Chapter 843 Mitochondria

Bifang rode a camel in front of a huge camp.

He returned to the address where the ancient tomb was discovered.

Bifang was not in a hurry to go back, he still wanted to see the follow-up of the development of the ancient tomb.

Walking along the Nile River, it is not certain when a town will be found, it is better to come to the camp to hitchhike, I think Waziri and others will not refuse, and even welcome.

Sure enough, Waziri walked out of the ancient tomb, welcomed Bifang's return, and took him to visit the camp under construction.

A day later, the construction here has been in full swing.

Looking around, at least a dozen white tents are pitched in the sand. These are not ordinary camping tents, but mobile buildings similar to yurts supported by huge tent cloth.

Two giant trucks and a water storage truck stayed outside the camp, and equipment was taken down from them one by one, and some places were dusty.

In the center of the camp, Bifang also saw two white plastic barrels at least three meters high. This is a device for storing fresh water. There are also various simple water pipes underneath, leading to each tent for easy access and even bathing.

"Don't worry about not having enough water. You can take a bath whenever you want. The water truck will come here every day. It's not too far from the nearest city, only less than 300 kilometers."

Waziri said proudly.

There are many Egyptian ruins, and they are very concentrated, basically on the west side of the Nile.

Because the Egyptian people at that time had a special worship of the Nile, and they chose the west bank because they believed that the west was where the sun set, the city of the dead, and the dead would be resurrected from here.

In this way, because they often have to work in the wild, it is necessary to have conventional tents that can provide as much convenience as possible.

Transportation is also very convenient, just a few trucks are needed to move along the vicinity of the Nile.

A group of professors and scholars don't want to suffer in the yellow sand, so of course they will do whatever is comfortable.

Before Bifang left, seeing that the camp was built on a large scale was one of the reasons for his decision to come back.

Otherwise, he would not be happy to come back and squeeze into a small tent with a group of sweaty men who had been busy all day.

Hard work is a virtue, but it is not necessary.

Suffering is just suffering, nothing else is, and thinking about suffering is truly valuable.

After billions of years of sleep.

Humans finally woke up on this gorgeous planet.

Endowed with the brilliance of colors and the richness of life.

However, in a few decades, they will close their eyes again.

Such a few lucky people have won the first prize of birth among many possibilities, and of course they have to choose to live the life they want.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be too sad?

After a simple tour of the camp, Bifang told Waziri that he wanted to take a rest.

After walking in the desert for more than two months, Bifang was really tired. Waziri understood this and immediately sent someone to take him to a tent that was not the largest but had the best facilities.

Bifang moved Alpha to a shade shed built nearby, asked someone to prepare some water and food for it, and then entered the tent alone, which was immediately eye-opening.

The cylindrical tent structure makes the interior look spacious and bright. The aluminum alloy bracket and nylon fabric are firm and light. The scorching sun penetrates the thick fabric layer, leaving only the right visual light.

A single bed is leaning against one side. On the right side of the bed is a simple desk and bench with a desk lamp. On the left is a wooden barrel with a faucet on it, connected to a plastic water pipe.

Obviously, the plastic water pipe is connected to the two large buckets in the center of more than a dozen tents.

The ground is bare sand, which is not bad, but adds a bit of fun.

Although the furnishings are very simple, they are rare and precious in the desert, and can be called luxurious.

Bifang took two steps forward and lay directly on the bed. The heat in his body was sucked away, and his bones stretched to his heart's content, making a stiff click, and his strong muscles softened.

After closing his eyes for a while, Bifang jumped up from the bed and came to the outside of the tent. Seeing that Alpha had eaten the grass sent by the staff, he turned back to the room, put water in the wooden barrel, and prepared to take a good bath.

There is no hot water, nor is there any need for it.

The weather is hot during the day, and the fresh water placed outdoors is also scalding. You can just jump in and wash.

After taking a shower, Bifang borrowed a brand new razor and scissors from someone, and tidied up his appearance in front of the mirror.

In the wilderness, Bifang can also shave, but it is not possible to shave cleanly with a knife, and often one or two millimeters of stubble will be left.

