The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 213 One-way ticket to space

Cornerstone 2 was ready in time, and the opportunity Lin Yi was waiting for was about to come not long after its overall structure was ready for launch.

Based on day and night observations of a large number of biological astronomical telescopes on the ground, Lin Yi quickly determined that Mars and the Earth were about to pass each other in their respective orbits. This was the moment when the two celestial bodies were closest to each other in the next period of time.

The opportunity was not to be missed. A large number of Cornerstone II heavy-duty biological launch vehicles were immediately set up at the specially-built launch site, facing the sky, and were ready at any time.

Unlike Corner Stone One, which is basically the same organism, each level of Corner Stone Two is an independent organism, and each of the auxiliary thrusters on its side is an independent organism.

Under the connection of spatial synapses, they work together like multiple organs in the same organism, forming this spectacular "super-individual organism" that will soon carry the nest creation to Mars.

Whether it is based on later research or the fact that Bao once lived, it shows that there is a source of water on Mars. Although it must no longer remain liquid now, it is enough.

The presence of water means that photosynthesis, chemical energy synthesis and radiation synthesis are integrated. The space version of the carpet with its own internal circulation system can use it to obtain a large amount of organic matter and multiply rapidly.

Since Mars has a certain atmosphere, it is possible to build a mother nest and other components on Mars for the time being to facilitate subsequent archaeological excavations. Lin Yi already has some ideas about the design of the Mars mother nest and Mars structure, and is just waiting to actually set foot on it. That whole new land, implement it.

To sum up, even if it does not have the legacy of Bao, Mars is an indispensable springboard in the process of entering deep space, and it is also the best choice to further accumulate strength.

It was still the same strange sound due to the different structure. Then, from the nozzle, a blazing tail flame spurted out, vaporizing a large amount of water in the pool below, and a cloud of mist evaporated again.

The sun and the moon are passing by, and the stars are moving. The orbital positions of Mars and the Earth are getting closer and closer under the gaze of a large number of biological astronomical telescopes, and they are about to fly by.

"10, 9, 8, 73, 2, 1, launch!"

Corner Stone 2's body, much larger than Corner Stone 1, rose slowly from the ground through the clouds and mist, broke away from the launch pad, and began to rise along the orbit of the earth's rotation.

The orbit has been calculated, and now, only the final launch step remains - finally, the most suitable day for launch has arrived.

The rocket launch site that had been waiting for a long time immediately began to operate at full capacity. The huge Cornerstone No. 2 biological launch vehicles revealed their silver-white shells with blood-red lines.

With the previous experience of launching Cornerstone 1. The first acceleration stage of the rocket was a familiar one, passing through the troposphere, stratosphere, and ozone layer all the way through the mesosphere and into the ionosphere, and the free flight stage began.

The first stage fell off and fell back into the atmosphere under the influence of the earth's gravity, completing its mission.

Subsequently,

Under the combined action of the earth's gravity and rotation, the astonishingly huge body of Cornerstone 2 ignited in the ionosphere again after a long period of free flight, changed its orbital direction, and began to accelerate in the direction of Mars without looking back. . What follows will be a long flight with no return. With the current technological level of the nest, it is still unable to enable the launched rocket to have the ability to travel back and forth between the Earth and Mars.

But what is stronger than that of later generations of humans is that the species-preserving characteristics of the carpet allow the colony to successfully expand on the surface of Mars, collect resources, and once again establish a complete production system to achieve a certain sense of colonization of Mars.

Regardless of the reason, Mars will become the focus of Lin Yi's development next. The original home planet Earth existed more as a nature reserve and no longer intervened to avoid situations.

In the vast galaxy, even if the speed is already the limit that can be reached at present, when the reference objects are very far away, it seems to be almost motionless.

Only the continuous gaze of a large number of biological radio astronomical telescopes and traditional optical telescopes from the earth, as well as the gradually distant huge node in the consciousness network, can prove that Cornerstone 2 is crossing the endless void and flying to Mars.

The resistance and friction in space are almost negligible, which means that under the influence of inertia, Cornerstone 2 will continue to move forward at its previous speed, even if the fuel of the later stages has long been exhausted.

Halfway through the journey, the remaining first two stages of Cornerstone 2 began to operate - but instead of accelerating further, they sprayed forward a small amount and began to slow down so that their speed could be captured by Mars' gravity.

This made the already long time even longer, but Lin Yi could afford to wait now - compared with the dead silence during the mass extinction and the really long time during the slumber of studying space synapses, this was nothing.

Continuing forward, in the specialized monocular structure installed on the head of Cornerstone 2, the red outline of Mars has become larger day by day, gradually exceeding the size of the moon when viewed from the earth.

After another period of flight, the full picture of Mars was already presented to Lin Yi.

Due to the lack of an overly developed visual structure, the remaining parts of Cornerstone 2 cannot directly perceive the conditions of Mars in space, especially the buried truth, which requires landing to find out.

Therefore, he continued to control the remaining parts of Cornerstone 2 and quietly waited for the gravity of Mars to capture it, preparing for the first landing of the Hive on an extraterrestrial planet.

In the end, Cornerstone 2, which was already much slower than initially, was easily captured by Mars' gravity and began to orbit Mars.

Of the last two remaining stages, the second stage was also disconnected under Lin Yi's control and abandoned by Cornerstone 2, while the first stage changed its orbit slightly due to the small amount of fuel left inside, cooperating with the trajectory of Mars. Gravity, falling downward in circles.

According to the plan, Cornerstone 2 will first launch a parachute-like membrane structure similar to the Mortar Spider guided missile of the year, but countless times larger, and use the thin but stronger atmosphere of Mars to decelerate. .

Then, it is time to test the ability of the creep to withstand falling - due to the biological structure, there are no complicated and precise components. The structure will directly and roughly hit Mars after decelerating as much as possible, and start to multiply the creep.

But just when the remaining parts of Cornerstone 2 began to enter the Martian atmosphere, carrying carpet tumors and a large amount of concentrated nutrients for proliferation, Lin Yi discovered that things were a little different from what he thought.

(End of this chapter)