Chapter 1458: Get me some dragon... life essence, please?
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"Dragon beast blood, diluted 1:1000."
"Soaked fish eggs."
"Soak frog eggs."
"Soak lizard eggs."
"Soaking snake eggs...is it effective to soak snake eggs with such a thick shell in blood diluted 1:1000? Should it be slightly thicker?"
Gretel bit his pen and struggled repeatedly. It was beneficial to have two nature walkers with him. Even if the season was over, he could forcefully produce a batch of eggs for him to experiment on, as long as he was given enough resources;
However, the purpose of the experiment, the idea of the experiment, and the design of the experimental plan are his own business.
No one can replace him, or even correct him. At most, he can just make suggestions or ask, "What are you doing like this?"
Oh, this is Cerela asking. Gretel scratched his hair and gave her a smile:
"I'm trying to soak them in dragon's blood so that when they hatch, they can have some dragon characteristics... uh... it seems... the dragon's blood is too thick?"
The dragon's blood diluted a thousand times was poured into the water. Visible to the naked eye, the fish eggs immediately began to bubble.
Gretel quickly threw a spell, magnifying the image in front of him 100 times, and saw that the protective film outside the fish eggs cracked, corroded, and disintegrated;
Then, the egg membrane outside the fish eggs also begins to disintegrate;
Finally, the large swaths of fish eggs were completely dispersed, and the yolk filled the water. It was obvious that all these fish eggs were finished...
All fish eggs were destroyed.
All the frog eggs were destroyed.
All lizard eggs are destroyed.
Snake eggs... The snake eggs were not completely destroyed, but they weren't much better either.
Gretel tried his best to feel the life breath of these snake eggs, and found that ninety-nine of the hundreds of snake eggs were destroyed, leaving only two eggs, which were still holding on strongly despite burning a hole in the shell.
Moreover, if you feel it carefully, the activity seems to be a little stronger...
"That dragon's blood must be thicker!" Cerela sniffed, sniffed the diluted version of dragon's blood carefully, and gave the answer with great certainty:
"What affected them before was all breath, breath! What is breath? It is the road we walk, the wind we exhale, and the little things we pick up when we occasionally swim in the lake!
I can smell this dragon blood, it is much stronger than the dragon scent in the lake, and it will definitely burn them to death!"
Ah... I'm really sorry. Gretel's own perception allows him to sense the dragon's breath, and he can only feel it under very strong conditions;
In his perception, the concentration of 1:1000 is no different from ordinary saline, and he can't feel it at all.
Just this, can you burn the fish eggs to death?
So according to this standard, "If I urinate across the water, the fish in the water will eat Jackie Chan; if I urinate across the mountain, the grass in the mountain will taste and turn into Ganoderma lucidum, and the fairy boy will pluck it and live long", then the possibility is really too low.
If this happens, is it normal for a large number of people to be burned to death?
Fortunately, there was a very perceptive Cerela Grete beside her, who smiled at the silver dragon girl and said softly:
"Then Serela, help me dilute it again? From now on, start diluting in steps until you feel that the concentration is similar to the concentration in the lake water. Make a record? Then, we will continue to try?"
"Okay!"
Cerela happily rolled up her sleeves and went to work. Grete was left alone facing the two snake eggs, scratching his chin, and continued to think:
Should we cut it open now and observe the cell division and chromosome iteration inside?
Or should we keep it and raise it until the snakes hatch out of their shells, and then take samples for testing?
Or cut one open and keep the other? What if the one left behind cannot be fed?
While struggling, I quickly set up a magic circle to keep the temperature and humidity constant, keep it clean, maintain the energy intensity around the snake egg, and help it grow and hatch.
After finishing here, Cerela has happily prepared another batch of liquid, from diluting it a thousand times, to diluting it ten thousand times, and then diluting it fifty thousand times.
Finally, she came over with great authority and reported:
"It's done! It's almost the same as lake water! It's ready for use!"
When this batch of water was poured down, the fish eggs and frog eggs finally had a clear reaction. Nine-tenths of them died while bubbling, and one-tenth remained, which was the tenth closest to the center.
One, remain still.
Mortality rate 90%!
Then, the possibility of mutation in the remaining 10% is very high! 棢
Gretel raised his eyebrows. He waited patiently, flew out of the mage's hand, and deftly picked out a batch of fish eggs.
Work hard to provide natural breath, and work hard to promote its rapid division and rapid growth. Leave a few eggs every day, leave a few eggs every day, sample, count, and compare until the fish eggs turn into small fish.
Gretel held up his chin and stared at them, trying to feel them for a long time before going to Cerela for help:
"Celera, can you feel which one or several of these fish have the aura of the dragon?"
"They are too weak!" Cerela wrinkled her nose, snorted and turned her head. She paused, then turned her head again, and felt each item carefully:
"This one, this one, this one..."
