Protoplasm was the general term for the living substances in cells. Its main components were a mixture of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and so on.
The crystalline substance that Chen Chen obtained at this time was the protoplasm of a type of organism, which was the fluid that flowed out after cell damage.
"Protoplasm of a type of organism?"
At this time, Chen Chen could not help but frown. Little X handed a thick analysis report to Chen Chen. This must be the test report of the protoplasm.
Chen Chen solemnly flipped through it and looked down. This went on for more than ten minutes.
With his current brain power, a page of data and information could be completely imprinted in his mind in almost two or three seconds. The fact that Chen Chen was reading this report so seriously must have aroused his vigilance.
"Sure enough, it's not an Earth organism..."
After reading this report, Chen Chen murmured in a low voice.
In the report, the composition of the organism's body fluid was detected. Most of it was water, accounting for ninety percent. The remaining substance contained very complex nucleic acid chains, which was the DNA of this organism.
This DNA was completely different from the organisms on Earth, but it was extremely simple.
Yes, simple.
Compared to the life existing on Earth, the form of this organism would be very simple, just like the most primitive ancient organisms on Earth. This was the case with the DNA that Chen Chen was looking at. The complexity was less than one percent of that of higher animals, let alone that of humans.
Still, what was more intriguing was that according to the gene expression, this organism was likely to have a wheel-shaped nerve and a compound cell structure. This structure completely separated its body from its nerves. Even if the body died, its nervous system could survive alone and subsequently regenerate.
This was a monster that was almost immortal.
"What an amazing creature..."
Seeing this, Chen Chen could not help frowning. He paced back and forth in the room. "There were two similar organisms on Earth, one is called the Heliotrope and the other is called the Huo's Undying Worm. If these ancient organisms are still alive, perhaps their form has something in common with this organism?"
At this point, Chen Chen turned around and closed the report. At this time, the content of this information had been imprinted in his mind, but apart from this, he did not obtain anything else.
"Can we try to replicate this organism?"
Little X asked, "Using directional induced differentiation technology to extract the intact cells inside and induce them into stem cells, then transfer the cell nucleus into artificially cultivated egg cells to form an embryo?"
"There's no need."
Chen Chen shook his head. "The chances of success aren't high. After all, we don't even have a complete sample of its cell structure. We don't know the environment and temperature of this creature either. The chances of replication are slim."
However, Little X continued. "By the way, Sir Godfather, it's now three o 'clock in the afternoon in Namibia. According to the time, the first batch of meteorites should be falling toward Earth."
"Oh? “
Chen Chen frowned when he heard this. "So it's now?"
He didn't know why, but he suddenly thought of the strange dream he just had. He didn't know if that dream had anything to do with these meteorites.
So he asked again, "Did the quantum computer Adam react?"
"No, everything is normal at the moment."
"Then let's pay attention to it for the time being. It's best if we can collect a batch of fallen meteorites and see if there are any new clues in those meteorites …"
"Understood."
…
At this time, on the other side of Earth, it was already late at night.
In some places, astronomy enthusiasts began to set up their own telescopes. According to the tips given by the news, many people came to the suburbs where they thought there was less light pollution and waited for the arrival of the meteor shower.
"Zhang Qi, slow down..."
On a mountain on the outskirts of Shangdu, a car stopped by the roadside at the top of the mountain. Then a fashionably dressed girl got out of the car angrily and walked toward the side of the road without thinking.
At the same time as the girl got out of the car, a skinny young man in the driver's seat quickly opened the door and ran out of the car, chasing after the girl helplessly.
"Zhang Qi, slow down, it's the wilderness here, it's not safe!"
The young man was a little helpless. He had a mushroom hairstyle, which was the most popular hairstyle in Kuaishang. Although it was winter, he was dressed very thinly. His coat was a down jacket, but it was carelessly open, and inside was a tight little T-shirt.
As for the lower half of his body, he wore extremely narrow trousers with a pair of yellow pea shoes on his feet and no socks.
Wearing these clothes, the young man chased after the girl with small steps.
"Zhang Qi, Zhang Qi!"
