Chapter 034 The Second Base
In the days to come, Hu Yi tried to find any creature on the planet that could use ultrasound to locate, but things were not too clear. Zergs can sense ultrasound at a certain frequency, but it is not difficult to find out which species is using it to locate it.
As the number of ethnic groups continues to grow, the number of ethnic groups is currently preparing to exceed 300 million.
Perhaps in less than a year, the Zerg with extremely strong reproductive ability will be the largest species on the planet and will also be the absolute master of the planet.
But the master thinks they can be stronger.
He was once a military man and a parachute regiment with great demands on himself. They firmly believed that only by enduring blood and torture can one be forged a true warrior. Maldo's conditions were too superior to the Zerg, even no less than heaven. Here is everything they needed.
But can he guarantee that all places are the same? As for the federal colonies, there are almost no planets with better conditions than here. In case of conflict, what if there is a certain time for him to need the Zerg to occupy those planets, what if the carrier cannot have strong enough adaptability?
The Zerg is still lacking in some heat.
So, he was debugging the spacecraft recently. Although the unskilled landing on the ground a year ago caused some damage to the spacecraft, it did not affect its main function. The spacecraft could still take off normally and conduct interstellar travel. He wanted to take the Zerg to other places to reproduce and open up their new worlds through the spacecraft.
A planet operating in the fourth orbit within the star system caught his attention.
According to reports sent back by the emitted detector, the planet with a radius of more than 3,000 kilometers (kilometers are non-standard units) has some soil and is shrouded in a thin atmosphere, which contains a small amount of oxygen, most of which are carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. The surface is hot, with a lot of boron sediment and sulfur. The sun surface temperature is maintained between 70 and 110 degrees Celsius, and the environment in all aspects is considered harsh.
But he found that the fourth orbit was actually a planet that could be used. Although the conditions were a little difficult, it became the best place to test the Zerg. Maldo is their parent planet, and their paradise is carefully cared for by the Zerg as if they were babies, and even needs to worry about the reproduction and growth of local species. Here, the Zerg should not grow violently and uncontrollablely. Otherwise, the current number would not be less than 300 million, but it would be more than one billion or billion. The Zerg's reproduction ability can definitely do this. The fourth planet is different. It has bad conditions and low utilization value, but it can be used as a place where the Zerg does arbitrarily. Even if it is destroyed, it is not a pity.
A bold plan emerged in a month-long study of the Lord and Queen.
They selected a group of low-level female insects and engineers, and the aliens and explosive insects went to the fourth planet, the "outpost", and planned to travel back and forth several times to place some Zergs. They allowed the destruction and torture of nature to be trained in this environment, and then they performed selective gene mutations to evolve from an angle that the master could not take care of or was easily ignored. On the one hand, they could strengthen themselves, and on the other hand, they could find errors.
The plan will be implemented soon under the Queen's surveillance.
The master continued to catch the "bat". He already had some clues, but the planet was still too large and needed extremely patiently to guard and observe.
The spacecraft's lift thruster lifted the heavy hull, and the giant roared hoarsely, gradually leaving the ground that had been staying for a long time, accelerating on the way, rushing out of the atmosphere. The cabin carried three thousand Zerg units and drove towards the "outpost".
Because the distance between the two planets is not too far apart and the use of the warp engine does not have precise coordinates, they can only fly in regular space. The alien in the Queen's incarnation stays in the bridge command room, monitoring every data. She breathes a sigh of relief when they safely leave the planet's synchronous orbit.
Next is a long wait, and it takes about a week to get from here to the outpost.
A week later, the spacecraft successfully entered the low-altitude orbit of the planet, and the queen began to prepare for landing. The process has always been relatively smooth, and after the queen learned Hu Yi's memory, it was no problem with this. But the trouble still came. When they landed on the ground, they encountered a collapse.
There was earthquake activity in a certain area. As soon as the spacecraft landed, it unfortunately fell into a crack in the ground. The Zerg was not seriously injured, but the already broken spacecraft could not withstand another torture. The bow of the ship cracked a canyon-like gap, which almost cut off the spacecraft. Repair was impossible, and returning became a slim hope. These three thousand Zergs unfortunately bought a "hell one-way ticket".
The queen asked the engineers and aliens to crawl out of the rift with their mother insects. As soon as she left the spaceship, the thin oxygen of the planet made her feel like she was suffocating, and the Zergs were collectively depressed. She did not immediately give instructions for the next action. She asked the Zerg to adapt, adjust their own pores, and absorb as much oxygen as possible.
