It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

Lu Yongchang nodded lightly: "Yes, I suspect...these cells are starved to look like this."

"Hungry like this..." Mao Zhengzhi looked thoughtfully at the constantly "expanding" cells in the microscope, "There is a possibility."

"It's just that the smallest cells seem to have lost their activity."

Lu Yongchang shrugged: "Maybe he was starved to death."

"In short, wait for the test results over there to come out."

……

During the waiting time, Lu Yongchang silently looked at the fungal cells on the display.

At this time, some cells have expanded to half the size of the cell wall space, while those cells that are too small have not changed.

"It seems to have reached the limit." Lu Yongchang's eyes moved slightly, "The recovery speed of these cells is getting slower and slower."

"Next... change to an electron microscope to see these cells!"

When Lu Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi re-extracted the samples and pre-processed them, the door of the isolation laboratory was opened again.

"Professor Lu!"

"The test results are out!"

The voice of the researcher just now reached Lu Yongchang's ears.

After completing the action in his hand, Lu Yongchang reached out and took the document in the researcher's hand.

When he saw the contents of the file, even he couldn't help exclaiming: "What?!"

"1 million years ago?!"

Lu Yongchang's exclamation attracted Mao Zhengzhi's attention.

"1 years?" Mao Zhengzhi leaned over to look at the report with a strange face, then frowned and asked the researcher, "How many times have you tested? Are you sure there is nothing wrong?"

Facing the doubts from the two big bosses, the researcher showed a bit of anxiety on his face.

He nodded slightly, and confirmed in a low voice: "A total of three tests were performed. The shortest time of the three sets of samples was 1 years ago, and the longest...was about 2 years ago."

Lu Yongchang took a deep breath, his eyes filled with shock.

Fungi that have lived underground for 1 years on Mars!

You know, the fungi on the earth only have a lifespan of about a few months in a suitable environment. If the living environment is harsh, it is estimated that they can survive for a few minutes and they are considered tenacious!

"Brother Mao, hurry up, I think the organelles of these fungi will definitely surprise us!"

……

After some busy work, the observation screen of the electron microscope was also displayed on the computer screen.

Looking at the strangely shaped organelles in the fungal cells, Lu Yongchang couldn't help but froze in place.

"Hiss..." Mao Zhengzhi smacked his lips and said with a troubled expression, "I didn't really feel that this is an alien life until now."

Lu Yongchang frowned and nodded: "The shape is a bit strange, but you can still see something."

"Look, the middle part should be similar to the nucleus."

Mao Zhengzhi nodded, agreeing with this point of view.

"what?"

Just when Mao Zhengzhi was about to express his opinion, Lu Yongchang suddenly let out a light snort, interrupting Mao Zhengzhi's thoughts.

"Something's wrong!" Lu Yongchang's expression suddenly became serious.

While speaking, he reached out and adjusted the electron microscope.

Then, he reached out and tapped the computer screen lightly.

"This is the cell that absorbs water and swells, and that is the dead cell that doesn't react to the water at all."

"Look carefully, what's the difference between the two."

Hearing Lu Yongchang's words, Mao Zhengzhi quickly checked it carefully.

After a careful comparison, a trace of astonishment flashed in Mao Zhengzhi's eyes.

"This...Why are there so many organelles in this cell?!"

Lu Yongchang shook his head slowly: "No."

"It's not less, more accurately, it should be incomplete."

"You can see that by comparing the organelles inside the two cells."

"Does this organelle seem to be missing half?"

"These few organelles are basically missing a small half of the structure."

"It's just like……"

Speaking of this, Lu Yongchang frowned slightly, as if he couldn't find an adjective.

"It's like being bitten!" Mao Zhengzhi's voice was full of excitement, "That's right! It's like being partly eaten!"

Lu Yongchang raised his eyebrows when he heard Mao Zhengzhi's description!

"That's right! That's what I mean!"

"If I'm not mistaken, this fungus can survive on Mars because of this ability!"

Hearing Lu Yongchang's words, Mao Zhengzhi's body trembled slightly, and there was a bit of strangeness in his eyes.

Seriously, if this scene were changed to a human being...

If I didn’t eat today, I would “digest” a portion of my intestines, and if I didn’t eat tomorrow, I would “digest” a portion of my liver…

Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help feeling a chill coming from behind him.

While Lu Yongchang was excited, he remembered the reminder from the system some time ago.

"No! This should be only part of the reason!"

The look in his eyes became more and more excited!

