Chapter 551 Super Evolution
After the middle-aged man returned to his office, he immediately called the head of the security department over.
"Olair, the chairman requires you to develop a response plan for this thing, just in case."
Olaer, who was in charge of the security of Pangu Realm, picked up the tablet and browsed through its contents carefully.
The above describes a new species that has recently emerged from a genetic mutation - the nuclear cockroach.
Just from the name, this thing isn't a good thing.
The nuclear cockroach is about the same size as the American cockroach. It lives in symbiosis with discharge bacteria, and the wings on its back have completely degenerated into a backpack for storing special substances.
Inside the backpack are enriched radioactive elements, mainly carbon 14.
This is also the origin of the name of the nuclear cockroach.
If it were just this, the Nuclear Cockroach would not be qualified to have the middle-aged man report specifically to Li Qingye.
The reason why nuclear cockroaches have attracted so much attention is because of their unique biological structure and way of survival.
You should know that carbon 14 is a radioactive substance, and the concentration of carbon 14 enriched by nuclear cockroaches is about 0.82%, and the radiation dose is not optimistic.
So how did the nuclear cockroach survive in this situation?
The reason they survive is that during the eating process , the food remains in a special digestive organ, where the radioactive substances are concentrated in the backpack on their backs.
The radioactive material accumulated in the backpack produces high-energy rays, which will be absorbed by the symbiotic discharge bacteria, and then generate electricity and heat to supply the bacteria and cockroaches.
Swarms of nuclear cockroaches can threaten animals such as wild dogs and cats because they can combine their discharges to kill animals hundreds of times larger than themselves.
In addition, data obtained from the monitoring room showed that these cockroaches, like their relatives the termites, have evolved into mother insects.
The queen of the nuclear cockroach can lay about 500 eggs a day, which allows the population of the nuclear cockroach to continue to expand. It has now occupied 24% of the southern jungle of the Pangu Realm.
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After reading the relevant reports on the nuclear cockroach, Olaer finally understood the danger of this creature. He replied seriously: "Manager Lin, please rest assured. I will definitely prepare relevant response plans."
The middle-aged man Lin Haibin nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you."
"You're welcome. This is my job."
After Oriel left, Lin Haibin immediately got up and went to another area.
As soon as he arrived here, he encountered the return of the robot that had just captured the Nuclear Cockroach.
Looking at the dozen or so nuclear cockroaches frozen in the storage container, Lin Haibin instructed Tai Muxin, the head of the research team:
"Mu Xin, you have to make arrangements and don't let these nuclear cockroaches escape, otherwise the consequences will be very serious."
Tai Muxin also took this matter very seriously. As a biologist, he knew about the genetically recombinant . Since there were no gene locks, the things inside were really too dangerous.
If it accidentally leaks into the natural world, it is very likely to cause terrible damage.
In fact, Tai Muxin had already taken it very seriously without Lin Haibin's reminder. He replied carefully: "I will pay attention to this aspect. Manager Lin, do you have anything else to say?"
"Well, I came over to your place because the chairman just asked me to strengthen the security measures, so I came over to inspect your place."
"I see. Do you need me to lead the way?"
Lin Haibin shook his head: "No, I need an independent investigation. You are internal staff and may not be able to detect any abnormalities inside."
"That's fine. I won't bother you anymore." Tai Muxin turned around and went about his own business.
Lin Haibin and his assistant conducted a detailed investigation of the area.
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Under the protection of comprehensive protective clothing, Tai Muxin and several researchers carefully observed the slices of nuclear cockroaches through electron microscopes.
Another researcher came over with a genetic test report.
"Boss, the genetic test results of the nuclear cockroach are out."
Tai Muxin asked without even looking up: "What's the situation?"
"Compared to a week ago, there are 23 more mutations."
Tai Muxin was not surprised at all: "In a high radiation environment, the probability of gene mutation is indeed very high. Only insects can withstand it."
At this time, the radiation dose inside the Pangu Realm was about 50 times that of the normal environment on the Earth's surface. Many mammals living in the Pangu Realm were either killed by radiation or suffered from various diseases.
As for wild boars and mice, they are the only mammals that can survive tenaciously in this environment and gradually adapt to it.
Other wild dogs, cats, cattle, sheep, etc. were basically wiped out.
Insects and microbial plants are the most resistant to radiation.
Rats and wild boars can survive because they have thick skin and flesh, and they can give birth to a large number of babies at one time, which greatly increases their survival rate.
If it were a natural person, and the radiation dose suddenly increased 50 times, that natural person would most likely be doomed, even if the population size was several hundred million.
The environmental adaptability of natural humans is far inferior to that of wild boars and mice, and it is difficult for them to give birth to a large number of babies at one time.
Although the first generation of mice and wild boars were also severely damaged by radiation, they reproduced very quickly and were able to quickly select individuals with stronger radiation resistance through the survival of the fittest, thus continuing the genes of the race.
This is something that natural persons cannot do.
Insects are even more amazing. Their gene iteration speed is dozens of times that of mammals, and their reproduction speed is also amazing.
For example, the nuclear cockroaches that Taimuxin's team is studying started from the first generation of ordinary cockroaches, but after only 55 generations, they mutated beyond recognition under environmental pressure.
Humans cannot even catch up with this super mutation ability.
Taimuxin cut another nuclear cockroach, put the slice into the electron microscope and observed it carefully.
In particular, the digestive organs and nuclear dorsal sac of the nuclear cockroach, which have special structures and components, are also the focus of research.
"Huh..." He saw on the screen of the electron microscope that the microscopic structure of the nuclear dorsal sac slice had changed again, and this time the change was somewhat unexpected.
He turned around and ordered, "Jing, test the genes of this nuclear cockroach to see which genes have mutated."
"Okay." Wang Jing immediately entered instructions on the control panel of the detection equipment.
Tai Muxin continued to observe and started the supercomputer simulation at the same time.
Through supercomputer simulation analysis, the newly born nanostructure appeared in front of him. The whole structure was very strange. In the simulation analysis, this structure could absorb the energy of ionizing radiation and convert it into electrical energy and heat energy.
"The electricity conversion rate and heat conversion rate have both increased slightly, although only 26.7% and 48.6%, but these figures are already good."
Taimuxin does not dare to expect that this biological structure can be comparable to gold-based thermoelectric materials, and the application areas of the two are also somewhat different.
Gold-based thermoelectric materials are suitable for industrial applications, while this new biomaterial is more suitable for application in the human body and organisms.
After a while, Wang Jing completed the genetic test: "Boss, the genetic test is complete. I'll send it to your email!"
"Yeah." Tai Muxin saw the letter in the mailbox. After opening it, he read it carefully.
Soon he discovered more than a dozen gene sequences that were suspected to be related to the mutation and recorded these genes.
