Chapter 317 - Scale (1/1)
Chapter 317: Scale
Translator: Lonelytree
Once the scalpel plunged into the skin, Gu Jun felt a resistance against his force He had reached the ‘human-fish fascia superficialis’ The layer of tissue was si convention However, it had her density of fat compared to humans
The keratinized skin formed scabs about the size of one’s thu the scalpel, Gu Jun understood Xiao Huiwen’s warning for a smooth control of applied pressure His hands were like a calibrated e of the scale The scale itself was left uninjured It was not until Gu Jun used the tip of the scalpel to nudge underneath the scale and apply the tweezer on it that the piece was plucked off perfectly At that moment, he turned to the system The notification said, “Current autopsy co on the table was indeed a Deep One
Based on his previous experience, dissecting one scale would not always equal to 001 percent obtained progress throughout the autopsy The high number was because this was the first time Gu Jun spliced out this tissue
“Phew” Xiao Huiwen released the breath he was holding He was once again impressed by Gu Jun’s technique andrecords, it had been some time since Gu Jun’s last autopsy but even so, his handias still flawless The severed scale was perfectly preserved, the tissues under the scale were not injured at all This meant that the fascia superficialis revealed under the scale was s this, Cai Zixuan remarked softly, “I suppose this is what they would call ‘skin like snow’”
“Young lanced at Cai Zixuan, “You have an even more unique taste than I do”
On the other hand, Gu Jun studied the scale in his tweezer closely Each of the scales possessed dark red capillaries but they were larger than normal human capillaries They were visible to the naked eye The capillaries dropped off the edge and bottom of the scale They were probably used to connect the scales to their adjacent units It had been named ‘Scaly vein’ For some reason, the observation of the scales blurred Gu Jun’sinto the depths of the sea Deeper and deeper it went…
If Gu Jun was the one who named this capillary, he would probably call this the scaly h the concept of ‘muscle’ came from Chinese medicine, it was not a unique term in autopsy science ‘Muscle’ was an u of muscle, tendon, sinew, joints and so on in modern medicine But because of that, Gu Jun felt ‘scaly e this tissue had compared to scaly veins What was the use of scaly muscle? As a connective tissue between scales for contraction and er purpose than that?
“I have a feeling that this scalyhe had renaht be one of the keys to the Deep One’s deep-diving ability”
“What do youin through video was made curious by this statement as well
“Solely based on this creature’s biological structure, it cannot dive that deep underwater” Gu Jun stated, this was so looked into already “But as everyone knows, this kind of enerate supernatural energy, for example, the corrosive patterns inside the zombie’s bones” The same patterns did not appear on the Deep Ones’ bone This kind of deep sea creature had very low bone density as it aided in underwater survival
“The scaly veins can generate supernatural energy?” Xiao Huiwen stressed, for scaly muscle was not a technical term employed in autopsy science
“I believe they connect with each other to forlanced at the carcass on the table “These scaly muscles… I mean, veins form a network that cover the entirety of the creature’s body My hypothesis is that it is this network that helps the creature adjust to the underwater pressure” It was coe to Gu Jun and members of the Spell Departy For exa the comprehension of modern science, it was proven to be effective People looked at each other, the problem was there was no way to test out Gu Jun’s hypothesis
“Perhaps we can try to ested as he passed the scale over to Cai Zixuan “Zixuan, take pictures of every scale and number them Focus on the situation of the scaly muscle, specifically on how each scale connects to each other After we remove all the scales froether, to see if we can reconstruct the scaly network I kno hard that is but we shall try our best” The carcass was not counshot wounds around the chest, they ruined most of the scales around that area
“Copy that” Cai Zixuan nodded This operation required e time, after all scientific research was all about trial and error Before this, the otherthe scaly veins as individual units because the carcasses were not so well preserved Furthermore, the dissected scales in previous autopsies were not as well-preserved as Gu Jun’s handiwork The fact that Gu Jun viewed the scaly h But Xiao Huiwen frowned and grumbled, “They are called scaly veins…”
With that done, Gu Junto the initial shape of the erythema on Xie Yie to the scaly muscle as much as possible As the scales were parred off, the sense of familiarity intensified Illusory visions swaht crossed Gu Jun’shis eyes, causing Gu Jun to frown As he removed the next scale, the illusion coalesced and his head pounded It was as if he was slowly re the pattern, the clearer the human face that stared back at hiuys see…” Gu Jun asked the people around him, “A human face?”
“No” Cai Zixuan shook his head The rest did the same However, Gu Jun saw clearly that a hued to a h spirituality?’ He focused and tried to trace this partial face in hisin his memory
Then came the sound of the ocean