Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 120 Bacteria
Lu Ming thought about this question briefly.Then he realized something.At this time, Zhang Dingshan's further explanation also came to Lu Ming's ears.

"The conclusion of the building inspection team is that the material inside the wall of the Binhai Building corroded too quickly, and the internal steel bars released too much stress at one time, so the sound was a little louder."

Lu Ming nodded slightly.

This conclusion is consistent with his own speculation.

This is obviously not a good thing.If before this, the damage to the walls and the overall structure of the Binhai Building was only limited to the microscopic level and was not exposed on the surface, then at this moment, these damages were finally presented to the public through this unusually loud "cracking" sound. in front of people.

An invisible sense of urgency seemed to emerge from the void, tightly surrounding Lu Ming.

Although everyone had reached a consensus on the current situation and made a clear judgment, at this moment, as if muttering to himself, Lu Ming narrated this consensus again.

"We, we really have to hurry up."

In the earphones, Zhang Dingshan was silent for a moment, and finally spit out two words.

"Yes."

After cutting off the communication, Lu Ming sighed secretly, and turned his attention to the monitoring screen again.

At this moment, the specimen collection operation is still in progress.The first batch of specimens had already been sent to the simple but well-equipped biochemical laboratory, where Professor Shen and others started professional testing.

Under the microscope, in the culture fluid, in the microscopic world that people can't usually perceive, the hustle and bustle that belongs to the microbial world is vividly presented in front of him.

All kinds of microorganisms, linear, dotted, cylindrical, large and small, ciliated, non-ciliated, cute looking, disgusting looking...

All kinds and countless microorganisms together constitute a huge and wonderful world.

Most of the microorganisms recognized their identities and remembered their names just by looking at them.At the same time, information about them came to Professor Shen's mind one by one.

What kind of environment is preferred, harmful or not harmful, size, purpose, etc., are clear.

He observed carefully, carefully observed.

No matter how disdainful he was for the orders from that young man in his heart, when it came to work, he was still serious and meticulous.

This is his professionalism as a scientist and his professional ethics.

Under such circumstances, one sample after another was excluded, and it was confirmed that there were no unknown microorganisms.

Time passed bit by bit, and when the time reached the afternoon, outside the Binhai Building, at the temporary headquarters, Lu Ming's heart had gradually sank to the bottom of the valley.

the reason is simple.

Although the entire detection operation has not been completed at this moment, at least thousands of specimens collected from various places in the Binhai Building have been tested and confirmed to be free of abnormalities so far.

This has basically confirmed that the brand-new microorganisms I speculated do not exist.

If they do exist, how could thousands of specimens from different locations fail to collect them?
This way, too, looks wrong.

In the next situation, he also didn't want to follow up.

If there is no abnormality in the specimens in the first half, it is almost impossible for the specimens in the second half to have abnormalities.

At this moment, in the simple biochemical laboratory in the lobby on the first floor of Binhai Building, Professor Shen stretched his waist a little to relieve his tired body, and then put himself into the intense work again.

While observing the latest batch of microbial specimens collected, he suddenly found something different.

Speaking of which, the specimens observed this time are actually no different from those before.There are all kinds of microorganisms, linear, point, spherical, cylindrical, all kinds.

But... Among these microorganisms, a certain bacterium showed behaviors that were inconsistent with Professor Shen's memory.

This kind of bacillus is very common in nature. Except for people with extremely low immunity, such as people suffering from AIDS and other diseases, it usually does not cause disease and is basically harmless to the human body.Because of the relatively common reason, Professor Shen recognized it at a glance.

This bacillus does not move, it does not have the ability to move, Professor Shen is sure of this.But at this moment, under the microscope, Professor Shen saw in amazement that this bacillus... was actually moving slowly.

After ruling out the possibility caused by external factors such as water flow and air flow, Professor Shen felt even more strange.

It moves very slowly.Even under the microscope, it only moved a little distance during the period of Professor Shen's observation. If it didn't happen to be seen, maybe Professor Shen would just ignore it.

