Starting from Zero

After the plane landed, several officers beside Mad Dog took them to prepare to transfer to the helicopter, but Mad Dog and Sister Hong unexpectedly ran over and said goodbye to us before leaving. From this point, it can be seen that these two are not hopeless.

After Mad Dog and their helicopter took off, our side started to get busy. First of all, a super flatbed truck was driven out of the channel dedicated to them fortunately. This car is completely different from the flatbed trucks that pull the bulldozers on the road. There is no distinction between the front and the body of this flatbed vehicle. Its entire body is a whole, 20 meters wide, 50 meters long, and more than two meters high. There are more than two hundred wheels under its body. The cab is not at the front of the car, but on the right side of the body like an aircraft carrier. However, the cab is not fixed. It consists of a street lamp maintenance car. The telescopic arm is connected to the car body and can be adjusted to any position of the car body as required, and can even be moved outside the range of the car body.

Ling and the others, who came back early after the car drove, rushed over, and then everyone worked together to move the luck from the plane to the car. After the driver waited for the signal that we had finished loading the car, he drove the car upside down and drove back to the dedicated passage, and then drove all the way down. As for Baiyin, he followed behind and got into the passage. Of course, other people and I can't go this way, after all, this passage is too long. We have a passenger elevator that can go straight to the end.

As soon as we got out of the elevator, we saw a trolley at the elevator door, and a group of white coats were guarding the door with green eyes like a group of evil wolves. The elevator door I was shocked when I opened it.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

The group of researchers ignored my question, and then the Chief-In-Charge threw me up and down excitedly I watched them all again, and then my eyes fell on the jar in my hand. "Is it this?" He reached out and grabbed the jar when he asked, obviously not expecting my answer.

"Be careful, that thing will bite people, and it will have a lot of strength." Seeing that the group of researchers were screwing the lid, I quickly reminded.

A younger researcher next to him directly pushed the cart over. There was also a glass box that looked like the obsolete 25-inch antique TV set with a cover on the top. There are also locks, which are obviously specially prepared for the insect.

The old researcher directly tilted the unscrewed jar so that the opening was aligned with the glass box, and then violently opened the lid. The insect popped out as expected, but it flew in. In the box. The insect, who discovered that he had fallen into a box, immediately tried to turn around and escape, but the young researcher next to him quickly put the lid down, and then the surrounding researchers rushed up and put down all the locks. The insect hit the lid with a muffled sound, and the whole box jumped, but the box itself was intact.

After discovering that there was no impact, the insect began to slam into other directions, but it didn’t do anything except bumping the box. I hit a little dizzy.

After trying several times and couldn’t break the box open, the insect suddenly raised the front half of the body, opening the auxiliary limbs, and let out a sharp scream like metal rubbing. Several researchers from s immediately covered their ears and squatted down in pain, but fortunately, the insect stopped after only seven or eight seconds, and as it calmed down, the faces of those researchers immediately returned to normal. .

This insect did this when I got it out of Lucky's body before. At that time, I had collected data and knew that the sound was only particularly ugly, and it was not enough to produce lethality. However, the researchers on the base side probably also saw the data sent back by me, so after the insect stopped, they quickly remembered that they each pulled out a large headset from behind and put them on their heads.

The ear protectors of this headset are so big that they can cover the whole ear directly, so that even if there is noise, it will not be heard. After dragging the microphone to the mouth, the researchers began to observe the insect while discussing it. Although the insect was called two or three times later, because the headset blocked the sound, the researchers did not react at all, and because of their The microphone itself has a noise elimination function, so the researchers are very clear when talking to each other, but the call of the insect is no longer heard.

"Hey, can you guys stay and study the insect again? Anyway, first dig out the remaining insects from the lucky body?"

See the guys just discussing the insect Question, I couldn’t help but reminded me, just didn’t expect me to finish talking, the researcher looked at me in surprise and asked, “Don’t you know? Our group is responsible for the analysis of this insect. Research, there is another group on the lucky side."

"Damn, why didn't you say it earlier?" While I was complaining, people ran to the laboratory.

