Chapter 19: Trademark

"Judging from the anatomical data we have obtained so far..."

The corpses of the alien creatures were dissected as quickly as possible, and Yao Yuan is currently standing outside the isolation cabin of the laboratory, watching the dissection in the biochemical room continue, and beside him, several scientists are explaining all this to him

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"The shell of this creature is made of a variety of metals, similar to a carapace, but its defense and toughness are at the level of ordinary alloys. Its hardest part even exceeds ordinary alloys and reaches the level of medium-strength alloys. Of course, these

It’s not the key…”

The biological scientist spoke with excitement: "This is a new form of unique life form, which can be said to be an animal or plant... Yes, Major, you heard it right, this creature is not a pure animal, it is

There are plants in the body, that is, the larval form of the plants that are absorbing the energy of the Hope. The animal's physique and the plant combined with each other to form the life form we see now."

"First of all, this kind of life form does not need to eat any food. They only need water to survive, because water can energize the plants in their bodies, and then illuminate the sunlight for photosynthesis, thereby obtaining their own nutrients, and even

Maybe you don’t even need light…”

The biological scientist pointed to a small platform on the experimental table, where there was a small patch of green plants. He continued: "When this plant is young, it cannot absorb energy and metals, but it can absorb free air.

Eleven percent of that unknown gas. According to our experiments, it only needs to breathe this unknown gas and then add water to synthesize the substances it needs. Of course, when there is sunlight, this

The speed of this reaction will be even faster, which is a biochemical reaction that we humans cannot yet understand."

The biologist was very excited when he said it, but Wang Guangzheng, who was standing next to Yao Yuan, was very surprised. He asked: "I remember that alien organisms have strong acid in their bodies, right? Since they are parasitized by this kind of plant, why?

And what about strong acid?”

The biologist immediately shook his head and said: "No, it's not parasitism, it should be a kind of symbiosis. Plants have... uh, they play the role of mitochondria in our bodies. This kind of plant larvae is very fragile. Uh, on this planet

In terms of the environment, it is very fragile. Once it is short of water, it will fall into a dormant state. If it continues to be short of water, it will die. In terms of its vitality when it is short of water, it is actually equivalent to the vitality of plants on the earth, and even

It can’t compare to a cactus or something.”

"So, when the plant is young, it needs the activity of animals to find water. And if animals want to survive in this world without a single bird feather, they need this plant to provide energy, so the two are in a symbiotic relationship.

But this kind of plant has a very strong host-eating function. Once it grows, it will absorb the entire animal, as if these plants were hatched, because 90% of the animal's body contains metal elements...

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"So in order to adapt to this kind of plant larvae that cannot be discarded, but are like time bombs, animals have evolved their body fluids into strong acid, using this method to suppress the growth rate of plant larvae. Generally speaking, according to the current anatomy,

According to the data and analysis, when this animal reaches old age and the acidity of its body fluids decreases, it is the time when plants break out of the body."

While the biologist was explaining, several members in the laboratory took a beaker of pure water and poured it into the pile of plant larvae. A small amount, about the size of a little finger, lasted for more than ten seconds at most.

It turned into a fist-sized pile, green and reflecting a strange light, and began to devour the container containing it.

Several people nearby immediately poured strong acid on them, and the devouring behavior of these plants finally stopped.

The biological scientist then turned to Yao Yuan and said: "That's right, and we found that the mature plant seems to have some kind of special sensing system that can temporarily activate the larval form of the plant within a certain range.

, this is a kind of... similar to a signal, or telepathy. At present, we have not detected the communication method and existence method of this signal, but this also explains why the animals on this planet avoid this

The reason for planting plants.”

Yao Yuan looked at the whole experiment seriously and suddenly asked: "Where did the absorbed energy and metal go? Could it be that they were all used for plant growth?"

The biologist's expression suddenly became a little strange. After a long while, he sighed: "No, that's not the case... Major, please look at the enlarged picture of the slice..."

A large screen floated up in the laboratory. On the big screen was an enlarged picture of the plant's slices. This plant seemed to be really intelligent. The plants everywhere would naturally gather together, and then no matter how many there were, they would all gather into one.

A pile of individuals will form a capsule-like tissue in the center of the pile of plants. In the enlarged view of the slices, the metals are actually neatly arranged in categories. Each metal is a pure metal element, such as an alloy.

After being decomposed, it will turn into pure iron, copper, zinc, etc. As for the center of the capsule, there is a transparent crystal as small as sesame seeds.

