Spore Story

Chapter 14 Division of Labor
[Enter the biological editor, the main consciousness restriction is lifted]

"I am back!"

【…】

"Well, there is still no response. 8051."

"Forget it, I ignore you."

"Think about it this time, it's getting more and more troublesome."

"By the way, 8051. Why is the nutritional value of the cells of the electric polarization consumed so much faster?"

[This is the same as when you were a human being, you were hungry faster after a lot of exercise, so not only the electric polarization cells, but also other cells are the same, but it is not as obvious as the electric polarization cells.System No. 8051 answer]

"Oh, it seems that you should pay attention to it in normal times, and you still have to reduce the consumption of useless nutrients."

"However, with the current thinking ability of small cells, as long as they move, the so-called reduction of nutrient consumption can only be talked about."

Powerless——

"Now there are more and more large clusters, and even the docile single cells in the past are beginning to be a little aggressive."

"The cells now are not as pure as before."

"Really."

"My simultaneous control number is only four at the same time, and I can't increase it. There should be no way to expand it in a short time. But the number of ethnic groups has begun to be unable to meet the needs of hunting, and reducing the number is just courting death. , and it should be more difficult to evolve into multi-cells like that. Although the attack of the electrode assembly is high, there is an attack interval, and many polarized cells are killed by the enemies who rushed up during the electric shock interval."

"Multicellular organisms."

"Multicellular."

"The key to evolution should be 'multicellularity'. It can be understood as a collection of many cells, so it should be fine."

"Then, now the cells are clustered in large numbers, and there are more and more multicellular organisms. Is it because of the clustering of single cells?"

"But my small cell population has been clustered for a long time, why hasn't it evolved yet?"

"If you knew it earlier, don't forget what you learned before."

"Cluster, assemble."

"Could it be that the cells are close together? It shouldn't be that simple."

"Well, think about it now. When I led the team to attack the medium-sized cluster before. Although the control power seemed to be a little higher, the small cells rushed up like bandits. It took me a lot of effort to force it Barely completed a simple encirclement attack, but as a result, more than a dozen were killed, basically one-ninth of the group."

"Wait. If you think of the current situation as ancient hand-to-hand combat, the current small cell group is at the level of bandits, haha"

"Hey, self-strike."

"Although the enemy probably can't even compare to the bandits, they are all instinct-driven single cells. But if you don't have the control of the main consciousness, you won't be much stronger."

"By the way, the regular army is better than the bandits. Think about it this way, what's the difference between the regular army and the bandits?"

"Discipline, order and prohibition?"

"It's okay if I have more control, now..."

"Wait, level-by-level control, if this can be realized."

"Well, let's wait until they develop wisdom."

"Ah——, I'm going to give up on myself. Depressed."

"Forget it, let's just imitate multicellular organisms and make a formation. Isn't human creation imitating other organisms intentionally or unintentionally?"

Shaking the consciousness group without a fixed form, imagining the composition of multi-cells in fantasy.

"Then, connect the remaining dozens of electrically polarized cells into a network, and other cells will have their spikes outward and squeeze on the electrically polarized cells to form a peripheral defense."

"It's like the skin, so even if other guys want to attack, they have to ask the pile of spikes standing outside to agree, hehe."

"Not bad, this idea."

Kong Huan suddenly felt that his idea was very good.

"Yeah, if we continue to improve it. Then there is defense now, and then there must be attack."

"At the level of thinking after becoming a small cell, it is unrealistic to think of a temporary formation. It would be nice to be able to form this simple formation after I go out."

"Then, let's install an attacking mouth. Open the mouth to surround the entrance with a bunch of enemy cells, and then close the mouth. Let the spikes and electrodes of the cells squeezed together in the mouth face the enemy, and apply electric shock through 'chewing' Quickly eliminate the cells in the 'swallowing' entrance, and then surround the next batch of repeated actions. Moreover, the distance of light transmission from the internal electrodes should be much shorter, and the chance of attracting photosensitive multi-cells is also much smaller."

"Well, it's really good."

"However, if the cell debris is eaten when the battlefield is cleaned up after they are basically wiped out, it will consume too much time."

"At this time, it really should be the time for the channel for digestion. Let a bunch of cells with outward cilia form a channel behind the mouth. Debris and dregs are rushed into the tunnel. The usual opening is slightly separated from the tunnel, so as not to 'swallow' the cells before they are eliminated and run into the tunnel, turning into the Monkey King in the stomach of Princess Iron Fan."

"At this time, the debris flows in the channel, and then is driven by the cilia inside to the oral groove of the cell to be swallowed."

