Chapter 25 Fish Tongue Lice

Early the next morning.

After so many years, Shadra has not had many real interests and hobbies. Cooking noodles every morning can be said to be one of his happiest things.

The morning air has a hint of coolness.

The eternal step of cooking noodles is to put two chili peppers in the hot noodles. In the blending of cold and heat, the boiling of fire and water, watch the noodles go from raw to cooked bit by bit, and then cooked in a moment. If it is rotten, a moment less will make it dry and hard. The noodles will be served in the bowl in the most chewy state.

The delicious fragrance overflowed, and the taste buds couldn't help secreting a lot of saliva, and Shadra looked satisfied.

"kindness……"

I couldn't help but groan with endless aftertaste.

Boom, boom, boom!

There was a familiar knock on the door, and the junior brother arrived on time as scheduled. It was the perfect moment when his noodles had just come out of the pot. Everything was so beautiful. Maintaining a wonderful mood, Shadra opened the door.

"Brother, good morning."

When the junior brother entered the room, Shadra frowned slightly as he looked at Lei Luo's thick dark circles under his eyes.

It seems that this junior fellow student stayed up late studying again.

…

Lei Luo walked into the door and smelled the sweet fragrance in the room. The fatigue of these days seemed to be swept away, and he showed a happy expression.

Suddenly, noticing that his senior brother was abnormal, Lei Luo asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Shadra frowned and said, "Junior brother, your condition is really not good. Did you stay up late again? I think you should rest for a day. Don't ruin your body."

After a pause, Lei Luo was indeed too tired these past few days, physically speaking, but the desire for knowledge and the desire to be recognized by his mentor had made Lei Luo completely ignore his physical fatigue.

Shaking his head, Lei Luo said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, I'm not tired!"

After saying that, Lei Luo came to the dining table, enjoying his senior brother's craftsmanship and praising it constantly.

Seeing Lei Luo insisting on this, Shaduo could only shake his head and say nothing more. After a few days of contact, he knew that this junior brother, like himself, had an unyielding spirit and was eager to be recognized and praised by his mentor. He works tirelessly and is willing to give everything.

After breakfast, the two began a new day of enlightenment study.

"Junior brother, today our research object is this white mouse, one of the most common experimental specimens. It is also a mammal. It has many similarities with us humans."

White fur, red eyes.

The white mouse was sniffing in Lei Luo's hand. It had white fluff and was very cute.

Unfortunately, living in a scholar's laboratory is the greatest sorrow for this little white mouse. After all, in the eyes of scholars who study the mysteries of evolution, specimens that can be preserved forever are truly beautiful.

squeak.

With almost no pain, Lei Luo followed Shadra and skillfully cut off the pain nerves of the mice, laid them flat on the experimental table, and completely became the object of observation under the scalpel of the scholar.

"Mammals are generally divided into heads, necks, trunks, limbs, and tails. A few have wings, and a few have vestigial tails. They breathe with lungs, have developed brains, have a constant temperature, are viviparous, and breastfeed. The status of modern species belongs to rulers. We are The common intelligent creatures in the Starry Land are all mammals, including humans, elves, dwarves, werewolves, vampires, dwarves..."

The scalpel paused for a moment, and Shadra added: "According to the mentor's atavistic cloning and biological fossil research, in prehistoric times, ancient creatures were surprisingly huge. Among them, the most widely known ancient creatures are the ancient dragon and the nine-headed dragon. Snakes, mountain giants, immortal firebirds, etc. all lay eggs.”

Well?

Lei Luo is just an enlightenment scholar, and his research is limited to common flower, bird, fish and insect specimens. For those ancient biological legends, it is almost equivalent to the seminary studying the myths of gods.

"Oh, that's right! I heard that the blood-derived demons in the Land of Night have core embryos formed in the blood of other creatures. They feed on the emotions of intelligent creatures. They are considered elemental creature aliens left over from ancient times..."

Under the sharp scalpels of Shaduo Luo and Lei Luo, the secrets of the mouse's skeletal structure and internal organs were revealed before their eyes.

"Today we mainly study mammals' special diaphragms, developed excretory systems, and highly developed nervous systems that coordinate the internal temperature homeostasis and respond quickly to external conditions."

Another day was spent in Shadra's slow explanation.

