Chapter 105
Tianjia civilization is a level six civilization, so it is reasonable for it to have higher-level technology.
But... when the Tianjia civilization was destroyed, didn't the entire civilization's technology be buried with it? Moreover, so many years have passed, even the organization established by the Tianjia Zerg should not have any advanced technology.
Could it be that they are the remnants of the extinct Tianjia civilization?
It's impossible. The encirclement and continuous suppression by the Star Alliance back then were no joke. Even if a branch of the Tianjia civilization really escaped back then, it should have been eliminated long ago.
It was impossible for Lei to express these speculations in front of the "doctor", he only dared to think about them in his heart.
Qi Heng saw that Lei Yi had been silent and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"No, nothing much. I was just wondering how many helpers I needed." Lei sighed, pointed at the miners working, and said with a wry smile, "They alone won't be enough."
After a few days of "getting along", Lei has gone from being trembling with fear in the face of the original Zerg to being calm and composed now... As long as he doesn't look at their steel teeth frantically cracking the ore, and only looks at their soft and fragile appearance that can make a hole with a poke, he really doesn't mind at all.
This was a test that Lei didn't really test.
Qi Heng said in a relaxed tone: "We don't have any people. If you need help, we can allocate another batch to you."
Are you kidding? He is desperately short of manpower at this stage, so how could he spare any manpower for Lei?
The only ones who can be used are Yan and Chu Xiu. The rest of the Zerg have only been forced to learn for a few days, and it is not yet time for them to have further contact.
Lei's scalp tingled at that. He knew there were a lot of bugs. Think of all the interstellar blockbusters where the Tianjia civilization plays the villain. Every time the original Zerg appears, it's not a mountain or sea of bugs—capable of surviving in the near-vacuum of space with purely biological properties, and even capable of integrating with technology to form the original hive fleet.
The former, so far only the original Zerg can do it.
"I heard that each type of Zerg in the original Zerg has different abilities. Is there a detailed list or something like that so that I can see which ones to choose to help speed up the progress of metal smelting industrialization?" Lei added quickly after he felt that he was being suspected.
"I don't have any bad intentions, I just asked. If you can't answer, forget it."
There are mining bugs, metal-devouring devourers, blue-tailed butterflies that can use their mental power to record the words they transmit and then transmit them, and if you count the brain bugs that parasitize themselves, there are already four types of primitive Zerg that have appeared so far, and each one has astonishing abilities.
The most common of these are probably the Miner Bugs, but if you think they're just ordinary because they're used for mining, you'd be wrong. Not only are they as fast as regular machines, but the ore they mine is also perfectly sized. After removing the outer skin, they only require a little conversion before they can be used directly.
"It's okay to tell you."
Lei was parasitized and there was no possibility of betrayal. Moreover, since he was now isolated from the outside world and even had to pass on messages through the blue-tailed butterfly, it was impossible for him to pass on the message.
"But it's useless to give it to you. The original Zerg population on Tianyun Star is not abundant." Qi Heng avoided the main point and said vaguely: "What you have seen is already the majority of what we brought this time."
"How about this? I'll get you another 500 mining bugs."
It just so happened that Qi Lan had a batch of hatched mining worm larvae that had entered the mature stage. Transferring some of them over would also speed up the progress of ore mining.
"...casting the model, wouldn't it be difficult for them?" Lei said, trying to struggle. "They're not even as tall as my waist. They'd be too difficult to use for construction."
Qi Heng glanced at him and said, "Who said they were here to help you with the project? I just wanted them to come here to mine minerals so that they can mine the amount I want as soon as possible."
"I'll send other bugs to help you with the construction."
There is a spiritual clone of the brain worm in Lei's spiritual sea, which can directly command them, saving the trouble of asking the blue-tailed butterfly to translate.
Among the Primordial Zerg, there were engineer worms specialized in building structures. Unlike the Brood Zerg, which required command from the Brood Zerg, these engineer worms resembled humans and could understand simple commands. However, compared to the evolved Tianjia Zerg, which were not much different from humans, they still lacked intelligence and could only accept commands from higher-ranking Primordial Zerg.
Not only that, their appearance is not as perfect as that of the Tianjia Zerg.
Compared to the Tianjia insect race, whose name is "insect", male insects are no different from humans, and female insects only retain insect wings, insect claws and insect patterns, they are more like insects that evolved from insects to humans but have not completed their evolution.
