"Oh my, it really is two tails..."

Inside the laboratory.

Looking at the freshly made check-up report.

Wang Qiang's tone of delight was tinged with obvious surprise.

Or to be more precise, everyone present was very surprised.

The check-up report clearly showed that Hua Xiaomo really did have an extra tail growing from the back of her tailbone!

Initially, Wang Qiang intended to personally take this girl to the changing room for 'identity verification.'

But just as her wicked hands were only two centimeters away from Hua Xiaomo, a memory of four book bans suddenly flashed through her mind,

so she had no choice but to obediently opt for a normal examination method.

Compared to the starry-eyed Wang Qiang, Li Yan appeared much calmer.

She was analyzing the test results, saying:

"Xiaomo's tail appeared directly from the end of the tailbone, and the images show no signs of temporary cuts between them.

Moreover, Xiaomo's second tail contains tailbone as well, and it moves comfortably without any discomfort...

Strange, really strange."

Assistant Zhang Guanghua, standing nearby Lin Li, raised his hand, which was rare because this wasn't a high-spec meeting scene, so anyone could voice their opinions:

"Researcher Li, I remember there are some local animals with two tails, right?

Are they not constructed similarly?"

"Actually, no."

Li Yan shook her head gently and explained:

"Assistant Zhang, local two-tailed animals generally result from deformed mutations, and most often the branches split at the end of the tail.

Whether two or three tails,

they usually form a horizontal 'Y' structure, whereas Xiaomo's is '＜'.

This really defies biological norms.

Because a tail is an extension of the spine, a single spine can naturally only support one tail."

As Li Yan mentioned,

In vertebrates, growing an extra tail is a relatively rare type of mutation.

This situation primarily occurs in some groups capable of regeneration.

Such as geckos, salamanders, etc.

Common multi-tail deformations are mostly mild, appearing mainly as small forks at the end of the tail.

A typical example would be the Danube crested newt.

Overall,

Reports of such mutations are still scarce, and related research even more so.

In reptiles, currently, there may only be over 100 species, covering 16 families. (Source: Nature official website 'Tail bifurcation', non-authoritative examples I have directly excluded).

According to current relatively authoritative analyses,

In most cases,

Multiple tail growth may result from excessive regeneration due to damage or incomplete fracture surfaces of the vertebrae.

Some cases also have a certain relation to radiation pollution.

For example, just next door, maybe in decades we will see a bunch of animals or humans with several heads.

On top of that,

On Earth, there exists a multi-limbed and regenerable creature, even top academic circles cannot provide a detailed explanation:

That would be Qidian authors.

They keep cutting and cutting as if nothing happened, with bodies that are extremely robust.

A typical representative would be Li Gu... ahem, I digress.

Let's get back to the point.

At this moment, Li Yan was making the final summary:

"If Xiaomo's mutation stemmed from a fork at the end of the tail, then we could still attribute it to deformation mutation.

Similar situations have been observed locally.

A lizard exposed to special light once mutated a third front leg overnight, so timing could be explained,

but she clearly regenerated a new tail independently now, which might involve...

A genetic issue!"

Upon hearing the word, the previously distracted Wang Qiang snapped back to reality.

She quickly blinked her eyes:

"Senior sister, are you saying Xiaomo has undergone genetic modification?"

Li Yan shook her head, just about to speak, when Liu Xiangqian suddenly interjected:

"It doesn't necessarily mean modification. I believe it might also be some form of latent expression."

Seeing everyone looking over, Liu Xiangqian organized his words and said:

"Everyone should know, our team has been researching the spiritual consciousness issue arising from the pineal gland recently.

During the research, we found that the cultivation system in Damo Realm might involve deeper genetic expression issues.

This is related to the underlying coding structure of genetic material.

For instance, our Harbin Pharmaceutical Group's Awakening Pill was cracked using reverse transcription in the E-chain as a breakthrough.

Although we don't have a precise theoretical conclusion yet,

combining the divine consciousness and the initial awakening stage, I personally believe Hua Xiaomo's change likely didn't originate from external modification.

Instead, some aspect of hers was activated.

Those unknown energies weren't meant to modify Xiaomo's body, but to unlock a part within her!"

Upon hearing this, the scene fell into a momentary silence.

Friends who have studied biology should know.

Up until now, the majority of human DNA coding sequences have been detected, but far from being decrypted.

DNA sequences are the most fundamental inheritance codes; how this code translates into characteristics is a very complex problem.

With all the biological knowledge we possess today, we cannot accurately complete predictions from genotype to phenotype.

For instance, our lifespan.

That's actually a form of genetic expression too.

Assuming the current genome is already compiled programs, the active genes in everyone's body cells now don't equate to the source code.

To find the source code of genes, one must reverse compile the active genes in the current cells—it's an enormously large reverse engineering task.

Before arriving in Damo Realm, Liu Xiangqian specialized in this direction.

Thus, Liu Xiangqian's words are relatively authoritative.

"Genetic expression..."

Lin Li rubbed his chin, suddenly thinking of something:

"Wait, could it be about those runes?"

Seeing confusion in the crowd,

Lin Li pondered for a moment, then opened a page.

It showed exactly the five runes sent back by Ma Ning.

Then Lin Li pointed at the screen and explained:

"The third and fourth runes function as carriers similar to electrical cables or optical fibers, let's set them aside. Let's look at the first rune.

Its function is as a preposition, meaning it's followed by a noun or pronoun.

In the teleportation array, the following rune represents a place name.

Then in Xiaomo's mutation phase, could the following rune possibly represent Xiaomo's internal organ or other parts?"

Watching everyone in deep thought, Lin Li's mind grew increasingly open:

"For instance, suppose there's something dormant in Xiaomo's body requiring other factors to be unlocked, hence Xiaomo remained single-tailed.

Now, accidentally, we created some white material, which has some unknown connection with Xiaomo, thus activating that aura.

The aura's third and fourth runes serve as carriers—they're cables, they're optical fibers,

the first rune is a preposition, and the subsequent pronoun connects to Xiaomo's internal body.

The second rune handles both protective barriers and information transmission.

Additionally, there are other runes at work that we don't understand.

Finally, under the effect of the fifth rune, a key-like energy entered Xiaomo's body, activating a latent expressed gene, thus giving rise to the second tail!"

Then Lin Li pointed at Wang Qiang and said:

"Xiao Wang often reads online novels, there's a term I think can nicely describe this aspect."

"And that is..."

"Inheritance!"

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