How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 57 Thawing

The cold wind is fierce, and there is endless whiteness. In contrast, there is a sky like night sky, hanging high, with only a round of dazzling but hot sun.

It will become like this sooner or later, but what Huogu did at the beginning accelerated this process.

The distance between this planet and the star is too far, and the light it can receive is not enough to maintain the surface temperature. The reason why the liquid ocean was able to form in the Hadean Era before is because of the geothermal heat of the planet itself, and the ability to absorb vast amounts of water. Part of the temperature is locked on the surface to form a second-use methane atmosphere.

When the role of both is no longer obvious, the planet will become the huge snowball it is now.

However, from Huogu's perspective, it is another wonderful scene.

The sun rose from the horizon very quickly, and it was noon in a short while, and then set on the horizon at the other end. When the sun set, the stars in the sky appeared one after another, and the real night fell, and then the night passed quickly. And so on and on.

The white condensation accumulated on the surface due to low temperature flows like a tide along the latitude line, from the end where the sun rises to the end where the sun sets.

The reason why this phenomenon occurs is all because of the consequences of 'thinking slowing down'. After the feeling of time slows down so much that it is horrible, what you see is this kind of scene.

[Carbon dioxide has basically been frozen into dry ice, mixed with ice and snow. The atmosphere is too thin to complete the refraction and focus of light. Instead, use real ice crystals for refraction and focus. What do you think? 】

"It works, but there are still some places that need to be adjusted. The rhizome wreckage closest to the ice surface is at least 2,500 meters away. Such a thick ice layer should not be enough to melt with the current focus."

"You try to lift the plate up a few kilometers, and lift the rhizome debris above the average ice surface of the planet, so that you can focus on thawing from the side."

【learn. 】

With the core deep in the planet as the source, there has been an unusual change. Circles of infrasound waves have emanated, and the mantle that was originally active around the core has been affected...

The chain reaction that occurred in the mantle caused the lava to gather in a certain area in the interactive flow...

With the accumulation of heat energy, the pressure will naturally rise. The following situation is basically similar to the principle of a steam boiler. Under the huge pressure, the planetary plates will change accordingly. The only difference is how much pressure different continental plates need to be under. , changes will occur.

[It's really hard work, things that could be easily done before, but now it consumes so much and it doesn't work...]

The life on the planet, which is struggling with its own continental plate, began to complain. If it hadn't been frozen before, this kind of force is now enough to trigger a large-scale crustal movement on the surface of the planet to the extent of one-thousandth.

"This is normal. The huge ice sheet puts huge pressure on the crust, causing the crust to subside. Relatively speaking, the density of the crust has increased a lot compared to before."

[That's not right, there is an ocean on the earth's crust, if it is to be suppressed, it should have been suppressed before, why did this happen after it was frozen? Quality has gone up? Where does the extra mass come from? 】

Life on the planet was a little confused by Hogu's explanation. Even if the liquid water freezes due to the low temperature, it is only a change in form, so why does the quality also change?

"No, this is the quality that already existed, but because when it was still a liquid ocean, there was tidal force at work. To a certain extent, the tidal movement of seawater shared this part of the mass of the crust. Now the seawater is formed by The liquid becomes a solid, and this sharing is naturally almost non-existent."

Finally, the crustal plate finally could not withstand the pressure, and the phenomenon of uplift occurred slowly.

This kind of scene, viewed from the perspective of slowing down the mind, is spectacular.

I saw that the white and nearly flat ice surface cracked, and an ugly and hideous crack formed, adding an incongruous color to this snow-white world, which is regrettable.

The cracks extend all the way to hundreds of kilometers, and even in outer space, they can be clearly seen with the naked eye alone.

That part of the ice layer is lifted under the pressure of the ground, while the other side is still at the original level. The combination of the two factors forms this high and low ice layer structure. The slopes they connect are almost nine Ten degrees vertical.

This kind of landform extends to the end of the horizon at a glance. The shocking feeling of such a scene is probably similar to the feeling of witnessing Moses dividing the sea in the Bible.

Of course, this is Huogu's perspective, and he hasn't gotten rid of the state of thinking slowdown.

From a normal person's perspective of time, the ice layer rises at a rate of about one meter a year, so it's hard to give people any special feeling.

When the ice layer rises to a certain height, it stops, because there is no need to continue to raise the height.

The life on the planet began to use the wind to carve.

Just as running water can drip through rocks, the wind can do the same thing. After intentionally changing the direction of the wind for a period of time, the part of the frozen rhizome remains is separated independently, and a concave ice cube that can reflect light is carved around it.

[Completed, all that's left is to wait. 】

"Speaking of which, I still don't know what to call you. My name is Hogu, what about you?"

【……name? what is that? 】

"Didn't you ask me before, who am I? Now I am answering your question directly."

After thinking about it, Huo Gu repeated what he said just now in a way that the other party could understand.

"I, a special body with the title 'Hogu'."

[I... I don't know what my title is, I didn't have a name in the first place. 】

For this kind of thing, Hogu gave a method without even consuming brain cells.

"It's simple. I don't have a name to choose. I didn't have a name at the beginning. I picked it up later. You should also choose a name for yourself, so that it will be convenient for us to communicate."

It was said that the life on the planet was silent, and Hogu knew that it was deep in thought.

However, after a long time, the other party seemed unable to make up his mind what his name should be.

【...Can you give me some advice? I have no experience with this. 】

Hogu thought for a while.

"……also."

"We met in the ancient universe of the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as a few years. Why don't we add the word 'Ming'... No, this meaning is not very good."

"...The freezing of the world is also a major event worth noting, so "Day" should be added to "Ming" to symbolize temperature, so it is "Dark". What do you think?"

【dark? Alright, then I will be called 'Ming' from now on. 】

Huogu was a little stunned. He didn't expect that the other party would only use the one he thought of. In this way, wouldn't the meaning be completely different?

"Wait, I just offered a suggestion, you only use one word like this, uh..."

It may be due to the influence of being a human being, Huogu felt that it was necessary to persuade him again.

In this regard, the planetary life was puzzled and asked.

[Isn't the name just for the convenience of communication? According to my understanding, overly complex titles will have an impact, and a single word communicates best. 】

"...All right, as long as you are happy."

Now that the matter has come to this, what else can Hogu say?