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A strong person will never be happy to live in a world where he is the only one standing at the top. As the saying goes, the high place is too cold. The real strong people are always eager to compete. Only the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the big world can make them progress. This is far better than being complacent. Self-admiration makes them feel more excited and excited.
Jiang Lu dared to say that if there were dragons in the era when he rose, he would not have ruined himself at the age of sixteen, and would have spared him at least another ten years of detours!
When he was sighing, Baisi smiled and teased: "So just seeing white things makes you think of stockings? Then you seem to be pretty bad..."
"Poke it." Jiang Lu shook his head: "Do you know what it means when you see silk, it's silk, and when you see legs, it's legs? Why when you see silk, it's not silk, and when you see legs, it's not legs? What is it? Is it called silk or silk, or legs? ?”
"do not know."
“This is actually a Zen saying, which means that people’s understanding of objective things has gone through three realms.
Seeing silk is silk, seeing legs is legs, which means that people's feelings about things come from the five senses. First, they see the appearance of silk feet, then touch them, listen to the movement of their fingertips, then smell them, and finally stretch them. Taste it with your tongue, oh, these are silk feet.
Seeing silk is not silk, seeing legs is not legs, it means that people begin to explore the essence of things, and the understanding of objective things no longer stays on the surface. Does the thing in the stockings have to be legs? Do you have to wear stockings on your legs?
Seeing silk is still silk, seeing legs is still legs, refers to the accumulation of years, and the enlightenment after the confusion. At this time, the silk is still silk, and the legs are still legs. Although they are not as good as the first sight, they can understand everything. You can be calm even if your socks are made of cotton or oil. This is a recognition at the level of consciousness and spirit. "
"I understand the truth, but it doesn't seem to match your situation..."
Hearing this, Jiang Lu smiled: "This is because my realm is still higher than this!"
"Above this...?" Bai Si opened her mouth wide, with a look of amazement.
"Now I see everything as silk, and everything as legs."
Jiang Lu proudly said: "Even if I am run over by a car, I will only feel like I was stepped on by a racing girl with her black stocking legs."
"Uh..." Baisi's mouth shrank: "I think I should see a doctor..."
"You don't understand. Only when you reach my level, you will no longer be troubled by silk feet, just because everything is actually silk feet with different appearances."
Jiang Lu sighed, feeling like he was alone:
"As long as you understand this, you will be able to remain unmoved when your silk feet are stretched out to your ears, and you will not secretly glue under the desk, and you can concentrate on the matter at hand. The so-called silk feet will not mess up your ears, and there will be no paperwork. That’s what it means.”
"Is... is that what you mean?"
Jiang Lu did not give any explanation, but just gave a meaningful smile, which made Bai Si feel uneasy.
As they were talking, the two finally reached the exit of the capillaries.
What comes into view is a dark red world. Only the golden light brought by the dragon's blood on the top adds a touch of embellishment to the place like a street lamp, making it not look so depressing.
In addition, giant trucks were speeding through it.
Some are white, the largest ones, covered with armor, looking like ferocious beasts, exuding deep malevolence.
Some are light red and so small that they can't be seen without looking carefully in the traffic.
Others are dark red, in the middle shape, and look relatively ordinary, but they are more numerous, and at a glance they look like a vast area.
If we want to make an analogy, the white trucks are large trucks that are rare on the road. You have to keep a distance from any cars you see. The red trucks are ordinary cars, which are the most numerous and common. The light red trucks are motorcycles. Between big trucks and small cars, the speed is so fast that it has a life-threatening beauty.
But even the smallest light red truck looks like a towering giant to Jiang Lu. Maybe ten Jiang Lu standing on top of each other may not be as tall as a light red truck.
"This is..." Baisi, who had never been here before, was dazzled and deeply shocked by the scene.
"Gradient stockings." Jiang Lu said seriously.
"..."
"Okay, no kidding."
Jiang Lu finally became serious and explained:
"According to what you said, this should be a transfer station connecting various worlds, helping each world maintain stable operation.
The white ones are called leukocytes. When something like an extraterrestrial demon appears somewhere, it will fight against it until death.
The red ones are called red blood cells, which mainly transport nutrients.
The light red ones are called platelets, which are responsible for repairing. The world is in tatters, and they are tirelessly mending it.
Think about it, even if they die, they have to help the world maintain its best condition. So if we give up our lives and goals when we encounter some setbacks, how can we be worthy of their ardent dedication? "
Jiang Lu couldn't help but drink chicken soup, but Bai Si didn't listen carefully, but asked: "What about that? You said that White Blood Cell will go to conquer the demon outside the territory, right?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Jiang Lu asked.
Bai Si's voice was trembling: "Then why are they coming to us?"
"Ok?"
Jiang Lu followed Bai Si's gaze and found that the nearest white trucks had stopped and started driving towards him.
