Chapter 261 Domineering Ancestral Genes

Feng Yi learned about their experience of catching sea snakes from several staff members of the zoo.

Although sea snakes basically live in the sea, they still belong to the reptile class. Yangcheng Zoo has recently added sea snakes. Feng Yi rushed over after hearing the news.

He said he was helping, but in fact he was looking for materials to help him write... write task reports.

After that, Feng Yi stayed at home, didn't go anywhere, and wrote task reports in front of the computer every day.

Well, Xiao Yi's guidance.

You can accept guidance, but you can't ask someone to write for you.

With materials, directions, and guidance, Feng Yi wrote task reports much faster. Not only can he complete them on time, but he can also take a few days off during this period!

Wen Suolin's case is still under investigation, and Feng Yi's side also has people calling or visiting from time to time to ask questions related to the case.

After all, there are too many doubts and coincidences in Feng Yi's entire process of finding pythons.

When everyone was at a loss and was still looking for information everywhere, Feng Yi had already blocked people in the small county town.

The reason given by Feng Yi is that he asked someone to help him investigate, and with his extraordinary sense of smell, he really found it.

Regardless of whether the people investigating the matter believe it or not, in this process, Feng Yi did not commit any illegal acts on the surface.

Feng Yi's sense of smell is something that can be found as long as it is investigated. It is no secret. Feng Yi has also used his sense of smell to catch mice and find Burmese pythons.

Although there are many doubts, the focus of this case is Wen Suolin and the person who secretly leaked the information to Wen Suolin within the law enforcement department.

The investigators are very busy and will not always focus on Feng Yi.

Of course, even if they are busy, the Joint Security Bureau still assigned people to investigate the "toxicity" of this little python and re-identify its danger level.

"We have isolated several mutant strains from the wound secretions of the two patients."

The person in charge of identification at the Joint Security Bureau handed a test sheet to Feng Yi:

"After the bite, the wound was infected with purulent infection accompanied by fever, inflammatory indicators such as white blood cells and C-reactive protein increased rapidly, and there were multiple complications."

The two people bitten by the little python have now been transferred to the designated hospital in Yangcheng, and are also guarded by people from the Joint Security Bureau and local law enforcement departments.

"Several preferred drugs have been identified, and the treatment effect is good. Mr. Wen's bodyguard can directly control the condition through drug treatment. The person found in the residential house is a little more troublesome to treat because of the long delay, and surgery is required to remove the abscess."

The person from the Joint Security Bureau smiled and said to Feng Yi: "After finding the right treatment direction, it is relatively simple to treat. However, its pathogenicity is too strong, and its danger level will definitely increase, but it will not be too high. You can rest assured about this."

Organisms with too high a danger level will not be kept in zoos so easily.

Feng Yi also smiled and thanked the other party.

The person from the Joint Insurance Bureau continued, "We will continue to observe it for a while."

Feng Yi said, "I understand."

After returning to Yangcheng, Feng Yi told Doctor Xiao Wu about how "Little Koi" poisoned two adult men, and also told him about the symptoms of the two men.

Dr. Xiao Wu mentioned to Feng Yi that if the oral bacteria of "Little Koi" mutated into multi-drug resistance, that is, super bacteria, it would be more troublesome.

But now seeing the test report from the Joint Insurance Bureau, Feng Yi was relieved.

It's not yet at the level of super bacteria.

If it really reaches that level, Feng Yi may not be able to save it now.

Before the people from the Joint Security Bureau left, they remembered something and said to Feng Yi:

"Oh, several researchers from the research base were waiting in the zoo's reptile house to collect samples and study its oral microorganisms to find out the reasons for the mutation of those bacteria. When the zoo keeper was feeding it, it may be that several researchers got too close to it, which frightened it and made it vomit food."

Feng Yi: "Then what?"

The people from the Joint Security Bureau: "The baby mouse it vomited was snatched away by the researchers."

Feng Yi: "..."

The people from the Joint Security Bureau patted Feng Yi on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, it's okay, the little python is protected by the people of the zoo, and now no one other than the investigators is allowed to approach."

Feng Yi thought to himself: That little snake is so pitiful, let's go see it tomorrow.

He put down the report and finally saved it, don't hang up.

After thanking the people from the Joint Security Bureau and leaving, Feng Yi called the director of the zoo to ask about the matter.

The director looked angry and told Feng Yi in detail about the "little koi" vomiting food today.

