The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 274 Biological Space Elevator
In the synchronous orbit of Gondwana, a huge structure has begun to take shape. From the appearance point of view, its main part is spherical, and a circle of huge holes extends outward from the side, each of which is enough to fit a main star. The sac-like structure of the cockroach.

Under the main body of the structure, straight rod-like structures shaped like jointed limbs extend diagonally downward about 45 degrees, with countless fine whisker-like or leaf-like structures growing on them, which is reminiscent of A graptolite that was once widely distributed in the Ordovician seas.

Of course, the role of these blade-like structures is no longer to filter plankton in the sea, but to dissipate heat and absorb solar energy, regulating and controlling the temperature of the entire huge structure.

This structure is like a real "giant graptolite". I don't know what the real "giant graptolite" in the Latin sense of the name is - the giant graptolite, that is, the feather-winged horseshoe crab.
But then again, the wild individuals of the feather-winged horseshoe crab have long since died out. Now, the nest group developed from an individual feather-winged horseshoe crab is the orthodox successor of this species. If he doesn't have any objections, No one has or dares to have an opinion.

Under the "giant graptolite", a huge opening is slowly forming, and as nutrients continue to be injected from other space creatures in the orbit of Gondwana, it gradually begins to grow downward and extend more structures.

It can be said that this is the craziest plan Lin Yi has ever imagined. In terms of materials, the strength and standards of the materials used are much higher than those of Xinghao. In terms of design, a lot of redundancy was left out, just to make this plan that he had never dared to think of become a reality. .

This huge structure will serve as a Tower of Babel in the true sense of the nest. It will continuously transport Gondwana's inexhaustible material into space and become the raw material for assembling the stars.

This will be a "space elevator" that will appear frequently in various science fiction works of later generations. It is considered to be the most important means of transporting large quantities of materials into space in the near future. However, due to the scary material problems and initial investment costs, it is also considered to be very difficult. Difficult to achieve.

The Ezki people don't even have a miraculous mega-structure like a space elevator. This also means that Lin Yi has no reference and needs to design and build this unprecedented project by himself.

Since a large number of space creatures carry nutrients to the synchronous orbit of Gondwana, the spaceport part will be completed first, and the remaining transportation part will be built from top to bottom to reduce the construction difficulty as much as possible.

Such an amazing project uses a carbon nanofiber material similar to later carbon nanotubes. This material is also used on stars, but it is particularly used in this future biological space elevator.

What is very different from the space elevator imagined by later generations is that due to the particularity of biological structure, Lin Yi can synthesize as much material as possible on the surface of the planet into concentrated organic matter through the autotrophic synthesis system, and then transport it into space. , converted into raw materials for manufacturing Xinghao.

Therefore, the transportation principle of this biological version of the space elevator is likely to be completely different from anything imagined by later generations - its main structure is like a huge pipe, the whole body of the pipe is composed of a carbon nanotube-like structure, and the outer wall is made of relatively rigid The structure forms the frame, while the inner walls become abstract.

A whole layer is similar to esophageal smooth muscle, but the muscle fiber tissue is composed of special tissue composed of carbon nanofibers arranged on the inner wall. It is used to pump a steady stream of nutrients into space, and then transformed from the huge graptolite-shaped mother nest in space into a production star. substance.

The entire system is really like a huge graptolite, stretching out an astonishingly long esophagus and stomach structure that is similar to that of the echinoderm next door, penetrating deep into the planet's crust, as if it wants to devour the planet. It is envisaged that four such biological space elevators will be built in the equatorial region of the entire Gondwana star in the first phase, and more will be built later based on the materials transported into space, squeezing the resources of the entire Gondwana star to the extreme.

On the surface of Gondwana, the space creatures that landed also began to synchronize with the movements in space. After the carpet formed a certain scale, it temporarily stopped its disorderly expansion. More nutrients were concentrated, and some of them went deep underground. A more developed root system is formed to obtain materials, while another part begins to obtain energy.

Fission reactors and fusion reactors have been built one after another, and the construction of nutrient transport structures has also begun. It is envisaged that these scattered expansion points of the carpet tissue will be connected by large nutrient transport structures to form a network that connects the entire Gondwana planet. large material transport system.

Due to the special nature of the nest, Lin Yi does not intend to use any traditional means of transportation during this process. Instead, like a space elevator, he will create a large number of transmission pipes, driven by muscle-like fibers with special structures, to connect the world.

It is envisaged that at that point, the entire Gondwana star's crust will be completely covered by a carpet of bacteria, and a large number of large and small transportation pipes are spread all over the planet's surface, just like blood vessels in living organisms, with massive amounts of semi-liquid nutrients flowing continuously through it.

On the other side, the Laurentia star does not have the centrifugal force brought by its rotation to offset the gravity, so a space elevator that requires a large suspended space station as the end point is no longer suitable, but the sufficient energy allows it to continue to use traditional electromagnetic means. Means of gun transport.

Laurentia's own gravity is also smaller, its first cosmic velocity is lower, and there is no obstruction to acceleration due to the atmosphere. It is more suitable for launch in this way than Mars.

In the same way, the surface of Laurentia will be completely wrapped by a carpet of bacteria in the future, forming a transportation pipeline extending in all directions to launch a large amount of nutrients into space and assemble the star.

As for the cyan-blue gaseous planet that looks somewhat similar to Neptune and Uranus - Lin Yi decided to call it Tethys to commemorate the Tethys Sea on Earth - it will be the main station of the star cluster. star port.

The Tethys star has several larger satellites, among which Typhoon and Typhoon seem to have good value and can be used as the direction for the next development of the nest group. They may even have the conditions for biological existence like Europa. It is also not known yet.

The development plan of Centauri Three Stars has been initially determined in this way. The next step is the moment when the huge super-individual creature of the nest is in full operation - quickly forming enough star clusters and defense structures before the enemy's possible offensive. Protect the three stars of Centauri and the solar system behind.

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