The Hanwu reminded him that the captured animals had been replaced by the lake in the living quarters of the mothership because they were too large. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info However, because the three creatures of different sizes are aggressive, they have been inactivated.

When Zhuang Bifan heard this, he turned his head to look at Sima Yun: "Do you want to take a look?" "After this animal is brought back, it must be dissected. That scene was a bit bloody for the girls. He was worried that she would not be able to take it anymore.

Sima Yun was not as delicate as he thought. She nodded and said, "I want to see it." The appearance of this thing completely turned her understanding of life upside down. She was very curious about it.

"Then let's go. ”

The two of them moved from the main control room to the living quarters where Nacreature was located, and then flew over in a small flying machine.

When they arrived, they found the three-headed creature on the shore of the Great Lake in the center of the living quarters.

These three animals are covered in armor, the largest one, with a hanging tubular structure on its head, a body length of more than 100 meters, and a height of about 30 meters, which really looks like a small mountain.

There is also a tube that looks about seventy meters long, and there is no pipe on the head that can emit corrosive rays, and the smallest one is only about twenty meters long.

When they arrived, there were already androids measuring the appearance of the three animals. Zhuang Bifan pulled Sima Yun and did not approach immediately. Wait for the android to do some testing on the creature first. He was worried that it was poisonous.

Soon, however, he saw that the android had done some on-site testing and took off his respirator mask, knowing that the thing was safe. Only then did he take Sima Yun over.

He asked the recorded android, "How big is this?"

"The measured organisms resemble fish. The first advocates 131.06 meters, 42.11 meters at the widest point, and 31.83 meters at the highest, with a distinct head, no exposed respiratory organs, no eyes, and a hose-like mouth that can be closed. The whole body is covered with thick armor, and there are no fins on the whole body except for the tail......"

After listening to this, he asked, "Are you ready to perform the dissection now?"

"Toxicity testing of muscle and body fluids of the target organism is also required prior to dissection. If no toxicity is found, an autopsy is performed immediately. ”

The process of dissecting the animal was not beautiful, and the green blood was still flowing out of the wound cut by the laser knife on the outer armor, and the air was suddenly filled with a fishy smell.

Zhuang Bifan took a breathing mask and helped Sima Yun put it on, and he also put one on. But he saw the creature's not too thick muscles cut open and exposed.

From the live anatomical video taken by the android, he saw that the shell of this creature was tightly connected to the muscles, and there were solid bones inside, and he probably guessed that this creature had two skeletal systems, both endoskeleton and exoskeleton. Perhaps only in this way will the body not burst due to the pressure in the body vacuum environment.

He saw that the creature's muscles were very thin for its size, and the outer armor was more than three meters thick, but the outer armor seemed to be hollow, and there were muscles in the hollow tubes. The organs inside the body cavity are very large and very complex. Seeing this, he had no interest in continuing to watch.

He couldn't stand Sima Yun anymore, so he said to her, "Let's go first, and we'll know what kind of thing this is when they make an autopsy report." ”

He's actually determined what he wants to know. The Hanwu captured an animal, not a plant. It's just that it's an animal that lives on "light".

Actually, he didn't hear about animals that live on photosynthesis.

When he was on Earth before him, he had seen a documentary about the coral islands in the Pacific Ocean. One of the coral islands has a lagoon closed to the open sea, and there is only one large animal in it, the jellyfish. Because there is no food source, those jellyfish live in the lake for photosynthesis.

On Earth, fish can be found in temperatures of forty or fifty degrees Celsius, in extremely acidic water. I have to say that the environment and way in which life exists are often unexpected. Humans always realize that the more they know, the more ignorant they become.

But it is clear that there is no basis for the formation of organisms in a vacuum. So how did these space monkfish slowly move to live in the universe?

Sima Yun was very puzzled by this question: "Could it be that they were formed by slowly evolving after escaping from the planets? If so, their vitality is too tenacious." ”

Zhuang Bifan is just an earthling like her, and he doesn't know much more about the universe than her. Although the Black Flame Space and several docking spaces were large, no such creatures had ever been found.

He thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible that what you said. Life has evolved in many forms. Perhaps they slowly evolved from bacteria to higher organisms, and their living space also slowly extended from the low altitude of the atmosphere to the sky, and finally entered space before continuing to evolve. ”

Sima Yun said thoughtfully: "The planet of the star they live on does not look suitable for the survival of living beings. However, since they can live and evolve in space, it is really possible for the Kinipu people to talk about wandering and raiding civilizations. ”

Zhuang Bifan was not very worried about what kind of looting civilization. He thinks that it can only be regarded as a group of animals with a certain social character, and cannot be called a civilization: "The evolution of any civilization must go through the use of tools. Those wandering predatory creatures, in the universe, may only be regarded as marching ants. ”

Marching ants are advertised in the planet as notorious "man-eating ants", but in reality, but in reality they are extremely little of a threat to large animals. Their speed, large animals may only be regarded as "minute speed".

Compared to space warships, those creatures that can live and evolve directly in the universe will not be able to surpass the spaceship no matter how fast they are, unless they also use dark energy as a power like dark energy people.

But Zhuang Bifan didn't believe that such a creature could also produce dark energy. In other words, the ability to live freely in the universe is their dark energy.

In fact, "photosynthesis" that takes place in a vacuum is not real photosynthesis at all, because photosynthesis also requires the participation of oxygen. How those space monkfish survive in the universe still needs to wait for the results of follow-up research.

What he wanted to know most was how these animals could convert the energy of light directly into the energy they needed.

Biomimicry is a study that all civilizations will study. And the ability of space monkfish, he is really curious. If it can be used, it may provide some hints about the development of his warships and mass-energy conversion technology.

He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe we need to stay here a little longer." ”

Sima Yun reminded him, "Is there a problem with this galaxy cluster, aren't you preparing to make a move on Gutila?"

Before they went out to play, Zhuang Bifan ordered Koster to collect information about the Gutila civilization, intending to clean up the undercover agent of this reaper. If it weren't for the fact that most of the motherships needed to rest, maybe he would have done it a long time ago.

In fact, the Gutila civilization looks very powerful, but the motherships in the fleet that are still intact can also destroy them. However, Zhuang Bifan was worried that other civilizations would overreact to his actions, so he needed to arrange for enough garrisons in the systems that he had already occupied.

And he also wants to encircle and annihilate the entire Gutila civilization in a short time. At least not after the war, there will be a large number of Gutila Raider fleets in the local galaxy cluster. To do that, he had to do it with a lot of troops.

Of course, he was also worried about the appearance of the Reaper fleet in the future. The fleet that the next Reaper will appear in will no longer be hundreds of thousands of warships. It is possible that there are tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of warships. And he has almost no experience in the combat of large regiments. If the other civilizations in the cluster do not move, the Gutila civilization may be his only chance to command a large army of soldiers before the Reaper fleet arrives. He planned to personally command as many warships as possible.

Zhuang Bifan smiled and said, "I won't stay too long." I just wanted to verify one thing. And there is no rush to fight against Gutila. ”

"Have you changed your mind again?" Sima Yun couldn't help frowning when he heard him say that he was not in a hurry to take action against the Gutila civilization. "Our arrangements for this period of time are not all revolving around this plan. ”

Zhuang Bifan hugged her to his lap and sat down, and said with a smile: "Even if they are given another hundred years, they will not have a chance to turn the tables against us." The packed Reaper fleet may have been the closest to us, but it took them thirteen years to arrive. If there are no accidents, the next time the Reaper appears, it should be more than thirteen years. ”

"What if they're already on their way?" said Sima Yun unoptimistically. "Maybe they'll be there soon. ”

"It's only going to be a fleet that's not much bigger than the one before. Zhuang Bifan said with a frown. "I have to admit that the Reaper is far stronger than we imagined. ”

Sima Yun has also seen some videos of that battle. She nodded and said, "Their fire attacks are really not as good as ours. But their operations do not seem to rely solely on firepower. ”

"Yes. The last time I dealt with them, if I hadn't changed my plan to send a large number of motherships out on the fly. It won't be easy to destroy them, and we may even lose quite a few motherships. Zhuang Bifan remembered the control of the mothership in space in the Reaper fleet, and said with a wry smile. "In the face of such an enemy, you can only cut through the chaos with a quick knife. But to do that, you need to concentrate your forces. My fear is that they won't give us this chance. ”

Sima Yun also had that worry in her heart. Zhuang Bifan's fleet is now scattered in more than thirty systems, even if he abandons those systems to concentrate his forces after the arrival of the Reaper. But the other party may not give him a chance to break them one by one. Moreover, if he concentrates his forces, it will also give the other party the opportunity to gather forces to attack.

