How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 59: Big Transformation

The rhizomes grow vertically downward, extending to the lava area of ​​the mantle, from where more heat energy is captured, which is the second step of the plan.

Originally, there was no need for the first step, but when the two sides fought, lava was everywhere in the stratum, most of the roots in the stratum were burned, and the remaining parts were basically in sea water.

The rhizome that grows downward advances very quickly. After all, the only thing that hinders its progress is ice. After adding a certain amount of hydrochloric acid to the ice, the freezing point will be lowered and the liquefaction phenomenon will appear. This is the same as sprinkled on the road after the road freezes. Salt is the same principle. Essentially, the temperature has not changed, only the freezing temperature of the liquid has changed.

During the excavation process, the rhizome can often come across the organic debris left by it when it fought against Ming, as well as the microorganisms that did not die in the ultra-low temperature state and entered self-dormant.

This was a pleasant surprise.

The recovery of organic debris can provide Hogu with more organic materials in the current scarce environment, and the self-dormant microorganisms can be temporarily protected, and then spread on the planet after the temperature of the planet recovers. Help take care of its creations.

"I haven't bottomed out yet..."

After excavating for a long time, the rhizomes have been growing downwards. Hogu turned around and estimated the distance, and dug down from the ice surface to a depth of nearly 4,000 meters.

Digging in the ice, in addition to the obstacles of the ice, Huo Gu also faced another difficulty, that is the low temperature.

The low temperature can no longer have any effect on the cells controlled by Huogu, but it will still affect the transportation of organic materials.

Fortunately, there is no solution. It is still the method of hydrochloric acid to lower the freezing point. Add a certain proportion of hydrochloric acid to the pipeline for conveying organic materials to ensure that the liquid inside will not freeze.

The only disadvantage is that the hydrochloric acid will react with the protein being transported in the pipeline and decompose into more basic amino acids. When it reaches the end of the rhizome, it will be more troublesome to recombine into protein.

Finally, at a distance of more than 8,000 meters from the surface of the ice layer, the rhizome encountered resistance, which was far stronger than that of the ice. Hogu knew that it was the ground covered by a thick layer of ice.

It will be more difficult to break through the ground, because the pressure from the ice layer above, the density is not the same as in the Hadean period.

However, although the resistance increases, it is not impossible to continue to advance, but the speed will drop a lot compared to before.

Time flew by, and thanks to finally being able to see the sun, Hogu finally had a fixed unit of time measurement.

When the excavation of the stratum was completed and the roots protruded above the lava, the planet had rotated 25,462 times and experienced 25,462 day and night cycles.

The specific time spent, Huogu is still not accurate, because the planet is different, and he is not sure whether the rotation period of this planet is 24 hours.

Starting from the ground, it goes deep underground for about 523 kilometers.

"It's actually 490 kilometers deeper than the last time I touched the lava field, and the core temperature has dropped so much..."

"It seems that the guy Ming didn't fare much better in the last fight."

Now that he was exposed to the heat source, Huogu switched back to the original version of the rhizome with better heat resistance and stronger performance.

Relying on the rhizomes of the original version, Huogu quickly opened a large net in the stratum, while collecting the necessary materials, at the nodes of the net, the rhizomes growing towards the surface were re-extended.

Back and forth, the rhizome that goes deep into the ground breaks through the surface, the tip of the rhizome stops growing, and bulges to form a sphere, and countless roots extend from the outside of the sphere, decomposing and collecting the hard ice that covers the surface, and liquefying it into the underground cavity for storage.

The part where the ground surface meets the ice layer quickly cleared a hole, and without the constraints from the ice layer, the sphere that expands and contracts like a heart quickly expands its shape. In a short period of time, it expands from a diameter of one meter to As large as ten meters, and the speed did not decrease, until the sphere finally could no longer hold the creatures inside and burst open.

What came out was the cone-shaped creature designed by Huo Gu in the ocean of the Hadean Era last time.

This kind of creature was originally designed to provide the expansion of the life field, as well as the processing and separation of substances, and storage. After this further optimization, Huogu named this biological unit 'hive'.

This name was chosen because Huo Gu thought that its ability and function were very similar to those of a bee hive.

From the ground, through the power provided by the biological pump, the rhizomes deliver a large amount of calcium carbonate substances to the hive, and the hive accepts these substances and separates them to generate carbon dioxide and calcium element.

The previously liquefied water came into contact with elemental calcium and reacted to form calcium hydroxide. During this chemical reaction, a large amount of heat was released, and the liquid water was boiled and converted into steam.

As a result, on the surface covered by ice, there is an additional heat source with abundant heat.

The calcium hydroxide, after the reaction, will be introduced into a new area, where there are a large number of nerve protrusions, and the nerve synapses are connected to the cold-resistant photoreceptor cells on the ice layer. Under the sunlight, the cold-resistant photoreceptor cells will A large number of H+ ion groups are generated, which combine with calcium hydroxide to form calcium oxide and liquid water.

In this way, a thermal cycle is established.

With the first one, there will be a second one. The rhizomes expand in all directions. Whenever the temperature drops below zero, the rhizomes will establish a hive base in that place and carry out the heat release work.

Since it relies on the light of stars, the core temperature of the planet itself does not have to worry about being affected.

If someone can look down on the surface of the planet from outer space at this time, they can see that a black area has appeared on the pure white ice, and it will soon expand to a larger area.

They are the cold-resistant photoreceptor cells that collect sunlight, and under the ice covering them are hives that are operating and releasing heat.

This kind of expansion is not aimless and reckless. Huogu still has a plan for the general expansion route.

The warming areas covered by hives are mainly the equator, the north temperate zone and the south temperate zone. The area of ​​this area is about 467 million square kilometers.

The reason for implementing this plan is that Hogu wants to preserve the glaciers at the north and south poles.

The existence of the north and south poles can form atmospheric thermodynamic circulation, which has the function of regulating the climate and evenly distributing heat to a certain extent. To put it bluntly, it is a giant mixer that breaks up the heated air mass and makes the atmosphere of the entire planet more frequent.

At the same time, the atmospheric environment will also affect the ocean, making the waters of the ocean environment more stable, so that the planetary environment can be close to the earth.

It's not that the earth's environment is necessary, but Hogu's knowledge is limited. Among all known planets, only the earth's ecological environment is the most gentle and comfortable.