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Chapter 308 Genes: The Source Code of Reality

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Wu Wen is no stranger to bloodlines and genes.

He had been exposed to and studied this field in his early years.

However, the strength exhibited by cattle herders cannot be explained by simple "bloodline and genes".

This suggests that there are definitely deeper meanings and mysteries hidden behind "bloodline-genes" that he has not yet touched.

Wu Wen turned his head again and looked at the cattle herder he had suppressed to the side.

Judging from the herdsman's current physical condition, the reason he can unleash tens of tons of force is because his body has reached an extreme state of liberation.

First, his muscles showed a double-muscle phenomenon similar to that of a cow, indicating that the genes that originally limited excessive muscle growth in his body had been silenced.

At the same time, the fast-twitch muscle fiber genes originally used for hunting were activated, causing the content of fast-twitch muscle fibers in his body to increase directly from 50% to 90%, thus increasing his muscle explosive power five or six times.

In addition, the increase in anti-atrophy proteins in his body indicates that the previously dormant anti-atrophy protein genes in his body have also been activated, improving the muscle's resistance to tearing and thus enabling it to withstand a burst of force equivalent to ten tons.

His myofibroblast membrane also became like a nanoscale graphene sheet.

When muscles contract, they generate bioelectricity, which the myofibrous membrane can convert into additional electromagnetic force, forming "electrically enhanced muscles." This increases the efficiency of force output by 30%, essentially making the muscles have their own boosters.

In addition, his muscle cells are full of mitochondria, indicating that the genes that regulate the number of mitochondria in his body have also been activated, resulting in a three-fold increase in the rate of ATP energy synthesis, thus supporting high-intensity exertion.

Combined with the optimization of anaerobic metabolism, he is able to unleash a force of ten tons.

In addition to the changes at the muscle level, his nerve activity was also abnormal.

This indicates that the neurorepressive genes in his body have also been deactivated. An average person can only mobilize 60% of their muscle fibers, with the remaining 40% suppressed to prevent self-injury, but he was able to utilize all of them.

The effect is like an adrenaline rush, increasing strength by about 50% again.

Regarding the heat dissipation problem, the cattle herder's body has developed a reverse heat exchange mechanism similar to that of a shark.

When the temperature of a certain part of the body is higher than that of other areas, metabolism is accelerated, and the blood in the body mainly circulates through convection. Then, through the venous blood retrograde mechanism, it returns to other parts of the body at a different temperature.

In terms of skeletal support, his bones not only increased in density but also transformed into a network of hydroxyapatite crystals, increasing his compressive strength to one-third the hardness of diamond.

Besides these, there are many other changes in the physical condition of cattle herders.

For example, the gene expresses a magnetosome protein of a magnetotactic bacterium.

The magnetosome genes of these magnetotactic bacteria can generate local magnetic fields, offsetting the loss of self-weight inertia, reducing joint friction by up to 70%, making force transmission more efficient, and able to withstand impacts of up to ten tons without dislocation or fracture.

Even so, according to Wu Wen's summary, the strength that a cattle herder can unleash does not reach the level of fifty tons.

Therefore, Wu Wen was puzzled as to how he managed to unleash a force of fifty tons.

Could it be that there really are unknown factors at play?

After his research proved fruitless, Wu Wen decided to experience the attack of a cattle herder.

He lifted the cowherd with one hand, left the stone chamber, and came to the outside of the valley.

"Attack me with all your might!" Wu Wen commanded.

Upon hearing this, the cowherd, knowing he was now a prisoner, could only manage a bitter smile before standing motionless in place.

Seeing this, Wu Wen was not angry. Instead, he calmly said, "Fight me one more time, and then I will let you go."

"Is this really true?" The cowherd immediately looked up and stared intently at Wu Wen.

“Of course!” Wu Wen replied.

"Okay, catch it!"

As he spoke, the cowherd immediately unleashed all his strength, charging towards Wu Wen like a cannonball.

Seeing the fist that was swinging towards him, Wu Wen simply stretched out his palm to block it.

As the fist slammed into the palm, the cowherd immediately changed his moves, unleashing a barrage of punches like a storm.

Wu Wen slowly retreated while extending his palm to simply block.

In this process, he not only experienced the powerful force exerted by the cattle herder, but also observed how he could unleash such power.

However, Wu Wen never managed to uncover the secret behind it.

Based on his analysis, the strongest force that the herdsman could unleash was definitely not in the 50-ton range.

However, the power of his attack on Wu Wen reached this level.

It felt as if an invisible force was amplifying his attack.

However, Wu Wen was still unaware of this force.

Despite using every possible ability and method, he was unable to find the source of this power.

Energy? No. Magnetic field? No. Fluctuation? No...

After a long and continuous battle, even though the cattle herder had great stamina, he gradually began to become exhausted.

He stopped attacking, his chest heaving, and said to Wu Wen, "Can I leave now?"

"Please go ahead!" Wu Wen gestured with his hand.

"Can you give me back my cow?" the herdsman asked again.

“Sure!” Wu Wen replied.

