Chapter 16: Species Variation

After Professor Zhang entered the study, he opened a brown paper document bag, only to see that the document bag was covered with a red stamp, and the word "top secret" was very eye-catching.

Professor Zhang flipped through the documents inside, flipping back and forth, as if looking for some information.

"Yes, this is it!" Professor Zhang brought his eyes closer and looked at it carefully, while pointing his finger on a piece of text and muttering to himself.

I saw that there was a text on this page that had been remarked. And the general meaning of this text is this.

In the past year, there have been mutations of beasts in the Shuangji Mountains of Yuzhou, and the mutations of different beasts are different, but they also have common characteristics. And the mutated beasts will be more aggressive than before, and at first, the other animals in the mountains will be hunted by the mutated beasts. However, in the past two months, there have been three incidents of wild beasts attacking people in nearby villages and towns.

Although the village is built near the mountains, there will be wild beasts from time to time, and there will also be incidents of hurting people. But after the three attacks on humans and animals, the results were surprisingly consistent after forensic examination. And the attacked humans and animals died of depletion of blood in their bodies. That is, the beast that attacks people and animals will suck blood.

In view of this situation, the local authorities immediately convened a meeting and set up a group of experts. The composition of the expert group covers a wide range of members, including Professor Zhang of the paleontology major.

It was last month that the Group was notified. The beast had recently entered the village and attacked the villagers' pigs. Fortunately, the village has been on the lookout for attacks in the past. This time, the beast entered the village and was caught by the people of the village with animal traps.

The captured beast resembled a wolf, with a strange appearance, a wolf rather than a wolf, and a dark red layer of scales on its tail and abdomen. When the members of the team prepared to remove some of the scales for testing, they found that the scales were extremely strong, and the roots of the scales were attached to the bones of the beast. To remove the scales, the joints had to be sawed off.

The results of the subsequent assays took the panel by surprise. The microscopic tissue of these scales is unusually complex, mainly composed of bone and collagen fibers, which are distributed in a three-dimensional cross-woven pattern, with a total of three layers. It is flexible, and this structure absorbs the energy of the impact and disperses it into other bone fibers. This energy transfer occurs at the "intersection" of the impact and the bone fibers, which minimizes the "blunt trauma".

The members of the expert group were very surprised at that time, because there was no record of such a creature, and the discovery of the expert group present this time was the discovery of a new species. If the paper is published, it can be used as the cover content of a top journal. The main step of the experts' academic journey is to publish papers, and they can be promoted to professional titles by virtue of the research results of the papers.

In the next few days, the experts went into the mountain to continue their investigation under the protection of the local authorities. After a week or so in the mountains, no other similar species were found. However, some traces of life similar to those left by this species have been found. But it wasn't for nothing, they found a juvenile wild boar.

When the group saw that the juvenile wild boar was looking for food, some ham sausages were fed to it. This juvenile wild boar is humane and very well-behaved. Playing tricks in front of the expert group. But when the young boar was lying on the ground and rolling, with its belly turned upside down. The sharp-eyed members of the expert group noticed that the boar's abdomen was slightly reddened near its hind legs, and that its fur was somewhat stiff, with a noticeable sheen at the base of the fur.

When the juvenile boar was brought back for examination, it was found that some of the boar's hair had been ossified at the root and connected to the bones in its body. This is similar to the last time the creature was caught.

Immediately, the experts launched a new round of research. This juvenile wild boar is also kept in a special place and strictly guarded.

Because of Professor Zhang's age, she did not go to Shuangji Mountain this time. However, the expert group printed out the discovery in the Double Pole Mountain, sealed it in a bag, and sent it to Professor Zhang by plane. I hope that Professor Zhang can use her extraordinary knowledge to solve the mystery of this animal mutation.

And just now on the sofa, when Zhang Shuyu was stroking Xiaobai, he also found a similar phenomenon in his abdomen where the roots of the fur hardened. It's just that the color doesn't change in dark red like the one shown on the data. Some of Xiaobai's belly fur has been ossified, but it is still relatively soft.

So Zhang Shuyu was a little worried just now. And this information is still top secret and cannot be disclosed to anyone at all. As an expert and scholar, she has such an awareness.

Closing the papers, she put the brown paper bag containing the papers in the drawer and locked it. Then she got up and walked out of the study, and as she was about to walk into the living room, she adjusted her mood.

"Yan'er, I'll help you." Zhang Shuyu said to Su Yan, who was busy in the kitchen.

When he walked to the living room, he glanced at the father and son who were playing chess. Seeing that they were all concentrating on playing chess, they went directly to the kitchen.

This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are more like mother and daughter, they get along very well, Zhang Shuyu and Su Yan are busy with dinner in the kitchen.

After eating, Mu Linfeng and Su Yan were also ready to go back to their homes.

"Mom and Dad, Xiaobai is staying with you for a few days, I have to go on a business trip these days, Su Yan is busy with work, and I can't take care of Xiaobai. I'm tired of you two old men! Mu Linfeng said to his parents.

