Fantasy Game: Infinite City

a few days later.

"Phew! Okay, I've summarized all the test results. Now all I have left is..."

"Boom."

Garcia was talking when suddenly a notebook in his hand fell to the ground, and then there was no sound.

Since finding the research institute, Garcia has been doing experiments and tests non-stop and has not slept for several days. Previously, due to the excitement when he got the data, Garcia had never felt very tired. However, after summarizing the results of almost all research projects, the belated feeling of fatigue knocked Garcia down in an instant.

Han Zu stretched out his hand and held Garcia's waist to prevent her from falling to the ground. Garcia, who was extremely tired, collapsed in Han Zu's arms.

Han Zu picked up Garcia with one hand and picked up the box full of experimental records and notes with the other hand. He left the laboratory and found the lounge inside the institute. He put Garcia on the sofa, then sat on the floor leaning against the sofa and looked at the pile of notes and experimental results.

"let me see..."

Judging from the large number of notes and experimental records, Garcia is indeed a professional scientist in the field of living tissue research. From Han Zu's perspective, all these records,

"What the hell is this about?"

He didn't understand it at all, but it's not to say that he didn't understand it at all. He recognized every word, but when they were put together, it became a mess. Especially after he saw the data charts, mathematical formulas, chemical formulas, and things that he didn't know what they were, but he used the great process of elimination to infer that they should be physical formulas and biological formulas, Han Zu's brain, whose science knowledge had basically degenerated to the level of prenatal education, strongly protested against him.

Han Zu began to feel that his brain seemed to be automatically smoothing out the wrinkles. He tried to throw out the formulas he had just seen from his head, but nothing was left.

But after all, these records were closely related to him, so Han Zu patiently reopened his notebook and prepared to try again.

"Clap."

However, within a few minutes, the notes were thrown roughly into the box. Han Zu raised his middle finger towards the box full of research records, then kicked the box aside, took out a cigar and started smoking.

“Hiss… Huh…”

Han Zu took a few puffs of his cigar and temporarily forgot about the matter. He started thinking about other things. Among all the experiments, there were actually a few left to do. However, those experiments required a lot of electricity. As an "experimental subject", Han Zu could not conduct research while producing electricity. The conversion power of the human-powered generator was not high, and Garcia had eagerly and excitedly pulled Han Zu to start the experiment. Han Zu did not carefully search the institute except for a few laboratories, so he did not find tools such as batteries that could store energy.

Han Zu decided to search the laboratory and stretch his muscles. While smoking a cigar, Han Zu left a note and left the lounge.

Han Zu didn't know what the research institute was specifically researching. To be honest, he didn't really care. But he was free anyway, and even if he couldn't find any usable energy devices, it wouldn't be a big deal to Han Zu. He could just treat it as a pastime.

Compared with the scientific research centers or research facilities that Han Zu had seen in the Infinite City, the structure of the institute was much simpler. There were no complicated structures or secret facilities, and there were not many locked rooms, which could be counted on one hand.

To Han Zu, these places were basically no different from those that were unlocked. There was nothing special in these locked rooms. There were just some common reagents that needed to be properly stored, and some new or experimental equipment that needed repair. The most dangerous things in these locked rooms were just some corrosive chemicals. With Han Zu's current physical condition, he could drink them as soda if he wanted.

Even though Han Zu deliberately slowed down his pace, the research institute was quickly searched by Han Zu. There was nothing unusual. It was just a very ordinary research institute and nothing was gained.

However, it's not that there is nothing useful. Han Zu found a machine in the energy room deep in the research institute. It looked like a device that could generate electricity, but it had stopped working for a long time.

There was no obvious start switch or control console on the machine, but there were quite a few optical cables and wires connected to the machine. After spending some time following these cables and wires, Han Zu figured out what they were connected to.

The lighting facilities, some large research equipment, and so on, all devices that require electrical energy, are almost all connected to the machine in the energy room. Han Zu's guess was correct. That machine is indeed the power device responsible for the energy of the institute. As long as they find a way to start the machine, they can get electricity.

However, Han Zu searched the research institute but could not find any switch or control console related to the machine, so he had to give up for the time being and leave the energy room. Han Zu planned to go outside to get some fresh air first. After all, he had not left the research institute for several days.

A few hours later.

Garcia woke up on the sofa in the lounge. He didn't feel any discomfort, but on the contrary, he had rested well. This might be because his physical condition had changed. However, Garcia's body had not yet fully adapted to these changes, so he suddenly fell asleep due to exhaustion.

Han Zu was not here at this time, and no one knew where he had gone. Garcia sat up from the sofa and looked around the rest of the room. Not far from the sofa was a box lying on the ground with some notes and research records scattered on the ground. On the ground in front of the sofa was a pen holder with some ashes in it. It must have been used as an ashtray by Han Zu. There was a piece of paper under the pen holder.