Just as he finished speaking, the donkey-headed wolf drove a herd of yaks toward them, including the white yak.

However, it was extremely weak at the moment, and its eyes were lifeless, as if it had suffered some kind of abuse.

Seeing this, the herdsman dared not linger and immediately led his yaks away quickly.

"Young Master, are we just going to let him go like this?" Hua Nu, who had been watching from the sidelines, came up behind Wu Wen and asked in a low voice.

"Leave?" Wu Wen smiled. "If he doesn't leave, how can he lead the way for me?"

Just as the departing herdsman and his cattle disappeared into the grasslands, Wu Wen's figure also vanished. He continued northward until he entered the northern desert.

The cattle herders, having survived the ordeal, finally relaxed a little.

"Where did this person come from? I never encountered such a terrifying being when I traveled through India."

With Wu Wen's unfathomable figure replaying in his mind, the cattle herder quickened his pace and continued towards his destination—the Tianshan Mountains.

After traversing the desolate Arctic, the cattle herder finally saw the endless snow-capped mountains in the distance.

He led his yaks into the snow-capped mountains, and then into the Tian Shan mountain range.

Then, in this snow-white world, he found a solitary peak.

On the mountainside of this solitary peak, there stands a small temple built entirely of stone.

The cattle herder entered the small stone temple. There was nothing inside except for some faded and dilapidated murals on the four stone walls.

The cowherd sat cross-legged in the center of the stone temple and began to pray devoutly.

This small temple was not built by him, but was discovered by chance during his travels over the long years.

He didn't know who built the stone temple, but judging from the weathering, it must have been very old.

Then he discovered that he had a strange feeling here, as if he could be closest to the god he believed in.

Therefore, he made this place his place of worship, and would come here to worship every once in a while, hoping to get a response from the gods.

But for hundreds of years, he prayed countless times but never received a response from the gods.

After receiving this inexplicable guidance from the gods, the cowherd felt that he would surely receive a response from the gods for coming here.

He knelt in the middle of the temple and prayed silently.

One reason is to repent for not completing the task assigned to him by the gods.

Secondly, they prayed to the gods to grant them greater power.

Just as he was praying, Wu Wen's figure suddenly appeared behind him.

The cowherd, who was slow to realize what was happening, was immediately shocked when he suddenly discovered Wu Wen.

"How did you end up here?... You've been following me... So you deliberately let me escape..."

Wu Wen ignored him and began to observe the small temple.

According to Wu Wen's analysis, this stone temple is indeed very old, existing for at least more than 10,000 years.

There's nothing particularly special about it except for the dilapidated murals.

The carving marks have faded considerably over the course of ten thousand years of differentiation, and in some places they have even disappeared.

However, under Wu Wen's "Digital Derivation Heavenly Eye," the entire stone temple was directly transformed into a data model.

Through analysis and connection of existing traces and information, the complete picture of the murals on the wall was once again revealed to Wu Wen.

The Tai Chi symbol... two intertwined snakes... rippling waves... a sharply defined rectangular pattern...

Looking at these murals, they seem to be neither telling a story nor recording anything.

They are carved in fragments on the stone wall as if there were no connection between them.

But the more this was the case, the more intently Wu Wen stared at them, rapidly analyzing them within his inner vision.

Everything is interconnected.

Even if it's just a casual doodle, the doodle will inevitably correspond to the image that comes to mind.

Interior scene.

Using the simplest process of elimination, Wu Wen managed to find the relationship between them.

"Gene map!"

Wu Wen was startled.

He truly hadn't expected that the seemingly random patterns carved on the stone wall were actually genetic maps!
The reason they look illogical and chaotic is because these stone paintings seem to depict genes from different angles.

The Tai Chi symbol is a top-down view of two intertwined gene chains rotating and entangled, while the intertwined snakes are a view of the gene chains from a two-dimensional perspective.

As for the ripples and rhombuses, these are patterns drawn from the side as the gene chains twist and turn.

"How come there are so many genetic maps here?"

Wu Wen's analysis revealed that the gene maps recorded here originated from various organisms.

Just as Wu Wen was puzzled, the herdsman next to him, without any sense of propriety, stepped forward to disturb him.

"roll!"

Wu Wen simply raised his hand and waved it, and the cowherd was twisted into a ball of minced meat like a pretzel, and then blown out of the stone temple by the wind.

Wu Wen stared intently at the genetic map on the stone wall, rapidly deducing and analyzing it within the inner view.

Just as he was using the associative logical deduction method to analyze, Wu Wen suddenly made an amazing discovery.

That is, he discovered that the patterns on these stone walls were actually encrypted expressions of the fundamental physical constants of the universe, such as the gravitational constant and quantum entanglement modes...

"Gene sequences are the 'biological programming language'."

"If it also carries the encrypted expression of the fundamental physical constants of the universe."

"Doesn't that mean that by decoding the genetic differences between different life forms, we can deduce the local variables of the laws of the universe in reverse?"

"Doesn't that mean that controlling genes is controlling the source code of reality?!"

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(End of this chapter)