Chapter 126: The Dividing Line
This issue is also a concern of experts.
Although the experts do not know all the details of the whole thing, judging from the most basic logic, they can clearly understand the possible existence of this new type of bacterium, which is a huge threat to the entire human world.
In this case, when the custom-made research equipment arrives after a day, the experts immediately plunge into the intense research.
Because of the fact that the bacterium dies quickly as soon as it leaves the collective, the usual method of collecting a specimen and then sending it to the workbench for study is no longer feasible. This requires observing them directly from their native environment.
To this end, Lu Ming got Zhang Dingshan's consent, and asked Lu Qingliang to directly contact a precision equipment manufacturing factory in the name of the Public Security Bureau, and asked them to work overtime, and it only took a few hours to complete the transformation of the existing equipment and send it to Binhai Building.
The whole process took only one day.
It is a cart-shaped observation table equipped with a retractable microscope lens, which can be directly aimed at the natural environment and displayed on a screen.
"According to the available information, there should be a clear dividing line between the Marina Building and the outside world. There are a large number of phonophobes on one side of the dividing line, and there is none outside the dividing line. ”
A single or a small number of phobic bacteria will die because they are detached from the collective electric field. The physiological structure of phobic bacteria determines that they must form a colony to survive. In this way, the existence of such a clear dividing line is quite reasonable.
Finding this dividing line is crucial for subsequent research.
It took about an hour for the experts. After that, a scene was presented in front of Lu Ming.
In this microscopic picture, Lu Ming saw a large number of rod-shaped phobic bacteria slowly wriggling. After a while, the camera moved to the left, so Lu Ming could clearly see that the number of phobic bacteria was rapidly decreasing, and finally disappeared completely.
During this whole process, the movement of the picture continued for a while, and it seems that the reduction of the number of phobic bacteria is also a slow and continuous process.
However, this is a microscopic picture, not a normal picture.
The microscope has moved a lot, but in the real world, I'm afraid it's no more than a centimeter away.
At the macro level, this dividing line is clear.
Lu Ming once again focused his gaze on the place where the phobic bacteria had completely disappeared and observed carefully. As a result, he clearly found that the phobic bacteria here seemed to be much less energetic than the ones he had seen in the interior of the Marina Building.
They don't seem to have the strength to squirm at all. They just "lie" there quietly, and only after a long interval will a small part of the phobic bacteria move as if they were conditioned. More phobic bacteria were not touched at all.
In addition, there are many phobic bacteria that have even started the process of "dissolving". Some even have half of their bodies dissolved.
Compared with the clear distinction between the previous demarcation line, this decrease in vitality seems to show a trend of slow change. In other words, they did not suddenly change from the vitality of the internal environment of the Marina Building to the current half-dead, but gradually decreased and lost their vitality.
Lu Ming's conjecture was verified in subsequent observations. As the camera moved inward, I didn't feel it at first, but after moving to the interior of the Marina Tower, I realized the difference between the two.
Obviously, it cannot be explained by the previous kind of dinophobia that bacteria will die after leaving the "collective electric field".
Because they always exist in the form of the collective, and never leave the collective.
But they are also gradually losing their vitality and gradually dying.
This is the most direct evidence that the Zhenlong Pile Formation is in play, restricting Lou Shen and restricting the fear of bacteria.
About half a day later, the first analysis report was submitted to Lu Ming.
In this report, a clear analysis of the cause of death of phobic bacteria is made. But unfortunately, this is not very useful.
According to the report, the cause of death of these phobic bacteria is actually very simple, which is nothing more than the attack of other bacteria and the change of internal tissue fluid caused by environmental factors.
But the key question is......
Why didn't they die for the same reasons inside the Marina Tower, but outside the Marina Tower, they died for those reasons?
The environment is obviously the same, why did one die and the other didn't?
What are some other unperceived factors influencing these bacteria?
Many experts discussed and analyzed the problem, put forward various conjectures, and immediately began to verify them.
When the research direction was determined and the specific research stage was officially entered, Lu Ming was once again unable to intervene. At the moment, all he can do is to do a good job of coordination, do a good job of logistics, and ensure that these experts can not be burdened by other things, and can concentrate all their energy on their work.
Under this circumstance, Lu Ming clearly felt that there was a subtle change happening among these professors.
