Alien Relic Hunter

"Slow down, keep a constant speed, and always observe the status of the puncture point..."

Those who can be selected into the academy are all combinations of geniuses and elites. If you take any one of these people out, they will be at the level of academic masters. If you put them in outside colleges, they will at least have the title of full professor... Despite this, , but the "professor" still guided the young researcher's operations as if he was treating a student who had just started.

In the old era, this scene would have been as funny as an academician of the Academy of Sciences instructing a mathematics professor from a first-class university on how to solve a quadratic equation of one variable.

But at this moment, the young researcher's fingers were trembling.

He has conducted not a thousand nor even eight hundred similar "inoculation" experiments. Among the researchers at the same time, he was even more famous for his three virtues: "bold, cautious, and steady." Otherwise, he would not have been asked by the "professor" to serve as an assistant in this experiment.

But for some reason, those hands that were usually as stable as precision machinery couldn't stop shaking involuntarily.

He didn't dare to tell the professor behind him... Fortunately, the robotic arm of the experimental box was controlled by a CNC system, not the high-sensitivity sensor handle. Otherwise, the robotic arm in the box would probably shake now. It's a sieve.

The young researcher did not even dare to take a breath. He stared at the experimental box and the control panel of the CNC system at the same time. His fingers were tapping rapidly on the keyboard, modifying various parameters of the robotic arm based on the feedback results from the sensors.

Less than half of the serum-like substance in the syringe has been injected into the mass of meat, and the frequency of the meat's peristalsis gradually slowed down.

"What's going on? Did you inject a muscle relaxant into the 'specimen'?" Seeing the meat's reaction, the professor was stunned and asked immediately.

"No, no!" the young researcher quickly replied, "According to what you said, except for LCL liquid and living cells from the Seed of Erosion, I did not inject it with any auxiliary drugs."

"Then what's going on? The activity of the 'specimen' seems to be rapidly weakening..." The professor glanced at the timing note that had just been torn off the table, and then looked up at the timer hanging on the wall, "This is not It is possible that the supply of nutrients is cut off for less than ten minutes. According to the previously obtained data, the physiological function of the 'specimen' will begin to fail at least fifteen minutes later!"

"I don't know..." the young researcher shook his head, "could it be that the 'specimen' reacted to the cells of the Seed of Erosion?"

"Absolutely impossible! The incubation period of the cells of the Seed of Corrosion is only a few hours at the shortest. How could it be possible during the inoculation process..."

Before he could finish his words, a low-pitched but extremely harsh scream came from the experimental box - not only were the two of them startled, but even the "security personnel" standing behind were startled. Trembling subconsciously.

"Don't move!" The professor stretched out a palm to signal the two "security personnel" to put down their guns, and then focused all his attention on the pieces of meat in the experimental box.

All the contents of the syringe had been pushed into the meat, the needle was pulled out, and a drop of bright red blood was squeezed out from the eye of the needle.

"The sound just now... was made by 'it'?" The professor pushed the lower frame of the goggles with the heel of his palm and asked in a deep voice.

"Should...should it be?" the young researcher trembled and said, "But, but...Professor...this 'specimen'...this...it...it shouldn't have differentiated vocal organs...how can it be sharp?" How about calling?"

"Perhaps it's the muscle cavity inside the 'specimen' that makes the sound of air being sucked in due to muscle contraction..." the professor murmured, but even he found this explanation unacceptable.

This "specimen" underwent a comprehensive examination before being sent to the experimental box, including tomography and B-ultrasound. If there was really a muscle cavity inside, it should have been discovered long ago, instead of taking it now. Everyone in the laboratory was shocked.

Is it an acute mutation? Such a thought flashed through the professor's mind, and his breathing became rapid. If it is really an acute mutation, it means that there is a chimerism point between the genes of this "specimen" and the genes of the erosion seed, so it is directly Skip the "incubation period" after the Seed of Corrosion cells infect other organisms!

Regardless of whether this mutation is good or bad, this is an unprecedented major breakthrough!

The professor clenched his fists in excitement - but what he didn't expect was that more drastic changes were yet to come.

Fifteen seconds after injecting the erosion seed cells into the piece of meat, the peristalsis of the piece of meat had basically stopped completely. Just when the young researcher thought that the physiological function of the piece of meat had completely failed, he planned to apply to the professor for using electric current to stimulate the "specimen". At that time, a large number of blood bubbles suddenly appeared on the meat noodles!

These blood bubbles expanded rapidly and then burst, but what flowed out of them was not bright red blood, but a gray-white thick liquid, which also contained a lot of rotten cotton-like tissue.

"Failed?" The young researcher's heart skipped a beat - but for some reason, he didn't feel too depressed, but rather felt a sense of relief.

"No, there is no failure!" The professor's excited voice came from behind, "It's still alive! It's not dead! These corrupt tissues are just impurities 'excreted' by it! It is purifying itself... it is evolving! "

"...Teach, professor?"

The young researcher couldn't help but turn around and glance at the professor behind him, but was almost startled by the professor's crazy expression.

"What do you want me to do? Quickly, clean the surface of the 'specimen' and remove those dirty things!"

"okay."

The researcher nodded mechanically, controlled the robotic arm to pick up an alcohol cotton ball, and gently wiped it on the surface of the meat.

Blood bubbles were still forming, and the overflowing thick liquid and flocculent tissue had covered the bottom of the petri dish and was about to overflow from the edge.

The young researcher quickly used another robotic arm to pick up the gauze and suction it, but at this moment, the piece of meat that had stopped moving suddenly began to twitch!

"Stop! Don't touch it yet!" the professor shouted, "Are you recording it?"

"Always recording!" The young researcher nodded.

