How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 15: Thinking

"It doesn't seem to be protein."

The cell does not divide the new individual according to Hoko's instructions, which means that the answer is the second.

"Since it is not a protein, it should have nothing to do with amino acids."

Amino acids are the smallest unit of protein. Countless amino acids form polypeptides, which form three-dimensional proteins through repeated folding and distortion.

So what will it be that keeps me thinking and the memory of human time now?

I thought it was the most likely protein, but now it has been falsified. Huo Gu logic has entered a dead corner and decided to comb it again.

"Well... Whether it is the Internet, the human brain, or the computer, they are all common, that is, there are a large number of computing units as the foundation. This research direction should be right."

"In my case, it should be the same. There are a large number of cells as the basis of computing units, and the connection between them should also be universal..."

"The human brain uses synapses to build connections, which obviously does not apply to me now. At present, this is just an entire cell cluster. They do not have physical connections like synapses. The experiment just now also proved that there is no connection between cells and proteins."

The core issues that Huo Gu wanted to explore gradually became clear.

"Yes, it's the 'connect'. What on earth do cells rely on as a medium to build a connection to form a huge network?"

Huo Gu's attention was focused on the whole cell cluster, trying to find the 'media' between the cells in this macroscopic way.

As a result, nothing was found, even if it can now see all cells from the inside out.

"It's impossible to rely on electromagnetic waves to build the connection between computing units like the Internet, right?"

"It's impossible. Although I don't specialize in the computer field, I can't make a guess with the little knowledge I know."

There is no other reason, there is too much external interference, and the life field built by cells is too weak, so weak that the energy released formed by the metachemical reaction in the sea water can destroy this weak life field to the extreme...

Huo Gu's thoughts suddenly stopped, and it keenly grasped the momentary flash of thought in the sea of thoughts.

"...Wait, this seems to make a story."

"Because the external interference is too strong, this connection can only act on the inside of the cell, which can also explain why two cells need to fit together for my instructions to take effect."

The environment inside the cell is very stable. If it is the same as the external environment of the cell membrane, the genes of the core cannot exist stably, so the inside of the cell must be very stable.

In such a stable environment, the life field that has been disturbed is also well expanded.

So, there is the current life network!

In order to confirm his conjecture, Huo Gu decided to carry out a new experiment.

The outermost wall cells of the cell cluster begin to divide, followed by inner cells, and then wall cells, to build a small cavity.

Fill the cavity with pure water, and Huo Gu threw a single cell into it.

This cell has this flagella, the most primitive cell membrane, and the DNA core. There is nothing else. This is what Hogu did deliberately to ensure that the experiment did not go wrong.

"Now, follow my instructions and start to move around the circumference of the whole cavity, but you can't touch the inner wall of the cavity."

Sure enough, the cell that had been stationary in the cavity began to swing the flagellum, according to Huo Gu's instructions, and even like an arm's finger, swimming around the inner wall of the cavity with the trajectory envisioned in Huo Gu's thinking, without touching the inner wall of the cavity even a moment.

After swimming like a tadpole for a while, the experimental cells stopped, and the flagella on the tail no longer had any movement.

In this case, Huo Gu was not surprised. The movement of the flagella requires the cracking of amino acids. At present, the cavity where the experimental cells are located is only water, and the experimental cells that can't obtain amino acids can naturally stop the flagella, which is the same as the exhaustion of rocket thrusters.

"So what about the 'field source'? Since it depends on the field, there should be a source of the generation field.

After thinking about it, Huo Gu decided to use the exclusion method.

The cell membrane and cytoplasm are removed by Hogu first, because it can instruct cells to decomb and transcribe DNA, which is not the ability to control the cell membrane or cytoplasm.

What's more, the answer is obvious from the beginning, and the field source is 'hidden' in the messy double strand of DNA in the kernel.

"...Isn't I too cautious to be like this?"

After complaining about himself, Huo Gu continued to invest his energy on experimental cells.

Between the wall cells in the inner wall of the experimental cavity, proteins are extruded from them one after another and added to pure water.

Over time, the water in the cavity becomes extremely eutrophic, and the tail flagella of the experimental cells swings again and moves around the inner wall of the cavity.

Considering the possible dangers, Huo Gu established a connection between the experimental cavity and the digestive cavity, relying on one valve to separate the two cavities.

After everything was ready, Huo Gu gave new instructions to the experimental cells.

"Partially unswirl, transcribe DNA, and create new individuals."

Experimental cells begin to replicate new individuals, because it is partially transcription, the time required for material collection and the process of replicating new individuals is very short.

Soon,and Huogu saw the newborn cell individuals.

This new individual also has a flagella, but it may be caused by partial transcription of DNA. Compared with the original mother, the size of the new body shrinks directly to one twentieth of the mother.

"You, on the premise of not touching the inner wall of the cavity, make a circular motion around the whole cavity." Huo Gu gave instructions to the newly formed cells.

However, the newborn individual did not follow Huo Gu's will, but wandered around the cavity aimlessly, which was no different from the microorganisms Huo Gu had come into contact with before.

There is only one reason for this situation. This replicated cell individual does not have a 'field source' in the kernel, so it will not follow Huo Gu's instructions.

Huo Gu was not surprised. According to his expectation, in a messy genetic chain, the probability of successfully finding the source is equivalent to winning a million prizes for the first time he bought a lottery ticket.

Similarly, it does not feel distressed. The most important thing it lacks now is time.

"It seems that it is not this DNA. The transcribed DNA needs to be extended further to expand the scope of replication."

Thinking about the next piece of DNA to be transcribed, Huo Gu gave transcription instructions to the original experimental cell.

"Copy new individuals and partially transcribe."

...

Repeated experiments are carried out over and over again, and the number of cells copied individuals in the cavity has also increased from the original single digits to an uncountable number.

Finally, it found it!

After not knowing how many times the DNA was repeatedly transcribed, Huo Gu was finally able to control the new individual transcribed by the experimental cell, which also means that it found the mysterious field source.

"How could...it's this kind of substance?"