"Interesting..."
There was no rush for time, so Xia Xu looked through some of the experimental materials with great interest.
He already had a general understanding of the giant gland and epiphyseal restart technology, so he mainly focused on the parts related to wolf giants and beastmen.
There are two very interesting documents, one of which is about the genetic encryption mechanism of beastmen.
The reason why Andra can perform secondary transformation on the beastman is mainly because they have mastered an inhibitory enzyme. By injecting this special inhibitory enzyme, they can prevent the beastman's cells from self-destructing.
The other document is even more interesting. It is Andra's internal research data on the special transformation ability of beastmen.
Although Andra has mastered the beastman modulation technology, the initial genetic blueprint was obtained from an abandoned laboratory in the country of Su. Therefore, they are not omniscient and omnipotent in this regard, and have been conducting reverse analysis engineering.
The most valuable thing about beastmen is undoubtedly their ability to transform. They can change their form and shape, and strengthen their bodies. Even if it is taken alone, it is an extremely valuable technology.
This information was obtained by the Gardner Organization from Andra's subsidiary that specialized in animal transformation technology when they were transforming the wolf giant.
The vague signature on the report alone is very interesting.
Gleipnir creature.
This name is strange yet familiar.
The reason why he was unfamiliar with the company was naturally because he had never heard of this company.
The reason why he was familiar with it was because Gleipnir was the name of the control system used to control the werewolves and giant experimental subjects.
Glepnir, this term in the West should refer to the chains that bound the giant wolf Fenrir in mythology. It is indeed very appropriate to use it in the system of controlling werewolves.
If he remembered correctly, the real name of the Wolf Giant in the Gardner Organization was actually the 'Fenrir Prototype', and the Fenrir here was obviously derived from mythology.
"The Tree of Life, Fenrir, Gleipnir, it seems that the Andra Group is quite fond of myths..."
Xia Xu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Or... claiming to be a god?"
Continuing to read, he saw another familiar name among the authors of this research report.
The mysterious 'Dr. Z' who caused trouble in the plot of "Batman" in Germany, but was only heard of but never seen.
It seems that the organization behind Andra's research on beastman modulation technology and gene fusion technology is Gleipnir Biological Company.
I just don't know if the mechanical centipede spine also originated from this company.
If so, it means that Pan Long's parents are likely to be in it as well, and the clues may trigger a sequel like "The Thrower 2".
Putting all his thoughts aside for the time being, Xia Xu continued to read the research materials.
Werewolves, or all beastmen, their original blueprint is the biological weapons developed by the country of Suwu. This transformation ability should actually have been developed by the researchers of the country of Suwu.
According to Gleipnir's research, beastmen are significantly better at storing and utilizing fat than regular creatures.
With a fat layer of the same thickness, beastmen can store several times more energy than ordinary people, and can quickly complete lipolysis to form fatty acids that supply the energy consumption of the organism.
Secondly, beastmen also store a large amount of trace elements needed by the body. It seems that their cannibalistic habits are also related to this. Every time they transform and consume, they will have a strong desire to eat.
These two provide the energy consumption basis for werewolf transformation. Xia Xu has already known about this, but the document is more detailed and clear.
What follows is a record of research into the werewolf transformation process.
There are two stages in the werewolf transformation process. The first is that the body's own cells are temporarily strengthened due to some unknown factors, and the cell tissue itself will also expand to a certain extent.
Gleipnir Biologicals was vague about this, and I don't know if they haven't studied it clearly or what, but according to Xia Xu's guess, this unknown factor is very likely related to K protein.
After all, the original origin of K protein is the werewolf strengthening serum, and the werewolf strengthening serum was developed by the werewolf scientist to enhance the strength of werewolves.
Moreover, from "Hunter" to "Batman", although the K protein has not been revealed on the surface, it has actually been an element throughout, and its connection with beastmen is absolutely very close.
Let’s get back to the topic.
The strengthening and expansion of cells is only the initial process of the beastman's transformation. This process will cause a certain enhancement in physique and body shape, but it is actually not much.
After this comes the second stage, when some tissue cells, mainly muscle cells, begin to proliferate and differentiate at an extremely high rate.
This differentiation is not random. The activity of cells can actually be regarded as a program. All behavioral patterns have long been engraved in the genes. The process of their value-added and differentiation is not just a random accumulation, but a clear and orderly structure, or "repair" of the body.
To put it simply, the beast form should be their true appearance, and the ordinary human appearance is actually a defective form. After activating the transformation, the body will be "repaired" to its true appearance according to the genetically engraved form, just like a gecko being reborn after its tail is cut off.
The resulting manifestations are crazy hair growth, facial changes, a certain degree of increase in body size, etc.
This type of body growth is mainly concentrated in the muscles, so it mainly increases the body size horizontally and improves physical fitness.
But similarly, in addition to cell proliferation and differentiation, werewolves actually have a system that can grow their own bones to a small extent.
Bones are not dead things. They are essentially made of cells. There are usually two types of cells in the body: osteoclasts and osteoblasts. Their functions are to release strong acid to convert aging bones into calcium that enters the blood and to convert calcium in the blood into bones.
Werewolves also have an alienated bone growth system. They store calcium in their blood for transformation, which completes growth and decomposition during the transformation, thereby growing bones to a certain extent and making changes in height and body shape, but the effect is not great.
In fact, when Xia Xu saw this, he had already realized that he might have got the logical order wrong in some places.
The so-called epiphyseal restart technology and steel bone transformation are not actually additional acquisitions of the Wolf Giant, but quite the opposite.
The original origin of these two technologies may be werewolves, but Andra conducted in-depth research and derivation on this, which led to the Cyborg Transformation Project. After it came into the hands of the Gardner Organization, the epiphysis restart was born, and finally the perfect 'protagonist' Hong Yan was created.
Let’s get back to the topic.
The undoing of the werewolf transformation is actually very interesting.
The way they undo their transformation is not to reduce their body size, but to cause all rapidly proliferating and differentiating cells to directly disintegrate, using the very same disintegration method as the encryption mechanism.
In fact, the cells that are rapidly proliferating and differentiating are not in a very stable state. This is why they can complete ultra-high-speed differentiation. They are originally an unstable state formed by the mutation of some cells.
After disintegration, the cells turn into various substances, mainly carbohydrates, some of which are reabsorbed and some are excreted from the body.
Because the original cells are not damaged or changed, after these proliferating cells collapse, the vacated space will return to normal form due to the contraction and self-adjustment of the original cells.
The reason why the wolf giant has not been able to transform back to its original form is because a large amount of inhibitory enzymes have been injected into its body by the Gardner tissue, making it unable to undergo this kind of disintegration, and naturally it cannot return to human form.
"It seems that the potential of this transformation ability is actually beyond imagination, and it is not limited to beastmen..."
After reading this research report, Xia Xu's eyes narrowed unconsciously.
If this kind of transformation could be developed into some kind of temporary medicine or serum, it would be extremely practical.
As for the impact of cell proliferation and differentiation on lifespan, this is actually not something to worry about.
The human body is metabolizing all the time. I believe many people have heard the story of placing rice on a chessboard. One becomes two, two becomes four, and the number of cells required for the body to change in size due to exponential growth is not that great.
The transformation of a beastman is actually to mutate a very small number of cells into special cells that differentiate rapidly, and then use these missing cells to differentiate to the extreme. Anyway, it is only a one-time use and cannot be expected to last for long.