How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 21

Huo Gu didn't know how long he had been engulfed by this violent wave, because there was no tool or method for timing, but as far as his subjective feeling was concerned, a very long time had passed.

During the period, the individuals in the gourd group were subjected to enlarged wounds in the strong turbulent current, until they were completely torn apart like shredded paper.

All of this, Huo Gu could do nothing, it was unable to protect itself now, the gourd that was originally lodged was torn and dismembered along the wound into twenty-one pieces of meat of different sizes.

When the tide gradually calmed down and Huo Gu reacted, he returned to the original state of being poor and empty again, leaving the house in various senses.

"It's so risky... just a little... close... normal... logical... thinking... there is no way... guarantee..."

At this time, Huogu didn't have much fear of what he had just encountered, just because it was already quite reluctant to maintain the most normal thinking.

Layers upon layers of thought shackles made it slow to respond.

The priority is to restore it to its original state as soon as possible.

"...must...proliferate...as soon as possible..."

The inner cells that received the order immediately began to collect amino acids and proteins, and began to expand the number, and the recovery work was in full swing.

Of course, this process was not smooth, and when the number of inner cells increased to four times the size of the original debris, a new uninvited guest came.

It was a group of long fusiform micro-bacteria, swinging the flagella of the tail, locked the target through the eye spots in the cells, and rushed straight to the expanding inner cell colony.

The head of these micro-bacteria has a spike, and it is with this weapon that they are invincible in this water area, and they have won the throne at the top of the food chain in one fell swoop.

The spikes easily penetrate the cell membranes of the inner cells, and the microbacteria then stir up their own internal cytoplasm, injecting protein-cleaving enzymes into the inner cells through the small diameter inside the spikes.

The injected inner cells immediately fail, lose their vitality, and are dismembered into several large protein structures.

Due to the absence of eyes, when Huo Gu noticed these uninvited guests, the outermost batch of injected inner cells had all died.

And those micro-bacteria are still ready to attack the adjacent inner cells.

"You are courting death!"

Huo Gu, who has been studying the control of cells for a long time, already has a set of self-contained manipulation methods, and the current him is completely different from the one that just came into contact with cells.

While the micro-bacteria were busy attacking, Huogu gave the 'proliferation' command to the unattacked inner cells on the other side.

The shape of the inner cell community changes, the part that was attacked gradually sinks inward, and the other parts that are not attacked protrude according to the proliferation command, gradually forming a cavity, enclosing the micro bacteria in the cavity.

"Release Lyase."

One second after the command was issued, the inner cells facing the cavity adjusted their cell membranes one after another, releasing a large amount of lytic enzymes, and soon, the enzymes filled the entire space of the cavity.

At this time, those micro bacteria finally realized that something was wrong, and they chose to escape.

The dexterous micro-bacteria wiggle their tail flagella and swim in the area of ​​low enzyme concentration, as if they are searching for a way to escape, and also seem to avoid the damage of those enzymes.

But these are useless, because this cavity is fully enclosed, and as early as the moment this cavity is formed, they are already doomed.

Buried with these microbacteria are the inner cells on the inner wall of the cavity. At the cost of sacrificing some of the inner cells, Huogu also harvested a large amount of various types of proteins and amino acids.

As time progressed step by step, the required biological materials were finally collected.

The mouth was restored first, followed by the jet propulsion organs.

With the cooperation of these two parts, Huogu's speed of collecting biological materials has been further improved.

However, Huo Gu didn't dare to push forward at full speed, mainly because he didn't have eyes. It was like driving on the road with his eyes blindfolded.

After enough materials were collected, the eyes used to observe the outside were also supplemented by Huogu, and then the perception cavity was restored.

The whole process didn't take long, Huogu just retraced the path he had traveled before, omitting those brain-struggling processes.

After completely recovering to his full glory, while copying other gourd individuals, Hogu was also distracted by doing another thing—summarization and reflection.

Huogu is not afraid of failure when he starts again. As long as there is a chance to start all over again, failure is a kind of help. It is this kind of style that makes him a person who can speak in the field of archaeology when he is still a human being.

"It starts with reflection."

"It's too fragile, the defense ability of parietal cells is really too fragile..."

"Although it can play a strong defense against microorganisms, it is only limited to the microscopic level. After all, it is just a thin layer of cells. At the macroscopic level, it may be even weaker than tofu brain."

"There is also the jet propulsion organ. Although the explosive power is good, the stamina is not good. This time, facing the frenzy, I did not choose to escape, but set up an anti-shock formation. It is because the stamina is not up to the standard. With the current mobility Can't escape."

Huogu thought of the wave he faced before, and was very annoyed. If he could design a more efficient propulsion method, he wouldn't put himself in danger.

"Then there is the 'satisfied' emotion that is subconsciously ignored. He knows that he is weaker than a baby on a macro level, but he only thinks that there are no multicellular organisms in the Hadean Era, so he subconsciously ignores the threat from this aspect..."

In Hogu's mind, those gourds that were pierced by unknown objects flashed across. At the same time, he thought of the terrifying wave again. This time, it had fear.

"This won't work. There must be no next time. If you survived this time, you won't be sure about the next time. Even if you have the same chance next time, you won't be sure about the next time."

"The last is the summary..."

Arriving here, Hogu paused, lost in thought.

"From the very beginning, I was confused..."

"I am above those microbes. I am a macroscopic creature. Whether it is me as a human being or me now, it is better to say that it is only a matter of course for me to defeat the microbes without thoughts. There is nothing to be proud of." things."

"Microorganisms have never been my biggest threat..."

"My real opponent should be, this world, this era..."

"This planet is still in the Hadean period!"