Myriad Realms Exchange Machine

Chapter 180 New Evolutionary Direction
When Shen Yiran woke up the next day, it was almost noon.

There was warm seafood porridge in the thermos bowl beside the bed, but Li Yue, who was supposed to be lying beside the pillow, had disappeared.

"Going to sea again?"

Shen Yiran took out the note from under the thermos bowl and looked at it, then lifted the quilt and stood up.

The traces left by one night's pleasure have been carefully cleaned up, but the bite marks on the chest and the sore psoas muscles did not recover so quickly, reminding Shen Yiran not to forget the indulgence last night.

"How many times did you come last night?" Shen Yiran rubbed his hair.

"Five times?"

"Six times?"

"I don't remember exactly."

"It seems that I have been hungry for too long."

Shen Yiran laughed somewhat self-deprecatingly.

It's been a long time since the doctor gave him the verdict about the love between men and women.

"It feels so good to be alive." Shen Yiran sighed sincerely.

After gulping down the seafood porridge in the thermos bowl, Shen Yiran left another note for Li Yue, writing down his contact information, and then left.

Walking through the streets and alleys of the town, Shen Yiran returned to the small building where he lived after about an hour.

As soon as he entered the room, after taking a brief shower, he put his consciousness into the wordless book again.

From going out yesterday to coming back now, 24 hours have passed, which is 24 years if converted into the time in the wordless book.

In these 24 years, how will the three creatures living in the world of the book change?
Shen Yiran is looking forward to it very much.

On the east side of the ocean, Shen Yiran created a new island for the adapted ants to live in.

On the island, Li Yu planted more than a dozen kinds of trees at that time, but when I look at it now, there are less than five kinds of trees that survived.

Among them, the most vigorously developed is a plant called mangrove.

Mangroves are trees or shrubs, usually between two and four meters tall.

Bark dark brown.Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, apex shortly pointed or convex, base broadly cuneate, midrib below red, side veins a little more obvious above after drying.

Many people who live by the sea have seen mangroves, and it is always a green forest full of vitality.

As for the growth trajectory of mangroves, experts explain that in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, some flowering plants that grow on land enter the edge of the ocean, and after a very long evolution process, they form mangroves that grow in the intertidal zone.

This kind of woody plant community that is periodically flooded by seawater between the rise and fall of the tide is called "mangrove" because it is rich in "tannins" and oxidizes to red after being cut down.

There is a small mangrove forest on the beach where Li Yu lives, which is a protected area, so he rarely goes there.

But Li Yu knows that mangrove is a plant that can directly obtain nutrients from seawater.

Mangroves, like general halophytes, can tolerate higher internal salt concentrations, but like most halophytes, they "balance" osmotic power by accumulating a kind of proline, while mangroves accumulate proline. are low molecular weight carbohydrates.

Other plants, such as candela and tung flower trees, can prevent salt from entering the xylem in the roots, and can prevent salt from being transported to various tissues through ultrafiltration, and can use the principle of a water pump to discharge excess salt from the roots.

These plants can maintain a very low salt content, only 30.00% of "non-salt rejecters".

There are also examples: olive and sea paint, which store salt in the vacuoles, or form crystals and fix them in the leaves. When the leaves fall, the salt will leave the mother plant together.Some species of mangroves use a combination of the above methods to deal with salt in the body.

The magic of the mangrove is that, in addition to resisting the erosion of the tree by excess salt, it is also an extremely drought-tolerant plant.

Therefore, mangroves are also xerophytes, so trees must retain water to reduce the absorption of high-salt seawater.

In order to adapt to this special habitat, the morphology of mangroves has the following characteristics. The leaves of some species of mangroves contain water storage tissue, waxy thick cuticle and epidermis, indented stomata at the bottom of the leaves, plate roots, some The leaves are more covered with blunt round trichomes to reduce water loss.

It is with so many characteristics that these mangroves can survive on the small island that Li Yu casually built.

And Li Yu was not surprised by the mangrove forest in front of him.

