Chapter 433: Meaningless Blocks
Wang Jing's voice slowly echoed in the cockpit of the Investigator Starship, and some surprise appeared on the faces of Chen Fan and others.
"Level 8 civilization?!"
Chen Fan looked at Wang Jing in the communication interface with some suspicion: "Academician Wang, it's not that I don't believe what you said, it's really..."
It's not that he hasn't fought with level 8 civilizations. As early as in the node universe, he had a head-on collision with [Source] and [Su Zheng].
Let's not talk about the existence of [Su Zheng] that goes beyond common sense. At the beginning, [Source] only relied on a nearly scrapped Roca planetary fortress, which was enough to fight back and forth with the Investigator Starship.
Now it's the Starry Sky Giant Scorpion...
The Investigator Starship just sent out a few space rifts to easily solve them.
Such a level 8 civilization is
a bit... too weak, right?
"I know what you are thinking, just listen to me first."
Wang Jing raised her head and glanced at Chen Fan lightly, then continued: "Before discussing the civilization level of these giant scorpions, there is one thing you have to understand clearly."
"Starry sky giant scorpions, they are first of all living things."
"Since they are living things, they will have a corresponding growth process."
Chen Fan's heart moved, and he vaguely realized the meaning of Wang Jing's words: "You mean..."
"During the dissection process, I found a large number of hollow tubular tissues under the armor of the giant scorpion. Inside these tubular tissues, there are some traces of residual dark matter."
"It can be basically confirmed that the functions of these tubular tissues are similar to the energy pathways of starships and mechanical equipment. They can transport energy and substances necessary for various life activities for the starry sky giant scorpions."
Wang Jing casually called up several anatomical images filled with light green mucus.
Among them, there were several dark gray tissues that looked like blood vessels: "I compared the dark matter transport pipelines of each starry sky giant scorpion and found that the strength of these pipelines was different, and their ability to withstand dark matter impacts was also quite different."
"The dark matter transport pipeline in the giant scorpion leader's body was the toughest, and accordingly, it could withstand stronger dark matter impacts."
"In general, the strength of the dark matter transport pipeline is proportional to the size of the giant scorpion."
Wang Jing paused slightly, and his eyes became solemn: "If I'm not wrong, this batch of starry sky giant scorpions should have just grown to the point of initially using dark matter."
"They should still be a long way from maturity."
Chen Fan swallowed hard.
This is good.
The previous conjecture about the infancy and maturity of the starry sky Zerg has also come true.
"In addition, I found some organs in the giant scorpion that can control space. The ability to navigate in curvature and resist attacks from space rifts should come from them." Wang Jing's voice continued to come, "Like the dark matter transmission pathway, these space organs are not mature."
"Because of this, these giant scorpions can't resist the space rift attacks from the investigator starships at all."
"Then..." Chen Fan asked with a somewhat stiff face, "Do these giant scorpions have any other means of attack?"
Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.
God knows how many starry sky giant scorpions are hidden in this universe. Before officially fighting with the opponent, it is definitely not wrong to obtain as much intelligence as possible.
"Of course." Wang Jing nodded happily, "In addition to the basic physical attack ability, in theory, the mature starry sky giant scorpion should also be able to rely on the space organs inside the body to launch space-type attacks."
"In addition, there are five glands in the opponent's mouthparts that are connected to the dark matter transmission channel. If nothing unexpected happens, the opponent can also use the dark matter in the body to launch attacks similar to dark matter cannons."
"Hiss..." Hearing this, Chen Fan finally couldn't help but take a breath.
Super high mobility and defense, close-range output, long-range fire coverage...
This is even more powerful than the battleships of the eighth-level civilization!
After all... no civilization would add claws and barbed tail hammers to their battleships to fight close-range melee!
"But..."
In the holographic communication interface, Wang Jing suddenly frowned: "I didn't find the organs that control dimensions in the bodies of these starry sky giant scorpions."
"I remember that the foreigners mentioned by [Su Zheng] also mastered the dimensional technology..."
Chen Fan laughed awkwardly and muttered to himself.
Fortunately, these insects don't have dimensional organs in their bodies, otherwise...
with their current combat power, rashly going to the place of creation is probably no different from delivering food to the door.
"Maybe it's not fully developed yet?" Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief and casually proposed a guess.
"No, no, no." Wang Jing shook his head repeatedly, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn, "Even if it's not developed, these starry sky giant scorpions should have corresponding organs in their bodies."
"The problem now is..."
Wang Jing reached out and called up a detailed anatomical diagram of the giant scorpion.
In the anatomical diagram, in addition to the outermost thick strong interaction force armor, the body is filled with a large amount of muscle-like tissue.
