The exploration of the planet continues, but everyone has become more careful, beware of the activities of the two-headed worms.

However, on the surface, they rarely encounter two-headed insects, and it seems that they only breed in the areas where rivers pass.

Soon Xiaoxia's inspection report also came out, indicating that the river beach area is a rare place where microorganisms are active, and these two-headed insects are also obviously feeding on the microorganisms of the river beach.

For those caught two-headed insects, research has also been carried out to a certain extent.

This research was done independently by Xiaoxia, an AI, after all, neither Nanling nor Mo are research talents, and they can only let Xiaoxia obtain basic information according to the standard process.

In this era, almost everything is process-based, and it is enough for AI to operate autonomously to derive some important basic information.

For example, after killing seven two-headed insects, they knew that the water content of this two-headed insect was extremely high, and it could not exist without water for too long; Both heads have independent consciousness and have a well-developed brain structure, except that most of the time the tail accessory brain is attached to the main brain of the head.

The most incredible thing is that the reproductive organs of this two-headed worm are completely present in the body, and it is impossible to distinguish their sex from the surface of the body.

No, it should be said that they are male and female, because after dissection, it was found that they had a complete set of independent organs in the front and back of their bodies!

And where these organs meet, there is a reproductive cavity that exists in their bodies, and even one of the captured double-headed worms has a reproductive cavity full of larvae.

It's a pity, because I didn't think to hydrate these bugs at that time, so these larvae are all dead, and they seem to be very vulnerable?

No, this two-headed worm is not fragile at all.

They have even been able to thrive well by devouring some microorganisms in the sandy soil of the river beach, and this vitality is simply terrifying.

Because as can be seen from their own terrible mouthparts that are degrading but not completely degenerating, they were once definitely a formidable predator.

At this time, Nan Ling saw the genetic map of this creature, and then she was surprised.

He said, "It's okay with this genetic map, right?" ”

"There won't be any problems, it's the result of multiple sampling, and there are no problems," Xiaoxia said. ”

It goes on to say: "Judging from the biological samples that have been captured, their genes are all derived from the same individual, which may have something to do with the way they reproduce on their own." ”

"However, there are still certain deviations in different individuals, which is due to the difference in the acquired growth environment."

"From this point of view, they are extremely adaptable and evolve quite quickly."

Nan Ling didn't feel much of a problem when he listened, he said, "I just care, if these sleeping genes are fully activated, then what will become of this life?" ”

That's right, a look at the genetic map shows that a large number of fragments of the genes of this two-headed worm are dormant.

And with so many dormant genes, this creature can still be passed on?

If it were another species, it would have been extinct a long time ago.

Xiaoxia said: "According to data analysis, if all these genes awaken, then this creature will return to its ancestors in a short period of time, and have super adaptability and super evolutionary power." ”

Nan Ling pondered and asked, "How is it compared to the locusts in the early stage of the Plague of the Locusts in the Galaxy Once Upon a Time Series?" ”

This time, it wasn't Xiaoxia who answered, but Mo's voice suddenly sounded beside Nan Ling: "The locusts in the early stage of the plague of the locusts are actually already the locusts after serious degradation. ”

At this time, the two of them were outside Nanling's room, looking at the two-headed worm in the remaining two cages together and said, "I don't have too much detailed data, but I vaguely know that the locusts at that time seemed to occupy the entire starry sky, but in fact, they fought separately on a planetary basis. ”

"Why did the humans at that time try their best to fight these locusts?"

"It's because our ancestors knew that once the entire galaxy of locusts unites, then the fate of humanity will be not much different from that of those civilizations that have been destroyed."

"But fortunately, until these locusts completely withdrew from the stage, they did not unite again."

Nan Ling was shocked when she heard this, that is to say, the locusts that humanity faced had never been in its heyday.

And even the weakened locusts almost caused humanity to collapse on its own.

This amount of information is very sufficient, Nan Ling couldn't help but ask: "Sister Mo, what do you say caused the locust's genes to be suppressed suddenly and then fall apart?" ”

Mo said: "This question is also simple, there are king worms on each planet that pinch the whole planet's locusts, and there are obviously higher-level existences above these king worms, which can be called 'emperor worms' for the time being." ”

"The existence of the emperor insect in the locust has always been firmly believed in by the scientists of the locust, but it is a pity that no one has been able to have evidence of the true existence of the emperor worm so far."

Nan Ling felt incredible when he heard this, and he said: "According to this, as long as that emperor worm exists, it can awaken the sleeping genes in the bodies of these two-headed worms?" ”

Mo said, "Maybe, who knows?" ”

"However, there should still be king worms on this planet, otherwise these degraded versions of the Stygian Locusts would not still exist on this planet."

The fact that the king worm is still alive sounds really sensational.

I wonder how long this king worm has lived?

Mo said: "Don't worry, even if the king worm is still alive, it won't be too threatening, you see that these two-headed worms have degenerated like this, and its state is obviously not much better." ”

While they were talking, a rain cloud suddenly drifted in the sky, and then it began to rain.

Mo frowned and took a step back to avoid the rain, and then said, "You should be careful, this planet is strange, don't easily touch things that have not been thoroughly studied." ”

Nan Ling was as kind as a stream, he said: "Go to my room, I'll invite you to eat." ”

Mo nodded and didn't say anything, she felt that the left and right were just dishes made by the robot chef, just eaten in Nanling's room.

As for why she didn't have any disgust when she went to Nanling's room to eat?

In fact, behind them was this room, and this room had opened a big hole due to a series of shocks before landing, and now it was just the mud and rocks inside.

It's not much different from an 'open-air restaurant'.

Nanling invited Mo to sit in front of his 'windowsill', then took out a bottle of Fanny's favorite juice from the folding shelves in his room, filled it with some nitrogen, and handed it to her.

"It's my favorite way to drink it, you can try it."

The foam was quite unexpected, and after taking a sip, I felt the dense bubbles in the juice, and the taste improved by more than one grade.

She said, "I didn't expect you to have such a retro hobby, but it's really good." ”

Nan Ling asked unexpectedly: "Why is this hobby retro?" ”

Mo said, "Since everyone started to pursue 'all-natural', this processed drink has become a way to drink for the lower classes, and it will be spurned in the upper class." ”

"And you add gas here, although it tastes good, but drinking too much will make people burp, which is a very rude action in an upper-level situation."

"The effect is up, and gradually this drink will not be popular."

After listening to it, Nan Ling understood why her favorite sparkling water was so rare outside.

I guess it's due to the changing times.

But he didn't mind, and he didn't mind seeing that Momo didn't mind, so he didn't take it to heart.

It's rare to invite his boss to be a guest, and he has to show off his cooking skills this time.

(End of chapter)