The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 228 Approaching
Mars.

The structures that still exist on the surface are mainly large-scale electromagnetic railgun structures used to launch materials into orbit, assemble space creatures, and supporting nuclear reactors.

Now, due to various reasons, Lin Yi arranged the nuclear reactor underground, close to the electric plate column power generation organ, making the overall structure more compact and able to accommodate more structures in one space.

Even part of the electromagnetic acceleration track is installed underground, such as a deep well tilted toward the sky. Rock layers are used instead of supporting structures, so that the electromagnetic track can be made longer and larger.

These structures also do not need to be moved. You only need to cover the muzzle with a mushroom blanket. Those structures that have already been produced need to be moved underground - because they are directly connected to the mushroom blanket, these structures only need to be dissolved and then passed through the mushroom blanket. By transporting it underground, the transfer can be easily completed.

As for the fungus carpet that now covers almost the entire surface of Mars, due to its dark color and characteristics more similar to lichens that can survive in harsh environments than the fungus carpet on Earth, in space, it will only look like a patchwork of bacteria. Jet black special rock.

It can be said that as long as the other party does not land on the surface of Mars, it will be a desolate rocky planet. The environment is harsh and the atmosphere is thin, making it unsuitable for biological survival.

This raises another question - what is the purpose of the other party coming to the solar system?

First of all, it is unlikely that he just happened to be passing by. After all, the other party has an unknown means of super-light navigation and is completely invisible when sailing. If it is passing by, why not just maintain super-light speed across the solar system and go to the real destination? Appearing before and after the Kuiper Belt?
It is also unlikely that it had already been clear that it was heading directly towards the Earth. Otherwise, it could have appeared directly near the orbit of Mars instead of leaving the super-light speed in the Kuiper Belt as it is now.

Then the most likely possibility is that this is a vanguard fleet exploring unknown galaxies. Their technological level cannot allow them to know the specific conditions of the planets in the star system from a distance, so they have to use the most primitive method, that is, on-site Visit to confirm the situation.

Assuming that the other party is an interstellar civilization capable of interstellar navigation, resources must no longer be a problem for them, then the only thing that is most likely to attract this civilization is a habitable planet suitable for colonization.

In other words, the opponent's next target is most likely the Earth - although the existence form of this civilized creature is not clear, at least from what Bao described, life born from earth-like planets with nitrogen and oxygen atmospheres does not exist. A small number, and this civilization is very likely to be the same.

Since he does not dare to destroy the environment, the earth is now increasingly used as a protected area. Lin Yi is gradually reducing the activities and impacts of the nests as much as possible, and moving to Mars.

On the earth, nest colonies do not have any too advanced structures and levels. Now there are only a small number of mother nest groups and basic levels such as land workers and saw ants. If it is not possible, you can disguise yourself as a wild animal to temporarily avoid the sharp edge. .

But Lin Yi naturally couldn't let the other party colonize the earth. What he has to do is also very simple - if the opponent lands, use the special existence of the nest group to create some special grades, monitor the detection team sent by the enemy, and try to obtain more information about the opponent.

At least, when the space creatures in the dense area of ​​​​the asteroid belt had not yet been discovered, and without knowing the details of the other party, Lin Yi did not dare to expose his existence rashly, and could only wait and see what happened. The gray-black shells and efficient light-to-heat conversion systems of space creatures allow them to operate at the lowest power in the reactor. When the engine is shut down, they can be almost perfectly hidden in the cosmic background radiation in the infrared and optical bands.

Although the asteroid belt is relatively dense with celestial bodies, it is only relative to a completely empty space. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to find asteroids within the field of view. But in the electromagnetic band, this area is relatively chaotic, which is suitable for space creatures to hide.

If the other party does not discover the existence of those detectors, there is a high probability that these space creatures floating silently in the vast universe will not be discovered by the other party.

In the continued silence, the exploration fleet was getting closer to the blue planet that looked as magnificent as sapphire from the large optical telescope, and its surface scene was more clearly presented in the large optical observation system on the scientific research ship.

Through the encrypted signal transmitted through directional laser communication, Warmani can now confirm that there are indeed no traces of man-made buildings on this planet. Either civilization has not yet been born, or the civilization is still in the early stage where it is unable to carry out large-scale construction. .

But he still didn't take it lightly - for some reason, the feeling of being watched that time still lingered in his consciousness, making Warmani always feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it.

However, both optical and infrared bands show that there are no artificial structures in the entire star system.

Taking the Ezki spacecraft as an example, the operation of the fusion reactor and supporting power generation devices will inevitably produce a large amount of waste heat that cannot be utilized. Since there is no medium convection in space, the only way to dissipate this heat is thermal radiation.

This means that a special heat sink structure needs to be installed on the spacecraft to radiate the heat. In the infrared detection system, this is as conspicuous as a bright light in the dark night.

Ezki scientists have been racking their brains to reduce the thermal radiation emitted by the spacecraft, increase energy utilization, recycle waste heat, and even come up with some whimsical ideas, such as concentrating the thermal radiation to one point.

The final result is that compared to the first generation, the area of ​​the heat sink of the second-generation spacecraft is greatly reduced, making the overall spacecraft appear more integrated, but that is all.

This means that even if the Ezki civilization's own spacecraft does not turn on the engine, as long as the equipment is still operating normally, the large-scale infrared detection system on the scientific research ship can easily identify it from the cosmic background radiation.

No civilization has been found on habitable planets, which means that if there are indeed monitors, they are most likely remote spacecraft from other galaxies. As for a long-range spacecraft that must have a large fusion reactor to operate, achieving complete concealment means that the opponent's energy utilization level exceeds Ezki's.

A higher energy utilization level means weapons with greater power and faster firing rate, which makes Warmani have to be vigilant - if there is really something hidden in the cosmic background radiation watching the exploration fleet, What will happen to the fate of the exploration fleet?
(End of this chapter)