Qi Heng left after Lei finished speaking.
Before leaving, Qi Heng not only said that the tool worm would arrive soon, but also gave all the decision-making power here to Lei.
——He doesn’t look at the process but only the result.
If a tool worm dies, have Blue Tail Butterfly pass the message to the member code-named "Consul", and a new tool worm will be sent over later.
Lei looked at the cave where he was alone again, walked to the table and chairs specially built for him and sat down. In addition to the computer and a blue-tailed butterfly, there were also engineering drawings several dozen centimeters high, paintbrushes, and a tablet showing the floor plan of the metal smelting plant.
He poked the blue-tailed butterfly with a frown on his face, and thought about what the 'doctor' had just said that he needed to stay here until the project here was completed, and he felt a sense of hopelessness in his life.
Click on the tablet and slide the floor plan above. The building map of the metal smelter is just the beginning. There are several buildings with various uses waiting to be unlocked.
'This project' refers to building an industrial zone with a complete light and heavy industrial system, and at least the level of a third-level civilization.
It's so funny, how can such a goal be achieved... Even if there is nuclear fusion technology, the matching prerequisites must be created first! ! !
Lei's eyes lost their light, and he felt that he might have to stay here for the rest of his life.
After being depressed for a while, Lei felt that this was not going to work. He opened the connection between his tablet and the optical computer and opened all the compressed data files sent by the 'Ghost'.
"No, I can't just give up like this."
"There must be a way to speed up the process and shorten the completion time."
He started browsing the data.
Time passed unknowingly, and when he heard a sound different from that of mining worms coming from the stairs, Lei moved his neck, pulled himself out of the information, and looked over.
A new tool worm has arrived.
With the arrival of the new 500 mining bugs, the entire space was occupied and they spread to the surrounding rock walls.
The last to come in were twenty humanoid beetles about the height of an adult.
Why do I say that?
At first glance, their appearance is similar to that of humans, but a closer look reveals that they have multiple eyes, their backs and limbs are covered with black and red hard shells, their skin is an unhealthy white, and green blood vessels can be faintly seen flowing underneath, their abdomen is covered with a layer of soft shell and three pairs of retracted feet.
These beetles are different from the mining beetles. They first use the three pairs of compound eyes on their faces to rotate 360 degrees without blind spots, and then lock their target on Lei who is sitting on the stone bench.
They lined up one by one and walked in front of Lei, silent and motionless.
Lei: ...These bugs look neither human nor bug. Tall people need to look up at them.
A little bit disgusting.
The combination of this kind of human and insect really makes people feel physically uncomfortable, so ugly... It's not even as cute as the mining insect next to it.
Lei turned his head to look at the soft cloud-like figure beside him... No, what's wrong with my aesthetic taste? Mining bugs are not cute either.
Listening to the incessant clicking sounds beside his ears and looking at the big steel teeth in front of his eyes, Lei bent down, raised his hands to cover his eyes and exhaled deeply.
Well, although these bugs look a bit ugly, it must be said that their strong biceps are good materials for engineering.
Just use it as it is, it's better than having no use at all.
Lei spread out his mental power and instructed the engineering insects in front of him to stand aside first.
"Build a blast furnace with clay and bricks... add iron ore and coal... and make steel... Apparently, you need to burn bricks before you can even make some steel..."
The improved traditional steelmaking method was very suitable for their current poor situation, and the steel produced was better than the outdated traditional steelmaking method. After the steel was produced by this method, it was gradually transformed into a modern steelmaking method.
It has to be said that the time shown in the information provided by the 'Ghost' is already the fastest time that can be achieved.
It’s not that it’s really that easy to produce the steel needed for subsequent plans from scratch... The tasks handed to Lei seem difficult, but in fact the most difficult part has already been solved.
On the project list given by 'Ghost', the various high-precision parts that are indispensable in the construction process and some machines that can be semi-automatically processed are marked with the time period in which they will be delivered to him.
Lei opened a map of Tianyun Star taken by satellite, which appeared in front of him in the form of a holographic projection, with the locations of various resources densely marked on it.
He picked up the electronic pen and circled the picture, officially entering a state of fully devoting himself to work.
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The author has something to say: I asked for leave yesterday because my grandfather passed away, it was so sudden... I have been very busy these days, so I will ask for leave before Thursday or update less. If I can't update, I will post a leave note in advance.
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