Chapter 416 Strange Gene

Li Ziming pressed a button at the end of the treatment table, and a multifunctional medical device terminal on the ceiling slowly moved down, and finally hovered 1 foot above Zhou Ai's back.

On the other side, Valentine set the operating parameters on the control side, and explained to Tang Fang: "I will try to relieve her pain with anesthetics, and then use laser micro-beam puncture combined with optical tweezers to directly obtain scale samples. You take care of it." she."

"Okay." Tang Fang felt his palms were a little slippery, presumably it was the girl's sweating.

It made her fear so much, one can imagine how severe the pain was just now.

"Don't worry, I will always be here with you."

"Hmm... um..." Zhou Ai nodded slightly, his eyes narrowed tighter and tighter, and finally blinked twice before falling asleep in a daze.

At the same time, the syringe slowly rose from the back of her neck and retracted into the terminal hole of the multifunctional medical device. After that, the base shaft used to switch components rotates, and a laser probe slowly extends from the central hole and moves to the location of the colorful scales.

Valentine glanced back and pressed the confirm button.

A gleam of light shot out from the probe crystal, Tang Fang felt the girl's stretched hands suddenly tightened, and her body convulsed.

Fortunately, the operation process is very short, only 1 or 2 seconds before and after.

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Valentine took a long breath.

Seeing that Zhou Ai regained his composure and his breathing became longer and longer, Tang Fang breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and asked, "How is it?"

"Sample analysis is in progress, please wait patiently." Li Ziming stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry too much, auspicious people have their own destiny." Tang Fang nodded without speaking.

Ten minutes later, when the test results came out, Valentine swiped the PDA a few times, opening his mouth wider and wider.

"How was the result?" Tang Fang stepped forward: "Is there any potential danger?"

Valentine syncs the data to the central display. Pointing to the crystalline cell aggregates, he said: "The structure of Zhou Ai's vest scales is very strange. The crystal-like cells are densely arranged, and the surface biofilm has a certain hardness. It is also rich in nerve tissue, which is extremely sensitive."

"I'm very surprised. How they are integrated into the human body, how they connect with the nervous system, and then transmit bioelectrical signals."

"besides,

Scale cells are very different from ordinary human cells. Its energy output level is very low, there are few extranuclear organs, and the nucleus is very large, accounting for almost 85% of the entire cell body. "

"Moreover. The nucleus is divided into many small blocks, and the genetic material contained in each block is not the same."

Having said that, Valentine slid the touchpad again, and several dna model pictures appeared on the monitor one after another: "How is it? Do you see anything?"

Tang Fang looked at the first picture and said, "This is... the gene chain of the aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish body?"

"Yes, it is the aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish gene chain stripped of the ipsilon gene fragment. As for the single helix diagram in the second picture, the double helix diagram in the third picture, and the quadruple helix diagram in the fourth picture, I don't know Do you have any impression?"

Tang Fang frowned, and suddenly remembered the scene where Valentine introduced the giant snake gene to him at the Ipsilon relay station.

"Is it some segment of the giant snake gene?"

"That's right." Valentine nodded: "It's the dna fragment that makes up the giant snake's gene."

"What's going on here? The scale cell nucleus actually contains so many kinds of dna!"

"That's not the weirdest thing." Valentine continued to slide his fingers. The camera shifted to the central block of the nucleus, and a spherical polyhedral DNA chain appeared in front of the eyes of the three people.

"If my guess is correct, this polyhedral DNA strand is the basic genetic material of the color scale cell. It consists of two parts, the outer ipsilon gene fragment, and the core phagosome gene."

"Look, the mesh-shaped ipsilon gene is folded end to end, wrapping the phagosome gene inside to form this polyhedral dna chain. In this way, the phagosome gene will be suppressed by the ipsilon gene and lose its phagocytosis Characteristics. This situation is similar to Roy's right arm, of course. There is still a difference between the two, the mixed genes of Roy's right arm are controlled by human will. But the genes of Cailin cannot be controlled by humans."

"Phagosome gene, ipsi dragon gene, giant snake gene, aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish gene..." Tang Fang frowned.

