How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 495 Strange Meteorite Group

...untwisting...reading...breeding...

After a period of time, the organism at the end of the tentacles expands to the size of an adult African elephant. After reaching this size, the tentacles leave the ice meteorite, and a cone-shaped organism escapes from it. The lower plate of the organism is firmly attached to the The surface of the ice meteorite.

The skin of this organism is dark black, and the entire structure is supported by high-strength metal bones inside. The body is slightly inflated due to the difference in air pressure inside and outside, and its appearance is very similar to those teepees when camping in the wild.

This creature is a variant of a honeycomb. Strictly speaking, it is still a honeycomb, undertaking the work of processing materials for the group, but it no longer has the appearance of a volcano. The opening at the top of it is closed, because the vacuum in outer space The environment does not require such a design.

The volcano-like cone structure was originally designed to discharge the seabed sediment that was sucked into the body, and later, it was to discharge enough heat into the atmosphere to warm up the planet's surface environment.

But in the universe, the design of the appearance of the volcano is useless. The honeycomb responsible for processing resources does not need to emit anything like the universe. The essence of honeycomb processing is the industrial production of microscopic substances driven by light energy, and there is no industrial waste. One said.

The newly born hive is looking at the vast and boundless world around it. The stars are dotted in the dark and deep time and space, and the veil of nebula is covering it lightly, which is more mysterious.

How many creatures may not be able to touch such a world in their entire lives, they will only be trapped on the surface of the planet, looking at the world above their heads in vain.

I am so hungry……

Here, eat this.

Stretching out the tentacles, the collector broke a small meteorite that had been prepared into multiple pieces, and fed them to the hive in batches, and the hive quickly grew itself after devouring the fragments of the meteorite.

I will continue to search for other suitable ice meteorites. You are responsible for creating more individuals to collect material resources from the asteroid belt. Do you understand?

Understood, leave it to me.

After the hive grew to a certain size and was able to breed some simple cosmic creatures, the collectors stopped feeding. At this time, the hive was not yet fully developed, but this was enough. After the two things of self-expansion and resource collection, the hive can Face it independently and solve it.

The collector who was about to leave gave a last word to the hive.

If you encounter a problem that cannot be solved, you should first think about how to solve it independently. If you really can't think of a solution, please contact me and I will tell you how to deal with it.

Okay, if something like this happens, I'll ask for help.

The antimatter propulsion was restarted, and the collectors began to move away from the ice meteorite, leaving the hive to develop alone, heading deeper into the asteroid belt to search for other ice meteorites.

To speed up the progress of resource collection, it is of course impossible to just bury a honeycomb on an ice meteorite. Collectors look for multiple ice meteorites and let multiple honeycombs expand simultaneously. This is like ripples in water. Large ripples are not as good as multiple The speed at which small ripples cover a pond.

The collectors just groped for the meteorites one by one, searching for the ice meteorites they wanted to find.

During this kind of search, the collector gradually discovered a strange thing. It didn't pay attention to this strange thing at first, because it was too inconspicuous, so it didn't start to pay attention until the honeycomb was buried on the sixth ice meteorite.

It's strange, why the purity ratio of these metal meteorites is surprisingly high. It doesn't seem to be formed naturally, but it looks like a product that has been artificially refined.

Meteorites can be roughly divided into three categories, metal meteorites, non-metal meteorites, and composite meteorites mixed with metal and non-metal. The definition of metal meteorites means that metal substances account for more than 90% of the proportion of meteorites. A simple understanding is Well, the entire meteorite is a metal body, even if there is a non-metallic substance, it is just a thin layer of non-metallic substance attached to the surface when it has been drifting in the universe for a long time.

Of course, collectors will not be surprised by the high metal specific gravity of metallic meteorites. It is strange that the specific gravity of these metal meteorites is not only one kind of metal, but a large category. Metal meteorites are a bunch of metals. A mess of metals fused together into an alloy.

But now, the metal meteorites detected by the collectors are too clean, not like any mixture. The metal meteorites are only covered with a layer of carbonate material on the surface, and the inner part is an alloy composed of carbon and iron.

Maybe there is some special formation mechanism...Let me think about it.

The collectors who were exploring all the way, kept moving while thinking about the reasons for the formation of these metal meteorites. This can be regarded as a way to pass the boring time and increase their knowledge by the way.

Suddenly, the collector received a series of radio communications. The source of the communication was the other end of the asteroid belt, and the collector connected the communication.

Where have you been?

About one-twentieth of the position, there are very few ice meteorites here. So far, only six resource meteorites have been found for starting.

The collectors truthfully explained their situation to the same race, but what the collectors did not expect was that the same race at the other end did not gain much.

My side is less than yours. I only have four. It's really strange. According to past experience, there should be a lot of ice meteorites in this kind of asteroid belt. This asteroid belt is not so close to the stars.

Even if there is no contact with the life field, the collector can still feel the bewildered emotions deep in the other party's heart from the messages replied by the same race.

It won't work like this, and the development progress will be slowed down. The same family replied.

How about...declaring a batch of ice shells to other members of the same race? the collector proposed.

There are satellites in this star system, and two of these satellites are icy planets, more than 80% of which are solid ice, and the whole is a water ball, but frozen.

How about that? Those are resources used to transform the planet's environment and to speed up the progress of the asteroid belt. Isn't that a waste?

The same family opposed this proposal. They are developed in the asteroid belt, and they are not terrestrial planets with harsh environments. Isn't it a waste to use water resources here?

Otherwise, do you have a better way? the collector asked back.

But...how can these icy shells be obtained by the same family in the asteroid belt? The asteroid belt is not like planets. They are scattered and sparsely distributed among each other, but they look dense on a macroscopic scale. That’s all, ice shells will pass through the meteorite belt, causing a waste of resources.”

Although the same family was persuaded by the collectors, it is still a problem to transport the ice meteorites to the asteroid belt and successfully receive them. First of all, the rain of ice shells in the past cannot be used, because most of these ice shells must be It will pass through the asteroid belt and go straight to the direction of the stars, so the rain of icy shells is meaningless.