Cthulhu

Chapter 6 Weird Cells

In the school's laboratory, Al is still using an electron microscope worth tens of thousands of dollars to look for abnormalities in Casey's saliva.

Saliva is mainly composed of water, bubbles, and mucus. This is just a sensory judgment.

On a microscopic scale, this drop of saliva is a small world of microorganisms.

A microscopic world composed of bacteria, digestive enzymes, food residues, and oral cells.

Al kept switching the magnification through the electron microscope and observed carefully.

He found that this drop of saliva, which looked very disgusting, was unusually clean. There were no food residues, no bacteria, and only a few scattered cells.

Compared with normal people's saliva, this saliva is too clean.

Al focused his observations on those few cells.

Continue to magnify the observation magnification to make the cell structure larger.

There is still nothing wrong with the cells.

But when the camera observed a cell with a ruptured cell membrane and half of its nucleus broken into pieces, Al saw a different picture.

Only half of the cell was not dead. The fragmented cell membrane was like a thin dancing snake, exploring back and forth in the tissue fluid.

In less than a few minutes, the cell membrane is closed, followed by the repair of the cell nucleus and the restoration of the cell.

Terrible vitality

The only effect is that the cell becomes much smaller.

"What is this? How is this possible?" Peter next to him exclaimed. Anyone with some common sense in biology would know how incredible the scene just now was.

It is not only the self-repair of cells, but more importantly, the state of cells outside the body that are still alive.

This is equivalent to every cell in a person's body being alive. Even if it leaves the body, it can survive alone.

Such strong survivability

How could such monster cells exist in nature?

According to the theory of biological evolution, any species is constantly adapting to the world.

Al didn't know what kind of environment allowed this creature to evolve such a powerful vitality.

Al sighed, was a little scared, and was also excited.

Without hesitation, continue the experiment.

Al used a probe to pierce the cell and directly extract the most critical nucleus from the cell. He wanted to see how the cell behaved when it lacked key components.

As expected, the cells died.

However, the second experiment that followed surprised Al.

The second time, when the probe approached the cell, the cell seemed to have become conscious, and the surface of the cell membrane trembled rapidly, like a dancing snake, avoiding the insertion of the probe.

It actually avoided

A cell without a thinking organ avoids probes

This strange scene continues to impact Al's worldview accumulated over the years.

There is only one explanation, cells have evolved

There is a certain connection between individual cells and the group, so that the collapse of one cell affects other cells in the group.

Peter also saw this scene from the side. Peter, who was also good at studying, understood how incredible all this was.

Al and Peter looked at each other, unable to describe the shock in their eyes.

This creature is so terrifying. What kind of monster can they face?

Because this monster is likely to be related to mythology, Al first tested the effects of salt, allicin, blood, silver and other items on this cell. However, these religious things that can restrain ghosts had no effect on this cell.

The results were discouraging, but that didn't bother Al in the slightest.

It's just a few failed experiments. In my previous life, when I was a scientific research dog, I don't know how many times I have to go through this.

He continued to conduct the next stage of experiments on the effects of acid, alkali, high temperature and other physical means on this cell.

Physical methods are obviously more effective. Weak acid can inhibit the repair function of these cells, while strong acid and high temperature can directly kill these cells.

......

The two worked late in the laboratory, their empty stomachs constantly protesting.

Al glanced at the dark night outside and said to Peter: "Let's go, that's it for today. Let's go out to eat something."

Peter still looked a little excited and kept talking all the way, talking to Al about the cell just now.

Only then did Al realize that being shy and introverted was entirely part of Peter's protective streak. Once they got acquainted with him, this guy seemed like a talkative, and his words would make your brain hurt.

The school cafeteria had closed long ago, and Al was not stingy and took Peter directly to a Chinese restaurant in the commercial district for a late-night snack.

Chinese restaurants in New York are not cheap, and the taste is not authentic, but just like Chinese people eating Western food, they always have a touch of elegance.

It was Peter's first time to come to a Chinese restaurant. Crowds gathered around him, and he became a little quieter.

"What are you eating, Peter?" Al asked.

"I've never been to a Chinese restaurant. Please order something for me."

"Okay, waiter, let's have two portions of fried noodles." Al ordered in Chinese in a decent manner, which was New York-style pretense.

Al casually returned the menu to the waiter, very naturally, and received a look of admiration from Peter.

In fact, he rarely goes to Chinese restaurants, but the ones he went to most in his previous life were Chinese restaurants, of course very casually. In this life, he doesn't go to Chinese restaurants, not because the food is not good, but because he has no money in his pocket.

After all, he is only a high school student, and the financial power is still in the hands of his parents.

His money basically comes from scholarships every semester, and the principal of Midtown High School is notoriously stingy, so Al is helpless.

Al took a sip of water to relieve his thirsty throat and said, "Don't tell anyone about the thing we studied tonight."

"I understand, Al, where did you find such a magical creature." When talking about research, Peter had a smile on his face.

"I didn't find this creature, it was this monster that found me." Al didn't want to talk more about the origin of the cells.

The two of them were talking quietly to the side, and the fried noodles came quickly. The only difference from the fried noodles at home is that the fried noodles here like to put tomato sauce on them, which has a slightly strange taste.

Peter's eyes also lit up, he picked up his fork and started eating like pasta.

"Yummy" Peter gave a thumbs up.

At this moment, a scream sounded outside the house: "Someone jumped off the building, look."

Two figures suddenly fell from a height.

A flash of blood quickly dyed the street red. The two corpses were like broken pumpkins, and their limbs were scattered everywhere, instantly dyeing the glass of the restaurant red.

Peter glanced at the window, then looked at the fried noodles in the bowl, and suddenly felt that they didn't taste good.

He looked through the window to the rooftops across the street to see who had affected his appetite.

The figure on the roof of the building across the street was unexpectedly familiar. It turned out to be Eugene.

Eugene was squatting on the eaves with his head in his hands. It looked like he was in great pain, and he kept shouting some incoherent words in his mouth.

"Out...tide...f...fog..."

Like a madman.

Downstairs, some people screamed, some took pictures, and some called the police, but no one came forward to help.

Seeing Eugene struggling and wanting to jump off the building, Peter hesitated for a while, but soon made a decision, got up, and prepared to save Eugene.

Al grabbed Peter and stared out the window: "Don't go."

Just as Peter suddenly saw Eugene, he also saw an unforgettable figure, the little girl who appeared in the library, Cathy.

Casey stood downstairs with a satisfied look on his face, his mouth pouted, facing Eugene on the top of the building, his throat quivering, as if he was sucking something in.

As the flush on Casey's face became more pronounced, so did Eugene's cries of pain.

Suddenly, Casey seemed to notice something and looked around. Al was so frightened that he quickly looked away. Casey, who found nothing, no longer wanted to pay attention to Eugene and disappeared into the crowd.

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