After the Secret Realm Rant Session ended, Zhou Siyu also finished sorting out some of the data and checked the supply warehouse, finding that a lot of things had been added to it.
Roughly calculated, they have been in the lab for about a week, and adding the time since they arrived, it has been almost half a month.
"Hey, sister-in-law, should we go after them and take a look?"
Yu Zhen examined the remaining red liquid on the ground and shone his flashlight in the direction the liquid was spreading.
"No, that thing smells terrible, it's cunning, why would we chase it?"
Zhou Yu disgustedly rubbed the juice off his gloves, then turned to Zhou Siyu, "What do you think, baby?"
"Uh... I think we should go take a look." Zhou Siyu was stunned by his use of "baby," shivered, and turned her face away to negotiate, "Could you please not use that term?"
"Hmm? Is there a problem, baby?"
Zhou Yu blinked, intending to play the innocent card to the very end.
Zhou Siyu pursed her lips, her left hand pressing down firmly on her right hand, which wanted to punch someone, and kept telling herself, "I can't kill him, I can't kill him, he's still useful..."
After some mental preparation, Zhou Siyu forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "It's nothing, as long as you like it."
"So...should we still chase after them?"
Yu Zhen shone her flashlight on the marks on the ground, vaguely remembering that Zhou Siyu was looking for this thing.
"Chase it." Zhou Siyu patted the head of the milk-flavored steamed bun and smiled wickedly: "Not only do we chase it, but we also... capture it alive."
He had long suspected that the secondary differentiation of Yuwei was caused by the Ghost Hand Vine.
The genes of the *Lysimachia* plant are inherently exclusive. For the *Lysimachia* plant to complete its parasitism, it has only two options: to change its own genes to adapt, or to change the host's genes so that the host adapts to it.
But Xiru didn't expect that Yuwei would also carry carnivorous genes. Although this thing was silent, it was still a carnivore, something that looked down on all plants in the food chain.
It tried to steal a chicken but lost its rice instead; not only did it fail to parasitize, it was also devoured and assimilated by the wood grass.
The opportunity for the secondary differentiation of Yuwei came when, during the fierce battle between Lianmu grass and Xiru, the carnivorous genes seized the initiative and completed the secondary differentiation.
As Lin Ling said, genes are truly amazing things. They have no consciousness, yet they fight to the death to continue their lineage.
"Alright, since you all agree, let's go and make the arrest."
Zhou Yu craned his neck to look in the direction the liquid was extending, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.
“However, I must say that there might be more than just the Ghost Hand Vine up there now.” Zhou Yu pointed his flashlight at the floorboards. “The commotion just now was too great; it’s hard to guarantee that something else might have awakened.”
"Be careful." Zhou Siyu finished adjusting the mecha and patted the head of the milk-flavored steamed bun. "Besides, we have a secret weapon."
The wolf-fox is not only highly intelligent but also a formidable fighter. As one of the first mutated creatures deployed to the battlefield, it caused the Alliance considerable trouble during the anti-empire war.
As if understanding Zhou Siyu's words, the milk-flavored steamed bun proudly puffed out its chest, raised its head, and its big tail seemed to wag like a propeller.
"Buzz..."
A wave of dizziness washed over him, followed by pain. His pheromones were released uncontrollably, and Zhou Siyu staggered a few steps. Yu Zhen quickly grabbed his arm.
"Sister-in-law, are you alright?"
"No...it's nothing..."
Zhou Siyu gritted her teeth and squeezed out a few words before quickly injecting the golden liquid into her body.
"You're not sick at all, are you?"
Without saying a word, Zhou Yu forced him to sit on the ground and summoned a robot to examine him.
"Neurosis, mental confusion, tell me what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Yu was frantic with worry. He hadn't expected Zhou Siyu's condition to be so bad, with the risk of her losing control of her pheromones and dying at any moment.
Even so, Yu Wei still let him into the secret realm; he's really insane.
"Didn't you already know?" Zhou Siyu said wearily, rubbing his temples. "The consequences of inferior genes breaking through the limitations and undergoing secondary differentiation..."
Higher-order genes are called higher-order genes because of their strong adaptability to the environment and their faster cell division ability. The cell division and renewal rate of carriers of higher-order genes is twice that of intermediate-order genes and twenty times that of lower-order genes.
They are less prone to aging, have greater physical potential, and can undergo secondary, tertiary, or even more differentiations, thus better adapting to the external environment.
The genetic testing report showed that his genes were advanced, but they were contaminated and could not withstand the consequences of secondary differentiation.
The gene sequence is disrupted, the genetic material is contaminated, and the cell can no longer function as before.
"Genetic pollution..."
Zhou Yu lowered his eyes, stopped speaking, turned his back, and his shoulders trembled as if he were crying.
"Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet." Zhou Siyu patted Zhou Yu's shoulder helplessly. "Yu Wei's pheromones have a temporary relief effect, I'm not going to die."
“Let’s go catch the Ghost Hand Vine.” Zhou Yu wiped away his tears, wiped his nose, and stood up. “The cells of the Ghost Hand Vine have a strong phagocytic ability and are an important raw material for gene cleaning agents.”
"Gene cleaner?"
Zhou Siyu stroked the head of the milk-scented steamed bun that had come closer. Lin Ling was being unfair; she wouldn't even share such a good thing.
"My father invented a medicine that can cut gene chains, reconnect other genes or rewrite gene sequences, remove inferior parts of genes, and improve gene quality and grade."
"Grandpa did this?"
Zhou Siyu had heard of his grandfather, a strange but very powerful old man.
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