The same is true for hair. From Nemo Point to today, it has only been cut once with a knife.

Now with more convenient tools, Bifang feels that his head is refreshed quickly, his chin becomes smooth again, a lot of broken hair falls, and only some stubble is left on both sides of the temples, and the whole person is refreshed.

After doing it so many times by himself, Bifang has already developed a good skill. Although he doesn't know how to do many hairstyles, it is not difficult to give himself a refreshing short hair.

After finishing, Bifang rinsed it under the faucet again to wash away the excess broken hair, and then put on the new clothes that had just been delivered, which were just a T-shirt and big shorts. There was no need to adjust the body shape, and they looked almost the same when they were put on.

After finishing his work, Bifang sat down at the desk and opened the system panel.

Two combined tasks, plus a side task, the rewards are distributed at one time, which is undoubtedly very generous.

[The final reward is: high-level skill enhancement coupons * 2, muscle control enhancement coupons * 1, mitochondrial enhancement coupons * 1, enhancement points * 5, wilderness points * 5047. ]

Skill enhancement coupons Bifang thought about it and added all to the wilderness traveler, completely upgrading it to the orange full level.

After a brainstorming, Bifang opened his eyes again with a little joy in his eyes.

The wilderness traveler is the foundation of his life. This skill can almost be said to be perfect from now on. As for the higher red level, Bifang has not found a way to upgrade it now.

If it weren't for the system's explanation of the real existence, Bifang would have doubted whether it was fake.

In addition to coupons, high-level skill enhancement also requires a enhancement point. At this time, Bifang still has the last three points left. He looked at his four-dimensional attributes and added one point to strength and two points to essence.

Let's not talk about wilderness points for now, these things are all thrown into the mall.

Bifang set his sights on the highlight of this reward, a muscle control enhancement ticket and a mitochondrial enhancement ticket.

This kind of enhancement ticket that is biased towards a certain aspect has always been a treasure among treasures.

The chance of getting it in the store is so low that in the past two years, Bifang has never gotten it even though he frequently refreshes the store.

It can be seen that obtaining it from tasks is the only way to get this strongest reward.

Muscle control enhancement ticket.

The name tells you what it does, which is to increase the ability to control muscles and perform more detailed micro-manipulation.

Human muscles are extremely complex.

Muscle strength is manifested in many aspects, such as absolute strength, speed strength, strength endurance, and dynamic strength.

Dynamic strength refers to the strength that can maintain more movements.

The representative of absolute strength is the masticatory muscle. In 1986, a man in Florida released 442 kilograms of bite force in 2 seconds, setting a world record.

The representative of dynamic strength is the extraocular muscle. The extraocular muscle can pull the eyeball to move at least 10,000 times during a 1-hour reading, and people can read for several hours in a row.

According to research, the extraocular muscle movement during watching movies is much more frequent than reading books, far more than 10,000 times per hour, and ordinary people can watch movies for several hours.

An unmeasurable champion of absolute strength is the calf muscle.

The strong contraction during childbirth makes the calf muscle produce the strongest strength in the human body, but this strength is affected by hormones and other biochemical factors, so it cannot be measured.

The heart muscle is the king of strength and endurance, because it jumps from birth to death.

The most powerful isolated muscle is the gluteus maximus.

The gluteus maximus is the main anti-gravity muscle that keeps people upright. All human upright movements require the gluteus maximus to exert force.

There is also the calf soleus muscle below.

The calf muscle is the strongest muscle for external force. It does not mean that the calf muscle itself can generate much force, but when the heel is raised, the toes are used as the fulcrum, and the principle of effort-saving lever is used, showing that the external force is very large.

Most of the skeletal muscles in the human body exert force to pull bones in the form of effort-consuming levers. Therefore, as a small number of effort-saving levers, the calf muscle often performs more prominently.

The king of muscle functions is the tongue.

The tongue is rich in nerves and blood vessels. It is composed of eight muscles and is a truly versatile muscle in the human body.

These muscles are incredible, but they are also inseparable from the skilled control of them.

If the control can be enhanced, their performance will definitely be improved.