I saw a large number of spherical bulges suddenly appearing on the surface of the meat piece - not the blood bubbles just now, but as if there was something hard underneath, pushing up the fascia on the surface of the meat piece.

"Could it... be the 'core' of the Seed of Corrosion?" The professor quickly glanced at the timer screen with the corner of his eye, "Seventy-six seconds... there has never been a 'core' energy of the Seed of Corrosion. It's a completely new record that took shape in such a short period of time..."

"Professor?" The young researcher's voice was a little difficult.

"There has never been any erosion species...even mutant species...that can have so many 'cores'...never." At this time, the number of spherical protrusions on the surface of the meat had exceeded thirty, and there were more It continues to increase, and the bulges in some places even gather together, forming a pile of excess like grapes squeezed together.

"Professor...are you sure these bumps...are the 'core' of the Seed of Erosion?" the young researcher couldn't help but ask.

"Not sure, but it's most likely." The professor said, "Look, through the fascia with the transparent membrane on the surface, you can see that there is a transparent hard shell on the surface of the thing inside, except for the 'core' of the erosion seed. What else could have such a structure?"

As if to answer his question, as soon as the professor finished speaking, a crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the largest spherical protrusion.

It was like a reptile suddenly opened its eyes, and what appeared in front of the professors and researchers...

It was an eyeball covered with bloodshot eyes!

The young researcher's hand shook involuntarily, and the cell phone placed on the table suddenly hit the ground and made a soft splat sound.

The sound was very sudden, and the eyeballs seemed to be frightened by the sound. They spun around in a circle and focused on the professor's face, making eye contact with him.

The other spherical protrusions on the surface of the meat also cracked open at this time, and thirty or forty eyeballs looked at the professor in unison.

The professor subconsciously took a step back. With so many eyes staring at him, even he couldn't help but feel a little scared inside.

But what’s more exciting is that although the things under these bulbous protrusions are not the “nucleus” of the erosion seed, at least the tumor-like mass of flesh has successfully differentiated into complete eyeballs, and by observing the behavior of these eyeballs , inside the piece of meat, there should be a visual signal processing center, connected to these eyeballs through an organ similar to the "optic nerve".

Not only that, this processing center can also control the muscles around the eyeball, allowing the eyeball to rotate, search for and lock on the target...

This is a fully functional vision system!

The idea of ​​​​experimentation is right! The active cells of the Seed of Erosion can completely act as a catalyst for the "specimen", allowing these cloned cells that would otherwise only continue to divide and proliferate like malignant tumors to differentiate and form functional organs!

According to this idea, it may be possible to completely clone the source of the "specimen"...the object that is not allowed to be studied!

They will change history! Humanity's technological level will climb to a peak that has never been reached...and his name will also be engraved on the monument of that peak!

In the old days, this was an ability that only "gods" had...but now, they can do it too!

The joy and excitement in the professor's heart could not be greater, but what he didn't notice was that when the researcher sitting at the table saw such a scene, he didn't say a word and just sat on the chair so calmly.

"Well... this young man has a good psychological quality. He calmed down so quickly... maybe he is a seedling that can be cultivated." The professor thought to himself, "His name should be signed at the back of this research report. Go...or simply transfer his files to yourself and let him be your exclusive assistant."

"Now, try using a light source to induce the 'specimen', observe its reaction and record it." The professor calmed down and said to the assistant researcher in as calm a voice as possible.

But the former turned a deaf ear to his instructions and sat motionless in his chair.

"Hello? What's wrong with you-"

The professor reached out and patted the young researcher on the shoulder. The latter slowly turned his head, causing the rest of the professor's words to get stuck in his throat, unable to come out.

The young researcher's face was covered with dense cracks... Under each crack, there was a bloodshot eyeball.

These dozens of eyeballs turned to stare at the professor, but the eyes that originally belonged to the researcher were dull and blank.

"This this……"

The professor pushed the researcher to the ground and stumbled back several steps.

The researcher's body had froze. He did not get up from the ground, but turned his head with some difficulty and continued to stare directly at the professor with his dozens of eyeballs.

"You two, seal off this laboratory immediately! Don't get close to him and the specimens!" The professor said to the two security personnel who were at a loss what to do. "I'm going to call someone to deal with the scene. Before I come back, don't let me go." Anyone come into this lab! Got it?"

"Obviously, I understand..." the two security personnel replied, their bodies trembling with fear - although they were not sure what happened in the experiment, the researcher who fell on the ground had a look on his face. They can still see the densely packed eyes - that terrifying face, just one glance at it, and they can no longer erase it from their memory...

But even if they turned their heads and no longer looked at the researchers on the ground and the specimens on the table, they could still feel that the eyes of those entities were resting on them.

The professor quickly walked through the disinfection room, took off his goggles and protective clothing, and stuffed them into the trash can with a biohazard sign. Then he took the disinfectant from the shelf and put it into the trash can. I poured half a bottle into it.

"It shouldn't be like this... This is impossible... There is no contact at all, why is it contaminated... This is impossible! There must be a flaw in the experimental procedures! Damn it!"

The professor walked out while muttering to himself, but at this moment, he suddenly felt an unbearable itching on the inside of his arm.

He stopped, and the look on his face suddenly changed drastically. He hesitated for several seconds before slowly stroking his cuffs.

On the inside of his arm, from his wrist to his elbow, there were more than a dozen rounded spherical bumps that appeared inexplicably... The largest of them looked as if they were about to crack...

[P.S. Conventional disclaimer: All the content in this book involving scientific knowledge is fictional for the needs of the plot. Any similarity is purely coincidental. Please do not take it personally.

The author himself is a scumbag, with a very low level of education. He knows nothing about this kind of high-end knowledge. Please be gentle with your words and don't criticize or criticize. This is a novel, not an academic paper. Just read it for fun, don’t take it seriously. 】

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