With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 433: Meaningless Block

Wang Jing's voice slowly echoed in the cockpit of the investigator starship, and a hint of surprise appeared on the faces of Chen Fan and others.

"Level 8 civilization?!"

Chen Fan looked at Wang Jing in the communication interface with some suspicion: "Academician Wang, it's not that I don't believe what you said, it's really..."

It’s not that he hasn’t fought with level eight civilizations before. As early as in the node universe, he had a head-on collision with [Source] and [Su Zheng].

Not to mention the existence of [Su Zheng] which is beyond common sense, at the beginning, [Yuan] only relied on a nearly scrapped Roca planetary fortress, which was enough to fight back and forth with the investigator starship.

Now let's change to the Starry Sky Scorpion...

The Investigator starship simply sent out a few space rifts to easily deal with them.

Such a level eight civilization is...

A bit too weak?

"I know what you're thinking, just listen to me first."

Wang Jing raised her head and glanced at Chen Fan calmly, then continued: "Before discussing the civilization level of these giant scorpions, there is one thing you need to understand."

"Sky giant scorpions are living creatures first and foremost."

"Since they are living things, they will have a corresponding growth process."

Chen Fan's heart moved, and he vaguely realized the meaning of Wang Jing's words: "You mean..."

"During the autopsy, I found a large number of hollow tubular tissues under the giant scorpion's armor. Inside these tubular tissues, there were traces of a small amount of dark matter remaining."

"It is basically certain that the functions of these tubular tissues are similar to the energy pathways of starships and mechanical equipment. They can transport the energy and substances necessary for various life activities for the Star Scorpion."

Wang Jing casually called up several anatomical images filled with light green mucus.

Among them, there were several dark grey tissues that looked like blood vessels. "I compared the dark matter transport pipelines of each star scorpion and found that the strength of these pipelines was different, and their ability to withstand the impact of dark matter also varied greatly."

"The dark matter transport pipeline in the giant scorpion leader's body is the strongest, and accordingly, it can also withstand stronger dark matter impacts."

"In general, the strength of the dark matter transport pipeline is directly proportional to the size of the giant scorpion."

Wang Jing paused for a moment, and her eyes became serious: "If I'm not mistaken, this batch of star scorpions should have just grown to the point where they can initially use dark matter."

"They are still quite far from maturity."

Chen Fan swallowed hard.

This is just great.

Previous speculations about the infancy and maturity of the Star Zerg have also come true.

"In addition, I found some organs in the giant scorpion that can manipulate space. The ability to navigate in curvature and resist attacks from space rifts should come from them." Wang Jing's voice continued, "Like the dark matter transmission pathways, these space organs are not mature."

"Because of this, these giant scorpions are completely unable to resist the space rift attacks launched by the investigator starships."

"Then..." Chen Fan asked stiffly, "Do these giant scorpions have any other means of attack?"

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

Who knows how many giant scorpions are hiding in this universe. It would definitely be a good idea to get as much information as possible before officially fighting with them.

"Of course." Wang Jing nodded happily. "In addition to basic physical attack capabilities, theoretically, a mature Starry Sky Giant Scorpion should also be able to rely on the spatial organs inside its body to launch space-based attacks."

"In addition, there are five glands in the opponent's mouthparts that are connected to the dark matter transmission channel. If nothing unexpected happens, the opponent can also use the dark matter in the body to launch an attack similar to the dark matter cannon."

"Hiss..." Hearing this, Chen Fan finally couldn't help but took a breath.

Super high mobility and defense, can deal damage at close range and provide firepower coverage at a distance...

This is even more powerful than the battleship of level eight civilization!
After all... no civilization would equip its warships with sharp claws and barbed tail hammers for close combat!

"but……"

In the holographic communication interface, Wang Jing suddenly frowned: "I didn't find the organ that controls the dimension in these star scorpions."

"I remember that the stranger mentioned by [Su Zheng] also mastered dimensional technology..."

Chen Fan laughed awkwardly and muttered to himself.

Fortunately, these insects don't have dimensional organs in their bodies, otherwise...

With their current combat power, rashly heading to the Land of Creation would probably be no different from delivering food to someone's door.

"Maybe it hasn't fully developed yet?" Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief and casually made a guess.

“No, no, no.” Wang Jing shook her head repeatedly, her expression becoming more and more solemn. “Even if they haven’t developed, these giant scorpions should have corresponding organs in their bodies.”

"The question now is..."

Wang Jing reached out and pulled up a detailed anatomical diagram of a giant scorpion.

In the anatomical diagram, in addition to the outermost thick layer of strong interaction force armor, the body is filled with a large amount of muscle-like tissue.

