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Chapter 280 The Underlying Code of Life: The Electrolyte "Ion Programming" System!
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Under the detailed explanation of Master Zhiyuan.

Wu Wen gradually gained a deeper understanding of evil spirits.

The evil spirit's appearance was blurry and unpredictable, sometimes resembling a thick, swirling black mist, within which flickered an eerie red light, as if countless evil eyes were spying from the shadows; at other times, it transformed into a humanoid silhouette, but its face was twisted and ferocious, its features so displaced that it sent chills down one's spine...

A layer of eerie green light surrounded its body, within which various illusions of desire faintly appeared.

There were mountains of gold and silver treasures, gleaming with greedy light; scenes of people frantically vying for power, filled with deceit and treachery; and twisted scenes of lust between men and women, revealing debauchery and ugliness...

Its abilities are also unpredictable and mysterious.

First, there is "manipulation by desire".

Evil spirits can keenly sense the desires deep within people's hearts, and then amplify these desires infinitely with their powerful spiritual force, causing people to become trapped in a vortex of desire from which they cannot extricate themselves, ultimately becoming slaves to their desires.

Secondly, there is "spiritual pollution".

Evil spirits possess an extremely powerful ability to corrupt the mind; as long as one gets within a certain range of them, one's mind will gradually be eroded.

It can also plant seeds of negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and hatred in people's hearts through words or mental suggestions, allowing these emotions to spread and grow like weeds, ultimately destroying people's minds.

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"If the evil spirit is so powerful, how can we deal with it?" Wu Wen couldn't help but ask.

Master Zhiyuan replied calmly, “Dealing with it is actually easy. As the saying goes, everything corresponds to the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint. Buddhist incantations and Taoist proverbs can both cause devastating damage to it.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen's doubts not only did not lessen, but actually intensified.

If it's so simple, why wasn't it handled properly before? And now we have to go again?

Master Li Chunfeng seemed to see through his thoughts and answered, "Evil spirits possess a special ability called 'spiritual plague'."

"Although it is easy to eliminate it, it can spread itself like pollen, dispersing countless mental seeds that scatter and parasitize people's minds, forming a plague-like existence."

"If it cannot be completely eliminated at once, it will spread like wildfire from a single seed of the spirit, causing a plague again and causing enormous harm."

Wu Wen suddenly realized and nodded in understanding. It turned out that because his master Li Chunfeng and his grandmaster Zhiyuan had not completely eliminated the root of the problem last time, the evil spirits had returned.

"Master, let me go with you this time. I really want to see an evil spirit that I've never seen before."

Wu Wen was now filled with intense interest in evil spirits.

In his view, this thing was similar to a sacrificial spirit.

However, compared to the spirits of worship, the spirits born from faith and sacrifice are pure and kind, while evil spirits are chaotic, complex, and extremely wicked.

Therefore, they all share a common characteristic: parasitism.

They transform their spirit into a virus-like entity, capable of infiltration and infection.

However, compared to sacrificial spirits, evil spirits are formed from the various evil thoughts and desires of people, so they are easier to spread among people, and easier to infiltrate and infect, and in the process they continue to grow stronger.

After listening to Wu Wen's words, Li Chunfeng shook his head and said earnestly, "You should stay in Jiaozhi. The place needs you to stay and oversee things!"

Without receiving consent, Wu Wen did not make another request.

End of conversation.

They bid farewell to their master, Li Chunfeng, and their grandmaster, Zhiyuan, as they departed.

The next day.

Wu Wen entrusted the affairs of Jiaozhi to Lü Cai and also appointed Chen Yun to assist him.

Then, he went to the Pantheon alone.

in fact.

Besides wanting to see the evil spirit, he had another, more important reason for going to the Pantheon.

That is to use the sacred site of the sacrifice, Phoenix Mountain, where Zhao Tuo's tomb is located, and the area with its rich radiation, to carry out cultivation.

Wu Wen had long wanted to go here to absorb the "antimatter particles" formed by radiation decay, but he had been delayed by this matter.

Using only radioactive ores for cultivation each time is indeed too slow.

So this time he's going to Phoenix Mountain to train and quickly improve his strength.

We left Jiaozhi City.

Wu Wen soared directly into the sky.

His figure streaked across the sky like a shooting star, quickly heading towards Phoenix Mountain.

In just over half a day.

He then went to the vicinity of Phoenix Mountain.

"I suppose Master and the others haven't left Jiaozhi County yet!"

Wu Wen planned the journey of his master Li Chunfeng and his grandmaster Zhiyuan.

Then, he plunged headlong into the sea of ​​clouds above Phoenix Mountain, falling vertically into the mountain.

"The radiation is intense, and the amount of antimatter particles emitted from the decay is indeed plentiful!"

Wu Wen sensed the antimatter particles scattered in the space around his body and sighed inwardly.

He found a quiet spot and sat down comfortably.

Enter a state of cultivation directly.

Start the "trap" vortex at the Tanzhong acupoint in the chest.

Wu Wen's body seemed to have transformed into a giant funnel.

