Gu Jun and the others were unable to tell the basic structure of the black goat cub, whether this giant leg belonged to the front leg or the hind leg.
It was possible that the four legs of this unusual creature were not divided into front and back, just like its tentacles and mouth, which formed a circle. The center of the circle was the giant eye that was difficult to distinguish between front and back, left and right. Therefore, this leg was temporarily designated as the "lower limb." It was possible that the four lower limbs were different, but they were not sure at the moment.
Its surface structure was indeed somewhat similar to the leg of a goat, so Gu Jun divided it into sections.
Thigh, knee, calf, foot.
The biggest difference between this and humans and goats was that it did not have the buttocks and thighs. The thigh, which was commonly referred to as the thigh, belonged to the femur in human anatomy.
In fact, the original meaning of the word "femur" was the thigh, the part from the hip to the knee. The phrase "femur" pierced the thigh, not the buttocks.
After being popularized by Gu Jun, Wu Shiyu's imagination was shattered. Her imagination of this idiom had always been a person with their head pulled up by a rope and a piece of needle felt placed under their buttocks. She was still wondering how she could read like that, but it turned out that it was just to pinch her thigh when she was sleepy.
From the previous images, it could be seen that the black goat cub did not have a buttocks. Roughly speaking, it was the body and four legs, no head, no tail, tentacles, mouth, and eyes were all part of the body.
And the lower limb in front of them, the top of the thigh was almost blown off with the meatball.
The question of how to divide the structure would have to wait until they obtained a whole black goat cub.
But this lower limb was enough to show that the black goat cub did not have a buttocks. If it had to be described, it would be four thick bamboo poles holding a big meatball.
Therefore, Gu Jun called the part above the knee, below the boundary between the meatball and the knee, the "thigh."
This term was like a sharp needle piercing into the root of Xiao Huiwen's thigh, making his old face wrinkle. It was really not a good feeling.
Why, why! He was obviously an eight-year clinical graduate from Eastern University Medical College, why was his taste so amateur...
It was not just Xiao Huiwen. If the anatomical experts had to choose between the thigh and the femur, they would definitely choose the femur. It was not only because the name was more professional, but also because it could seamlessly use the concepts and names of the front and rear areas.
Moreover, upon closer inspection, the thigh flesh on the lower limbs seemed to have grown a little taller. Perhaps that was commonly known as the thigh …
However, as for how to name it, the person with the scalpel said, "thigh" was also very concise and clear.
After the initial separation and division, before the actual autopsy, Gu Jun, who had tried the knife, was thinking about how to start while Uncle Dan, Zhang Huohuo, and the rest used a ruler to make a precise measurement of the lower limb.
Its total length was 206cm. The thickest part of its thigh was 198cm in circumference, while the thinnest part was 163cm. The thickest part of its calf was 141cm in circumference, while the thinnest part was 95cm.
As for the foot, it was shaped like a goat's hoof and was used by the black goat cub to trample on the ground. It was 102cm long, about the size of a child.
If a human were to be trampled by this foot, there was no doubt that they would be broken and flattened.
"We'll start from the wound on the thigh," Gu Jun said. The people in the carriage and the experts all agreed. Xiao Huiwen sighed in relief. She was afraid that Gu Jun would pick the best spot to dissect again. After all, that would not always end well.
The worst part of the goat's leg was the thigh, followed by the calf. The foot was practically unharmed. This appeared to be a weakness of the black goat cub.
Many things were not coincidental. Why did the bomb cause the most damage to the calf's lower limbs and thighs? What did that have to do with its movement pattern?
These questions needed further study, but next time they encountered this kind of abnormal creature, they would target its lower limbs and thighs first.
Currently, the thighs were a mess of flesh and blood. The skin was black, and there was no hair growing on it.
Gu Jun planned to cut off a small piece of rotten skin and use the microscope to see if there were any pores on it.
He dug deeper into the skin to see if the structure of the black goat cub was similar to that of the creatures on Earth.
Holding the Carlot Scalpel in his right hand, he used the edge of the scalpel to slice along the surface that was blown open. He used several times the strength he had when he was slicing.
Even though they were separated by the protective gear, everyone could see it clearly. Uncle Dan could not help but comment, "This thing sure has thick skin."