Fortunately, I have my own dedicated laboratory. This is equivalent to their family of three dedicated repair workshops and hospitals, which have a full set of maintenance and treatment equipment and many laboratory equipment.

When we arrived, the lucky fleshy body was lying on the ground. The head had been opened, and the electronic brain wrapped in a shiny silver metal case had been dug out. At this time, it was using the remote control on the roof. Hang the system and move towards the gate.

As the electronic brain was moved to our side, several researchers next to it immediately pushed a special bracket over and put the electronic brain on it, and followed the other researchers to the lucky super-large electronic brain Various pipes and wires were connected on the upper side. As their work was completed, a few green spots of light immediately lit up on the surface of the electronic brain, and the sound of luck appeared around us again.

"Huh, I'm finally free. What did you do just now? Has my body been invaded?"

I nodded and said: "If it weren't for our electronic brain using star alloy Wrapped, I guess your electronic brain will be finished.” As I said, I turned the camera on the metal bracket to aim it at the surface of the electronic brain. This bracket has a camera, electronic speakers and a microphone, which can temporarily provide a basic sensory system for luck.

As the camera turned, Lucky screamed immediately. "Damn, what's the situation?"

Fortunately, I am so surprised not because of anything else, but because the surface of the electronic brain is very clearly printed with a bunch of messy scratches. These scratches are not caused by damage to the outer shell of the electronic brain, but by damage to the buffer layer that wraps the outside of the electronic brain.

The center of our electronic brain is a carbon-based biological brain. Only a small area at the back of the cerebellum is equipped with a miniature electronic computing system. These are our thinking components. Beyond these relatively fragile components is a protective layer of protein, which is our life support system. Once the electronic brain is separated from the main body, this part can continue to provide energy for our neural activities for a certain period of time. Outside of this protein system is an isolation layer, mainly for fear that proteins will corrode metals. The outer part of the isolation layer is made of star alloy, which is almost indestructible by the current Earth technology. This is our body protection symbol. Even if it is directly hit by a nuclear weapon, our body may be completely destroyed, but this alloy can at least Save our electronic brain, and then as long as the search and rescue personnel can find our electronic brain before our energy is exhausted, then we can be resurrected unscathed.

This layer of star alloy is actually not the outermost layer of the electronic brain, because there are some auxiliary power systems outside the electronic brain, among which is included six arthropod-like mechanical legs, and one underwater is propelled by micro ultrasonic waves. And four miniature booster rockets. These things are tightly integrated on the outer shell of the electronic brain, which can provide our electronic brain with the ability to move when necessary, so that our survival probability can be much greater.

In addition to these things, there is a transparent membrane-like substance on the outside of the electronic brain. This thing is a man-made synthetic substance, which is an organic substance, but has no biological activity. It has a certain degree of hardness, which is about the same as hard rubber. When our head is hit hard, this thing can absorb a certain amount of kinetic energy. Of course, its main function is not to absorb kinetic energy, but to isolate the metal layer from biological tissues. Our mechanical skeleton actually has this thing wrapped around it, and its function is the same.

Normally, this layer should be transparent and very shiny, just like the protective varnish on the surface of wooden furniture. At this time, the lucky electronic brain is still wrapped in this layer, but there are many more white scratches on its surface, which is the manifestation of the damage of the wrapping. Of course, there is no problem with the star alloy inside. How can the direct strikes that can carry nuclear weapons hard, be bitten by the insect?

"It seems that the insect once wanted to get into your head, but didn't bite through the outer shell of the electronic brain."

Fortunately, he said in fear: "Fortunately, the electronic brain The protection is thorough enough, otherwise my life will be accounted for here!"

During our discussion, several researchers came over and took out a lot of instruments and plugged them into the lucky electronic brain. Go up, and then start to post the displayed data one after another to the main screen occupying an entire wall. On the other side, there are many researchers around the row of instruments under that wall while observing the data while discussing what.

Compared to the data work here, the work not far behind the group is much bloodier.

Fortunately, the body that has lost its brain is being flipped back and forth by a bunch of mechanical arms. A dozen mechanical arms with arcs at their tips are waiting next to them. There is a bunch of robotic arms holding things like fluorescent tubes and scanning the fleshy body back and forth. From time to time, one of the tubes can be seen suddenly turning from white to red, and then the next bunch of robotic arms with arcs will immediately Click on the dragon scales nearby, and the lucky fleshy body will twitch unconsciously, obviously stimulated by the electric current.

