Chapter 198 Evolution and Self-Transformation
In the cockpit of the Varela.
Chen Fan sat in the main driving seat, looking at the scene outside the porthole with a solemn expression.
Strictly speaking, the Varela can only be regarded as a "public service ship", but this does not mean that it is not equipped with excellent weapons and equipment.
Just like the space shock wave, although the output power of the space shock wave of the Varela cannot catch up with the combat starship of the People's Alliance, its lethality will never be lower than that of the logistics transport ship driven by the panda people.
In order to avoid irreversible impact on the rebels' tunnels and underground cities, Chen Fan could only specially order to lower the output power of the space shock wave.
Even so, when the space shock wave was released, a huge wave visible to the naked eye appeared in the space around the starship!
If the shock wave released by the logistics transport ship is compared to the slight ripples caused by a small stone falling into a calm lake, then the space shock wave released by the Varela is a huge stone with a diameter of more than one meter smashed into a small pond!
As the height of the Varela continued to rise, the space distortion effect around it gradually became stronger!
Finally, when the distortion and oscillation reached a certain threshold, a miniature "space tsunami" broke out!
Buzz!!!
With the silent and violent turbulence spreading around, a ball of explosive fire composed of countless tiny explosions rose up in the sky above the Udal Mountains, illuminating the gloomy sky!
The next moment.
A faint golden light flashed around the khaki starship and soared into the sky from the exploding fireball!
Behind it, the black tide near the surface rose up with a bang, like an ant colony attracted, rushing towards the Varela without hesitation.
In just a few seconds, a huge black dragon quickly took shape in the air-compared with the previous slender ribbon, the scale of the black tide has increased by more than a hundred times!
And the price of all this is a mountain that disappeared out of thin air!
But this is just the beginning!
As the scale of the black tide continued to grow, more and more mountains were included in the "foraging" range of the nanoworms.
Looking at the Udal Mountains, which changed from snow-white to black at a speed visible to the naked eye, Chen Fan made a decision without hesitation.
"We have to change the battlefield!"
If we don't change the battlefield, let alone the [Varilla] being unable to display its fists and feet, it is estimated that the entire Udal Mountains will be "eaten" by these nanoworms!
Under Chen Fan's order, the [Varilla], which was flashing with a faint golden light, raised its altitude again and rushed straight to the south like a sharp arrow!
The destination was quite clear, which was the ruins of the Roca civilization located in the central theater, that is, the equatorial area of Varilla Star!
Perhaps it was aware of the [Varilla]'s intention to steal the home, and the black tide, which was still expanding its scale, rioted instantly.
Within the range of vision, all the nanoworms took off into the air, gathered into a long dragon in the air, and chased the direction of the [Varilla].
Buzz!
Before these nanoworms had completely gathered, a dazzling beam of light came from a distance and hit the most densely populated area of the black tide.
Matter disintegration ray!
A huge hole appeared in the dense black tide in an instant, and the black dragon was cut off in the middle. Hundreds of billions of nanoworms disappeared in an instant between the world.
...
The equatorial region of Varela.
At an altitude of 10,000 meters, a yellowish-brown starship was surrounded by a faint golden light, quietly passing under the dim sky.
The black tide that almost submerged the entire world followed closely behind, madly devouring all the materials along the way.
Trees, soil, rocks, mineral veins, cities, even intelligent machines and intelligent machine production bases...
Wherever the black tide passes, no grass grows.
Observed from high altitude, the surface of Varela, which was originally lush and green, now suddenly appeared a gray-white gully extending from the Arctic Circle to the equatorial region.
The closer to the equator, the greater the spacing and depth of the gullies - this is a manifestation of the growing scale of the black tide.
Inside the [Varilla], Chen Fan looked at the black tide outside the porthole, with some worry in his eyes.
As the scale of the black tide gradually expanded, its growth rate began to increase.
At this rate, these black tides could even devour the entire planet!
Chen Fan felt that this extreme situation was unlikely to occur - [Source] couldn't possibly use his hometown as fuel, right?
Looking at the faint ripples that continued to appear on the light golden shield, Gao Yuan, who was sitting in the left co-pilot seat, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and murmured in a low voice: "Fortunately, these nanoworms don't have any special means of attack, otherwise..."
Before the voice fell, a violent explosion of fire lit up outside the light golden shield on the side of the ship, and the shield output power displayed on the main console also soared by several percentage points in an instant.
"A small amount of residual nuclear radiation has been detected around the ship!" One's electronic synthesized voice sounded, "Preliminary judgment is that it is a large-yield nuclear weapon!"
Looking at the nuclear bomb explosion light that suddenly lit up in front of the starship and the ripples on the pale golden shield that were several times more intense, Chen Fan couldn't help but curse.
