As soon as the tip of the scalpel pierced in, Gu Jun immediately felt a sense of stagnation in his hand, reaching the subcutaneous "mermaid superficial fascia" layer.
This layer of tissue is similar to the superficial fascia of humans, hence the name, but it has more superficial blood vessels and nerves than human beings, and the density of fat is also greater.
Whether it is scales or a kind of keratinized skin, it forms finger-sized scales that can be separated piece by piece.
Gu Jun held the scalpel firmly, and understood the reminders from Xiao Huiwen and others next to him, that he really needed to pay attention to the control of strength.
The muscles of his upper limbs are like the parts of a precision machine. With a steady force, he cut the scale along the lines, but the scale will not fall off. He still needs to use the tip of the knife to cut across the bottom of the scale. It was removed, and then picked up with dissecting forceps to complete the peeling off of this scale.
At this time, he looked at the system tasks in his mind, [Current anatomy completion: 0.01%] This kind of alien is indeed a deep diver.
According to past experience, it is not calculated that the average 0.01% of a scale is cut off. It is the first time to cut this tissue, so there are so many.
"Ah." Xiao Huiwen let out a sigh of relief, but he didn't see the scene of Gu Jun stabbing in half. He Tao and the others next to him once again witnessed Gu Jun's extraordinary handwork. According to the work record, he hadn't done an autopsy for a long time, and now he is still so impeccable.
The degree of complete peeling off of this scale is astonishing, it seems that the other tissues under the scale have not been damaged at all.
This also makes the superficial fascia exposed underneath remain tender and smooth, if not for the smell of formalin, it would really be like a pastry.
Cai Zixuan felt a little emotional when he saw it, and said softly: "This is 'skin like creamy fat'."
"Young man." Uncle Dan looked at Zixuan, "Your taste is more unique than mine, Uncle Dan."
At the same time, Gu Jun held the scale in his hand and looked at it carefully. Each of these scales has dark red tubes like capillaries, but they are larger than capillaries, visible to the naked eye, and attached to the edges and bottom of the scales. Connected with the surrounding scales, it has been named "scale veins".
I don't know why, this made him feel a little dazed, as if he saw this deep diver diving down into the abyss of the seabed, diving down...
If Gu Jun came to name it, he might call it "Scale Tendon".
Although in fact "tendon" is a concept of traditional Chinese medicine, not an independent term of modern anatomy. "Tendon" is a general term, including muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, articular cartilage, etc. in modern medicine. But it is precisely because of this that he feels that it can better explain the wide range of functions of this kind of thing than "scale veins".
What is the use of scales? Connecting scales, shrinking and moving, but what else...
"I feel this kind of tendons." Gu Jun thought about it, and he didn't realize it when he said his name, "It may be one of the keys to this kind of alien being able to dive deep."
"How to say?" Xiao Huiwen asked doubtfully. The camera on the shadowless lamp was also shooting, and a team at the headquarters was watching, and they were all curious when they heard the words.
"This kind of alien can't dive that deep just because of its physiological structure." Gu Jun said, everyone has researched and made a public opinion on this point, "But everyone also knows that these aliens can often generate abnormal power due to their own physiological structure. Like the erosion patterns of ghoul bones."
The skeletal erosion patterns of ghouls do not appear in deep divers, deep-sea creatures with low bone density that make them good swimmers.
"Can the scale veins produce abnormal power?" Xiao Huiwen emphasized that it is the scale veins, not the scale tendons, and tendons are not an anatomical term.
"I think they form a network." Gu Jun said in a deep voice, looking at the corpse of the deep diver on the dissecting table, "These scales... the network of scales and veins covers the whole body of this creature. Imagine, does this structure play a certain role, causing deep divers to experience different seawater pressures?"
He knew now, and the conjurers also basically knew that specific patterns and lines could be a product of technology, which could produce stable power.
For example, the old Indian technology, the technology in it is beyond the understanding of human beings' current scientific cognition, but it is effective.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. The biggest problem with Gu Jun's idea was that he couldn't find a way to prove it right or wrong.
"Or we can try to record the scales of this corpse online." Gu Jun had an idea, and handed the scales in his hand to Cai Zixuan, "Zixuan, take pictures of each of these scales and number them , take a good picture of their scales, and record which direction they are connected to. Afterwards, we will cut off all the scales from its whole body and put them together again to see if we can restore the network of scales. How much is restored."
The corpse was not unharmed. There was a gunshot wound on the chest and heart, and the scales there were rotten a lot.
"Got it." Cai Zixuan nodded, more manpower was needed, so Uncle Dan went to ask the miscellaneous staff to make arrangements.
No one would say that Gu Jun's efforts are wasted, scientific research needs to be tried. In the past, the anatomists viewed the scales and tendons as a single tissue, because the corpses were almost all tattered, and the scales from the few complete corpses were not as clear as they are now. Gu Jun regarded the scales and tendons as a whole, and his train of thought The above is a breakthrough.
However, Xiao Huiwen's old face was wrinkled, and he murmured: "The Linmai, it's the Linmai..."
After saying this, Gu Jun continued to cut off the next piece of scale, which was like the shape of the original red skin on Xie Yiman's face. He cut very carefully, trying to minimize the damage to the scales. And as the scales were peeled off, the sense of familiarity he had before became stronger.
There are also some inexplicable illusions, which are gradually growing in my heart.
"I seem to be..." Gu Jun had a thought, "I seem to know the deceased of this corpse..."
The smell of formalin made his eyes a little sore. He frowned and peeled off another scale. The illusion in front of his eyes became stronger again, and his head felt a little swollen. He seems to be uncovering a person's mask, like a reverse restoration, the closer to completing the shape, the more like seeing a human face.
"Have you seen it?" Gu Jun asked others, "A human face?"
"No." Cai Zixuan was puzzled, Uncle Dan, Xiao Huiwen and others shook their heads, but they didn't notice.
But Gu Jun could clearly see that the deformed face of the sea monster was a looming human face, a middle-aged man with a square face...
Is it my own connection? He concentrated on sensing, digging through his mind to find traces of this face, as if some memory fragments were churning.
Rushing, as if hearing the sound of the sea.
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