Grete followed her instructions, picked them up one by one, took samples, and did chromosome testing. The moment the image unfolded, he breathed a heartfelt sigh:
"Ah, it's so beautiful..."
Under a microscope, the cells in a fish show characteristics of different stages:
Chromosomes take on the shape of a double helix and appear to be tightly packed together;
The appearance of the double strands of chromosomes unwinding;
After the double strands of the chromosomes are unraveled, they begin to separate and break;
The untied double strands start to copy based on the two single strands...
A new batch of fruits hung in the crown of the oak tree, crystal clear, with layers of runes inside.
Sunlight shines through the gaps between the green leaves, illuminating the surface of these fruits with a layer of rainbow luster, buzzing and spinning:
"Dragon chromosomes!"
"Dragon chromosomes!"
"There are some dragon chromosomes in these little fish!"
Grete was refreshed. He then went back to study the previous batches of fish eggs and took out the data at each time point. He was surprised to find that starting from the second day of the eggs, dragon parts were inserted into the chromosomes.
"Keep the remaining little fish well... When they grow up, you can see what characteristics and abilities they have, and compare them with these chromosomes, and then you will know which section does what..."
By the way, raising fish, frogs, lizards, and other animals all requires dedicated personnel. Where can I find one? I’m afraid it won’t work if I just rely on Idian and Ashe Yuesong for everything...
What, giant?
The two giants at the door have rough hands and feet. I hope they can saw wood and make furniture. I hope they can raise fish and frogs. Forget it...
Gretel sighed and had to ask the old giant again. The old giant was very enthusiastic and recommended two tribes to him:
"To be more careful and skillful, you have to count the group of dwarfs living in White Crow Mountain. It's just that they are noisy and not very obedient. If they don't have the dragon's nest to speak, I'm afraid they won't be willing to work for you;
To be closer to nature, there is a tribe of barbarians in the Daqing Forest beside the Black Lake, who make a living by raising animals. Since you have high-level followers here, you should go and shout, and you can get a group of them.
come over……"
Grete thought about it, and decided to send Bernard out to call some savages to come over and work for him. Anyway, whether fish or frogs, they lay a large number of eggs as soon as they are laid, so they can be raised to death.
I don’t feel bad either…
This is another long-term study. Even if it is a frog, it will not take a day or two to raise it and study its traits. Grete is leisurely, treating patients when they come, and brushing all the chromosomes of this tribe;
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Do research when there are no patients. There is an inexhaustible supply of fish eggs, frog eggs and the like. If you do a few every day, you can make the oak staff unable to do anything, and you don’t even have time to chase Servilia...
He was working leisurely here, but high in the sky on Dragon Island, things were in dire straits. Twenty or thirty legendary dragons gathered on a specially condensed cloud city, each holding their heads high, staring at the twisted things far away.
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In the outer circle of them, there is a group of mature dragons, and senior adult dragons each occupy one side, retracting their wings and panting gently. If you look closely, you can see that many dragons have more or less scars on their bodies.
"We need more children! More baby dragons!" In the middle of the legendary dragon, a golden dragon with a body as huge as a mountain and scales as dim as brass, with a heavy voice, rumbled across Cloud City:
"In the past thousand years, a pair of adult dragons have only laid an average of three clutches of eggs, and only five children have survived to the adult stage, where they can get married and give birth to new children;
Adult dragons and legendary dragons have fewer children, and even fewer survive to the adult dragon stage;
In the past thousand years, the number of our legendary dragons has not been increasing, but decreasing! We need our kindred, we need warriors!
All dragons, all adult dragons, should get married as soon as possible and have as many children as possible!"
"But laying eggs will affect our strength growth." Among the mature dragons in the outer circle, a small voice rang:
"If a pair of adult dragons only lay one nest of dragon eggs during adulthood, they have a 20% chance of breaking through to mature dragons;
If two clutches of eggs are laid, there is only a 5% chance;
If you give birth to three litters, or even more, then you will only be able to reach adult dragons in this life, which is too far away from being a legend! In the final analysis, we need more legends, not more baby dragons, right?
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"But without more children, there will be no more legends!" Old Jinlong raised his eyelids and rumbled:
"After reaching Legend, the chance of giving birth to a child is very small!"
"But... now it is getting harder and harder for dragon eggs to hatch, and it is getting harder and harder for young dragons to awaken... If every dragon egg in each nest can be hatched and awakened, then there will be less waste.
strength……"
"Do you want to use magic to intervene?"
"That won't work! Survival of the fittest is the principle of the dragon clan and cannot be broken!"
"But……"
When there was a commotion above, Gretel managed to get rid of Cerela, and sneaked up to the old giant of the Frostfire Tribe. With a bright smile, he discussed with the old man:
"That... the dragon beast's... life essence, can you get some for me?"