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I don't know how long it took for the fire to finally subside. The smoky cavern was filled with embers that spewed tongues of fire.

Wu Chen struggled to get up and walked towards the center of the explosion with difficulty.

"Master, the target is dead." As an A.I, TT40 has a special sense of mechanical creatures. The huge crater was littered with debris, countless fires were scattered, and a red ball of energy in the center was still flashing with the divine light of the end times.

Wu Chen was full of fear, he didn't expect this layer at all!

Licking his chapped lips and inhaling the scorching air, Wu Chen said with difficulty: "TT40, if the biochemical furnace explodes, what are our chances of survival?" ”

"Biochemical furnace explosion? That's comparable to a nuclear explosion, of course, zero. TT40 laughed, "But I'm 99.99% sure that the methane explosion won't detonate the biochemical furnace." ”

"Why?" Wu Chen asked curiously.

TT40 explains: "The energy and temperature produced by a methane explosion are simply not enough to trigger a chain reaction. And since both the Furnace Leopard and the Gold Eater can swallow it into their stomachs, it means that there must be an extremely stable layer of mysterious substance outside the biochemical furnace that envelops it, isolating it from the mutant beast's body. ”

Wu Chen suddenly realized, "So that's the case." ”

Speaking of this, TT40 couldn't help but urge excitedly: "Master come over, the biochemical furnace is our biggest harvest this time." ”

Wu Chen nodded, and walked over as fast as he could.

Like the human heart. The outside of the biochemical furnace is exactly as TT40 said. Wrapped in a translucent film. During this period, it was also densely covered with 'blood vessels' of different thicknesses.

"Could it be that the biochemical furnace is the heart of the six-legged leopard?" Wu Chen himself felt incredible.

"It's not." Wu Chen's unreliable speculation was immediately overturned by TT40: "But it feels dangerous." Be careful, master, don't get your armor glued to it! ”

Wu Chen nodded slightly, and when he raised his head again, an army of waterfall-like ants was rolling down from the edge of the crater.

"Master, it's not the soldier ants who came." TT40 adjusts the crosshair on the visor to zoom in on the image.

The ants that came this time were significantly smaller than the soldier ants, and they did not have terrifying teeth and jaws. However, it doesn't seem to be a worker ant who leads the way for Wu Chen.

"Master, they're scavengers of the anthill." TT40 voice did not fall. The army of ants quickly swooped down on the remains of the gold-devouring beasts scattered everywhere. They use the method of devouring, swallowing these fragments that they don't know if they are harmful, taking them away from the anthill, and then wandering among the ruins until they die.

"Master, find the Taidao, the pheromones left on it are the key to solving the mystery of the identity of the Gold Devouring Beast."

"Okay, TT40."

As soon as the ant queen's soldier ant legion appeared, the knife-spine rats took refuge. The number of horrors is enough to obliterate the superiority of the individual. The rats wittily chose to retreat. Delivering Wu Chen and dog meat to the exit at the edge of the ruins, the ants returned one after another.

Look at the army of mutant ants that retreat into darkness like a tide. Wu Chen couldn't help but shudder. As a last resort, he would never walk through this underground passage again.

TT40 comforted, it's okay, isn't the owner friends with the queen now? So these big ants are your friends......

When he returned to the rhinoceros iguana's lair, the five eggs had returned to Zhao.

However, it is not advisable to stay here for long. After passing the information block of the past move through the TT40, the female lizard nodded quickly.

Rhino iguanas like to eat drilled vines, this is easy to do. Dig out a rhizome and bring it back to the hills outside the eighteen ladders to plant it, and soon it will grow wildly. The handling of the Dome is not a problem for rhinoceros iguanas! Rolling up to his broad back one by one with his long tail, the 60-meter-tall four-legged mobile fortress rumbles and pulls out.

The eighteen ladders are ironclad and cannot be entered.

The big lizard made a nest in the hills outside. Carefully remove a few lizard eggs from their backs and place them in a deep pit.

Wu Chen also found a waste car shell and buried the tubers of the burrowing vine in it. Don't worry, I let the female lizard lick it again before burying it.

The inhabitants of the Eighteenth Ladder are living well. However, after hearing that Wu Chen had restarted the 816 base, many people, especially those senior technicians who felt increasingly useless, were eager to try it and joined Wu Chen's migration team one after another.

Therefore, building a solid transportation platform for this 60-meter mobile fortress has become a top priority for senior technicians.

Wu Chen asked them to come up with the design drawings first, and then combine them with the design of the TT40, and finally finalize the draft.

After appeasing the female lizard, Wu Chen returned to Daxigou Station with dog meat. He needs to be healed well and regain his depleted energy.

By the time Wu Chen woke up from the Dome Healing Apparatus, TT40 had already completed the preliminary analysis of the biochemical furnace.

Wu Chen's greatest concern is, of course, what the biochemical furnace can bring him.

"Master, I analyzed the membranes that encapsulate the biochemical furnace, they are the mycelium of a red bacterium."

"What is mycelium?" This is a very foreign term.

