The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 250 Set sail (Ezki’s perspective ends temporarily)

"You mean, we encountered"

"Yes, not entirely." The light signal gradually went out, as if the signal sender was hiding, or in other words, escaping from his inner emotions.

"The specific situation is a bit complicated. We can only confirm that after a sudden meteorite impact, the defenders on Colony No. 7 encountered a form of existence that was 'possibly' similar to the theoretical 'superbody'. Everything else, still not clear."

"But it doesn't matter now. The top management has decided to send out the second batch of deep space exploration fleets. I have decided to join this plan. As for you, if you want to go, come with me."

"But, your doctrine"

"It doesn't matter anymore."

The sound gradually weakened as the figure went away, and the shadow loomed under the light on the laboratory roof, mixed with the dim light signal and the sound of the ends of the tentacles stepping on the ground, all indicating that at this time, he did not have any body. Cai Xue was just happy to have the space to show off, but it was quite sad.

Guilt? Blame yourself? Or, powerless? He doesn't know it himself. For half of his life, Wellery only dealt with slender-toothed hunting insects. When his theory might really determine the life and death of civilization, he felt an unprecedented heaviness for the first time.

Most of the generation born before and after the Planetary Unification War grew up hearing about "a community of shared future for civilization" and "far-sightedness is the only way out." Regardless of the interest level or the spiritual level, they are firmly bound to the entire Ezki civilization.

The situation on Colonial Star No. 7 is still unclear. No one knows whether it is just the opponent's vanguard or all the rest. But no matter what, if Ezki wins, civilization will no longer need him. If he loses, at least someone needs to know what kind of existence it is that destroyed the mother civilization.

Although the Deep Space Exploration Fleet is only said to be exploring unknown cosmic space, looking for habitable planets, mineral resources, etc., in fact, the two people present know that they are shouldering another important mission.

Once these fleets set off, there is almost no possibility of returning - their role will be similar to the strategic submarines equipped with fusion bombs by major countries before the Planetary Unification War. Once the main civilization encounters an unexpected event, they still have a chance of survival.

The only difference is that in the past, the purpose of strategic submarines was to use ship-borne fusion warheads to retaliate after the home country was attacked by fusion, as a bargaining chip to deter the opponent. Now, the role of the deep space exploration fleet is to preserve the last spark of civilization in order to make a comeback.

The news that civilization was about to send out an exploration fleet again soon spread throughout Ezki society. What was then "disclosed" was the situation of Colonial Star No. 7.

"In the history of our home planet, there have been many large-scale biological extinction events, and the specific causes were different. But this time, Colonial Star No. 7 encountered the same thing."

"Near the few Ezki settlements on Colonial Star No. 7, the mantle plume in the planet's mantle layer close to the surface ruptured, and a large amount of high-temperature mantle material swallowed up everything we brought in a very short time, and finally .No one survived." A shocking video was also released, which was a real-time picture returned by an artificial satellite orbiting the No. 7 colony star in space - the sweeping magma seemed to have caused the situation on the No. 7 star to be the same as before the Planetary Unification War. The area of ​​​​a large country has become blazing red. Just looking at this area, it seems like a molten planet.

Then, volcanic ash containing toxic substances covered the sky, forming a thick layer of dust, and there were pictures of the ground returned by unmanned detectors that broke into the atmosphere. Thick, dark basalt layers covered the earth, with some ferocious cracks still visible. The flowing red magma and bursting sparks are like purgatory.

The tragedy of Colonial Star No. 7 caused a huge shock in the entire Ezki society. It is logical to continue to dispatch deep space exploration fleets. This kind of plan that wastes people and money and has no results in a short period of time has received unprecedented success. support.

By discovering habitable planets earlier, we can have a longer time to observe whether they are suitable for colonization and avoid such a tragedy from happening again.

But there are still some voices of opposition and doubt, especially under the deliberate guidance of some people with "ulterior motives", some doubts have been discovered - why the mantle plume suddenly erupted at this time, and why, without any warning in advance ?
Some people point out problems in order to solve them. But some people point out problems just to make the problem bigger. And obviously, under normal circumstances, those who shout the most joyfully belong to the second type.

Under deliberate guidance, public opinion fermented and gradually got out of control and even backlashed. But at this moment, the official finally dropped a bombshell that seemed to have been expected.

A piece of news titled "The disaster on Colonial Star No. 7 was man-made" quickly became the focus of the topic. It showed with a large amount of conclusive evidence that the tragedy on Colonial Star No. 7 was caused by the Ascension Cult, a terrorist organization - they used unknown sources to The uranium material was used to create a primitive fission bomb, which detonated the local volcano and caused this disaster.

Colonial Star No. 7 is indeed volcanic and geologically unstable. A fission bomb, even the most primitive target-type fission bomb, is enough to act as a spark to ignite this already unstable powder keg.

If before, there were some people who did not have any deep hatred for the Ascension Sect, an officially designated terrorist organization, and some even felt that their behavior was just a bit radical and their views were not wrong, so they vaguely supported it, then after that, There is almost unanimous support for the official campaign to suppress them.

At the same time, officials also announced that the fleet would conduct exercises in the star system where the original colony star No. 7 was located, and the star system where the original colony star No. 7 was located was designated as a restricted area. Due to previous transfers, there were very few opponents.

At the same time that a large number of fleets were launched, the formation of the second deep space exploration fleet was also rapidly underway.

At the Central Research Institute on the home planet, Willery, who had completed the special project, had already left with his assistants. At the station where the troops belonging to the Pelagos team were stationed, a large number of elites were carefully screened and boarded the vehicles heading to the space port. When the civilization's machines were running at full strength. , although the efficiency is not as good as theory, or simply the legendary "superorganism", it is definitely not too low.

This fleet contains a large number of top technicians, scientific researchers, armed personnel and supporting equipment, and carries enough equipment to rebuild the industrial system. If necessary, it will serve as the last fire of civilization to rebuild Ezki's fleet and is about to set sail.

(End of this chapter)