Watchtower Research Institute, underground space.
After more than a month of basic renovation, the first phase of the underground space has been completed, and the second and third phases are still under construction.
When the construction is completed, the underground part will be more than three times larger than the above-ground part!
The entire underground space basically belongs to the biological research team.
When He Xingzhou came here, he happened to meet Jiang Chan and Wu Rui who had just put on biochemical protective suits and came here to report.
Because the two of them had done experiments on the mutation of black snapper with He Xingzhou before, and also learned about the Zerg, they were allowed to participate in the Xuanwu Project with He Xingzhou's approval.
However, due to their level, they can currently only become interns at the Sentinel Tower Scientific Research Institute.
"Senior!" Jiang Chan shouted excitedly when she saw He Xingzhou. She hadn't seen He Xingzhou in more than two months.
Although she was wearing a biochemical protective suit, through the transparent mask, He Xingzhou could still see some excited blush on her pretty face.
From a scientific point of view, she has a special constitution and rich capillaries on her face, so this situation will occur when she is emotionally excited.
"Um, He... Chief Engineer He." Wu Rui was still a little uncomfortable with calling He Xingzhou. He had always called him junior before.
But it’s obviously not appropriate to call it this way now, so I’d better call it the same as everyone else.
"You are here." He Xingzhou also greeted them enthusiastically. Without their help before, it would have been difficult to carry out his own experiments.
"I just arrived today. I went through so many rounds of review before. I was scared to death." Jiang Chan seemed to have a lot to say to He Xingzhou.
He Xingzhou smiled and said: "Because the plan is so special, it is normal to review the participants, so don't worry too much."
"Yeah!" Jiang Chan nodded repeatedly and said, "I saw the senior's plan. It's so grand that I can't even imagine it!"
"Yes." Wu Rui also sighed, "If I hadn't personally participated in this matter, I would never have believed that we were participating in such a great plan!"
He Xingzhou said: "We have just started, and we are not yet great. In short, you must be mentally prepared. The tasks ahead will be very difficult."
"I will study hard!" Jiang Chan said immediately.
Wu Rui was a little envious of her optimism. He was in a heavy mood. Who knew that the world would end in a few decades, how could anyone not worry about it?
They chatted briefly and then went to work.
He Xingzhou found the leader of this research team, an expert from the Shanghai Institute of Biological Cells, Academician Pan Yan.
Academician Pan Yan, who is in her seventies, has not left here for more than a month since she came to the Sento Tower Research Institute. She has personally formed a team, allocated resources from all parties, and promoted research.
"Academician Pan, thank you for your hard work." He Xingzhou said with emotion when he saw her tired look.
"It's all for us Chinese people. No matter how hard it is, it's the same for everyone!" Pan Yan didn't care about this. She said: "General Manager He, I have asked people to bring back 147 mutant biological experiments from all over the world. .”
"They come in a wide variety of species, both vertebrates and invertebrates."
In the first phase of the research base, various biological cultivation vessels have been established.
These are specially customized and rush-made, and not only have the function of biological cultivation, but also have the function of safety protection.
The strength of the glass material used is special glass that is bulletproof and explosion-proof. It also has current paralysis, safety control, drug paralysis and other means.
In the base, the army is stationed with real guns and live ammunition 24 hours a day to ensure that there will be no biosecurity accidents.
He Xingzhou took a look and saw that in the mutant organism culture room in the underground research space, the culture tanks were full of various mutants.
There are fish with arms and legs, giant shellfish, molluscs with sharp teeth and claws, and so on.
At present, their degree of mutation is not high, and even if they are discovered, they will probably only be regarded as deformed creatures.
"Some of the water in the tank is radioactive water, some is biological culture fluid containing nutrients, some is ordinary seawater, and there are even freshwater and anhydrous environments." Pan Yan said, "Comparing multiple sets of experimental conditions, we have initially obtained Come to a conclusion."
"Mutated organisms are very adaptable to the environment! Moreover, the way the Zerg genes are expressed in their bodies, which is the so-called mutation method, is different!"
"Because of the water pressure, some deep-sea species will die due to the imbalance of pressure inside and outside the body if they leave the deep sea! But the deep-sea species here can actually adjust the balance of body pressure and adapt to life on the surface!"
"There is also a mutated species. We directly placed it in conditions without seawater. Not only did it not die, it also grew lung-like organs within a few days!"
Pan Yan became more frightened as she talked, "This is so scary. They can adapt to a variety of environments and make changes in time!"
He Xingzhou frowned slightly and said, "Academician Pan, do you still remember what I mentioned in the previous analysis report?"
"I think Zerg genes are a very broad concept. It doesn't just refer to one gene, but an extremely large gene pool!"
"It contains countless information. When the environment changes, corresponding genes will be expressed!"
"How can one species have so many gene expressions? This is contrary to common sense!" Pan Yan wondered.
"Academician Pan, I think when we do research, we should not study the Zerg as a species, but as an alien life." He Xingzhou reminded.
"Isn't there a technology called biochip in the biology world?" He Xingzhou said, "If there is a biochip in each mutant organism, it will be like the core of a biological computer."
"When the external environment changes, the biochip can output the correct gene expression, allowing them to complete evolution!"
Biochips refer to gene chips, protein chips, polysaccharide chips and neuron chips, which use a large number of biological macromolecules to form a dense two-dimensional molecular arrangement. Like computer chips, they can store information.
The most important thing is that, in theory, biochips can store far more information molecules than existing silicon-based chips!
"Biochip?" Pan Yan had guessed it, but she didn't dare to think about it.
If there are indeed biochips in these mutated organisms, it can only mean one thing!
The so-called Zerg is a highly intelligent race that may also come from an alien planet!
Then its threat level will directly rise to infinite height!
"If we can find the Zerg biochips and crack them, we can understand them to the greatest extent and deal with them!" He Xingzhou said.
Pan Yan was silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "It's difficult, it's too difficult!"
"We also want to do this, to observe their biological information in more detail, but now there is a big mountain blocking us, making us blind and unable to read any information!"
