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Facing the question raised by Zhang Ran, the famous silicon-based biologist Scott took the lead in saying: "Through the biological specimens we captured, combined with the information given by the Sibadi people, I will analyze carefully here. The basic way of fighting for life."

"For other messy life forms, such as flower-bone creatures and virus-like self-exploding creatures, I don't think it's a big problem. Conventional combat weapons can completely kill them."

"The most difficult thing to deal with is actually the black mist-like microbial community."

"They are very small, many, silicon-based microorganisms composed of tiny structural units, and their individual individuals are only 10 microns, but they have shown extremely high combat effectiveness. When they are grouped together, they will form strange liquid metals. The product has extremely strong cutting ability."

A photo was played on the screen. These tiny silicon-based microorganisms look like spiders when enlarged, with multiple flagella-like structures, a spherical protruding belly, and six shiny discs on their backs. .

These discs can release electromagnetic waves, allowing microorganisms to attract or repel each other, and after a large number of aggregates, a liquid metal-like substance is formed.

"The high-velocity vibrations of the flagella produce a very high cutting capacity."

"The silicon-based microorganisms, as the Sibadi call them, are called 'devourers'. They can cut matter at the molecular level and destroy the interior. As long as a little devourer touches metal, spaceflight Clothes, a big hole will soon be burst."

"Murder is naturally only a matter of minutes."

"It sounds like... nano-robots? Nano-mechanical clusters?" Zhang Ran raised his eyebrows as his heart beat faster.

Yes, humans once imagined an interstellar weapon, a cluster of nanomachines!

Nano-clusters engulf the material they touch and self-proliferate. You only need to put nano-robots with no limit value-added range on a planet, and the surface of the planet can be covered within a week!

This kind of disaster is called - "grey tide"!

Of course, limited to the level of technology, human beings cannot make corresponding nanomechanical clusters. Even if it is done, it has no power at all.

Its difficulty is comparable to artificial life, even higher than artificial life!

The technological level of human beings has not even fully figured out the genetic improvement, and it is far away from the manufacture of nano-clusters.

Professor Scott nodded seriously, "Yes! It is indeed very similar to a nanomechanical cluster!"

"But there is still a gap with the one in the fantasy. First, the energy carried by a single devourer is limited, and it takes a lot of energy to decompose matter, so in the absence of an energy source, they It is impossible to proliferate infinitely." "We can confirm this."

"Secondly, a single 'devourer' does not have high combat effectiveness, nor does it have any intelligence, but as long as their number exceeds tens or hundreds of billions, and they gather together to form liquid metal, they will produce a certain degree of intelligence and Generate corresponding combat power."

"As for those huge monsters, flower buds, virus-like creatures, and silicon-based life forms like Godzilla, they are essentially species controlled by the 'devourer'."

"We found a large number of 'devourer' remains in their control centers. As for why these large monsters exist, it is still an unsolved mystery for the time being. It may be that they need these monsters to do some complicated work, Like smelting metals, generating energy, etc.”

"It's also possible that these monsters were all former captives of the Devourer... Well, there are quite a few types of silicon-based creatures."

Everyone was a little parched. This Devourer is really full of buffs. It can not only proliferate infinitely, but also has a strong aggressiveness, and it also has "a certain amount of wisdom".

The most important thing is that they have to go to the ground to dig the heritage, maybe there will be a close combat!

It is impossible to use hydrogen bombs to wash away the land heritage, right?

Lieutenant Colonel Guo Weiqiang asked in a hoarse voice: "If we humans are defeated, will we also become captives? Controlled by the Devourer?"

Scott shook his head immediately: "No, we humans don't seem to have such qualifications. Because our vitality is too fragile to live in a vacuum and in cold conditions. In this three-dimensional space, we will still have a short life."

"And these manipulated monsters are all silicon-based species with rough skin and thick flesh. They are not only tenacious in vitality, but also able to adapt to the laws of physics after transformation."

"In other words, fragile carbon-based life is not qualified... After all, the Sibadi people have not become prisoners."

There was silence in the room for a while, Zhang Ran smiled wryly and said, "If there is anything beyond our imagination, let's say it together. Professor Scott, don't be restrained, just speak freely."

"Actually, it's not too difficult to kill these silicon-based microorganisms. High temperature, low temperature, and electromagnetic pulse can kill them. But the problem is..." Scott sighed, and said: "The base camp of the Devourer is actually Among the small universes, these small universes are buried deep underground. Now three thousand years have passed, and we have no idea how much matter they have swallowed and how much they have reproduced..."

"Maybe the entire core of the earth has been digested in half."

"We have no idea what the purpose of the Devourer is."

Zhou Chengfeng, the chairman of the board sitting on the side, frowned and muttered to himself: "A new type of mining machine invented by a higher civilization? Nano-robots that can hollow out a planet? Their ultimate goal is to dig out this planet, no wonder There's something unusual about the geothermal activity here."

"So our future mission is to compete with these mining machines? Not only this planet, but every planet we encounter in the future will encounter these things?"

Zhang Ran was silent for a while after hearing what he said, but this kind of thing... how should I put it, the first time is raw, the second time is acquaintance, everyone has a feeling that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

Then he patted the table: "Everyone, be quiet for a while."

"Let's go over all the details from start to finish."

"Three thousand years ago, a large number of small universes descended from the high-dimensional universe to the home star of the Sibadi people. These small universes are the base camp of the Devourer."

"So the Sibadi began a tragic war with the Devourer."

