The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 207 Space Creatures
In terms of the appearance of the structure alone, this creature cannot be said to be majestic or ferocious. It is just a simple creature, with thinner ends and a thicker middle, somewhere between a cylindrical shape and a spindle shape. In layman's terms, it looks like a Structure of root radish.

But Lin Yi did not despise it because it not only lacked any momentum at all, but even had a somewhat abstract appearance.

This is a special life form that is either a plant or an animal. It is over a hundred meters long. Its structure is not suitable for survival in any environment such as sea, land or sky. In other words, a normal environment cannot support such a large body. Biological survival.

Various structures indicate that this brand-new creature is a giant creature living in outer space, or in other words, a biological spaceship!
The environment in outer space is so harsh that the harshest areas on Earth feel like paradise compared to it. What Lin Yi only knew was that the low temperature close to absolute zero and the fire and ice caused by stellar thermal radiation, the deadly various radiations and the pressure difference caused by the vacuum - in comparison, lack of oxygen was actually the best. a problem solved.

In order to solve these problems, the structure of this organism has been highly specialized.

Its shell structure is similar to the exoskeleton of an arthropod. To be precise, it is similar to the mineral-containing exoskeleton that Lin Yi is currently refining for grade individuals. It is a special substance refined through biochemical means, and has considerable thickness and multi-layer interlayers. It has a considerable degree of Structural strength.

There is a special-structured insulating layer in the shell that can isolate the temperature loss to the greatest extent. And it has a special sheet-like structure that extends like a blade. Judging from the details, it seems that it can adjust the temperature of the outer shell and the body.

As for the issue of radiation, under the thick, special-component shell, there is a special layer of cortex containing a large amount of melanin, which has the function of absorbing radiation and converting it into nutrients.

Later, in the ruins of the famous Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, a fungus with special abilities was discovered. It can use a special ability called radiosynthesis to use melanin to absorb energy in radiation and turn it into Nutrients for your own proliferation.

The melanin-related gene fragments in this special organism show that they also have a similar function to absorb radiation and supplement some nutrients.

In addition to these, the pressure difference caused by the vacuum environment is also a quite fatal factor - as long as the pressure-isolating shell is damaged at any point, everything inside will be quickly evacuated by the strong pressure difference to force the internal and external pressure to be in balance.

For living things, this is particularly fatal. The complex circulatory system in the living body means that once the outer shell ruptures, a large amount of internal tissue will be evacuated almost instantly, killing it.

For this reason, in the internal circulation system of this creature, the parts close to the body surface extend in all directions and have a large number of parts separated by a special high-strength diaphragm structure, similar to the structure of the watertight compartment of later ships.

There are a large number of valve structures that can be opened and closed between the circulatory system and other pipes passing through the diaphragm. These valves are also extremely strong. Once the shell ruptures, the valves will close, blocking the circulatory system and avoiding a large loss of body fluids.

Just the structure that has been analyzed so far has already shocked Lin Yi.

Although these structures only solve the most basic problem of survival in the harsh environment of outer space, there is still a long way to go to achieve Lin Yi's ultimate goal, which is to cross the long distance between star systems. For example, the problem of energy acquisition, and more importantly, how to move in space with no air or even almost no matter, is a serious problem, let alone long-distance movement across the star system level.

But this is tantamount to a critical leap from zero to one, from nothing to something. With this foundation, the rest is a long period of in-depth research and upgrades. For Lin Yi, who has already realized the linguisticization of genes, all this is not too difficult.

Sometimes, after years of accumulation, breakthroughs in one or two key technologies can drive rapid development in a short period of time. Just like the industrial revolution in later generations. But going back further, this is the accumulation of human wisdom over a long period of time, which eventually led to breakthroughs in key technologies and a large number of imaginations became reality.

Looking back further, the long evolutionary process from Australopithecus to late Homo sapiens can be regarded as a kind of accumulation and precipitation in a sense. Little by little, people will have dexterous hands and developed brains to accomplish all this in the future.

Even further back, we can trace back to the nearly 200 million years between the Permian mass extinction and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. The early synapsids, nicknamed the bulk mice, and the true mammalian ancestors were in the sauropods. Silently strengthening his nervous and sensory systems under Tsuna's shadow, laying the foundation for humans to evolve advanced brains.

For example, during the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, when Lin Yi was pecking at each other with rival nest groups, it was not that he had no ideas, but that the gene editing methods at that time were really not enough to complete the editing of such complex structures.

It's like going back to the Paleolithic Age with the complete design drawings of the steam engine, but you haven't even formed your hands yet. Even if you really have a head full of advanced scientific research information from later generations, there is nothing you can do.

But now, Lin Yi has gene language technology, which is like having not only the drawings of high-precision equipment, but also the high-precision processing equipment for processing these equipment, making everything possible.

While thinking about it, the analysis of the gene sequence did not stop. More complex internal structures were taking shape bit by bit, and Lin Yi gradually began to marvel at the exquisite design of this space creature.

The BAO organism once sown seeds in the vast galaxy, and some of the indicators of space creatures it gave have exceeded the level of later generations of humans.

Unfortunately, some of the most critical parts, such as the most critical part regarding energy supply - nutrients produced by radiation synthesis and photosynthesis alone cannot supply the resources needed to propel such huge space creatures. But this part is exactly missing something.

And the weapon part based on the energy supply system, which is unknown whether it exists, is also missing. But this is not Lin Yi's current focus. Without enough energy, even if there is a weapon system, it is just a decoration.

But no matter what, after the complete analysis is completed, these genetic sequences are immediately transmitted to all mother nests and stored simultaneously - this is really too important for the current nest group.

(End of this chapter)