"If you want to survive tens of thousands of years in an environment like Mars, you can't do it alone!"

"Hibernation! It must be an extremely deep hibernation ability!"

Looking at Lu Yongchang who was standing there like a madman muttering to himself, Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help swallowing lightly.

For some reason, he suddenly felt like he couldn't get in the way...

Suddenly, Lu Yongchang, who had lowered his head and muttered to himself, suddenly raised his head, with a strange light in his eyes, staring at Mao Zhengzhi firmly.

"Yong... Yongchang?" Mao Zhengzhi swallowed again, and asked cautiously, "What, what's wrong?"

"Brother Mao, get someone to send some white mice, I'm going to do some tests!"

While talking, Lu Yongchang patted Mao Zhengzhi's shoulder excitedly: "If there is no accident, there must be a substance in these fungi that can make creatures enter a deep hibernation!"

Chapter 135 Special Proteins

more than an hour later.

Lv Yongchang quietly looked at the little white mice in the cage running around in front of him.

"What are you going to do?"

Mao Zhengzhi asked softly.

Lu Yongchang pondered for a moment, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, and he pointed at the fungal samples that had not undergone any treatment.

"Powder the fungus and inject it directly into these mice."

Mao Zhengzhi's expression changed drastically: "Are you crazy?!"

"These are alien life forms, and mice have no resistance to them!"

Lu Yongchang sighed deeply.

"We don't have enough time to slowly analyze these Martian creatures."

"Now we need the fastest and most direct solution."

"First of all, I need to know whether there are substances I want inside these fungi."

……

After grinding a whole fungus sample into powder, Lu Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi mixed it with normal saline, and finally made 15 fungal mixtures of different concentrations.

In order to ensure the rigor of the experiment, Lu Yongchang carefully selected [-] mice, five of which were used as the control group and were only injected with the same amount of normal saline.

The remaining [-] rats, as the experimental group, will be injected with different concentrations and equal amounts of fungal mixture.

After all the work was done, Lu Yongchang solemnly put the mice into a special breeding cage.

The next thing they have to do is to wait with peace of mind.

At the beginning, whether it was the fifteen mice in the experimental group or the five mice in the control group, they were all in good mental condition.

but!

In just over ten minutes, an abnormal phenomenon appeared.

Fifteen mice in the experimental group closed their eyes tightly and fell into the breeding cage.

Among them, the higher the concentration of the injection, the shorter the time it took from awake to "coma"!

The mouse that was injected with the highest concentration of fungal mixture fell to the ground in just ten seconds, while the mouse that was injected with the lowest concentration of fungal mixture lasted for several minutes!

Seeing this scene, Lu Yongchang's pupils dilated suddenly.

What a domineering effect!

You know, even the highest concentration contains only 1% fungal powder!

"Brother Mao!" Lu Yongchang shouted, "Get ready to start the inspection!"

With a serious expression on his face, Mao Zhengzhi immediately opened the breeding cage and took out the fifteen labeled mice one by one.

……

After a detailed inspection, Lu Yongchang gasped suddenly!

At first, he thought that the fifteen mice had simply gone to sleep.

But according to the test results, this is definitely not a simple sleep. Strictly speaking, this is basically equivalent to a state of suspended animation!

When the body temperature of a mouse is 38°C, the normal respiratory rate is 160 beats/min, and the normal heart rate is 625 beats/min.

But now, the breathing rate of the mouse injected with the highest concentration of the mixture has been reduced to an extremely exaggerated level, and it takes nearly 10 minutes to breathe once!

As for the heartbeat, it has also dropped to two to three times per minute!

The body temperature dropped directly to the ambient temperature.

If the instrument hadn't detected its heartbeat and breathing, Lu Yongchang would have thought the mouse was dead!

Although the mice injected with the lowest concentration of the mixed solution also entered a state of suspended animation, the data was much more normal, and the breathing and heart rate basically dropped to 10% of the normal level.

The pupils of Mao Zhengzhi, who was in charge of recording the data, trembled violently: "This... this is amazing!"

"If this state can be maintained, these mice can even sleep for hundreds of years!"

Although the little white mouse was successfully put into a true hibernation state, Lu Yongchang didn't see much joy in his eyes.

"The most important question now is..."

"How do we wake them up?"

Hearing this, Mao Zhengzhi's expression froze suddenly.

Yes.

How to wake them up?

……

There is still one day until the UN General Assembly.

In the biology sub-lab.

Lu Yongchang was wearing protective clothing and sat on a chair with a melancholy expression.