How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 97 Cone

As for the 'loyalty' of the collectors, Huogu actually didn't spend too much time on it, so he turned his attention to other things.

Although the logical relationship is still not clarified, the overall result is good. At least there is no need to worry about the "uprising" of the collectors one day and labeling Hogu as a class enemy that must be reached.

Having "loyalty" in the actual physical sense is far stronger than the conceptual loyalty of human beings. After all, this universe is still materialistic.

"Speaking of which, we have to quickly re-establish contact with Ming."

Huogu's mind moved, and the rhizome system began to obey the instructions. Under the inland land that would be affected by the ocean climate, a certain root of the rhizome differentiated and proliferated, and soon formed a lump of sarcoma, just like the original octahedron.

A steady stream of organic matter is transported by rhizomes from afar.

Ever since he unlocked the technology for the independent production of organic matter, Huogu has no longer been troubled by the matter of organic materials, and the production of organic materials from rhizomes has even crushed the way of obtaining ready-made organic materials from microorganisms.

Today, the only limitation is probably the ability of the rhizome to transport organic material.

The shape of the sarcoid expands quickly, and a small horn appears at the top. At the same time, due to the expansion of the shape, the area at the bottom that can be connected and transported organic materials also increases.

Therefore, not only did it not decline or have a constant speed, but the growth showed a trend of accelerated growth.

Soon, the horn broke out of the ground. Although it looked dirty because it was stained with soil, it was still recognizable as a lump of metal.

The metal object continued to rise, gradually revealing its figure to the outside world, forming a metal cone.

However, if you observe it from a microscopic point of view, you will find that this metal body is different from ordinary metal bodies. It is full of countless hole structures, which is a combination of metal and organic substances.

This form is not uncommon. As the microscopic structure of macroscopic organisms, the bone microstructure is basically a perfect combination of organic matter and metal structure, which has both growth and the strength of metal.

For the metal cone dominated by Hogu, the theoretical growth limit should be the strength limit of its metal body.

However, when it grew to more than ten meters, the conical metal object stopped growing.

Huogu noticed the wobble phenomenon, the cone tends to be slender, even if it reaches the same height as the octahedron, the occupied area is less than one-thousandth of the octahedron.

The reason Huogu didn't think about using the octahedron was because of the energy consumption caused by its huge size, and its maintenance was already enough to change the planet's climate and environment.

Therefore, Huogu chose the current design with less unit cells and less energy consumption.

"This design should be sufficient in terms of the current strength, but if it continues to grow, the center of gravity may become unstable and fall..."

"... Then add the root design of the plant at the bottom, and reverse the ground to stabilize the height."

The internal cells originally intended to provide repair and a certain degree of toughness to the metal cone received instructions, and the internal cells at the bottom grew roots, which continued to expand downwards, and the deepest roots reached three times the height of the cone. .

"It should be almost there, and the next step is to grow simultaneously on the upper and lower sides."

Hogu simply checked the shaking degree of the cone, and after confirming that it was within the acceptable range, he continued to let the cone grow upwards. Of course, the roots at the bottom would not fall.

The ozone layer between the troposphere and the stratosphere on the Earth's surface is quickly breached by the cone.

Through the eyes located close to the tip of the cone, Huogu can see a new world, with clouds on the top and clouds on the bottom, layered on top of each other in a well-arranged pattern, which really looks like the heaven in the earth myths and legends.

However, Huo Gu didn't have much emotion. He could often see this kind of scenery by plane in his previous life. If he was a collector instead, he would probably be terrified.

"Speaking of which, I've been here for so long, and I don't know if I still have a chance to return to Earth. What's going on on Earth..."

Fallen leaves always have to return to their roots, and this idea is especially strong in the elderly. As an old man in his sixties, Huo Gu is deeply influenced by this idea.

Finally, after taking a deep look, Huo Gu muttered melancholy to himself between the clouds and the sky, the sun that was about to set in the western mountains.

"I hope to see it again in my lifetime."

The cone continued to grow. At this time, night had fallen, and Hogu could see many stars twinkling non-stop.

It also goes up and gets closer to the cold, and a layer of frost has condensed at some point from the cone body to the cone tip, covering the surface of the metal body, which is the characteristic of the middle layer of the atmospheric structure.

This actually brought some troubles to the growth of the cone, because the temperature would have a certain impact on Hogu, but it didn't matter. After Hogu introduced the hydrochloric acid that lowered the freezing point, the cells in the cone regained their vitality.

When the tip of the cone penetrated into the thermal layer, the ice in this part of the cone showed signs of falling off and melting.

The gas in this layer is in an ionized state under the action of cosmic rays. The ionized oxygen can strongly absorb the short-wave radiation of the sun, causing the air to heat up rapidly. Therefore, the temperature in this layer increases with height, which is just the opposite of the previous middle layer. .

After more than ten replacements day and night, the cone finally grew to its strength limit, and at this time the cone tip could barely reach the fugitive layer.

At this height, it can be seen that the surface of the earth has a certain curvature, and the sky is no longer blue, but as black as ink.

Huo Guxin's order was then issued, and it was delivered from the bottom through the cells inside the metal to the cells at the top.

The tip of the cone began to be gradually decomposed by the cells inside, and soon the metal part disappeared, replaced by a platform-shaped sarcoid and a spherical hollow tempered glass ball, inside which was an eye.

Of course, the treatment of radiation protection is the most important design consideration. The built-in solution carried in the tempered glass ball can absorb most of the radiation from stars.

"I didn't expect that one day I would do things that only astronomy majors can do. I'm just a bad old man who likes archaeology..."

"So, there should be an asteroid belt in this galaxy? I hope it's not too far away."

Huogu adjusted the vitreous body inside his eyes, and observed the environment in the planetary system through the stream of charged particles emitted by the nuclear fusion of stars.

Although it is said to be 'inner', it is actually very huge, so empty that people will subconsciously think that apart from the planet under their feet, there are only distant stars and stars that are far away and have no heat in the sky.

(Finally expanded the plot to the universe)