While the lucky fleshy body is shaking endlessly, a few mechanical arms with special cutting tools will quickly start to cut the skin and flesh of that area, and the last one is equipped with six opposing fingers. His robotic arm will suddenly insert into the incision, and then pull out a large insect that is dripping with dragon blood and constantly twisting. Although the insects screamed instinctively when they were pulled out, the researchers all brought headphones, so these screams had no effect at all. As for their bites, they are even more pale and weak, and the titanium-alloyed mechanical arm is not something that the mouth of the insect can bite.

Although the entire insect retrieval process seems cumbersome, thanks to the precise and efficient cooperation of the electronically controlled mechanical arms, the entire process does not actually take much time. You only need to determine the insect every time. You can get it out within five seconds.

Looking at the continuous dug out of an Insect and put them into the container one by one, I simply walked over and asked the researcher in charge next to them. "How much have you dug up?"

The researcher had been looking at the electronic notebook in his hand before, and he was taken aback when he heard my question. He raised his head and glanced at me before replied: "Counting the one you dug up, there are 13 in total, and one is not found." As the researcher was talking, the robotic arm over there suddenly moved again, and there was a pile of machinery. The last insect was also pulled out under the coordination of the arm's lightning. The research director looked at it and changed his words: "Now it’s all out."

"14 items. Didn’t you miss it?"

"We scanned it with a large scanner before. Once again, only thirteen were found. Plus the one you pulled out is fourteen. However, we will do a full-body examination for Lucky in a while, and we won’t let Lucky use this body again in a short time. Anyway, he still has three spare bodies to use."

Dragon Clan is good for this. Because the electronic brain can be transplanted at will, for us, as long as the electronic brain does not cause problems, then any damage is actually a small problem. If it can't be solved, we can simply change the body and put the problem there to repair it slowly.

After taking out all the insects, the lucky fleshy body No. 1 was dragged into the next culture tank and temporarily put into a functional dormant state. The reason why the cells are not immediately induced to divide for wound healing is mainly worried that those insects will We lay eggs in Lucky Body, so we will not adjust this Fleshy body without confirmation.

Fortunately, you don't need to worry about the body for the time being, and everyone's attention is focused on the small insects. Because there are 14 Insects that can be studied, we have no intention to treat these insects gently. The researcher in charge of this temporary project directly ordered two inserts to be taken out for injury testing to determine what level of tolerance the insects have reached in all aspects. Of course, if they are played to death, they have to continue doing it. Corpse Dissection and protein analysis.

The insect that was selected first was quickly sent to the dedicated laboratory, and then a bunch of people gathered outside the observation window, even we had changed the armor and put on a casual outfit and returned Outside the laboratory.

The test of the 1st stage is actually very gentle. It is nothing more than a test such as light, temperature and magnetic field changes, to see what the insect responds to, and the approximate resistance strength. The next part is to test this thing's preference for plant and animal tissues to determine its biological characteristics.

The results of this directional test do not need to be collected at all, and the results will be known at a glance. According to experiments, it is proved that this kind of insect likes dark environment and will not be harmed by sunlight, but it does not like sunlight. In terms of temperature, the adaptability of this insect is quite strong. They can adapt perfectly to the temperature range from minus 26 degrees to 70 degrees, but when the temperature is below zero, this kind of insect will have obvious slow response and decreased mobility. , But life has not been affected. After the high temperature reaches 60 degrees or more, this kind of insect will show some abnormal behavioral reactions, but it is basically unimpeded in survival. Only when the temperature exceeds 70 degrees does it begin to experience obvious struggle. However, the favorite temperature of these guys seems to be between 30 and 50 degrees, which is basically a warm environment.

In the humidity test, this kind of insects showed omnidirectional adaptability. They can even survive underwater, and they seem to have specialized aquatic organs.

