Chapter 417: Gaseous Colonization
A large number of seeds streaked through the void, they shouldered the task, expedition to a gas giant in the star system, this is a journey of nine deaths, each seed is very clear, although through remote observation and parametric reasoning, they have basically grasped the general situation of the destination planet before departure, but the problem is that the observation is just an observation, the details of the destination, if not personally experienced, no one can say.
A violent environment like a gaseous giant, even the slightest accident, could have turned into a cause of deadly destruction - all seeds are firmly aware of the hardships of colonizing the original gas giant from their kindred.
The journey was boring, and in order to avoid being noticed by the Serenes, the seeds flying in the void could not actively deliver radio signals.
It is very difficult for the people of Seren to detect the movement of such a small batch of seeds in the vast space, but they are not afraid of ten thousand, they are afraid of what if, exposing their whereabouts is harmful to the race, and it must be eliminated, rather than believing in the so-called probability, it is better to directly eliminate the possibility of being discovered.
After some time, the seeds saw their destination planet, a gas giant orbiting three moons, one of which was the planet that had previously signed an agreement with the Serens to send emissaries.
The seeds watched the grayish-brown moon with no atmosphere as they approached the parent planet of the planetary system.
Soon, they crossed the orbits of the three moons and reached a distance quite close to the gas giant, but this distance was still very far away, about three times the circumference of the Earth's equator, which gave the seeds plenty of time.
The seeds use their small reserves of solid hydrogen to propulsion, deflect their trajectory, and enter the atmosphere of the gas giant at an inscribed angle against the direction of the planet's rotation.
The heat generated by the high-speed friction is even stronger because it is reversed, and the intense friction with a large mixture of ammonia and hydrogen causes the temperature on the outside of the seeds to be extremely high, and if it were not for the large amount of space used to arrange the insulation in anticipation of this situation, the seeds would have been completely ripe in half a minute.
One minute after entering the atmosphere of the gas giant, the seeds open the barrier umbrella and allow the drag to increase to slow down their descent.
As the name suggests, this thing is an umbrella-like structure, which is the same principle as the parachute used by humans, and when opened, the seeds metamorphose into 'mushrooms'.
The strong inertia is counteracted by the drag ten minutes after the barrier is opened, and the seeds quickly change direction under the influence of turbulent air currents in the atmosphere, drifting with the current.
Until now, it was in the pre-departure plan, and it went very well, but the seeds still did not dare to be careless, and according to the plan, they began to obtain wind energy while they went with the flow.
There are many holes in their columnar parts, densely packed with large and large holes, large and small, the big ones are the size of a fist, and the small ones are only about half a centimeter, but they all do the same thing regardless of the size, which is to convert wind energy into electricity.
The specific principle is similar to that of the aeolian vegetation in the gaseous biosphere, both of which use fluid mechanics, and the high-speed air flow will pass through the hole, and when the flow is at a high level, the flow velocity is large, and the pressure is small, so that a spontaneous tendency to the center can be obtained.
When the gas flows through these holes of the seed at high speed, the inward attraction of the holes is used to stimulate the humoral cells in the walls of the holes, causing them to accelerate the surge due to compression, and then obtain bioelectric current based on this kinetic energy.
The seeds themselves are miniature beehives that capture the material inside the gas giant and combine it with electricity to process the material, such as sugars, amino acids, etc.
This is a must, after all, gas giants are not a suitable place for the formation of large amounts of amino acids, and the seeds have to process organic materials from scratch.
Constantly acquiring the substance, then continuing to process it, and when the organic material accumulates to a certain extent, the seed will use the organic material to change itself, expand its form, and then continue to collect the substance, and so on.
At a certain point, they change form and transform into floating island creatures that serve as the cornerstone of the existence of the entire gaseous biosphere.
Continuing to accumulate bio-energy for a while, they began to breed behemoths in their bodies, and these merry creatures that could act as a windshield were also essential.
After waiting for the giant creatures to reach a certain size, the floating island creatures will expel the giant beast creatures from their bodies and let them endure the ravages of the wind current, some of them fail to adapt to the environment and do not survive, and some of them survive, and those who survive will continue to be fed by the floating island creatures outside the body.
These are all gatherers, all of them are sapient, and they are not the same as the gaseous biosphere, because the Gaia creatures of the gaseous biosphere are not the form desired by the supreme will, so the gatherers do not regard it as the final form of their own species development, but only as a basis for a certain reference.
Waiting for the number of Behemoths to accumulate enough to form a Behemoth biota, the colonists of this planet have initially gained the ability to withstand the powerful wind currents of the planet.
But that's not enough, they have to continue to expand their populations, even to the entire gaseous planet, bringing all of the planet's resources into the use of the population.
As the number of giant creatures and floating island creatures increases, the Zephyr area expands, and a new type of organism is born.
They resemble jellyfish in appearance, are large enough to surpass floating island creatures and giant beasts, and have no bones to be mollusks.
Its size is its only advantage, but in addition, it is not as good as floating island creatures and giant beast creatures in terms of ability, jellyfish creatures do not have the ability to produce themselves, and it is too soft to be suitable as a stable production site, so it is not comparable to floating island creatures.
And the giant beast creature is not comparable, the giant beast creature is already the most perfect combination of strength and size, if you enlarge the size, it is not suitable to exist in the atmosphere of the planet, otherwise it will inevitably sink.
Jellyfish creatures abandon the life structure of heavier materials such as bones, in exchange for a lighter weight that can be retained in the atmosphere, but this also means that the strength of the jellyfish creatures is reduced, and the jellyfish creatures cannot even withstand the strong currents of the planet without the giant beast creatures.
However, this does not mean that jellyfish creatures are waste, they have their own purpose of existence, and gatherers do not waste huge resources to shape a useless thing, which is a desecration of the race.
The huge size of the jellyfish creature is a suitable energy storage unit, and the floating island creature can transfer these materials to the jellyfish creature after producing a large number of organic materials and various elemental resources, so as to reduce their work burden.
As a result, the three foundations of the mobile stronghold on the gaseous planet were established.
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