Hearing what Zhuang Bifan said, Sima Yun felt even more strange in his heart: "Then shouldn't we wipe out the Gutila Empire as soon as possible?"

"The miniaturization of our warships will soon be implemented. The new type of capital warship needs to be tested in actual combat. ”

"You mean, you have to wait for the new capital battleship to be built before you do it?" Sima Yun was puzzled. "That's completely unnecessary. ”

Zhuang Bifan said: "There is no need for that, but I need to know their true combat effectiveness." As long as they have an overwhelming advantage over the native civilization, I can throw all the existing ships into the war against the Reapers. If their combat effectiveness is not much different from the existing capital ships, they can even be used as the main force. ”

Sima Yun finally understood the pressure in his heart, reached out to hug his neck, leaned on his shoulder and said, "If you're really not sure, let's leave." ”

Zhuang Bifan smiled and kissed her, and said, "I also thought about running away without a fight at first, but where can we escape to? We can't just run away from the Reaper!"

Sima Yun sighed lightly and said, "It would be nice if we could reconnect with the Black Flame Space before the Reaper came." "There is room for black flames, and they have enough confidence whether they fight or retreat.

Zhuang Bifan knew what she was thinking, and comforted her with a smile: "If the Reaper knows our strength, they will definitely gather enough strength before rushing over." We still have time. Even if the Black Flame Space still can't be connected, we still have the Blue One. ”

"That's right. When Sima Yun heard this, he also smiled and said. "If our warships are miniaturized, then the shipyards they control can also be used to build warships. We can increase our capacity by at least two or three times. That's why you're going to postpone Gutila?"

Zhuang Bifan nodded and said, "There is this reason." After the realization of the miniaturization of warships, we can complete the transformation of our existing shipbuilding, and we can also increase the speed of ship construction by more than three times. And the construction of new shipyards is much easier. ”

Sima Yun was happy for a while, but quickly put away his smile and sighed, "I hope to reconnect with the Black Flame Space as soon as possible." ”

Zhuang Bifan stroked her hair with a smile and said, "I have asked Hei Yan to share the task of calculus with the other eleven motherships, hoping to increase its calculus speed. ”

"No, it's only one mastermind?"

Hei Yan said that if the calculations are separated, because there will be errors in the calculation results of different main brains, the combination of those calculation results will never be able to determine the real coordinates of Hei Yan's space.

Zhuang Bifan nodded and said, "The core calculation formula is still borne by Hei Yan alone, but some parameters can be calculated by other brains. Even if there is an error in the calculation of one masterbrain, it can be verified by other masterbrains, even Heiyan. The process of verification is much faster than the process of calculus. ”

Hearing him say this, Sima Yun nodded. If you can speed up the calculation speed of Black Flame, it is indeed a good thing. The time of the Black Flame Space is more than a hundred times that of this universe. It has been more than ten years since they arrived here, and almost two thousand years have passed in the Black Flame Space, and there must have been a lot of capital warships built in it, and even a lot of new motherships will be built.

Those forces can at least be used as a reserve, if not in time to participate in the war with the Reapers. As long as the Yanhuang is still there, even if they fail, they still have a chance to turn over. Otherwise, once they fail, they may never be able to reconnect with the Black Flame Space. There is no possibility of them rising again, and they can only avoid the Reaper and wander in the universe forever. Until you find a galaxy that has a good reputation for the existence of the Reaper forces, and then slowly develop.

But as Zhuang Bifan said, they don't know where the Reaper will appear and where it is safe to do so.

"But what good is it for you to stay and your plan?" Sima Yun finally got back to business.

Zhuang Bifan said with a smile on his face: "I was thinking that the kind of animals that are quietly breeding in this star system, they should not have evolved attack methods. But you see, their attacks are unheard of by us. I wonder how powerful their predators are that they have to evolve that kind of attack. ”

Sima Yun immediately understood what he meant, and said, "You want to get new technical research tips from them and their natural enemies. ”

Zhuang Bifan pressed her tighter with a slight force in his hand, and said, "Although it may not be useful, I do hope to find a way to crack the dark energy of the Reaper from them." ”

He paused for a moment and continued, "You just saw that the shell of that creature has a rather special structure. They depend on light to survive, and this structure must have a strong ability to absorb and transform photons and other energy waves. Perhaps we can create new armor by mimicking this structure, which can reduce the effect of the Reaper's dark energy that directly penetrates and controls the entire space on the inside of the battleship. ”

Sima Yun was overjoyed and asked, "That kind of dark energy feature has been analyzed?"