She kept calling the other party's name. When the young man grabbed her arm, the girl immediately shook him off and shouted, "Han Zizhe, don't touch me, go find your confidante!"
Hearing this, the young man suddenly showed a pained expression. He asked in a choked voice, "You're still talking about me, didn't you also recognize three older brothers on the Internet? All day long, you're affectionately kissing each other, flirting with each other, did I say anything? "
"I'm a woman, what's the big deal about recognizing a few older brothers?"
The girl suddenly became even more agitated. "Can't you just let me have it? Seeing that I've recognized an older brother, you have to flirt with other women? "
"When did I?"
The young man questioned.
"I've seen your phone, there's some 'Night Stand' chat app in it, and it says' meet up in one swipe '. I think you'll see a ghost in one swipe!"
The girl huffed angrily and then continued to walk away into the distance.
"Enough, I'll uninstall that app, okay?"
The young man finally compromised. He said helplessly, "But I have a request, you must blacklist those friends on QQ. Are we on the same level as each other?"
"No way!"
The girl shook her head, her attitude extremely firm. "It's not easy for me to get to know a few older brothers, why should I blacklist them because of you?"
"You!"
Seeing this, the young man gritted his teeth. "You're being unreasonable!"
"I'm in a relationship with you, not reasoning with you."
The girl did not back down, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the sky. "Originally, I wanted to watch the meteor shower with you, but now that the meteors are here, you can go and watch it yourself!"
When the young man heard this, he could not help but look toward the sky. Sure enough, there were already several streams of light in the sky, these streams of light kept falling and then quickly disappeared.
Seeing this, for some reason, a hint of disappointment emerged in the young man's heart...
Just as he was disheartened and was about to say something, he suddenly saw that one of the streams of light did not extinguish as usual, instead, it became bigger and brighter.
"Eh?"
The young man and the girl were a little puzzled. They blinked and then realized that the stream of light seemed to be flying toward them.
The speed of the meteor was so fast that in just a few seconds, the stream of light flew over the top of the two with a whoosh, and then there was a loud bang and a ball of fire burst out from the top of the mountain!
The meteor fell?
Seeing this scene, both of them looked at each other at the same time and saw the shock in each other's eyes. Then, the young man couldn't care less about the girl anymore. He ran towards the direction of the explosion without hesitation!
As an astronomy enthusiast, ordinary people would probably not see such a scene even once in their lives. How could he miss such an opportunity?
"Han Zizhe, Han Zizhe!"
Behind him, the girl shouted anxiously, but the young man still did not stop because in his view, the fire was not far, only about three or four hundred meters away. This distance was enough for him to be the first to reach the scene.
Sure enough, the young man only ran for two or three minutes before he ran to the location where the meteor had fallen. He first smelled a pungent burnt smell, but in this smell, there was a kind of barbecue-like aroma.
"Ha, ha!"
After running to the front in one breath, the young man finally saw that there was a shallow pit half a meter in diameter on the ground, and even the land in the pit was scorched!
Green smoke was rising from the pit, and in the center of the crater, there was a fist-sized, irregularly shaped meteorite resting there quietly.
With the help of the light from the mobile phone, the meteorite was fusiform and its color was pure black. It was not known whether it was burned black when it landed in the atmosphere or it was this color to begin with. Other than that, nothing else could be seen.
About four or five minutes later, the girl named Zhang Qi finally rushed over. She looked at the young man by the crater. "Han Zizhe, I called you so many times just now, why did you pretend not to hear me?"
The young man looked back at the girl and replied indifferently, "Didn't you not accompany me to watch the meteor? Then why did you still call me? Go on your own?"
"So you just left me there alone?"
The girl asked incredulously, "What if I'm in danger alone?"
"Hehe."
The young man sneered and didn't answer. He no longer paid attention to the girl's incessant chatter. Seeing that the crater was no longer smoking and had probably cooled down, he stepped into the crater and reached out his hand to gently touch the meteorite.
"Han Zizhe, I want this meteorite!"
However, before he could touch the meteorite, there was a sudden sound of footsteps. The girl actually walked past him and took the meteorite directly in front of him.
"You!"
