Chapter 80: Water Blocks the Wind
After a series of experiments, Will now had no materials to continue experimenting. He lay down on the hard stone floor and rested.
And Will began to recall the information he had obtained from the beetle's memories during his break, and he was silently sorting out a map of the huge stone forest and various materials related to the creatures here.
Information is always the most critical foundation of scientific research, and Will began to construct in his mind various scenes of Storth's life.
Starting from the cave where Stoth came from, a detailed and comprehensive map slowly unfolded in Will's mind.
Will gradually discovers that although these seemingly identical boulder forests are very different. In some places, there is plenty of water, large and small puddles are everywhere, and there are many plants growing in these places. Although these plants are small herbaceous plants, they are large enough to feed many beetles.
Some places are very dry, there are obviously more iron ores with dark red stone grains, and some places will produce some strange hedrons, although Will doesn't know what those colorful hedrons are for a while, but they must be very valuable. In other places, the boulder pillars are even larger, and the beetles that live near these larger pillars are stronger than in other places.
In the memory of Storth, who made Will feel even more happy. It has also hunted a number of other small creatures in addition to beetles. Although these small organisms are small in size and few in number, they are extremely difficult to encounter. However, it is certain that there are other small creatures in the Boulder Forest, and there is a good chance that there will be some places near the presence of these small creatures that will not be affected by the terrifying night wind.
This discovery is important because it is necessary to get out of the area where these night winds hit. Will will be able to find more resources.
And there was an even more important discovery, and that was the furthest place that Stoss had ever reached. It found a big pile of feces~!
These important details, which were originally ignored by Will, gradually became clear in Will's little bit of searching. At the same time, it is gradually becoming important~!
As the night passed in a gentle breeze, a large, clear map gradually formed in Will's mind. During this period, Will found that it seemed that due to the influence of his [Wise's] physique's ability to permanently store knowledge, all his memories would be very clear. And the map model he built in his mind is really like a three-dimensional map that is deeply imprinted in his mind, as long as he needs the information in it, this three-dimensional map model will clearly show him the situation there. Even the useful points of information he marked will emerge as clearly as if they had been imprinted.
For example, once he wants to find the places where the strange grasses are more abundant in his mind, his mind will come up with the environments of the places where the strange grasses are abundant in the map.
These changes made Will feel like his brain was now like a plug-in, as if he had a super auxiliary system in his brain.
As the day fully began, Stoss slowly moved his body away. It first came out of the cave to inspect it, then returned to the cave and began to call for Will to wake up.
Will broke away from his consciousness and first observed his surroundings. Noticing that his surroundings had not changed significantly, he decided to go to the waterhole to see if the windbreak tunnel he had designed was useful.
Stoss carried Will to the waterhole, and Will told Stoth to dive into the cave to check the inside. And explained that Stoss needs to pay attention to the consumption of oxygen, which can clearly understand Will's meaning for this beetle who has been baptized with knowledge of the earth.
Storth returned soon after entering the cave, and to his delight, Storth found the beetle's compound leg. And the beetle's compound limbs were well preserved, much to Will's delight, and he found a good way to hide from the night wind.
In this case, it seems that these small wind blades contained in the night breeze cannot enter the interior of the cave through water conduction, and it is feasible to block the cave entrance with water to resist the night wind.
Now what Will needs to do is solve the oxygen problem, if you look at it the previous way. He needed a safe and reliable oxygen exchange system. Or he could build a device that could produce or store enough oxygen from existing materials.
Obviously, the oxygen exchange system is more technically qualitative, but the flow of air will inevitably produce airflow. The air flow is the wind, and the wind at night represents danger.
The air at night is not usable, but the air during the day can still be used. Expanding the space inside the cave can also play a role, but it is too time-consuming.
At this time, Will suddenly realized a problem, when Stoth was a child. The mother beetle is responsible for blocking the door, while the baby beetles are free to roam around the burrow. Now Will has a skill called [Spiritual Link] that he has not used, if this skill called Spiritual Connection can allow him to gain the same Beetle Cultist as Storth. Then Will can completely let his Beetle Followers guard the door, and he can have more labor himself.
Previously, Will had been thinking about how to free Stoth from the task of guarding the goal at night, so that he could cooperate with him for more experiments and production modifications. However, Will did not think of finding a beetle to replace the task of guarding the door for Storth, and now that water can block the erosion of the night wind, Storth's size can completely enter and exit the passage blocked with water, while the other smaller beetles only need to take on the task of blocking the small hole and using the special structure on their back armor to provide air exchange at night.
But before he can do that, Will has to determine another thing, and that is whether the dark red stone will work or not for him, and whether it will have a beneficial or harmful effect after use.
The way to prove this was easy, Will found some dark red stones, and then returned to the waterhole again. He sat down by the waterhole and let Stoss scout the surroundings.
Will first swallowed a dark red stone, and when the tiny stone was swallowed directly by Will, Will didn't feel any obvious discomfort. He waited a long time and didn't notice anything change in his body, and then he swallowed a dark red stone again. This time it was still the same, and when Will had swallowed more than a dozen dark red stones, he felt a slight heat in his stomach. Then he gradually felt that his body's body temperature began to rise, and it was the time that passed, and Will was already sweating profusely, and his stomach was a little hot. It wasn't until half an hour later that the feeling of heat all over the body and a hot stomach gradually disappeared.
At this moment, Will did not feel that he had some fiery power in his body, and it seemed that he felt very thirsty because he was sweating too much. After drinking some pool water, Will gradually got better. At this moment, he felt that his spirit was clearer, and it seemed that these dark red stones could restore him some of his spirit.
In this experiment, Will felt that the dark red stone grains should help him, but they seemed to be very different from Stos's in effect. This made Will feel very confused, and he decided to collect a portion of these dark red stones and take them slowly for a long time to observe the results.
Once Will had a rough understanding of the wisdom of the stones, he began to move towards his next plan.
This time, Will needs to use the power of Stoss to catch some beetles. Then try using the [Spiritual Link] skill on them and experiment to see how it works. Let's see if we can make some beetle believers like Storth.