Valentine pondered for a while, and said: "According to the cell structure and genetic material composition of the colorful scales, I suddenly thought of a possibility. Could the colored scales be a gene pool? Based on the polyhedral DNA, a kind of 'hive database' was constructed. ’, each cell is a hive, and each hive stores the DNA of different organisms.”

"Gene pool?" Tang Fang looked back at the sleeping girl on the treatment table: "Will Cailin have any adverse effects on her body?"

"Probably not. After all, the phagosome gene is captured and suppressed by the ipsilon gene, and cannot assimilate human cells. Naturally, it will not cause any harm."

"That's good."

Tang Fang felt at ease, and then remembered the origin of these genes, frowned unconsciously, and a little light flashed in his heart. When he was at the Yipsilon relay station, Zhou Ai had swallowed the gallbladder of a giant snake, and he didn't care because it was safe and sound afterwards. Today, judging from the aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish gene contained in Cailin, the parasitic follicle must have affected the girl to some extent during the battle with "One-eyed Taisui".

Similarly, the gallbladder of the giant snake is probably not a good thing. Unexpectedly, it has been lurking in Zhou Ai's body, and even medical instruments can't tell it apart.

All that happened to Zhou Ai today must be the result of the interaction between the gallbladder of the giant snake and the parasitic follicles. Valentine once said that the giant snake may be a concoction, possessing both the ipsilon gene fragment and the phagosome gene fragment.

In the dna chain of the giant snake, the ipsilon gene is in an absolute dominant position, suppressing the phagosome gene fragment to death, that is to say: the power of the ipsilon gene > the gene power of the phagosome.

And the parasitic vesicle of "One-eyed Taisui" has devoured many organic creatures. The phagosome gene has been greatly grown, far surpassing the ipsilon gene part in the aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish body gene, that is: phagosome gene power > ipsilon gene power.

These two diametrically opposed forces collided, and a big battle was naturally inevitable.

Judging from Zhou Ai's current performance, it should be the Yipsilon gene that has gained the upper hand. It not only transformed the girl's physical fitness and genetic structure, but also sealed the phagosome gene to form a polyhedral dna chain. Finally, the colorful scales of the vest are derived.

"Walao, you can handle the analysis data by yourself. As for the colored scale samples, please leave it to me." Tang Fang knew how precious the phagosome gene was. If the unit suspected of brain worms above the wormhole was to mature, it would take some more time. The phagosome gene from different individuals was injected several times, and the DNA of Zhou Ai's vest Cailin can be described as a variant of the phagosome gene to a certain extent. Since the mutated phagosome gene on Roy's right arm can enhance the incubation progress. Then, Cailin's dna might also have the same effect.

Valentine walked to the end of the medical table and clicked a button. Five seconds later, a one-inch-sized specimen box popped out of the rectangular hole on the side of the multifunctional medical device terminal.

"Why do you want this?" When handing it to Tang Fang, he asked casually.

Tang Fang smiled without saying a word, put away the specimen box, walked back to the treatment table and pointed at Zhou Ai, "How long will it take for her to wake up?"

Valentine looked at the timetable: "It's about 15 minutes away."

"Oh, I see." So he pulled a chair from the side and sat down, waiting for the girl to wake up.

It only takes about 10 minutes. Li Ziming, who had been concentrating on studying the sample data, suddenly came over, leaned into Tang Fang's ear, winked and said: "You are lucky, boy."

"What do you mean?" Tang Fang was puzzled.

Li Ziming glanced at Valentine in front of him. Seeing that the old professor was meticulously comparing gene differences, he didn't pay attention to the situation here, so he lowered his voice and explained: "I just compared the neural network profiles of the colorful scale samples, and found that no matter in the distribution of neurons or the density of peripheral nerves, there are no differences. Similar to a human tissue or organ."

"Guess what organ it is?" Dr. Li Da, who claimed to be from a professional class, said word by word, with an expression that was three parts ghostly and seven parts wretched.

"Huh?" Tang Fang was stunned: "What organ?"

