Civilized Zerg Lord

Chapter 83 The Superindividual

Gu Hao returned to his research room, and now he can clearly feel it.

The remaining hearts of civilization have been gathered in nine places, and have basically been collected by the other nine lords.

Gu Hao is not in a hurry to continue collecting the hearts of civilization.

Although Gu Hao thinks that if the number exceeds two hundred, a second civilization talent may be formed.

But he knew he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

The female insect has just been born, and Gu Hao now needs to arrange the production matters in Guman City.

Although on the surface it seems that the insect swarm has just changed its production method, in fact it cannot be thought of as such.

The insect swarm has transformed from scattered individuals into a super entity.

Gu Hao knew very well that the insect swarm with the same social model as the ants was no longer an independent individual, but a whole.

In the research room, Xie asked with some confusion: "Are you saying that these bugs are all one entity now?"

Although Gu Hao has taught Shan a lot of knowledge about biology, it is obviously still very difficult for Shan to understand the most advanced concepts proposed by Gu Hao.

Gu Hao nodded and explained: "Yes, they, or we, are now an individual."

Gu Hao continued: "I and you are the individual. This judgment is very simple. I have told you before that our body is composed of countless small lives, right?"

Xie nodded and said, "Yes, it took me a long time to understand it at first."

Gu Hao smiled and said: "If a cell needs to consume one portion of food (energy) in its lifetime, 1 cells only need [-] portions in its lifetime, right?"

Xie nodded, but then Gu Hao said: "But when these ten thousand cells form our human body, the amount of food they consume in their lifetime will become three-quarters of their own weight, which is about one thousand share."

"This is called an individual. Every individual follows this rule, including superorganisms."

Xie was suddenly shocked and wondered if Gu Hao had made a mistake: "It has been reduced by so much? Did you make a mistake?"

Gu Hao laughed and said: "This is the charm of living organisms, the miraculous craftsmanship of nature, they have indeed reduced so much."

Gu Hao added: "And the insect swarm has now become a whole body and also obeys this law."

“In the past, [-] bugs needed to consume [-] portions of food in their lifetime, but now they only need [-] portions.”

Gu Hao continued: "In fact, our city is similar. Although it does not fully comply with the concept of superorganism, the energy utilization rate also follows this law."

Xie was very shocked. He said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Ten thousand is ten thousand. How is it possible that the consumption is reduced so much just because there is one more female insect?"

Looking at Xie's incomprehensible expression, Gu Hao could only shake his head.

The concept of individuals is still too advanced for him.

Although this conceptual model is exaggerated, it is indeed true.

As for why organisms follow such a pattern, there can only be various speculations.

But the result of calculation is this formula.

However, Gu Hao realized that using eating as a metaphor for Xie was not appropriate.

Although after becoming part of the insect swarm, a large number of organs responsible for life activities were gone, including reproductive organs.

But the food consumed is not as exaggerated as reducing it to one-tenth.

Because this formula is a conclusion drawn from macro statistics, it is only valid in the overall and long-term dimension.

After Xie's personal calculations, the energy consumption of the insect swarm was indeed significantly reduced.

But if you want to verify this formula, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time.

Thinking of this, Gu Hao felt that Xie was very suitable for taking the extreme brain evolution route.

However, the time has not yet come, and these must be considered in the long term.Gu Hao began to promote the development of the insect swarm in an orderly manner, and the scale of the insect swarm could be further expanded.

Now the space of Guman City has expanded to more than 100 kilometers in diameter, and there are many kinds of insects.

The large number and variety of insects on this land constitute a unique ecosystem.

Gu Hao realized that the expansion rate of the insect swarm had far exceeded the rate of food production.

When there is sufficient food, the female worm can lay a normal egg every minute and more than 1000 eggs a day.

In one month, a swarm of [-] to [-] insects can be produced.

However, Gu Hao could not feed such a large number of insect swarms.

Gu Hao knew that if he gathered hundreds of thousands of insect swarms in a short period of time, he would have no choice but to switch to plunder mode.

But once the plunder reaches a point where there is not enough food to feed the huge swarm of insects, he will be in trouble.

Therefore, Gu Hao needs to find more efficient farming methods.

Creep carpet is undoubtedly the most ideal production method among insect swarms.

However, Gu Hao currently does not have the ability to handle complex biotechnology like carpet.

The research on creep requires accumulation, and can only be studied step by step starting from low-level producers.

While Gu Hao was thinking, Wu knocked on the door of his room and walked in.

He handed Gu Hao a jar and said, "Chief, the plant you are looking for has been found."

Gu Hao opened it and saw a thick layer of duckweed floating in the jar.

Gu Hao was attracted by the sight in front of him. He watched the duckweed floating in the jar with a slight green light.

Gu Hao has previously focused on evolutionary cultivation within the framework of modern experience.

However, he has been overlooking a super invincible and explosive plant in the aquatic environment: duckweed.

This seemingly ordinary plant has extraordinary abilities.

Wu expressed doubts about Gu Hao:

"Patriarch, you told me before that this plant can solve the food problem of civilization, but I don't think it has anything special. There are duckweeds everywhere and no one eats them."

Xie on the side also turned his head and said to Gu Hao:

"This plant is everywhere in ditches and pools, and there doesn't seem to be anything special about it."

After hearing what Xie said, Gu Hao asked, "Have you never thought about why it is everywhere?"

Both men shook their heads, obviously not understanding the value of duckweed.

Gu Hao explained: "This plant is very powerful. Its production cycle is only more than a day ([-] hours)."

The two of them had no reaction when they heard this number. They seemed not to understand the horror of this production cycle.

Gu Hao continued: "What is our current rice yield per mu?"

After thinking for a moment, Xie replied: "About two to three thousand catties. Of course, it depends on the fertility of the field."

Gu Hao pointed at the duckweed and said: "And this thing can produce more than two hundred kilograms per acre of land in a day, and it can reach the output of a quarter of farmland in ten days."

The two finally showed surprised expressions, and they began to realize the value of duckweed.

Gu Hao continued: "Moreover, the protein content of rice is less than 40.00%, while the protein content of duckweed is as high as more than [-]% (three times that of beef), which basically exceeds the nutritional value of most plants."

　This formula for super-individual energy consumption is indeed a bit outrageous. I was shocked when I first learned about it. However, there is a statistical calculation in a paper that confirms this formula. If you are interested, you can check it out.

　　
　
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