Chapter 178: First Acquaintance with the Amoeba
Wei Yi followed Li Mingyu all the way back to Jindong City. After a few days of recuperation, he decided to head back to his previous underground lair to find out.
Shen Xiaoman's sudden change made Wei Yi's heart never be at peace. He tossed and turned for the past few days, and could not sleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, Shen Cheng's dying instructions to him would immediately ring in his ears.
Faced with Shen Xiaoman's sudden change, Wei Yi felt ashamed. He thought about it for a long time and decided to investigate this matter thoroughly. No matter what, he couldn't live up to Shen Cheng's dying entrustment. He had to save Shen Xiaoman's mind back. Save the child in time before she can do anything wrong.
And all of this must be found from the source. And to find the clue to this source, Wei Yi felt, it was in that underground lair.
With this in mind, Wei Yu quickly rushed to the underground lair, which had been tightly controlled. After the battle a few days ago, the military completely sealed off the nest for hundreds of miles.
Through the surrendered captives and some of the collected information, the mysterious organization of G1 finally surfaced. It turns out that G1 is behind all this. But unfortunately, due to the destruction of Gongsun Dove's meaning, many important materials and evidence have been destroyed. Until more detailed information is available, no one can be sure of the true purpose of this secret lair.
In order to uncover the secrets here, a large number of researchers were transferred to Jindong City. They spend their days and nights analyzing and researching in the depths of the sealed underground secret lair. And Li Xiaohui is one of the people in charge of this cracking work. Because of the guarantee of Li Xiaohui's siblings and the backing of the Huaxia Command, Wei Yi obtained permission to enter and full access.
After he passed through the heavily fortified checkpoint, he quickly followed the newly opened underground passage and quickly entered Li Xiaohui's research room.
It is a temporary underground room. The space in the room is very large. The room is filled with a variety of instruments and equipment, as well as many research samples collected from various parts of the secret lair. As soon as Wei Yi entered, he was shocked by the dazzling array of research samples in the room. It turned out to be all sorts of strangely shaped creatures, and lots of liquids of different colors.
"Awei, are you here?" After Li Xiaohui saw Wei Yi, she greeted Wei Yi and said, "Come on." I'm just looking for you. You come and see these things. ”
Wei Yi walked to Li Xiaohui's side in a few steps. He looked at the few glass tubes placed in front of Li Xiaohui. The sealed glass tubes were a large mass of soft and collapsed things, which did not seem to have a completely fixed shape.
"What is this?" Wei Yi asked curiously.
"Amoebae." Li Xiaohui picked up one of the glass tubes and said to Wei Yi, "A eukaryotic organism. ”
Wei Yi nodded ignorantly. He didn't know much about biology. And this amoeba is very strange to him. Li Xiaohui glanced sideways at Wei Yi, her eyes full of smiles. Obviously, she had already guessed Wei Yi's lack of knowledge.
She leaned into Wei Yi's ear and whispered, "It's a kind of bug." Sticky bugs. ”
As she spoke, she rubbed her nose against Wei Mi's neck, unabashedly expressing her feelings for Wei Mi. Wei Yi smiled and let Li Xiaohui do whatever he wanted. This is a unique way of expressing affection between them.
Wei Yi let Li Xiaohui mess around for a while. He pointed to the sealed glass tube in Li Xiaohui's hand and asked, "This worm, why are you catching it?" Does it have anything to do with the secrets here? ”
Li Xiaohui stroked her hair, gently shook the glass tube in her hand, and said to Wei Yi: "This thing, don't underestimate it." It's no ordinary amoeba. ”
Wei Yi shook his head a little puzzled and smiled awkwardly. He really regretted that he didn't bring an encyclopedia dictionary with him at this time. Although Li Xiaohui repeatedly said that she didn't mind the knowledge gap between Wei Yi and her, Wei Wei always felt very uncomfortable in her heart.
Especially since the two of them fell in love. Every time Wei Yi saw Li Xiaohui talking happily with his colleagues, but he could only talk about his parents, an inexplicable sense of loss would rise in his heart.
Wei Yi smiled a little stiffly and said jokingly, "How is it not ordinary?" It can't be transformed. ”
"Clever!" Li Xiaohui slapped Wei Yi on the shoulder and complimented.
Wei Yi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Listen to this name. Let's talk about it, don't sell it. ”
Li Xiaohui smiled and ended her play with Wei Yi. She said: "This eukaryotic organism is originally just an extremely common one in nature. But the one I have in my hand has been artificially mutated. You must not understand when I say this. Here, I'll give you a demo. Just look at it. ”
As she spoke, she led Wei Yi into a laboratory in the room. After Wei Yi followed Li Xiaohui into the laboratory, he saw that there were many experimental mice placed everywhere in the laboratory.