Garcia stretched out a foot, picked up the note, and looked at the message on it. There was a concise and clear sentence written on the note.

"In the research institute, walk around."

Putting the note aside, Garcia lay back on the sofa. The research and experiments of the past few days had solved most of her curiosity. Although there were still a few experiments left to do, Garcia was not in a hurry now that there was no electricity.

"Hmm~"

Garcia stretched and relaxed on the sofa. She hadn't been so relaxed for a long time. The last time she completely relaxed was after she was accepted by the scientific research department of a rat removal company.

"It seems that you have adapted well and look very energetic."

"Almost. Have you found electricity?"

Han Zu walked in from outside, holding a cigar in his mouth, and holding a file box in his hand, but it was filled with canned drinks and snacks.

"I found a machine, but I don't know how to operate it. You can take a look at it later."

"You even went out of your way to get some drinks and snacks? How thoughtful!"

"Not really. I found a vending machine in the corridor outside."

"Didn't you say there was no electricity? Then how did you make these things?"

“There was a vending machine in the hallway.”

"Oh."

"So, what are your research results? Tell me about them."

"I thought you had seen my research logs."

"What~ I don't understand those messed up formulas and data. They are too professional. Please explain them in a simple and easy-to-understand way."

Han Zu sat down next to Garcia, put the box on the ground, hooked the pen holder that was used as an ashtray on the ground with his foot, took a can of coffee and handed it to Garcia, and took a can of soda and started drinking it.

"Thank you. In general, my research can be divided into several aspects, but they are all related to each other. I will not go into details and just tell you the results."

"Huh... no problem."

"The first is your cells. To put it simply, your cells are difficult to kill. Even if they can be killed, it requires extremely strong energy. However, the current conditions cannot perform the corresponding test. At the same time, your body will generate more cells to fill the gaps, and this generation process is counterintuitive. If one dies, ten will be regenerated. What's even stranger is that these extra cells or body tissues have no mass before they are used."

"Which means I'm hard to take down."

"Yes, and then there's adaptability. Although we were unable to conduct a complete experiment due to a lack of electricity, it is basically certain that your body can adapt to all known harsh environments in a very short period of time. Theoretically, unless you are thrown into a black hole or exposed to a gamma ray burst for several hours, it is possible to cause fatal damage to you. However, if, as you said, the evolution process has only just begun, perhaps even this level of damage will have no effect on you in the future."

"That explains why I don't feel anything like changes in temperature."

"Because your body has completed self-regulation in a very short time, and then there is the energy demand. Strangely enough, the cells in your body do not need any known energy to survive. In layman's terms, you do not need to eat or rest at all. You rest or eat, basically out of habit, but in fact you do not need it at all. Although you can still get energy from eating or resting."

"I have experienced this. I don't feel normal hunger or tiredness."

"The second is your body's ability to utilize excess cells. Unlike other organisms, your body does not have excess useless residues. Excess cells are your weapons and ammunition under the tyrant body, but as I said before, when you are not using them, they have no mass and will be compressed in your blood."

"What do you mean by this useless residue?"

"That means you don't need to go to the toilet because your body won't produce any useless residues. But if you want, you can still do it, but you'll only excrete living cells that look similar, not waste."

"That's true... but I quite like the feeling of squatting on the toilet."

"...Your hobby is really unique. Let's continue. Another point is that all the cells in your body are unique omnipotent cells."

"Totipotent cells? What does that mean?"

"Take a normal human as an example. The cells in the human body can be roughly divided into three categories according to their regenerative ability from strong to weak. The first category is called unstable cells. They have strong regenerative ability and a short replacement cycle, such as epidermal cells, respiratory and digestive tract mucosal lining cells, etc.

The second type is called stable cells, which have a strong potential for regeneration. These cells include the parenchymal cells of various glands and glandular organs, which generally only have the ability to regenerate when they are damaged.

The third category is called permanent cells, which are cells that do not have the ability to regenerate. These cells are separated from the cell cycle after birth and permanently stop mitosis. This category includes nerve cells, including central neurons and peripheral ganglion cells. In addition, myocardial cells and skeletal muscle cells also have very weak regenerative abilities and have no practical significance for regeneration and repair. Once damaged, they are permanently lost and replaced by scar repair. "

"so..?"

"To put it simply, the number of times a cell can regenerate is limited. At the same time, some cells do not have the ability to regenerate, such as brain tissue. Different cells cannot replace other cells. For example, cells on the gastric mucosa cannot replace brain cells. However, totipotent cells are different. They can grow into all cells. Similarly, they can also replace all cells, including nerve cells."