The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 212 The Creep Creep Expands
Different from the launch vehicles of later generations of technological civilization, the Corner Stone, which is essentially a combination of one or several giant creatures, releases the structure carried in the carrier compartment. It does not use the method of splitting the rocket body to expose the structure below, but rather, the nest Qun's old line of work - pupa transformation.

This creep tumor integrates a large number of functions of the mother nest. In other words, now, the mother nest is nothing more than a component of the creep, a structural module for producing individuals.

At this time, the Corner Stone had completely exhausted its fuel and oxidizer and was parked in a synchronous orbit. The swinging centrifugal force had reached a balance with the Earth's gravity, allowing the remaining secondary propulsion part to remain in space nearly a thousand kilometers above the ground. Stable body shape.

Inside the arrow body, the concentrated nutrient pile in the carpet tumors began to dissolve, and supplied the peripheral carpet tissue to rapidly proliferate and grow, filling the space inside the shell, and climbing the roots up to the thick outer shell.

The charred shell that had been ablated was dissolved bit by bit from the inside, further turning into nutrients for the growth of these special space carpet tissues.

As the volume of the tumor-like structure increases, a high-strength skeleton of a specific composition begins to grow in the fungus blanket, supporting the main part of the fungus blanket structure, allowing it to begin to absorb sunlight and cosmic radiation, and obtain nutrients.

The new structure resembles a huge umbrella, and at the upper and lower ends of the umbrella, the nutrients stored in the carpet structure are quickly consumed, and some complex structures begin to proliferate - first of all, there is a huge compound eye with a special structure on the upper and lower ends. .

When the well-developed compound eyes with excellent pixels and refresh rates completed their pupae, and their nervous system and spatial synaptic structure were successfully connected, the vision from the well-developed compound eyes below appeared in Lin Yi's consciousness.

It was a huge azure blue sphere that was familiar yet unfamiliar, and the white gauze clouds were dotted on the azure blue and emerald green, which was exceptionally beautiful. There is no doubt that it was the earth that gave birth to Lin Yi as an intelligent creature in two lifetimes.

However, the familiar continental plates are no longer there. The huge C-shaped plate is embedded in the blue sphere. It is the vast Pangea. The outer circle is green, while the inner circle is all yellow - it's an endless desert.

There are countless thin blue lines running through it, like rivers running through it. Under the separation, Laurasia in the north, Gondwana in the south, and the embryonic forms of subsequent major continental plates above are vaguely visible.

Together they make up this vast ancient continent. In the C-shaped depression is the Tethys Sea, which is as beautiful as a sapphire inlaid on it, and at the other end is the equally broad Panocean Ocean.

In the field of vision at the other end, there is a starry sky that has never been so clear. The stars in the sky appeared extremely clearly in Lin Yi's field of vision.

Everything means that Lin Yi has successfully completed his first exploration of the starry sky. The first hive creation was successfully sent into space, leaving the first trace of the hive. .

After a period of adaptation, Lin Yi determined that the newly modified carpet structure could indeed adapt well to the outer space environment.

Later, it will try to continue transporting nutrients into the orbit and continue to supply it with growth and proliferation until it develops a sufficient body structure and waits to be compatible with some newly designed modular structures.

As for how to produce these modular structures, Lin Yi needs some other means - that is, to find a way to go to Mars, and unearth whether there are any wreckage left by Bao in his heyday, and reversely study it to see if he can study it. Critical energy components. Even though I am slowly researching it, it is not that I do not understand it, but there is a shortcut and it will not be taken in vain, and no matter what the purpose is, the heavy-duty biological launch vehicle needed to go to Mars must be developed no matter what. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to further establish a foothold in space with the current "Cornerstone One".

Therefore, after the successful experience of Cornerstone launch was summarized, Lin Yi immediately began the research and development of high-thrust heavy-duty biological launch vehicles, and continued the production and production of existing biological rocket templates at many launch sites around the country. emission.

Now, without any obstacles or opponents, Lin Yi can devote almost all his resources to aerospace development. More new structures were quickly developed and put into use - and some of these technologies successfully fed back into other fields, which can be called a bit of an unexpected surprise.

For example, the ability to emit electromagnetic waves and receive them was improved from the power-generating organ of the year, which directly replaced the use of echolocation systems on land and became the new generation radar detection system of the nest.

At the same time, this system can also be used in space - the biological version of large radio telescopes has become a reality. It can be used in conjunction with traditional optical telescopes to better detect celestial objects and monitor the real-time trajectory of the rocket.

But currently, there is one thing that continues to trouble Lin Yi - he still lacks a more efficient way to generate energy. This is the key to his next step.

Regarding the specific direction, Lin Yi plans to wait for the nest group to successfully expand to Mars and check whether Bao has left enough relics to analyze the nest group before making plans. If he can really reverse engineer the results, it will save a lot of effort.

As time continued to pass, the research progress of the heavy-duty biological launch vehicle also increased rapidly. Soon, its improved biological rocket engine structure completed preliminary tests on the ground.

Each of the new engines can provide more thrust than the original Cornerstone 1 rocket, and in the first stage, which needs the most thrust, it is envisioned to be composed of five to seven biological rocket engines.

The new biomass heavy-duty launch vehicle perfectly interprets the concept of flying to Mars. A large number of biomass rocket engines and a complex structure of up to four stages make it theoretically capable of flying to Mars.

This makes its carrying capacity more powerful, and it can transport more carpet tissue and nutrients at one time, which is even enough to directly multiply a small mother nest on the target surface and produce specially modified exploration tools.

Lin Yi decided to simply call the previous first-generation biological launch vehicle Cornerstone 1, and the new heavy-duty biological launch vehicle is naturally Cornerstone 2 - the launch vehicle, which will inherit the name of the Cornerstone series. To commemorate the first opponent.

The supporting large-scale launcher structures are gradually being completed. Now, countless Cornerstone 2 has been completed. Lin Yi is waiting for only one opportunity, an opportunity for Mars to be close to the Earth's orbit, suitable for launch.

(End of this chapter)