How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 12 Streams

very bad……

The proteins of the cells are combined in an acidic environment. If it is changed to neutral waters or alkaline waters, the protein may deteriorate and lose its original activity...

Not only that, but also the water temperature. Since there are volcanoes, the surrounding water should be hot water. It is difficult for Huogu to guarantee that the protein of the cells, which is adapted to hot water, can be suitable for normal water temperature.

Am I just stuck here?

Huogu turned around and looked at the volcano again with his visual system.

After the water comes into contact with the hot lava, it instantly forms water vapor, which rises to the surface of the water, and the vacant position will be filled by the surrounding water.

In this way, a stream of water flowing towards the volcano is formed, a kind of seabed 'black hole'.

If it weren't for the towering rocks around, diverting this water flow...

If it weren't for the volcano, there would be a small-scale eruption intermittently...

Huo Gu estimated that he was familiar with it now.

Now with the visual system, as long as you are careful enough, you can well avoid the dangerous factors of those volcanoes.

So, don't you leave?

Huo Gu asked himself hesitantly.

There are benefits to ignoring the dangers posed by those volcanoes.

The intermittent eruption of the volcano, while driving the water flow, also makes this water area extremely eutrophic. Substances such as amino acids, proteins, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium, etc., are almost within reach. It is simply the Garden of Eden for microorganisms.

To be honest, Huo Gu was a little moved when he thought of this.

After all, in this acidic waters, the only thing that can threaten it is the volcano, and the microorganisms that can adapt to this kind of waters can no longer pose a threat to it, and can only be its food.

Maybe……

It's also a good choice to stay for a while and prepare well before acting...

Vibration, sudden vibration, as if some kind of huge creature was stirring the waters.

What, what's going on?!

The nucleus of the cell cluster is resonating with this vibration, which has never been done before.

Intuition told Hogu that something was about to appear.

Before he had time to think about it, Huogu immediately hid in the gap formed by two nearby boulders.

The vibration became more and more violent, and Huo Gu could see from the cracks that the stones on the boulder were falling from the top from time to time.

In the distance, with the twilight of the volcano, it can be seen that the bottom of the water seems to be covered with a layer of light gauze, gently and gracefully swaying with the water flow.

That is the volcanic ash that has been deposited at the bottom of the water for a long time and is now stirred up by the shock.

The vibration continued for a while, and the frequency became more and more intense.

Finally, a tipping point of sorts seemed to be reached.

A super-strong current that far crushed all previous water currents, engulfed in terrifying potential energy, like the shock wave of a nuclear explosion, swept across the four directions.

Wherever it passed, small rocks rolled up and big rocks turned over. Even the huge rocks were trembling slightly.

Now Huogu finally understands why there are no small and medium-sized rocks at the bottom of the nearby water.

Before, it thought it was the result of years of water erosion, but now it seems that it was directly thrown quite far away by this water flow.

Hogu tried his best to retract himself into the innermost gap,

However, even though he was nestled in the gap between two boulders, Hogu could still feel an indescribable terrifying force trying to pull it out.

Once rolled out it's over!

Huogu reminded himself of this point emphatically in his heart. At the same time, it also commanded the cell cluster to change its shape, abandoning the original cylindrical shape, and changing it to completely fit the stone seam without leaving a single gap.

Like the previous shock, this impacting water flow lasted for a while before it stopped.

After a while, when Huogu was sure that the water flow would not show signs of erupting again, he came out from the gap between the boulders with lingering fear.

The direction of the eruption is the side of the volcano. Judging from the surrounding landscape, it is likely to occur frequently. It's just that I was lucky before, and it happened not long after the intermittent eruption ended...

This eruption is completely different from the previous intermittent water flow. This should not be the pressure release caused by the clogged volcanic vent, but the upwelling of lava from a deeper layer...

Summarizing the information that can be collected and analyzing the problem is Hogu's consistent approach, and it is precisely in this way that it can survive until now.

All that's left is to make a choice.

go or stay.

So, do you want to stay?

This option was denied by Huogu as soon as it came out.

No, I have to leave here. That volcano may erupt suddenly one day. If something happens, I will have no place to run.

After what happened just now, Huo Gu said that it was impossible to stay here any longer.

The resulting flagellar DNA is sheared into the outermost parietal cells, and countless microscopic cilia grow out on the outside of the cylinder.

Just as the propeller of a ship needs to be driven by an engine, these flagella also need to be driven by an 'engine' to achieve sliding water flow.

Fortunately, Huogu happened to have such an engine, and that was the mitochondria.

The protein was collected for a period of time and stored in a new cavity opened by Hogu.

In order to facilitate walking in the water, Huo Gu transformed the head and tail of the cylindrical creature into a cone, and streamlined grooves appeared on the outside of the side.

In this way, the resistance of the cell cluster to travel in water will be much smaller.

Considering that it might encounter a relatively narrow area during the swimming process, the eyes originally protruding from the side of the cylindrical creature retracted and turned into embedded in the side.

In order to ensure sufficient vision, Huo Gu installed three more eyes, one on the opposite side of the original eye, forming a complete 360-degree vision.

The other two are distributed in the front and back. The large cavity originally used for digesting microorganisms was divided into six small cavities by Hogu. The connecting part of the small cavities has an eye, which happens to be at the top of the head and tail cones.

Every time those microorganisms are ingested to supplement protein, it is like the effect of a flower opening its petals.

Since it was only designed to deal with microorganisms, it was transformed into this plant-like shape. If it really encountered macroscopic organisms, then Hogu would use acid to make the opponent give up.

After redesigning the shape, Huogu heaved a sigh of relief and relieved his highly concentrated spirit.

Fortunately, I haven't returned all the physical chemistry I learned in high school to the teacher.

Cell clusters start to operate under command.

However, sometimes, the idea is very good, but it may not be practical. Along with the new design, new problems arise.