Yu Xin named the artificial protease she created specifically for the undead "Undead Protease."
We organized a simple experiment on the spot.
Since the enzyme solution prepared by Yu Xin was only about one liter, the experiment did not involve soaking the entire undead directly. Instead, he simply inserted one of the undead's fingers into the beaker containing the protease solution and continued observation.
And through various instruments and equipment, the composition and temperature of the solution were tested again and again, and the changes in the skin of the undead's fingers were observed through a microscope, etc.
The Crystal Palace has many scientists in various fields and a variety of equipment. The experimental results will be available soon.
It turns out...
The temperature of the beaker is indeed rising!
Scientists discovered that when the undead's fingers were immersed in the undead protease solution, the cells on their surface began to be rapidly decomposed. The specific process is that the glycoproteins on the cell membrane are first hydrolyzed, causing the biofilm to be damaged, and then more substances in the cytoplasm flow out, which are analyzed and detected by scientists.
Yu Xin's undead protease cannot actually completely decompose the cells of the undead.
Because proteases have strict selectivity for reaction substrates, just like a key can only open one lock, a protease can only act on a specific peptide bond in a protein molecule.
The process of human food digestion relies on the participation of different types of proteases to completely break down large protein molecules into small amino acid molecules.
Fortunately, the purpose is different. Yu Xin is not meant to completely decompose the undead, but only to generate electricity.
Therefore, the immortal protease she created only targets a very common glycoprotein molecule on the surface of cell membranes. Its advantage is that it has extremely strong catalytic ability and allows hydrolysis reactions to occur quickly!
Once the cell ruptures!
In fact, for the undead, this cell is equivalent to "dead" and will quickly regenerate the next cell. The previously broken cell components will quickly wither and wither as new cells are formed.
Scientists have indeed discovered this tiny phenomenon of withering and regeneration by observing the skin of the undead's fingers again and again.
The most important part of the experiment is to calculate the power generation efficiency.
There were many professionals on site, and after comprehensive calculations, they finally estimated that the overall efficiency of this power generation method is about 180% to 240% of that of furnace power generation! In fact, hydrolysis itself is less efficient than combustion, but the advantage is that it does not need to reinvest 60 to 70% of the electrical energy back into the power generation process.
Finally everyone looked at Yu Xin.
He looked admiring and excited.
Because this new way of generating electricity through man-made proteases that decompose the undead...is sustainable! Experiments have proven that the undead will not stop cell regeneration just because they are "digested".
Next, the seminar began to proceed in a warm atmosphere.
Yu Xin's "Immortal Protease" only unlocked the door to a new realm. Next, we have to push the door completely open. There is still a lot of work to do!
For example, how to quickly prepare enzyme solutions - Yu Xin only mastered the method of small-scale preparation in the laboratory, but what Crystal Palace needed was large-scale industrial manufacturing.
Another example is how to improve the equipment that collects geothermal heat so that it can be used to collect the temperature of enzyme solutions. This is also important because the high temperature will make the enzyme solution inactive if not collected in time! Immortal protease itself is also a protein and is easily denatured and inactivated at high temperatures.
In addition, manufacturing water tanks that are durable and have high thermal conductivity also requires the transformation of new production lines.
After a seminar, many departments became busy.
Five days later…
Residents of the entire underwater city have personally experienced the benefits of new technologies.
Because the time residents are allowed to use electricity every day has doubled from only 8 hours a day to 16 hours!
You must know that electricity is indispensable to live under the sea.
Lighting, heating, Internet access, entertainment, charging of underwater propulsion equipment for transportation... Electric energy fills every aspect of people's lives.
Especially heating!
Except for a few places rich in geothermal energy, the normal water temperature in the deep sea is around 3 to 4 degrees Celsius, which is equivalent to the cold winter in the south. Moreover, the fluidity of water will dissipate heat faster. People can play basketball outdoors at minus ten degrees, but if their hands are immersed in a mixture of ice and water at zero degrees, they will become unbearable in a few seconds.
The 16 hours of power usage means that excluding deep sleep time, people’s power usage throughout the day is basically unaffected! The pace of life is almost back to the good old days before the blackouts began.
Because of this, many citizens heard the name Yu Xin in the news for the first time.
Everyone who mentions her starts to give a thumbs up and sincerely praises her as "a great scientist who benefits the people."
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After solving the problem of "warmth", another problem is still becoming increasingly serious, that is, how to eat enough.
The patrol department never stopped during this period, and went out every day to search for the "huge ecosystem" it imagined. However, the wandering undead occasionally encountered scattered ones, but there was never any food.
The undead cannot serve as a source of food for people.
Not only because normal people have psychological barriers to "cannibalism", but also because the undead eaten by ordinary people cannot regenerate!
From this perspective, the undead can never be a source of "infinite food".
The parts eaten by earth creatures will be lost forever! According to this rule, whether you chew directly from the undead or eat it after cutting it off, the result is the same... Lu Ping still doesn't know the reason, and neither does Chu Zixue. No one seems to know why.
An inappropriate metaphor. If you must eat humans, compared to the scarcity and difficulty of catching the undead, it might be easier to just eat other humans around you.
Due to the shortage of food, everyone in the Crystal Palace has become restless, and it seems that they will not vote on whether to leave in less than two months.
Anyway, now there is a new stable energy source! Crystal Palace may be able to set off to travel further afield!
So an emergency meeting was held in advance.
At the meeting, Chaofan suggested that perhaps migrating to shallow seas near some port cities would be a good choice, so that it would be easier to trade with the port cities, such as using metal ores, rare earth elements, etc. on the seabed in exchange for food.
But this plan was quickly rejected because the Crystal Palace was a purely human city. Not only did it not have a divine master, it was also a peripheral stronghold of the Yujin organization.
The Yujin Organization is a thorn in the side of countless God Lords! And such an "ownerless" city is also a favorite among countless careerists and upper-class immortals.
It is precisely because of this consideration that the Crystal Palace has never been close to any coastal cities in the past, and it also minimizes direct transactions to avoid exposing itself.
Lupine also attended the meeting and watched the people argue.
He nodded secretly in his heart: "Perhaps the time is almost here... The food purchase limit in the Crystal Palace has reached the point where each person can only buy one box of food puree per day. Even so, the inventory can only last for another half month! Who can do it at this time? Whoever brings out the food has the absolute right to speak!"
During these days, there was a thought lingering in his mind.
It has been almost two months since Scarlet Dragon King Zhu Mei left the Crystal Palace, as if she had disappeared from the world without a trace.
She cares so much about the Crystal Palace, but she hasn't returned yet. Maybe something really happened!
Although he is a fourth-level undead, he is not invincible. There are higher-level undead above him, as well as the God Lord. And there are many ways to kill the undead... even if they don't kill them, they may still imprison them forever.
The Crystal Palace has lost the Scarlet Dragon King and cannot contact the Yujin Organization. In Lu Ping's eyes, this underwater city may be the most suitable fertile ground for cultivating one's own power.
"It's time for dad to discover the Canyon of Life." Lu Ping's heart moved slightly, and he directly sensed the octopus clone dozens of kilometers away.
