Homo sapiens.

Chapter 551 Super Evolution

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

"Olaer, the chairman asks you to formulate a response plan for this thing, just in case."

Olaer, who was in charge of the security work in Pan Gu Realm, picked up the tablet computer and carefully browsed the contents.

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

This thing is not a good thing just by its name.

The nuclear cockroach is about the same size as the American cockroach, and it lives in symbiosis with the discharge bacteria. The wings on its back have completely degenerated and become a rucksack that stores special substances.

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

This is where the nuclear cockroach gets its name from.

If that's all it is, the nuclear cockroach is not qualified to let the middle-aged man report to Li Qingye.

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

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

So how did the nuclear cockroach survive under such circumstances?

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

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

Swarms of nuclear cockroaches can threaten animals such as feral dogs and cats because of their joint discharges that can kill animals hundreds of times their size.

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

The female worms of nuclear cockroaches can lay about 500 eggs per day, which makes the population of nuclear cockroaches continue to expand, and has now occupied 24% of the southern jungle of the Pangu Realm.

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After reading the relevant report on the nuclear cockroach, Olaer finally understood the danger of this creature, and he replied seriously: "Manager Lin, please rest assured, I will definitely prepare relevant countermeasures."

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

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

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

Once he's here, he's confronted with the return of the robot who just captured the Nuka cockroach.

Looking at the dozens of nuclear cockroaches that were cryogenically frozen in the storage container, Lin Haibin instructed Tai Muxin, the leader of the scientific research team:
"Muxin, you have to make arrangements, don't let these nuclear cockroaches escape, or the consequences will be very serious."

Tai Muxin also attaches great importance to this matter. As a biologist, does he know that the genetically recombined and mutated creatures in the Pangu world are too dangerous because there is no gene lock.

If accidentally leaked into the natural world, it has the potential to cause terrible damage.

In fact, without Lin Haibin's reminder, Tai Muxin has 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 to your place because the chairman asked me to strengthen security measures just now, so I came to your place to inspect."

"I see, do you need me to lead the way?"

Lin Haibin shook his head: "No, I need an independent investigation. You are insiders, and you may not be aware of any abnormalities inside."

"That's fine, then I won't bother you." Tai Muxin turned around and was busy with his own affairs.

Lin Haibin and his assistants carefully inspected this area.

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

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 to a week ago, there are 23 more gene mutations."

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

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

As for the two mammals, wild boar and mouse, they can survive tenaciously in this environment and are gradually adapting 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 produce a lot of them in one litter, which greatly increases the survival rate.

If it is replaced by a natural person, when the radiation dose suddenly soars 50 times, then the natural person will most likely be finished, even if the group size is several hundred million, it is useless.

Compared with wild boars and mice, the environmental adaptability of natural people is still much worse, and it is difficult for them to have a lot of them.

Although the first generation of mice and wild boars were also severely damaged by radiation, their reproduction speed was very fast. Through the survival of the fittest, individuals with relatively strong radiation resistance can be quickly screened out, thereby continuing the genes of the race.

This is impossible for a natural person.

And insects are even more powerful. The speed of gene iteration is dozens of times that of mammals, and the speed of reproduction is also very amazing.

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

This kind of super mutation ability is beyond the reach of human flattery.

Tai Muxin cut up another nuclear cockroach, put the slice into the electron microscope, and observed it carefully.

In particular, the digestive organs and nuclear knapsack of the nuclear cockroach, which have special structures and components, are also the focus of research.

"Huh..." He saw on the screen of the electron microscope that the microstructure of the nuclear knapsack slice had changed again, and this time the change was somewhat unexpected.

He turned his head and ordered: "Mirror, you can test the genes of this nuclear cockroach to see if there are any mutations in those genes."

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

Taimuxin continued to observe and started the supercomputing simulation at the same time.

Through supercomputing simulation analysis, the newly born nanostructure appeared in front of him. The whole structure is very peculiar. In the simulation analysis, this structure can absorb the energy of ionizing radiation and convert it into electrical energy and heat energy.

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

Taimoxin does not dare to expect that this 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 organisms.

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

"En." Tai Muxin saw the letter in the mailbox, and after opening it, he began to browse carefully.

Soon he found more than a dozen gene sequences suspected to be related to the mutation, and recorded these genes.

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