Lei Luo listened with interest, and the contents of the notes became more and more abundant. At the same time, he became more and more admired for Shadra's rich knowledge. He didn't know how many specimens this senior brother had completed, from beginning to end. At the end, not a drop of blood on the dissecting table flowed out of the tray, as if he was not just learning, but displaying his anatomical art.

evening.

Under the burning clouds under the afterglow of the setting sun, and under the green willow branches by the lake, pairs of young scholars walked together, enjoying the beauty of the resurrection of all things, and dreaming about their future travel career.

An inconspicuous figure squatted on the stone steps by the lake, holding a slip net and catching fish clumsily. It was Lei Luo who was trying to collect black carp specimens.

"Hahaha, it's so big!"

Lei Luo retracted the fishing net excitedly, and a big fish was flapping and struggling in the net.

Carefully put the black carp into the prepared water tank. Before the specimen is dissected, even if only one scale falls off, it is damage to the specimen. The negligible loss is likely to be regretted dozens or hundreds of years later.

I wonder if Lei Luo has been collecting specimens on campus these days and has become a bit "violent". Some stray cats and dogs on campus ran away from Lei Luo after seeing Lei Luo, as if to say, "My Oh my god, it’s that evil two-legged beast, run!”

"La la la la la..."

Lei Luo was in a good mood.

Although the academy has no clear regulations prohibiting the collection of natural specimens in the academy, most of the scholars are from aristocratic backgrounds. With good moral cultivation, they are willing to spend some silver coins to buy common natural specimens in Scholar Street rather than make such uncultivated things. the behavior of.

"stop!"

Suddenly, a girl with short blond hair scolded Lei Luo, interrupting Lei Luo's good mood.

Puzzled, Lei Luo looked at the girl, then at the boy next to her, and asked in confusion: "What's the matter?"

The girl with short blond hair is only 1.5 meters tall. She has a pair of beautiful big eyes like a Persian cat. She wears a pair of pearl earrings, which is in sharp contrast with her flaming cherry red lips. Her white and tender skin seems to be able to squeeze out milk. She walks up to Lei Lei with a proud attitude. Next to Luo, he looked at the black carp in Lei Luo's water tank.

"What are you doing?"

Lei Luo suddenly realized it, rolled his eyes, and said quickly: "Beautiful lady, your skin is so enviable."

"ah?"

The girl who was angry just a moment ago suddenly heard Lei Luo's compliment, and was stunned for a moment. A look of pride flashed across her face, and she said shyly: "Hee hee, is it true?"

The boy next to him responded before Lei Luo could: "Of course it's true! My dear Nila, I can't even find the right words to praise you."

While praising the girl, the boy warned Lei Luo with his eyes, as if he thought Lei Luo was a glib guy.

The girl was complacent, and Lei Luo left quickly and quietly.

"In the future, we should try to avoid collecting common specimens in the academy."

Lei Luo carried the water tank and walked towards his hut.

…

The next morning.

During the dissection of the black carp last night, something unexpected happened!

In the mouth of the black carp, Lei Luo was shocked to find that the place where the tongue should be was actually replaced by a strange insect!

"Hey, fish tongue lice?"

Shadra said in surprise: "I didn't expect that the academy would be invaded by this kind of parasite. Although I don't do much research on parasites, I happen to be involved in fish tongue lice."

After a pause, Shadra looked a little thoughtful.

"For fish, the tongue louse is a very scary parasite. It will enter the fish's mouth when it is a larvae, fix it on the tongue with its seven pairs of legs, and suck the blood until the tongue completely atrophies, and then it will take the initiative to take on the responsibility. The tongue’s responsibility is to fix itself in the mouth, help the host eat, and turn from parasitism to symbiosis.”

Shaking his head, Shadra used tweezers to carefully peel off the fish tongue lice from Lei Luo's black carp specimen.

"Speaking of which, this parasite not only has a weird way of living, but its reproduction process is also amazing. It will constantly change between male and female, but it is not a hermaphrodite. It still needs both sexes to mate and reproduce. It is very strange. I heard that there was a A certain great scholar has developed a secret science of evolution based on this, which allows him to parasitize himself on some powerful ancient creatures and merge them into one."

Although Lei Luo already knew something about parasites, he never thought that there were such terrifying parasites as fish tongue lice!

"hiss……"

With an unexpected harvest, Lei Luo quickly made a specimen of the fish tongue louse and quickly recorded it in the Ice Firebird notebook.