The red truck and the light red truck tacitly made way for him.
While Jiang Lu was wondering, a consciousness that everyone could sense came into his ears.
【Please note, please note】
[Route 114, hepatic portal vein, small intestine section, invasive species found]
[All departments are requested to be prepared. The road section is about to be blocked. Please prepare the white blood cells on this road section for wartime and can launch an attack at any time]
[Please red blood cells unload the nutrients they are supplying and be ready to support at any time]
[Please be prepared to make repairs and make sure that this section of road is restored to smooth flow as soon as possible after the war]
【above】
"Invasive species..." Jiang Lu looked at Bai Si and said, "I told you that you shouldn't have come in. If nematodes enter your blood vessels, who else can I do?"
"But didn't you just ask me to come in with you?"
"Don't spread rumors. Although you are version T0, I, Jiang, am not afraid!"
【Please note, please note】
[There are two kinds of invasive species, please prepare the white blood cells on this road section for sacrifice]
Ah, so it turns out that I am too?
That's fine.
Jiang Lu looked at Bai Si again: "What should we do now?"
Bai Si was a little helpless, but she was not in the mood to say weird things at this time: "You know them, you should know how to crack them, right?"
Jiang Lu spread his hands: "I don't know."
Taking a deep breath, Bai Sifa said harshly: "It seems there is only one way out."
"It's a bit difficult." Jiang Lu analyzed calmly: "Even if you can fight one or two, you can't withstand the endless reinforcements. Things like white blood cells are like natural war machines that don't feel pain. It can eat you alive."
"Damn it..." Bai Si gritted her teeth and looked at the golden light at the top of the capillaries. Suddenly she thought of something:
"But if I can absorb enough dragon blood here, maybe I can do it!"
"inappropriate."
Jiang Lu continued to pour cold water:
"Even if we can successfully kill it, if there are too many dead cells, the place will be completely blocked by the dead cells, resulting in the formation of thrombus, and we do not rule out the possibility that they will continue to block the road.
What to do then? Continue to kill?
If there are too many blood clots, the transportation that maintains the operation of various worlds will collapse, and those worlds will collapse. "
If the owner of the body dies due to this reason, the spiritual realm will naturally disappear and the mission will fail.
Then all the disgusting but really fun things I have experienced these days will be in vain.
Of course Jiang Lu would not allow this to happen.
"This won't work, that won't work either, so what do you think we should do?" Bai Si ran out of thoughts.
Jiang Lu spread his hands: "I don't know."
"..." Bai Si's painting style gradually collapsed.
"But I don't know what to do." Jiang Lu gasped, "But I know the problem lies in the white blood cells."
"How to say?"
"Don't they judge that we are an invasive species? It means that they think we are viruses or bacteria. Let the white blood cells come first to prove this. If my guess is correct, the white blood cells will try to engulf us directly."
Jiang Lu recalled the high school textbook and explained:
"After pathogens enter the body, they will have the opportunity to come into contact with various types of immune cells. The activated immune cells will secrete a substance called a chemokine. Chemokines diffuse in the blood to form a concentration gradient, attracting other immune cells to move toward higher concentrations. Regionally directed chemotaxis.
To put it harshly, once it is established, white blood cells will come over after smelling it.
But this process takes time, so I think that when we just walked through the passage behind us, we were noticed by the immune cells hidden in it. Maybe the reaction was already there when we stepped into the passage. here we go. "
"So? I don't understand it at all. Can you just tell me the conclusion?" Seeing the army of white blood cells gradually approaching, and new white blood cells emerging in the distance, Bai Si still had the time to listen to Jiang Lu's explanation of the principles. She just wanted to know the answer. .
"The conclusion is that as long as we can find a way to make immune cells secrete new chemokines, terminate existing chemokines, and change the direction and receptor morphology of subsequent chemotaxis, white blood cells will not be able to recognize us."
"How to do that?"
Jiang Lu pursed his lips and muttered, "We need to find new pathogens... preferably species different from ours..."
"Yes!" He suddenly thought of an item.
Chapter 233 Road Killer
While Jiang Lu was thinking, the white blood cells had already caught the timing, and they were in front of them at some point.
Seeing that they were gradually forming a siege, Jiang Lu had no time to explain anything to Bai Si, so he ran back without saying a word.
While running, he took out a soft QQ bouncy object.
That was the dead wife of the head of Juhua Village!
To be precise, it should be his late wife's tentacles.
"I know you are alive! Even though your soul has dissipated, your cells must still be alive, otherwise..."
Jiang Lu used some force and actually put the entire tentacle on Jiang Bao:
"There's no way it can still function!"
The moment the tentacles were attached, the god of the front line, who had been sitting in the blocked field, suddenly raised his head.
He felt Jiang Lu calling him.