After staying outside this warm forest for two days, Lin Shuo and his party finally headed for the forest.
Here, it no longer belongs to the Altai Tavan Bogdo National Park. If you walk a hundred kilometers further west, you will enter Russia.
When Aruna drove the helicopter back and forth before, she had a bird's-eye view of this forest.
According to the Mongolian female police officer, the area of this newly formed forest is extremely considerable, it should be hundreds of thousands of hectares, and it is located across the border of the four countries.
These four countries are China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
This information undoubtedly does not match the previous predictions about the location of King Yama, so Russia and Kazakhstan are now also tense.
However, Lin Shuo can't control the external affairs for the time being. What he can control now is the team that is currently advancing in the forest.
To be precise, he can handle three of the other four on the current team.
Anne, Wei Xingshan, and Zhang Jin are obedient, but the European princess Dylan is different.
Once involved in the professional field, this woman's absolute self-confidence is similar to Lin Shuo's.
She also has her reasons: the more detailed her current biological sampling work is, the more data Yang Tuo will have, and the faster she can draw a conclusion. This is called sharpening a knife without cutting wood.
But this forest is heated by geothermal heat. In terms of geographical environment, it can be said that the four seasons are like spring, and the biological system is extremely complex, including insects, birds, animals, and plants.
Even collecting a representative small number of species is still time-consuming.
So while waiting for Dylan to collect samples while walking like this, everyone's first day's journey was only ten miles away.
The ten-mile journey was safe and sound, neither Lin Shuo's nose nor Anne's ears noticed anything unusual.
In the evening, when everyone started to set up a temporary camp to rest, the helicopter came again and took away the things Dylan had collected.
Lin Shuo was concerned about Xiao Ba's situation, so he asked Anne for a satellite phone and called Yang Tuo.
"How is Xiaoba?" Lin Shuo asked straight to the point without talking too much nonsense.
"I asked for it myself, and I invited an ancestor back." Yang Tuo's voice was rather helpless, "I can't talk about it, and I can't bear to beat it. In my life in the laboratory, I have handled animals if not ten thousand. There are thousands of them, I need to beg in a low voice, this bird of yours is the number one."
"Where is it now?" Lin Shuo asked.
"I've had enough trouble here. I'm taking a group of hens for a walk in the yard. The leading rooster has become its younger brother." Yang Tuo said, "It's also fortunate that this breed is reproductively isolated from chickens, otherwise these hens The chicken lays an egg, should I eat it or not?"
Lin Shuo listened and nodded. It was his own bird, and then asked, "Any results?"
"I begged for an hour just to draw a tube of blood." Yang Tuo said, "How can there be results so quickly?"
"You sent me a raincoat and iodine tablets. That posture seemed to be urging you to die. You are not in a hurry, are you?"
"Someone sent it in from outside, so I wanted to give you a copy too." Yang Tuo said with a smile, "Do things fairly, and don't be the only ones here who are worried."
"I'll fuck you." Lin Shuo scolded.
"Don't get me wrong, I really didn't mean that." Yang Tuo said on the other end of the phone, "But now that something happened to Xiao Ba, I feel relieved. There should be nothing that this thing can do to people, or you will lose contact .”
"Well, that's the truth."
"By the way, I have some good news for you. The International Society for Biological Research has already figured out the reproductive principle of this thing." Yang Tuo said, "You can turn on the speakerphone and let them listen to it."
Lin Shuo's heart moved slightly, and he quickly followed suit.
…
In Geneva, in the conference room of the International Society for Biological Research, there is a huge display screen in the center with a world map on it.
On this overall white world map, there are more than 30 areas of different sizes marked in different colors.
Among them, blue is the most, there are more than 20 pieces, there are several yellow pieces, and two red pieces.
These color blocks are constantly flashing, which means that on a global scale, these marked areas are encountering biological events of different levels of danger.
Among them, blue is a three-level biological event, and the degree of harm is not great. Generally speaking, the local government can solve the problem, and the International Biobiology Association only needs to provide technical assistance.
