"What?"

When Fang Zheng got the news from Ling, he was also shocked.

"You said those people melted? Completely melted?"

"Yeah, they turned into a pile... I don't know what they were, only bones were left here, and then those bodies seemed to have self-awareness and ran into the sewer... Big brother, what should we do..."

Ling's voice trembled a little when she said this. Although she had seen some things while following Fang Zheng, she had never seen such a terrible situation.

"Are you all right?"

"It's okay, we are all fine and not affected in any way."

"That's good. You guys go back to the apartment and I'll go investigate what's going on."

"Okay... But big brother, you didn't deliberately teleport us to another world to torment us, did you?"

"Are you kidding? Am I that kind of person? I don't know what's going on, but don't worry, I will handle it."

Having said that, Fang Zheng hung up the phone and snorted coldly.

MMP, what the hell is going on in this world? Even my little girl doesn’t believe me!

"It looks like the guy ran out into the street."

Fang Zheng looked at AYA who was conducting an investigation not far away.

"I just received a report that someone heard singing in a nearby square, and then everyone there melted."

“Melted?”

Upon hearing this, AYA's reaction was as confused as Fang Zheng's. If it were the previous words, she would definitely not believe such a fairy tale, but after witnessing the entire theater burning in front of her, AYA obviously had an idea as to why they would melt.

"What are you going to do?"

"It is now beyond the scope of my personal search."

Originally, AYA was planning to continue searching here and investigate the criminal's hiding place and personal information, but now it seems that the other party did not stop after committing such atrocities in the theater, but ran directly to the street to continue making trouble. In this case, it is obvious that they have to change their strategy.

"I'll call the police first."

As she spoke, AYA entered the backstage room next door. After a moment, she walked out with a grim look on her face.

"What's wrong?"

"The whole of New York is in chaos right now. The commissioner said that most of the police have been sent out to maintain order. He asked me to continue the search and make sure to find the true identity of the mastermind behind this..."

This is normal, after all, if it is just a tracking search, other police officers can do it. But at the moment, AYA is the only police officer who has personally experienced the incident. Instead of sending her to find the murderer who is nowhere to be found, it is better to let her investigate the scene and find as many clues as possible.

"So what did you find?"

"That's all for now."

As he spoke, AYA handed Fang Zheng a diary.

"This is?"

"This is the diary of a woman named Melissa. I suspect she might be the EVE."

Fang Zheng quickly flipped through the diary and soon learned about the woman named Melissa. According to Melissa, she wanted to be the heroine of the show, but there was a woman named Susan competing with her for the position of heroine. Although Melissa tried very hard, she was weak and sickly, and her strength was not as good as Susan, so she felt that she had no chance of becoming the heroine.

But even so, she has been taking medication to cheer herself up.

However, on the eve of the female lead selection, Susan's house suddenly caught fire and she was burned, so she naturally couldn't play the female lead. So Melissa automatically became the lead, and in order to seize this opportunity, she also trained very hard, but her health was getting worse and worse, so much so that Melissa even wrote in her diary "It doesn't matter if I die after the performance"...

But no matter how you look at it, the woman who calls herself EVE should be her, but what is puzzling is that in the diary, Melissa did not show any abnormality at all, and did not write anything about "nucleus" and "mitochondria". If you just look at the diary, then you can only see a weak and sick woman working hard to become the leading actress... that's all.

"What do you think?"

Just as Fang Zheng was flipping through the diary, AYA suddenly asked him.

"What?"

"I mean what EVE said, about the end of the reign of the nucleus and the beginning of the era of mitochondria... Do you know what that means?"

For AYA, a policeman, these technical terms are like a mystery. But fortunately, Fang Zheng’s years have not been wasted.

"Mitochondria are present in all cells, and the nucleus is the most important part of the cell, but if you want to be honest... there is a little difference between the nucleus and mitochondria."

"Hey? What do you mean?"

"You see, humans are made up of cells, and the nucleus is the core of the cell. So let me ask you a question."

Fang Zheng closed the diary and looked at AYA.

