go home once a year, and his mother is the attending physician of the 301 Hospital in City B. The fat man was used to being wild when he was a child, and his parents didn't have time to care about him, but they didn't feel at ease, so they forced him to Uncle Tang Jianxin.

The fat man's grades are very bad, but relying on his family's mana, he still graduated from college and successfully took the postgraduate entrance examination. He refused to go to the army with his father, thinking that it was convenient for him to be lazy and easy to take care of his sister in college, and of course it was even more unnecessary to join the work early, born in this kind of family, he never lacked food and clothing, and he didn't need to go to a restaurant to wash dishes or go to a nightclub to be a doorman like me.

"Crazy, pay attention to that girl, the left attacker, 38D digging back, the best ......"

The fat man's voice is not small, the best MM is not far away, I guess I heard it, and after a dashing knife hand, he took the time to compare his middle finger to us. The fat man is the kind of second goods who you pay more and more attention to him, his fingers are on his mouth and he whistles, his face is full of pig brotherhood, and his saliva is flowing all over the ground.

The girls exchanged glances, the pass changed slightly, and then the ball flew towards the fat man like a cannonball, the fat man not only did not dodge, but his head went forward, "touched" the ground, the ball just smashed on the face, the fat man exaggerated a scream, fell backwards, and did not forget to perform the pickle girl stunt before falling to the ground, empty self-harm, a punch smashed on his nose, and suddenly the blood flowed, miserable.

Seeing this, the best MM over there panicked, and was stunned for a long time before running over, standing beside the fat man, wringing his hands, and the six gods had no master.

For the fat man's nosebleed, I don't think it's weird, this kid is a broken nose when he is young, and he will come to things when he touches it, and the classmates are used to it. I don't want to spoil the fat man's good deeds, so I turn around and leave. I didn't know that the best MM reacted super quickly, and grabbed me: "Hey, classmate, your friend is injured, send him to the hospital." ”

"I didn't hurt him, whoever likes to send him, besides, I don't know him at all." Such unrighteous words, but let the fat man secretly give me a thumbs up.

The best MM is not stupid, rolled his eyes, it means who believes it! I replied to her with a cold face: believe it or not. The girls came up one after another, twittering and scolding me for not saving morality and morality when I saw death, helpless, it seems that this time the fat man will not be able to enjoy the treatment of the beautiful woman who is lying on the back. However, the fat man used a little trick and hooked up successfully, and this kid's nosebleed was not unjust.