Alien Species Knight Brigade

An associate professor in life engineering travels to a medieval European fantasy world. Using modern biochemistry, he discovers that viruses, bacteria, and parasites extinct in human history are a...

Chapter 115 Superparasite

After the experiment, Todd dissected and studied the four mice and the "keel" parasites on them, and determined the following conclusions.

First, the "honeycomb" parasite implanted with the "dragon bone" parasite, due to the physiological limitations of the former, could only obtain the most basic nutrients for its own survival. The mother parasite could not germinate and reproduce, and the offspring could not secrete toxins or grow, thus ensuring the safety and stable consciousness of the four mice.

Second, the basic characteristics and functions of the "hive" parasite implanted with the "dragon bone" parasite were preserved. The mother host could communicate with the daughter host and transmit messages through sound wave vibrations. This was as if the mother host carried a radio that could contact the daughter host anytime, anywhere. Todd suspected that this was related to the neural network that was distributed throughout the entire body of the "dragon bone" parasite.

Third, it can be confirmed that the "dragon bone" parasite is a very special parasite that allows other parasites to live in its body, reducing their activity while retaining their basic functions.

In short, the 'Honeycomb' parasite can live inside the 'Dragon Bone' parasite. Due to the latter's special physiological environment, the former's activity is greatly reduced, preventing it from poisoning the host and causing death. At the same time, it retains the former's basic parasitic functions, only reducing these functions from controlling puppets to transmitting messages.

In the terminology of microbiology from the previous life, if the host of a parasite is another parasite, this parasitic phenomenon is called superparasitism, and the 'dragon bone' is the parasitic carrier in this special phenomenon—a superparasite.