How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 24 The Volcano

Under the displacement of water jet propulsion, a group of gourds slowly approached Huogu from a distance.

In fact, Hogu did not abandon the gourd design just because he had a new design. After constructing the rough prototype of the entire rhizome system, he allocated a part of the organic matter to recreate a new gourd group.

Of course, in order to avoid situations such as being scratched by stones on the epidermis again, on the outside of the parietal cells, the cumulative superposition of parietal cell death is used to create a single thin layer of stratum corneum with a certain degree of toughness.

If it was simply washed up on the coast, the stones would no longer be able to pierce the skin of the gourd, unless there was another disaster like a violent wave.

The cost of increasing the defense power is a decrease in speed, but it doesn't matter, the positioning of the gourd has changed from a 'runner' to a 'gatherer', and it exists as a mobile collection platform in the ocean.

There is a limit to the rhizome system covering the seabed, that is, only organic materials close to the seabed can be collected. The sea is different from the land, it is a three-dimensional space for activities. If there are only organic materials on a two-dimensional plane, then Undoubtedly a waste.

The gourd group approaches the tumor-like mass, and there are dozens of hollows in a certain part of the tumor-like mass, and the head of the gourd individual is docked with the hole, thus completing the entire process of organic material transfer.

Considering the transportation problem when constructing the rhizome system, Huogu simply used the 'warehouse' for storing materials to design the compartment cavity of the sensory cells himself.

For these transferred materials, amino acids will be dehydrated and condensed to form proteins, and then stripped from the aqueous solution and stored in a special cavity. cavity for future use.

Everything went smoothly as expected. Rather, the design of the rhizome system was completed much earlier than the collection of organic materials.

The current situation is that organic materials are in short supply.

Therefore, regarding the design of cell clusters that are more efficient, faster, and durable than the ability of the gourd to move in water, Huogu decided to put it aside for the time being and wait for a while before thinking about it.

There is one more thing that Hogu needs to do, and that is to find out the specific situation of this volcanic island. There is such a dangerous neighbor around him, so it is necessary to confirm the authenticity of some information with his own eyes.

After all, this is related to its own life and death, and it doesn't want to be surprised by this neighbor suddenly. There are many things in this world that can happen so suddenly, such as its "time travel" at the beginning.

Distract part of the attention and focus it on the main root that is climbing the columnar joint stone wall. On this main root, there is an eye, which is convenient for Hogu to observe the external environment.

Through the imaging of electrical signals sent back by his eyes, Hogu finally had a close-up look at the inland area of ​​the volcanic island away from the coast.

Barren, very barren, after turning over the stone wall, the entire plane above it is a whole big rock, and the rock is full of cracks that look like the lines on the turtle's carapace, but these cracks only exist on the big rocks, not on the small rocks.

Huo Gu estimated that this was the result of rapid cooling. Even boiling water, in the face of a lava flow with a temperature of at least 700 degrees Celsius, was almost the same as cold water, and could have the same 'cooling' effect as cold water.

The main root bends from the edge of the stone wall and grows horizontally on the stone surface.

At the same time, the root hairs on the main root were not idle, and went deep into the surrounding stone surface, which could not only provide fixation for the main root, but also allow Hogu to understand the surrounding elemental structure.

The eye on the taproot overlooks the highest peak in the center of the island, an active volcano that is still emitting a lot of smoke, like a giant factory chimney.

Soon, the taproot came to the foot of the mountain, where there were a lot of small pieces of gravel and volcanic glass.

These small gravels were originally stones on the edge of the crater. After being scorched by the volcano and the heavy rain that fell day and night in the Hadean Era, they would soon be unable to withstand the cold and heat, and broke into pieces like this. Small stones and glass crystals rolled down to the foot of the mountain, thus creating the current landform.

If it was before, it may be more troublesome, because the sharp edges and corners of gravel and colored glaze need to be considered.

But now, this kind of terrain is no longer a problem for Hogu.

The movement of the main root is not achieved by limb drive, but 'growth', which is similar to plants, relying on cell division to achieve displacement.

Slow is a bit slow, but this kind of slowness is relative to animals. Compared with plants, it is super fast, because there is a super consciousness like Huogu that is conducting macro-control.

The taproot lay down without fear, and headed straight to the top of the mountain.

Considering that this steep slope is composed of small gravel and glazed blocks, and there is a possibility of landslides, especially in this environment that is always washed by rain, Huogu dispatched a taproot, like a winding road to the top of the mountain in a way around the volcano , so that even if the original main root encounters a landslide and falls off, the surrounding main root can replace the first one, but it will take more time.

Fortunately, Hogu didn't use the second taproot, the first taproot came to the crater on the top of the mountain.

Thick smoke billows, hot air, because it is an alkaline volcano, the concentration of metal ions in the air is very high, immersed in this environment, all the iron sand on the ground becomes a magnet.

There is no way for the tap root to advance half a minute, and if it advances further, the temperature will reach the flammable point and spontaneous combustion will occur.

At such a close distance, because it is not on the bottom of the sea, there is no immediate cooling of water, and it is easy to see the red and shiny lava in the volcano, which is still bubbling from time to time.

"Well, this is an active volcano, not a dormant volcano. I shouldn't take any chances." Huo Gu laughed at himself resignedly.

Ever since he crossed into this posture, Huogu has been hiding in the east and west, being careful, and now he finally managed to temporarily have a safe base, and unconsciously sprouted the words "Maybe I'm lucky, this volcano Already dormant, the smoke that is coming out of the crater is a plume of evaporated water vapor' such a fluke idea.

Now, this delusion is shattered, and at the same time, Huogu is also relieved, it deeply understands that this shattering of its own delusion will not help its current situation, but may put itself in danger .

In a world full of dangers, any luck should not exist. With this lesson, and as a warning, you will not make such mistakes so easily in the future.

Of course, Huo Gu came so close to the crater not only to correct his mentality, but also to confirm one more thing.

The taproot wraps a small piece of volcanic rock debris very close to the crater into the taproot.