Although it has undergone many years of changes, these plants do not show any signs of evolution like animals, which makes Li Yu a little disappointed.

In addition to mangroves, there is another plant that also grows vigorously, namely the orange trees.

Generally speaking, orange trees are evergreen all year round, with dense branches and leaves, and neat tree posture. In spring, the trees are full of fragrant flowers, in autumn and winter, there are many yellow fruits, and the yellow and green colors are extremely beautiful.

These orange trees were planted by Li Yu to provide food for the ants, but now they have become the second largest tree species on the island after the mangroves.

Li Yu is a little surprised that it is reasonable to say that orange trees are not easy to grow, because this kind of tree has relatively high environmental requirements, and it does not adapt to many different environments like mangroves.

The ancients regarded the habit of not easily moving the orange tree as a quality, and praised it.

For example, Qu Yuan wrote "Ode to Orange".

The "Ode to Orange" is a lyric poem chanting things.The first half of the poem is about love and chanting things, which is mainly about description.

The second half is lyrical, mainly lyrical.The two parts have their own emphasis, but they are connected with each other and integrated into one.

The poet used anthropomorphic techniques to create a beautiful image of the orange tree, describing and praising it from all sides. The image of the orange tree is an example for the poet to motivate himself to stick to his integrity.

I have used so much pen and ink, but I don't know that this kind of tree is just not easy to transplant.

Li Yu lost interest in these plants and began to observe ants.

In order to cope with the intricate living environment on the ocean, these ants have further evolved in shape.

Some ants have scales that can resist water pressure, and they have become deep-sea ants that explore unknown areas.

"Interesting, scales can grow on ants." Li Yu said with a smile.

It should be known that the scales have a structural color, which comes from the photonic crystal structure accumulated on the scales.

When a surface has many tiny structures smaller than the wavelength of light, generally in the hundreds of nanometers, and with a regular arrangement, it can cause some colors of light to be selectively transmitted, while some colors of light are strongly absorbed. Reflection, this is called photonic crystal.

Photonic crystals can display different colors by changing the size and arrangement of microstructures, and the colors also vary due to changes in the angle of light.

Depending on the angle, for example, a diamond weevil's tiny scales can reflect blue-green light from the square crystal part and orange-yellow light from the hexagonal part.

But the scales on ants are closer to fish scales.

As Li Yu who grew up by the sea, he is quite familiar with fish scales.

Fish scales are the outer shell of the fish to protect itself and prevent water loss.

Generally fan-shaped.Fish scales are rich in protein, fat and multivitamins, as well as iron, zinc, calcium and a variety of essential trace elements and colloids.

Fish scales also contain a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce the accumulation of cholesterol on the blood vessel wall, and have the effects of preventing arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and heart disease.

In some regions, fish scales can also be used as decoration.

Li Yu thought to herself: I don't know if I can take off some of these beautiful scales on the ants and give them to Angelina as a gift.

It should be known that the mechanical properties of fish scales are closely related to the hydration state and position. The hardness of the inner and outer layers of different types of fish is different. The nano-indentation test shows that no matter what kind of fish, the hardness of the outer layer is twice as high as that of the inner layer. , the decoration used to make clothes can be described as durable, and it couldn't be more suitable.

Moreover, Li Yu has also heard that there is a swimsuit that simulates the microstructural characteristics of shark scales. It uses new fibers and weaving technology to make it fit tightly on the swimmer's body. Swimming suits prepared by stacking and reducing drag with fish scales can effectively suppress turbulence.

It should be perfect to send such a dress to Angelina to catch the sea.

Some ants grew golden wings and turned into giant flying ants patrolling the sky.

The mandibles of individual soldier ants become more and more exaggerated, like stunted big-headed dolls, but they can easily cut through the hard shells of other marine organisms and become the queen's personal guard.

Shen Yiran took a special look at the queen ants in the adaptor ant colony.

But unfortunately, the adaptable queen ant still has not escaped the fate of the reproductive machine, nor has she developed special mutations like the shrimp queen.

At most five years, a generation of queens loses their fertility and will be replaced by newborn queens, and then die alone.

