Chapter 134 Fungi that have survived for tens of thousands of years

Hearing Lv Yongchang's shout, Mao Zhengzhi's expression changed slightly, and he immediately stopped what he was doing, and looked at the computer screen again.

"Look!"

Lv Yongchang stretched out his hand and tapped on a few slightly larger cells: "Look carefully, their size is slowly increasing!"

Mao Zhengzhi quickly focused his attention on these cells.

Time passed bit by bit.

The cell size gradually expanded.

The most significant cell even doubled in size, reaching one-fifth of the cell wall space.

"This fungus is still alive..." Mao Zhengzhi swallowed slightly, "Unbelievable..."

That's Mars!

In such a harsh environment, these fungi can still remain active!

Lv Yongchang's eyes moved slightly, and he turned his head to look at the researcher next to him: "Please help me test the age of these fungal samples."

Mao Zhengzhi was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly reacted.

He raised his eyebrows and whispered, "Do you suspect that these fungi have lived for a long time?"

Lv Yongchang nodded gently: "Yes, I suspect... these cells are starved to their current state."

"Starved to this extent..." Mao Zhengzhi looked thoughtfully at the cells that were constantly "expanding" in the microscope, "It is possible."

"But, the smallest cells seem to have lost their activity."

Lv Yongchang shrugged: "Maybe they were starved to death."

"Anyway, let's wait for the test results over there to come out."

...

While waiting, Lv Yongchang silently looked at the fungal cells on the display screen.

At this time, some cells have expanded to half the size of the cell wall space, while those cells that are too small have not changed at all.

"It seems to have reached the limit." Lv Yongchang's eyes moved slightly, "the recovery speed of these cells is getting slower and slower."

"Next... switch to an electron microscope to look at these cells!"

When Lv Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi re-extracted the samples and pre-processed them, the door of the isolation laboratory opened again.

"Professor Lu!"

"The test results are out!"

The voice of the researcher just now reached Lu Yongchang's ears.

After completing the action in his hands, Lu Yongchang reached out and took the document in the researcher's hand.

When he saw the content of the document, even he couldn't help but exclaimed: "What?!"

"Ten thousand years ago?!"

Lu Yongchang's exclamation also attracted the attention of Mao Zhengzhi on the side.

"Ten thousand years?" Mao Zhengzhi looked over with a strange look on his face and looked at the report, then frowned and asked the researcher, "How many times have you tested it? Are you sure there is no mistake?"

Faced with the doubts of the two big guys, the researcher's face showed some uneasiness.

He nodded gently and affirmed in a low voice: "A total of three tests were conducted. The shortest time of the three groups of samples was ten thousand years ago, and the longest... was about twenty thousand years ago."

Lu Yongchang took a deep breath, his eyes full of shock.

Fungi that have survived underground on Mars for ten thousand years!

You know, fungi on Earth only have a lifespan of a few months in a suitable environment. If they live in a harsh living environment, they are considered tenacious if they can survive for a few minutes!

"Brother Mao, hurry up, I think the organelles of these fungi will definitely give us a surprise!"

...

After a busy time, the observation screen of the electron microscope was also displayed on the computer screen.

Looking at the strange organelles in the fungal cells, Lv Yongchang couldn't help but stand there.

"Hiss..." Mao Zhengzhi smacked his lips and said with a tangled face, "Until now, I really feel that this is an alien life."

Lv Yongchang frowned and nodded: "The shape is a bit strange, but you can still see something."

"Look, this part in the middle should be similar to the nucleus."

Mao Zhengzhi nodded and agreed with this view.

"Huh?"

Just when Mao Zhengzhi was about to express his opinion, Lv Yongchang suddenly interrupted Mao Zhengzhi's thoughts with a light exclamation.

"Something's wrong!" Lv Yongchang's expression suddenly became serious.

As he spoke, he reached out and adjusted the electron microscope.

Then, he reached out and gently tapped the computer screen.

"This is a cell that can absorb water and swell, and that is a dead cell that has no reaction to water."

"Take a closer look, what's the difference between the two."

Hearing what Lv Yongchang said, Mao Zhengzhi hurried to check carefully.

After a careful comparison, Mao Zhengzhi's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Why are there so many fewer organelles in this cell?!"

Lv Yongchang shook his head slowly: "No."

"It's not less, it should be incomplete to be more accurate."

"You can see it by comparing the organelles inside the two cells."

"Does this organelle look like it's missing half?"

"And these organelles are basically missing a small half of the structure."

"It's like..."

At this point, Lv Yongchang frowned slightly, and seemed to have trouble finding an adjective.

"It's like being bitten!" Mao Zhengzhi's voice was full of excitement, "That's right! It's like being eaten a part!"

Lv Yongchang raised his eyebrows when he heard Mao Zhengzhi's description!

"Yes! That's exactly what I mean!"

"If I'm not mistaken, this fungus can survive on Mars because of this ability!"

Hearing Lv Yongchang's words, Mao Zhengzhi trembled slightly, and his eyes showed a bit of weirdness.

To be honest, if this scene happened to a person...

Today, he didn't eat, so he "digested" a part of his intestines. Tomorrow, he didn't eat again, so he "digested" a part of his liver...

Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help but feel a chill coming from behind him.

Lv Yongchang was excited and remembered the system's prompts some time ago.

"No! This should be only part of the reason!"

The look in his eyes became more and more excited!

"If you want to survive in an environment like Mars for tens of thousands of years, you can't just rely on this trick!"

"Hibernation! It must be a very deep hibernation ability!"

Looking at Lv Yongchang standing there muttering to himself like a madman, Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help but swallow his saliva gently.

For some reason, he suddenly felt as if he couldn't get a word in...

Suddenly, Lv Yongchang, who had been mumbling to himself with his head down, suddenly raised his head, with a strange light flashing in his eyes, staring at Mao Zhengzhi.

"Yong... Yongchang?" Mao Zhengzhi swallowed his saliva again and asked cautiously, "What, what's wrong?"

"Brother Mao, have someone send some mice over, I want to do some tests!"

While speaking, Lv Yongchang patted Mao Zhengzhi's shoulder excitedly: "If nothing unexpected happens, there must be a substance in these fungi that can allow organisms to enter deep hibernation!"