Chapter 21: The Islands
After correcting new opponents, new macroscopic organism designs were also elevated, and Hogu had the freedom to pay attention to his surroundings.
This is an alkaline water, and the strongest proof of this is the excessive concentration of free metal compounds in the aqueous solution.
For acidic water creatures, this is the place of death, and to enter is death, and their life mechanism that can resist strong acids does not help them resist the erosion of strong alkalis.
However, this is not a difficult thing for the Huqun who has the super thinking of Huogu, adjusting the internal and external osmotic pressure of the cell membrane, as well as the screening mechanism, and the Huqun has transformed from an acidophilic to a basophil.
There are three volcanoes nearby, two in the water and one on the water, and the cooling of the lava has formed an island of volcanic volcanoes that are still releasing gray smoke and dust into the atmosphere.
The whole island is black, and between the cracks in the stones, you can faintly see the bright red like blood, and the rain falls on it, emitting wisps of green smoke, and from a distance, it looks as if it has just been fished out of the fire.
"Land ...... of the Plutozoic Period"
His heart suddenly moved, and his mind flashed to the super wave that he had encountered before, which could sweep the entire sea, and then his attention was focused on the volcanic island in front of him.
"Isn't there a perfect 'shelter'?"
Impatiently, Huo Gu looked at the lava island in the distance and gave instructions to Huqun.
It is a long formation that is the same as before, in order to ensure safety when exploring.
However, with the previous experience, the deployment time of this formation has been shortened a lot, and the delay has been adjusted, and Huo Gu has also become familiar with the road.
As the water gets warmer closer to the shore, Hogu can see that volcanic islands are submerged in water, and when the scorching lava cools, it forms ellipsoidal or pillow-shaped shapes, also known as pillow lava.
This part is mainly located at the very bottom of the volcanic island, and in the middle, there are columnar joints, and due to the rapid cooling and contraction of the lava, often forming fissures on the vertical cooling surface, and parallel to each other, these pentagonal or hexagonal stone columns appear.
In addition, the closer to the volcanic island, the interference of the waves became more and more obvious, coupled with the delay of the command, for Huogu, the difficulty of the front hue body skyrocketed.
Fortunately, there is no way to solve the problem, the width of the Huqun exploration formation increases, and the fault tolerance rate increases.
After much difficulty, Huqun was finally able to get up close and personal with this volcanic island.
The first herds rode the waves as the first animals to land on the planet.
However, the good news did not always favor Huogu's side, and all the husks who climbed onto land died.
In this regard, Huo Gu did not have too many emotional fluctuations, because these Hu individuals were originally going up to die, all in order to be able to understand what dangers existed on the sea.
These individuals die in a variety of ways.
There is a factor in the composition of the atmosphere, and the atmosphere is not only concentrated to the extent of carbon dioxide, but also excessive amounts of methane, sulfur dioxide and other elements.
Unprepared, these elements are inhaled into the body by the gourd, which affects the material circulation inside the gourd, and the pressure in the water and air is not the same, eventually leading to death.
There are also some who died of trauma, but there is no such thing as fine sand in the Underworld, there are stones everywhere, and the angular stones on the shore occupy the vast majority, and most of the gourds that have washed up on the shore have been drawn out of large holes, and in the absence of external limbs similar to feet returning to the sea, the whole cell dies of dehydration.
There are also a very small number of gourds, barely adapted to the unfamiliar atmospheric environment, and the wall cells have not been damaged by the stones, or very few parts have been destroyed, and they have not survived.
The reason for this is the microbiome that lives on the island, which was already home to 'natives' long before the arrival of the Hugu, who were washed onto land by the waves and occupied the volcanic island before Hogu.
Because the land is not as good as the ocean, such as amino acids, proteins, phosphate groups and other organic macromolecules, there are almost none, Huogu used the original method to kill the microorganisms that invaded the body, and the organic materials in the reserve were quickly exhausted.
As a result, the last survivors of this group died of starvation.
"Stone...... If that's the case, wouldn't it be ......?"
Huo Gu suddenly discovered that the second way of dying was very similar to the unknown attack he had suffered during the previous wave.
During the Plutozoic period, it was supposed that there should not be macroscopic macroscopic organisms other than microorganisms, that is, the unidentified objects that pierced through the hust group should be inanimate.
In this way, it is easy to understand that it is not only the husks that are swept by the super wave, but also those stones, rolling in the wave together.
Come to think of it, it is easy to understand that the pebbles and water balloons are put into the washing machine on the side reel, and the pebbles endowed with kinetic energy by the washing machine will not be polite to the water balloons that burst at the slightest touch, so it created the tragic situation in the wave at that time.
"Therefore, in order to avoid encountering that danger again, a safe haven is necessary, and a stable environment can bring security to survival."
It was a compromise decision, and it was risky to establish a foothold on an active volcanic island, but it was the best option until a bio engine could be designed to bring higher speeds to the hoist.
Moreover, after the period of the Underworld passed, marching to the land was also the goal of Hogu, so it was better to accumulate more experience for future plans now.
"The structure of the gourd is really good in a liquid environment, but it is ...... on land."
Without the support of water buoyancy, the gravitational effect is highlighted, and the physiological structure determines that the hoist is not suitable for action on land.
The various arms and thighs of the organism floated through Huogu's thoughts, and then they were immediately denied, for no other reason, the energy consumption was too high, and the collection of those protein amino acids alone was quite troublesome and a waste of time.
Hogu's sight sits in the middle of the island in the middle of the sea, and the stone pillars of the hexagonal structure look more like art-carved performance art.
"Perhaps...... I can learn plant ......."
"Yes, plants, why do they have to be confined to animal form? Plants should also be a good choice. ”
"Wait, if it's a plant, can I ...... it too?"
The moment the thought appeared, it was like a wild horse that had broken away, expanding uncontrollably, and in an instant, it occupied Hogu's entire mind.
The plant is just an introduction, and what really makes Huo Gu excited and uncontrollable is the bolder ideas that extend from this introduction.