Hearing Lu Yongchang's shout, Mao Zhengzhi's expression changed slightly, he immediately stopped the movements in his hand, and his eyes turned to the computer screen again.

"Look!"

Lu Yongchang reached out and pointed at a few slightly larger cells: "Look carefully, their size is slowly getting bigger!"

Mao Zhengzhi hurriedly focused his attention on these cells.

Time goes by bit by bit.

The cell size gradually expanded.

The cell with the most significant change even doubled, 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!

Lu Yongchang's eyes moved slightly and turned his head to look at the researcher beside 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 these fungi have lived for a long time?"

Lu Yongchang nodded slightly: "Yes, I suspect... these cells are hungry to the present."

"It's so hungry..." Mao Zhengzhi looked at the cells that were constantly "expanding" in the microscope thoughtfully, "It's a possibility."

"It's just that those smallest cells seem to have lost their activity."

Lu Yongchang shrugged: "Maybe he was starved to death."

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

...

While waiting, Lu Yongchang silently looked at the fungal cells in the display screen.

At this time, some of the cells had expanded to half of the size of the cell wall space, while those cells with too small size did not change at all.

"It seems to be reaching its limit." Lu Yongchang's eyes moved slightly, "The recovery speed of these cells is getting slower and slower."

"Next... change to the electron microscope and look at these cells!"

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

"Professor Lv!"

"The test results are out!"

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

After completing the movement in his hand, Lu Yongchang reached out to take over the documents in the researcher's hand.

The moment he saw the content of the file, even he couldn't help but exclaim: "What?!"

"Ten thousand years ago?!"

Lu Yongchang's exclamation attracted Mao Zhengzhi's attention.

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

Faced with the doubts of the two big shots, the researcher showed a little nervousness on his face.

He nodded softly and whispered: "There were three tests in total. The shortest time of the three samples was ten thousand years ago, and the longest... about twenty thousand years ago."

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

Fungi that has survived underground in Mars for ten thousand years!

You should know that the fungi on the earth only have a lifespan of about several months in a suitable environment. If it is a harsh living environment, it is estimated that it will last for a few minutes, which will be considered tenacious!

"Brother Mao, move faster. I think these fungal organelles can definitely surprise us!"

...

After some busy work, the observation screen of the electron microscope is also displayed on the computer screen.

Looking at the strangely shaped organelles in the fungal cells, Lu Yongchang couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hiss..." Mao Zhengzhi smacked his lips and said with a tangled look on his face, "It was not until now that I really felt that this is an alien life."

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

"You see, the middle part should be similar to the nucleus."

Mao Zhengzhi nodded and agreed with this view.

“Huh?”

Just as Mao Zhengzhi was about to express his opinion, Lu Yongchang suddenly exclaimed, interrupting Mao Zhengzhi's thoughts.

"What's wrong!" Lu Yongchang's expression suddenly became serious.

While speaking, he reached out to adjust the electron microscope.

Then, he reached out and tapped the computer screen.

"This is a cell that can absorb water and expand, and that is a dead cell that has no reaction in the slightest water."

"Look carefully, what's the difference between these two."

Hearing Lu Yongchang's words, Mao Zhengzhi hurriedly checked carefully.

After a careful comparison, a hint of surprise flashed in Mao Zhengzhi's eyes.

"This... why are there so many organelles in this cell?!"

Lu Yongchang slowly shook his head: "No."

"It's not that little, but more accurately, it should be incomplete."

"You can tell by comparing the organelles inside the two cells."

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

"There are also these organelles, which are basically missing a small part of the structure."

“It’s like…”

Speaking of this, Lu Yongchang frowned slightly, as if he was a little confused about the adjective.

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

When Lu Yongchang heard Mao Zhengzhi's description, his eyebrows suddenly raised!

"That's right! That's what I mean!"

"If I'm not mistaken, this fungus can survive on Mars is due to this ability!"

Hearing Lu Yongchang's words, Mao Zhengzhi's body trembled slightly, and a little strangeness appeared in his eyes.

To be honest, if this scene is changed to someone...

I didn’t eat today, and I “digested” a piece of intestines, and I didn’t eat tomorrow, and I “digested” part of the liver…

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

While Lu Yongchang was excited, he remembered the system prompts from the system some time ago.

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

His eyes became more and more excited!

"If you want to survive in an environment like Mars for tens of thousands of years, this trick alone will not work!"

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

Looking at Lu Yongchang standing in place and muttering to himself like a madman, Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help swallowing gently.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that he couldn't get into the mouth...

Suddenly, Lu Yongchang, who had originally lowered his head and muttered to himself, raised his head suddenly, with a strange light flashing in his eyes, staring at Mao Zhengzhi tightly.

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

"Brother Mao, please send some guinea pigs, I want to do some tests!"
Chapter completed!