The slime mold army is forming, and related improvements and optimizations have not stopped.
The "Brain Archive" has been updated two more versions by Wang Qi. Now there is a standard model tank in the center of the slime mold single culture array area. This is the standard slime mold nerve standard provided by the spirit experimenters. The meta-complete version of the "archive" does not include the brain, only from the neck down.
Wang Qi has created a new slime mold, which itself is more like neurons and even has the ability to release pheromones through synapses. For other slime molds, forming a neural network is a burning life. For new slime molds, they It's just a concave shape.
However, there are still flaws, and their lifespan is not long enough. However, the set for the durability experiment has lasted for three months, and it can still send "neural network drawings" with a completeness of more than 95% to the single culture tank.
Its function is only to use the "gathering" function of the host nucleus to send "blueprints" to other types of slime molds.
With the help of this standard sample, the time for body replacement was effectively shortened from the original six days to four days.
This time is still not short enough. Wang Qi plans to continue to expand the standard model and strive to shorten the time for slime mold people to renew their bodies to about a day. The shorter the time, the same size of slime mold center can serve more slime mold people. The size here is mainly due to the number of on-site personnel such as registration and security.
Regarding the life cycle of the slime mold people, we are also trying to find a solution.
Existing research has obtained the temperature changes at various locations throughout the life cycle of slime mold people, which is also the leading factor in the end of slime mold life.
The temperature requirements of slime molds are similar to those of many single-cell animals and fungi. In the range of 14 to 40 degrees, the higher the temperature, the more viable they are. Above 40 degrees, an exponential decay curve will be displayed. At 56 degrees, the 24-hour survival rate Less than 3 parts per thousand.
The behavior of slime molds controlled by parasites in low-temperature environments is somewhat different from that of natural organisms, but there is no essential difference.
Below 14 degrees, as the temperature decreases, the slime mold begins to enter a semi-dormant and dormant state. The higher the degree of dormancy, the stronger the control power of the host body over the slime mold.
This can also explain why in Elena's hometown, "ghosts" were born during the ice age, because the low enough ambient temperature can help the host body reduce energy consumption during the "assembly" process.
What is the use of this set of temperature measuring tables?
Could explain a lot about slime people.
First of all, the collapse of the slime mold people was not caused by the "fever" death of the slime mold, but because most of the slime molds that made up the human form were unable to obtain nutrients from the food they ingested and starved to death.
Secondly, the heat dissipation armor used earlier actually had a life-extending effect at the expense of reducing the activity of slime mold.
Similar to the difference between people who exercise every day and those who live at home, it is obvious that if the two have the same weight and do not eat food and only drink water, the person who exercises every day will definitely die first.
External heat dissipation is reflected in the slime mold man, and it also reduces the slime mold man's exercise ability to a certain extent.
Temperature determines activity, and activity determines lifespan, so the first things to die are the brain and the core parts of the chest and abdomen.
There are two directions for improvement here.
The first is to try to enhance the integrity of the slime mold people, so that the slime molds that cannot obtain balanced nutrition through food intake can be "full". If the slime molds can be maintained in a normal life cycle, the individual slime mold people will be able to "eat full". The body may last three to five years.
There are many difficulties, the most difficult part is cell differentiation.
The slime man is just a cell simulated by slime mold, and its essence has not changed much. It can maintain the thinking and movement abilities of a "human", and this is completely achieved through the concept of "aggregation" of nucleosomes.
To get closer to the human state, dozens of slime mold species may be involved.
Although Wang Qi has developed two new species of slime mold, they are still far from being able to completely simulate complex organisms like humans.
The main issues to be addressed here are digestive and vascular.
The slime mold people have the ability to digest, but the main nutrients are eaten by the slime mold that simulates the intestines. There is a serious problem here. The slime mold cells responsible for digestion do not release amino acids into the blood like real gastrointestinal cells. They only release spores and metabolic waste.
Although other slime molds can also digest some spores, this is not enough to satisfy the loss.
