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Chapter 55 Octopus Skin! Powerful Regenerative Abilities! (Please read on and add to your favorites!)

Zhao Chong stared blankly at the sky, while Xiao Zhou's attention was entirely focused on the giant octopus that was being controlled.

Watching the giant octopus's body, its tentacles twitching after being cut, undergo a camouflage-like color change, Xiao Zhou's Adam's apple bobbed, and he asked in a low voice, "Vice Captain, should we just dismember it? Aren't we afraid of killing it?"

"die?"

Wang Zhen grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"Don't worry, those crazy guys in the research team have already figured it out. This thing's regenerative ability is dozens of times more abnormal than a gecko's! As long as there are nutrients, new tentacles will grow back within three days!"

He paused, patted Xiao Zhou on the shoulder, and spoke with fervor.

"Xiao Zhou, scientists say these giant octopuses may be able to take our equipment performance to the next level."

Zhao Chong heard them talking, saw the offset diagram, and watched as several soldiers worked together to drag the tentacle.

"This octopus is a major discovery in scientific research, a huge surprise. Its tendon structure is very strong, allowing it to unleash tremendous power beyond that of traditional organisms. If we can understand these properties, it could double the performance of some of our biomimetic weapons!"

"Hehe, I heard that the team at Northwestern Polytechnical University researching octopus robots even had a full-blown fight over this specimen...tsk tsk!"

Wang Zhen's voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"That's extremely valuable!" Zhao Chong exclaimed, his heart filled with awe as he looked at the giant octopus that was changing colors.

"Captain, this thing is incredibly valuable; it's a treasure trove. Its skin is especially special, with porous surfaces for heat dissipation and a Mohs hardness of 5, making it virtually impervious to traditional arrows! Furthermore, the skin possesses strong resistance to corrosion and extreme temperatures..."

He didn't continue speaking, but that burning desire had already shaken Zhao Che's heart.

"So many benefits?" Zhao Chong's voice was filled with disbelief.

Wang Zhen grinned, but a hint of lingering fear flashed in his eyes: "Yes, the benefits are numerous!"

He let out a heavy sigh.

"Captain, you have no idea, several young comrades from the Blue Army almost lost their lives trying to figure out if it was really a treasure!"

Wang Zhen's voice deepened, as if he were back on that harrowing day of the arrest.

"A couple of days ago, the comrades tried to catch it for the first time. They were careless and used the traditional method, directly using a large sea fishing device."

"After that thing was dragged ashore, it went completely insane!"

"That power, that explosive force... it snapped several fishing lines and cables in half!"

Wang Zhen's fists clenched involuntarily.

"What's even more terrifying is that the ink it sprays out turns into a strong acid the moment it comes into contact with air!"

"A soldier who got close got a lot of splatter on his protective suit, and it quickly started to corrode! If it weren't for our good equipment and our comrades pulling him up desperately, he would have lost half an arm!"

"My protective suit was also damaged by corrosion at that time! Because of the leak in the protective suit, Commander Su agreed that I and another person could remove our helmets to carry out limited operations."

Zhao Chong's pupils contracted slightly.

He could imagine the chaos and danger at the time.

Wang Zhen's voice carried a hint of fierce determination.

"In the end, we had no choice but to use heavy machine guns to riddle it with holes before we could stop it."

"After that battle, everyone realized that the giant octopus in the lake was no ordinary giant octopus."

"They are all absolute monsters! High-value monsters, and possibly possessing magical abilities!"

Wang Zhen paused for a moment, then the lingering fear on his face was replaced by an even more fervent excitement.

He lowered his voice and leaned closer to Zhao Chong.

"Captain, the corpses of these high-value monsters have led Li Xiang and his group of research fanatics to... discover a new continent!"

Zhao Chong looked at Wang Kang with a face full of curiosity.

"guess what?"

"Stop playing coy with me, just tell me already!"

Wang Zhen chuckled and quickened his pace, saying, "Besides the muscle fibers and other things I mentioned before, and its incredibly strong regenerative abilities, it's also a treasure in other areas. For example, the skin layer..."

"That's a multi-layered skin that's fundamentally different from the skin of creatures on Earth!"

Wang Zhen's eyes were frighteningly bright, like two burning flames.

"Li Xiang said that this special organ composed of multiple layers of skin is very special. It can actively absorb X-energy elements from seawater, enhancing the octopus's explosive power. The larger the octopus, the stronger it is." "By the way, Professor Deng's mention of X-substance doesn't quite fit. Li Xiang named that energy... spiritual energy element!"

