The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 342 "Presorin"

Inside the small shuttle carrying the probe, the lights on a series of equipment suddenly went out, leaving only a few dim lights, which were flashing in the color of red, which had a similar meaning to the color red in later human civilizations, indicating danger.

At this point, the detector structure, which was not originally designed for this purpose, was no longer able to do anything and could only watch it all happen - he probably had guessed what would happen next.

The next second, a dazzling ball of blazing light engulfed everything in front of him. Then, Lin Yi lost all perception of the detector. He could only see through the observation compound eyes of the reconnaissance star scorpion that a dazzling nuclear fireball instantly engulfed the original location of the shuttle.

This shuttle does not have a nuclear reactor, so perhaps the enemy already has a small fusion bomb stuffed inside the shuttle, which can be detonated remotely if necessary, destroying the entire shuttle and the probe together.

The special frequency band vision of the observing compound eye clearly captured a large amount of soft X-rays emitted by the blackbody radiation effect, but because the properties were different from those of directed energy weapons, they no longer posed any threat at such a distance.

Then, after the nuclear fireball shone like a miniature star, a series of turrets on the bow of the Ezki escort ship clearly began to aim, the output of the heat sink immediately surged, and the strong infrared thermal radiation was clearly reflected in the infrared band field of view of the reconnaissance star's observation compound eye.

As the opponent's situation changed, Lin Yi had already controlled the Reconnaissance Star Scorpion to fully operate the propulsion system. A large amount of deuterium and tritium fuel was directly sprayed out without undergoing a fusion reaction, and served as a propulsion medium to quickly push the body of the Reconnaissance Star Scorpion.

The six huge tail nozzles that were exactly the same as those of the main Star Scorpion were adjusted, allowing the reconnaissance Star Scorpion to quickly enter a small-scale probability cloud maneuver, but at this time, it was too late. The directed energy attack that came at the speed of light had already arrived.

The shield scale reactive armor layer on the surface of the reconnaissance star scorpion started to operate rapidly, shining with dazzling luster and scorching high-temperature plasma. An entire shield scale reflective structure was immediately vaporized and dissipated into the endless void as plasma.

It must be said that the term shield scale is particularly appropriate for this system. In a sense, these are inspired by the feather scales of the Dixon pterosaurs, and secondarily refer to the structure of shark shield scales and the scaly armor plates on the posterior body of pterygoid horseshoe crabs. They are indeed a "shield" in a sense.

Several more beams of light shot out, but it seemed that the opponent did not yet know the nature of this layer of reactive armor composed of true shield scales, and had not yet started multi-stage intermittent volleys, but instead dispersedly attacked the not-so-large probability cloud, trying to cover it.

The exoskeleton of the Reconnaissance Star Scorpion, which was covered with a layer of shield-scale reactive armor that reflected a dazzling luster, showed more than one burnt black spot, like a piece of hideous purple-black scars that had solidified and formed scabs.

The Ezki escort ship adopts a slightly different concept from Lin Yi's escort Star Scorpion. In the main weapon system, the main weapon at the bow and the secondary weapon arrays on both sides of the hull are turret-type in exchange for close-range shooting flexibility.

For various reasons, the escort star scorpion chose an upgraded large-caliber electromagnetic railgun as its main weapon, and its main hypothetical enemy was those large armed space stations or space fortresses that were difficult to destroy.

This is a good intermediate firepower option when the missiles may be intercepted and directed energy weapons are unable to cause sufficient destructive power in a short period of time. However, if the escort Star Scorpion faces the current situation, I am afraid it will not perform well.

But then again, the relatively flexible firepower of the Ezki escort ship was difficult to exert its due power at the distance where the main battleships were supposed to fight, so the reconnaissance star scorpion, which had no ability to fight back at this time, could also hold out for a while. However, the escort star scorpion itself had no ability to fight back, which did not mean that Lin Yi was really powerless to fight back in this star system now. On both sides, on the nearest asteroid, the probe launched earlier had initially gained a foothold and proliferated a piece of bacterial carpet tissue including weapon module organs.

Several super-large electromagnetic railguns with tracks of astonishing length have been aimed at the target. At the same time, some main Star Scorpion main gun-level directed energy weapons are also prepared shortly afterwards, waiting for the electromagnetic artillery shells to conduct a test first.

But at this moment, some new information came into Lin Yi's consciousness - but it did not come from the star system where the battle broke out inexplicably, but from the distant Tianyuan Tetra star system, on the star Dicra.

"Are you sure this will clear up the misunderstanding?"

The two pairs of membranous wings and abdominal light organs of the ancient web-winged flying insect flashed light signals that represented questions to the Ezki people. This was the nth time that Lin Yi slowly raised a question mark during this period of time.

"If he were still alive, he would understand all this. At least, he should try."

Across from the ancient web-winged flying insect, an Eziki individual also responded with a flashing light signal on his degenerate appendages. However, the signal also carried some uncertainty.

Lin Yi still remembered the person on the opposite side. He was the social biologist in the other civilization who pioneered the theory of sociobiology, but was not very successful for a long time because no advanced social insects as examples were found on the Ezki home planet.

Maybe it was because he had truly become a true social creature in this life, but Lin Yi trusted him more than other Ezki people. The assassination attempt against him that had happened on Earth made Lin Yi feel that he seemed even more unusual.

And now, this unusual thing seemed to be about to be revealed - the words he gave to Lin Yi and asked Lin Yi to convey seemed to him to have some elements of the Riddler.
"This is indeed the latest conclusion based on the sample information you provided. We encountered such a situation before we had time to notify you. When the matter is over, whether it is successful or not, we will explain everything before and after."

"Willery, the leader of the Fifth Exploration Fleet's research team, informed the Fourth Fleet through the Blue Blood Scorpion Clan that the enemy the Blue Blood Scorpion Clan encountered was also a mortal enemy of the Mother Civilization, and it was not the 'Presolin'!"

High-power radio wave signals were once again emitted from the body of the reconnaissance star scorpion, spreading rapidly forward. There were even directed energy beams with specially weakened intensity, which sent signals with the same waveform frequency to the optoelectronic integrated systems of the Ezki escort ships.

"The first point only requires some simple evidence to prove, and the second point, because not long ago, we discovered the real 'Presolin' in the ecosystem of this habitable planet!"

(End of this chapter)