Chapter 117: Growing Mushrooms
Two hundred and sixty-eight days and nights have passed since the last rhizome invasion launched by Hogu.
Since that new incident, the atmosphere of the whole colony has become more and more subtle, the streets have changed from bustling with pedestrians to only a handful today, the army has been stationed at the intersections of the main streets and alleys, and some commercial districts have been torn down, and thick chimneys have been erected and thick black smoke is emitted.
This is mainly due to the destruction of the starport, the loss of the colony's connection with the home planet, the loss of supplies from the home planet, and the colony is in its early stages, and still cannot be completely self-sufficient.
Almost all items skyrocketed overnight, including plastic cardboard boxes and other waste, but the price of food did not fluctuate much, and the saying that people take food as the sky is very applicable wherever they are, and in order to calm the hearts of the people in the colony, agriculture was the first industry to develop.
The factory is crowded, and most of the civilians have lost their jobs and come to this place to work on parts.
Gone are the songs and dances of yesteryear, and all that remains is the numbness of the machinery and the roar of metal knocking in the factory.
As the factory bell rings, the non-stop machinery stops its engine, and the workers who work on the parts are finally able to take a breather in the hustle and bustle of work.
Although they are clear that this rest is only temporary, and this is not to give them time to rest, but to give the machine a rest.
When the cooldown is over, they will return to repetitive work.
"When is this a day like this......
Some complained, others persuaded.
"Patience, wait, the colony has lost contact, it is impossible for the home planet not to know, the rescue fleet may already be on its way."
"Those nobles on the home planet care about our lives or deaths?"
"Those noble lords wish to squeeze all our value away."
For persuasion, it attracts more scorn.
However, the words of the persuader later made them change their minds.
"It's true that they don't care about our life or death, it doesn't matter to them whether we die or not, but it will be very difficult for the colony to develop again, they have invested so much money in it, so much time, energy and material investment, if they lose all their money, they are afraid that they will have the heart to commit suicide."
"In comparison, the cost of organizing a fleet voyage rescue is also very large, but compared to the colonies, it is not even a fraction, as long as they are not stupid, they can understand how to choose."
These words made many workers who were engaged in repetitive work and whose brains were already a little rigid suddenly opened, and the depression in their hearts eased a lot.
“…… Brother, what did you do before you entered the factory? Could it be that he is a big shot? ”
"Heh, how could a big man come here? I'm just a businessman with a hobby. ”
"That's just as well."
As he spoke, the worker skillfully picked up the cup and was about to take a sip to replenish the water, when he noticed the movement in the cup, and circles of fine ripples appeared on the surface of the water.
"Earthquake?"
He looked at the others in amazement, and the others seemed to notice the anomaly, and the worker who had identified himself as a 'merchant' looked at the ground in a strange way.
"No, if it was an earthquake, we should have heard it earlier."
Before an earthquake occurs, there are seismic waves, and seismic waves belong to the category of infrasound, which is inaudible to humans, but it is another thing for creatures that communicate with infrasound.
"Maybe it's a special situation on this planet."
"Perhaps......"
On the other side of the planet, there was an extra megastructure, but unlike the one that led straight to the fugitive layer, it was very low, just a distance beyond the ozone layer.
The exterior structure looks more like a doughnut, the circle area in the middle, the diameter is thirty kilometers, but this is a structure on the ground, nearly 90% of this giant structure is buried underground, counting the appearance of the underground, it is a huge hollow tube structure.
"Report the will, the 'heart booster' is in place, and the launch command is requested."
"The order is passed, and the second resuscitation operation begins."
Subsequently, the meteorite, which had been in line with the movement of the planet and remained relatively stationary, had a violent hydrogen-oxygen explosion and fell towards the surface.
Even the air was trembling with a huge mass, and it was an asteroid twelve kilometers in diameter.
Soon the atmospheric structure was broken layer by layer, and the meteorite was about to fall into the circle area inside the giant structure with unmistakable accuracy.
Huo Gu looked at the sky from the perspective of the circle through the rhizome, the hot wind and air waves were whistling, the ground was flying sand and rocks, and the fire of the red lotus was covering the sky and the sun from top to bottom.
Three words can completely summarize the scene seen at this time - the sky is falling.
The meteorite collided with the ground, and a terrifying shock wave appeared, and the rhizomes in the giant circle were instantly torn to pieces, and the air wave carrying the impact wave energy was intercepted by the metal wall of the giant structure, but the shock wave still existed, and the clouds one kilometer away from the giant structure were instantly dispersed.
The path of travel is obstructed, and the shock wave is reversed and immediately released, in the direction of least pressure.
The columnar jet was formed, and in a few blinks of an eye, a mushroom grew on the ground, and this mushroom even broke through the stratosphere and penetrated deep into the mesosphere.
In Hogu's mind, there were more circles of ripples on the diorama of the planet, and then it clicked on it a few times, and the trajectory of the ripples changed, and most of them were confined to the geocentric region.
In reality, the rhizome also reacted accordingly according to Huogu's thinking, and set up a deflection structure in the ground to send the waveguide to the center of the earth.
"Will, isn't this a little too messy?"
This is the second time this has happened, but the Forever and the other gatherers are still scared, and they always feel that the planet below will soon fall apart because of this chaotic toss-up.
"Worried about what?"
"That guy is very strong, there is gravity, even if it is smashed, it can be recovered quickly, and it can't be broken."
"But does that really work?"
"Of course it works, when the meteorite hits the planet, the potential energy will be converted into energy release, heat energy, kinetic energy, and internal energy, and what we need is internal energy, heat energy and kinetic energy have been constrained by the giant structure, the scope of influence is reduced to a minimum, and the rest is enough to smash hard."
Just as Hogu was explaining, a message was delivered to the channel.
【… Suddenly... Ancient... Stop... Hand... Very... It hurts...】
"Sustainability, you see, isn't that very effective? Go on. ”
"Yes!"