Subsequent electromagnetic tests proved that this kind of insect is very impressed with electromagnetic waves and will instinctively approach the electromagnetic wave emission source. This is why they all attach to the surface of the lucky nerve system and try to enter the electronic brain. Because those positions have obvious electromagnetic reactions.

"These things seem to be specially designed to deal with you." After simply testing a few basic attributes, the researcher in charge decisively determined that these things are not natural creatures. However, this matter does not need to be confirmed. After all, with our Dragon Clan's own adjustment ability, the insect in nature is basically impossible to survive in our body. Even if you put the schistosome in our body, it will be directly decomposed and swallowed by your own cells. After all, the G cells in our body are not simple cells. If we are broken up, each of our somatic cells can actually be regarded as a B13 virus. Original body.

After hearing the judgment of the researcher in charge, Ling asked directly: "If this is an artificial creature, how did they get into Lucky's body? Is it possible in our body?"

"Do you have to do further inspections. As for the lucky ones, I think the greater probability should be secretly put in during the battle."

"You mean these Insect has just entered Lucky's body after our mission this time?"

The researcher in charge nodded said: "That's right. Because we found the wound left by the insect when it entered on Lucky's body. For you Calculated by Dragon Clan’s cell division speed, this wound should have been left within 24 hours, otherwise it would have disappeared."

"In this case, the most suspected one is the Americans. Only. They are both technical and motivated, and only they have the most chance to throw these things on lucky during this period of time."

The researcher in charge said: "The specific situation is not yet certain for the time being, and we need to take further steps. Analysis can only get definite evidence. As for you, I don’t think you should stay here, and go for a full-body examination as soon as possible. We need to confirm that your body is OK as soon as possible."

According to this researcher in charge According to the request, all of us who went on the mission this time went to do a full body check, and the result confirmed that only lucky was recruited, and we were not invaded by the insect. But it’s right to think about it. Each of these insects is thicker than a rolling pin. If it enters our body, wouldn’t it be discovered early? Only lucky such a large individual can be invaded by such a large parasite.

The researchers moved very quickly. They have already killed five Insects as long as we check the body. Of course, they have obtained a lot of data. For example, they have specifically synthesized a protease for us based on the somatic cells of the insect. After we fused this protease with the cell, we gained our own insecticidal ability. Now, even if this kind of insect enters our body, it will be decomposed into nutrients quickly like the food entering the Dao Transformation, which is basically impossible to stay in our body for a long time.

After studying the protease that digests the insect, we no longer pay attention to the insect research here. After all, it will take a long time to thoroughly analyze it, and we don’t have time to wait here. Let’s talk about it. Things are not in a hurry.

After arranging the other monsters to go to free activities, I rushed to the Physics Research Department with Ling, Xiaochun, and Vina. Now it's too busy. Although the things we brought back from the alien ruins are not many, they are all extremely important items, so now it’s almost like a war, a large group of researchers running around there operating various instruments, and the top of the room Countless trivial 3D parts in the 3D projection are being quickly assembled and then disassembled, and then reassembled. Obviously Nuwa is undergoing simulation and reorganization, but it is estimated that her main computing unit has not been added to the calculation, otherwise it should not have been so long. The results.

As for my arrival, the people in the room didn't pay much attention, until Nuwa's projection suddenly appeared in front of us.

"Shenlin, you are really good at picking things, and you found such a big guy." Nuwa immediately said as soon as he saw me, "I have just analyzed the data you scanned and the parts you brought back. Now that the automatic factory is rushing to work, it should be possible to get the recovery model out in a while."

"Wait, what are you talking about the recovery model?"

"This." Nuwa pulled it casually, and the three-dimensional projector immediately depicted something a bit like a Gatling rotating machine gun in front of us, but the difference from the rotating machine gun is the "rotating barrel" of this thing. The shortest axis of rotation turns out to be a lot of barrels around it, making it more like a barrel, and the surrounding circle is just something else.

In fact, after seeing this thing, I knew it was not a machine gun. I don’t know if there is a rotating machine gun in the remains of the aliens, but I’m sure I didn’t bring that thing back, so this absolutely Not a machine gun.

Sure enough, after showing the structure of this thing, Nuwa introduced: "This is the star destroyer you found in the bow of the ship. I have used most of my computing power to put it together. ."

