Stop In The Deep Sea

"I haven't heard this title for a long time. I haven't seen you for a few years, and the young man has grown so tall." Nie Huaijun greeted him warmly.

Nie Huaijun is a leader in the field of biotechnology, so many people usually call him "Dr. Nie".

In recent years, as the status of deep-sea projects has continued to soar, biotechnology has received more and more attention. Many celebrities have come to attend Dr. Nie’s lectures to learn and exchange experiences.

The bioelectric module of the deep-sea base was independently completed by his team, which attracted considerable attention in the industry.

Wang Xin is also interested in this direction. He participated in platform activities last year and did some research when editing videos related to rare animals, so he asked Nie Huaijun some questions.

Nie Huaijun was also happy to answer. He had a very good impression of this good brother of Nie Yang.

"Our 'Deep Sea Institute 2' has specialized in the field of biology in recent years, mainly exploring organisms in the deep sea that are affected by elastic mithril. Recently, it has come to an end."

Nie Huaijun took Wang Xin to the inside of the research institute. There were many large and small transparent liquid nitrogen tanks in the laboratory, which contained strange creatures that Wang Xin had never seen before.

"Oh my god, what are these things."

Wang Xin felt that his two eyes were no longer enough, and the creature in the jar completely changed his perception.

There are hairtail fish with a mouth full of metal fangs, purple-shelled shrimps with mechanical wings on their backs, shells with silver crab claws, and three-headed sharks with iron fins on their abdomens...

There are many more like this, all of them are grotesque semi-mechanical creatures.

"Elastic mithril can not only be sutured with the human body without barriers, but also animals." Dr. Nie explained.

"You mean, these creatures have been transplanted with elastic mithril?" Wang Xin said in horror.

He has just seen the strength of mimics, which is basically a dimensionality reduction blow to ordinary humans. So do mimic animals also have similar abilities?

If this is the case, then the biosphere on Blue Star will be all in chaos.

"No, no, no." Dr. Nie waved his hand: "The mimicry of these creatures is not man-made. We injected radioactive elements into the target's body. Preliminary results found that some small amounts of elastic mithril were mixed in the mud on the seabed and were picked up by some omnivorous animals. Eaten and spread through the food chain, these semi-mechanical creatures are formed.”

Regarding this matter, Wang Xin had actually made speculations for a long time.

Through the laminated titanium glass of the base, you can see that there are many fish swimming around. These creatures should have lived in shallow sea areas. Now they can live under 10,000 meters of sea level. It seems that they are more or less affected by elasticity. Some influence of mithril.

"And, more importantly, these semi-mechanical creatures - or they can no longer be called living creatures. After absorbing bullet silver, they have lost their most basic biological characteristics, and are like the walking dead, without any sense of autonomy."

Wang Xin was extremely surprised when he heard this.

Dr. Nie turned on the holographic projection and played back the mimic's head scan: "In other words, elastic mithril may affect the brain. This is my personal guess. The clinical trial results will probably take two years.

The lower the level of creatures, the easier it is to be affected by bullets. According to this inference, it is only a matter of time before those human mimics will lose consciousness in the future. "

Dr. Nie took out a piece of experimental data and handed it to Wang Xin. The above results were exactly the same as what he said.

At this point, Wang Xin told Dr. Nie his inference about "extraterrestrial life".

Dr. Nie actually agreed with his idea: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, elastic mithril, a metal like this, is so super-model that it is completely different from any other metal known on Blue Star."

"This is probably the reason why you didn't let Nie Yang transplant elastic mithril." Wang Xin instantly knew what Dr. Nie was thinking.

"That's right." Dr. Nie responded: "Actually, I personally do not support transplanting metal into humans. After all, the clinical trial has only been conducted for a year and a half, which is far from enough."

At this point, Dr. Nie did not continue, as if he had something to hide.

But Wang Xin knew it all.

Once a person reaches a high enough position, he cannot help himself.

For people like Dr. Nie who are at the top of the scientific and technological field, it is even more difficult to choose between ideals and reality, otherwise they would not have not returned to land for five consecutive years.

It's not that he doesn't want to go back, but the factors involved here are too complicated. There are things he wants to do but can't do, and there are things he wants to say but can't say.

Wang Xin suddenly felt that it was actually quite good to be an ordinary person, at least it was free.

During the conversation, Dr. Nie took Wang Xin to visit another laboratory. The objects here were different.

Dozens of insulated boxes are filled with densely packed plants, each one extremely strong and with lush branches and leaves.

Different from the plants usually seen on land, these plants seemed to exude a faint aura. Wang Xin stepped forward and observed carefully. Sure enough, the closer he got, the more he could feel it.

Although the concentration is not high, it is extremely pure, and Wang Xin instantly feels like a spring breeze.

"It seems you have discovered it." Dr. Nie smiled and said, "This is the second thing I want to tell you."

"The plants in the seawater have also changed, but unlike semi-mechanized animals, these plants seem to be producing the spiritual energy you ancient warriors need!"

When Wang Xin heard this, he was extremely excited.

The legendary spiritual plant!

A large part of the reason for the decline of contemporary ancient martial arts is the lack of spiritual energy between heaven and earth. If these spiritual plants can be used to make up for it, wouldn't it be possible to restart the ancient martial arts era!

He longed for that era when immortals existed and was extremely fanatical.

However, Dr. Nie reminded him not to be too happy yet. These plants mainly grow in the "Half Moon Cave" near the base.

"This Half-Moon Cave is actually a huge underwater cave. Due to the turbulent magnetic field inside, all the instruments and equipment cannot be used normally, and even sea explorers dare not enter rashly.

Moreover, with the current technology, it is not possible to plant them in batches. The spiritual plants you see are dug out with the soil, and the spiritual energy has been weakened a lot. "

When Wang Xin heard the word "magnetic field", he instantly thought of the time when he first came to the deep-sea base, when he took a speed car and passed by a place with the same magnetic field disorder. At that time, the true energy in his body was extremely active.

It seems that it should be there.

And I happen to be a sea explorer, so it seems that I have the opportunity to explore this treasure land.

Walking to the last laboratory, Wang Xin was surprised to find that the corpse of the superstar starfish was stored here.

However, at this time, the starfish was no longer as arrogant and domineering as it was a few days ago, and was nailed to the scientific research board with hundreds of steel needles.

In its abdomen, a large opening was opened by scientific researchers, which was filled with metal gears and transmission devices.

As a science student, Wang Xin really cannot understand how machinery and life come together.

"There are many behemoths in the deep sea, and their IQs are extremely high. The giant starfish in front of me is as intelligent as a six- or seven-year-old child." Dr. Nie took out a booklet and placed it in front of Wang Xin. "If you are interested, you can read this book, which contains the mimicking creatures discovered today."