The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 219 Launch Test
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Six huge biological fission reactors, similar in appearance to the terrestrial mother nest, surround a circle. In the fungus blanket below and in the root system of the fungus blanket, a large number of wires with improved neural structures are buried in the soil, which are also shaped like potatoes - It's just an upright potato, or more like a radish about the same thickness as its top and bottom - electric poles and power generating organs connected in series.

Lin Yi felt that he would probably have trouble with potatoes in this life. As long as the fungus carpet was not eliminated, the underground root system still needed all kinds of strange structures. The structure of the underground stems of potatoes and other plants was similar to that of potatoes, which was an inescapable hurdle.
The chemical energy converted by the thermal energy synthesis cells attached to the reactor is being continuously transported into the muscle structure of the electric plate column, waiting for the electric plate column structure to convert it into electrical energy, and then transport it to the center of a ring of biological fission reactors through a large number of nerve wires. The core structure.

They were two slender rails that were erected at an angle of 45 degrees. Their length was astonishing, as if they were going straight into the sky.

Even with the gravity of Mars, it is not that easy to build such a long orbital structure. In order to build such a long track, Lin Yi used a special composite material that is a mixture of mineral or metal ion components and organic structures, so that it can achieve the performance indicators he needed.

A large number of thick appendage-like structures support it, coupled with thick and long rail structures, making it look like a huge Cambrian creature called a grotesque insect.

Thousands of electric plate column power generating organs nearby have begun to prepare to receive the chemical energy from the fission reactor and prepare to convert it into electrical energy to drive this astonishingly huge "weird bug".

The main structure of the "Weird Insect", that is, the ends of the two rails are embedded in the ground. At this time, a large amount of muscle tissue and chelicera-like structures slowly push a cone-shaped object into the space between the two rails.

The shape of the cone-shaped object is similar to the original Corner Stone No. 1, or the shape of the corner stone shell, but it is much smaller than the Corner Stone No. 1. The shell is also silver-white, mixed with blood-red stripes.

Immediately, a large number of electric plate column power generating organs simultaneously and instantaneously emitted a large amount of current under the command of the internal spatial synaptic structure, which was transmitted along the biological wires to the two tracks made of special materials.

The next second, the cone-shaped object inside was suddenly pulled forward, and began to accelerate continuously, moving forward along the track. Soon, it reached an astonishing speed - even the compound eye, which is famous for its refresh rate, could not clearly see the speed. Capture its trajectory.

The conical structure quickly broke out of the accelerating orbit, and soared straight into the sky at a speed that would almost leave an afterimage in a compound eye, tearing apart the sound barrier and maintaining this astonishing speed as it soared straight into the sky. Mars' thin atmosphere prevented it from experiencing much air resistance, easily breaking through Mars' first cosmic speed.

Under the monitoring of the bioradio telescope, this structure quickly penetrated the Martian atmosphere and was further accelerated by the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of Mars, preparing to complete the final orbit change.

At this point, the colony's first electromagnetic gun, or electromagnetic powered space launch orbit experiment, can basically be declared a success. Next, there will be further orbit changes and final pupation to complete the entire launch process.

In this structure, Lin Yi did not install a rocket injection system with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel and oxidant, but an upgraded version of the propellant injection propulsion system. The high-temperature and high-pressure gas produced through chemical reactions can also be used in space. Able to advance.

The rocket propulsion system was somewhat complicated. Lin Yi was not sure whether it could withstand the overload of the electromagnetic gun, which was a bit violent compared to the rocket launch. Once a leak occurred, the consequences would be quite fatal. Therefore, he finally fired the electromagnetic gun structure. This earlier and more primitive jet propulsion system was installed in the projectile structure. However, it is enough for a small amount of orbit changes and movements after entering space. The process of breaking through the planet's gravity basically relies on the huge kinetic energy generated by the electromagnetic gun to achieve the breakthrough, and does not require the jet propulsion of the structure itself.

After thinking about it, the heat dissipation circulation system and the thermal energy synthesis cells have basically absorbed the heat, making the entire structure ready for the second launch, and the second cannonball has been filled into the launch trajectory with the assistance of muscle tissue and chelicera-like structures. time, ready to launch at any time.

The electroplate column organ structure began to operate again, a large amount of current was generated, and spread along the biological wire structure with the lowest resistance, concentrating towards the electromagnetic acceleration track in the center.

The electromagnetic acceleration orbit was recharged again, and the second cannonball quickly roared out in the same way, shooting towards the nine heavens, once again piercing the alien sky.

In terms of launch efficiency, the Cornerstone series of biological launch vehicles cannot keep up with the continuous launch efficiency of this large-scale accelerated orbit. As for the only problem - the issue of single load capacity, Lin Yi has already made a preliminary plan.

That's what the nest is all about - complete metamorphosis, that is, pupation. It only needs to transport a large amount of concentrated materials into space, combine and pupate in space, and then the production and construction of large structures can be completed.

This means that heavy-duty biological launch vehicles such as Cornerstone 2 will face elimination soon after their birth. But in a sense, this also illustrates the rapid development speed of the nest group.

During this time, the colony has expanded to an astonishing size on Mars and has built a large number of above- and underground structures, including brand-new fission reactor structures.

Although there seem to be a lot of uranium deposits on Mars, the content of uranium 235 is not much. However, during the production process of the fission reactor itself, raw materials such as uranium 238 that cannot be directly used in fission reactions can be converted into energy such as plutonium 239. Substances used as fission fuel.

This allows the nest group to now have a large number of nuclear fission reactor structures. Combined with the efficient decomposition of inorganic matter by the carpet and the lack of consideration of ecological issues, etc., the energy and material collected by the nest group on Mars will soon exceed that on Earth. accumulation.

With sufficient energy and material supplies, more electromagnetic acceleration orbits have begun to be constructed on the surface of Mars. In the future, the Mars orbit will become Lin Yi's development center, and the design and manufacturing of the first batch of space creatures will be carried out on the Mars surface. performed in orbit.

The production of space creatures that have been fully upgraded from the template provided by Bao has been put on Lin Yi's agenda with the realization of biological electromagnetic guns and fission reactors.

It was envisaged that they would be used as replacements for heavy-duty biological launch vehicles such as Cornerstone 2. However, before production could officially begin, there was one last problem that Lin Yi needed to solve.

(End of this chapter)