"It looks like a multi-barreled machine gun." Xiaochun said realistically.

Nuwa said with a smile: "It does look alike, but the principle is not the same at all. It just happens to be a bit similar in appearance. Moreover, the launch port of this thing is the central cannon. Tube, the circle around that looks like a gun barrel is actually an auxiliary device. I haven't completely cracked it yet, but I can judge that it should be used to increase the formidable power and control the ray energy to prevent it from spreading."

"Do you mean that those things are actually a booster circulation system?"

"Almost, it may also have an emergency protection device."

"This thing How does it work?" I asked, looking at the strange weapon.

Nuwa, who has always been very excited before, has suddenly stepped down with her expression. "This is the problem. I don't know why this thing produces destructive power. It seems that this thing uses a certain theoretical system that we don't have at all."

"I can't touch it at all. ?" I asked in surprise.

Nuwa's virtual image is definitely nodded. "The technical level of that thing is at least three thousand years ahead of us. I now feel like those African Witch Doctors. I know which medicine ingredients can cure diseases but I don't know why they can cure diseases."

"Can't reverse research work?"

"Yes, but it takes time. And first of all, we must figure out what this thing is for." Nuwa said and projected a ring in front of us. The same metal ring, there are many gemstones that run through the ring, which looks very beautiful, but Nuwa quickly explained: "This is a model that has been shrunk by a hundred times. Those that look very similar to diamonds. The thing is actually an element that is not on Earth. According to the atomic weight and its own characteristics, this should be a metal salt with a chemical structure similar to jade stone. The metal ring is actually a ring of insulated wires and radial substances. The formed lattice is composed of a special structure, and it seems that there are some synthetic elements in it that we have not seen. At present, most of my computing resources are analyzing the working principle of this thing, because it is the core of the star destroyer’s destructive effect. It’s just that I don’t have a theoretical basis, so I feel like an ancient carpenter who has picked up a space shuttle. I know this thing is amazing, but I just don’t understand how it works."

"I said, why did you spend so long even putting together a three-dimensional graphic? It turns out that the core computing resources are occupied by this thing. By the way, if you think you are too busy, you can borrow another computer group?" < /p>

"I have already done this." Nuwa replied helplessly: "I have filed a formal application for all the top-ranked large computer clusters in China, and half of them are already in use. Foreign computer resources are charged. I also rented some, and sent all the unimportant peripheral data for them to calculate. The astronomy server center on the American side was also applied for one third by me, and I am currently helping with the analysis, but their charges are a bit high. So I don't need their machine after playing plot against for a while."

"Is it impossible to analyze the reason for such a terrible amount of calculation?" I asked in surprise.

Nuwa nodded said: "After all, this is a formal computing task, so only legal services can be used. If it is forced to occupy the world's computer computing like the god system at startup, the speed will definitely be several times faster. But I don’t think it’s worth it. But you don’t have to worry too much. I have asked the equipment department to step up the production of the server. After a week, I will have twice the server resources. When the time comes, the speed will definitely be faster. Less."

I thought about persuaded: "I think instead of doing so many tasks in parallel, you might as well analyze everything else thoroughly. Even if we can build this thing, it’s estimated to be the same. There is no chance to use it."

"No, I prefer to finish the Star Destroyer in advance."

"Why?" Xiaochun and Ling didn't understand Nuwa's thoughts. .

Nuwa did not mind our doubts, but patiently explained: "My idea is very simple, it is to prevent disaster from happening."

Before our thoughts were all trapped. In the dead end, I think that the ultimate weapon like the Star Destroyer is almost useless in the immigration process. After all, bombing a planet simply doesn't make any sense to us. Of course, in case you need to change direction to fly, this thing is still quite useful. For example, first use the planet's gravity moved towards a planet to hit it, then when the speed reaches the limit, the planet will be bombarded, and then the protective cover will be rushed past its debris, so that its gravitational acceleration can be used to speed up us. And do not have to bear the deceleration effect when leaving.

However, the above applications are all in the process of immigration, and the reason for our immigration is the planet that invaded the solar system. Originally, we didn’t have a proper way to destroy it, so we had to consider emigration. But now that we have a star destroyer, if we can build it in advance and launch a spaceship with a star destroyer to intercept that planet halfway, The situation is completely different.