A professional digestive slime mold should be able to enzymatically break down protein macromolecules and release most of the amino acids into the blood, using only a little to sustain its own needs.
As for enzymatic hydrolysis, it obviously exceeds Wang Qi's existing knowledge base.
Fortunately, solving this problem does not require actual evolution to the level of molecular biology. It only requires cultivating slime molds with sufficiently complex feeding habits. It is somewhat similar to cross-breeding. Manual screening of individuals is very time-consuming and labor-intensive.
The situation of blood vessels is similar. The main function of existing slime mold human blood vessels is to distribute oxygen.
Through in-vivo experiments coordinated by ghost experimenters, it was observed that if food particles were placed directly into the "blood", they would not be able to travel very far before they would be separated by nearby slime molds.
It is estimated that the situation of amino acids should be similar. Before the individuals close to the "digestive slime mold" are saturated, there will be no portion further away.
Of course, the same goes for the human body. As long as you eat enough and cooperate with the "fat type" that serves as a reserve, you can ensure a basic balance of osmotic pressure.
As you can see here, synthesizing a real "long-lived slime mold person" requires the use of many kinds of slime molds with differentiated basic functions. Mimicry can only be used to solve some small problems. For example, the buttocks do not need to be very special. Function, as long as the proportion of water and fat is large enough.
Assembling so many types of slime molds into a human figure in an orderly manner is a huge project in itself, and the complexity of the device will be extremely exaggerated.
To do this as a long-term project, we must first limit the complexity of the device.
Wang Qi's current research direction is to still rely on a single slime mold to activate the type differentiation function through a certain nucleosome signal.
For example, eight types of slime mold are needed to form a "long-lived slime mold person". When receiving an appointment, the staff of the slime mold center presses the individual cabin with the corresponding number to start cell differentiation and begin to fill the eight small cabins. Ten days and twenty days allow the slime mold to differentiate. The specific length of time depends on the survival ability of the slime mold after differentiation and before assembly, and how long the slime mold people can live.
With this assembly method, the complexity of the device is relatively controllable. The existing main pipeline nutrition transportation scheme does not need to be changed, except that a few more small cans are added to the individual cabins.
After Wang Qi approved the project, it was named "Synthetic Human Project". In Wang Qi's eyes, the name seemed very ordinary. If outsiders knew about it, he was afraid that it would cause trouble, so he changed the name to "Scientific Education".
The current improvement of slime mold people is mainly based on the second direction derived from the body temperature survey report, which is overall temperature control.
Since the body collapse of slime mold people is mainly caused by excessive activity caused by high temperature in the core area, then directly controlling the core temperature can significantly improve life span.
Different from the previous heat dissipation armor solution, this time it is solved directly from the inside.
The solution was to construct the figure directly from a metal mold.
This involves the issue of slime mold calcification.
The biggest change in the existing slime mold people when they are "assembled" is the bone structure, that is, cell calcification, which is composed of metabolites and exogenous calcium salts, and can also be directly mixed with bone meal.
It's just a fake bone that can use the waste products excreted by surrounding cells to repair some small defects, but if the bone injury is slightly more serious, it will not be able to heal itself.
Skeleton-like slime molds are naturally part of the "scientific education" plan and will not be discussed here.
The solution is to replace part of the bone with foreign metal, leaving an external interface. On the chest, back of the neck, and vest, a metal head with an area of three square centimeters is directly exposed... It must also have internal threads and plugs. When used, the external heat dissipation armor or metal plate is directly connected to the external heat dissipation armor or metal plate with a screw rod.
Using the higher thermal conductivity of metal, the core temperature of the slime mold is lowered to close to the body surface temperature. If the environment is too hot, it can even be cooled by water...
However, the reduction of temperature will also weaken the activity of slime mold, which will be manifested by a decrease in strength and may cause it to become stupid. For specific details, step-by-step experiments are needed to obtain data.
If the degree of physical and mental decline is acceptable, you can switch to a regular regimen.
I hope it can be used for at least three months. A life span of around one month cannot even afford a slightly distant military mission. It is really outrageous.
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