No matter how well the disinfection and cleaning work is done, there is still a complex and unpleasant smell in the Life Gene Laboratory.
Walking into a closed separate laboratory, Ye Zhongming saw a large amount of blood and corpses. If someone didn't know better, they would think it was a slaughterhouse.
The white lab coat Liu Zhenghong was wearing at the moment was already covered with red liquid, and occasionally there were small pieces of cell tissue attached to it, but she didn't care at all and continued her work. Only when Ye Zhongming came in did she look up through the isolation glass.
But he immediately got into working mode again.
It wasn't until forty minutes later that she straightened up, took off her mask and gloves, and passed the isolation area while taking off these dirty clothes.
"You've been waiting for a long time. Let's go home." Liu Zhenghong hugged Ye Zhongming's neck, looking unserious. Fortunately, he just bullied the boss of Yunding out of habit and let go immediately.
The two people left the Life Gene Laboratory, and the guards retreated in a wise manner and did not follow them.
"How's the progress?" Ye Zhongming instinctively looked around with vigilance, and then asked.
The joke on Liu Zhenghong's face disappeared, but was replaced by the rigor and seriousness of a top scientific researcher.
"very nice."
This answer surprised Ye Zhongming.
No one understands the pride of Liu Zhenghong and Le Dayuan better than Ye Zhongming, and at the same time, no one understands their prudence in this profession better than him.
Usually, Liu Zhenghong will give a positive answer unless it is an experiment that is about to succeed. For the rest, her most common saying is, it depends on the situation.
But now, what she said was very good, which gave Ye Zhongming something to look forward to.
"This Rat King is very generous, and his supply of experimental subjects is always sufficient, as if his subordinates are endless."
A sneer appeared on Liu Zhenghong's lips. Even though this situation created good external conditions for her, she still sneered at the cruelty of this inhuman life.
"This actually makes it a lot more convenient for me. Many processes can be carried out together, and various possibilities can be tested together."
Liu Zhenghong said as he walked: "The requirements of the Rat King are not high and are not specific. Just make their next generation's genes better. I don't know how long you want to control these guys, but from me, even if the technology is
Even if they are not replaced for the time being, it is enough for them to be bred more than ten times, and each time the young mice will show significant improvement."
The man-making red obviously understood Ye Zhongming's thoughts. Ye Zhongming would not treat these mutant rats sincerely. They were all using each other, but Ye Zhongming only took the initiative.
"It doesn't need to be significantly improved, just let the Rat King feel it." Ye Zhongming waved his hand to a place, and Xia Bai's figure disappeared, "How long is their breeding period?"
"It depends on the species. In the process of evolution, they have gone to two extremes in this regard." Liu Zhenghong looked a little solemn.
She has never put these mice in her eyes before, which is not surprising. Her experimental subjects are a collection of human and animal genes like Dr. He, and are top-level eighth-level mutant animals like the King of Hell and Yangos.
How could plants care about these dirty things underground?
But after she studied these mutant mice in depth, she was shocked by some data, which led to the dinner she arranged with Ye Zhongming.
"The breeding period of some species has become shorter." Liu Zhenghong put his hands in the pockets of his white coat, his voice drifting in the apocalyptic night, "In the past, it basically took forty days for small house mice to be born and ready to breed.
It will not exceed ninety days, but some varieties now can enter the breeding period in twenty days."
"Twenty days?!" Ye Zhongming frowned. This time is too short. "It reproduces seventeen or eighteen times a year. This is too scary."
Hearing Ye Zhongming's words, Liu Zhenghong rolled his eyes, "You are a very smart person, why are you so stupid now?"
Ye Zhongming was stunned, and then smiled sheepishly: "Yes, this is different from pregnancy."
"The gestation period of ordinary mice is between twenty and twenty-two days, but these species only have a gestation period of ten days, and then they can become pregnant again after a few days of recovery. In other words, after these mice mature, they are basically half
A month's nest, twenty-four nests a year."
Ye Zhongming said nothing, because twenty-four litters a year are even more terrifying.
"Of course, most of these breeds have obvious shortcomings of one kind or another. They are races that are not strong in combat effectiveness. Among the rat tribe, they are weak."
"Others have longer breeding periods. These varieties are different, but the average maturity period is about two months, and the gestation period is also forty or fifty days. It follows the characteristic that the stronger the individual, the longer the breeding period."
Two months plus forty or fifty days... Ye Zhongming thought for a moment. One hundred days seemed like a long time, but it was too fast for reproduction. He found that his estimate of the overall number of rats was somewhat wrong.
Under the rule of the Rat King, the total number of mutated rats should be much higher than I expected.
"One more thing, don't forget." Liu Zhenghong and Ye Zhongming turned around a house and saw the bright light coming from the villa where she lived, and there was obvious warmth on the former's face.
"The number of live births." Liu Zhenghong said simply and concisely: "In the past, there was a saying among the people that one male and one female, two hundred and five times a year, said that a pair of mice can breed 250 little mice a year, about eight times.
"
"Of course it's no longer allowed, but..." Liu Zhenghong paused and emphasized: "I'm talking about the ones that can pose a strong threat to the same level of evolution by themselves. From the time of conception to the birth of newborn rats, these species take about one year.
You can have three litters.”
"As for the number of each litter...the first litter will be less, about three to five, and then it will increase gradually, with each litter increasing by about two, and the peak will be when it reaches twenty, and then the number of each litter will
It will decline until it becomes infertile, and this process will last fifteen or sixteen times."
Ye Zhongming made a calculation in his mind. According to Liu Zhenghong, this powerful mutant rat species has three babies a year. The number of litters in the first year is around eighteen, the second year around thirty-six, and the third year five.
Around fourteen... now, it is the third year of the end of the world!
"You mean..." Ye Zhongming stopped, "Now these mutant mice have entered the peak breeding period!?"
Liu Zhenghong nodded: "There may be a deviation in time. After all, they also need a development period when the end of the world begins, and many new breeds will appear later. But there is no doubt that some of these mutant mice
Powerful species have entered or are about to enter the peak of their reproduction!"