Plague Doctor

As soon as the tip of the scalpel penetrated, Gu Jun immediately felt a sense of stagnation in his hand, reaching the "superficial mermaid fascia" layer under the skin.

This layer of tissue is similar to human superficial fascia, hence the name, but it has more superficial blood vessels and nerves than human life, and the fat density is also greater.

Whether it is scales or keratinized skin, it forms finger-sized scales that can be separated piece by piece.

Gu Jun held the scalpel firmly and understood the reminders from Xiao Huiwen and others beside him. He really needed to pay attention to the control of force.

The muscles of his upper limbs were like parts of a precision machine, using steady force to cut the scale in a circle along the lines, but the scale would not just fall off. He still needed to use the tip of the knife against the bottom of the scale to cut across it. He drove it away and picked it up with dissecting forceps to complete the peeling off of this scale.

At this time, he looked at the system tasks in his mind. [Current Anatomy Completion Level: 0.01] This alien species is indeed a deep diver.

According to past experience, it is not calculated that the average number of scales is 0.01 when dissecting a piece of scale. It is the first time this tissue is dissected that there are so many.

"Ah." Xiao Huiwen let out a sigh of relief, but he didn't see the sight of Gu Jun stabbing half of the knife in. He Tao and the others next to him once again witnessed Gu Junfan's extraordinary handwork. According to his work records, he had not done anatomy for a long time, and now he was still impeccable.

The peeling off of this scale was astonishingly complete, and it seemed that the other tissues underneath the scale were not damaged at all.

This also makes the superficial fascia exposed underneath remain smooth and smooth, and if it weren't for the smell of formalin, it would really look like pastry.

Cai Zixuan was really moved when he saw it, and said softly: "This is 'skin as thick as gel', right?"

"Young man." Uncle Dan looked at Zixuan, "Your taste is more unique than mine, Uncle Dan."

At the same time, Gu Jun held this scale in his hand and looked at it carefully. Each scale has dark red threads like capillaries, but they are larger than capillaries and are visible to the naked eye. They are attached to the edges and bottom of the scales. It is connected to the surrounding scales and has been named "scale veins".

I don't know why, but this made him feel a little dazed, as if he saw this deep diver diving down into the abyss of the sea, and diving down...

If Gu Jun came to name it, he might call this "scale tendon".

Although in fact "jin" is a concept in traditional Chinese medicine, not an independent term in modern anatomy. "Tension" is a general term, including muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, articular cartilage, etc. in modern medicine. But precisely because of this, he felt that it could better illustrate the widespread effect of this thing than "scale veins".

What are the uses of scales and tendons? Connecting scales, contracting and moving, and beyond that...

"I feel like these scales." Gu Jun said thoughtfully, not consciously naming his name. "Maybe it's one of the keys to this alien being's ability to dive deep."

"How do you say that?" Xiao Huiwen asked doubtfully. The camera on the shadowless lamp was also filming. There was a team at the headquarters watching, and they all became curious after hearing this.

"This kind of alien cannot dive that deep just based on its physiological structure." Gu Jun said, everyone has studied and publicized this point, "But everyone also knows that the physiological structure of these aliens can often produce abnormal power. Like the erosion patterns on a ghoul’s bones.”

The bone erosion patterns of ghouls do not appear on deep divers. This deep sea creature has very low bone density and is a good swimmer.

"Can scale veins produce abnormal power?" Xiao Huiwen emphasized that it is scale veins, not scale tendons, and tendons are not an anatomical term.

"I think they form a network." Gu Jun said solemnly, looking at the body of the deep diver on the autopsy table, "These scale tendons...the scale veins form a network that covers the whole body of this creature. I just do As a hypothesis, does this structure play a certain role in causing the seawater pressure to be different for deep divers?"

He now knows, and the conjurers basically know that specific patterns and lines can be a technological product that can produce stable power.

For example, Jiuyin Technology, the technology there is incomprehensible to human’s current scientific understanding, but it is effective.

Everyone looked at each other. The biggest problem with the idea proposed by Gu Jun was that there was no way to prove it right or wrong.

"Or we can try to record the scale network of this corpse." Gu Jun had an idea and handed the scales in his hand to Cai Zixuan, "Zixuan, take a photo of each of these scales and number them. , take pictures of their scales and tendons, and record which direction connects which piece. Then we will cut off all the scales on its body and put them together to see if we can restore the scales and tendons network. How much can be restored?”

This corpse was not without any damage. There was a gunshot wound on the chest and heart, and the scales there were much rotten.

"Copy that." Cai Zixuan nodded. This would require more manpower, so Uncle Egg went to ask the handyman to make arrangements.

No one would say that Gu Jun's efforts were in vain, and scientific research needs to be tried. In the past, anatomists viewed scales and tendons as a single tissue because the corpses were almost all in tatters. The scales dissected from the intact corpses were not as clear as now. Gu Jun regarded scales and tendons as a whole. It's a breakthrough.

However, Xiao Huiwen's old face wrinkled and murmured: "Skin veins, it's scale veins..."

After saying this, Gu Jun continued to cut off the next scale, which was similar to the shape of the original red skin on Xie Yiman's face. He cut very carefully, trying to minimize the damage to the scale tendons. And as the scales were peeled off, the familiar feeling he had before became stronger.

There are some more

The illusion of fame also gradually grew in my heart.

"I seem to..." A thought flashed through Gu Jun's mind, "I seem to know the deceased of this body..."

The smell of formalin stung his eyes and made him feel a little sore. He frowned and peeled off another scale. The illusion in front of him became stronger and his head felt slightly swollen and painful. It was like he was unmasking a person, like a kind of reverse reduction. The closer he got to completing the shape, the more like he saw a human face.

"Have you seen it?" Gu Jun asked others, "A human face?"

"No." Cai Zixuan was confused. Uncle Dan, Xiao Huiwen and others all shook their heads. They didn't notice it.

But Gu Jun could clearly see that the sea monster's deformed face was a vaguely human face, a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face...

Is it a connection that I only have? He concentrated on sensing, searching for traces of this face in his mind, as if some memory fragments were stirring.

Rustling, I seem to hear the sound of the sea.

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