Li Ziming looked back at Valentine again, and saw that the old man was still busy with his own affairs. Then he breathed a sigh of relief: "Look at my mouth shape."

This guy bit the tip of his tongue, his lips changed for a while. Speak 2 words with almost subdued volume.

The corners of Tang Fang's mouth twitched twice, and the corners of his eyebrows almost went up to the sky. There is absolutely no way this guy is from a major. Even if he had been a doctor back then, he probably wasn't an internal medicine doctor as he introduced himself, or a tm urology doctor.

"Brother Tang, think about it carefully. As long as you control the strength and heat well, let alone seven times a night, seventeen times is not a problem. This way you can save your energy to deal with Claire. Tsk, tsk, sister Flowers..."

Tang Fang has black hair, this Li Ziming is really good at playing tricks, and most of them are dirty.

He looked worriedly at Yingluo outside the window, and then looked at Li Ziming fearfully.

Dr. Li seemed to notice something, his eyes widened, and his face turned: "Who do you think I am?"

"Anyway, he's not a decent person." Tang Fang raised his eyelids and gave him a blank look.

"Brother Tang, it's not that I'm telling you. When we were young, we were suave and handsome. Even if we can't be called countless girls, we are still veterans in love. The queen bee among flowers, immature girls like Yingluo who haven't grown up yet. Son, to use a more vivid metaphor, that is a bowl of plain water, which is not to our taste."

"Blow, keep blowing, the cowhide is blown to the sky by you, with your appearance, is it still suave? It's about the same as a water crotch diaper!"

"What's suave and suave, water crotch diapers?" The two of them were lying here, when Zhou Ai's lazy voice suddenly came from behind.

Tang Fang looked back, and at some point, she had already sat up, frowning slightly, looking at the two of them suspiciously.

"You're awake." Tang Fang asked with concern, "Do you feel any discomfort?"

"I'm not so delicate." Zhou Ai jumped off the treatment table and tidied up the slightly messy clothes.

"Hehe, let's talk, I still have some work to do." Li Ziming resigned at the right time.

Tang Fang put the seat back to its original place and said, "Since it's all right, it's just right, come with me to 'Christian' for a walk."

Zhou Ai nodded, and the two bid farewell to Valentine and Roy, and walked out of the medical experiment cabin side by side.

"You haven't told me the test result yet." On the way, Zhou Ai asked.

Tang Fang smiled slightly: "It's nothing serious, the actual situation is hard to explain in a few sentences, you just need to rest assured."

"I have always been at ease. You are the one who is not at ease."

"Ha, that's right." Tang Fang smiled and said, "If something happens to you, who will argue with me in the future?"

"Hmph. I think bickering is fake, but eating tofu is real?"

"Aren't you enjoying it all the time?" Tang Fang blinked. With a sly look.

"Hmm..." Zhou Ai squinted at him: "Believe it or not, I'll tell Claire that you molested me."

"Sister, today you molested me first, I just didn't resist." Tang Fang shrugged innocently.

"rogue!"

"No, I didn't make a move, I just moved my eyes. If this is considered a hooligan, aren't all the men in the world all brothers of the 'Liu' generation? Or...you are talking ironically, mocking me for not doing it when I should make a move." Shot? There is a saying. If you want to enter a woman's heart, you must first enter her 'beep...beep'."

Zhou Ai bit her lower lip tightly, and stared at him angrily: "Tang Fang, you are a rascal."

"I'm just telling the truth." Tang Fang felt wronged.

At this moment, two crew members passed by, and they accidentally heard their conversation, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. The only person who can push Zhou Ai to this point is probably the captain of the entire Morning Star.

Seemingly feeling that the eyes of the two crew members were a little anxious, Zhou Aiqiao blushed slightly. He scolded: "What are you looking at? No work, right? Clean the hangar on the port side ten times for me. If there is a little oily dirt, you are not allowed to eat for 3 days."

One sentence scared the two of them away without a trace.

"Hedong lion..." Tang Fang muttered in a low voice.

Fortunately, Zhou Ai didn't hear it. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be another storm.

