The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 336 Blue Blood Scorpion "Civilization"

The comet was still steadily approaching its orbit, and at this time, except for those who were still carrying out the comet capture plan, a large number of members were quickly gathered to discuss the unknown spacecraft that suddenly appeared at the edge of the star system.

Reality is not a game. An unknown target will not display its level and health bar above its head, nor will there be a value representing its combat power following the target. As for the unknown spaceship, they have no idea what level of technology the other party has.

At present, only the high-temperature plasma tail flame can indicate that the other party is likely to still use fusion as a means of energy supply and propulsion, and the rest is unknown.

One thing does indicate that the other party's material level is probably higher than that of the Ezki civilization - the technology that suddenly appeared in the visible light band seems to rely on some kind of efficient microscopic optical structure.

This structure is not impossible for the Ezki civilization to achieve, but the cost is too high and the cost-effectiveness is very low. As for the other party's overall use of it on the spacecraft, there are only two possibilities: either the other party's productivity is so high that there are too many resources to spend, or the other party's materials science and fine processing capabilities are stronger.

No matter which one, it can be inferred that the other party's technological level must be slightly higher than that of the Ezkimu civilization. As to how much higher it is, it is unknown, but in any case, in the end, everyone came to the conclusion that conflicts should be reduced as much as possible.

Although the other party unilaterally stated that they had no ill intentions, it did not make them completely let down their guard, but in any case, this was better than fighting right away, and it also gave the remnants of the exploration fleet some opportunities to respond.

"The threat has been resolved, and we have no intention of becoming enemies. Since you have no ill intentions, can you please tell us your identities and purpose?"

Considering that the other party had mastered fluent Ezki and might have come into contact with the mother civilization, the reply he finally gave did not pointlessly reveal his identity, and he also concealed some information.

Even if the other party may have mastered the Ezki language through information from the mother civilization, due to the inconvenience of information transmission caused by distance, they may not know that the mother civilization has lost contact and the exploration fleet is isolated and helpless. If we can use this information gap to make the other party think that they are backed by the mother civilization, they may be more wary.

Some people even had hope in their hearts - could they obtain more information about the mother civilization from the other party, and understand what happened to the mother planet and the mother civilization during the period of the exploration fleet's voyage?
Although they were destined to never meet the mother civilization again the moment they set sail, and the fleet was created to preserve the fire of civilization, it was good news that the mother civilization was safe. And if the mother civilization really encountered a major accident, it would be good to know what kind of enemy they would have to face.

"This is the Blue Blood Scorpion Civilization. We are commissioned by the remnants of the Ezki Civilization's Fifth Exploration Fleet to search for survivors of other deep space exploration fleets."

Lin Yi thought of the official name of the hive forces on the spot - what he had faced before were basically hostile hives, and the remnants of Ezki's Fifth Exploration Fleet were just a coincidence, but there was really no need for it.

After all, the current situation is different from the encounter with the Fifth Exploration Fleet. The nest group is not the only lifeline for the other party when they are desperate, but just an external force that can help. Giving timely assistance and adding icing on the cake are definitely two different concepts. In order to better fool or gain the trust of the other party in this situation, making up a name on the spot is just the simplest step to make oneself more formal.

The name can be traced back to the private name given to the colony by the remnants of the Fifth Exploration Fleet. Initially, the wild Crazy Tooth Saw Ants that encountered each other were called "blue-blood monsters" by the armed personnel who participated in the capture operation. After establishing contact, they turned to the "blue-blood tribe" targeting intelligent creatures.

Lin Yi didn't have any objection to this, he just made a slight improvement, replacing the original somewhat arbitrary word "族" with the word "虿", which the nest group had long used to name individuals of different grades - that is, this "虿" can only be directly transliterated.

After all, the deep blue copper-containing blood inherited by the individuals in the nest from the horseshoe crabs is a special case among various large organisms. Normally, for carbon-based organisms that need to breathe oxygen, it is more cost-effective to use iron ions as a medium for transporting oxygen.

Chao Qun's current gene editing capabilities can even achieve organismal nuclear fusion, so changing the blood composition is naturally not difficult. However, the cost-effectiveness of copper ions is no longer a problem for Chao Qun now. Lin Yi simply continues to use it. By the way, he can also commemorate Chao Qun's identity as the only survivor of the once legendary group of horseshoe crabs.

This azure blue blood will continue to flow in the bodies of individuals in every nest planet, and together with the four large characters "Nested Horseshoe Crab Superfamily" deeply engraved on the stone wall of the Dikla planet that has been almost completely reinforced with carbon nanofiber-like materials, it will form the nest and the last mark of the entire horseshoe crab family left in the world.

Strictly speaking, the existence of a colony is not exactly the same as traditional civilization. It is closer to a huge single individual that extends out into countless sub-individuals, which is the definition of true social insects in later generations - a super-individual, but the degree of specialization far exceeds that of any true social insect.

If I have to put it in the traditional way, perhaps it can only be regarded as a force, and cannot be defined as a complex civilization composed of countless individuals. But after all, I don't want to waste any more words for the time being, and I don't want the other party to have resistance in a short period of time. It's okay to fool them like this for now.

Moreover, although his real purpose was to capture able-bodied men to promote the development of the colony, in order to make the other party trust him more temporarily, he chose to borrow the name of the Fifth Exploration Fleet - after all, the other party did know about it, but was not the dominant party, so he was not afraid of being exposed by the real owner.

Even if someone wanted to expose it, not to mention the parasitic structure that has penetrated into the brains of every Ezki individual surviving in the Fifth Exploration Fleet, if the two groups want to successfully achieve instant communication across a distance of light years, after quantum communication fails, there is only one way, which is to relay through the synapses of the hive space.

This means that the communication must be completely under Lin Yi's control, down to every syllable, every light wave and even the smallest facial expression. Lin Yi can completely cut off at any time, or even modify the content of the transfer to avoid all this from happening.

However, it seems that the members of the Fifth Fleet are indeed cooperative, and they are indeed ready to take on the task of helping to contact the rest of the exploration fleet. Various examples from later generations of humans have shown that no matter what, with the cooperation of an insider or a "stolen" arranged in advance, things will indeed be a lot easier, especially for such a big event with a bit of deception.

(End of this chapter)