Our great nation of China traverses the multiverse.

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"Captain, immediately deploy the detectors to probe the interior of these white stone pillars!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Changchu accepted Zhang Xu's suggestion and immediately ordered its execution.

When it comes to scientific expeditions, apart from safety issues, everything else is decided by professional scholars.

The order is issued.

All six detectors inserted their probes into the white stone pillar.

These white sedimentary columns are composed of irregular cavities.

From the very center of the stone pillar, steaming water vapor rises.

The probe was randomly inserted into the cavity of the stone pillar to begin the exploration.

Zhang Xu clenched his back teeth, his eyes wide open.

Whether I can get into a textbook depends on this!

We absolutely must make a discovery!

Chapter 158 In this universe, humanity is never alone.

The probe of the detector was inserted into the white sedimentary rock column.

Sedimentary rock column.

This was Zhang Xu's last hope.

These sedimentary rock columns contain countless tiny pores, which may have nurtured the underwater world of Europa, the nascent form of life.

These prototypes,

This may be the key evidence to uncover the origin of life on Earth!

"drop--"

In the transcription chamber, on the large screen, the probes have begun to read the environment within the small pores of the white sedimentary rock cavity.

The data slowly appeared before Zhang Xu.

"The first detector found formaldehyde in white sedimentary rock."

The numerous pores within the white sedimentary column create a delicate acid-base environment. The naturally occurring proton concentration difference on the cave walls then triggers a reaction, causing carbon dioxide and hydrogen to come together and produce a series of organic compounds, including formaldehyde.

And with formaldehyde, perhaps...

Zhang Xu has regained some energy; he now has a strong feeling.

The big one is coming!

"The same applies to number two."

"..."

"Detector No. 5, large amounts of carbon dioxide and hydrogen."

Zhang Xu couldn't help but feel nervous.

Holy crap, am I feeling something wrong?

Just as Zhang Xu was beginning to doubt himself and his brows were furrowed.

The biologist reading the data suddenly became excited, and he almost danced with joy as he shouted:

"Scanner Six has made a discovery!"

"Riboside was found in the small hole inside the cavity detected by detector number six!"

"A lot of ribose!"

"Ribose!"

Zhang Xu looked up abruptly and immediately realized the reason.

In a certain alkaline environment, formaldehyde can link together and then break apart, turning into various sugars, including ribose, and even deoxyribose.

Ribose is the pentose sugar that forms a single loop in the middle of a nucleotide!

Furthermore, with ribose, a phosphate group on the left and a base on the right can form a nucleotide!

Phosphate ions are everywhere in the silent rock columns.

Bases are formed from amino acids in the environment.

As we all know, amino acids are found almost everywhere.

Moreover, once nucleotides are discovered, they can generate amino acids on their own!

Does it contain amino acids?

Zhang Xu's breathing became rapid, and he hurriedly asked the question.

"That's what I was just about to say, Lao Zhang. Not only are there amino acids, but there are 20 different kinds of amino acids. Furthermore, in the small pore of the sixth lumen, the rudiments of bases have even appeared!"

The biologist's mouth was practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.

Phosphate, ribose, base.

The raw materials for nucleotide formation—here we have them!

We have all the nucleotides; to form RNA, we just need one more condition!

concentration!

Only at very high concentrations will nucleotides condense into long strings to form RNA!

RNA!

It can record information on top, replacing DNA; and it can catalyze reactions on the bottom, replacing proteins.

It can handle the entire central law all by itself.

"The No. 6 probe has been designated as a key focus."

Zhang Xu waved excitedly and immediately reported to Zhang Changchu, saying urgently:

"Have all detectors puncture the next small hole in the cavity. Number Six will remain stationary for now and record the current internal environment."

"Received, will be carried out immediately."

Zhang Changchu sensed the suppressed excitement in Zhang Xu's tone and knew that the matter was important, so he immediately did as instructed.

The other five detectors immediately reselected the cavity and released their probes.

However, this time the results of the probe...

This drove Zhang Xu even crazier.

Because an extremely important discovery was made on the first probe!

"Thermophoresis was detected in detector number one, and high concentrations of nucleotides, and even a large amount of RNA, were found on the cold end wall of the inner lumen!"

The biologists had already stood up excitedly.

Due to the thermophoretic effect, high concentrations of nucleotides aggregate together and condense into RNA!

"It's not over yet. The linked nucleotides have captured organic acids and even generated long chains of amino acids."

Zhang Xu swallowed hard and clenched his fists.

I originally thought that probe number 6 was an exception.

Unexpectedly, there was a formidable general here.

Not only were there long RNA chains, but long amino acid chains also appeared!

"There are long chains of amino acids. In this environment with this concentration, the long chains might twist into proteins. Keep searching!"

"The probe is uploading data, and we are reading it!"

The biologist was trembling with excitement.

His eyes were now fixed on the screen filled with reported data!

This is a discovery worthy of being recorded in human history!