How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 24: Choice

If you want to gain a foothold in the field of archaeology, it is not enough to only specialize in biology. It is also necessary to expand the scope of knowledge to the field of geology.

Thanks to the previous knowledge, Huo Gu is not so passive in this strange place.

The inclusion of volcanic rock into the main root is to analyze the general elemental proportion of the lava inside the volcano with the help of small stones near the crater.

Volcanic rocks on the coast are not used because the seawater reacts with the rocks to a certain extent, which also causes the risk of analysis errors.

The rock at the foot of the volcano is not used for the same reason. It is different from the rainy environment of the Cenozoic earth. Because of volcanic ash, the rainwater of the underworld is rich in various chemicals, and it is raining heavily every moment. You can understand the original elemental proportion from these volcanic rocks. It's quite difficult.

What is the use of analyzing the proportion of lava elements?

Knowing the proportion of elements, we can naturally infer some properties of the lava in this volcano, such as volatility, viscosity and fluidity.

These properties determine the form in which the lava accumulated inside the volcano will be released.

If it is rich in silica and volatiles, the temperature of the lava is low, the viscosity is large, and the fluidity is poor. When the volcano erupts, it mainly releases energy in the form of an explosion. It is very violent and violent, and a large amount of volcanic ash and volcanic bombs will be released, which is quite dangerous. If the energy is huge enough, it will even be accompanied by A certain degree of shock wave.

The magma contains low composition of silica, relatively little volatilization, high temperature and low viscosity, and the magma fluidity is large. This lava volcanic eruption is relatively quiet and will erupt like a Hawaiian volcano. As long as the head is not short of root strings and actively stands in the direction of lava overflow, there will be basically no casualties. .

"That's why the island will be relatively large. Although I guessed it early in the morning, I don't think there is any need to be too surprised..."

"But the fluidity of this volcanic lava is much higher than expected, which is very happy."

The highly mobile lava is a large area of lava platform and shield volcano after cooling and condensation. When he first saw the appearance of this volcano, Huo Gu was suspicious, and now he finally got the exact answer from the information obtained.

"High mobility means that even if the island is an active volcano, it is not impossible to use it, as long as it can be slightly transformed..."

The thoughts gradually drifted away, summarizing the information transmitted by the two main roots. The three-dimensional projection of this volcano presents Huo Gu's thinking. Although there is no information inside the volcano, it can be inferred through the shape. It is not too difficult to accumulate Huo Gu's knowledge.

After falling into a long time of meditation, this state continued until another thing pulled it back from thought to reality.

It took a long time to climb the mountain. During this period, organic materials were finally collected enough. Huo Gu knew that it was time to start designing and creating new varieties of cell cluster individuals.

Huo Gu is used to simplifying problems and then solving them quickly in a simple and efficient way.

Empty all the messy thoughts in his thoughts, recalling the various problems shown by the gourd when driving the gourd group, Huo Gu directly summarized it as a core - body shape.

Because it is too small, it is so fragile and thin in terms of protection. It is simply scraping with stones, which may cause fatal damage.

If the size is small, the load-bearing capacity will naturally be small, and the number of perceptual cells will be less, that is to say, the coverage area of the life field will be small.

Of course, the expansion of the life field coverage can be achieved through individual relay, but there is an obvious delay in this way, which is unreliable in a complex and changeable environment.

"It's decided! Just design a strong and huge body, with that super wave as an imaginary opponent..."

"...at least to the extent that it can be unscathed after bearing it once!"

A long spine comes to mind.

To design a huge body, you first need to have a strong skeleton system to support the whole body. A soft design without a little bone support like a gourd is definitely not suitable.

If you really want to design it in that way, it will be a group of soft meat that is difficult to move.

"Uh... This is not good. This series of spine bones is too heavy. If the thick outer armor is added, it will have a great impact on the speed..."

"Moreover, we need to spare as much load as possible and carry more perceptual cells..."

The spine in the mind was disrupted again and returned to the origin, and at the same time, the problem followed.

"...So it would be better for me to use that set of skeleton design?"

Huo Gu asked himself like this and rethinked his countermeasures.

"Maybe..."

Suddenly, there was a flash in Huo Gu's mind.

"If you need to consider the evolution of species, the spine is naturally the best choice, but I don't need to consider this, so it can go beyond the norm..."

In nature, it mainly revolves around 'who can live longer' rather than 'who is more perfect'. There have been many examples of species with perfect and complex systems becoming extinct before than simple species in the life system."

After weighing it over and over again, Huo Gu was finally willing to make a decision.

"Well, that's it. Choose the design of 'straight-shell nautilus'."

A cone shell that tends to be slender floats in Huo Gu's mind.

Just like the straight-shelled nautilus, the interior is completely supported by a strong exoskeleton. Although evolution, it is indeed because of this exoskeleton, it will be limited to evolve in a huge direction. This is why the straight-shelled nautilus is going to extinction in the species competition of the Cambrian outbreak.

But it doesn't matter. Huo Gu does not follow the route of natural selection and evolution. There is no such restriction. On the contrary, a strong exoskeleton is an advantage.

Especially in this cone design, the resistance in the water will be minimized, just like a torpedo in the water.

Huo Gu thought of this design because he just thought of the torpedo.

No matter how powerful the species is, it is a joke in front of the tools made by human beings. Although there are indeed some creatures that can do things that human tools can't do for the time being, it's just that human beings don't have that urgent desire for the time being. They are not in a hurry to make it, so they have the advantage for the time being.

As the fastest moving creature in the earth's ocean, the highest recorded speed is 190 kilometers per hour, which is converted into a speed of about 100 knots.

When Huo Gu was still on the earth, he threw away those torpedoes that were still secretly developed by various countries, even the highest known torpedoes, which could reach 100m/s, that is, about 200 knots!