When an earthworm was cut in half, it could turn into two earthworms.
First, the muscle tissue on the section would immediately contract, and part of the muscle would quickly dissolve to form a new cell mass. At the same time, the white blood cells would also condense on the section to form an embolism, quickly closing the wound, preventing blood loss, tissue fluid loss, and resisting the invasion of microorganisms.
In this way, after the closed body cavity was formed, the earthworm could survive, and that was the stage of regeneration.
At present, the mechanism of earthworm regeneration was still unclear, and there were two main hypotheses.
One was that after the body cavity closed, the protocells in the body cavity would quickly move to the section, and together with its own dissolved muscle cells, they would form nodular regeneration buds. At the same time, a large number of mitosis would be carried out in the body, and the cells in the digestive tract, nervous system, blood vessels, and other tissues would rapidly grow towards the regeneration buds.
The second was that the cells on the section would dedifferentiate, returning to the original undifferentiated state, and then these cells would divide, differentiate, grow, and regenerate.
Both hypotheses led to the same result.
In this way, the section without a head would grow a new head, and the section without a tail would grow a new tail.
One earthworm would become two complete earthworms.
Earthworms were also a kind of life.
This leg of lamb was not dead yet?
When Gu Jun heard Wu Shiyu's words, the first thing that came to his mind was the earthworm. He looked at the broken giant leg of lamb in front of him, as if he could clearly see the subcutaneous tissue of its thigh dissolving.
It was different from earthworms, and its biological mechanism was more complicated.
When the liquid escaped, it would recondense, and after another regeneration process, it would become another baby black goat.
Almost instantly, these thoughts flashed across his mind. The pain in his head intensified, and the hallucinations intensified.
But at the same time, in the investigation ability column of the new system panel, the Anatomy experience also increased.
[You have improved your understanding of life by observing the baby black goat. + 200 experience, 4700/5000 (Level 1/Level 9)]
Can this also increase experience? Gu Jun was a little surprised, but the introduction of anatomy had already said that the purpose of anatomy was to understand the profound meaning of life through dissection. For this, it was not just cutting and cutting, measurement, observation, and summary were all effective methods.
"I can feel the stick insect." Wu Shiyu quickly walked to the side. "It's playing dead."
The Stick Insect had the ability to regenerate broken limbs.
"Earthworm," Gu Jun said, "I suspect it's dissolving itself in preparation for regeneration."
Hearing that, Wang Ruoxiang, Uncle Dan, Xiao Huiwen, and the rest came to a realization. 'Self dissolution? Regeneration? Wang Ruoxiang hurriedly asked, "Gu Jun, do you want us to get out of the car immediately and freeze it?"
Right now, there were two dangers. One was that the liquid would slip away, but this was not the most pressing issue. This was because the carriage was sealed, and every drop of liquid that flowed out of the leg of lamb was stored in an isolation bucket. What was more urgent was another crisis. If this continued, the leg of lamb would completely dissolve.
What Wang Ruoxiang said was a solution, but could freezing really stop it?
Water would start to freeze at zero degrees Celsius, but the tissue fluid of an insect could withstand temperatures below zero degrees Celsius without freezing. This was called 'supercooling'.
There was also cell activity. Freezing a normal life form would not be able to completely stop their cell activity, and this was a mutated life form …
"Try freezing some of the liquid first! See if there's any supercooling phenomenon. " As Gu Jun said that, his mind turned. He looked at the '4700/5000 (level 1/9)' bar in his mind. He was so close to leveling up. Perhaps there would be a reward after leveling up …
He still needed 300 EXP. This was a new type of mutated life form, so there was still a chance for him to level up before he delved deeper into the puzzle.
While Wang Ruoxiang and Uncle Dan moved, Gu Jun studied the liquid that dyed the drain tube dark green. It was still flowing.
The human body naturally contained a large amount of liquid. In fact, about sixty percent of a person's body weight was made up of body fluid. It could be divided into two parts, one was the intracellular fluid and the other was the extracellular fluid. The extracellular fluid could make up about sixteen percent of a person's body weight.
This was a concept that belonged to the field of physiology.
The main purpose of anatomy was to understand the hierarchical structure of a creature's body.
But what about anatomy in a broader sense? What if the baby black goat had a different physical form?
"This is not some kind of dirty liquid …" Gu Jun mumbled. He reached out to touch the dark green liquid on the leg. Even through the protective gear, he could feel its stickiness and heat. "This is the tissue fluid of the baby black goat. It might be all over its body …"
Xiao Huiwen asked in shock, "You mean it can dissolve itself and turn into liquid to achieve regeneration?"
"Hypothetical, a hypothetical." Gu Jun raised the Carlop scalpel in his hand and plunged it into the dried skin of the leg. He gritted his teeth and started to make incisions. "This liquid can help it grow and repair its damage. It can also transform and regenerate …"
Only a species with such an ability could be said to have a powerful reproductive ability, an insect-like ability, insect-like reproductive ability.
They would not be killed so easily. Death was just the beginning of regeneration.
One offspring was equivalent to thousands of offspring.
"Chi!" Gu Jun cut open a small piece of the skin of the leg and lifted it up. He saw that the inside of the dried skin was tattered and blurry. There was some dark green liquid and some dark red liquid that was dissolving from the flesh and blood before turning dark green …
"It can transform," he murmured. "Its structure can also change."
On the other side, Wang Ruoxiang collected a small cup of the strange liquid and put it into the -20 ℃ refrigerator.
However, after a while, he looked at the strange liquid in the refrigerator. As Gu Jun guessed, the strange liquid in the measuring cup showed no signs of freezing!
And the dark green liquid seemed to be slowly stirring as if it had a life of its own.
The autopsy experts were stunned. Xiao Huiwen asked anxiously, "Then how do we stop it? We still have to study this form … "
"Yes, yes!" Jill slapped her thigh repeatedly and gestured. "We have to stop it quickly!"
Gu Jun looked at the cup of strange liquid that did not freeze and thought that it really did cool down …
Suddenly, he only felt his mind was refreshed. The dissection mission completion had increased to 0.51%, and a few messages popped up one after another:
[You have improved your understanding of life by observing the black goat cub, + 300 experience points, 5000/5000 (Level 1/Level 9)]
[Your investigation ability "Anatomy" has leveled up! Current level: 0/15000 (Level 2/Level 9)]
[You have a new usable skill for your Anatomy!]
[You have received an anatomy upgrade reward, please click to receive]
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