Chapter 779: Chapter 501: Unraveling the Mystery

Inside the car, Ignacio took the tablet, and as his gaze fell on the gray-white silhouette on the screen, his breathing instantly became rapid, even his legs trembled uncontrollably.

The photo displayed on the screen was the gigantic shell that Qi Yun had photographed.

Even through the screen, the winding and massive form still conveyed a strong visual impact.

Ignacio drew a deep breath, his eyes nearly glued to the screen, "Oh my God... This body structure truly matches the descriptions in the literature!"

He murmured to himself, his fingers enlarging the photo details, "This is the Makara! The guardian beast of the Vandana Dragon King mentioned in the Brahman scriptures!"

Qi Yun shook his head, speaking slowly, "That’s just the Aryan people’s term for it... We’ll first go to a place where I have two other friends, both are scholars in the field of history; you can delve into it together."

"Alright, I’ll follow your arrangements completely!"

Ignacio’s gaze never left those pictures, excitedly saying, "Oh my God, this is undoubtedly the most thrilling discovery of the century! I feel incredibly lucky to witness this miracle!"

...

An hour later, the two arrived at New University, heading straight to Wei Xueming’s laboratory.

As soon as the plane landed, Qi Yun had someone deliver the collected eggshell fragments and the green goo from the passage for Wei Xueming to test.

Calculating the time, the results should be roughly ready.

Qi Yun and the others had just entered the laboratory corridor, coincidentally encountering Wei Xueming and Hua Weiguo, along with the biology professor who had previously helped Qi Yun examine the scales.

From their expressions, they seemed yet to recover from a certain shock.

"Professor Wei, Director Hua."

"Oh, Qi Yun, you’re here! I was about to notify you!" Wei Xueming raised his head, quickly approached and grabbed Qi Yun’s hand, "The testing results are astonishing! Let’s go to my office to discuss."

The few of them quickly arrived at Wei Xueming’s office and closed the door.

"Allow me to introduce, this is my good friend, Professor Ignacio from Shizi University, who is also a leading scholar in history." Qi Yun introduced them to each other.

Wei Xueming and Hua Weiguo had heard him mention this person before, having some understanding of Ignacio’s background.

As for the female professor, her name was Xu Fang.

In today’s society, there are many so-called experts, but few genuinely skilled ones.

So in order to test the two items Qi Yun had brought back, at that moment there was indeed a shortage of suitable biology experts.

Each field has its own specialization; Wei Xueming and his team are richly knowledgeable in history, but they lack expertise in biology, hence they invited this person to assist.

This was with Qi Yun’s approval.

The parties exchanged greetings and, without much small talk, Wei Xueming invited everyone to sit first.

He himself went to the desk, made a few extra copies of the test results he held, and distributed them to Qi Yun and the others.

"You won’t believe what we found in those two samples!"

Wei Xueming excitedly narrated to Qi Yun, "First, the eggshell fragment!"

"We conducted ultra-refined analysis on its composition. The result shows that the primary material forming the eggshell is neither any known calcium carbonate... but a unique polymer we’ve never encountered!"

"Moreover, based on carbon-14 dating, the latest formation time of these eggshells might be less than two hundred years ago!"

"Two hundred years?!" Upon hearing this, Qi Yun’s pupils contracted sharply!

His mind immediately recalled Brother Quan’s words, that feeling of being constantly surveilled! That oppressive feeling from deep within...

"So... Is it possible that the creature from the eggshell is still alive?"

Wei Xueming turned to the female professor Xu Fang beside him, indicating for her to answer the question.

Xu Fang nodded, her tone grave, "Using new bioinformatics methods, we captured some information fragments in the residues of the eggshell fragments that current genetic theories cannot explain."

"Like the scale you provided last time, its DNA sequence is unlike any known organism!"

"However, the information in the eggshell is more complete, and seems to contain some adaptive evolutionary logic... Something the current scientific framework cannot explain..."

"This unique genetic coding method might endow it with unimaginable cellular division abilities, which proves its lifespan could far exceed our imagination!"

"So, your speculation is very likely correct!"

The room fell into a brief silence, Ignacio also absorbing these incredible revelations.

After a moment, Qi Yun asked again, "What about the goo? Is there anything special about it? Why would the scorpions fear the smell of the goo?"

"The goo is very likely from the same creature as the eggshell! The goo is its secretion!"

Wei Xueming provided the answer, "The scorpion swarms you mentioned fear the smell of the goo because it contains potent information pheromones!"

"Simply put, it’s a bloodline suppression!"

Hua Weiguo chimed in, explaining, "For example, other animals dare not easily approach places where a tiger has been; animals’ instinctively recognize danger through pheromones and actively avoid it, especially scorpions, which have highly developed receptors."

"And the pheromones contained in this slime secretion are ten thousand times stronger than the scent left by a tiger!"

Qi Yun pondered, immediately asking again, "So... when I was in that place, always shrouded in that strange feeling, wanting to escape quickly, was that also because of pheromones?"