Yellow represents a second-level biological event. If the local government handles this level of strange creatures according to conventional methods, the casualties will be very large, and the International Biological Research Society often needs to send a special operation team.
Red, representing a first-level biological incident, the culprit is suspected to be A-level, or a strange creature above A-level, whether it is the local government or the biological research association, it is very difficult to deal with it, and more professional people need to be entrusted, such as China The six families of Liemen.
Two months ago, the Waixing'an Mountains on the north bank of Heilongjiang flashed this red.
And now, in addition to red, yellow, and blue, there is also a striking orange that is flashing on this world map.
There have been only two orange alerts in the decades since the establishment of the International Society for Biological Research.
The last time was seven years ago in Sichuan, China.
One more time, and now.
The Altai Mountains region of Asia is being shrouded in orange.
This frightening color means a super-level biological event, whose harm is global, and is characterized as "affecting the global ecology and endangering the survival of all human beings."
For special-level biological incidents, the priority is above all else. This is a resolution passed by the United Nations.
Therefore, everyone present at the venue is focused on the Altai Mountains.
And just beside this world map, there is a smaller screen.
This screen is directly connected to the satellite signal and is constantly updating data.
The provider of these data is a biologist from China, Yang Tuo.
In recent days, the atmosphere in this venue in Geneva has been very depressing.
That orange patch on the world map looks like a sword of Damocles hanging over his head.
The cloud of nuclear attack not only hangs over the Altai Mountains, but also hangs over the hearts of these biologists.
The nuclear strike is the most complete destruction of the ecological system, and at the same time, it also declares the complete failure of human biology in this event.
If they don't make much progress these days, a nuclear strike is bound to befall this land.
This not only means that all the creatures on this land are about to disappear, but even the surrounding areas will suffer greatly in the next hundred years.
They must use their lifelong knowledge reserves and professional achievements to race against this god of death hanging over the Altai Mountains.
There is no time to sleep, and eating is just a hasty affair. These highly respected authorities in their respective colleges or research institutes became unkempt and grumpy after a few days.
Their assistant teams in various countries also flew over temporarily from all over the world to join this battle without gunpowder.
Seven of the nine elders of the International Society for Biological Research took the lead in fighting this tough battle in two steps.
The first step is to subcontract the two genes of Shan Yan Wang to teams from various countries to decipher them in the form of fragment interception.
This is a step that challenges the limits of human biology.
The double helix structure of the gene itself contains a lot of information, many of which have no specific expression meaning, and some expression meanings have not yet been figured out by humans.
The expression of many traits is formed by multiple expressions, and the mechanism is very complicated.
Not to mention the brand-new species of Shanyan Wang, even the genes of human beings have been deciphered since 1990, and until now they have only completed the construction of sketches, barely knowing the outline.
The genes of other species, the biological teams all over the world, can only have their own strengths.
That is to say, the elders of the International Biological Research Association know what the teams of various countries are good at, so that they can allocate tasks as reasonably as possible.
And for this step, relying on people alone is not enough, and supercomputers are also needed.
In the past three days, supercomputers all over the world were running this project.
Immediately afterwards, on the basis of roughly figuring out the expression of the gene shape of the King of Yama, the most experienced authorities in the biological world will describe the functions of the various organs of King of Yama in general.
The key object to conquer is the reproductive system of Yama.
Because this is related to the transmission method of the species of Yama Yama, and also determines the upper limit of its harm.
And this description, because of the imperfection of the genetic deciphering link itself, is based on a large number of assumptions.
Whether it is reliable or not, no one knows.
But until now, the ears of the whole world only believed in these few mouths.
In the early morning of this day, He Zihong and his team finally took the lead in delineating the principle of the reproductive system of King Yama after three consecutive days of sleepless nights.
The old man spent two full hours at the podium in Geneva, convincing other teams with different opinions, and almost ran out of fuel by the end.