"Single reticular cells, which are usually mostly tubular and called hyphae; And many hyphae come together to form the vegetative body of the fungus, which is called mycelium. ”

"So they're bacteria?" Wu Chen had a general impression.

"Yes, but the owner should call them 'superbugs.'"

"Oh?" Wu Chen suddenly became interested.

"This red bacterium is one of the few microorganisms that is particularly tolerant of extreme conditions, including heat, cold, virulence and even nuclear radiation. According to my preliminary calculations, they can survive gamma rays at a dose of 10 million rads (a special unit for the absorbed dose of radiation), and one ten-thousandth of this dose is enough to be fatal to humans; Even if they are dehydrated with primitive cells and forced to die, they can be resurrected if given the right conditions; They can absorb ultraviolet rays, solar wind, and can even survive in environments of 100 million degrees Celsius. ”

Wu Chen's eyebrows jumped when he listened to the group of data: "TT40, 100 million degrees Celsius?" ”

"The hosts. That's still my conservative estimate. According to the current increase curve. Within the correction range, I could even raise the temperature to 170 million degrees Celsius. ”

Seeing Wu Chen's mouth open wide, TT40 smiled: "In other words, these bacteria can survive in the central area of the nuclear explosion. ”

Wu Chen patted his chest and abdomen and let out a sigh: "No wonder they can wrap around the biochemical furnace and resist the impact of the explosion!" ”

"Well, amazing microbes, I'm not sure if they came from Earth." TT40 sighed and said, "What's even more amazing. The biochemical energy stored in the biochemical furnace actually comes from their secretions. Or, more precisely, biochemical energy is actually a microorganism. These rare microorganisms contain an incomparably large amount of energy, and the cells that make up them are like miniature nuclear bombs, filled with unimaginable energy. And this energy is incredibly soft and stable......"

"How do I have the immediate sense of Imulsion in War Machine...... Wu Chen asked worriedly, "These bacteria won't infect the host and turn me into a phosphorescent monster, right?" ”

"Where did the host think of it. We're in a serious sci-fi world (are you sure?!). ）！ How could such an unbelievable supernatural event happen! These superbugs, like the metal cells on the host colony, need the domination of a group consciousness. So, rest assured host! According to my calculations, superbugs also have a wonderful chemical reaction with metal cells......"

Wu Chen keenly grasped something: "TT40, doesn't this mean." Can a biochemical furnace last forever? ”

TT40's reply was cautious: "At least for a long time." ”

"Can morphing elements spawn them?" This is what Wu Chen wants to know the most.

"Unfortunately, no. But the host. I'm trying to rearrange the proliferation sequence of metal cells with the morphing element to disperse them. ”

Wu Chen frowned slightly and said, "What's the point of doing this?" ”

"Master, metal cells can envelop superbugs, and superbugs can secrete biochemical furnaces. So we can take advantage of this and microscopic the biochemical furnace. If the biochemical furnace that is now visible to the naked eye is dismantled into sub-level microscopic existence, so that it is evenly distributed in the system I weave, then the master's colonization will have an inexhaustible source of energy. ”

Although TT40 tried to be as simple as possible, Wu Chen still listened to the cloud mountain fog cover. "TT40, can you elaborate on that?"

Zhi Nao smiled: "For example: there are a hundred eggs in the basket now, what I have to do is to put the eggs evenly on the table and throw away the basket." ”

Wu Chen nodded, "That means you want to change the form of the biochemical furnace." ”

"Yes. Then weave a suitable container to hold them, so that the owner can easily lift them off the table and put them on. ”

Although the metaphor of 'wearing eggs on the upper body' at the end was a bit funny, Wu Chen quickly understood the meaning of TT40: "I understand. Eggs are miniature biochemical furnaces, the eggshells are tightly connected superbugs, the yolks are biochemical energy, and the containers that hold them are the proliferation sequences that you weave for metal cells with transforming elements. ”

"Greatly, my master." TT40 praises: "What I have to do now is to mobilize the metal cells to surround the superbugs, break them into pieces, and then filter them with molecular sieves and introduce them evenly and tightly into the system I have weaved......

To put it simply, rearrange the metal cells with tebenin particles, split the superbugs into monomers, and see what wonderful reactions occur between the metal cells and the superbugs.

The metal cells that were born by devouring the Edelman alloy have great abilities. And these superbugs that don't know where they come from are also 'super sponges' that are not picky eaters. It can absorb ultraviolet rays and solar wind, and can even survive in an environment of 100 million degrees Celsius. In other words, they are in some ways like powerful deformant particles, able to draw energy from their environment. and transform biochemical energy. This tremendous amount of energy released from cell division is a powerful energy source comparable to nuclear energy in terms of efficiency (mind you).

The only difference is that biochemical energy can be adapted to organic life to the greatest extent. It is a powerful energy that can be "directly used by cells".

In this way, it is easy to understand.

Although nuclear energy is powerful, it cannot be directly absorbed and used by humans. Therefore, it must be transformed through a certain medium. Although the total amount is high, in terms of utilization, it is not as good as the biochemical energy that directly acts on cells. (To be continued......)