Homo sapiens

After the middle-aged man returned to his office, he immediately summoned the person in charge of the security department.

"Orel, Chairman requires you to formulate a response plan for this thing, just in case."

Oller, who is responsible for the security work of Pangu Realm, picked up the tablet and browsed its contents carefully.

The above describes a new species that has recently been genetically mutated - the nuclear cockroach.

Judging from the name, this thing is not a good thing.

The nuclear cockroach is about the same size as the American cockroach. It lives in symbiosis with discharge bacteria. The wings on its back have completely degenerated and turned into a backpack that stores special substances.

Inside the backpack are enriched radioactive elements, mainly carbon-14.

This is where the Nuclear Cockroach got its name.

If it were just like this, the nuclear cockroach would not be qualified to let a middle-aged man report to Li Qingye specifically.

The reason why nuclear cockroaches have attracted much attention is their unique biological structure and way of survival.

You must know that carbon 14 is a radioactive substance, and the concentration of carbon 14 enriched by nuclear cockroaches has reached about 0.82%, and the radiation dose is not optimistic.

So how did the nuclear cockroach survive in this situation?

The reason why they survive is that when they eat, the food will stay in a special digestive tract organ. In this organ, radioactive materials will be enriched into the backpack on the back.

The high-energy rays produced by the radioactive material enriched in the backpack will be absorbed by the symbiotic discharge bacteria, and then generate electricity and heat to supply the bacteria and cockroaches.

And swarms of nuclear cockroaches can threaten animals like wild dogs and cats because they can combine their electrical discharges to kill animals hundreds of times their size.

In addition, data obtained through the monitoring room showed that these cockroaches, like their relatives termites, have evolved into female worms.

The female Nuclear Cockroach can lay about 500 eggs per day, which has allowed the Nuclear Cockroach population to continue to expand, and now it has occupied 24% of the jungle area in the southern part of Pangea.

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After reading the report on the nuclear cockroach, Oller finally understood the danger of this creature. He replied seriously: "Don't worry, Manager Lin, I will definitely prepare relevant response plans."

The middle-aged man Lin Haibin nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you."

"You're welcome, this is my duty."

After Oler left, Lin Haibin immediately got up and went to another area.

As soon as he arrived, he encountered the return of the robot that had just captured the nuclear cockroach.

Looking at a dozen nuclear cockroaches that were cryogenically frozen in a storage container, Lin Haibin ordered Tai Muxin, the leader of the scientific research team:

"Mu Xin, you have to make arrangements so that these nuclear cockroaches don't get out, otherwise the consequences will be very serious."

Tai Muxin also attaches great importance to this matter. As a biologist, he knows that the genetically recombinant organisms and mutated organisms in Pangu Realm are too dangerous because there are no genetic locks.

If accidentally leaked into nature, it is very likely to cause terrible damage.

In fact, there was no need for Lin Haibin to remind Tai Muxin that he had already attached great importance to it. He replied cautiously: "I will pay attention to this issue. Does Manager Lin have anything else to do?"

"Well, I came over to your side because the chairman just asked me to strengthen security measures, so I came over to your side to inspect it."

"I see. Do you need me to lead the way?"

Lin Haibin shook his head: "No, I need to investigate independently. You are insiders and may not be able to detect internal abnormalities."

"That's fine, then I won't bother you." Tai Muxin turned around and went about his own business.

Lin Haibin and his assistants conducted a careful inspection of the area.

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Under the protection of comprehensive protective clothing, Tai Muxin and several researchers carefully observed slices of nuclear cockroaches through electron microscopes.

Another researcher came over with a genetic test report.

"Head, the genetic test results of the nuclear cockroach are out."

Tai Muxin asked without raising his head: "How is the situation?"

"Compared with a week ago, there are 23 more genetic mutations."

Tai Muxin was not surprised at all: "In a high-radiation environment, the probability of genetic mutation is indeed very high, so insects can withstand it."

At this time, the radiation dose inside Pangea was about 50 times that of the normal environment on the earth's surface. Many mammals living in Pangea were either killed by radiation or suffered from various diseases.

As for the two mammals, wild boars and mice, they can survive tenaciously in this environment and gradually adapt to the environment.

Other wild dogs, wild cats, cattle and sheep have basically been wiped out.

Insects and microbial plants are the most resistant to radiation.

Rats and wild boars can survive because they have rough skin and thick flesh, and they can give birth to a large number in one litter, which greatly increases the survival rate.

If replaced by a natural person, if the radiation dose suddenly increases by 50 times, then the natural person will most likely be destroyed, even if the population size is hundreds of millions, it will be useless.

Compared with wild boars and rats, the environmental adaptability of natural humans is still far behind, and it is difficult for them to give birth to a large number of animals in one litter.

Although the first generations of mice and wild boars were also severely damaged by radiation, they reproduced very quickly. Through survival of the fittest, they could quickly select individuals with stronger radiation resistance, thereby continuing the genes of the race.

This is something that a natural person cannot do.

Insects are even more powerful. Their gene iteration speed is dozens of times that of mammals, and their reproduction speed is also amazing.

For example, the nuclear cockroaches that Tai Muxin's team is studying started from the first generation of ordinary cockroaches, but iterated for 55 generations. Under environmental pressure, they mutated beyond recognition.

This kind of super mutant ability is beyond the reach of humans.

Tai Muxin cut another nuclear cockroach, put the slices into an electron microscope, and observed them carefully.

Especially the digestive organs and nuclear backpack of the nuclear cockroach. These organs have special structures and components and are also the focus of research.

"Huh..." He saw on the electron microscope screen that the microstructure of the nuclear dorsal capsule slices had changed again, and this time the changes were somewhat unexpected.

He turned his head and ordered: "Jing, please test the genes of this nuclear cockroach and see which genes have mutations."

"Okay." Wang Jing immediately entered instructions on the control panel of the testing equipment.

Tai Muxin continued to observe and started supercomputer simulation at the same time.

Through supercomputer simulation analysis, the newly born nanostructure was presented to him. The entire structure was very strange. During the simulation analysis, this structure could absorb the energy of ionizing radiation and convert it into electrical energy and thermal energy.

"Both the electrical conversion rate and the thermal conversion rate have improved a bit. Although they are only 26.7% and 48.6%, this data is already good."

Taimuxin dare not expect that this kind of biological structure can be comparable to gold-based thermoelectric materials, and the application fields of the two are also somewhat different.

Gold-based thermoelectric materials are suitable for industrial applications, while this new biomaterial is more suitable for applications in the human body and living organisms.

After a while, Wang Jing completed the genetic testing: "Head, the genetic testing is completed, I will send it to your email!"

"Yes." Tai Muxin saw the letter in the mailbox. After opening it, he browsed it carefully.

Soon he discovered more than a dozen gene sequences suspected to be related to mutations and recorded these genes.

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