Now "Little Koi" eats more than the little pythons of the same period, and eats more frequently.

Today, other little pythons were not fed, only "Little Koi" was fed with a baby mouse, who knew that it would vomit food out of fear.

"I fed it another baby mouse, but it hasn't eaten yet."

The director was worried.

The next day, Feng Yi went to the zoo.

Arrived at the reptile house, the quarantine and isolation area.

"How is it?" Feng Yi asked.

"It refuses to eat, coiled in the corner." The director's worry was not reduced.

Feng Yi walked over and opened the door of the glass house.

"Little Koi" coiled in the corner against the stone wall quickly crawled over.

Feng Yi reached out and touched the top of its head, and didn't let it climb directly onto his hand.

When Feng Yi did not take any protective measures and reached out directly, the director wanted to say something beside him, but just opened his mouth, and the words that he originally wanted Feng Yi to be careful turned into:

"It still sticks to you, maybe it is more familiar with your smell."

"Where is its food?" Feng Yi asked.

The director quickly asked someone to process the food and send it over. Their zoo feeds snakes but not live animals. In addition, the "little koi" was suspected to be poisonous this time, so the inspection of food became more strict.

Feng Yi clamped the food with a clip and hung it diagonally above the "little koi".

The "little koi" spit out its snake tongue, stared at the direction of the food with its black eyes, and then bit it fiercely and wrapped around it.

Feng Yi released the clip when it pounced on the food.

"Not bad."

The momentum of the little python's pounce on the food just now was quite fierce.

The director was full of joy.

"It looks so energetic, it seems to be fine!"

Feng Yi closed the door of the glass room, handed the clip back to the staff, and went to the side to wash his hands.

Hearing the director's words, Feng Yi said: "It's almost recovered, just don't be frightened again."

The director quickly responded: "Hey! I will definitely have someone guard it!"

This is a treasure in their zoo, and theft and fright cannot happen again!

Feng Yi wiped his hands and looked at the little python eating in the glass house.

Snakes don't have that many emotions. Feng Yi saw how vigorously it was eating and probably forgot the previous unpleasantness.

When Feng Yi came back from a walk around the other parts of the reptile house, the little koi had already found a place to sleep.

Snakes are like this. If they don't have hunting needs, they don't need much space to walk around. They spend most of their time sleeping.

Looking at the attitude of the zoo towards the "little koi", Feng Yi seemed to see its future as a fat otaku.

In an artificial breeding environment, the probability of a fat otaku is too high. Even a king cobra can get a lot of weight, not to mention a large python. The tonnage is too much for ordinary people to bear.

After leaving the zoo, Feng Yi did not go home directly, but went to a hospital.

A hospital belonging to the ancestor factory.

Xiao Wu has basically bought all the instruments in the underground laboratory that he listed on the list. The remaining ones that have not been configured are not because the funds are not in place, but because the instruments are either out of stock or waiting for delivery and installation.

However, some instruments can only be brought to the hospital.

The underground laboratory is too small to store, the utilization rate is not high, and it is not convenient to repair. There is no need to move everything to the underground laboratory.

Xiao Wu's own complex examinations or research are all in the hospital of the ancestral factory.

The doctor who examined Feng Yi was not a doctor here. It was still Xiao Wu.

They just used the place and instruments here.

The reason why Feng Yi took the initiative to come for an examination was also because of "Little Koi".

Feng Yi guessed that the poisoning of "Little Koi" this time should be induced by active factors.

In order to enhance its life signal, Feng Yi delivered active factors to it.

Compared with those that overflowed to the surrounding during molting, the active factors delivered by Feng Yi to the little python were of higher concentration.

In a short period of time, excessive active factors enhanced the life signal of the little python and induced the mutation of the originally ordinary bacteria.

It seems that this active factor cannot be used at will.

Too much input in a short period of time is likely to cause some uncontrollable mutations.

Active factors can affect all living organisms.

Bacteria are prokaryotes, a kind of living organism.

Viruses can also be seen as a non-cellular life form and can also be affected.

If it is true as he thought, after this incident, Feng Yi can understand why the ancestors all went to the rocky island to "survive the catastrophe".

Don't easily break the balance of normal human living conditions.

For Feng Yi, humans are too fragile and are already suicidal enough. If he pushes them again, they will have to be cleared directly.

Xiao Wu is also looking forward to what kind of wonderful combination of microorganisms Feng Yi carries.

