Chapter 20: The Nest of Preparations!
"I can't sleep hungry!" Snow Bean continued to relay Qingxue's complaints.
Qingxue complained, but climbed back to the branch where he used to sleep!
Snow Pea began to play lullabies to him.
M was overjoyed to learn that they could already replicate human neurons. actually proposed to experience it for himself, so Lin Dezhixin and Mr. M were the three digital replicas this time. The next step is to design a set of tests that comprehensively assess intelligence, spirituality, willpower, memory, etc., in the hope of determining exactly how much of the human soul is preserved in such replications!
Because there are many legal issues and moral hazard issues in this battle, M seconded a team of 3 members from the ethics committee to participate in the formulation of the test!
They didn't have time to see the snow during this period. In order not to disturb the work, the external output function of Snow Pea was also turned off, and only a function of alarm lighting a small red light was retained.
Until one day!
"Why did the red light stay on for so long this time?" Zhixin asked.
"Huh? Snow Pea Open! "Linde has resumed the export of snow peas.
Snow Bean opened the previous 3D model, and it looks much better with a little color.
"It doesn't seem like anything, why does it keep the red light?" Zhixin Road.
"What's that?" Linde pointed to the countless upward-growing vines sticking out of the peas.
"The subfamily Mimosa of the legume family, Pseudomimosa is a plant that floats on the surface of the water, and its buoyancy mainly comes from pinnate compound leaves." Snow Pea Road.
"The model built by the sound wave is not very obvious, it turns out that this place is flooded, no wonder the red light continues!" Lind Road.
"Oh, it's the small bushes around the peas I saw before, they are all part of the peas, but this part can float!" Zhixin nodded.
"I want to know how this place is flooded!" Lind Road.
"Tides! Judging by the depth and stratification of the waterline, it will be submerged for about 6 months before returning to land. The current surface of the water submerges the top of the pea tree about 250 cm. "Snow Pea Road.
"Where's Qingxue?" Zhixin asked anxiously.
Snow Pea adjusted her perspective and saw Qingxue climbing the vine man with the pea stretching upward, breathing on the surface of the water!
Suddenly, a figure passed quickly, and the snow sank quickly!
"What's that?" Zhixin exclaimed.
"I don't know, I don't have enough echo sampling in the sky to build aerial modeling. For the attacker, it is judged to be some kind of ancient flying predator! "Snow Pea Road.
"It's too dangerous! Their danger level has indeed increased a lot! Lin De said with palpitations.
"What's that?" Zhixin asked.
Zhixin refers to the fact that between the surface of the water and the top of the pea tree, there are 7-8 things that look like baskets!
"It's the vine of the pea of Qingxue, the fibrous root of the vine, and the nest of pinnate compound leaves!" Snow Pea Road.
"Huh?" Both Linde and Zhixin adjusted their angles to look at the nest carefully.
"Planed noodles!" Lind ordered.
Snow Pea presents a planing diagram of the clear snow nest, only to see 3-4 layers of vine man's fibrous roots are braided, the thickness of the outer wall is more than 15 cm, and the inside is actually empty!
"Hehe, it's like a sea otter, an otter or something like that! What a lot of them! Linde asked.
"The difference with a sea otter nest is that the sea otter nest is partially on the water, and this one is absolutely waterproof! The air came from these chimneys that were wound up to the water! A hollow tube is protected in the middle, which uses the siphon effect to let air in! However, because of the limited air exchange, it is necessary to sleep in a new nest every night, and it takes 1 day for the old nest to remove the turbid air inside! So when Qingxue is not hunting, they are making nests! Snow Pee replied.
"I don't see the entrance! How did he get in and out? Zhixin said curiously.
"The vine and fibrous roots of peas are extremely tough, so he will find a random place to squeeze in, and as soon as he enters the nest, he recovers from his own elasticity." Snow Pea Road.
"Hehe, buddy, don't worry, we'll see how he gets in. Where did Qingxue go? Linde said.
"Leave the modeling area for now! The range of activity on the ground before the snow is 1 km around the pea. The current situation in the water is now up to a radius of 10 km! "Snow Pea Road.
"What 10 km? I thought he wasn't used to life in the water, so the range was even bigger! Zhixin said in surprise.
"The speed of sound, at a standard atmospheric pressure of 25 degrees Celsius in the air, is 346 meters per second, and 1497 meters per second in distilled water, so Qingxue's sound cannon skill is even more powerful in water! Reduced output power can be used for 5 rounds a day! Also, using vocalizations like dolphins and killer whales can disrupt the nervous systems of fish and other aquatic animals! So he was less afraid and expanded his range of activities! Snow Bean explained.
"Oh, it's probably that when the first pea gave him a physical body, he was born in water, so the vocalization system was developed, and the visual system missed the initial golden growth period!" Zhixin realized.
"But why don't you give him the body of a fish?" Lind wondered.
"Peas' ability to hunt in the water is extremely low! Very few creatures will crash into his trap, and if they do, they can escape quickly with the help of the current! Snow Bean explained.
"Is that him? Coming back? Zhixin looked to the edge of the modeling range.
"Yes! Judging from the volume echo, a bumper harvest! "Snow Pea Road.
Soon, the modeling of Qingxue also appeared. Holding a fish twice his size in his mouth, his body swam back like a wave! Then dive to a place close to the surface, and you can clearly see that a set of traps of pea hunting animals are still quietly laid on the bottom of the sea!
Qingxue throws the fish on the trap, and the trap closes! Qingxue went up to the surface of the water to change his breath and dived down again. I actually went up and bit the tail of the fish and pulled the fish out! And the traps scraped off a large piece of fish scales!
Then Qingxue found a nest with the fish in her mouth and squeezed in, and began to eat the fish inside! After eating, I burped and went to sleep!
"Hehe, I actually used a trap to remove fish scales!" Linde said and smiled at Zhixin.
"If he could, he really wanted to do nothing, it would be up to him how he lived!" Zhixin said with emotion.
"Yes, in a wondrous world, in a wondrous form." Linde followed suit.
"Mr. M's haven't heard back from the 3 digital replicas?" Zhixin turned his attention back to his previous work.
"Well, I don't know. That's all we can do! Linde said.
"Actually, I'm reminded of a hypothesis that humans evolved from offshore apes." Zhixin said.
"Well, it's an interesting hypothesis that humans evolved legs before the African savannah appeared. There are many biological similarities between humans and aquatic mammals such as dolphins, hippos, and walruses, one of which is subcutaneous fat, which acts like a thermal blanket to prevent body heat from being lost quickly underwater, because water absorbs heat faster than air. Most terrestrial mammals, including our closest relative, apes, do not have this layer of subcutaneous fat, instead they have a thick layer of hair. Humans and aquatic mammals have little or no hair. Linde said.