...

After leaving the Morningstar by shuttle, the two returned to the "Cristier" industrial park. Because Ruskin was still leading people to clean up the battlefield, he handed over the cargo log chip to Sheridan and Fielding for a look.

Tang Fang was not hypocritical, and directly expressed his intention: "I want to know the origin of 'it'."

Fielding looked embarrassed: "Brother Tang, to tell you the truth, I really don't know the origin of the samples in the cargo ship. You must know that I am just a management member of the transportation department. Regarding the origin and value of the samples and other related information, They do not have the right to know. If you want to obtain the details of the sample, you must contact the deputy manager in charge of scientific research."

"How long will it take for quantum communication equipment to be repaired?"

Sheridan thought for a while and said, "Three days should be enough."

"That's good. I'll wait for your reply in 3 days." After finishing speaking, he stood up and was about to leave when Zhou Ai suddenly said, "Wait." Then he looked at Sheridan: "The food in the industrial park How much is left in reserve? The inventory on the Morningstar is running low."

"That's simple. There is a food warehouse in area C, so I just go and get it." Sheridan and Fielding looked at each other with a smile. The transportation team came this time not only to transport biological samples, but also to supply supplies.

The food warehouse in area C is larger than the five Morningstars, not to mention that there is a plantation on the bottom floor of the industrial park, so there is no danger of food shortages.

"I remember that there are still a lot of food reserves on the Morning Star." Tang Fang couldn't help asking, leaving Sheridan and Fielding on the way back in the shuttle.

"Have you forgotten what day is tomorrow?"

"What date? Your birthday?" Tang Fang asked back.

"You are still a Han." Zhou Ai pouted: "According to the earth's calendar, tomorrow should be the Lunar New Year."

"Spring Festival?" Hearing these two words, Tang Fang was silent for a while, counting the days, it has been several months since he traveled to this world, and he doesn't know how his parents are doing?

Now that I disappear, will my father pick up the cigarette he just quit for two days? Will my mother's high blood pressure reoccur?

"Tang Fang, Tang Fang, what are you thinking?" Zhou Ai shook his arm in front of him.

"No... nothing, just some feelings."

"Yeah, Spring Festival, I'm one year older."

"Want to get married?" Tang Fang quickly put away the melancholy in his heart, because he knew that he had no choice. All he can do is make peace with the situation.

Zhou Ai gave him a hard look: "Yes, I just want to get married."

Tang Fang chuckled: "Do you think I should ask the two matchmakers to go to 'Qiluoge' to find my father-in-law Lao Taishan to propose marriage?"

"Stop stinking farts." She has long experienced this kid's ability to hit snakes with sticks, and she has become accustomed to it.

"I'll take someone to 'Christian' to pick up some ingredients in a while. I'm free anyway. How about having a Spring Festival party tomorrow? By the way, let's celebrate the reunion of old friends."

"Okay." Tang Fang nodded: "I haven't eaten your cooking for a long time, and I'm hungry."

"..."

Five minutes later, the shuttle slowly drove into the pier of the resource supply station. Tang Fang went to check the repair progress of the pirate warship. Zhou Ai selected a few cooking soldiers, transferred to a medium-sized shuttle, and went with her to "Christian" to carry Ingredients.

After obtaining a sufficient supply of materials, the progress of repairing the pirate warship is extremely fast. After all, with Emma providing a repair plan, Tang Fang would feel ashamed if he couldn't surpass the logistics repair team of "Venus Pharmaceutical" several times, or even dozens of times, with the help of high-tech equipment that surpassed the current technological level.

It has been more than 3 hours since the "Whitebeard" pirate group retreated, and 5 ships with minor injuries have been completely repaired. According to this progress, if the construction is carried out day and night, the repair work on 87 lightly damaged pirate warships and 44 seriously damaged pirate warships can be completed in about 5 days.

After the inspection, Tang Fang returned to the captain's room of the Morningstar, summoned the worm queen, handed it the sample of colored scales from Zhou Ai's vest, and ordered it to pour into the worm cave decomposition pool. (to be continued)