The reason why he wanted to visit his parents was that although he hadn't come to see his parents for a few days, he had been in the sea of knowledge for a whole year. So for Mu Linfeng, he really hasn't seen his family for too long. The key thing is that he must find De Yuanzi and hurry up to get the antidote. Otherwise, the blockage of these eight veins will always be a hidden danger. If something goes wrong again, he won't necessarily be so lucky.

He knew that what he was going to face was the entire Hefeng Martial Dao. And he was alone. Therefore, Mu Linfeng did not know whether he could achieve his goal this time.

Zhang Shuyu actually planned to let Xiaobai stay and observe more by himself. The son took the initiative to speak, and she didn't have to say it again.

The young couple said goodbye to their parents and drove away from school.

Along the way, Mu Linfeng played the music that Su Yan loved to listen to, and the two of them were not in a hurry to go home. Instead, he drove around the road in a car. Opening the window, Su Yan turned his face slightly in the direction of the window, and flew through his hair, revealing a very beautiful side face.

What happened in these two days is really like a world away. Now the matter has calmed down, although the revenge of the Han family has not been avenged. But at least for now, the family is intact together. This is very important to Su Yan.

"Linfeng, let's go to the lake to blow the wind, shall we?" Su Yan turned his head to Mu Linfeng and said.

"It's been a long time since I've been there, and I kind of want to blow the wind." Mu Linfeng replied to Su Yan with a smile.

Along the way, the car drove unfast, the two listened to the music, and the car slowly drove to the Mandarin Duck Lake in southern Huizhou. This Mandarin Duck Lake is not small, and the lake is open and you can't see the opposite shore. Around the Mandarin Duck Lake, there is a sightseeing road, the road is smooth, one side of the road is planted with trees, and the side near the lake is an open scenic road. Morning and evening, many people come here to enjoy the sunrise and sunset.

It's past sunset time, and Mandarin Duck Lake is far from the city center. Generally, people are relatively rare after sunset. However, there are some young people who like to race here. Although the traffic police also arrest them, they can't always be here all day long. So it's still repeatedly banned.

Mu Linfeng drove the car to an open area by the lake and parked it. The engine did not turn off, the music in the car continued to play, and the two got out of the car and sat on the stone fence by the lake.

At this time, it was not completely dark, Mu Linfeng and Su Yan were snuggling up to each other, this scene, the slow music, was indeed intoxicating.

Mu Linfeng felt that his shoulders were a little wet, and when he looked down, he saw Su Yan crying. Mu Linfeng didn't speak, but stretched out his arm to wrap his arms around Su Yan's shoulders and patted her gently.

Of course he understood why Su Yan was crying, they had just experienced life and death. Although the person was fine in the end, this feeling made Su Yan afraid.

"Linfeng, I'm afraid of losing you, let's not avenge the Han family's revenge. Let's leave Huizhou and go to a place where no one knows us, okay? Su Yan lowered his head and snuggled up to Mu Linfeng's shoulder and said.

"Su Yan, the luckiest thing in my life is that I met you, and I am content to be with you. The revenge of the Han family can not be avenged, but the poison on my body has not been resolved, and if I want to detoxify, I must find Nade Yuanzi through the Han family. Mu Linfeng looked at the lake in the distance, and his heart was a little complicated.

His originally peaceful life has completely changed because of Han Qingwen's provocation. He didn't know if he would be able to go back to his old life.

"I know you're not as good as before, I don't know what cultivation is, I don't know how powerful you are, you remember, as long as I'm still here, you must cherish your life!" When Su Yan said this, he reached out and pinched Mu Linfeng fiercely.

With Mu Linfeng's current cultivation, ordinary swords and guns couldn't hurt him at all. But he deliberately dispersed the spiritual power on his arm and endured Su Yan's strength. In the past, Mu Linfeng was afraid that Su Yan would pinch him, but now Mu Linfeng deliberately let Su Yan pinch himself.

Maybe that's the feeling that ordinary couples should have. Mu Linfeng looked at Su Yan in his arms dotingly, and couldn't help but bow his head and kiss her.

"Wife, how about I take you to see the night view of Huizhou?" Mu Linfeng said to Su Yan.

"Isn't the night view of Huizhou often watched?" Su Yan replied puzzled.

"Haha, wife. The night view I'm showing you is definitely something you've never seen before! As soon as he finished saying this, he saw Mu Linfeng raise his right hand and have a sword trick wrapped around his hand.

"Up!" A sword made of huge spiritual power formed in front of Mu Linfeng. The sword body is shining brightly, and it is very dazzling by the lake in the dark night.

"Come, wife." Mu Linfeng hugged Su Yan's waist, rose into the air, and stood firmly on top of the giant sword.

Su Yan was a little scared, and hugged Mu Linfeng's neck tightly with both hands. His eyes were full of surprise.

The giant sword slowly rose, the wind in the high place was a little strong, and Mu Linfeng felt that Su Yan's arm was already cold. He gathered his spiritual power in his palm and pressed Su Yan's arm slightly. Su Yan felt a comfortable warmth, and he felt a little more comfortable, but he hugged Mu Linfeng's neck tighter.

The speed of Edgeworth's flight was extremely fast, and Su Yan also went from being scared at the beginning to constantly looking down curiously.

"Wow..... oh ....."

Su Yan shouted happily, as if he was about to release all the unhappiness and bad things before.