"They retreated steadily, and within a year, they lost half of the geotropic zone. At this time, the high-level Sibadi people believed that these silicon-based life forms were invincible, coupled with the slow evolution of the three-dimensional space, leading to life The living environment deteriorated, so they took a small universe that could live in people and fled to the high-dimensional universe..."

"The automation technology and intelligent productivity of the Sibadi people are much higher than ours, so they saved more population after the stars disappeared, um, far more than us."

"Oh, and one more thing...they don't seem to have fusion technology."

"After all, they have spread solar panels over half of the land, and there is no shortage of energy. After the stars disappear, they want to develop nuclear fusion technology, and they don't have so many resources and not so much time."

At this point in the discussion, many scientists became proud. Human beings were able to successfully develop nuclear fusion. There are still some chances. On the one hand, there is a huge investment in creation capabilities. On the other hand, the emergence of elite scientists and a large number of new materials is also critical. . If any of them are missing, maybe a certain step in the middle will get stuck.

Zhang Ran continued to sort out all the information: "After those dignitaries ran away, the combat effectiveness of the Sibadi people increased. They united again, resisted the enemy, and developed the second small universe. It took a total of five or six years time...then left this three-dimensional world and placed a time gift box at the same time."

"After losing the resistance of the native inhabitants, the Devourer quickly occupied the entire planet, hid underground, and began to mine continuously, causing the planet's geothermal activity to be extremely active."

He was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "This also gives us a great opportunity. The surface preserves the most heritage. Due to the excessive cold, monsters are rare."

"So, our first priority is to find ways to obtain some technological heritage, such as semiconductor production lines, artificial intelligence processing programs, and so on."

"Your Highness, there is bad news." An engineer suddenly said, "These technological heritages have been preserved in extreme cold for three thousand years, so they may not be usable... After all, it is impossible for the Sibadi people to specially preserve them for us, and Infested by the flames of war, the probability of being intact is not high."

Zhang Ran said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you repair a part and figure out its basic principle, I can try to make a new part!"

"Now... I have regained a little ability."

As soon as these words came out, the mood in the meeting room suddenly cheered up.

That's right, with the creation ability of the void, even incomplete loot is meaningful!

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ran said: "The second goal is naturally mining. We still have to come up with a better targeted plan. The movement of mining with an excavator is too loud, and it may attract attacks."

"The ultimate goal is to capture this planet!"

The room was silent.

Zhang Ran grinned and said, "I know this is a bit whimsical, but you have to set a lofty goal, don't you?"

As soon as this sentence came out, there were bursts of laughter.

"If we snatch this planet, all of us can settle in subspace and minimize the troubles of Lanhua. What we lack now are resources...Of course I know this goal is difficult, but so many resources Putting it in front of you, leaving in despair without trying anything, is really not reconciled."

"So after completing the first two goals, let's find a way to test the monster's combat power... If there is no other way, we can choose to escape..."

Zhang Ran didn't say any more, fantasy is meaningless.

"Everyone, let's act!"

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After the meeting, Dongfang Panshi once again dispatched 10 small shuttles, which carried 200 exploration robots.

In one of the shuttles, a space door was placed, and the robot began to try to move cars on the street, machines in factories, computers in some entertainment venues, and so on.

Counting, there are already 400 exploration robots active on the planet, carefully looking for the heritage.

There are a small amount of resources coming into the account every day, which makes people uneasy, but also a little exciting... This feeling is like being a thief under the nose of the owner.

But the whole result is not as simple as imagined. After investigation, people found that this planet is extremely barren, and the ratio of the three elements sulfur, phosphorus, and boron in the soil is far lower than the normal ratio. Three elements absorb most of it.

In addition, the search for minerals has also encountered difficulties. Except for common metals such as iron, aluminum, and copper, which are fairly abundant, the rest of the metal elements are all very rare, especially rare earth minerals!

Scientists seriously suspect that the rare earths are all eaten by the devourers!

This fact caused a severe headache, and the leaders of several scientific groups were frowning and helpless.

"In just one month, there have been twenty-two major earthquakes above magnitude 7 in the world, and the largest one even reached magnitude 8.9... An earthquake of this size, placed on the earth, may kill millions of people Bar."

There are 22 earthquakes with a magnitude of 7 or above in a month, which is even crazier. You don't need to think about it to know that it is caused by the "devourer" in the ground.

The resources on the surface of a planet have almost been excavated, and rare earths are urgently needed by human beings. The greater the atomic weight of matter, the more expensive it is to create with creative energy. In the universe, the matter after the iron element cannot be produced through nuclear fusion.

Elements after iron can only be produced by supernova explosions.

1 point of creation energy can create 500 million tons of steel. But rare earths are 100 to 10,000 times more expensive, and 1 point of creation energy can only create 50,000 to 5 million tons.

"It seems that they don't swallow everything. The rest are ice, stones, solid nitrogen and other elements that are relatively large in quantity, and they are all unnecessary."

"Still haven't found any animal carcasses. They have a great thirst for organic matter, which is very similar to the void amoeba."

"Another magnitude 9 earthquake was observed in the northern hemisphere just now... This planet is likely to have shrunk by 30%."

The more information, the heavier the pressure.

The government has set up several discussion groups to discuss various possible situations. Scientists who are involved in chemistry, biology, genetics, and even the universe are basically gathered in various research groups.

No matter how great the benefits are and how urgent the time is, scientists have always viewed this action with a cautious attitude.

Overestimate the strength of the enemy as much as possible and make the best war planning.

The result of the final discussion is...not optimistic.

According to the current huge deformation of the planet and the information provided by the Sibadi people... it is not optimistic, and there is even no hope of mining...

Being able to quietly find technological heritage and bring it back to the Warp is already a successful strategy.

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