In the very center of the lab, several mice are placed individually in a large transparent glassware. Around the glassware, there were several instruments that were constantly recording various experimental data.
"Did you see the big glass jar? Don't you think there's anything unusual about them? Li Xiaohui pointed to the big glassware in the distance and asked Wei Yidao.
Wei Yi took a few steps forward and stared at the few mice in the glassware, but he couldn't see anything unusual. The mice were extremely quiet, and nothing unusual seemed to be there. If there is anything abnormal, it may be that these mice will keep staring at Wei Yi. But what kind of anomaly can this be?
Wei Yi looked back at Li Xiaohui with some confusion, shook his head and said, "It's no different?" It looks like an ordinary guinea pig. What happened to them? ”
Li Xiaohui did not immediately answer Wei Yi's question. She nodded, beckoning Wei Yi to walk to the corner of the laboratory.
"I'll show you. You'll understand in a moment. Li Xiaohui said, put on the gloves used for the experiment, and took out a mouse from the cage on the side.
She looked at Wei Yi and said, "Pay attention, does this little mouse's eyes look timid. Moreover, it does not dare to struggle at will. ”
Wei Yi took a closer look and found that the little mouse in Li Xiaohui's hand was indeed as she said. Timid, cowardly, and looks cringe. Wei Yi immediately nodded and said, "Indeed." ”
"Good. You can see it now. Li Xiaohui said, quickly putting the mouse into an empty glassware. She then carefully opened the sealed glass tube she was holding in her other hand, slowly dripping the amoeba into the glassware.
The soft and collapsing amoeba suddenly changed rapidly as soon as it left the sealed glass tube. It suddenly split into a number of individual individuals, each about the size of the first knuckle of Wei Yi's little finger.
And that's just the beginning. The amoeba that split into individual individuals after another split into a second division after the division was completed. This time, however, they split into smaller individuals.
"This? What are these bugs doing? Wei Yi asked curiously.
"Reproduction. They are multiplying at a rapid pace. For the next step of predation, they need a large number of companions. Li Xiaohui replied quickly.
Wei Yi looked at the amoeba with some puzzlement, still a little incomprehensible. In the time that followed, the amoeba continued to split. The little mouse that was put into the glassware was always curled up in the corner of the vessel, not daring to move at will.
Wei Yi waited for a while, and found that there was nothing abnormal, and he couldn't help but feel a little impetuous. He really couldn't figure out what these bugs could do. But just when Wei Yi thought that this mass of amoeba would divide endlessly, a mutation suddenly occurred.
The large mass of amoeba suddenly slowly wriggled towards the mouse not far away. As soon as they approached the mouse, they suddenly stuck to the mouse and squirmed towards the mouse's body.
When Wei Yi saw it, he suddenly thought of the sticky creature he had ever seen. He was surprised and said, "This, it turned out to be this thing!" ”
Li Xiaohui was stunned and asked, "Have you seen it?" ”
Wei Yi nodded and said, "Yes." I've not only seen it, but I've fought it once. If it weren't for my wit, I'm afraid I would have been melted by it. ”
Wei Yi said, and quickly explained the situation he had encountered with the sticky creature he had encountered before to Li Xiaohui. But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly found that Li Xiaohui's face suddenly became extremely ugly. Wei Yi looked at Li Xiaohui in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Li Xiaohui didn't answer Wei Mi, she looked at Wei Mi carefully for a while, and suddenly quickly walked to the corner of the laboratory and took a small bottle. She held the bottle and said quickly to Wei Yi, "Drink this." ”
Wei Yi was stunned, looked at the small bottle suspiciously, and asked, "What is this?" ”
Li Xiaohui didn't answer Wei Yi's words, she stared at Wei Yi with her eyes without blinking, stretched the bottle in her hand towards Wei Yi again, and said softly: "Ah Wei, you listen to me." Drink this first. I'll explain it to you later. ”
Wei Yi nodded and took the bottle from Li Xiaohui's hand. He quickly opened the cap of the bottle, and without thinking about it, he drank it cleanly with his neck tilted. A strong smell of vinegar instantly rushed from Wei Yi's mouth to his forehead.
Wei Yi grinned, stuck out his tongue and said, "Let me be jealous." This smell is really strong. Why do you have a hobby with Li Mingyu. So jealous. ”
Li Xiaohui had no intention of laughing with Wei Yi at this time. She stared at Wei Yi nervously for a while, and suddenly asked Wei Yi, "Ah Wei, do you feel uncomfortable?" ”
"Uncomfortable?" Wei Yi was stunned, and suddenly felt a little headache.
He touched his head and said, "It's not uncomfortable." It's just a sudden headache. ”
As soon as Wei Yi finished speaking, Li Xiaohui's face changed instantly.