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Chapter 294 Weipan's Biology Teaching

The pressure of the 500 meters before the golden light was not too great. The three of them ran at full speed, and a moment passed. After 500 meters, Liu Zhi signaled Wei Pan to put away the magic barrier, and propped up a hood composed of Yuanli alone to protect the two of them. move on.

This so-called "Yuanli Shield" is a skill that can only be used at the second level of condensed yuan. As the name suggests, it spreads the yuanli that was originally condensed on the body surface, forming a round shield similar to an enchantment around the surrounding area. The bigger it is, the more energy it consumes.

Although Liu Zhi was promoted to the second level of Yuan Condensation, he actually couldn't hold on to the Yuanli shield that protected the three of them for long. It was estimated that he could walk 1000 meters even if it was the limit. The last 500 meters, which was the most difficult, still had to rely on Shu Yue. .

It is undoubtedly much easier to approach the golden light on the ground than when climbing a height. At least there is no need to worry about falling off the cliff, and you can accelerate without any scruples. Therefore, although the journey is getting slower and slower, there are no twists and turns. After ten minutes, the surrounding pressure Once loose, the three of them passed through the golden light smoothly, and saw the golden and red Chunyang yacon.

The rhizome of this elixir has been buried in a newly dug pit at this time, the crimson leaves and golden petals are exposed, the flower stem is straight and slender, with golden fruit attached to the top, like a small tree but more than flowers and plants.

Shu Yue removed the Yuanli hood, Wei Pan walked forward slowly, walked around the elixir a few times, and couldn't help but wonder: "It's indeed a herbal elixir, but how did this scape grow so tall? Not only does it pass through the flower itself, but it is also connected to the fruit?"

His old face was full of shock, curiosity, excitement, and unconcealed joy, like a child seeing a novelty toy.

"Hey, that's not right, this is not a panacea..." After carefully observing the rosette, Wei Pan whispered to himself again.

Liu Zhi listened beside him, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Wei Pan, what is this if it's not a panacea?"

Wei Pan looked back at him, and said with a slightly embarrassed smile: "I'm sorry, the old man didn't finish his sentence, and Chief Liu misunderstood. To be precise, these should be two elixir plants. The scape and fruit on it are It should be a stemless parasitic plant. The flowers and rosettes below are another herbaceous plant. The parasitic plant absorbs the nutrition of the host, and directly grows inflorescences and fruits from the host's tissue, forming the current plant. Elixir. Tsk tsk, the elixir parasitizes the elixir, such a wonderful combination, I have never seen it in my life."

Liu Zhi opened his eyes slightly, quite surprised in his heart, he had only heard of parasites, so could plants be parasitic?

Wei Pan ignored his reaction, looked up at the dazzling golden fruit, then frowned and said in a low voice: "However, whether this fruit really grows from the scape can only be known through close observation, maybe, This is actually a reparasitic elixir? Yes, it is not impossible."

Liu Zhi asked: "What is the reparasitic elixir?"

Wei Pan smiled and said: "It's very simple, the fruit is also another kind of parasitic plant. It uses the parasitic plant as the host, forming a double parasitic phenomenon, so it is called 'hyperparasitic'."

Is this okay?Liu Zhi couldn't believe it, the magic of nature is far beyond the imagination of my generation.

"Boss, you should be a science student?" Shu Yue asked with a suppressed smile, "It seems that you are not very good at biology."

Liu Zhi glanced at her angrily: "How can middle school biology teach such unorthodox knowledge?"

But he added in his heart: Even if you teach it, who will remember it ten years later?

At this time, Wei Pan was on the sidelines and said: "These two strains should be extremely high-grade elixir. After being combined, their respective advantages have been brought into full play to create the strain in front of you." Heaven and Earth Rare Treasures', if they grow separately, their effects may not even be one-tenth of what they are now."

This remark aroused Liu Zhi's interest again, and he hurriedly asked for advice: "Mr. Weipan, how did you find out that these two elixir medicines are of extremely high grade? Is it possible that the original quality is very ordinary, but after thousands of years A species whose quality continues to improve after ten thousand years of growth?"

Wei Pan smiled and said: "Boss Liu wants to say that after the elixir absorbs the aura of heaven and earth, it constantly breaks through its own limits?"

"That's right, that's right."

"Maybe there will be." Wei Pan still smiled gently: "After all, the universe is so vast and mysterious, there will always be things beyond our understanding."

"Then what's the situation within the cognition?" Liu Zhi acted like a good student who was thirsty for knowledge.

"If it is within the cognition, it will generally not appear."

Before he finished his answer, he patiently explained: "Changes in the growth environment are the main cause of evolution. Plants cannot move on their own, which means that without special factors, they may not evolve once in tens of thousands of years. After all, nature's The rules are not easy to change. Without evolution, it is impossible to break through the physiological upper limit set by nature. No matter how long it lives, the grass will still be a grass, or at most a very old grass, forever. It can’t be turned into a panacea.”

Seeing Liu Zhi thoughtful, Wei Pan continued with a smile: "This is also applicable to elixir. Every elixir has a fixed growth law, and there are stages. When will it bloom? When it bears fruit, when it is at its peak, and when it naturally declines, it all depends on its growth period. Once the growth period is over, the metabolic function will continue to decline, and the disease will increase. Therefore, the longer the year, the better the efficacy of the medicine. The argument is simply untenable, just like the old man, with a withered body, how can there be a stronger body?"

Weipan's words hit home and cleared up Liu Zhi's doubts. While secretly cursing online novels for their harmful effects, he also seriously concluded: "In other words, for elixirs to evolve, changing the environment is the first prerequisite, and Must it be from a low environment to a high environment, and vice versa?”

Weipan shook his head and said: "Not necessarily." Seeing Liu Zhi's puzzled face, he continued with a smile: "There is a kind of degeneration called 'reverse evolution', which is also natural selection of nature. Just take Let's take the red people as an example. If they had not evolved because of the MY1 gene, but had evolved naturally into what they are now, they would seem to have lost their civilization, regressed in wisdom, and resembled beasts, but they managed to survive in this abyss, and The foundation is still there, and it is possible to evolve again in the future. Compared with complete extinction, isn’t this result much better?”

Liu Zhi suddenly realized that it was the first time he realized what it means to "listen to a gentleman's words is better than ten years of reading". He sincerely bowed to Weipan and said solemnly: "Thank you, sir, for your advice!"

Wei Pan smiled and nodded, and said: "Boss Liu is polite, knowledge is accumulated, and what is rare is Boss Liu's diligent and motivated attitude."

"The mentality is only second, and the main thing is that the teacher speaks thoroughly." Liu Zhi said modestly.

The two praised each other, and then they looked at each other with a smile, and the relationship was invisibly drawn a lot closer.

Afterwards, Weipan turned his attention to Chunyang Yacon again.

He carefully studied the rosettes and flowers and leaves, and then floated to the side of the fruit to observe for a while. After landing, he said to Liu Zhi: "These two spiritual fruits were originally of the heat type. After the combination of the two, the parasitic spiritual fruit began to suck Nutrients from the host, and in order to survive, the host had to crazily absorb the aura of heaven and earth, so both of them mutated and turned into the heat attribute. However, their heat attribute is not complete, it may be immature, or it may be the upper limit, otherwise The area around this elixir is either scorching hot or freezing to the bone, it will never be as comfortable as it is now."

(End of this chapter)