"Then, the cells that have swallowed the food can produce some intercellular fluid with nutrients, which can flow into other cells through the tiny gaps between the cells, avoiding the collapse of the formation caused by every cell swallowing, and the tight The formation also eliminates the possibility of wasting these nutrient solutions.”

"Although it may be uncomfortable for humans, we are small cells now, hum."

Thinking of this, the consciousness group seemed to shake with pride.

"And scum?"

"Uh, of course you can't 'spit' out of your mouth. Although there seem to be such creatures in nature, I can't bear it. Therefore, the flowing dregs have to flow along the channel to the rear, and then open a small opening to discharge them .”

"sweat."

"Wait, is this the legendary 'Zhengchangzi'?!"

"Well, ignore it, ignore it. Let's move on."

"Now in this formation, there is a sensing network composed of 'skin', 'mouth', 'digestive canal', plus electrode cell assistance, which is probably a pseudo-neural network. By the way, even the excretory opening It’s all there. It’s the same for multicellular organisms if you think about it.”

"I'm such a genius, ah ha ha ha ha."

Consciously simulated the shape of the formation, the formation with both offense and defense made Kong Huan excited for a while.However, for this elliptical formation, Kong Huan always felt that something was missing.

"Based on the formation, it should be all right. Although I haven't learned any battle formations, it's almost like this for the current small cells, isn't it?"

This time, Kong Huan did not ignore the problem habitually, but thought about it carefully again. This is a problem related to the main evolution.

"By the way, this formation is only for human beings. Now the small cells are crowded together one by one. Basically, only the cilia in the 'digestive tract' shake. The entire formation cannot move at all."

"I don't want to float quietly in the water, waiting for the food to come to my mouth. Therefore, there should be a steering device to push the formation forward."

"Turning can be achieved through relaxation between cells, but if possible, it's better to do it in one step. If you just stick out the cilia outside the skin, the enemy can attack from the cilia, and it's meaningless to pierce the skin."

At this time, Kong fantasized about the multi-celled, big-mouthed large flagella that was several times thicker than the body of a small cell, and then, a long long hair appeared on one side of the oval-shaped object simulated in the illusionary consciousness. with spiky flagella.

Looking carefully at the basically completed model, Kong Huan suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"Why does this thing look so much like a certain tadpole! I'm so upset."

Then, at both ends of the oval object, another flagellum appeared.

"OK, the problem of flexible steering is also solved. And when shaking these spiny flagella, it can also be used as a means of attacking single cells, but when encountering multiple cells, these spikes are probably useless."

Observing the formation model in his consciousness with satisfaction, he thought optimistically that this might be his appearance when he became multicellular in the near future.

"Calculating carefully, three teams of cells that form the active flagella and one team of cells that form the mouth, under normal circumstances, I can control these four parts. And there is no need to control them at the same time. Usually, be careful not to let other cells get out of formation. In this way, after a period of proficiency, you only need to focus on controlling the main four parts."

"See if there are any other problems. Let's make a pseudo-multicellular this time, hehe. Experience the experience before becoming a multicellular organism."

"Hmm—" Observer carefully the model of the cell array, the question point of the illusory searcher.

"By the way, 8051. Can you cancel the equipped components on the body of the small cell? After forming this formation, some components will become redundant or even get in the way."

【Can.The system sets degeneration and mutation at the same level.When modifying in the single-cell stage, if the total number of nutrition value demand points of the equipped components remains unchanged, the modification is considered as the same level of variation; after the modification, the nutritional value is lower than the total number of nutrition value demand points of the original equipment components, which belongs to degradation.The same-level variant division of cells only needs the nutritional value of ordinary division; degenerative division only needs a little nutritional value.System No. 8051 answer]

"It turns out that it can still be like this."

"Calculate in this way, among the dozen or so cells outside that have not evolved, some of them have reduced cilia and degenerated into three-pointed peripheral 'skin' cells; others have canceled the spikes and degenerated into four-slits and four-cilia's 'digestive tract' 'Cells, well, don't worry about being talkative at this time. Dozens of electrically polarized cells become interlayer cells, and some of them can divide into 'oral' cells."

"By the way, there are also selected cells with multiple eyespots to divide into 'visual organs'. However, looking at the current situation, although there are not many cells that need to be directly controlled at the same time, the main cells will still not move freely, so they will be placed in the internal organs." Let's protect it layer by layer, for the current situation, the role of a single individual is minimal."

"Okay, I feel suddenly very motivated to say it."

"In order to survive, to evolve, and to break away from the single-cell world, start working."

(End of this chapter)