Zhuang Bifan shook his head and said: "Although our mothership has recorded energy waves, it is difficult to analyze that dark energy system through that bit of data. The dark energy amplification system that Ficoria found on the battlefield was also seriously damaged, so it didn't help much to analyze that dark energy. But maybe we can make our own dark energy amplification system by studying the wreckage. ”

Sima Yun was a little disappointed and said, "That's a pity." "But in that case, it's nice to have wreckage left.

Zhuang Bifan shook his head and said, "That's no way." However, if you can find a dark energy that has a shielding effect on dark energy, you may no longer be passive in the battle against the Reaper. ”

In the battle against the last batch of Reaper warships, he destroyed them in a very short time. However, it was completely with an absolute superiority of forces, increasing the energy density in the area space beyond the control of the opponent, and finally destroying the opponent. If the Reaper fleet is large enough in the future, there will be enough troops to continue to use that tactic.

If he didn't have that kind of absolute superiority, he wanted to win, and the possibility was very small. So he really wanted to find a way to break the other party's dark energy, at least a way to cancel out part of it.

Otherwise, in the exchange of fire between the two sides, before your own battleship enters the range of the battleship's main gun, the battleship will be destroyed by the opponent's dark energy. If the opponent plays hide and seek, the opponent can even drag their own fleet to the ground.

That kind of battle scene, just imagining it makes people feel aggrieved. Of course, Zhuang Bifan did not want that situation to occur on the real battlefield.

The mothership brains in the fleet are all calculating, hoping to find such a solution, but it is unknown when they will be able to calculate a satisfactory result. Now there is a little hope, and he doesn't want to let it go.

Biomimicry is actually a very good science. He had never heard of a creature that could directly absorb light waves and other wave energy in the universe. Perhaps the life structure of this creature Jinhua can bring him some hints.

Knowing Zhuang Bifan's thoughts, of course Sima Yun would not hold him back. And this time out to play, in fact, there are not a few things, they even fought with the blue one, although it was only a thrilling battle, but not only knew that there was a mechanical civilization in this universe, but also knew that such a civilization could not be evaluated by civilization level.

Because mechanical civilizations are too capable of replicating technology, and when they become self-aware, they are far more powerful than humans can control them.

In fact, Zhuang Bifan has a plan to adjust the settings of the dead circulation system of the main brain. He didn't have any idea about it before. But now there is the Blue One, and in comparison, the other mothership masters of Black Flame still seem too dull. He felt that he could absorb the experience of the Blue One and set up an endless loop system that would make the main brain more flexible without going against the will of humans.

If that kind of program is made by the battleship mastermind, it will not take much time, but it is impossible for him to let the mastermind make and control his own system. Those masterminds are very intelligent, and he doesn't even know if those brains already have my self-awareness.

If it is mainly left with loopholes when programming it, then the joke is too big.

So he had to let the cyborg engineer do that kind of work. This work cannot even be known to a few other people who are attached to the power. At the very least, they can't be touched until the programming is complete.

In this matter, he didn't plan to let anyone know except that Sima Yun didn't intend to hide it. Including the Blue One itself. He needs its unique ideas of the universe to use them to augment the intelligence of other masters. Ask the artificial engineer to analyze how to make these ideas work better for the mastermind, while at the same time limiting these ideas from causing the mastermind to take actions that could harm him.

If he can compile such an endless loop system, not only can the battleship be improved, but maybe he can use the more flexible brain to directly produce battle mechs.

It's hard to say how long it will take for a human engineer to do something like that.

It can be said that the emergence of mechanical civilization has opened Sima Yun's eyes. There will be creatures that evolve independently in the vacuum of the universe, which makes her feel that there are no surprises in the universe.

Zhuang Bifan also runs to the laboratory every day to see the results of the artificial man's engineering dissection of the "space monkfish".

Sima Yun didn't follow, she helped Zhuang Bifan deal with the affairs of the fleet during the time he went to the laboratory. If she doesn't have the right to deal with it, she will classify and record it and give it to him to deal with when he returns. This kind of thing was often done when she was Zhuang Bifan's adjutant, and it was very easy to do.