Chapter 52 Genetic Testing
In addition to the fact that the research of the rune language system is facing a completely unavoidable dilemma, Abbather has also hit a wall in his old profession - biological gene research, which makes Xue Hua feel a little puzzled.
According to Abasser's report, it encountered unexpected, special difficulties in studying the genes of the behemoth it called "Desert Specimen #001" (Specimen 1).
The genes of that strange beast were extremely complex and delicate, with few superfluous genetic sequences, which would have been almost impossible in the course of natural evolution.
Any evolution made by natural selection will go into the wrong way, and once biological evolution gets into the wrong place, it will produce useless redundant genes and biological tissues.
But the genetic sequences of Specimen 1 appear to have been carefully selected, and they were also made up of a patchwork of different genetic sequences.
Judging from the biological posture of Specimen No. 1, this sign is also very obvious.
It has a whale-like front body and a tadpole-like tail composed entirely of scales connected to a non-nervous system, as well as a toad-like tympanum and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
These biological traits all indicate that this thing seems to be a failed biological experiment made up of several different biological genes.
The reason why it is said to be a failure of the experiment is because of the brain of the first specimen.
The brain capacity of this creature is simply surprisingly small, its biological instincts are only three kinds of sleep, eating, and fighting back in danger, and it has no response to all other emotional triggers, and this thing does not even have the urge to reproduce!
You must know that in the insect swarm, even the most simple physiological structure of the jumping worm, its biological instinct reaction is much more complex than this thing, at least the jumping worms know how to obey the orders of the master and other Zerg commanders at all levels, and they can also obtain a certain degree of autonomous tactical coordination ability with the help of genetic memory.
Specimen 1's overly simple brain structure makes it unable to understand any commands—not even the simplest instructions.
The bio-reconstructed organisms copied from this biological structure appear to be completely out of control, unable to exert any degree of control over them in any way.
However, it is not for nothing that the size of this creature is so large, and the biological instinct reaction is so simple.
Abbather mentioned in the study that the body of Specimen No. 1 is almost a mobile biological weapons arsenal, except for some necessary tissues and organs for energy absorption and excretion.
It has evolved a special mucus hair follicle dedicated to defense, which secretes a mucus that is very flexible and smooth, and slightly corrosive and very alkaline, which not only allows it to "swim" like a fish under the surface of soft ground such as deserts, but also makes its most important front body tissue extremely resistant to blows and acid corrosion.
In addition, it also has an extremely special plasma transformation organ in its body, which is able to convert all the energy it absorbs into a very destructive plasma energy body.
This plasma energy body was the kind of black flame floating in the air that Xue Hua had seen in the black sandstorm.
Not only does it have extremely high temperatures, but it also has the strange property of being able to automatically convert any unit it touches and destroys... In other words, it is reconstituted into a kind of black iron sand, and these iron sand will be absorbed by the body of Specimen No. 1 and surround it at high speed, which is the reason for the formation of the "black sandstorm" in desert legends.
And in addition to the above two defense and weapon systems, this thing also has a very, very strong ability to regenerate itself.
This regenerative ability is particularly concentrated on the tail of its hind body.
Its tail resembles the tail of a gecko, a consumable appendage that can be discarded at any time, and its tail is full of bone structures and scales, with no biological tissue other than a central nervous system that can be withdrawn at any time.
The tail of this thing can be quickly regenerated after being discarded, and the regeneration process requires very little or no effect on its bioenergy reserves.
This made Abbather very suspicious, and the purpose of the tail was to prevent the enemy from capturing and studying its genetic makeup.
After regeneration, it also has a set of detachable teeth like the Great White Shark, which can be fired as a flying weapon.
But this powerful weapon organ is completely useless due to the low brain capacity of this creature, and this creature only knows how to swallow what is in front of it with its mouth, but does not use its own weapon system at all.
In other words, it's so stupid that it doesn't even know how to shoot its teeth out, even if it's its biological instinct.
Even the organ that produces the black sandstorm is only effective because it operates automatically, and it is also very incomplete.
This guy simply let the powerful plasma conversion system run on its own and had no intention of actively controlling it at all, and only when he was about to be threatened with a fatal threat and activated his desperate resistance instinct, he would cover himself with plasma energy in an extremely superficial way as a protective layer.
But what does it do......
I can only say hehe~
In addition to this, its eyes are also very sharp psionic image processing organs, which are only found on the Surveillance King Worm even in the swarm.
This means that not only will it be able to spot enemies far away before it does, but it will also be able to see targets in sandstorms.
It can even see through invisible units!
However, this completely brainless creature only uses it to hunt, and it never blinks an eye......
This is also the reason why black sandstorms have always only followed a straight line~
However, although this big creature is really stupid, the swarm evolution master Abbather still feels frustrated in it.
This frustration doesn't stem from its complex and elaborate genetic chain arrangement, nor does it come from the number of gene species in this guy.
It's because there are several very tight genetic locks on the genes of this creature!
These genetic locks exist inside the genetic structure and are not only very strong in themselves, but also linked to each other.
Each time Abbather tried to untie one of the genetic locks, he would trigger the other genetic locks that were connected together, and those genetic locks would then initiate the gene collapse program, turning the genetic specimen in Abbathhar's hand into a useless pile of proteins.
It has tried tens of thousands of times, but not a single one has been able to touch the gene sequence behind the gene lock.
This made it feel very frustrated, and it was even more convinced that the creature was the product of some kind of failed bioweapons experiment.
Because if those complex and meticulous genetic structures and the genetic characteristics of multi-biological fusion can still find one in a hundred billion examples in nature, then such a thing as gene locks should never appear in any naturally evolved organisms.
You must know that the gene lock will not only lock the snooping of the organism's genes, but also lock the natural evolution path of the organism.
Once an organism's genes are genetically locked, there is no longer any possibility of natural evolution.
This is an act that violates all the basic laws of survival and evolutionary instincts of living beings, and it is impossible for living beings to evolve on their own!
So, Abbather recorded all his suspicions in the report, and then handed it over to Isa to report to Xue Hua at this time.
And when Xue Hua listened to Abasser's report, his back was already soaked with a large stream of cold sweat, and he didn't even hear the little girl Funia come to call him to dinner.
There was only one sentence echoing in his mind at the moment.
Biological genetic testing?! A genetic lock that even Abbathhar can't unlock?
Oh, my God! What kind of world did I come in?!