Chapter 727: Three World Microbiology Experts
Chapter 727: Microbiological Experts from Three Realms
No progress was made in the energy weapons laboratory and the chemical weapons laboratory. The last stop was the heavily guarded biological weapons laboratory.
To enter this laboratory, one must pass through multiple airlocks, undergo several rounds of disinfection and sterilization, and strictly adhere to regulations to prevent the leakage of viruses and bacteria.
The researchers in the laboratory were all wearing fully enclosed Iron Man armor equipped with an internal recirculation breathing system. The armor was bright yellow and had a large biochemical warning symbol printed on the chest.
Biological weapons are a double-edged sword. Wen Rui is well aware of the danger of this weapon. If the various viruses used to test the anti-viral ability of the magic mosquitoes spread to the outside world and infect the creatures in the mortal world, then there would be no need for the magic mosquitoes to take action. Wen Rui would just destroy the creatures in the three realms first.
Arriving at the first test area of the biological laboratory, in the neatly arranged small cabins, researchers were taking samples and analyzing the remains of the demon mosquito that had been dismembered into countless pieces of flesh and organs.
The third version of the evolved magic mosquitoes has extremely strong resistance to various factors, but that does not mean they cannot be killed. When Wen Rui and Kong Xuan just returned to the Jinling Immortal Sect, the two of them teamed up to slaughter a batch of magic mosquitoes, put them in biochemical preservation boxes and sent them to the biological laboratory for sampling and analysis.
On the large screen in the center of the laboratory, various data and reports were displayed that the researchers had obtained through the analysis of the magic mosquito tissue samples.
The most eye-catching information among them is the genetic map of the magic mosquito that has just been analyzed.
Wen Rui stroked the three long strands of beard on his chin, stared at it with interest for a long time, and nodded slowly as he looked.
Kong Xuan had also read the Jiejiao introductory textbook, so he probably knew what Wen Rui was looking at. Seeing him nodding his head repeatedly, as if he had figured out something, he asked curiously, "Why, did you find anything new?"
"The good news is that the demon mosquitoes are still carbon-based creatures, and look at their genetic structure..."
"Double helix structure, similar to most organisms!" Kong Xuan blurted out.
"Yeah, that's right."
Wen Rui nodded and said, "No matter how things change, they still remain essentially the same. The power source of the Demon Mosquito is blood. They need to suck blood to steal the gene fragments of other creatures, so their genes must be compatible with ordinary creatures. Otherwise, how can they use the blood absorbed into their bodies?"
Kong Xuan continued to ask: "Why is this considered good news?"
"Carbon-based organisms with double helix structures are bound to be infected by viruses with single-stranded DNA or RNA gene structures."
Wen Rui answered, but his expression became serious: "However, this guy has too many DNA base pairs, as many as 100 billion base pairs. It can be called the shit mountain code of biology. It is simply a super stitching monster. This shows that it is very resistant to viral gene interference."
Seeing that Kong Xuan was confused, Wen Rui patiently explained:
"The virus's infection mechanism is that after invading cells, it uses the host cell's DNA polymerase to replicate nucleic acids, or reverse transcribes into the host cell's DNA chain, changing the host cell's function and turning it into a virus manufacturing factory."
"The gene chain of the demon mosquito is dozens of times longer than that of human genes. Many of the fragments are useless and do not express any traits. It is difficult for retroviruses to cut and transform this pile of shit."
Kong Xuan's face turned red, and he said, "I still don't understand. Can you put it in a more popular way?"
"In fact, some of the base pair codes in human genes are derived from viruses. This can be regarded as the result of the offensive and defensive battle between humans and viruses."
Wen Rui considered his words carefully and said, "To put it bluntly, this demon mosquito has been in a state of infection. It accepts all viruses that invade its body. Over time, it directly absorbs the virus into its gene chain and perfectly achieves coexistence with the virus. Perhaps the source of their rapid evolution and iteration is the characteristics brought by a viral gene fragment that was once absorbed and effectively utilized."
"That is to say, it is extremely difficult to develop an artificial virus against the demon mosquitoes in a short period of time and try to make them infected and die suddenly on a large scale." Wen Rui spread his hands and gave a conclusion: "Even if it is developed, after some demon mosquitoes die of the disease, the remaining demon mosquitoes will also gain herd immunity."
This time Kong Xuan understood, and said disappointedly: "It doesn't work for making weapons, nor for mixing poisons, and now it still doesn't work for spreading plague and smallpox. Could it be that this demon mosquito has no weaknesses at all and cannot be fought against at all?"
"It's hard to say... I'm not a virus expert, so let's go see what the top microbiology experts from the three realms have to say."
Wen Rui shrugged and led Kong Xuan deeper into the laboratory, bringing him to the seminar room in the central area.
In the conference room, two people were arguing fiercely in front of the screen displaying the data of the Demon Mosquito.
"Little girl, I admit that you are well-educated, but what makes you deny my route of bacterial infection?"
The person who was speaking had a face as blue as indigo, hair as red as cinnabar, a huge mouth with fangs, and three eyes wide open. He looked like a monster, and his voice was hoarse like frosted sand, which was creepy to listen to.
"Because I am actually bacteria! No one knows more about bacteria than me, including you!"
The one arguing with him was a petite girl with a round face. She had fair and tender skin and a little baby fat, and looked very cute.
Kong Xuan and Wen Rui walked into the discussion room. The two of them were so absorbed in the argument, arguing with each other, that they didn't notice anything at all.
However, the other five people in the room noticed their arrival. The leader stepped forward and said, "Junior Brother Wen, you are here. Go and persuade our Master."
When the man saw Kong Xuan following Wen Rui, he was also surprised and quickly bowed respectfully and said, "Senior Kong, why are you here too?"
The person who spoke was none other than Yu De, the chief deity of the smallpox tribe and the Lord of Smallpox Bixia. He was a disciple of Lu Yue and was of the same generation as Wen Rui.
The one arguing with the little girl was none other than the Plague Emperor Haotian, Lu Yue.
The other four people in the seminar room, namely Yu Hua, Yu Xiang, Yu Guang and Yu Xian, were also disciples of Lu Yue. Together with Yu De, they were collectively known as the "Five Smallpox Gods".
These gods of plague are notorious among mortals, but they don't even have the right to speak or take part in the discussion here. After all, the technical content of smallpox is too low, and it was easily conquered by humans in the era when microorganisms had not yet been officially discovered. Sooner or later, they would become extinct in the three realms.
The person who was arguing with the God of Plague was none other than Wen Rui's non-staff disciple, Shui Ning'er, a demon cultivator who had attained enlightenment through the art of slime mold.
Shui Ning'er is now just an unknown demon fairy from the lower world, and her status is far different from that of the Eight Gods. However, she is not inferior to Lu Yue at all. Her solid theoretical knowledge and sharp tongue make Lu Yue speechless.
"The bacteria are too weak and can be easily killed by a slight increase in body temperature. The demon mosquito only needs to develop a low-grade fever of 1,000 degrees to resist bacterial infection."
Shui Ning'er refuted: "Your concept is still stuck on infecting humans and animals? That's too old-fashioned and pedantic! Humans and animals will die if they have a fever of 50 degrees, but the heat resistance of the demon mosquito can reach 10 million degrees, and even high-energy gamma rays can't burn it!"
(End of this chapter)