When the research direction was confirmed and the dividing line was found, the professors' attitude was positive and optimistic. They were hurried and their spirits high. There also seems to be endless topics to discuss. Conjectures, conjectures, and the actionable verification that accompanies these conjectures and speculations are all topics of discussion among these professors.
But as time went by, on the third and fourth days, the discussion became much less. Their attitude is no longer positive and optimistic, but dignified and serious.
Maybe...... The reason for the lack of discussion is that the conjectures and speculations that are easier to think of have already been proposed.
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For their validation, it is clear that no results have been received. As a result, one conjecture and conjecture after another were denied one after another, and the conjectures and speculations that were updated in subsequent updates became more and more difficult to think of.
On the sixth day, Lu Ming even saw that the professors had all given up their jobs. They all seemed to have made an appointment, and they all left the observation equipment and the console. Some of them sat in the conference room and pondered, some wandered around aimlessly as if walking, and some of them were expressionless and did not say a word.
Lu Ming clearly felt that the research on phobia had once again encountered obstacles.
They didn't deserve to die, but they were all dead. The real cause of their deaths, the reason why they could not leave the Marina Mansion and spread to the outside world, should have been easy to find out, but it was never clear.
Night is falling. In order to ensure safety, everyone in the Marina Building, as well as those within a certain distance of the building, was emptied and work was temporarily suspended.
During the day, the hustle and bustle of researchers everywhere receded like a tide, and peace and silence were restored to the place.
Lu Ming sat in front of the monitor, looking at the deserted corridors in the Binhai Building, listening to the gurgling sound that would come out of nowhere every once in a while, and once again fell into deep thought.
At the same time, in the suburbs of Yangyuan City, in a miniature version of the Zhenlong Pile site, in a temporary prefabricated room that was used as a command room, He Wei also looked solemn.
Just before that, the environmental monitoring staff had just finished their overall report to her. The result was also not beyond her expectations, it was nothing more than the internal and external environment was the same, and nothing was discovered.
She vaguely felt that perhaps, the two research directions she had determined before might be about to fail.
Lou Shen couldn't find it. The principle of operation of the Zhenlong pile is also uncertain.
Unlike He Wei and Lu Ming, Zhang Dingshan has changed a little here. It's just that these changes are bad changes.
"Team Zhang. The data analysis found that the damage rate of the Binhai Building increased again, and the probability of the overall damage affecting the overall structure has climbed to 0.0754%. ”
At this point, it is no longer far from the predetermined action trigger node.
"I see."
Hanging up the phone, Zhang Dingshan temporarily summoned the remaining three team members.
"Lu Ming, how high do you think the probability of the professors making significant progress in the next few days?"
What Zhang Dingshan said was "what you think is the probability", not "the probability".
This means that Lu Ming has to make his own subjective judgment on this issue, rather than an objective judgment.
Lu Ming knew in his heart that what he could make at this moment was probably just a subjective judgment. Without sufficient data support, objective judgments cannot be made at all.
"How many days?"
Zhang Dingshan paused and replied: "Three days." ”
Lu Ming also paused before answering: "Very low." No more than ten percent. ”
Zhang Dingshan nodded, and turned to look at He Wei: "What do you think is the probability that in the next three days, the environmental monitoring team will make significant progress in the reduced version of the Zhenlong pile?" ”
He Wei also pondered for a moment before answering: "Ten percent at most." Probably even lower. ”
Zhang Dingshan said: "According to the current damage rate of the Binhai Building, it is expected that in three days, the probability of large damage will reach 0.1%, reaching the action trigger node. I don't think we need to waste any more three days, given that the probability of significant progress on both fronts is low over the next three days.
Who agrees? Who is against? ”
Lu Ming knew that once the proposal was approved by internal vote, the next step would be to report to Director Li Wenhua. And the probability that Li Wenhua will approve his plan is extremely high.
At that time, the Binhai Mansion will be completely sanitized, and its own side will use all means to clearly stand on the opposite side of the Lou God and prevent it from breaking free from the shackles of the Zhenlong pile.
Moreover, one's own vote, accounting for 25% of the weight, is also related to the future direction of this piece to a certain extent, and to a little bigger, it may even be related to the future of the human world.