After the night (or day) of a large variety of parasites, their corpses floated everywhere as far as the manalocation could reach. But not everything was so bad. There were many viruses, but they were scattered, so it was possible to move, albeit with some effort.
I swam to the queen. I was very curious how she grew so big ... But you know what, I'm lazy ... I'll have to dig into the DNA, make my way through the sea of corpses and make my way through the sea of corpses back to the exit.
But since it is unknown what may be needed in the future, I will still overcome my laziness and swim to the material. Well, I'm not going to understand it, but let it lie somewhere in the database, it will not hurt anyone.
When I got to the queen of viruses, I noticed that she had a nucleus of DNA. Did you know that a virus has neither a nucleus nor DNA ??? The virus has only its RNA.
This surprise made it much easier for me to read the genetic code. So I was able to go on a journey to find the same or similar mutated viruses faster.
While traveling, I created a map in my imagination. There were quite a few interesting cell types. Some have already started using mana others have not.
Cells used mana to improve themselves or used it as their energy.
Hmm ... I think I caused the evolution of living organisms to accelerate.
While traveling, I found the beginnings of mana.
One cell attached to the membrane of the other and sucked out its mana. Even when the cell was left without mana, the parasite continued to suck it out, preventing regeneration and destroying the cell. When the cell could no longer regenerate the mana, the parasite began to use it as food. During the process, the parasite constantly divides and captures other cells that have not been lucky enough to swim too close.
Another scary parasite is a cell that pretends to be another, very useful symbiotic cell.
The symbiote, after penetrating its carrier, begins to passively secrete mana. Instead, the carrier shares nutrients. The symbiote can exist on its own, but it is too small and after it is swallowed, it considers mana not to be eaten.
The parasite is especially amplified in the cell. After that, the parasite begins to produce intense mana and increases the volume. A large amount of mana forces the parasite carrier to divide. When the cell nucleus divides and halves, the parasite eats one newly formed nucleus and divides itself. The new parasite separates from the cell as a nucleus, and the old one remains in the cell waiting for a new division.