"Children, you guys." She silently wished, leading the Zerg to take root nearby. The hot temperatures are now over one hundred degrees Celsius - the critical point that boils water at standard atmospheric pressure, but whether it is alien or engineers, their genetically enhanced shells resist extreme environments.
"It feels like a barbecue." The queen muttered, and she took the Zerg to the back of a slope. The shadow temporarily blocked the light from the stars above her head, in exchange for a hint of shade. But compared with the paradise environment in Maldo, calling this place hell well deserves.
The ambient temperature is hot, the oxygen is scarce, and the light gravity makes them extremely uncomfortable... However, the hard-working engineers are still busy, and they spread the seeds of the bacterial blankets wide. This strange creature between plants and animals bursts out with a strong desire to survive, and grows wildly in one day.
The environment is different from the past. The bacterial blanket had to penetrate the thick roots deep into the ground and absorb the pitiful water and nutrients. But this is enough. The bacterial blanket's survival ability is the most powerful among the Zergs. It can be said that unless they are allowed to live in a hot magma, nothing can stop them from thriving and spreading.
Alien and engineers also began to dig out the surface of the planet. The surface temperature was too high. Although they could withstand it, they could instinctively let them find a comfortable place to rest. The underground became the first choice. According to the exploration of the bacteria carpet, not only did there be groundwater below, but the temperature would also be lower than the surface.
This is enough. The excavation ability of engineers is terrifying. The huge palaces on the parent star were built bit by bit. It is not too difficult to dig an underground city in such a place, and it is not much more important to have engineers.
The bacterial blankets keep growing, and the engineers keep digging. The aliens who have nothing to do act as porters. Even the underground is filled with the shadow of the bacterial blanket. Zergs are moving on it, so there is no need to worry about not having enough nutritional supplies. Some microorganisms and minerals in the soil of the planet are absorbed by the bacterial blanket.
After the mother insects have a stable environment, they begin to reproduce, and their lives wrapped in thick cocoons or smooth eggshells are waiting to arrive in this extreme world.
They are becoming more and more tenacious, and the environment cannot defeat them, so the number is getting bigger and bigger.
In just ten days, the bacterial blanket covered dozens of kilometers of land with unimaginable tenacity. It was covered with the soon-to-be-born mother insects. Here, the queen no longer bound them with rules. The only requirement was to survive. Either survive or die.
The Zerg burst out with extreme power, and the directional mutation of genes has developed unknowingly. This speed is not very fast, but compared to the hundreds of thousands of years spent by some species and millions of years, the gap between the Zerg's evolution rate and other species can be calculated in light years.
The Queen has been involved in it for a long time. She is observing the Zerg almost when she has time. The weak consciousness of the carriers feels the attention of the masters, which makes them burst out the accumulated power. Although there are no advanced female insects, the low-level female insects still make detectives, laser insects and other units, and the number is gradually enlarged. The only thing they know now is to reproduce and continue to reproduce.
About six months have passed.
When the master's huge consciousness enveloped the carrier life on this planet, they seemed to be reviewed and showed their most high-spirited attitude.
When one thousand units are synchronized, the master expanded the number of precisely controlled, basically calculated by "ten thousand", 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, and 45,000, which is the total number of 45,000. The master who reached the limit still failed to count the number of Zergs.
He was very surprised. He thought that this harsh environment would delay their reproduction, but in comparison, it was even more intense than the momentum above Maldo.
"Maxine, do you know how many Zergs are currently?" He could only ask the queen, the number of the two people combined is nearly 100 million, so it should be clear, right?
"I can't do anything, either." She gave an unexpected answer. "These children are almost endless, and I do it at the same time when you control it, but it's still difficult to find the limit."
The master's heart was filled with waves called "Shock".
"Well done!" He sighed sincerely, "The Zerg just needs this kind of tenacity, this kind of power, and power that makes people look up to, and even fear!"
"We can control the total number by region and estimate the total number, how about?" The Queen made an opinion, obviously even if they joined forces, they could not figure out the total number.
“Just do it.”
They spread out, from the west to the east of the northern hemisphere, and then to the southern hemisphere, repeated several times to superimpose the final results.
"There are a total of 170 million carrier units." The master read out this number, and the actual total number may be larger.
It is conceivable that even if humans who use various advanced technologies want to fight against this terrifying reproductive speed, they may have to die together.
But who is willing to sacrifice himself constantly?
Chapter completed!