Chapter 15 The Infected
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Lynn had been observing the strange infected cell, and although the membrane of the cell had become blurred, if she looked closely, she could see something round floating in the cell's body.
Are they viruses? But why didn't they kill the cells? Just stay in it?
Lynn wondered if it should keep the cell alive or kill it to avoid any danger.
Lynn didn't really want to kill it directly, Lynn really wanted to study how the virus worked, maybe it could be useful?
And the next invasion was about to take place, and Lynn planned to attack the cells of the large colony nearby once again, and finally take control of the entire rock.
If the virus has some useful property, such as harming other cells but not Lynn's cells, then Lynn can use the virus to attack other cells.
So Lynn decided to keep it and try it, but the acid injector would always be on the sidelines, and Lynn would have to watch how its every move was different from normal cells.
Under initial observation, the infected cell was still able to eat like a normal cell, and Lin did not feel anything wrong with it.
But when it divides, it seems that there will be some problems, and the cells that divide are also infected, that is, the whole body is bright red, and the process of its division will produce some viruses, but not many, only a few.
These viruses appear to be small round and bright red in color like infected cells, only one hundredth the size of a cell.
Lynn killed all the viruses that spawned with the split, and she didn't want her entire colony to turn red.
However, at the moment, it seems that these viruses are not very threatening to Lynn's community.
Then it's time to prepare for the next war.
Lynn's cell community has outnumbered any cell here, and the huge community that occupies 50% of the rocks allows Lynn to easily destroy the other cells that inhabit here.
But what Lynn is dealing with this time is not an ordinary cell community.
Lynn's vision looked into the distance, and on the rocks, there was a group of cells called caterpillar insects, this group of cells was very strange, they were like filaments growing on the ground, densely spread over a large area, as if covering the rocks with a layer of fluff.
These filaments will envelop food flowing out of the cracks, or capture other cells that come close, wrap them in, and then tighten them, using pure coiling force to squeeze each other into pieces.
Lynn wasn't happy with the name Caterpillar worm, but she couldn't think of anything else...... Well? Maybe it's more appropriate to call it 'Death Algae'?
Why do I care about this? Lin was surprised by her thoughts, and in fact, as the community grew larger and Lynn's thoughts became more and more broad, Lynn would always have some strange thoughts.
In short, the caterpillar insects are very strange things, their filamentous bodies and powerful winding ability make it impossible for diggers and cone cells to attack, but the biggest disadvantage of the caterella insects is that they can't move, so Lin plans to clean them up directly with the acid injector.
The caterpillar insects are densely packed all over the rock surface, and it is difficult for Lynn to estimate their numbers, but they only occupy about 10% of the entire rock by area.
And Lynn's acid injector's dissolved solution was apparently enough to cover such a large area.
Lin directly asked the acid injectors to go out, swim over the caterpillar insects out of reach, and sprinkle the dissolved solution, killing the group of caterpillar insects in large areas.
Because the caterpillar insects can't move, Lynn is not afraid that they will run away from injury, and then split to evolve new individuals with lysis resistance.
It seemed to be a one-sided slaughter, and no matter how much the caterpillar worms were sprayed with the dissolved solution, they could not pull themselves out of the rocks to attack the acid injectors on the heights.
Although she was a little curious about how the caterpillar insects usually split and reproduced, Lin had no intention of showing any mercy, and soon, Lin almost cleaned them up, and the caterpillar insects rotted and collapsed in a large area of dissolution, and finally only a small area was left unaffected by the dissolution.
Normally, Lynn would just destroy them, but Lynn suddenly found it too boring and wanted to try something new.
Lynn asked the virus-infected, bright red basal cell to come forward and deliberately entangle the remaining caterpillars to see what would happen.
As they usually do with their prey, the caterpillar worms entangled the infected cells that came close, and the strong entanglement force made Lin feel a novel sense of pain.
Eventually, the infected cells were crushed by the caterpillars, and a large amount of small red viruses were scattered in the water along with cell debris.
As long as these viruses come into contact, they can burrow into the body of the caterella insect, just like the infected cells, the entire filamentous body of the caterpillar is dyed red, and not long after, all the surrounding caterella insects are dyed red.
However, the red-stained caterpillars were not as safe and sound as Lynn's cells, they seemed to twist in pain, and then hung lifelessly, and then the corpses of the dead caterpillars slowly began to crack, and a large number of viruses poured out of them.
This is the obvious manifestation of being fatal by a viral infection.
But why are these viruses able to kill the caterpillar insects, but they have no effect on Lynn's cells?
Lynn doesn't know the secret, but it's obviously a good thing.
Now, all of these remaining caterpillars have died from the virus, and a large amount of the virus released from the corpses floats in the water, staining the water a bright red.
Lynn had some basal cells swim over and let them swim through the swarm of viruses, recovering them into her body.
Sure enough, although Lynn's cells will be infected and red, there is no problem, and it will not affect her movements, let alone be fatal.
Lynn refers to these cells as infected, and a new type of cell is born, and it has a powerful ability to destroy sex.
If used properly, the virus may be able to destroy huge populations of cells lightly, but there are problems.
The biggest problem is that the cells killed by the virus cannot be eaten.
Like the caterpillar insects, they are only a few fragments of the outer membrane that have been killed by the virus, and there are few useful parts left.
Even if it is corroded and festered by those who are injected with acid, most of it can be eaten.
And those who are infected, even if they seem to have no problem now, don't know if there will be problems in the future.
Lynn then performed some tests on the infected, who were able to eat normally, but their movement was slow, and most of the food they ate was actually owned by the virus, as the infected grew and divided much more slowly than other uninfected cells.
In addition, infected individuals can no longer transform and evolve into other types like the original basal cells.
In this way, the infected person can be said to be a tool of the virus, and the infected person can only carry the virus all the time, and then let the virus spread around with cell division and other behaviors.
Lynn knew that it wasn't a good thing that the virus didn't harm its cells, but she just wanted to find a host to use as a tool to continue to reproduce.
So Lin won't let the number of infected people be too large, only a small part of the infected cells that absorbed the virus just now will be left, and most of them will be taken by Lin to the huge crack that spews hot water and disposed of.
Lynn left ten infected behind, and if she encounters any crisis in the future, Lynn can also use this virus as a last resort.
However, it seems that what Lin will face next is not a living opponent.
Lynn had noticed early on that the small swarms of cells that had been used to come to the rocky area in search of food were no longer there.
But that's not because Lynn has taken over most of the area, it's something else.
Lynn with enhanced sense of touch, her entire cell population can be clearly felt...... The water is trembling,