After a short rest, Yunze brought Wang Liangyi to the room that served as a temporary research room.
The door uses a simple isolation curtain. This special rubber curtain has its own disinfection function and can automatically disinfect people when they enter and exit.
It is a temporary disinfection tool used by the Fortress for field research and is widely used in reverse world research.
Yunze and the other person walked through the disinfection curtain and came into the room.
In the room, Kong Zhang's three students were carrying out preliminary processing on some bacterial specimens. All processes were carried out in the isolation tank.
Students only need to operate the robotic arm to complete these processes.
Yunze walked to the side and watched a student expertly clean the sample and cut it into thin tissue blocks. He then used tools to fix it and then used a special agent to rinse it a second time.
After dehydration, part of the bacterial slices were sent to the observation device at Kong Zhang's side. The rest were placed in a special agent for transparency, followed by wax infiltration and embedding to complete tissue preservation so that they could be brought back to the fortress for subsequent research.
Kong Zhang's observer has multiple functions. The tissue samples sent by students were placed by him in several separate observation boxes.
These observation chambers can simulate natural environments in order to analyze the performance of adventitious plants in different environments.
When Yunze walked over, the old man was operating one of the observation boxes. The observation box simulated the scene of normal sunlight, and the tissue sample was exposed to the light without any change.
"Teacher, what did you find?" Yunze lowered his voice, fearing to disturb the old man.
Kong Zhang rubbed his glasses, took out a data pad and handed it to Yunze.
"My previous guess was correct. When exposed to light, the cells of this thing completely stop functioning."
Kong Zhang patted another observation box, which simulated a dark night environment. "But in the dim environment, its cells are quite active. Look, it was originally processed into sliced tissue. But now, hyphae have begun to grow."
Yunze looked towards the box, and sure enough, fluffy mycelium had already emerged from the edges of the fungus slices in the box.
"Strange, these things weren't so active before."
At the Yunxiang base, the Yun family has at least one-third of the management rights, and the Yun family members are stationed at the base all year round.
Yunze was no stranger to Baoshi Town.
At the same time, he also knew about the luminous fungi in the town. Moreover, this was not the first time Kong Zhang came to Baoshi Town. The old man had been here once eight years ago.
Bacterial samples were also collected at that time. Apart from the discovery of luminous bacteria adhering to the surface of these things, no other abnormalities were found.
Yunze had read the report, so he knew very well that the vitality of the bacterial flora was now too strong.
Compared with eight years ago, they are almost two different species.
"Look at this."
Kong Zhang pointed to another observation box with a serious expression. That observation box simulated an extremely cold environment. In this environment, the color of the fungus slices was gray. In fact, most of the tissue had turned into powder.
"This is?"
Yunze looked at the old man.
Kong Zhang put his hands behind his back and said, "When it's around -60 degrees Celsius, the tissue will die and shatter. But that doesn't mean it's really dead."
Kong Zhang tapped a few times on the data tablet in Yunze's hand, and a line of information appeared on the data tablet.
Yunze's pupils dilated slightly: "In a cold environment, their tissues will die. But they will leave spores. And these spores are still active in this environment?"
Kong Zhang nodded. "Yes, this may be a self-protection mechanism. Next, I will do a few more tests to see how the spores perform in other environments."
"If they can still maintain cell activity in other environments, such as light, then it is certain that these things have a strong transmission property. It is possible that this is a biological weapon evolved from the reverse world to deal with us!"
Yunze gasped.
Even the mysterious Wang Liangyi didn't look very happy at this moment.
Although the cells of the bacterial colony will stop moving under the light, if their spores can remain active in various environments, then once they flow out of the reverse world and reach the other side of the Krafft Gate.
These things will eventually cover the world. After all, the Reverse Realm can be dark for years, but the Gate cannot always have a blazing sun.
Kong Zhang sighed, "In fact, I hold the same opinion as some scholars in the Sky Castle. We should not go too deep into the Reverse Realm, and we should not ask for too much. The Reverse Realm is always changing. Maybe one day, the two worlds will overlap because of the Krav Gate."
"At that time, it might be the end of the world outside..."
Yunze reluctantly
Yi Xiao said: "No, there are teachers, other scholars, and fortress cities. Such a thing will never happen."
Kong Zhang smiled and said, "I hope so."
... ...
Tianyang was awakened by some light. When he woke up, the room was full of deep blue light.
The boy stood up in surprise and ran to the window, only to find that the fungi in the town were all emitting a hazy, faint blue light.
They really look like pieces of blue gems. No wonder the town is named after the gems.
It's a pity that these things look beautiful, but they are extremely invasive and a threat to both the environment and living things.
Thinking of this, Tianyang no longer thought they were beautiful.
At this moment, he noticed that he was standing on a huge blue spot of light.
That was because there happened to be a strange tree outside the building, which was full of fungi. When the fungi glowed, the whole tree looked like a huge blue torch.
The light came in from the window, forming a blue spot.
Tianyang suddenly had an idea, and he suddenly remembered that outside the strange building, there was also a row of strange trees occupied by fungi.
Moreover, there was a strange cross-shaped window on the door of the building.
If the light of the fungus shines into that window, maybe...
Thinking of this, Tianyang packed up his equipment without even bothering to say hello to Adam who was sleeping soundly beside him. He simply opened the window and lightly jumped into the blue world outside the building.
After falling to the ground, Tianyang felt something in his heart and turned his head to look back.
The building cast a large shadow in the dim blue light of the fungus. Tianyang couldn't see anything unusual, so he left with peace of mind.
However, behind the small building, in the shadow of the corner.
Someone came out, holding a food stick and took a big bite.
When I came to the strange building again, I saw that the fungi on the strange trees across the street were all glowing. The bright but not glaring blue light illuminated the entire street.
Tianyang walked into the door of the building and saw a cross spot of light appear on the ground.
"Under the cross..." Tian Yang walked towards the spot of light, "Could this be the true meaning of that short sentence? Su Lie's secret is under this spot of light?"