Chapter XVII
The robot that played the striker met this piece of black.
Contrary to Xiao Yu's expectations, when the distance was shortened to one decimeter, these black unknown things suddenly increased their movement speed, and it took almost a moment to cross the distance of this decimeter and touch the dark silver shell of the robot.
As if this robot was fragrant, black waves came one after another, and under Xiao Yu's gaze, it only took thirty seconds for this black to cover the whole body of this robot. At this moment, Xiao Yu's mind suddenly lost the information of this robot.
The indicator light on this robot is still flashing, which proves that the instruments on this robot are still running. But the signal was blocked.
Without Xiao Yu's command, the robot immediately stood there in a daze, losing its ability to move.
Xiao Yu finally knew how the first robot disappeared. There is no doubt that these black eccentric creatures possess an extremely powerful ability to block signals.
It was at this time that Xiao Yu finally saw clearly what these black waves were.
They are countless bugs! Bugs the size of ants on the earth, endless bugs!
These bugs have flat bodies that are less than a tenth of a millimeter thick, but three millimeters long and one millimeter wide. They have no feet and only rely on the peristaltic movement of their abdomen.
But there is no doubt about one thing, they are living beings.
Creatures above Titan! A creature that can survive at more than 160 degrees below zero.
Xiao Yu's head spun rapidly, and countless speculations flowed through Xiao Yu's head.
The robot still stood there in a daze, and it took a good five minutes for the light to go out.
"Bugs...... Invaded its body, destroying its wiring. Xiao Yu understood what was happening.
"No, they can't be allowed to get near Base Three! Base 3 has a vital rare earth vein, and the Jedi here cannot be abandoned! Xiao Yu made up his mind in an instant, and then, the powerful computing power began to calculate, and countless countermeasures flashed through Xiao Yu's mind, but they were rejected one by one.
"No, there is too little information, I don't know their weaknesses, I don't know their evolutionary direction, I don't know what they rely on to survive......" Xiao Yu sighed, commanded the Fengshen No. 1 helicopter to land slowly, until it was only five meters away from the ground, and then landed a mechanical arm from below, grabbed the robot that had lost contact, and flew towards the main base. The remaining four robots immediately returned to Base Three.
Based on the distance traveled and the speed at which the unknown creatures advance at five meters per minute, it is estimated that it will be about three days before the unknown creatures approach Base Three. In other words, Xiao Yu has enough time to prepare.
Of course, the premise of all this is that Xiao Yu can figure out all the information of these creatures and find out how to deal with them within these three days.
It took only fifteen minutes for the Fengshen 1 helicopter to return to the main base, and it was greeted by a large, fully sealed transparent glass box, which the robot had placed in, sealed, and then a robot had moved the box into the laboratory.
Xiao Yu immediately allocated 0.01% of his computing power and began to analyze these unknown creatures.
You must know that Xiao Yu's current computing power is equivalent to more than 1,000 times that of the central computer on the old spaceship, and the computing power of 0.01 percent is almost equivalent to one-tenth of the computing power of the central computer.
Xiao Yu manipulated a precision robot to slice these unknown creatures and put them under the microscope.
"Has a basic cellular structure...... Kindness? Cell fluid does not contain water? It's all made of liquid methane? ”
This discovery shocked Xiao Yu inexplicably.
In the deep-rooted concept of human beings, it has always been believed that water is closely linked to life, and without water, there is no life.
But who would have thought that in an environment like Titan, organisms that replaced water with liquid methane could evolve?
These creatures truly subverted Xiao Yu's perception, and once again made Xiao Yu feel a sentence, the universe is so big that there are no surprises.
Xiao Yu faintly made a guess, and then, the Fengshen 1 helicopter took off again, came to the No. 2 lake next to the No. 3 base, took about two liters of liquid methane sample, and returned to the main base.
After putting the liquid methane into the laboratory, Xiao Yu immediately began to analyze it.
The results of the analysis once again made Xiao Yu confirm his guess.
Xiao Yu found small plankton in these liquid methanes. These plankton are similar to bacteria on top of the earth and all feed on organic matter. The difference is that the bacteria on the earth have water as their main structure, and these plankton have liquid methane as their main structure.
"These plankton, which breathe nitrogen, feed on organic matter...... These weird black bugs feed on these plankton......"
