Vol 2 Chapter 8: New nutrient system

Lin has already circled the body of the Shield worm. The worm's body can hardly find anything edible, except for those multi-cell combinations like pipes.
These pipes are all over the body of the whole round shield worm, including the limbs, in every corner of the body, except for the position around the esophagus, but Lin believes that the side of the esophagus should be destroyed by the virus.
And all the pipes were connected to the huge thing in the middle. Lin didn't know what it meant. After watching it for a while, Lin gave up and started eating them.
It wasn't until the devourers of Lynn bit the pipes that Lin began to understand their use.
There are not only a lot of blue cells in the pipeline, but also a lot of fats and oils, various food crumbs, and a lot of immune cells.
These immune cells are not the same as Lin's, and they are very small. They are only a little bigger than the virus. They are probably the reason that the pipeline is not affected by the virus. They secrete a sticky substance that can prevent the virus from approaching.
But why are other organs in the Shield worm destroyed by the virus? Lin believes that this immune cell may only be responsible for the defense of the pipeline, and the immune cells responsible for the defense of other organs are blocked by Lin's troops, so that other organs are completely destroyed.
Lin doesn't know why these immune cells stay in the pipeline and don't go anywhere else, but this is not Lin's main concern.
Lin is mainly concerned with the use of these pipes, to see how the composition of the round shield worm differs from its own cell composition.
These pipes should be used primarily to transport nutrients, so they are spread throughout the body.
This transmission of nutrients feels very good, Lin's transmission method is just to let the combined cells connect to the fat cells, and then let them pass each other, the speed is much slower, like some of the larger devourers need to fill the nutrients It takes quite a long time to complete.
What makes Lin feel strong is the huge thing connected in the center of these pipes. It was discovered after Lin had eaten a part of it. It is almost composed of cells like muscle cells like this, which means this Things can shrink or swell, just like pumps, so that the nutrients and cells in all the pipes flow quickly to all parts of the body.
What is ‘pump’?
Regardless of this inexplicable word, but this structure is really very good.
That's right, just combine these pipes into a structure that can circulate, and then make a place where food is placed at one of the points, and then as long as the central muscle structure shrinks, the cells circulating in the pipe can continue to be transported for the body. nutrient.
The shield worm must have a place for food to connect to these pipes, but Lynn did not find it, probably it was destroyed by the virus.
However, this structure is so effective.
Lin's devourer is composed of pure muscle cells and pure lethal cells in the mouth. It is said that the damage and strength of the monomer cells is very strong, but it is also consumed quickly, and it is easy to get into fatigue. It will take a long time to re-activate.
The aircraft carrier skin is a relatively hardened type of cell. Because hardening does not move, it does not consume energy. However, the mobile carrier's tentacles are also pure muscle structures. If continuous activity is prone to fatigue.
But with this structure, the muscles may be weaker than before, but they can move for a long time and quickly repair the damage.
It feels very good, although the part I eat is not enough to repair 30% of the aircraft carrier, but it feels that it is worth killing the worm, so that it can learn a lot. If other parts are destroyed by the virus, it is estimated that Learn more.
I will not be able to use the virus again next time.
As Lin thought about it, the cells almost ate everything left in the Shield worm.
The surrounding ice layer is slowly melting, and Lin will soon fix the aircraft carrier. Although the Shield worm can eat a small portion of it, Lin itself stores a large number of fat cells, which is enough to repair the entire aircraft carrier.
The group of green cells in the 'feeding circle' on the outer casing of the aircraft carrier also escaped the crisis because they were on the other side, the round shield worm did not eat that position, and Lin found that they had a very good look, with With the light shining through the ice, they split more.
Lin is considering whether to get more breeding rings.
But the most important thing now is to get the structure of the loop pipe first.
After repairing the aircraft carrier, Lin began to construct the pipe structure learned from the round shield worm in the hollow body of the aircraft carrier.
The first is the composition of muscle cells, which can quickly contract and expand. Lin found that it has a new term to describe this part.
'heart'.
The heart is divided into two layers. The upper layer is responsible for inhaling the water from the pipe and then squeezing it to the lower layer for release.
Then there is the pipe construction. Lin makes the basic cells form these pipes. They are all intercommunicated, and at the end are connected to the various positions on the inner wall of the aircraft carrier, and the entire aircraft carrier can be fed nutrients at any time.
Lin’s practice was to form some tentacles that absorbed nutrients in the second half of the aircraft carrier. They mainly devour food and then transfer cells to and from the cells. The efficiency is completely inferior to the water flow to transmit nutrients.
The word for the pipe construction is called 'vascular'.
It feels a bit strange, but Lin decided to use this name.
Lin doesn't plan to put so many cells in the blood vessels like a round shield worm, so there is more room to transport food.
When it comes to food, Lin combines an elliptical structure called a 'sac', which can be opened and closed, and connected to the blood vessels. The general food is placed in the sac, and the food inside the sac is passed by the vascular cells. Take it away and bring it to other places to add nutrients. You can also throw fat cells into it.
Lin is generally finished when the idea is completed, and now the aircraft carrier looks like a pipe space, but this structure also feels flawed. Once the blood vessels are damaged, the things inside may be uncontrolled. The emergence of this situation, Lin can only stop the heart contraction, waiting for the repair of blood vessels to restore the cycle.
Therefore, Lynne must have a stronger defense ability to prevent the enemy from attacking these blood vessels.
When it comes to defense, this is Lin's biggest pain.
Although its cortical structure now prevents various attacks on individual cells, including spikes, venom, etc., it is easily torn off by the round shield worm.
The outer shell of the round shield worm is extremely hard, although the action is not flexible, but no attack can damage the joints.
Lin not only wants to study the inside of the round shield worm, but also must understand the outside.
How does it grow out of such a hard outer shell? Lin's cells are completely unable to achieve this hardness, whether it is a diver or a cone.
Maybe it’s the ability to dig up hard objects like ever before to evolve?
But Lin didn't want to wait that long, it wants to know now how these hard shells are formed.
Whether it looks or bites, it doesn't feel like cell structure.
I can't understand it at all, I can't eat it, and I can't break it to see what it is.
In this case, Lynn decided to use it, perhaps using this gadget to help her evolution.
How to use it?
Very simple.
Isn't it easy for Lin to let her cells in the shell? The virus destroys only the cells in the body of the Shield, but there is no harm to the shell.
……correct!
Lynn may be able to make it move again, just like when it is alive!
Just put your own cells in it! If you put muscle cells into the limbs, the muscles can move, and then put the structure of the heart and blood vessels into the shell...
Although I don't know what other organs of the Shield worm are, it doesn't matter. Lin knows that muscles and nutrients are the basis of activity.
Just put a certain amount of cells, you can ‘resurreate’ the entire round shield worm!