The phone call from Yang Tuo at dawn woke up everyone in the cave.
The young scholar's voice was hoarse, and it was obvious that the research work accompanied by the instruments in the base was not so easy.
"Last night, our transportation team received a new airdrop." Yang Tuo didn't talk too much nonsense, and went straight to the point, "The things inside are signed by Miao Guangqi."
Yang Tuo's opening remarks made Aann's whole body tremble slightly, and he couldn't help saying, "Mentor?"
"That's right, it's Miss Anne's mentor, Professor Miao Guangqi." Yang Tuo said on the phone, "He sent in a scientific research report, the most important of which was the remains of the King of Yama in the bodies of victims of the Su family thirty years ago. The genetic map of the cell, which is very precious."
"Did you find anything?" Dylan asked at this time.
"By comparing the genetic profiles of the Yama cells in the victims of the Su family 30 years ago and those of the recent victims in the Altai Mountains, the difference between the two is far from being as simple as the individual differences between the same species." Di Lan , The conclusion I have come to so far, to be honest, even I myself can't believe it. The variation range of Shan Yan Wang in the past thirty years is actually cross-border."
"What?" Dylan and Anne were shocked when they heard the word 'crossover'.
Lin Shuo also had a "thump" in his heart.
"Crossover?" Wei Xingshan couldn't help but say at this moment, "Is this Yama King so versatile?"
As soon as Wei Xingshan said these words, he felt that something was wrong, so he couldn't help but rubbed the back of his head and smiled, his face was slightly embarrassed.
Fortunately, this man has a good personal relationship with Yang Tuo, so this layman's words did not dislike Yang Tuo, but patiently explained:
"Biological classification, from top to bottom, is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. For example, we humans are the domain of eukaryotes, the kingdom of animals, the phylum of chordates, the subphylum of vertebrates, and the class of mammals , Eutheria, Primates, Anthropoids, Hominidae, Hominids, Homo, Homo, Homo sapiens.
In the currently generally accepted theory, there are five levels of biological classification of 'kingdom', namely, the kingdom of prokaryotes, the kingdom of protista, the kingdom of plants, the kingdom of fungi, and the kingdom of animals.
As a brand-new species of Yama, it is difficult to apply the current biological classification.
However, judging from its cell structure and the genes contained in it, most of its characteristics were consistent with those of plants thirty years ago.
And now, it's an animal.
As for the mutant ability of Shan Yan Wang, I have predicted it before, and it is indeed extraordinary.
But it is too exaggerated to be able to mutate across borders in thirty years. "
"Isn't it possible for such a major mutation to accumulate over hundreds of millions of years?" Dylan couldn't help muttering to himself, "If it's just a new ability, it's possible to successfully mutate through one or two iterations. But its own biological type can also mutate in this way, so is it still a creature on Earth?"
"That's why I was also surprised." Yang Tuo said.
"Hey, what's so great about this, the Cordyceps sinensis took care of this matter in a few months." Wei Xingshan said carelessly.
"Cordyceps is a fungus, it is not a direct genetic mutation..." Di Lan retorted.
"Wait!" Yang Tuo on the other end of the phone seemed to be reminded, "Old Wei is right."
"You mean..." Dylan was stunned and asked, "Double parasitism?"
"It may also be parasitic after symbiosis, or the other way around. In short, there are many possibilities." Yang Tuo said, "This idea is good, I will study it again. By the way, once you collect samples at the scene, you must send them as soon as possible. Come to me. At present, Mongolia has deployed helicopters, and it will arrive at your place soon.”
After quickly finishing these words, Yang Tuo boasted again before hanging up the phone: "Old Wei, you are so awesome."
"That's it!" Wei Xingshan turned to ask Lin Shuo with a smug look on his face, "How is it? Am I okay?"
"It's as if you understand what's going on." Lin Shuo gave Wei Xingshan a white look.
"Hey!" Wei Xingshan smiled, and then asked, "Old Lin, what does Lao Yang mean by symbiotic parasitism?"