Finally, the opinions were unified.
Biologists from all over the world shook hands, hugged, and even cried.
The orange area was therefore downgraded to red.
…
In the depths of the Altai Mountains, Yang Tuo on the other end of the phone thought for a while, organized his words, and said slowly: "The King of Hades on this mountain is actually a symbiosis of two creatures.
One of these two creatures is a fern with a relatively stable shape, and the other is a small crustacean with extremely active mutations.
The plant gene has been figured out, and the rest is the same. The strength is that the spores of this fern plant have a very wide range of transmission and are a very good gene carrier.
The genes of the animal body have not been completely deciphered, but the principle of the reproductive part is roughly understood. That is, before its body dies, it will attach its own genetic genes to the spores of the plants, thereby carrying out large-scale transfer.
What is more surprising is that its genetic information can contain the experience of the previous generation, which is why its genetic information is very large. "
"Genes can contain life experiences? Is this possible?" Wei Xingshan's eyes widened upon hearing this, "Doesn't that mean that you are born with memories?"
"Of course it's possible." Yang Tuo said. "In fact, this situation is not unique in nature, even our human genes have similar functions.
For example, if the parents suffered from hunger, the children will most likely suffer from the disease of affluence when they grow up.
This is a kind of self-adjustment of genetics to the nutritional environment, which allows the offspring to survive in a very small food environment.
But once the society changes and the food is suddenly abundant, the human body can't adapt to it, so there are various diseases of affluence such as high blood pressure.
Of course, this and memory inheritance are two different things. To what extent this kind of creature can do it is still unclear to us.
But the principle is here, and many things can be explained. "
Having said that, Yang Tuo paused and continued:
"As a species with extremely high mutation activity, the animal body of King Yama will naturally inherit the advantages of the previous generation, and thus continue to iterate.
But like it, such a large variation in reproduction and transmission of so much information will inevitably consume a lot of energy.
The energy that can be absorbed in nature is always limited.
It is precisely because the energy intake in nature is limited, so it is impossible for organisms to be proficient in everything, and they will have their own evolutionary focus, resulting in different characteristics and advantages.
For example, in us humans, the brain is the organ that consumes the most energy in the body, which also makes us the most intelligent species in the world.
The evolution of Shan Yan Wang focuses on reproduction.
Its reproduction is actually a kind of self-replicating asexual reproduction, which transmits far more information than other species, which is not only its unique advantage, but also causes it a great burden.
So every time it reproduces, it can only achieve single births, which also explains why its number is so rare. "
Lin Shuo asked, "How about Xiao Ba's situation?"
"I don't know this yet, let's check in the field of biology first." Yang Tuo said, "But Lao Lin, to tell you the truth, I don't think the possibility of finding the answer in this field is high.
Mind control is a field that is currently difficult for our human science to touch.
In fact, we can change our way of thinking, the key to curing Xiaoba is not with me, but with you. "
"oh?"
"Since Xiaoba is currently suspected to be controlled by the Yama Yama, we don't need to worry about how the Yama Yama controlled it. You just kill the Yama Yama, isn't it enough?" Yang Tuo said.
"The truth is correct, but what if Xiaoba gets infected and becomes the next generation of King of Hades?" Lin Shuo asked.
"That would be easier to handle. This is the field of biology, and we can still handle it." Yang Tuo said confidently, and then his tone sank again:
"But Lao Lin, you have to hurry up.
According to Xiao Ba, the intentions of what Shan Yan Wang is doing at present are obvious.
It organizes a forest to maximize the use of resources. As the highest level of the food chain, energy intake is naturally more efficient than before.
According to the current form of development, it was singleton reproduction in the past, but it will be hard to say in the future.
At that time, countless spores that are difficult to detect with the naked eye will scatter away, and each spore will have a mountain king, then it will be really invincible.
So, get rid of this thing sooner rather than later. "
"Okay." Lin Shuo said, "I need a few things, you prepare them."
"Okay, please speak"