"Fuck, where did these nanoworms get the nuclear weapons?!"
"This machine believes that it should be nuclear materials obtained from the surface of the intelligent machinery tide and intelligent machinery production base." One quickly gave an answer, "Nanoworms have a certain ability to adapt to the environment. Their attack methods and their own performance mainly depend on the type of material they devour."
After devouring iron ore, the shells of the nanoworms produced by self-replication are basically high-strength steel.
After devouring a large amount of nuclear materials, the nanoworms can naturally transform into self-destruct trucks.
Fortunately, the quality of the [Varilla] is excellent, and backward weapons such as nuclear bombs cannot cause any damage to the ship at all.
Just as this thought flashed through Chen Fan's mind, the black tide changed again:
a thin red beam shot out from the black tide around the ship, shining directly on the side of the porthole in front of the starship's driver's seat!
Almost at the same time, the holographic projection on the main console had already emerged with an inconspicuous yellow warning message.
[Warning, the ship is under low-power laser beam attack. ]
"Laser attack?"
Chen Fan's eyes condensed, he subconsciously glanced at Gao Yuan beside him, and murmured in a low voice: "These nanoworms also have long-range attack methods?"
The power of the laser beam is not great, and it can't even cause any damage to the ship made of strong interaction force materials of the [Varilla], but it is still an extremely bad signal.
As expected by Chen Fan, almost at the same time, a bunch of thin and dense red laser beams shot out from the black tide around the ship.
[Large-scale low-power laser beam attack detected. ]
[The deflector shield has been activated. 】
As a line of prompt information flashed across the holographic panel again, the red laser beams that had originally shone directly on the starship's hull seemed to be affected by some unknown force. They reversed their directions one after another, like water flowing on a smooth barrier, sliding to both sides along the pale golden eggshell-shaped barrier surrounding the starship.
Chen Fan frowned as he looked at the scene outside the porthole.
He discovered a problem - the changes in the black tide were gradual.
The first laser beam attack came from the front left of the ship. Now, although there are laser beams everywhere around the [Varilla], the laser beams on the left side of the ship are obviously more dense!
This strange scene gave Chen Fan a bad idea:
These nanoworms... seem to have the ability to evolve and self-transform?
"Theoretically, pure nanoworms do not have the ability to evolve and self-transform."
Sensing Chen Fan's confusion, Yi's electronic synthesized voice sounded: "From the perspective of this machine, this performance is more like the function of an intelligent machine."
This awakened Chen Fan from his dream, and he suddenly realized:
Under the precise control of [Source], these nanoworms not only retained the function of high-speed self-replication, but also had the self-iteration and update function similar to that of an intelligent machine!
The proliferation rate far exceeded that of conventional intelligent machines, coupled with the comprehensive evolutionary ability...
The superposition of these two dangerous technologies, artificial intelligence and nanoworms, directly created a real mechanical monster!
You must know that [Source] controls the ruins of the Roca civilization!
If the scientific research materials of the Roca civilization are left in those ruins...
It is hard to imagine what kind of enemy these nanoworms will eventually become.
This is not an elite monster in the novice village, this is simply a world boss with full growth talent! !
"Damn it!"
After realizing this, Chen Fan felt anxious for the first time in his heart: "We must solve these nanoworms before the other party continues to evolve!!"
The naval guns fired volleys!
The dazzling beam of the matter fission ray lit up between the dim sky and earth, gushing towards the black tide in front of him!
This weapon based on the theory of the Grand Unified Field worked perfectly as always.
The beam swept across the air, and a vacuum zone appeared in the dense black tide.
It can be said to be quite decompressing.
But as time went on, Chen Fan gradually realized that the battle situation had changed.
The attack effect of the matter fission ray seemed to be getting worse and worse!
Most of the black nanoworms quickly turned into particle-level dust in the dazzling beam, but...
there were still a small number of nanoworms that survived the matter fission ray!
"It's the Grand Unified Field!"
Before Chen Fan asked a question, Yi had already given a corresponding answer: "These nanoworms have evolved the Grand Unified Field shield technology!"
Chen Fan only felt a thump in his heart.
The previous conjecture has come true!
[Source] He does have a lot of technology left by the Roca civilization in his hands!
The Grand Unified Field technology should only be mastered by civilizations above level five!
"We can't drag it on like this!"
"If these nanoworms evolve some powerful attack methods..."
Looking at the black tide that began to rebound rapidly, Chen Fan quickly realized that there was a problem with his tactics: "One, ignore these black tides, just rush out!"
"Go to the Roca Ruins!"
As long as the controller [Source] is eliminated first, the threat of the black tide will naturally be resolved!
(End of this chapter)
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