The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 243 Constructing Machinery
The day after the wild sawtooth ants successfully achieved their goal and sent spores into the bodies of aliens, the largest alien transport and supply ship in space made new moves, and a large number of airdrop pods roared down again, passing through The atmosphere descended with an obvious tail flame.

In the atmosphere, Alien tilt-rotor aircraft and large engineering machinery equipped with carrier buckets were dispatched many times to recover these airdrop compartments and their contents and bring them back to the scientific research ship. Afterwards, technicians and large engineering machinery were busy. , assemble these structures.

The appearance of these structures made Lin Yishi, who was observing in secret, feel the caution of the aliens. Multiple electromagnetic launch tracks were arranged in a ring, with long, exposed bullet chains, and some other structures on the top. It was not difficult to Guess, these are fixed sentry turrets.

It can be seen from the electromagnetic acceleration structures that these structures are much thicker than the standard electromagnetic rifles used by armed personnel. The power of this thing is definitely not small. If we speculate based on the power of the standard electromagnetic gun used by alien armed personnel, the main battle of future generations of mankind will be The frontal armor of a tank may not be able to withstand the maximum power shot of an electromagnetic weapon of this caliber.

Not long after, the area near the alien scientific research ship was surrounded by such sentinel turrets. However, because no large animals dared to approach the location of the alien scientific research ship, there was no chance to fire for a while.

At the same time, some huge structures were quickly assembled. They were tall, with a main body that was approximately rhombus-shaped, with sharp edges and corners. There were four arthropod-like stepping structures under the body, and one of the main parts seemed to be able to accommodate an alien. The cockpit structure of an individual Starman is a manned combat structure.

Near the back, two thick mechanical arms grow forward, and the ends are connected to a huge, heavy-duty electromagnetic machine gun or cannon that seems to be the same style as the sentry turret.

Under the front end of the main body, there is a small rotating turret. At the end of the turret are two twin electromagnetic cannons. Together with the two rotary cannons at the end of the robotic arm, the ferocious firepower of a total of four cannons is enough to Easily tear apart all living things on earth.

Its positioning is somewhat similar to the fighting mechas in various later science fiction works, but the difference is that there is no meaningless imitation of human anatomy design. It is thicker and has a mechanical feel. It looks like an alien except that it has four legs and two They have nothing in common beyond their arms.

Although the first pair of stepping mechanisms is short, the front end of a section that touches the ground extends upward and to both sides with two thick armor plate structures. Combined with the thicker second pair of stepping structures, it can be speculated that there is a high probability that it can Switch between bipedal and quadrupedal states.

Based on some structural speculation, under the action of the complex balance control system, the bipedal form is fully sufficient to support its body. The quadrupedal form may be designed as a hoe to resist recoil when carrying heavy weapons.

In the bipedal form, the flat structure at the front of the first pair of stepping structures should be able to be folded together, perhaps as a bulldozer for simple earthwork operations, or directly as a bulletproof shield to provide limited cover for the more vulnerable parts. .

On the other side, some of the same structures did not have the first advanced structure installed, but a pair of shorter mechanical arms, with another pair of electromagnetic rotating tube machine guns at the end, providing even more insane firepower.

Although this kind of thing has always been considered useless, now that the alien has been released, it proves that it still has a certain role in a certain position.

In a sense, the theory of uselessness refers to the larger combat mechas that compete with tanks. The type currently developed by the aliens is between heavy infantry and armored vehicles in size. It has flexible steering and a large shooting range similar to that of infantry, but also has a certain degree of defense, and can carry some vehicle capabilities. Carrying heavy weapons. According to various reasons, it is speculated that it should be used more as a large infantry rather than a vehicle, used in complex terrain or urban warfare, security warfare and other environments.

Although it cannot provide cover for infantry, it is completely unable to replace the role of armored vehicles in fortified battles in open areas. However, in urban warfare and operations in complex terrain environments, this thing can fully rely on its higher flexibility and equally flexible suppression. Sexual firepower becomes a nightmare for the enemy.

Now, many combat construction machines have been assembled and organized into teams of alien armed personnel to patrol key areas.

In short, after the attack, the aliens immediately stepped up their vigilance. Although not to mention them, Lin Yi himself knew that wild saw-toothed saw ants would not be able to break through the opponent's defense line, but they still maintained the highest level of caution.

Similarly, the alien individual who has been infected by the carpet spores is still isolated in a special cabin. There are also other alien individuals coming to visit, but they are also separated by a transparent wall. It is not clear whether it is glass or glass. What else is the structure of the material, using the device dialogue.

During this period, Lin Yi also tried to have a deeper understanding of the aliens, mainly trying to combine their radio electromagnetic waves and analyze their language - the language of the aliens is indeed composed of light signals and acoustic signals, which is slightly complicated. ,but

It stands to reason that if it is connected to the memory-related parts of the brain and directly reads the alien's memory, a lot of information should be learned.

But this part of the brain is too complex. The first time parasitism is likely to cause death, Lin Yi does not dare to bet that he can succeed once. If he fails and causes death, the aliens will be alert, giving him no chance to carry out the operation again. Second parasite.

Even in this way, the existence of the nest will be directly exposed. Although the alien detection methods cannot currently detect foreign objects in the brain, if the corpse is dissected and analyzed carefully, special tissue masses parasitic in the brain will definitely be found. And then connect it with those crazy-toothed saw ants.

In the same way, it is not feasible to directly take over the nervous system and control the body like the fungi that parasitized terrestrial arthropod nests and the last Bao. Not to mention that there are only a few people here, most of them are probably mixed up. How can the familiar alien outpost pretend to be normal before? This is ruled out simply because it is easy to kill people.

Therefore, the safest method at present is to continue to steal the other party's sensory signals, wait for the isolation of this alien individual, continue to decipher the alien language, and at the same time spread further, preparing for a more in-depth understanding and research.

Now, all Lin Yi needs is a short period of time to carry out everything he planned, and even in the end, a bold goal.

(End of this chapter)