This made Shen Yiran quickly lose interest in the adaptor ant colony, and then turned his gaze to the other side of the sea.

Although the sea shrimp family evolved sociality later than the ants, due to the special variation of the shrimp queen, the newborn sea shrimp more or less inherited some peculiarities from the queen.

Shen Yiran observed that the pliers of some sea shrimps are gradually changing their original shape and evolving into organs similar to human palms.

Using the palm of their hand, the shrimps can complete complex tasks that were difficult to complete in the past-for example, building a statue of a god.

In the temple built by corals, shells and reefs, the pure white shrimp queen is leading several other sea shrimps to lie down on the ground, praying to the newly built statue in a low voice.

"Huh, this shrimp is still alive." Shen Yiran looked at the shrimp queen.

Through the unique fluctuation of mental power, Shen Yiran recognized this shrimp, and it was the one he saw last time, so he couldn't help being a little surprised.

You must know that the life cycle of a shrimp in the real world is only about 2 years at most. Even if there are some magical things in the world in this book, it is not enough to increase the life span of a creature by more than 10 times.

What are the factors that change the lifespan of a shrimp queen?
Shen Yiran looked at the statue that was being worshiped by the Xia Nu Dynasty.

The idol is carved out of coral, and a vague human figure can be vaguely seen on the upper body, while the lower body is like an octopus' arms and legs.

"What the hell is this?" Shen Yiran stared at the face of the statue, and suddenly realized that it was somewhat similar to himself.

In the next moment, Shen Yiran reacted.

The Shrimp Queen once saw half of her body covering the sky, so she used this half of her body as a model to shape the statue in front of her.

However, because the Shrimp Queen had never seen her lower body, the lower body of the idol was shaped like an octopus based on her imagination.

Shen Yiran looked at the extremely devout Sea Shrimp Queen, and felt both exasperating and funny.

"Great and eternal Titan, please hear my prayer."

The Shrimp Queen fell down in front of the statue and kept worshiping.

"I am willing to dedicate my all to you."

Gradually, Shen Yiran saw some silver threads seeping out of the shrimp queen's body and integrating into the statue.

"The source of life?" Shen Yiran asked in surprise.

"Living creatures can also be extracted from the source of life? No, this is not extraction, but refining and purification!"

When the silver life source was pulled out of the shrimp queen's body, Shen Yiran could still see a lot of gray impurities in the source.

But when the silver thread finally merged into the statue, these impurities were completely wiped out.

Then, a silk thread also extended from the statue, returning the purified life source to the shrimp queen's body.

"Ah, great titan, I feel your favor."

"Anesia will serve you forever!"

The Shrimp Queen couldn't see the source of life, but could feel a force flowing back into her body, feeling that her life was being sublimated.

The Shrimp Queen was extremely happy, but Shen Yiran, who was watching all this calmly, showed a playful expression.

"Let me estimate that before being purified, the Shrimp Queen can provide me with about 1 point of life quality after death."

"But after a purification, its life has been strengthened, so the source of life it can provide me has increased by about 0.2."

"Moreover, as far as this purification is concerned, there is no upper limit yet."

"Is this why a shrimp can live for more than twenty years?"

Shen Yiran touched his chin and tried to use his mental power to connect to the statue, but the connection was easily achieved.

Just as he guessed, the idol became a node in the world in the book.

The Shrimp Queen seems to be praying to the god, but in fact, it is the world itself and Shen Yiran who are integrated with this world that answers its prayer invisibly.

"If praying to the idol can purify the source of life, is there a way to implement this method in this world?"

Shen Yiran started thinking.

He immediately withdrew his gaze from staring at the ocean, and turned to look at the only continent in this world.

Shen Yiran could feel that on the mainland, thousands of lives would die every day, and at the same time, new lives would be born.

Compared with the relatively calm ocean, the mainland is the real life arena where a hundred flowers bloom.

Shen Yiran decided to go to the mainland to do a simple experiment, maybe after this simple experiment, the question he is thinking now can be answered.

(End of this chapter)