The waves hit the stone wall composed of columnar joints, then receded, then hit again, and so on. The earliest seabed and beach were formed through the cyclic interaction between seawater and rocks over tens of millions of years.

At this time, a discordant 'alien' was in the crevices of the stone wall, gradually and slowly, grasping the gaps between the stone pillars, climbing up the stone wall.

The shape of this 'alien' resembles the root system of a plant. From the main root, a large number of roots extend. Through embedding at the molecular scale, these roots can penetrate deep into the interior of this stone pillar, even if it is a solid stone.

In addition, while providing fixation to the main root, the roots can also extract calcium, magnesium, iron, silicon, zinc and other inorganic elements from the stone pillars.

With thick stone pillars as the main load-bearing pillars, the roots do not need to worry about being torn off by waves, as the main roots extend all the way to the sea.

The source of the main root is a nodular mass, which also extends a large number of roots, firmly fixing itself among the ellipsoidal and pillow-shaped rocks at the bottom of the volcanic island to resist the erosion of sea water.

The nodular mass has more than one main root. Except for the one that is 'rock climbing', the other main roots are clinging to the volcanic rocks on the seabed and spreading out in all directions. Each one extends for several kilometers to form a lichen.

A huge network.

It is hard to imagine that not long ago, these things were suspected to be a huge population of animals.

"Huh... the design is finally completed, and then only the gradual 'construction' work remains."

With his mind separated from the work of 'design', Huo Gu felt that his spirit was relaxed and he could finally take a breath.

If, as a human being, mental work was easier than physical work, now it is just the opposite.

Hogu, who cannot feel physical fatigue, relatively speaking, tedious and time-consuming mental work becomes hard work.

Everything near the volcanic island is the masterpiece of Hogu, which transformed the entire gourd group into the plant-like appearance it now has.

In terms of design, Hogu follows the structure of the rhizomes of earthly plants. The surface layer is no longer the fragile skin that can be broken by a stone, but a thick cocoon formed by the superposition of cell death.

In order to ensure the strength of the main root system, multiple rhizomes are entangled in a spider-like style, which not only provides a strong function of transporting nutrients, but also ensures that no collapse occurs.

In the entire huge system arranged by Huogu, the tumor-like mass is the most core part, and the entire group of sensory cells are gathered here.

At the expense of the ability to move, the radius of influence of the life field directly expanded to about six kilometers!

Moreover, under the premise that there was no relay command at all, Huo Gu was surprised to find that the command delay phenomenon suddenly weakened a lot.

The veil of the mysterious life field has become much thinner as a result.

The rhizomes arranged on the seabed are to collect enough organic materials to meet the overall consumption. The roots extending from the main roots can capture those organic materials very well.

There are still a certain number of "flowers" growing on the main root of the seabed. These were the original "mouths" of the gourd. Huogu did not modify them, but transplanted them to the main root intact, and they looked like they had grown out.

flowers'.

Facts have proved that Huogu's idea was correct. These 'flowers' did indeed bring a considerable amount of additional organic materials to it.

What surprised it even more was that a genetic sample of a microorganism with a "nucleus" was also captured among the microorganisms. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a surprise.

The importance of the development of the cell nucleus is an important milestone in the history of biological development, such as the construction of the first life from organic macromolecules such as amino acids and proteins, and the establishment of civilization by Ape erectus.

Its function is that the cell nucleus is a genetic information database and the control center of cell metabolism and inheritance. In other words, it can maintain the overall coordination of the cell without a superconscious mind like Hogu.

Its existence means that single-cell organisms have the qualifications to develop and evolve into multi-cell organisms.

"But this cell nucleus is still very rudimentary..."

"It just has a simple double-layered nuclear membrane, as well as nuclear pores, nucleoli, chromatin, nuclear matrix and other structures."

"At present, it seems that this kind of cell nucleus can only protect against phage invasion to a certain extent."

Hogu summarized the information obtained from the genetic samples.

His interest got the best of him, and he suffered from occupational diseases. He couldn't help but start studying this microbial sample with a cell nucleus.

"Nitrifying bacteria..."

In this way, it is easy to understand that this bacteria was captured nearby.

At this time, the planet is full of active volcanoes, and nitrous acid is everywhere in the ocean, especially around here, which is a volcanic island that is still in the active stage.

"Huh? By inhaling carbon dioxide and methane, reacting with nitrous acid, and finally emitting oxygen to maintain life activities?"

"What the hell?"

Huogu felt as if he had discovered a new world as he had found the cell nucleus before.

As we all know, carbon dioxide is an inert gas. Even on Earth, plants that produce oxygen need to perform aerobic respiration to maintain normal life activities.

Oxygen is chemically unstable, so it is suitable as an additive for the reaction rather than as an exhaust after the reaction.

"etc!"

"I seem to have entered into a certain misunderstanding. The chemical properties of oxygen are unstable. Isn't this a very powerful 'attack method'?"

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration occurred, and Huo Gu, who had originally been a little disdainful of this type of bacteria, suddenly stopped thinking about it.

Oxygen itself can react with unsaturated fatty acids without enzymatic catalysis, and can destroy the phospholipids that store these acids, and phospholipids are the main components of cell biofilms, ultimately causing the death of microorganisms.

In the microbial world, the nitrifying bacteria captured by Hogu can be said to be quite terrifying 'poisons'. No microorganism wants to get close to them, especially in today's atmospheric environment. It is basically impossible to evolve oxygen-consuming microorganisms.

impossible things.

"Sure enough, none of the creatures that can exist in nature are simple characters."

After some admiration, the sample information was added to the gene sequence preserved by Huo Gu, and the nitrifying bacteria were digested and became nutrients for the entire cluster.

The law of the jungle is everywhere!

Under the transcriptional expression of genes, the root core in the middle of the rhizome-like system that extends for several kilometers has the function of producing oxygen, with the purpose of killing microorganisms that may invade the rhizome system.

Of course, this is done just in case, to prevent the invasion of microorganisms after the epidermal defense line is damaged by stones.
Chapter completed!