The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 108 The fight for the original brood nest

Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that "Kraken" does not have the ability to reproduce, nor does it have the ability to pupate into a mother nest, which means that the right spiral stone nest group has existed in name only.

Perhaps the other party did not expect that in the final battle that determined success or failure, they would be attacked by natural disasters and "man-made" disasters at the same time, ending up with the nest destroyed and the snail destroyed.

Previously, "Kraken"'s eyes seemed to reveal the sadness of being at the end of its rope, but even so, it fought with all its strength against the starfish. What was its intention? A guess slowly emerged in Lin Yi's mind.

Although the starfish are similar to Lin Yi, the Anomalocaris nest group and the Orthogonal stone nest group, they are also special. They do not have a mother nest, multiply by division, and have unknown means to absorb genetic sequences.

So does the Helical Stone Nest Group hope to use the genetic sequences of these starfish to once again gain the ability to split into new individuals and recreate the nest group?

From the perspective of eusocial nesting groups, or the instinct of survival and reproduction of all living things, this is the most reasonable explanation.

But without a mother nest, how could they edit the genetic sequence? This seemed to be in an endless loop, until, among the mountains of corpses and sea of ​​blood, something caught Lin Yi's attention.

It is an object similar in shape to the mother's nest, but with only one opening - the original mother's nest.

But the original nest that Lin Yi obtained in the Dikla Crater was moved away by his fearless soldiers and moved to a safe location as soon as the tsunami hit.

This must be another primitive mother nest. Perhaps it was owned by the Straight-horned Stone Nest Group before. Now it was washed here by the tsunami and fell into the hands of the starfish.

At this time, its appearance is covered with starfish, and "Kraken's" intact right eye scans its location from time to time - it seems that "Kraken's" target is the original mother nest, and the starfish are fighting to the death Protect this original nest.

Now, everything can be explained. The only thing that Lin Yi still didn't understand was why the original mother nest was worthy of their fight.

According to his own experience of using it, the primitive brood nest is not very useful, but now that the two sides are fighting so hard for it, it seems that there must be some way to use it that he is not clear about.

While thinking about it, the battle situation changed again, but this time, something unexpected happened to Lin Yi.

I saw that the tentacles of "Kraken" began to flash with a blue luster at a specific frequency, just like the courtship process of some cephalopods in later generations.

But now, the purpose of the flash of light emitted by "Kraken" is definitely not courtship or display, but actual attack power!

A dizzy signal came from the nervous system of the detective mother. But with Lin Yi's current level of consciousness, he could completely ignore this sensory signal.

There is no doubt that it is caused by the glare emitted by the "Kraken" that flashes at a specific frequency. Unexpectedly, after everything turned out like this, "Kraken" still had a hand.

But Lin Yi was not affected, and the primitive nervous systems of the starfish were miserable. The flickering glare acted on their eyes, causing the scattered ordinary starfish to sway and stop attacking, leaving them to be slaughtered.

Even the giant starfish was swaying and had difficulty stabilizing its body. For a moment, the tube feet holding "Kraken"'s wrist became loose, almost allowing "Kraken" to break free. The huge body of "Kraken" rushed straight towards the original mother nest, but the giant starfish quickly recovered, and the tube feet sucked hard, and they wrestled with "Kraken" again, and it was difficult to decide the winner.

If "Kraken" still has an adult body of Orthospermum guarding it, it will be the end of these little starfish at this time. And if there were self-destructing horn stones, even this huge giant starfish wouldn't be able to escape.

Unfortunately, the "Kraken" was alone at this time, and the special jet propulsion structure had also lost its "fuel". Even if it used the last resort - flashing glare, it would not help.

Having said that, previously, the special abilities of the Orthogonal Stone Nest Group that were ahead of their time seemed to be reflected in the "Kraken", including inkjet, suction cups, and various structures with sodium as the core.

It would be reasonable to say that when the Right Helical Stone Nest Group created the decisive battle weapon "Kraken", they would install all the black technology they had on it.

But this time, the appearance of the luminous and discolored epidermis gave Lin Yi some new speculations.

The discolored epidermis has never appeared on other levels of the Orthogonal Stone Nest Group. This can certainly be understood as having a high probability of affecting the individuals of the level controlled by Lin Yi. The other party did not waste nutrients, but Lin Yi still felt that things were not that simple.

For a creature as large as "Kraken" and with multiple functions, its genetic sequence must be extremely complex. But once the research is completed, given the background of the Orthogonal Stone Nest Group, there is no problem in producing more than ten pieces, not to mention mass production.

But there is only one opponent - in the previous battle, even if another "Kraken" joins the battle, the threat to Lin Yi will increase exponentially, just like how the adult snails once cooperated with each other to fight against a generation of soldiers.

And if it is said that the Orthogonal Stone Nest Group first obtained the "Kraken" through some method, and then reverse-engineered its genetic sequence and installed the analyzed genetic sequence on other grades, everything makes sense.

From its size to its combat power to its strange auxiliary abilities, "Kraken" was so far ahead of its time that Lin Yi never wanted to believe that it was completely independently developed by the Straight Spiral Stone Nest Group.

As for the way to get "Kraken", it may have something to do with the original mother nest!

And if you want to prove all this, it is very simple. You only need to obtain the genetic sequence of "Kraken" and analyze it, and you will be able to analyze it and it will be almost the same.

But previously, several of the opponent's broken tentacles were lost in the tsunami caused by the mass extinction. If you want to obtain its body tissue again, you must take this opportunity to kill it.

Affected by the tsunami, the nearest group of fearless soldiers has not yet arrived. It is extremely difficult for this single reconnaissance mother to protect itself, let alone attack the "Kraken". At least until the fearless soldiers arrive, all this can only be speculation.

While thinking about it, the struggle between "Kraken" and the giant starfish continued. The faint blue light flashing on its surface has gradually dimmed, and the ordinary starfish around it have also recovered from their dizzy state and are fighting from all around.

If there is no special means to break the situation, the defeat of "Kraken" is certain.

But at this moment, the huge body of "Kraken" moved again, which made Lin Yi, who was observing secretly, couldn't help but wonder what special ability this "Kraken" was going to use that transcended its time.

　My body has not fully recovered, so I posted two chapters a little late today.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)