When I thought about this, I immediately felt that Nuwa was right, but when I just wanted to remind her to speed up the calculation, I thought it was impossible. The first problem is that even if this thing is calculated first, it is not a matter of one or two days to analyze it, and even if the theory is researched, it is not a matter of one or two days to create a real object. To take a step back, even if there is a Star Destroyer here now, to get it into the universe, spaceship has to transport it to the outside of the galaxy to intercept the dead planet, and our spaceship speed is too late.

After thinking of this, I immediately raised the question, and Nuwa was very calm. She said directly: "I also thought of your ideas, but the reason why I wanted to study the Star Destroyer in advance was not for this."

"Didn't you mean to prevent the disaster from happening?" Vina was puzzled. Asked.

"I really want to prevent the disaster, but I don’t mean to defend Earth. I mean, if we can have the star destroyer, then we can take off later, even if it’s just a delay. We can also save a lot of people in the launch time of 1 year."

We can all understand the meaning of Nuwa. The asteroid's impact on the Milky Way is actually not short, but the problem is that we are impossible to wait for it to hit it before running away. After that planet enters the Milky Way galaxy, it will inevitably produce a super planet that exceeds the critical volume, and then the super planet will collapse due to gravity and be ignited to become a small sun. Then due to its own structure, it will not be like the sun. It burns steadily, but collapses quickly, and then it will explode and become a supernova, and its formidable power will spread to the entire galaxy and continue to radiate outward for a long distance.

For this kind of huge might explosion, we are definitely unable to stop it, so our only way is to run to the explosion range when the explosion arrives, at least to reach the formidable power and reduce it enough by us. Defensive distance. However, compared to the vastness of the universe and the formidable power of supernova explosions, our spaceship movement speed is too slow and too slow, so we are impossible to wait until the asteroid arrives before we start to escape, and we can only run away early. This has caused our preparation time to be compressed a lot, and the earlier we run, the safer it is. After all, running early means that the distance is farther when the explosion comes.

Because of this, the technology we are most concerned about has been in fact only two aspects, one is the space thruster, and the other is the protective cover.

Good performance of the propeller means that we can run a longer distance in the same time, and the high strength of the shield means that our survival may be higher at the same distance, but the two In the final analysis, the readers are actually a purpose-to buy time.

If there is a star destroyer, then things will be very different. First of all, we don’t have to fly on our own when we escape, because we can use the extreme jumping method to take advantage of the planets in the solar system. The gravitational field accelerates one by one, and when the time comes, as long as you bomb them, you can bring us a higher speed. This positive and negative bonus can definitely save us a lot of time.

In addition, the star destroyer actually has another use, that is, to create an unmanned battleship to stay in the Milky Way, and then let it intercept other planets that are captured by gravity and attempt to converge with the invading planets. Although the fragments of the planet that were finally blown up will still gather again under the action of gravity and eventually exceed the critical volume, as long as the Star Destroyer continues to strike, this process can be greatly delayed. As long as that planet doesn’t become a supernova, it’s buying time for us, and whether this time is used to make us run farther and safer, or stay on Earth for a while and build a few more transport ships, that’s all. It is of extraordinary significance.

"Nuwa, your idea is very good, then just continue according to your plan."

Nuwa nodded and said: "In fact, you don’t have to worry too much, no matter what the final result is. , At least we have some more chips than before.” Nuwa said, before we asked, he directly showed a strange-looking device in front of us. I recognized this thing immediately, because it was the kind of propeller on the spaceship that we removed. What we saw at the time was a complete propeller, so I recognized the three-dimensional figure in front of me at a glance.

"This is the alien's thruster? You have already spelled it out?"

Nuwa smiled and said: "You scanned so thoroughly, and you brought all the key components. Come back, how could I have not spelled it out yet? Besides, this thing is different from the star destroyer that was too serious in the super-era. This thing uses proficient technology."

The so-called proficient technology is very developed. Long-term technology is stable and reliable because it has been used for a long time, and the most important point is that the principle is usually very simple, which