Tai Sui's unexpected discovery
The hot sun shines on the slowly flowing Wei River, and the river shimmers with dazzling light.
Villager Du Zhanmeng came to the river with a basket, ready to catch some firewood and cook at home.
He rolled up his trousers and stepped into the warm water.
Du Zhanmeng groped his way at the bottom of the familiar river, looking for branches and skunk grass that could be used as firewood. However, as he walked through a shallow, his foot suddenly stepped on a soft, strangely shaped object.
"What is this?" Du Zhanmeng retracted his feet in surprise, looked down carefully, and saw a bulging red and white ball of meat lying at the bottom of the river, about the size of a vegetable plate, and the surface was covered with tiny white bumps.
At first, Du Zhanmeng thought it was just a piece of discarded pork, and he didn't care. He reached out and scooped up the ball of meat and threw it directly onto the riverbank.
Who knew that two days later, when Du Zhanmeng came to the river again, he found that the ball of meat was still in place, without the slightest trace of decay!
Du Zhanmeng was very surprised. He immediately called a few young people and picked up the meat balls back to the village to study them carefully. Out of curiosity, they tentatively cut the balls and boiled them to eat.
The expected fishy smell did not appear, and the taste of this piece of meat was actually quite good.
"This piece of meat is so weird, it's definitely not simple. Du Zhanmeng thought to himself. He decided to observe for a while longer to find out the true face of this "meat".
Tai Sui's magical regenerative ability
Out of curiosity, Du Zhanmeng and a few young people decided to weigh the weight of this peculiar "meat ball", which reached as much as 47 catties.
"With such a large piece of meat, it's definitely not as simple as pork. Du Zhanmeng touched his chin suspiciously.
Du Zhanmeng was surprised to weigh the meat ball again, this time it weighed 70 pounds!
"What is this piece of meat that has such a powerful regenerative ability?" Du Zhanmeng was stunned, he realized that this was definitely an extraordinary object.
Several young men carefully cut off a portion of the lump with a knife and set it aside to observe. However, after an hour, the wound of the lump had completely healed.
"It's incredible! We have to figure out what's going on. Du Zhanmeng decided to report this discovery to the county and hand over this magical "meat ball" to experts for study.
Within a few days, a professor from Northwest University came to Du Zhanmeng's house, eager to check on this strange incident.
The Painful Quest of Scientists
Professor Yang from the Department of Biology of Northwest University rushed to Du Zhanmeng's house as soon as possible. When he stood in front of the water tank with the "red and white meat balls", he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. The flesh is red all over, and the surface is covered with small white protrusions, which are soft and delicate to the touch, and it doesn't look like an ordinary creature no matter how you look at it.
Professor Yang first carefully cut a small piece of meat from the lump with a knife and placed it under a microscope for closer inspection. The tissue structure is distinctly different from the muscles of common animals, and more like some kind of marine mollusk.
"This could be a new species!" Professor Yang's eyes lit up, and he further extracted the DNA of the meat ball for testing.
DNA sequencing results confirmed that the organism did not bear a high resemblance to any known organism, and that there were a large number of unknown genetic sequences, most likely representing a new species.
After referring to ancient books, Professor Yang judged that this was most likely the legendary "Tai Sui", a mysterious immortal thing.
In ancient times, Tai Sui was regarded as a "bad thing", and it was said to bring bad luck to people. At that time, people did not know the movement of the day, so they imagined a "Tai Sui Star" out of thin air, and created a whole set of calendars based on it.
In ancient books, Tai Sui is often associated with demons.
However, there has never been a physical sample of Tai Sui in history. Professor Yang was thrilled to hear the news – it meant that he could use modern scientific methods to verify the truth of this ancient legend.
In the days that followed, Professor Yang embarked on a 20-year quest to unravel the mysteries of Tai Sui. He used a variety of experimental instruments to repeatedly analyze and refine samples, and conducted a number of scientific tests.
It was a long and difficult process, and Professor Yang was once confused and frustrated.
However, the scientist's never-give-up spirit supported him to continue his exploration. He must find out the true face of this mysterious creature and use science to restore the truth behind the legend.
The rupture of the Tai Sui legend
After 20 years of unremitting exploration, Professor Yang finally made a breakthrough in 2010.
Through advanced separation and extraction technology, the research team extracted a white flocculent substance from the Tai Sui sample, which was confirmed to be a synthetic polymer material, polyvinyl alcohol, which accounts for 70% of the total weight of Tai Sui.
Professor Yang was stunned, he never thought that the legendary magical "Tai Sui" was actually made of man-made products in modern industry.
For a while, Professor Yang's heart was mixed: he was excited to finally unravel the fog of the legend, and he was also emotionally moved by the destruction of the legend.
After 20 years of scientific verification, Tai Sui is actually a complex of slime molds, fungi and polyvinyl alcohol mixed in nature, and does not have the divine power given to it by legend.
It simply can't prolong life.
However, why polyvinyl alcohol appears in the Tai Sui sample is still an unsolved mystery. Whether this substance is the source of Tai Sui's so-called "divine power", Professor Yang is still continuing to explore.
But what is certain is that we should not be superstitious about the legend of Tai Sui. Consuming Tai Sui not only does not prolong life, but may pose health risks.
We must maintain a scientific attitude and rational thinking, not believe in ancient legends and superstitions, but use modern technology to dig deep into the essential properties of things.
This scientific verification has undoubtedly shattered a legend that has existed for thousands of years. But at the same time, it also demonstrates to mankind the power of rational truth-seeking and scientific spirit. We should continue to explore this amazing world in a scientific manner and unravel more unsolved mysteries.
It is a difficult but worthwhile process that requires human beings to continue to explore from ignorance to knowledge. The spirit of persisting in exploration is the driving force behind social progress.
epilogue
Although this scientific exploration of Tai Sui denies its mysterious effects, it also makes us realize that ancient legends often originate from the ancestors' thinking about nature and life.
For example, the saying "harming Tai Sui and causing trouble" in the legend of Tai Sui reflects the wisdom of the ancients to protect the ecological environment and live in harmony with nature.
While inheriting the essence of traditional culture, we should also maintain a rational and scientific spirit, and not be superstitious about the supernatural power of objects themselves.
In the future, with the help of scientific and technological progress, human beings will continue to explore and uncover the mysteries of the natural world. It will be a tortuous and arduous road.
In this process, we must uphold the enthusiasm to explore the unknown, but also adhere to rational thinking and not be blinded by superstition.
When scientific answers are finally revealed, they will also push us to understand the world more deeply and find a way to live in harmony with nature.
Therefore, the rupture of the Tai Sui legend is not only a microcosm of the development of human thinking from superstition to rationality, but also a new starting point for us to deepen our understanding of nature.
This is the common meaning of existence of all human beings, and it is also the internal driving force for the growth and progress of each of us. Let us move forward hand in hand and chart a bright path to the truth together.