How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 60: vitality

   Huogu changed the planet, and as a result, the ocean once again appeared, and some things hidden under the ice layer were exposed in Huogu's field of vision.

  A vast land...

  According to Huogu's rough estimate of the area, it probably occupies 50% of the total area of ​​the entire planet.

   Chengyinhuogu can probably guess that it was the result of the frequent volcanic movements that Min took the initiative to create.

  The heating of the land is extremely troublesome, because the main part of the land environment is not water, but air, which means that the hive cannot directly take in water from the surrounding environment.

   You must know that water is inseparable from each individual cell or heating work.

   Fortunately, there is still a solution to this problem. A recessed terrain was formed in the area occupied by the honeycomb to collect water, so that the entire honeycomb can be heated normally.

  The water is obtained from the ocean, and the pipeline is used for long-distance transportation across several kilometers, as well as the natural precipitation after the planet's climate is restored.

   Of course, the most important thing is the first type as the main source of water for the continental honeycomb. The land area is too large, so that the ocean climate cannot enter the depths of the continent, and there is no way for natural rainfall.

   It can be predicted that after a period of time, when the moisture in the soil of the mainland is gradually evaporated by Huogu, it will become a desolate desert.

   But these don't matter to Huo Gu now, he is no longer human, naturally it is impossible to consider the problem from a human perspective.

Over a time span of tens of millions of years, this giant continent will sooner or later be split due to thermal cycling deep underground, just like those continents on the earth, and after that, the desert in the central area of ​​the continent will also be split. Will enter the scope of the ocean climate, and will naturally be transformed back to fertile soil.

   What really caught Huo Gu's heart was something else, the microbes that were scattered at the time.

   Not long after the microorganisms spread out, the cruel ecological competition began.

   At first, the autotrophic type and the heterotrophic type were equal in number, but in order to obtain nutrients, the heterotrophic type launched a large-scale attack on the autotrophic type.

   The conclusion is self-evident. The heterotrophic type has swallowed most of the autotrophic microorganisms by absolute crushing, and only a few have escaped and survived.

   At this time, the brainless heterotrophic microorganisms will naturally not consider such things as sustainable development. As long as they accumulate enough biomass, they will immediately replicate and split into new individuals.

   However, due to the sharp decrease in the number of autotrophs, the target of heterotrophic microorganisms had to be transferred to other heterotrophic microorganisms, so the second microbial war began, heterotrophic versus heterotrophic.

   Survival of the fittest, the survival of the fittest, the failed heterotrophic type will be driven farther away like the previous autotrophic type, the victor of the war will be eligible to continue to remain in the original position.

  The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time...

  Life is in this situation. Better genes are screened. Microbial survivors of the war will become more aggressive and can kill other microorganisms more easily.

   Then, those who lose in the microbial war have absolutely no way to survive? Not really.

   After the first microbial war, autotrophic microbes escaped to a place far away from the microbial battlefield and thrived.

   Lost the suppression of the natural enemy of heterotrophic microorganisms, autotrophic type naturally unscrupulously obtains energy and material from the surrounding environment, transcribes and replicates its own kind, and the number will increase exponentially.

  This increase will continue until the loser of the Second Microbial War arrives.

   They will suppress the number of autotrophic microorganisms and increase their numbers. As a result, autotrophic species will travel to areas where there are no microorganisms to thrive.

   Then, in this new area, things that have happened will be repeated, batch after batch of losers will flee to a place where there are a large number of autotrophic microorganisms that multiply and there is no war winner.

   This is the cycle. It is this ‘you chase me’ cycle. Microbes will soon occupy every part of the planet’s oceans.

and then? When every place on this planet is covered by microorganisms, will there be no way for autotrophic microorganisms to survive?

  No, in the subsequent microbial wars, those victors can be said to have not been exposed to autotrophic microorganisms.

It is for this reason that as the microbes fully occupy the entire ocean, a rather dramatic situation arises. The winner will specifically attack the heterotrophic type of the loser, and for the autotrophic type that is far weaker than the loser. Type blindly.

   In this way, the balance of the microbial world is established.

   So, does the development of microorganisms stop at this point?

Obviously not.

  Life is very wonderful. Every self-replication can be regarded as a vote of life on the path of evolution.

   When this kind of voting accumulates to a certain extent, evolution also occurs.

  This makes it possible for the cell wall~lightnovelpub.net~ cell nucleus, organelles... etc. to appear in the future.

   Although the purpose is to survive, the planned route is also different based on the different ideas.

   Some microorganisms will evolve their attacking ability, perhaps it is acid that can easily break the cell membrane, or protein spikes, or simply amplify their body and directly envelop the other party into their own internal decomposition.

   Some microbes evolve their own reproductive ability in order to win in quantity-if I can't beat you, I can't survive you?

   This type of microorganism will basically greatly reduce the length of its own gene chain. The shorter the length, the shorter the time for gene replication, and the increase in number will naturally increase.

   However, in Huo Gu's view, this method means that the benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise sees wisdom.

   The microorganism with the shortest gene chain on the earth is a virus, so what type of microorganism is a virus? Heterotrophic.

   This just shows that there is no significance in the number of autotrophs.

   There are also some microbes who will find ways to expand a new living space and evolve their abilities in this direction.

   Taking this as an opportunity, since the Ice Age, the first batch of native aboriginal creatures that landed on the surface also appeared.

   They live on the shore close to water, decompose and process the hard rocks and gravel, and the fertile soil is born.

   Among these, what makes Huo Gu the most concerned is that on this planet where heterotrophic microorganisms are rampant, some kind of autotrophic microorganism dominates a water area.

   This kind of creature, Huo Gu has also seen it on Earth-cyanobacteria.

   Once the lowest microbe on earth, at this moment, it belongs to the most powerful autotrophic microbe on this planet.