Metamorphic Development
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It sounded like a scream, but more like a groan.
The sound quickly subsided, and Mo Tuotuo changed from standing to kneeling. At the same time, his skin swelled at a visible speed and then became worn.
As the skin bulged and undulated, Mo Tuotuo's face, bones, and other parts also deformed. The bulging things inside ruptured the original epidermis, which then turned into a withered piece of paper that could be torn apart at the slightest touch.
His eyes turned gray, new skin on his face swelled up from the inside, and his skull seemed to enter a period of frenzied growth, making his entire head look distorted and enlarged.
The same applies to other parts of the body; the entire body is constantly undergoing morphological transformations amidst protrusions and twists, appearing as if the opposite sex is growing rapidly.
A brand new scale appeared on the face of the Kuntai People. At this time, his chest also expanded, looking like the full breasts of a human woman. However, the difference was that this chest was full of some kind of dense muscle structure, and it was also covered with scales.
The abdomen below the chest also became noticeably swollen. At the same time, a huge 'tail' was clearly visible on its lower back.
Before long, humans witnessed the birth of new offspring of the Kuntai People.
The swollen abdomen soon began to writhe violently. Then, before the Kuntai People had fully developed, the 'tail' continued to grow longer, and the swollen abdomen was slowly expelled from the body through the 'tail'.
One, two, three.
The three Little Kun Form Kuntai People landed and immediately emitted bursts of incomprehensible Ultrasound. Then, to the astonishment of the humans, in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the three Little Kun Form Kuntai People transformed from a weak and frail state into a posture where they could stand up independently.
After the three small 'Kun' forms of Kuntai People appeared, the original Kuntai People changed again. The tail that served as the birth canal began to shrink and become smaller, and the internal parts, including the abdomen of this Kuntai People, also underwent unexpected changes.
The abdomen, which was originally used to nurture offspring, evolved again, and the remaining nutrients were absorbed by the Mother Body again, then transformed into certain organs of the Kuntai People in the form of 'Tai'. Convergent evolution also occurred within the birth canal.
Before long, all the organs that were originally used to give birth to offspring were transformed, the birth canal was transformed into two kinds of excretory organs, and dense scales appeared on the skin of the 'tail' from nothing.
At this moment, the entire body of the Kuntai People stretched out again. The crouching posture slowly rose with the change of the spine, and finally settled in a straight position.
At this point, the Kuntai People finally opened her new eyes.
Those who have read the information about the Kuntai People understand that the moment Kuntai People opens their eyes again, it signifies the completion of their metamorphosis! After transforming into the 'Tai' form, these Kuntai People who have completed their metamorphosis immediately put on the prepared 'clothes' and begin to deal with the issue of cleaning their offspring.
This scene left all the humans observing the abnormal development of the Kuntai People dumbfounded. They had read descriptions in the records, but what they saw with their own eyes was completely different.
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It was absolutely stunning!
They originally thought that the so-called abnormal development of the Kuntai People was like the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly in their impression, where a certain substance is secreted from a certain part of the body, then the caterpillar is bound in a cocoon, and finally the abnormal development that is invisible to the naked eye takes place in the cocoon.
But to my surprise, this is what I saw.
Moreover, the descendants of the Kuntai People are also developing very well.
What does it mean to be well-developed? It means being able to walk as soon as they are born. Although they cannot speak yet, they are not like humans who need long-term care.
This phenomenon suggests that the Kuntai People's babies were not premature, but rather mature infants, just like many mammals on Earth.
This is all so amazing.
Scientists checked the time and found that from the moment this Kuntai People named Mo Tuotuo stopped overeating, it only took him one hour and seven minutes to truly enter and complete his metamorphosis.
Other Kuntai People took slightly different times, but the difference was not significant, generally fluctuating around one hour. Such a large change in such a short time is truly hard to believe unless you see it with your own eyes.
The number of offspring they had varied, some had one, some had two, and some had three.
"That 'True God. Could it be that such a shocking change will happen to humans in the future?" After witnessing the whole thing, Yue Yuan, who was deeply shocked, glanced at Yi Kai next to him, only to see that Yi Kai was already processing various observation data as if nothing had happened.
"How could that be?" Yi Kai twitched his beard, stopped what he was doing, and turned to look at Chief Yue, who had insisted on coming to the Life Science Institute. He opened his mouth and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Chief, you know that our enhancement technology does have a blueprint, but we will not copy it completely. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called gene editing. The functions we need must have been selected through layers of screening."
After saying that, Yi Kai added in his mind, a sentence only he could hear. "Of course, we can't guarantee that no one's appearance will change."
To be honest, after witnessing the entire process of the Kuntai People's abnormal development, Yi Kai was a little unsure of himself; the changes were just too drastic.
Such a dramatic change must involve gene expression at every step. He now even suspects that most of the Kuntai People's genes are related to these deformed expression sequences, and that genes for abnormal development and genes for enhancing comprehensive qualities may even be linked together.
Of course, what he fears most is that fertility and gender conversion genes are also intertwined.
Well, the so-called "binding" doesn't mean that gene segments are bound together, but rather that the gene segments have a certain interactive relationship with each other. If one segment of the interaction is missing, the expression of another segment will not occur.
If the genes of the Kuntai People are like this, then it will be difficult to deal with.
It won't be as simple as just finding and cutting fragments for implantation experiments. Humans will need to perform blind-box-like manipulations on each of the cut bases. And such manipulations involve permutations and combinations of many functional sequences, making the workload considerable.
The cycle is also long.
Most importantly, the genes of the Kuntai People belong to a completely different biosphere than those of humans, so biologists need to find a way to break down the boundaries between the two biospheres, otherwise they cannot be used on humans.
This isn't a matter of timing; rather, research must be conducted concurrently. Otherwise, who knows if something successful in the biosphere of the Kun-Tai Civilization will succeed in the human biosphere?
"I hope so!" Yue Yuan let out a long breath, then turned and left the Life Science Institute.
After stepping out the door, Yue Yuan opened Zhu Pete's communication device and asked him to arrange for people to send all the Kuntai People who had transformed into the 'Tai' form back to the Kun-Tai Civilization's Residential Spaceship.
After hanging up, he immediately dialed Man Yuemei's communication, instructing her to command the human fleet and prepare for action.
As for freezing the newborn Kuntai People in Hibernation Pod, he didn't need to worry about it. The staff of the Life Science Research Institute had already made all the arrangements, and it would be done as soon as their Mother Body were sent away.