The young man frowned suddenly. "This kind of meteorite is not worth much. What are you doing with it? You know I'm an astronomy enthusiast, so you want to rob me?"
"What do you mean by 'yours'? This thing clearly fell from the sky!"
The girl suddenly shouted, but at this moment, she felt a warm current flowing to the back of her hand and arm.
The girl reached out and touched it, only to realize that her hand was already full of something sticky at this time.
"What the hell?"
Because it was dark, neither of them could see what was on the meteorite. The girl moved the mobile phone to the meteorite and saw that there was a lot of liquid seeping out of the meteorite, like black oil, and at the same time, some of the liquid had seeped into the ground.
She turned her head to look at the meteorite, only to see that there were a few small cracks on the meteorite, and the liquid was flowing out of these cracks.
"Oh, it's disgusting!"
The girl hurriedly threw the meteorite on the ground, then hurriedly took out a tissue from her handbag and kept wiping her hands.
"See, I told you not to touch this thing, but you just wouldn't listen."
The young man snorted coldly, then he directly picked up the meteorite, turned around, and walked down the mountain.
"Where are you going?"
The girl quickly shouted.
"Let's go, I'll take you home!"
...
After some twists and turns, by the time Han Zizhe sent Zhang Qi to the door of her house, the two had reconciled.
After the girl left the car, Han Zizhe turned his head again to look at the meteorite under the passenger seat.
At this time, the meteorite had soaked the entire bottom of the passenger seat. He did not know how much liquid was in it, and it had not drained until now.
Could it be that this meteorite was actually a piece of meteorite ice?
Han Zizhe shook his head, stepped on the accelerator, and the car went straight back to his rental house.
Wrapping the meteorite in a piece of paper and moving it home, Han Zizhe excitedly turned on the light and looked at the meteorite carefully.
This meteorite was not big, only a little bigger than an ordinary person's fist, and it was full of cracks. Even at this time, there were still traces of liquid seeping out. It was black and looked extremely viscous.
"It doesn't look like water. This kind of thing, it won't have radiation, right..."
Seeing this, the young man suddenly became a little nervous. He looked at his hands. The liquid was nothing, just washed away with water. It was not as difficult to clean as oil.
Thinking of this, he leaned in front of the meteorite again and sniffed it gently.
Immediately, he noticed that in addition to the smell of burning and barbecued meat on the meteorite, there was also a special fishy smell.
The smell of burning and barbecued meat came from the outer shell of the meteorite, but this fishy smell was emitted by the liquid.
"It's a little disgusting..."
Han Zizhe muttered. He had never heard of a meteorite that was smelly.
Thinking of this, he quickly turned on the computer, logged into the "Meteorite Home" website, and prepared to post a post on the forum to see what this meteorite was.
However, as soon as he opened the webpage, he saw that there were already several posts posted on the webpage —
[I'd like to ask everyone, what kind of meteorite does this kind of meteorite belong to? Is it an iron meteorite or a stone meteorite?]
[I just bought it from a layman. I'd like to show you. It's a new product that fell during tonight's meteor shower...]
[Tonight's meteor shower is really big. I heard that a lot of people have picked up meteorites that fell? Are there any for sale? The price is negotiable.]
There were pictures below the titles of these posts, and the pictures were almost the same, almost the same as the image of the meteorite he had obtained.
Han Zizhe clicked into a post showing off the meteorite. Sure enough, the bottom post was complaining about the image of the meteorite.
[F * ck (a plant), what the hell is this? It doesn't look like a meteorite at all, okay? Why is there a layer of mucus on it? It can't be fake, right?]
[Upstairs, this is real. The outer shell is indeed a trace of burning when it passed through the atmosphere. It doesn't look fake, and the liquid that keeps flowing out is probably water in the meteorite?]
[Will there be a problem with this liquid? I advise the poster to go to the hospital tomorrow for a checkup.]
[So disgusting...]
[Poster, I'm from the relevant department of Guo Jia. Your meteorite belongs to Guo Jia. Please hand it over to us tomorrow and receive a little red flag plus 500 yuan.]
[Upstairs, enough with the trolling!]
Looking at the layers of posts, Han Zizhe could not help but fall into contemplation.
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