In addition to saving physical strength in the wilderness, this is also a very high enhancement of the body itself.

The most intuitive point is that Bifang can achieve higher burst and attack effects by allowing more muscles to work together.

There is an interesting saying that if humans can fully utilize every muscle, the sum of their whole body strength can reach 25 tons.

This is of course nonsense.

It is not because the body structure cannot support it. The reason is that it is impossible for a person to use the power of the sphincter to punch straight. That is unethical and extremely impolite.

There are many laborious levers among them.

However, the fact that this saying can be spread also proves that the potential of the human body is indeed higher than many people imagine.

Use muscle control enhancement coupons.

The gold ticket turned into a golden light in his mind, shattered with a bang, and turned into countless gold powders flowing deep into his body.

Sitting on the stool, Bifang soon felt the temperature of his body rising, and soon he began to sweat profusely. With a dry mouth, Bifang grabbed the water cup beside him and drank it all, one cup after another.

Until nearly three liters of water went down his throat, when Bifang was about to add salt to the water, the changes in his body gradually stopped and the temperature gradually subsided.

Holding his somewhat swollen brain, Bifang, who had taken a bath in vain, had to go under the faucet and rinse it. The flowing water dripped from the thick plastic board into the desert and soon evaporated and disappeared.

"Huh!"

Bifang took a deep breath and soon felt something strange.

His breathing became deeper.

After walking two steps, he felt more relaxed, as if he didn't need to exert any effort, and had the illusion of walking in the clouds.

Then he jumped, ran, squatted, did a backflip, and stood on his hand.

One after another, the movements that seemed very strenuous to ordinary people were easily performed by Bifang.

These movements were not difficult for Bifang. Before the enhancement, he could easily do them with his physical fitness, but now he was more relaxed.

And

Bifang, who was doing a one-handed handstand, put his right hand behind his back and actively destroyed his balance, but his body did not move at all after a series of fine-tuning.

"It's amazing."

Bifang muttered to himself.

The combination of muscle control enhancement and balance enhancement actually created an effect of one plus one greater than two. He supported himself with one hand, and it felt like standing normally!

Bifang even found that he didn't even sweat!

It was so cool!

The expansion of the scope of ability is like expanding the house he lives in. He can do more and more things more easily. He has a more relaxed feeling from body to mind, as if nothing is impossible.

Bifang resumed supporting himself with both hands, then bent his arms and supported himself, with the coordination of waist and abdomen, and the whole person jumped up directly from the handstand.

It was as incredible as an animated character.

After moving his body, Bifang restrained his excitement and set his sights on the mitochondrial enhancement coupons.

Mitochondria

When Bifang saw this enhancement voucher for the first time, he was actually a little bit unbelievable.

Anyone who has studied biology knows how huge the role of mitochondria is. It is the direct energy supplier for biological activities!

Mitochondria are the energy factories of cells. Their main job is to consume oxygen to "burn" three major nutrients: sugars, lipids and amino acids to produce an energy "currency" - adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

This is aerobic respiration.

Without mitochondria, humans will no longer exist, because the life activities of higher organisms require a lot of energy, and the ATP produced by anaerobic glycolysis is only about 1/16 of that produced by aerobic oxidation.

A person breaks down ATP equivalent to his body weight every day. This much ATP is not stored in the body. The total weight of all ATP molecules in the human body is only about 50 grams.

In fact, each ATP molecule is reused 1000-1500 times a day.

Such a fast energy turnover rate depends on the efficient work of mitochondria.

This is just the most superficial role of mitochondria.

So far, the longest human life span is 122 years, while some animals can live for more than 500 years. What determines human life span?

What makes us age and what prevents us from longevity?

Regarding aging, countless biological scientists have been studying one after another, trying to crack the secret of longevity. So far, many hypotheses have been proposed, among which the most famous is the free radical aging theory.

Free radicals are produced in the process of cell reaction. Humans produce free radicals every day when they breathe. The more free radicals there are, the faster aging may be.

The main source of free radicals is the power plant in the body - mitochondria.

What does its strengthening represent?

For the first time, Bifang fell into deep thought.