A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 150 Behemoth is too humble

A closed microcosm.

It is entirely black, because there are no stars and no light source to provide illumination.

Rather than calling this a microcosm, it's more accurate to describe it as a dead zone, where time loses its meaning because there is no matter to refer to.

Suddenly, a glimmer of hope appeared.

Spacetime is inexplicably distorted, and the distorted spacetime gradually forms a wormhole.

Emerging from the wormhole was a bee species that the Babel bee colony had long since eliminated—the Behemoth behemoth.

Once, the Behemoth was the main force of the Babel Bee Swarm in space. Through it, the swarm achieved level 10 psychic power and the ability to transport creatures, attacking one life-filled planet after another.

However, as planetary creatures were designed, the strategic significance of the Behemoth in the Babel swarm was gradually replaced, and thus, this species was eliminated.

After all, the Behemoth only has one psionic brain, while the planetary creatures have massive psionic brains; their psionic powers are simply incomparable.

Originally, the Behemoth was meant to spread atomic life, but with the development of wormhole technology, planetary life forms can simply open a wormhole and throw a bunch of atomic life directly to the coordinates, without having the Behemoth travel a long distance at faster-than-light speed.

Therefore, the Behemoth species was eliminated by the Babel beehive.

But now, bee colonies are using this species again because they have discovered a new use for it—as a test subject in experiments.

The Behemoth, a colossal beast in the microcosm, wanders aimlessly, its massive ten-kilometer-long body swaying, its tentacles and spikes moving in response.

If you broaden your perspective enough, the Behemoth swimming in the microcosm appears as a fish trapped in an ecosphere.

"Okay, you can stop now."

Within the swarm network, a message came from the mastermind: the Behemoth behemoth, which had been moving through the microcosm, stopped as instructed.

"Next, let's try using psionic energy."

"Unleash all your spiritual power, and then concentrate it all into one point."

The Behemoth behemoth obeyed the command, unleashing its level 40 spiritual energy and concentrating it all at one point, causing a slight distortion in the spacetime of its microcosm due to this spiritual energy.

"Maintain this state of psionic use and move..."

"Try to spread the psionic energy out from the single point of convergence..."

……

The test lasted for more than a month. Because we needed to obtain the most accurate parameters, the bee colony did not consider using time acceleration, so Lu Shang also waited for more than a month.

"How were the test results?" Lu Shang asked.

Rabbi, the mastermind primarily responsible for the test, reported: "The results were exactly as the swarm had initially anticipated. The compressed spacetime effectively suppressed the psionic effects. In the microcosm serving as the experimental field, the level 40 psionic brain could only produce the physical effects of level 10 psionic energy..."

Lu Shang interrupted the other party's report: "Time-space compression will affect the physical effects of spiritual energy. This is something the swarm has known for a long time. What I want to know is how much the time difference is."

It has been known for a long time that spacetime compression can affect the physical effects of psionic energy. Therefore, Lu Shang was not surprised that level 40 psionic energy could only exert the effect of level 10 psionic energy in the microcosm.

What Lu Shang is most concerned about now is the time difference between the microcosm and the outside world.

As conceived at the beginning of the experiment, the bee swarm was to secretly accelerate the movement of all particles within the microcosm using psionic energy, so that even though spacetime was highly compressed within the microcosm, its entropy increase rate could still be consistent with that of the outside world.

The spacetime within the microcosm is highly compressed by the swarm, enabling it to maintain an entropy increase rate synchronized with that outside the experimental field without being affected, and naturally, it can also exceed the entropy increase rate outside the experimental field.

In other words, time is accelerated.

"1:1," the mastermind rabbi reported.

Lu Shang's expression changed noticeably, and he asked in response with a hint of surprise and disbelief.

Are you sure?

Accelerating particle motion is no simple matter.

To accelerate the particle, we must first know its location in space before we can accelerate it and increase the entropy rate.

However, even a single gram of matter contains an astronomical number of atoms. To accelerate entropy increase, it is necessary to obtain information on the positions of these astronomical numbers of particles.

To be honest, Lu Shang was quite surprised that Rabi and his companions were able to complete the experiment so smoothly.

Labi truthfully answered the question about the experiment: "We conducted this test many times."

"Based on the experimental results, I believe that even higher rates can be achieved."

Lu Shang asked, "Is that Behemoth capable of normal communication?"

The Behemoth that underwent experiments in the microcosm, despite having no genetic problems, still differed from ordinary Behemoths.

That is, all the atoms that make up this Behemoth are atomic organisms of a beehive.

Imagine that every cell in your body is a living, breathing person with a brain, and can even communicate and chat with your own body...

The mastermind, Rabbi, replied, "From the beginning of the experiment, we have maintained communication with those outside the swarm. The communication has been excellent, without any pauses or delays, and there has been no abnormality in their thinking ability."

After a moment's hesitation, the rabbi added, "However, I do have a suggestion."

"What suggestion?" Lu Shang asked.

Rabbi shared his thoughts: "The bee colony could consider creating more microscopic bee colony organisms; atomic organisms are still too large for me."

"If all the matter particles existing in the microcosm could be transformed into bee swarms, the bee swarm could more thoroughly control everything in the microcosm."

According to Rabbi's idea, bee colonies could actually create quark life forms, or photon or graviton life forms, which are more microscopic and more stable than atoms.

Previously, some of the psionic creatures in the breeding area had developed psionic techniques that could destroy atoms, using psionic energy as a catalyst and nuclear energy as the main destructive force, resulting in the frequent deaths of atomic creatures in the breeding area.

Although atomic organisms are positioned as scouts and cannon fodder within the swarm, they are still swarm creatures. The fact that the Babel swarm's masterminds can accept this does not mean they enjoy seeing atomic organisms being tortured and killed.

Since we have a choice, we should naturally choose the best.

"We can consider making a technological deal with the Unity Civilization," the rabbi said.

Lu Shang shook his head in rejection. "No, there's no need for that. The Star Alliance of the Vorsotis Galaxy recently came up with a related technology. We can get the bee swarm and then independently develop and construct more microscopic organisms."

"This is too slow."

The rabbi explained his reasons for proposing a trade with the Unity Civilization: a simple transaction could quickly resolve many of the bee colony's problems.

Lu Shang also explained his reasons for rejecting the proposal.

"If we can develop things independently, we must do so. The hive must ensure its own innovation capabilities. If we rely on buying everything and don't think about how to innovate, we will eventually lose the ability to think independently and thus lose the motivation for technological research and development."

"This kind of thing must be avoided."

(End of this chapter)