Zhao Chong raised an eyebrow slightly, and Xiao Zhou's eyes lit up.

"Captain, Xiao Zhou!" Wang Zhen's voice trembled with excitement, "Do you understand what this means?"

Xiao Zhou nodded, and his gaze toward the octopus gradually became ambiguous.

Zhao Chong really wanted to chew a piece of gum to relieve his tension.

Wang Zhen said happily, "As long as we can master these, we might also be able to achieve some extraordinary powers, such as physical enhancement and rapid healing!"

Zhao Chong's breathing became uncontrollable and rapid.

Wang Zhen's fervent praise continued: "That's not all; its stealth capabilities are even more extraordinary!"

"The color-changing ability of the giant octopus from another world is on a completely different level from the camouflage that our Earth octopuses rely on by changing pigment cells and muscles!"

As is well known, it is very simple for the Earth Octopus to change color. The Earth Octopus's skin contains thousands of pigmented sac-like cells containing four natural pigments: yellow, red, brown, and black.

Octopuses change their body color by contracting their muscles, which cause these cells to expand or contract instantly, releasing specific colors.

The octopus cells in this other world also have these sac-like cells, but they are mainly concentrated in the skin, and their color-changing efficiency is higher and faster.

An octopus can transform and become invisible in about three seconds, while an octopus from another world can do so in less than 0.5 seconds.

In short, they are more advanced.

Octopuses on Earth can now provide military materials, medical testing equipment, and research material for flexible robots.

There's even more to study about the giant octopus from another world.

"...The research team says that the octopus's rapid color changes are actually due to microscopic energy changes in its skin layer. Unfortunately, the scientific team hasn't figured it out yet, but if they could decipher it..."

Wang Zhen didn't continue, but the boundless imagination about the future had already made Zhao Chong's heart start pounding.

It turned out to be the case.

Behind this ruthless "exploitation" lies such an astonishing discovery.

This is no ordinary otherworldly creature.

This is a completely new system of extraordinary power that can be analyzed and utilized scientifically!
Wang Zhen continued explaining the science...

In addition to its unique skin, it also possesses the ink organs of a giant octopus from another world.

The octopus from another world possesses the same function as the cuttlefish: it forms viscous bio-ink in the water, which not only hinders enemies but also acts as a powerful anesthetic.

Once this substance comes into contact with air, it will undergo a powerful chemical reaction, producing strong concentrated acid corrosion.

Besides this, there's the octopus's incredible regenerative ability and its super regenerative nerve bundles and distributed sensor tubes.

Let's talk about regeneration first!

Although many regenerative genes in nature have taken humans a long time to research and still haven't been fully understood, biology is known for its four major pitfalls: slow results, high investment, and long learning curve.

However, Li Xiang and his team speculated that this thing might help humans accelerate wound healing, and even suggested that the octopus material should be used to obtain healing potions from this magical world!
And regenerative neural bundles are something that everyone is envious of.

Animals in the traditional Earth's natural world, such as geckos, have the ability to detach their tails for survival. It turns out that octopuses from another world also possess this ability.

Furthermore, the regeneration speed of the otherworldly octopus is faster and more perfect, with almost no side effects.

Earth geckos can regenerate the nerve bundles in their tails, but the regenerated nerves are inferior to their original state in both structure and function. The spinal cord of the original tail contains complex neural circuits and layered structures, while the regenerated nerve bundles are mostly simple linear arrangements, lacking fine branches and functional divisions. Earth gecko regeneration is a functional compromise regeneration.

The rebirth of the giant octopus from another world is a complete and utter rebirth.

The research team used a microscope to discover that even after the alien octopus died, its nerve bundles and cell groups continued to divide and recombine, attempting to recover as they had before the injury.

This discovery is groundbreaking. If humanity can crack the regeneration technology of the giant octopus, then it is highly likely that humanity will achieve many medical and scientific miracles that were previously impossible.

It can even leverage the regenerative properties of octopuses to mass-produce nerve bundles, which can be used not only in medicine but also in many other projects such as bio-machines...

Invisibility camouflage, sonar detection, super-strong muscle fibers, immortal regeneration, magic absorption, chemical weapons...

Anyway, this thing is a treasure trove.

It is precisely because the octopus has so many treasures that the capture team went to great lengths to build an artificial pond, hoping to contain this great treasure in the long term.

(End of this chapter)