The Perfect Element was a truly remarkable substance. A silvery-white metallic liquid resembling mercury, it was insoluble in both acids and alkalis. It refused to evaporate at extreme highs and wouldn't solidify at freezing lows. Its most peculiar property, however, was its affinity for living tissue: it was easily absorbed by biological matter!
Experiments showed that a single drop placed on a plant would gradually shrink until the organism entirely absorbed it. If placed on human skin, it would similarly seep directly into the body. Of course, for a human, that absorption inevitably resulted in brain death...
Every organism had a strict absorption limit. For multicellular life, this maximum capacity hovered between 0.13 and 0.16 milliliters. Surprisingly, this volume didn't vary much whether the subject was an earthworm or an elephant.
At that moment, Jason stared at the main monitor, his eyes wide with disbelief.
Anti-Entropy Field Aggregation Particle?