This expectation is like when he was a child, he watched the dragon in the movie and wondered what the ticks and mites on the dragon would look like?

With great anticipation, he checked the flora of Feng Yi's mouth, nasopharynx and esophagus.

When the results came out, Dr. Xiao Wu looked at the results in his hand and was stunned for a while.

When Dr. Xiao Wu came back from the hospital, Feng Yi was writing a report at home. When he saw Xiao Wu, he asked, "How is it?"

Xiao Wu turned his eyes to Feng Yi, as if he was looking at an alien.

He did not directly answer Feng Yi's question, but said:

"You know, bacteria account for more than 99% of the microorganisms in the human body. The resident flora and the human host are interdependent and benefit each other."

"These resident flora have an important impact on human development, immune function, nutrient absorption and energy metabolism, etc. In a healthy and balanced state, nothing will happen. Once the balance is lost, people will get sick."

"I am a person with mysophobia, but even if I am a mysophobia, I have to admit that I do have a lot of bacteria in my body. This is necessary for survival, especially in the intestines. Without them, I may die easily."

Feng Yi nodded, "These are common sense."

"Yes, common sense!" Xiao Wu's eyes were full of surprise.

"There is a study called the Human Microbiome Project, which is to sequence the microorganisms in all parts of the human body, crack their whole genome, and study their relationship with human health."

"The genome of the resident bacteria that coexists with the human body is called the 'second genome' of the human body in some fields. And the genes we generally refer to are what you inherit, which is the 'first genome'."

"The first genome and the second genome together determine whether the human body is healthy or sick."

"But..."

Dr. Xiao Wu adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and looked directly at Feng Yi:

"There may not be a second genome in you! In other words, its existence is so low that it can be ignored!"

Feng Yi was also full of surprise, "No?"

Normal people have it, but I don’t?

Xiaowu nodded, "The test results I got showed that several of the parts tested were indeed absent, or the presence was extremely weak, and would disappear completely in a few minutes. The effect is comparable to spraying disinfectant.

"Your immune system is different from normal people."

Strictly speaking, it is different from all the creatures Xiao Wu knows!

"Perhaps your first gene is too powerful and overbearing and does not allow the second gene to exist at all."

When Feng Yi is in a healthy state, there is simply not enough room for the second genome to grow!

If a second genome appears on him, something serious will happen!

Xiao Wu: "All the microorganisms in all food have been almost eliminated before entering your stomach. Perhaps a large number of them were killed during the chewing process. The remaining microorganisms that escaped the elimination are It’s completely digested in the stomach.”

Feng Yi: "Oh."

Xiao Wu: "However, the data is incomplete now, and important things have not been measured, so we cannot draw any conclusions. Do you want to measure the intestines?"

Feng Yi: "No, forget it."

Xiaowu looked regretful: "It's very simple to test. For routine use, you only need fresh ones..."

Feng Yi: "That's it!"

"Okay. Next time I will only test the oropharyngeal and esophageal flora. There is no need to go to the hospital in the ancestor factory. The equipment in the underground laboratory is sufficient, or you can just do a nasopharyngeal and throat swab. You don't need such a complicated genome analyzer. Anyway There is a high probability that the second genome will not be detected.”

Xiaowu returned to the underground laboratory full of regrets. Even though he was a germaphobe, he didn't care. The boss's idol had a heavy burden.

He originally wanted to study Feng Yi's genes that could exhibit broad-spectrum antibacterial activity and anti-inflammatory effects.

Now it is discovered that there may be no space for the second genome in Feng Yi, and there is no direction. It feels like there is no way to start. I don’t know which direction is the direction, or where is the direction.

However, he was not discouraged, but instead became more interested.

It’s interesting when it’s difficult and challenging!

Ah, my choice was indeed right!

What a magical creature!

Xiao Wu looked at the results of this microbiological examination, sighed, opened his office computer, and clicked on a folder.

Inside is a dense collection of journal article information——

"Differences and Similarities in the Microbiota of Reptiles and Humans"

"Comparison of the dominant flora in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals and reptiles"

"Sources and Protection Countermeasures of Snake Pathogenic Microorganisms"

"Study on Microbial Diversity in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Snakes"

"Interaction between immune genes and microorganisms"

"The Effect of Captivity and Diet on the Microbiota"

…

Sighing again, "There is no reference."

Dr. Xiao Wu deletes the folder.

Can't let the boss see it!

See you tonight.