All the organs that Wang Jing had shown earlier were squeezed into a small corner of the abdominal cavity by these muscles.

"Inside the bodies of these giant scorpions, there are large areas made up of a substance similar to muscle fibers." "Except for muscle fibers and some necessary energy transmission pathways, there are no organs in these areas."

“I call these areas nonsense blocks.”

"As the name suggests, even if all these muscle-like substances are removed, it will not have any negative impact on the Starry Sky Giant Scorpion. They are just like a piece of fat and there is no need for them to exist at all."

"According to preliminary statistics, the proportion of these meaningless blocks exceeds 70%, which is obviously an abnormal proportion."

As an illiterate who knows nothing about cosmic biology, Chen Fan couldn't help but frown when he saw the various muscle tissues wrapped in light green mucus displayed by Wang Jing: "This..."

"what does that mean?"

Wang Jing was silent for a moment, and finally recalled the basic structure of the strong interaction force armor and various organs: "Apart from the 70% meaningless blocks, the rest of the organs in the giant scorpion are as precise as the parts in a starship, except for that meaningless block, which has no function and no beauty at all."

"It looks like..." Hongshi's murmur came from the side, "It looks like a tissue that was forced in as a filler?"

"You're right!" Wang Jing's eyes lit up, and she quickly nodded to confirm Hongshi's words, "In my opinion, this giant scorpion has serious traces of human intervention."

"It doesn't look like it's the product of natural evolution, but rather... some kind of bioengineering."

Wang Jing said in a deep voice: "Or it could be a defective product!"

"Correspondingly, those strangers that [Su Zheng] had encountered who had mastered dimensional changes were probably the perfect products of bioengineering!"

……

"Biological Engineering……"

After the initial shock, a look of confusion appeared in Chen Fan's eyes.

If these giant scorpions were man-made, then...

"Who created these giant scorpions?"

This question immediately popped up in Chen Fan’s mind.

"It's not clear yet." Wang Jing shrugged and waved her hand to close the anatomical images that were buzzing in the blood.

Isa, who was hiding behind Chen Fan, interrupted cautiously, "To be able to create a race with the strength of an eighth-level civilization...it must be at least a ninth-level civilization."

As she spoke, Isa cast a curious look at Wang Jing: "Academician Wang, the Humanities Federation..."

"In theory, it is true." Wang Jing looked helpless, "Because this technology will cause various ethical issues, it is also disrespectful to life."

"So...it is also considered a dangerous technology and is currently listed as a prohibited research area."

"At least it's like this in peacetime." Wang Jing added casually as if she had thought of something.

Chen Fan suddenly realized.

I haven't studied it, so I don't know if it's possible.

In other words, if we put in the effort to research... the Human Alliance might be able to create a life form of this strength!

"In that case... the answer seems obvious." Chen Fan turned sideways and looked at the boundless starry sky outside the porthole. "Among the ninth-level civilizations we know of, apart from the Ghost Fleet, there is only one other broadcasting civilization."

"First, let's rule out the ghost fleet. Unless it's crazy, it can't possibly create a giant scorpion to attack its past self."

Chen Fan calmed down and his eyes became sharper: "So, these giant scorpions are most likely the creation of the broadcast civilization!"

In the node universe, clues to the broadcasting civilization that had been almost completely cut off reappeared at this moment - if the situation really matched Chen Fan's guess, then finding the nest of the star scorpion would very likely mean finding traces of the mysterious broadcasting civilization!

"This way, there is one more reason to go to the Land of Creation..."

In the communication channel, Wang Jing frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice, "It's just that the opponent's strength may be a bit too strong..."

"Academician Wang, the Human Union's fleet..." Chen Fan also realized this and looked at Wang Jing, who was wearing a white research robe, anxiously, "How long will it take to reach the anti-universe?"

Wang Jing pursed her red lips lightly, looking somewhat helpless: "It will probably take some time."

"Without the help of the Ghost Fleet, it would be impossible for the Human Fleet to reach this anti-universe through the central black hole of the node universe."

Chen Fan was shocked: "Then..."

After all this fuss, could it be that the support fleet can't even reach the anti-universe? !
What the hell is going on!

Clicked!

"Don't worry, there are other ways." Wang Jing pointed to the top of her head, "Simply put, the Human Fleet can directly make a hole in the hyperspace membrane and then get in."

“It sounds a bit strange, but this is how it actually works.”

"This method is safer, but..."

Wang Jing smiled bitterly and shook her head: "It's not like the shortcut we took before. It takes a certain amount of time."

"I guess..."

"The support fleet should be entering the hyperspace membrane soon."

(End of this chapter)