How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 8 Design

kill! Kill them all! Kill them to extinction! Only by letting them die can we be safe!

Such berserk thoughts occupy Hogu's mind, and his thoughts are transmitted to all the single cells. The cells are like soldiers who have received orders. From the very beginning, Hogu manipulated them to resist with enzymes, and gradually evolved to their Spontaneous resistance, as long as the phage parasitizes, it will immediately commit suicide and seal the cell membrane, and die together with the phage.

The mutation of the single cells instantly reversed the stalemate on both sides, and the single-cell cluster on Hogu's side began to gain the upper hand, pushing back against the corpse of his companion.

When the last phage dies in a single-cell suicide attack after parasitization, the life-and-death battle is over.

There were corpses all over the place, even though there was endless darkness all around, Hogu could roughly construct that scene, and the single-cell cluster had shrunk to one-twentieth of its original size.

Hogu, who had regained his composure, only felt scared for a while. If he still had a human body now, he would probably have been submerged in ice water.

The battle just now, as long as there are twice as many phages, it will be over...

"No, the cause of death of the double-walled cells must be found immediately!"

Huo Gu's attention quickly turned to the double-walled cell that had completely died.

"First rule out those impossible factors one by one..."

"It can't be 'antibiotics'. Although fungi and bacteria can produce them, only viruses such as phages can't do it. Their structure is too simple, and if they come from single cells themselves, then double-walled cells There should be a certain degree of resistance..."

"What would that be?"

Huogu found himself back to the origin of the question—how did the double-walled cells die?

"First of all, when it's single walled, it's fine..."

"Wait, single wall? That's right, it's single wall!"

Suddenly, Huogu thought of something, and suddenly focused on the slightly intersecting tunnels.

Because of this mutual staggering, the tunnel forms a material exchange tunnel with two ends wide and the middle narrow.

Originally, this is used to allow single cells to form the interaction of matter, energy, and information with the outside world, which is an absolutely indispensable thing for all life to maintain its own activities.

Now this tunnel is blocked, and what blocks the tunnel are those small molecular clusters and large molecular clusters.

This is like blocking the mouth and nose of a person, and the death of double-walled cells is a matter of course.

"So, this is a design flaw from the beginning, but what should I do? Even if the DNA is corrected, the clogging problem cannot be solved. If we give up shrinking the tunnel, we will not be able to defend against those phages that deserve a thousand dollars. "

His train of thought gradually entered a dead end. After a while, Huogu's thoughts became a mess, and he couldn't think of any good solution.

"Maybe I should do it differently..."

Since this path doesn't work, it's better to change another path. Huo Gu's thoughts flashed past the scene of fighting with phage swarms.

"I'm not me, it's us..."

"Individual abilities are always limited, maybe I should work hard in this direction..."

A prototype gradually appeared in Huogu's mind - a multicellular organism!

"For the skin, the outermost cells can be made into that kind of completely closed cells. If life is maintained, it will be handed over to the inner cells protected by this layer of 'epidermal'."

The elongated creature like bamboo appeared in front of Hogu.

"The inner cells are only responsible for transporting supplies, and the work of defense and attack is handed over to other types of cells."

"It's better to have an inner space inside to facilitate targeted strikes."

The elongated creature in his thoughts is transparent, and the inside presents the appearance of Huogu's conception. The inner wall of the cavity has the same surface cells as the outer skin. When those microorganisms enter the cavity, the epidermal cells in these cavities will release A large number of enzymes are used to decompose the microorganisms in the cavity into amino acids.

In this way, the cavity is a completely harmless nutrient solution. Although there are a lot of enzymes, as long as the cell walls of the epidermal cells in the cavity are maintained and the two sides are kept in balance, then the 'digestive fluid' in the cavity is harmless of.

"Two openings are involved, so that when the whole single-cell cluster moves, the running water itself will bring those microorganisms to the inside of the cavity."

At this moment, Hogu's thoughts suddenly came to a standstill, and he found some problems.

How to absorb those amino acids broken down by enzymes?

This is a very serious problem. If there is no way to absorb the amino acids in the cavity, then these previous designs are just a waste of work.

Is there no way? Huogu fell into deep thought again, recalling the memories of the human period, looking for the biological designs recorded in the books.

"What about people?"

"How do people achieve nutritional intake after eating?"

Huogu asked himself in this way.

"The gastric mucosa, the gastric mucosa is alkaline and can neutralize gastric acid, so gastric acid does not pose any threat to the stomach unless the gastric mucosa is destroyed..."

"I could try to formulate inhibitors of the 'digestive juice' enzymes, so that I don't have to worry about the enzymes breaking down the inner walls of the cavities."

"So, the cell walls of the epidermal cells on the inner wall of the cavity don't have to..."

Huo Gu's thoughts stopped suddenly, and he dismissed the idea immediately.

"No, it is still necessary. What if those microorganisms complete the infection and parasitism of the cells in the cavity before they are digested?"

This problem must be paid attention to, Hogu decided to continue to retain the original cell wall design of the cells in the cavity.

Next is the design of 'open mouth' and 'shut mouth'.

This difficulty is not too great, there is a ready-made protein structure as a 'rope', which can simulate the 'tendon' of multicellular organisms.

Although there are no muscle fibers to provide assistance, this does not matter, and the driving force can be provided by cell division.

The only drawback is that it is impossible to open and close the mouth as quickly as those multicellular organisms with muscle fibers.

However, Huogu is not worried about this shortcoming, because the opponents it has to face are microorganisms, and the speed of opening and closing its mouth does not have much meaning.

It can be said that as long as it is not fighting multicellular organisms, Hogu's design is invincible. Even in the face of the group of bacteriophages before, it can guarantee to crush it.

The current situation is no longer the same as in the past, fighting on its own, loose like a plate of loose sand. Under this design, single-cell clusters are like clenched fists, enough to destroy any microorganisms that dare to shake their fists.

In terms of size, the microbes lost out from the start.