"Do you think the nucleus controls all characteristics of the cell?"

"This... should be the case. After all, the cell nucleus..."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, AYA thought for a moment, then gave a puzzled answer, but Fang Zheng shook his head.

"Unfortunately... wrong. The cell nucleus does not control all the shapes of the cell, because a small part of the shape is controlled by mitochondrial genes and is inherited from the cytoplasm. People call mitochondria semi-autonomous organelles. Do you understand what I mean?"

“……???”

"To put it simply, if the nucleus is the emperor, then the mitochondria are the ministers. They have a certain degree of autonomy, but they cannot be separated from the cell itself."

"If you put it that way..."

After listening to Fang Zheng's explanation, AYA frowned.

"So what EVE is saying is that the ministers want to rebel against the emperor? To seize power?"

"Well... there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the mitochondria must have self-awareness..."

Fang Zheng thought this was ridiculous. Mitochondria are small substances in cells. How could they have self-awareness? It's just like your heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys have their own ideas. But even if that's the case, why would they spontaneously combust? Whether it's the nucleus or the mitochondria, they would all die after being burned. This can't even be considered killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of your own. It's completely a complete destruction of both sides.

Besides, if mitochondria have self-awareness, then why doesn’t the cell nucleus have it?

Of course, if AYA's hypothesis is correct, then Fang Zheng can understand why spontaneous human combustion and animal mutations occurred before. Because this is not caused by external interference, but comes from the changes in the cells within the body, so Fang Zheng certainly cannot feel it.

But this is the truth, but Fang Zheng still doesn't understand. What the hell is this mitochondrial rebellion? !

Why do mitochondria in cells rebel?

According to this theory, will there also be chloroplast rebellion, Golgi apparatus rebellion, centrosome rebellion, ribosome rebellion, and lysosome rebellion?

Isn’t this over yet?

However, it seems that in a certain world, Fang Zheng did see a topic in a journal that a scientific team's research proved that mitochondria are not actually involved in cell activities... Forget it, God knows what the situation is in this world.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng probably understood why the little girls he brought with him would not get into trouble. If the reason was really as AYA said, that there was a problem with the mitochondria themselves, then these mitochondria could only affect the people in this world. He and the little girls were not from this world, and the cell composition in their bodies was completely different from that of the people in this world, so they would naturally not be affected.

Of course, the premise is that AYA's hypothesis is correct. But even so, Fang Zheng still thinks that it is too ridiculous for mitochondria to have self-awareness and rebellion... Assuming this is true, then mitochondria can easily control humans and animals. Is it necessary to make it so exaggerated? This is not like an alien virus invasion like the T virus. If the cells in the body change their properties, there should be no problem. Why do they do this? Or is there another reason?

Anyway, in Fang Zheng's opinion, this is simply puzzling. It would be more reasonable if you said that there is a mysterious organization called the cell nucleus that secretly rules the world, and then an organization called mitochondria comes out to try to seize control.

"Is it so strange, Mr. Founder?"

Seeing Fang Zheng's strange expression, AYA asked in confusion.

"Of course it's strange. If I tell you that one day your hair suddenly thinks, 'This woman is too annoying to cut us every day, so let's just rebel against her and become the master of this body', what would you think?"

"Well……"

Hearing this, AYA's expression became a little stiff, and he subconsciously touched the ends of his hair.

"Anyway, let's start our investigation with this woman named Melissa."

Fang Zheng shook his head.

"From the diary, she often takes drugs. Perhaps these drugs are related to her changes. It is best to start the search from here and find clues as soon as possible."

This is a special period and we can’t take care of so many things.

"Okay, I'll do it right away...Aren't you going?"

"I will be responsible for finding that woman and preventing her from destroying the entire city as much as possible."

Allowing himself to be suspected by his own little girl is a serious crime. Fang Zheng doesn't care whether she is a mitochondria or a chloroplast. If he catches her, he will rub her into molecules and kill her completely!

You dare to cause trouble for me, I will kill you! !