The many organs that Wang Jing showed earlier were all squeezed into a small corner of the abdominal cavity by these muscles.
"In the body of these starry sky giant scorpions, there are a large number of areas that are made up of a substance similar to muscle fibers."
"Except for muscle fibers and some necessary energy transmission pathways, there are no organs in these areas."
"I call these areas meaningless blocks."
"As the name suggests, even if all these muscle-like substances are removed, it will not have any negative impact on the Starry Sky Giant Scorpion. They are like a piece of fat and there is no need for them to exist at all."
"Preliminary statistics show that these meaningless blocks account for more than 70%, which is obviously an abnormal proportion."
As an illiterate who knows nothing about cosmic biology, Chen Fan couldn't help but frown when he saw the various muscle tissues wrapped in light green mucus displayed by Wang Jing: "This..."
"What does this mean?"
Wang Jing was silent for a moment, and finally re-adjusted the basic structure of the strong interaction force armor and various organs: "Apart from the 70% meaningless blocks, the rest of the organs in the giant scorpion are as precise as the parts in the starship, except for that meaningless block, which has no function and no beauty."
"It looks..." Red Stone's murmur came from the side, "like a tissue that was forced in as a filler?"
"That's right!" Wang Jing's eyes lit up, and he quickly nodded to confirm Hongshi's words, "In my opinion, this giant scorpion has serious traces of man-made."
"It doesn't look like it was produced by natural evolution, but... a product of some kind of bioengineering."
Wang Jing said in a deep voice: "Or it can be said to be a defective product!"
"Correspondingly, those strangers who have mastered dimensional changes that [Su Zheng] has encountered are probably the perfect products of bioengineering!"
...
"Bioengineering..."
After the initial shock, Chen Fan couldn't help but show a deep confusion in his eyes.
If these starry sky giant scorpions are artificially made, then...
"Who made these starry sky giant scorpions?"
This question immediately popped up in Chen Fan's mind.
"It's not clear yet." Wang Jing shrugged and waved his hand to close the anatomical images in the blood.
Isa, who was hiding behind Chen Fan, interrupted cautiously: "To be able to create a race with the strength of an eighth-level civilization... it must be at least a ninth-level civilization."
As she spoke, Isa cast a curious look at Wang Jing: "Academician Wang, the Human Alliance..."
"In theory, it is indeed true." Wang Jing looked helpless, "Because this technology will cause various ethical problems, and at the same time, it is also disrespectful to life."
"So... it is also considered a dangerous technology and has been included in the category of prohibited research."
"At least in peacetime." Wang Jing seemed to have thought of something and added casually.
Chen Fan suddenly realized.
I haven't studied it, so I don't know if it can be done.
In other words, if you spend time studying it... the Human Alliance may also be able to create a life form of this strength!
“In that case... the answer seems obvious.” Chen Fan turned sideways and looked at the boundless starry sky outside the porthole. “Among the nine-level civilizations we know of currently, besides the ghost fleet, there is only one other, the broadcasting civilization.”
“First of all, rule out the ghost fleet. Unless it’s crazy, it’s impossible for it to create giant scorpions to attack its past self.”
Chen Fan calmed himself, and his eyes became sharp. “So, these giant scorpions are most likely the creations of the broadcasting civilization!”
In the node universe, clues to the broadcasting civilization that had been almost completely interrupted reappeared at this moment. If the situation really matches Chen Fan’s guess, then finding the nest of the giant scorpions would very likely mean finding traces of the mysterious broadcasting civilization!
"In this way, there is one more reason to go to the Land of Creation..."
In the communication channel, Wang Jing frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice, "It's just that the opponent's strength may be a bit strong..."
"Academician Wang, the fleet of the Human Union..." Chen Fan also realized this and looked at Wang Jing in a white research robe anxiously, "How long will it take to reach the anti-universe?"
Wang Jing pursed her red lips lightly, with a helpless look: "It will probably take some time."
"Without the help of the ghost fleet, the Human Union fleet will never be able to reach this anti-universe through the central black hole of the node universe."
Chen Fan was shocked: "Then..."
After all the fuss, the support fleet will not be able to reach the anti-universe at all? !
Then what the hell!
Click!
"Don't worry, there are other ways." Wang Jing pointed to the top of her head, "Simply put, the Human Fleet can directly make a hole in the hyperspace membrane and then get in."
"It sounds a bit strange, but it is actually done this way."
"This method is safer, but..."
Wang Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not like the shortcut we took before, it takes a certain amount of time."
"I estimate..."
"The current support fleet should be entering the hyperspace membrane soon."
(End of this chapter)
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