The antimatter particles in the surrounding space were drawn slowly towards Wu Wen's body by a weak gravitational force.

Upon entering the "trap" vortex, they were bound and their strength and cultivation were converted into Wu Wen's. Time passed second by second.

During this tedious process of absorption and cultivation, Wu Wen naturally did not idle or waste time.

He only devoted a small portion of his energy to controlling his body to absorb antimatter particles.

He devoted more of his energy to the inner vision, deducing and analyzing his primary cultivation goal of "the unity of essence, energy, and spirit".

Essence, Qi, and Spirit correspond to matter, energy, and information, respectively.

Now Wu Wen is just one step away from completing the task: information transformation.

He will then be able to complete the "three-in-one" process.

Wu Wen invested enormous computing power to deduce how matter and energy are transformed into information.

The progress is accelerating.

Inspired by the secret techniques of "Immortal Body", Wu Wen first comprehended the transformation between the physical body and information.

During Wu Wen's process of enlightenment.

He found.

The underlying code of life: It turns out to be the "ion programming" system of electrolytes!
If we compare life to a sophisticated biological computer, then electrolyte ions, such as sodium ions, potassium ions, and calcium ions, are its "machine language."

The ion channels, pumps, and receptors on the cell membrane are the "hardware" that executes this code.

This system controls all the key physiological processes, from nerve signal transmission to muscle contraction, from gene expression to metabolic regulation.

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The flow of sodium and potassium ions is the basis of nerve signals.

The "binary" structure of electrolytes is actually the ion gradient and electrochemical signal.

Cell membrane potential is the "0" and "1" of life.

The resting potential is a potential difference between the inside and outside of the cell membrane, mainly maintained by the outflow of potassium ions and a small amount of inflow of sodium ions. This is the standby state of a computer.

Action potential: When nerve or muscle cells are stimulated, sodium ion channels open instantaneously, and the influx of sodium ions reverses the membrane potential, similar to a "1" signal. Subsequently, potassium ions flow out and the cell returns to rest, similar to a "0" signal.

Code execution speed: neurons can transmit a thousand action potentials per second, while muscle cells rely on calcium ions to trigger contraction; this is the CPU clock frequency.

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Ion pumps are power management tools used to maintain "memory".

Sodium-potassium ion-ATPase, also known as the sodium-potassium pump, pumps out 3 sodium ions and in 2 potassium ions for every 1 ATP (bioenergy) consumed, maintaining a gradient of high potassium ions inside the cell and high sodium ions outside.
This is the computer's power management chip!
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The "high-level language" of electrolyte programming is the regulation of physiological functions!

Neural computing is ion flow, it's information transmission!
Action potentials reach nerve endings, triggering calcium ion influx and prompting vesicles to release neurotransmitters.

For example, when muscles are working, calcium ions act as the "starting command".

In skeletal muscle, the action potential leads to troponin binding, which in turn causes actin and myosin to slide, resulting in contraction.

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At a deeper level.

Gene expression regulation.

Electrolytes act as "epigenetic switches"!
Magnesium ions are essential cofactors for DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase; magnesium deficiency can lead to errors in gene replication.

Calcium signaling pathways, such as calmodulin, regulate the transcription of hundreds of genes, affecting cell proliferation, immune responses, and so on.

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Wu Wen had thought about this deeply.

Why did nature choose electrolytes as the underlying code of life?

Based on Wu Wen's deduction and analysis.

The reason behind this is actually not complicated.

The core issue lies in its physical feasibility.

Ions, as the most abundant charged particles in nature, naturally possess the property of being easily transported across membranes.

They can move flexibly between cell membranes, building bridges for life activities and enabling the efficient transfer of information and energy.

From an energy efficiency perspective.

The energy stored in the sodium and potassium ion gradients can be accessed more rapidly than that stored in chemical bonds.

This is like a highly efficient energy reserve, capable of rapidly releasing powerful energy when needed, providing a continuous source of power for life activities.

When it comes to scalability, from tiny single-celled organisms, such as bacteria with proton pumps, to complex humans, all have adopted similar electrical signaling systems.

This is sufficient proof that electrolytes, as the underlying code of life, have extremely wide applicability and strong vitality, and can continuously evolve and upgrade with the evolution of life.

Thus, this proves:

Life, in essence, is the ultimate computer programmed with ions!
The input to this computer comes from various stimuli from the external environment, such as changes in light intensity, temperature fluctuations, and pressure variations. These stimuli cause ion channels to open, allowing ions to enter and exit the cells.

Its operation process involves integrating and transmitting electrical signals in a neural network to induce changes in the ion gradient, thereby enabling information processing and transmission.

Its output manifests as a series of behavioral feedbacks, such as muscle contraction and relaxation, hormone secretion and regulation, and gene expression and regulation. These feedbacks together constitute the richness, diversity, complexity, and variability of life.

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Electrolytes are not only the underlying code of life, but also the optimal solution carefully shaped during the evolutionary process!

It is a perfect bioelectric system that has undergone millions of years of debugging and optimization!
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(End of this chapter)