The biologist said: "We found about 90% of the metal it absorbed, and the remaining 10% was either emitted into the atmosphere or absorbed by the plants themselves. However, we cannot calculate the specific data yet, only the energy... all the energy disappeared.

Only a tiny crystalline particle appeared inside the capsule, so some scientists suspected... that this plant condensed energy into matter."

"Condensation of energy into matter?" Yao Yuan showed a strange expression.

The biologist also showed a strange expression. At this moment, a physicist next to him suddenly interjected: "Major, let me explain here."

The biologist nodded and gave up his position, but Yao Yuan knew this physicist. He was the famous German physicist Schillerwei. He walked up to Yao Yuan and said: "The so-called material condensation of energy

Transformation, this is just a saying in some science fiction novels or movies. It initially refers to the extremely huge energy that exists in certain alien minerals or crystals discovered. Later, it is used in science fiction novels and movies, and even in some games, such as

In an old game called StarCraft that I played when I was young, something similar appeared, that is, the material was made of pure energy, an imaginary existence..."

"From a physical point of view, matter composed purely of energy can indeed exist. After all, matter and energy can be converted, and technology continues to advance. No one knows what the level of technology will be in the future.

level, so from a scientific perspective, the word "absolute" does not exist, but this is by no means something that human beings can achieve with current technology, and the energy required to produce one milligram of this substance is an astronomical amount.

number."

When Sielewei said this, he pointed to the crystal on the laboratory screen and said: "I don't know anything else, but I'm sure that crystal is not made of pure energy, but should be made of a variety of elements.

A kind of crystal is created, and then there is energy in the crystal. Of course, this level of things is not within the scope of current human technology. Even... we may not even be able to analyze this kind of crystal, because

We don’t know how much energy it contains, nor its characteristics. If the energy it contains is very huge, once the control is wrong, the entire Hope may explode in an instant..."

"However." Silewi suddenly remembered something and said, "One of my experimental students has a strange conjecture. I wonder if the major would like to hear it?"

Yao Yuan was thinking about all this at the moment. He was considering how to use this plant to rescue those trapped and at the same time find out the plant's weaknesses. After hearing this, he nodded directly.

After a moment, an expressionless girl walked in, but Yao Yuan recognized this girl. She was clearly one of the three girls Zhang Heng knew at the beginning, and she was also one of the very few civilians living on the fifth floor. Polly

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Polly nodded to Yao Yuan, without being polite, and said directly: "I think that this plant has such various characteristics that it is unlikely to have evolved naturally... It is a man-made thing."

Yao Yuan was stunned and asked strangely: "Man-made thing? You mean genetic modification? But we humans simply don't have such a level of technology."

Polly glanced at Yao Yuan, as if to say that he was an idiot, and then said: "Then let me put it another way, it is an alien creation."

Yao Yuan then asked: "What's the purpose? Aliens created something that destroyed an entire planet. What's their purpose? Could it be that there was a leak in the laboratory, leading to a biochemical disaster?"

Polly continued to look at the big screen in the laboratory and said: "Purpose? It may be a biochemical disaster caused by a leak in the laboratory, but don't you think the purpose of this plant is too strong? It is purely to search for various metal minerals.

Collect energy and turn it into energy crystals... I think this is a collector made by aliens, just like the digging punch made by us humans. It's just that our technological level is too low, so it's better to build it.

After that, manpower is needed to dig, but alien creatures have evolved to such an extent that they directly create this plant, then put it on the entire planet, and wait for a period of time, maybe decades, maybe hundreds of years,

Time is no longer a limit for alien creatures of this level, and then they can easily obtain all the minerals, including energy, of an entire planet without wasting it, and then move on to the next planet."

"Don't you think this collection method is much more advanced than ours and has a much higher usage rate?"

When Yao Yuan heard this, he felt a cool breath coming straight up his back from the tailbone...

If all these speculations are true, then what level of technology has this alien creature reached? It is as if it is the creator! In front of it, human beings are probably not much better than ants.

, such alien creatures that target the entire planet... are too terrifying!

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the laboratory. Yao Yuan quickly looked at the biologist who organized the experiment. The biologist asked several times on the communicator, and then he said to Yao Yuan: "Major,

The genetic map of this plant has been analyzed, but...Major, do you want to see it?"

"Of course!" Yao Yuan said immediately: "Let us all take a look!"

Then, on the big screen in the laboratory, the genetic map of this plant appeared on it...

This is a strange shape that looks like words. No, to be precise, it is more like... than a shape with words.

"Trademark?" Wang Guang said strangely from the side.

Yao Yuan nodded heavily and repeated: "Yes, this is a trademark..."
Chapter completed!