How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 21: islands

   After correcting the new opponent, the new macro-organism design was also upgraded. At the same time, Huo Gu also had the extra heart to pay attention to the surrounding environment.

   This is an alkaline water area. The most powerful proof is the excessively high concentration of free metal compounds in the aqueous solution.

  For acidic water creatures, this is the place of death. Entering means death. Their life mechanism that can resist strong acid does not help them resist the erosion of strong alkali.

   However, this is not a difficult task for the gourd who has the super-thinking Huogu. Adjusting the internal and external osmotic pressure of the cell membrane, as well as the screening mechanism, transforms the gourd from an acidophilic organism to an alkaliphilic organism.

There are three volcanoes near   , two in the water and one on the water. The cooling of the lava has formed a volcanic island that is still releasing thick gray smoke and dust into the atmosphere.

The entire island is black, and between the rocks, you can vaguely see the blood-like bright red. The rain falls on it, and faint blue smoke comes out. From a distance, it looks like it has just been fished out of the fire. .

   "The land of the ancient universe..."

   There was a sudden movement in his heart, flashing in his thoughts the super wave that he had encountered before, which could sweep the entire sea area, and then his attention was focused on the volcanic island in front of him.

   "Isn't there a perfect ‘sanctuary’?"

   Huogu, who couldn't wait, looked at the lava island in the distance, and issued instructions to Huqun.

   is the same as before, in order to ensure safety during exploration.

   However, with the previous experience, the deployment time of this formation has been shortened a lot. After the delay adjustment, Huogu has become familiar with the road.

  As the closer to the shore, the higher the water temperature, Hogu can see that the volcanic island is immersed in the water, and the ellipsoid or pillow shape formed when the hot lava is cooled, is also called pillow lava.

This part is mainly located at the bottom of the volcanic island, and the middle part is a columnar joint. Due to the rapid cooling and shrinkage of the lava, vertical cooling surface cracks are often formed, and they are parallel to each other, so these pentagonal or hexagonal shapes appear. Long stone pillars.

   In addition, the closer to the volcanic island, the interference of the waves becomes more and more obvious, coupled with the delay of the command, for Huogu, the difficulty of the operation of the gourd individual in the front has risen sharply.

   Fortunately, the solution is not without, the width of the Huqun exploration formation increases, and the fault tolerance rate increases.

   After all the hard work, Huqun was finally able to get close to this volcanic island.

   The first group of gourds rode the waves as the first animals and landed on the land of this planet.

   However, the good news did not always take care of the gourds who climbed the land on Huogu's side, and all died.

   In this regard, Huo Gu did not have too many emotional fluctuations, because these gourds were originally going to die, all to be able to understand what dangers exist on the sea.

   These gourd individuals die in various ways.

  There are factors of atmospheric composition. The atmosphere is not only carbon dioxide whose concentration is so high that it is explosive, but also excessive amounts of methane, sulfur dioxide and other elements.

  Unprepared, these elements are sucked into the body by the gourd, which affects the material circulation inside the gourd. In addition, the pressure in the water is different from that in the air, which eventually leads to death.

Others died of trauma. There is no fine sand in the Ancient Era. There are stones everywhere, and most of the stones on the coast with edges and corners. Most of the gourds washed up on the coast are drawn out. The big mouth, without the external limbs like feet returning to the sea, the whole cell died of dehydration.

   There are still quite a few gourds, barely adapting to the unfamiliar atmosphere. They have not been damaged by rocks or damaged a very small part of the wall cells, and they have not survived.

  The reason lies in the microbial communities that live on the island. Long before the arrival of the gourd, there were ‘indigenous people’ on this island. They were washed up on the land by the waves and occupied the volcanic island earlier than Hogu.

Because the land is no better than the sea, there are almost no organic macromolecules such as amino acids, proteins, phosphate groups, etc. Huogu used the original method to kill the microorganisms invading the gourd, and the organic materials stored in it will soon be exhausted. I know that to maintain the life activities of the cells themselves, they also rely on these organic materials.

   So, the last survivor of this group of gourds died in hunger.

   "Stone...If you say that, you can't..."

   Huo Gu suddenly discovered that the second way of death was very similar to the unknown attack he suffered during the previous wave.

  During the ancient times, there should be no macroscopic and large organisms other than microbes. In other words, the unknown objects that penetrate the gourd should be inanimate.

   In this way, it is easy to understand. Not only the gourds are swept by the super wave, but the stones are also rolling in the wave.

Just think about it. Putting pebbles and water balloons into the side-rolled washing machine is easy to understand. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com The pebbles that have been given kinetic energy by the washing machine will not be polite to the water balloons that burst at the touch of a touch. , So, it created the miserable situation in the wave at that time.

   "So, in order to avoid encountering that kind of danger again, a safe haven is necessary, and a stable environment can guarantee survival."

   This is a compromise decision. Establishing a stronghold on an active volcanic island is of course very risky, but it is undoubtedly the best option before designing a biological engine that can bring higher speed to the gourd.

  Moreover, after the epoch of the ancient universe, to advance to the land is also the goal of Huogu, it is better to accumulate more experience for future plans now.

   "The structure of the gourd is indeed very useful in a liquid environment, but on land..."

   Lost the support of water buoyancy, the gravitational effect is highlighted, and the physiological structure determines that the gourd is not suitable for action on land.

   The various arms and legs of the organism drifted past Huogu's thoughts, and then they were immediately rejected. There was no other reason, the energy consumption was too high, and the protein and amino acids collected were quite troublesome and a waste of time.

   Huogu’s line of sight is located in the columnar joints in the middle of the island in the sea. The hexagonal structure of the stone pillars looks more like a performance art of man-made sculptures.

   "Maybe...I can learn plants..."

   "Yes, plants, why must they be limited to animal forms? Plants should also be a good choice."

   "Wait, if it's a plant, can I also..."

   The moment the idea appeared, it was like a wild horse that had run out of steam, and it swelled out of control, and in a flash, it occupied Huogu's entire mind.

  Plant is just an introduction. What really excites Huogu and finds it hard to restrain himself is the extension of this introduction, bolder ideas.