"Yes." Gu Jun gritted his teeth and added more strength. "The skin is very tough … I'm afraid normal dissection instruments won't work …"
Like a tug-of-war, he finally managed to cut off a piece of black skin about 8cm by 6cm. The moment he cut off the skin, the scalpel in his hand almost flew out of his hand. Fortunately, his pair of Dexterity Hands caught it.
The Zoogs hiding in the corner shivered when they saw this, afraid that they would be 'accidentally' hit by the merciless flying knife …
At that moment, Gu Jun noticed in the new interface in his mind, the completion rate of the mission had changed from 0% to 0.01%.
"This is the abnormal creature, it's useful!" He told the group about this exciting situation but he did not mention something that surprised him.
In the past dissection missions, the completion rate of the first step would always be slightly higher. If it was the same this time, but it was still only 0.01%, one could imagine how difficult it would be to reach 100%. He might really need to work for the next 289 hours without any sleep or rest …
However, this was 12 days. It was impossible for mortals to not rest for 12 days in a row, and it was impossible for them to rest too little.
Otherwise, the further he went, the more he would be like a pile of mud.
With that in mind, a trace of anxiety crossed his heart. He did not seem to have enough time to work.
"Gu Jun, let me try a normal instrument." At the same time, Wang Ruoxiang wanted to give it a try. "I'm the weakest here. If I can do it, everyone else can."
Uncle Dan, Zhang Huohuo, and the rest were stronger than her due to their male talent.
Gu Jun nodded. Wang Ruoxiang held a normal scalpel in her right hand and moved forward to cut the skin. This was not a skillful autopsy, it was just dismemberment. She used all her strength and her face was flushed before she managed to make a small cut. The skin was harder than crocodile skin.
Uncle Dan and the rest should be able to do the same but there was a new problem.
As a result, even skinning the leg of the lamb was more time-consuming and laborious than he had expected.
"Perhaps it's because of this kind of skin." Gu Jun said darkly, "That's why the leg can be preserved like this even after such a heavy blow."
Looking at the sheepskin, he was reminded of the old horn skin on the cave wall and the skin of the Necro-skins …
Gu Jun's mind was stirred. It was as if he was experiencing some kind of illusion.
The importance of skin was often overlooked, and its toughness was underestimated. This was because the skin appeared to be very fragile. It could be punctured, abraded, and prone to rashes. But one had to understand that the skin was always exposed to the air and was always in contact with germs. It was always the first target of attack.
It was not that the skin was not important or not tough, it was very, very tough.
From what he knew, the skin of the black goat and the Necro-skins who were suspected to be followers of Shub-Niggurath had unusually tough skin. It was not the scales, but it was better than the scales. That was the difference between them and R 'yleh.
"Let's continue." Gu Jun recovered. "Let's clean this wound first."
The black flesh that had lost its skin was leaking green liquid. It blurred the situation under the skin. It was unclear whether there were superficial fascias, veins, or cutaneous nerves.
The green liquid was constantly seeping out. It was not easy to clean it up without damaging the subcutaneous tissues. Using cotton balls and gauze to wipe it away was not a permanent solution. Wang Ruoxiang helped from the side, but as soon as she wiped it away, it would immediately fill up again. This way, Gu Jun could not cut it.
In the end, the expert team from the headquarters thought of a way to put a drainage tube under the skin to remove some of the liquid under the skin of the lamb leg. If not for the other tissues turning into liquid, the liquid would not stop flowing.
"It will stop eventually." Xiao Huiwen was confident. "After all, matter is conserved."
Indeed, matter was conserved. Gu Jun looked at the leg of lamb here and there. Something was not right …
Suddenly, there was a ripping sound, and a part of the leg collapsed, instantly becoming shriveled.
"Hmm!" Uncle Dan saw it and gasped. "This thing is really changing!"
Wang Ruoxiang's heart squeezed. The muscles under the skin appeared to be turning into liquid and flowing away. That was why the green liquid kept flowing.
On the communicator, Xiao Huiwen's old face froze, and the other autopsy experts panicked.
In Gu Jun's mind, it felt like another countdown had risen, and it was spinning rapidly toward the end. This caused his whole body to go numb.
If there were rich tissues under the skin, blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves, and muscles … if these tissues were melting into a pool of liquid …
Facing a pool of liquid, he could not dissect anything.
Wu Shiyu, who was squatting in the corner, suddenly stood up and said urgently, "I can feel it running away. This leg is not dead yet!"
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