It was getting dark. Although photosynthesis would continue, respiration would take up more of the process.
Gao Ang pulled the piece of flesh off the recliner, placed it on the desk in the room, peeled off the black foil covering it, took the iodine, and dripped a few drops onto it.
He didn't do any cleaning in order to avoid the influence of other factors, such as purified water or tap water.
Before long, the color of the skin changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It really does photosynthesize!"
The exposed half of the skin turned a deep blue after being soaked in iodine; while the unexposed half also had some light blue marks, probably because it hadn't been kept in the dark long enough for respiration to complete, and the remaining nutrients, namely starch, hadn't been fully broken down.
Although not entirely accurate, Gao Feng has already confirmed that his skin does indeed perform photosynthesis.
The fact that ordinary human skin does not contain starch is enough to prove his inference.
The most reliable way to scientifically and rigorously prove this hypothesis is to take a section of skin and send it to a relevant research institution for analysis of its chemical structure and composition.
But he wouldn't do such a thing. He wanted to keep his body's secrets hidden. He didn't even plan to tell his own parents, let alone research institutions.
After thinking for a moment, Gao Ang wrapped the piece of flesh tightly in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator.
He opened his diary and wrote the following:
Preliminary tests have revealed that the skin contains a mysterious chlorophyll-like substance that can photosynthesize through sunlight to synthesize starch.
Such mysterious substances could be novel compounds that have never been discovered before, or they could be extraterrestrial objects...
He used an ellipsis here because he also felt his idea was a bit ridiculous, extraterrestrial objects... had he been watching too many movies?
Whether it's a new compound or an alien object, Gao Feng is certain that his next task is to find the cause of his body's mutation and to find his 'companion,' assuming that such a 'companion' or 'companions' exist.
There are many factors that can cause physical changes, such as food, radiation, and drinking water.
Gao Ang conducted a preliminary investigation and found that the food and water were definitely not the problem. If he had a problem, the area affected would be enormous.
As for radiation... that's basically nonsense. He lives in Vanke Apartments, which is considered a mid-to-high-end area. There's no radiation here, and even the mosquitoes are sprayed with insecticide three times a day by the cleaning lady.
At this moment, Gao Ang suddenly remembered that yesterday when he went downstairs to throw out the trash, he seemed to have been hit by something falling from a height.
"Could something have hit me, causing my body to mutate?"
This is the only relatively unusual thing he's done in the last two days; he's done everything else hundreds or even thousands of times.
I checked the time; it was 8:13 PM. The male security guard should be on duty at this time.
Gao Ang had spoken to him a few times, mainly because he had forgotten his access card and had asked him to open the door a few times; they were just nodding acquaintances.
Fortunately, the security guard was quite easy to talk to. Gao Ang made up a reason, saying that his takeout had disappeared from the shelf, and the guard asked Gao Ang to check the video footage from that day.
These videos don't offer much privacy anyway, as they're from public areas. Customers come to view them when they need to, and they even provide identification, so security guards can't stop them.
The recordings on the hard drive had clear dates. Gao Ang glanced at them and saw that the security guard was scrolling through Douyin (TikTok) and hadn't even looked at him.
He manipulated the mouse and opened yesterday's surveillance footage.
"It should be a little after 8 o'clock..."
"That's right, it's 8:20 now."
The security guard glanced at the time on his phone, agreed, and then continued scrolling through Douyin (TikTok).
Raising an eyebrow, he seemed unsure what the security guard meant.
Never mind that, finding what I need is the most important thing right now.
Dragging the mouse forward, Gao Ang started watching the video at double speed from 8 o'clock, only slowing down the playback speed when his own figure appeared.
At 8:19:35 on June 18, a white sphere, visible to the naked eye, fell rapidly from above and landed squarely on Gao Zhang's head.
The next scene shows him jumping up and down and cursing.
He went through the loop several times, but still couldn't find where the white sphere had rolled to.
Could it be...?
Gao Ang turned the playback speed down to one-third and carefully observed the trajectory of the sphere after it landed on his head.
It didn't bounce off anywhere else; it simply disappeared above his head.
In other words, the white sphere and he himself have become one!
What are you looking at?
Gao Ang then realized that, without him noticing, the security guard had already stood behind him, staring intently at the screen.
"Uh, no... nothing!"
Fearing the security guard would notice something was wrong, he frantically tried to turn off the surveillance camera.
"Are you putting on an act for our leaders?" At this moment, the apartment manager appeared in the frame.
"Um?"
"Hehe, what do you think? Our leader has a pretty good presence, right?"
The young security guard asked with a smile, his pimples still twitching on his face.
Gao Ang slowly let out a breath and mustered his courage to ask, "You also believe I'm acting?"
"What else? There's nothing there. You're jumping around like that just to attract our leader's attention, I understand."
After saying that, he gave Gao Feng a meaningful smile.
You don't know anything!
Gao Ang was too lazy to waste any more words with him. He had just confirmed one more thing: ordinary people couldn't see this white sphere. In other words, he was hit by this white sphere that ordinary people couldn't see, which led to the subsequent physical mutation.
"By the way, how old is your boss this year?"
Since there was already a misunderstanding, Gao Ang pretended to be shy and started chatting with the security guard, but his right hand did not stop moving at all.
"Our leader..."
Gao Ang didn't hear a word the security guard said; he just kept nodding, occasionally giving a look of sudden realization.
I right-clicked and dragged down a few lines. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the mouse hovering over the word 'delete'. Just as the security guard was about to finish his sentence, the mouse clicked twice.
Fortunately, the security guard's attention was all on him, and he was excitedly trying to matchmake the future 'new couple', so he didn't notice Gao Yang's series of small actions at all.
"Alright, thanks! I'll treat you to a meal sometime!"
After exiting drive D, Gao Ang emptied the recycle bin directly.
What are you doing?
The security guard frowned slightly when he saw Gao Feng's action.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just wanted to clean up the recycle bin as soon as I saw it. Sorry, sorry."
"You have quite a few flaws. With just this one thing, our leader might not even approve of you... Even if you're handsome, it won't help."
Gao Ang felt that the security guard was either jealous of him or deliberately mocking him, since he had to be so impulsive as to delete the recycle bin.
It's normal for someone to be suspicious and distrustful if you do these things on their work computer.
Now that the cause of the incident had been found and the evidence had been largely eliminated, Gao Ang was too lazy to argue with him any further. He waved his hand and left the duty room.
"Where did this white sphere come from?"
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