Deep Space Evolution: Clans

Chapter 138 Composite Creatures
"One of my branches seems to have touched something strange. Do you want to come over and take a look?"

Just after Yuan arrived in the Pavana Rainforest, the spore producer guided Yuan to the producer that touched the so-called "strange thing".

This place has been dug up by blood relatives.

One of the spore producers is already suspended above the ground, so to speak.

And look along the dug roots.

Yuan could see a strange gray-white cylindrical object.

It is only one meter high and half a meter in diameter.It seems to be very similar to the fungus Yuan Jian saw.

But it is considered strange by spore producers.

There is absolutely no way that a spore producer born out of a fungus would not remember what a fungus is.

So this thing right now may not be a fungus.

But, how Yuan sees it, this thing looks like a kind of fungus.

"Is this a fungus?"

"If you say it is a fungus, it may be so, but if you say it is not a fungus, it may not be a fungus." What the spore producers say is better not to say it.

But Yuan seemed to understand something, and he removed the gray-white object from the root of the spore producer.

"伱 means that it has some characteristics of a fungus, but it is not completely a fungus."

Spore producers dismissed Yuan's conjecture.

"No, it doesn't have the characteristics of some fungi, it includes fungi in it."

This time Xia Yuan finally understood.

This is an aggregate.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a bit like a blood relative.

In the process of evolution, blood relatives will transplant some characteristics of other organisms to themselves, so the bodies of blood relatives will have a variety of characteristics that are possessed by different organisms.

And this gray-white thing is actually a weird thing mixed with fungi and other objects.

Immediately, Yuan was in trouble.

Is this thing useful?

"Perhaps you can ask those traditional producers about this question. My greatest ability is proliferation. The understanding and utilization of these strange polymeric states is beyond my ability to understand and analyze."

The spore producer quickly showed Yuan a clear path.

Tanang Producers.

Apart from bacteria, this is the most evolved producer in the Pavana Rainforest and is evolving towards a prosperous stage producer.

"Hello, king of the clan, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Hello Tanan."

"Did you come to me because of the thing in your hand? I sensed a feeling from it that I have never felt before. It is a bit complicated."

"Yes, I hope you can check how this thing was formed."

Yuan placed the object at the bottom of the Tanan Producer.

Soon, a whisker poked out from the surface of the producer and reached into the interior of the object.

"Let me see what's here."

Soon, the surprised voices of Tanang producers came.

"Fungi, bacteria, slime mold, oh! There are even simple cell structures here! Oh my God, what did I see? Cells and fungi are perfectly combined! They actually form a living organism that depends on each other. !”

"Fungi and bacteria absorb substances for it. These two fungi are not afraid of meat and vegetables. Basically, they can eat many things. The slime mold ensures its growth. You see, its connection is completely dependent on the slime. Bacterial!"

"Cells, these cells seem to exist to supply nutrients. I roughly understand how it grows."

"First, the fungi eat the food, and if the fungi want to grow, they must provide themselves with nutrients. But since this is an aggregate, the growth of a single fungus and bacteria is not enough to make this huge aggregate bigger." "They It needs slime mold to start. But the problem is that there is no slime mold in this shell whose surface is completely composed of fungi and bacteria. All slime molds cannot absorb materials and grow."

"So in order to grow, there must be a transfer station for nutrients, that is, cells. Fungi and bacteria digest the substances and then transfer part of the nutrients to the cells. For their own survival, the cells will first retain part of the nutrients and then transfer them To the slime mold.”

"The uptake of nutrients by fungi and bacteria is slow enough, coupled with the exploitation of cells, so the growth of slime mold will be very slow, causing the object to grow even slower."

"But this thing does have an advantage. It can go on hunger strike for a long time, and it can digest itself to maintain its own ecological stability."

"This is neither an animal nor a plant, and it can't even be said to be a complete fungus! Let me think about it, why not call it a composite organism."

"King of the clan, you seem to have found a treasure."

After saying this, the Tanan producer cut off the beards and left those that protruded into the composite organism as food.

Yuan looked deeply at the object in front of him.

"Composite creature?"

To be honest, Yuan thought of the bacteria from before.

After all, the emergence of fungi brought spore producers to the population.

Before bacteria, there were no so-called fungal producers.

Bacteria are a complement made by ethnic ecological life forms to the ethnic group.

And could this composite creature in front of us be the work of an ethnic ecological life form?

If so, where would it be used?
If so, does it require the death of a leader to activate?

Yuan asked: "Does it grow very slowly?"

"It should be said that as long as nutrients are sufficient, this object can grow very quickly."

"Then is it possible for it to transform into ethnic blood relatives?"

The Tanang producer hesitated: "Convert it to the producer, or you?"

Yuan's thoughts paused.

He looked at the object in his hand, and it seemed that it was not an animal or a plant at all.

This thing has both cells and fungi.

Then it seems like it can be both.

But precisely in this situation, it is very likely that nothing will become possible.

Yuan suddenly felt troubled.

Bacteria at least have a clear evolutionary direction, and they are determined to evolve towards producers.

I have absolutely no clue about this!

"But I can give you a heads up." The Tanan producer said.

"Although it seems difficult to convert, it at least has cells. With cells, I think it can definitely become a blood relative."

"But I also need to remind you that the cells of a composite organism are not joined together. It is a very simple single-cell structure."

Single cell, which means that even if this composite organism can be transformed into a blood relative, it is still very difficult.

"But there's a little good news."

"I have seen fungal structures in composite organisms, and I think you must have seen them too."

Yuan immediately thought of the white figure.

bacteria.

　Composite organisms reference the structure of Tai Sui

　　
　
(End of this chapter)