Based on liquid methane, Titan's ecosystems have evolved that are very different from those on Earth.
"So, what attracted them to start attacking Base Three?" Xiao Yu began to explore another question.
Xiao Yu already had a faint guess in his heart. So, Xiao Yu put a glass rod about minus 180 degrees into the glass box.
In the glass box, the temperature is minus 162 degrees.
Xiao Yu watched their reactions closely.
The black bugs moved away from the rod as if it had murderous poison on it.
Xiao Yu thought in his heart, he pulled out the glass rod, heated it to minus one hundred and forty degrees, and then leaned back into the glass box.
Immediately, the movements of the black bugs began to agitate. They approached the glass rod one after another, and it only took a few tens of seconds to completely cover the glass rod. Even when the temperature of minus 140 degrees Celsius heated the methane in their bodies to a boiling state, so that they were scalded to death, they refused to let go of the glass rods.
"Avoiding the cold and getting hot?" Xiao Yu came to a conclusion.
"It seems that no matter where the creature is, as long as it is a creature, there is no way to violate the law of conservation of energy." Xiao Yu sighed.
The answer is simple. As long as it is a physical creature that can move, it needs energy. Because they can't move at will without the need for energy. And for the most part, heat represents energy.
Above Titan, the average temperature is more than minus 160 degrees, and the average temperature of these black bugs is more than minus 150 degrees.
To stay alive, they need to maintain their body temperature. So, the crazy pursuit of calories makes up their whole life.
Therefore, Base 3, which generates huge heat all the time, is their ideal kingdom of heaven.
Everything was explained. Now the problem is how to get rid of these bugs.
The rare earth veins in the No. 3 base are too important to Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu has no way to give up. Since these bugs pose a threat to Xiao Yu, the only way to do this is to eliminate them.
Xiao Yu quickly came up with a plan, and the plan was simple, burn them.
The air pressure on Titan is greater than on Earth, so the boiling point of liquid methane is a bit higher than that on Earth, about minus 152 degrees. Well, the way to kill them is simple, as long as the temperature is heated to the boiling point of liquid methane, the methane in their body will boil and they will be burned to death.
It's like putting a human being in a high-temperature container and directly heating the water in the human body to a boil.
Xiao Yu took out the corpses of all the dead insects and prepared to X-ray their bodies.
But the result was once again beyond Xiao Yu's expectations.
X-rays can't penetrate their bodies!
Xiao Yu was very interested, and immediately began the rest of the series of examinations. The results of the inspection made Xiao Yu sigh again.
"Sure enough, there are dangers and opportunities at the same time, who would have known that the corpses of these insects would have such a strong radiation protection function?"
The results of the inspection showed that the radiation protection performance of these insects was more than ten times stronger than the most radiation protection material on the earth!
Xiao Yu laughed cruelly: "Since you dare to invade my No. 3 base, then don't blame me for using your corpse as construction materials!" ”
Xiao Yu quickly made an assessment of his own Liliang at Base 3.
At present, there are fifteen flamethrower robots and twenty laser gun robots in the No. 3 base. Originally, these robots were used for mining, but now they were temporarily drawn closer to the army by Xiao Yu.
"This little bit of defense is not enough." Xiao Yu pondered, "But since it has been discovered that there are creatures on Titan, the defense here in the main base cannot be relaxed, and God knows if there are these bugs in the micro blue lake." In this way, there are still a lot of flamethrowers, and the manufacturing is simple, so it will take a day to transform 300 firethrower robots and set off towards the third base. ”
A contingency plan was urgently formulated, and a day later, 300 fire-breathing robots were heading for Base 3 with enough fuel.
After another forty-five hours, the Spitfire arrived at its destination and was ready. Construction of Base 3 has been halted, all non-offensive Liliang is concentrated in a few large factories, and the immobile machinery has been shut down. Without their heat production, they probably won't attract the attention of the black bugs.
Two hundred and ninety robots formed the first line of defense, and then, the remaining forty-five robots surrounded the large factory to form the second line of defense.
The Fengshen No. 1 helicopter assumed the duty of an inspector, and it constantly hovered at low altitude at the No. 3 base, sending the battle report to Xiao Yu at any time for Xiao Yu to make the next judgment.
After making all the preparations, Xiao Yu began to quietly wait for the arrival of the war.
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