Lin Shuo said, "Symbiosis is two kinds of organisms living together for mutual benefit. Parasitism is two kinds of organisms living together, but one benefits and the other suffers. The two forms are similar, but there are essential differences. This is like me and you Well, we are doing business together, you think it is a symbiotic relationship, but it is actually a parasitic relationship."
"Although I didn't fully understand it, what you said is definitely not a good thing!" Wei Xingshan said loudly.
"Okay, let's talk about the matter." Lin Shuo brought the topic back to the right track, "They always thought that the relationship between Yama and the host was a parasitic or symbiotic relationship.
Here, it is easy to fall into a kind of misunderstanding in thinking, thinking that the Yama of the Mountain itself is a kind of creature, which parasitizes or symbiotically hosts.
Your sentence of Cordyceps just now reminded Yang Tuo. Yama himself may not be a living thing, but like Cordyceps, it is also parasitic or symbiotic.
Only in this way can it be more reasonable to explain why the genes of the King of Yama can mutate across borders in just thirty years.
Because it itself is not one kind of creature, but two kinds.
The Yama Yama collected by Senior Miao 30 years ago and the Yama Yama collected by us recently may be the parasitic side and the parasitic side of the Yama Yama, respectively, or they may be the symbiotic sides of each other.
One of them is an animal and the other is a plant.
Your erroneous hit can be regarded as providing Yang Tuo with a new way of thinking. "
"So that's what happened." Wei Xingshan finally understood, and said, "Old Lin, I'm quite useful, so we must be symbiotic, not parasitic."
"However, Mr. Wei's reminder also brought new problems." Di Lan said slowly at this time, "If the King of Yama is a kind of creature, although it is very strange, it is only one kind. And if it is If two strange organisms are combined together with the host, then there will be three variables here, and there will be many possibilities. It is impossible to make breakthroughs in the prediction of biological behavior in a short period of time. .”
"But it's one step closer to the truth." Anne added lightly.
"Okay, no matter how much research and argumentation there is, it's still just talk on paper. It's something that needs to be handled by someone." Lin Shuo turned his head to look at the sky outside while talking.
While everyone was talking, the sky outside the cave was already bright.
It was still snowing outside, but the wind was a lot less.
"lets go."
…
Moving forward in the snow has never been an easy task.
Even for Lin Shuo, it was the same.
The geographical environment in the south of the Yangtze River determines that his talent and the skills he has cultivated since he was a child are more suitable for the relatively warm wetland forest.
In this icy and snowy environment, he can exert at most 50% to 60% of his abilities.
It is rare in the history of the Lin family to go to the northwest to pick up business, because the big and small businesses here are generally owned by the Su family.
In the past hundred years, as the strange creatures have gradually disappeared, the business of the hunting gate has also decreased a lot. Generally speaking, it is enough to send out local hunters, and there are very few who can alert the six families to take action in person.
And the masters of the six masters formed a team only three times in the past twenty years.
The first time was in Kunlun Mountains six years ago, but that time was a chance meeting, not hunting hooked snakes.
Another time, in the Northeast fifteen years ago, Miao Guangqi and Cao Yusheng joined forces to hunt, but ended in failure.
One more time, and now.
Lin, Su and Zhang, the three hunters teamed up to hunt the King of Hades in the snowy Altai Mountains.
With his companions following him, coupled with the information that Senior Liemen exchanged his life for, as well as the ever-changing assistance of modern biology, Lin Shuo got closer and closer to this strange creature.
But this kind of proximity feels like a world away.
It seems to be close, but it seems far away.
But the footsteps are always moving forward.
That evening, five people, one wolf and one bird trekked hard all the way, and finally saw a long-lost green after turning over a snow mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a large lush green forest.
So Lin Shuo found out, and returned to the home court by himself.
In this kind of woods, he is like a fish in water.
But he also knew that there must be demons when things go wrong, and it is not normal for such forests to appear in the snow-capped mountains.
From now on, I can be regarded as really stepping into the territory of King Yama.