Chapter 184: Bacteria No. 7
The human form formed by the No. 7 fungus is like a gray figure.
It stood there quietly, with no eyes, but Jiang Yu felt like he was being stared at.
Bai Xiangdong put his hand on the glass cover, and the figure of No. 7 fungus also stretched out one hand and put it on the inside of the glass, as if he was slapping Bai Xiangdong for high fives.
Bai Xiangdong explained: "Oh, you may not have heard of it yet. A fungus was discovered during construction in Mars City.
"This fungus has been dormant for hundreds of millions of years and is about to become fossils, but what is unexpected is that after having moisture and nutrients, it quickly awakened it.
"This can prove from the perspective of measurement that Mars must have water and the temperature is appropriate, otherwise Martian fungi will not have the conditions for evolution and survival.
"As for whether it is an aerobic environment, it's hard to say. After all, for many single-cell organisms in the early stages of life, oxygen is a poisonous gas.
"Martian fungi are alien creatures. The PDC has had strict orders and is not allowed to be transported back to Earth. I have been wasting my skills for a long time before I smuggled back three Martian fungi samples."
Jiang Yu didn't know what to say at all. It was really dangerous to do so!
Bai Xiangdong was still talking: "Then I used them all in this experiment. The guys in the glass cover are theoretically descendants of the three Martian bacteria.
"Each No. 7 bacteria is only as big as one or two nanometers. They have no eyes, but they can know your and me's existence through their perception of bioelectricity.
"Their collaboration process is also done through bioelectric signals, which can spread more complex information than ants' pheromones.
"But they have no brains, no organs, only instincts.
“But we found that they have a group intelligence and group collaboration concept, such as when someone approaches, they become human-like.
"The reason for this is to deceive humans or to take humans lightly, thus completing their hunting process.
"If there was no glass cover in the middle, I would have been a pile of bones now."
The figure formed by the No. 7 fungus seemed to have shifted its target because it did not "catch" Bai Xiangdong, and began to imitate Jiang Yu's actions of holding his arms.
Jiang Yu asked: "Isn't the bioelectric signal between bacteria No. 7 similar to the human nervous system?"
"Similar, but can only transmit simple signals." Bai Xiangdong said: "We once suspected that they turned into human forms and actually wanted to communicate with us.
"It's like there is an alien civilization where creatures on the entire planet share one consciousness, so to a certain extent, there is only one organism on the entire planet.
"In the eyes of Bacteria No. 7, we humans are like organisms that share consciousness.
"At present, we have only contacted Bacteria No. 7. Bacteria No. 7 killed the Bacteria within three minutes. The Bacteria No. 7 had complicated emotional fluctuations before its death.
“It is certain that the mood swing is not the fear that should be present in the face of death.
"What is most puzzling is that the white rat struggled for a while, and finally began to cater to Bacteria No. 7 and accelerated the invasion of Bacteria No. 7 itself.
"I guess, I may have to have contact with Bacteria No. 7 to complete a communication with them. However, those who come into contact with Bacteria No. 7 will also become nutrients for Bacteria No. 7.
"I used to spend a lot of money to recruit volunteers for contact experiments, but unfortunately I haven't recruited them."
Bai Xiang Dong waved toward the camera on the wall: "The reason why this guy has such a tight barrier is because it is very dangerous."
A small hole was opened at the top of the glass, and a piece of meat and a cactus were thrown into it.
The No. 7 fungus seemed to be frightened and spread out to all sides, but soon realized that it was food.
So they immediately pounced on and covered the food, and the piece of meat and cactus quickly collapsed.
Bai Xiangdong introduced: "Bacteria No. 7 can quickly absorb almost all nutrients and then reproduce offspring."
As he spoke, the No. 7 bacteria that "eat" meat or cactus began to quickly concentrate. This concentration was not like the process of accumulating adult shadows just now, but was concentrated in intensively. Soon, several black anemone-like structures appeared.
In a few minutes, these anemones stretched out thin filaments like tentacles.
Bai Xiangdong: "This is the fastest creature I have ever seen that reproduces! Look at these thin filaments, tiny spores will appear at most ten minutes.
"This is how fungi reproduce, so we define it as a kind of fungus.
"Once this kind of thing is released, it will almost devour all organisms and strengthen its own population.
"The key is that the speed is too fast. Once it reaches a certain scale, the speed at which humans can eliminate it will not be able to keep up with its reproduction speed."
Jiang Yu reminded: "This thing is too dangerous. If you accidentally let them go out, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Bai Xiangdong nodded: "I know, so I built this special laboratory. Don't worry, they can't get out."
Then he said with interest: "We found a way to issue instructions to cells with special bioelectricity through the transformation between animal cells and fungi by bacteria No. 7."
As he spoke, the enthusiasm in his eyes gradually became dim: "I'll take you to see it later."
As he spoke, the thin threads of the "jellyfish" in the glass cover gradually turned black and turned white quickly, and then withered.
The whole process only took a few minutes, and the meat and cactus that had been thrown into the glass cover were only some thorns and bone residue left.
Bai Xiang Host: "The process of spore reproduction has been completed."
He pressed a button on the wall, and a colorless liquid flowed down from the inside of the glass cover, causing a burst of white smoke immediately after encountering bacteria No. 7.
"This is a strong acid," Bai Xiangdong said: "The No. 7 bacteria can actually be in the strong acid for half a minute.
"But it still has to abide by the rules of the universe and die under such a blow.
"It's just that Bacteria No. 7 has different places from other known bacteria, look there."
Jiang Yu saw some black corpses of Qiang Acid and No. 7 fungus fading away, and there were more than a dozen small black balls on the ground inside the glass cover.
Bai Xiangdong explained: "This is the fact that many No. 7 bacteria have formed a shell that can block sulfuric acid at the expense of themselves, thus preserving the fire of their group.
"I don't know if the No. 7 bacteria that survived in the ball will inherit some memories, fear from the strong acid, and manipulation from the outside world of the glass cover!"
Jiang Yu glanced at Bai Xiangdong: "You are a little bit hindered."
Bai Xiangdong smiled: "Don't worry, I've had a test and I have no mental problems. It's just..."
He looked at the black ball in the glass cover: "You just have you ever thought about how bacteria are different from animal cells and plant cells?
"Why are they only so special in nature? They are everywhere, and they are really only so small?"
Seeing that Jiang Yu didn't understand what he meant, Bai Xiangdong explained: "The current environment of the earth has made microorganisms pampered.
“Look at how powerful the offspring of Martian fungi are! They are likely to be the biggest threat to our future colonization of alien planets!
“There are even more terrifying things, what if they were conscious?”
Jiang Yu shook his head: "Their size limits their abilities."
He paused and said, "It is precisely because of their danger that PDCs have to forbidden the introduction of Martian bacteria to Earth. In the future, you want to do such a dangerous experiment in space, so don't add unstable factors to the Earth."
Chapter completed!