How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 18 Salts

The salt in Huo Gu's words does not only refer to the daily edible salt sodium chloride, but generally refers to a large category in the chemical system, that is, a kind of metal ion or ammonium ion combined with acid ion or non-metal ion compound'.

found it!

After adjusting the vitreous body of his eyes several times, Huo Gu captured the smoke column rising from the seabed in the distance, which was exactly the same as the submarine volcano smoke column he had seen before.

really……

The mood that was slightly panicked suddenly calmed down, and a certain guess in my heart was confirmed.

The source of protein denaturation in the cell membrane, in addition to the pH of the aqueous solution, there is another important factor, that is temperature!

During the Hadean period, it was a dead Jedi that was only suitable for the survival of microorganisms. In this period, the planet was a super giant steamer.

Why are there millions of years of downpours?

This is the reason. The high temperature in the core of the entire planet boils the seawater, and the water vapor falls back to the surface of the planet in the form of rain while the water vapor dissipates heat at high altitudes, and then evaporates again.

During this period, the water temperature of seawater is always kept at the highest temperature of liquid water - 100 degrees! That is, boiling water!

Life is very tenacious. Even in such an extremely harsh environment, life still exists. Cell clusters and the microorganisms encountered before are living examples.

However, although a high temperature of 100 degrees cannot cause damage to these microorganisms, a low temperature can.

Salts are an 'exothermic reaction' when they are formed, but since the water temperature is originally the highest 100 degrees, it will not have any effect, and the key point is after that.

Due to environmental factors, these salts will undergo 'hydrolysis' shortly after formation, which is an 'endothermic reaction', and during the process of hydrolysis, the water temperature is also sucked away.

Therefore, in this 'steamer' world, 'low temperature' was created.

Of course, this 'low temperature' is only relative to the surrounding boiling water environment. Primitive microorganisms that have been exposed to 100-degree boiling water since birth, but it is difficult to adapt to the 'low temperature' environment of 70-80 degrees.

I said how the number of microorganisms collected in the digestive cavity has dropped sharply...

Whispering to himself clearly while debugging the cell wiping mechanism.

After the debugging was completed, Huo Gu repaired the inner wall of the digestive cavity again, and observed with all his attention, not daring to relax in the slightest.

If the situation still occurs, it means that there are still factors that it ignores, and then the cell membrane needs to be re-adjusted.

Fortunately, everything is going well, the new inner cells and parietal cells are carrying out their work normally, Huo Gu is also relieved.

The eyes of the clustered cells looked at the smoke column in the distant waters, Huo Gu knew that it was also one of the culprits for creating the neutral 'low temperature' waters.

Alkaline submarine volcano!

It is this kind of volcano and the acidic volcano that Hogu started from. Under the action of the flow, the materials converge, the acid and alkali are neutralized, and the salt in this water area is enough to change the temperature of the nearby water area.

Further on, there are alkaline waters.

Hogu could predict that there must be an ecosystem of alkaliphilic microorganisms near the volcano.

Do you want to go?

To be honest, Huogu really wanted to find out. As a scholar with a strong interest in biology, the unknown treasure house was in front of him. It would be a lie to say that he didn't want to find out.

Among human beings, there are always those who dare to die for the pursuit of knowledge, and Hogu is one of them.

Let's settle that matter first.

Huogu decided to put the matter of exploring alkaline waters aside.

It is indeed true that it dares to take risks for knowledge, but that does not mean that when there is a safer method, it is still risking life.

The cluster of cells begins to reproduce a large number of new individuals to expand the size of the entire cluster.

Originally, in order to ensure mobility, Huogu has been deliberately ensuring the quality of the cell cluster itself, but now, it needs more cells to prove its own ideas.

You can't put all your eggs in one basket. I still understand this truth. I hope that the next experiment will go smoothly without accidents.

The power enhancement experiment of the life field is officially underway!

The cells follow the instructions to change their position in the cell cluster, and properly squeeze out a cavity that is the largest so far, with a volume equivalent to three times that of the water storage cavity.

If you want to extend the 'life field' of the cells to the outside world and give instructions to distant individuals of the same species, there is only one option - to increase the output power of the 'life field'!

Come on, let me see if it works...

Partially untwisted inner cells to make new individuals.

The inner cells that received the instructions start to release enzymes and carry out individual division.

This kind of division is very fast, far exceeding the speed of all replicating cells before, and even the self-replicating speed of phage is slightly inferior.

A tiny cell, equivalent to one percent of the inner cell, breaks away from that inner cell.

This cell is very small, the gene chain is also very short, and the structure is also very simple. The cell membrane is thinner than that of the original original cell, and there is no need for aggressive microorganisms. overwhelmed.

This is also the reason why it takes a short time to make it, just because its structure is too simple.

New type of cells...

Huogu thought of the use of this kind of cells, and he had a plan in mind.

Well, it's called 'sensing cells'.

The replication work of this new type of cell was in full swing in the cell cluster, and it didn't take long for this large cavity, which was three times the size of the water storage cavity, to be filled with sensory cells.

Between the sensory cells, Huo Gudu uses connecting proteins to form a huge microscopic matrix, and then the network composed of inner cells connects the entire cavity to ensure the supply of the sensory cells.

If you want the field to expand its range of influence, you need to increase the power of the field, and if you want to increase the power of the field, you need to start from the source of the field.

Although Huogu couldn't figure out what the essence of this life field was, and why the source of the field was emerald, this did not prevent him from enhancing the power of the field to a certain extent.

Increasing the number of field sources is an effective way to increase the output power. In other words, as long as the number of controlled cells is large enough, the range of the life field will also expand.

Based on these various factors, Huogu realized one thing - as long as the field source does not change, the contribution of large cells and micro cells to the life field should be equal, so a large number of ultra-small controlled cells that only have field sources should be produced , wouldn't the power of the life field also be enhanced in a disguised form?