How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 24: Make a choice

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

   Benefiting from previous knowledge, Huo Gu is not so passive in this strange place.

   The volcanic rock was included in the main root in order to use the small rocks near the crater to analyze the general element ratio of the lava inside the volcano.

   The coastal volcanic rocks were not used because the seawater reacted with the rocks to some extent, which caused 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. Due to the volcanic ash, the rainwater of the ancient epoch is rich in various chemicals, and it is still raining every moment. With those volcanic rocks, it is quite difficult to understand the original element ratio from these volcanic rocks.

   What is the use of analyzing the element ratio of lava?

   Knowing the element ratio, one can naturally infer some of the properties of the lava in this volcano, such as volatile matter, viscosity, and fluidity.

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

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

The magma contains low silica content, relatively low volatile matter, high temperature, low viscosity, and high fluidity of magma. This kind of lava volcanic eruption is relatively quiet and will be similar to an overflow eruption like a Hawaiian volcano, as long as it is not Without a string in his head, he took the initiative to stand in the direction of lava overflow, and there would be basically no casualties.

   "This is the reason why the area of ​​this island will be relatively large, although I guessed it early, I didn't think it was necessary to be too surprised..."

   "But the fluidity of this volcanic lava is much higher than expected, which is really worthy of joy."

  Highly fluid lava, after cooling and condensing, it becomes a large area of ​​lava platform and shield volcano. When he first saw the appearance of this volcano, Huogu had doubts, and now finally got the definite answer from the information obtained.

   "High mobility, which means that even if the island is an active volcano, it is not unusable, as long as it can be slightly modified..."

Thoughts gradually drifted away, summarizing the information transmitted by the two main roots, the three-dimensional projection of this volcano presents Huogu’s thinking. Although there is no information inside the volcano, it can be inferred from the shape and accumulated with Huogu’s knowledge. This is not too difficult.

   fell into a long period of contemplation, and this state continued until it was pulled back to reality by another event.

   It took a lot of time to climb the mountain. During this time, the organic materials were finally collected enough. Huogu knew that it was time to start designing and creating new varieties of cell clusters.

   Huogu is accustomed to simplifying the problem, and then quickly solving it in a simple and efficient way.

   Clear all the messy thoughts in his thoughts, recalling the various problems that the gourd individual showed when driving the gourd, Huogu directly summarized it as a core-body shape.

  Because of its small size, it is so fragile in terms of protection. Simply scratching with stones can cause fatal injuries.

   With a small body size, the load-bearing capacity is naturally small, and the number of sensing cells that carry it will be small, that is to say, the coverage area of ​​the life field will be small.

   Although it is possible to expand the coverage area of ​​the life field by means of individual relays, this method has a significant delay and is unreliable in a complex and changeable environment.

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

   "...at least to the point where you can survive it without any damage after suffering it once!"

   A long spine appeared in the mind.

   If you want to design a huge body, you first need to have a solid skeletal system to support the entire body. A soft design like a gourd without a bit of bone support is definitely not appropriate.

   Really have to be designed in that way, that is a group of soft flesh that is difficult to move.

   "Uh... this is not good. This series of vertebrae is too heavy. If you add a thick outer armor, it will have a great impact on speed..."

   "Furthermore, it is necessary to spare as much load as possible to carry more sensory cells..."

   The spine in his thoughts was disrupted again and returned to the original point. At the same time, problems also followed.

   "...Then which skeleton design should I use is better?"

   Huo Gu asked himself this way, rethinking his countermeasures.

"Maybe…"

   Huo Gu's thinking suddenly appeared.

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

"In nature, UU reading www.uukanshu.com mainly revolves around'who can live longer', not'who's design is more perfect'. Species with complete and complex systems are extinct earlier than species with simple living systems. , Has never been less in the history of the earth."

  After weighing it over and over again, Huogu finally decided to make a decision.

   "Well, that's it, choose the ‘Straight Nautilus’ design."

   A conical hollow shell tending to be slender, appeared in Huo Gu's thinking.

Just like the straight-shelled Nautilus, the internal support is entirely dependent on a solid exoskeleton. Although evolutionary, it is indeed because of this exoskeleton that it will limit the evolution to the direction of the bulky direction. The straight-shelled Nautilus is because This, in the species race that broke out in the Cambrian, is heading for extinction.

   But it doesn’t matter, Huogu does not follow the route of natural selection evolution, and there is no such limitation. Instead, a strong exoskeleton is an advantage.

   Especially with this conical design, the resistance in the water will be reduced to a minimum, just like a torpedo in the water.

   Huogu would think of this design because he had just thought of torpedoes.

No matter how powerful the species is, it is a joke in front of the tools made by humans. Although there are indeed some creatures that can do things that human tools can’t do temporarily, it’s just that humans don’t have the urgent desire for that aspect for the time being and don’t rush to make them. , So temporarily maintain the advantage.

   Sailfish is the fastest-moving creature in the earth’s oceans. The highest recorded speed is 190 kilometers per hour, which is about a hundred knots or so when converted into a speed.

   And when Huogu was still on the earth, he threw away those torpedoes that were secretly developed by various countries. Even the highest known torpedoes could reach 100m/s, which is about two hundred knots!