However, no matter how slow it moves, it is still moving by itself.But how could it move by itself?How could its body structure have this ability?
Professor Shen subconsciously adjusted the magnification, and observed the body details of this bacterium more carefully.So, after the body of this bacterium filled the entire field of vision, Professor Shen was a little horrified to see that there were many slender cilia around the edge of this bacterium!

Obviously, these cilia acted as the "feet" of this bacterium, giving it the ability to actively change its position and move slowly.

But how could this bacillus move?
Every year, I don’t know how many biologists, doctors, biology enthusiasts, biology undergraduates, master’s and doctoral students, etc., observe this bacillus through a microscope.If it really had cilia, and relied on them to move itself, it must have been discovered long ago and published in relevant scientific journals.

You know, this is a very big discovery.Master and doctoral students can rely on this discovery to get a diploma, and biologists can rely on this discovery to get a professional title, get research funding, and win a reputation.

unless, unless...

The bacilli that I saw with my eyes at this moment were not the ones I was familiar with in the past.It is a brand new species, and this bacillus only exists in some special environments, such as the current coastal building.

Only in this way can it be explained that it has not been discovered by anyone in the past numerous researches and observations.

A burst of ecstasy suddenly surged in Professor Shen's heart.

Such a huge discovery unexpectedly fell on him out of thin air!
But this joy only lasted for a moment.Because he suddenly realized that he was able to find this brand new strain here because of the almost compulsory order of the young man he was not used to.

It seems... that young man had already expected that there might be some brand new species in the Binhai Building.

"It turned out that I was watching the sky by myself and misunderstood that young man."

Recalling the inexplicably dignified atmosphere of this mission, recalling the bizarre rumors about the Binhai Building that I had vaguely heard from the Internet media in the past...

The joy in his heart disappeared instantly.

After calming down, he began to observe the bacterium carefully again, and appropriately zoomed in on the scope, and began to observe the rest of the place.

With a clear search standard, he found this bacillus from other places in this specimen in a short while.

He took back the specimens that had been tested before and re-examined them, and found this bacillus in those specimens.

Obviously, because this bacillus moves slowly and its shape is very similar to the common bacillus that exists widely, so I neglected it before.

Gathering his mind again, he looked at his colleagues.

"Lao Li, Lao Wang, Lao Zhang! I have a discovery here."

After telling about their discoveries, colleagues also started targeted searches one after another.So after a while, the biologist called Lao Li also called out: "I have it here too!"

"Me too!"

"I saw it too!"

The exclamation from the video surveillance screen attracted Lu Ming, who had already turned his attention away, to him again.

"Professor Shen, Professor Wang, what did you see?"

Hearing Lu Ming's voice, Professor Shen felt guilty, and subconsciously slowed down his voice: "We seem to have discovered a brand new bacterium. Well, further information needs to be obtained in a professional laboratory for further research. Testing, the equipment here is not complete. We must first try to create an environment suitable for its survival and reproduction, and expand the colony..."

Lu Ming felt the kindness in Professor Shen's words, but at the moment he was not in the mood to think about why Professor Shen's attitude changed.

He only noticed one thing.

Brand new bacteria!
A bacterium that has never been found before!
Brand new bacteria found in Marina Mansions!

Lu Ming made a decisive decision and immediately issued a new order: "Okay, take the specimens to the professional laboratory now! If you need anything, you can make a list, and I will prepare it for you immediately! We must find out in the shortest possible time. Everything about this bacterium!"

If this brand-new bacterium is really the kind of bacterium that can secrete poisonous toxins that I speculate, then the investigation of the haunted house case will definitely rise to a new level, and it will be one step closer to the truth !
"We'll go right away!"

Professor Shen promised to leave here.

But suddenly, Lu Ming remembered another thing.

"Wait!" He stopped Professor Shen: "Add a camera to the microscope, and record the changes of this brand-new bacterium after leaving Binhai Building!"

This slightly weird order made Professor Shen startled.

The necessity of doing so did not occur to him.But because of some sense of guilt, he still followed Lu Ming's instructions.

So Lu Ming began to observe the status of the bacterium in real time through the monitoring screen.

(End of this chapter)