Chapter 184: Star System Colonization Era

The universe is cold and dark. When you are in it, you will inevitably feel lonely, especially when you see almost the same stars no matter which direction you look at.

When a race steps into space and faces the seemingly endless darkness alone, this loneliness will be infinitely magnified, allowing it to clearly see its own smallness and weakness.

From being humble to becoming powerful, in the end, you still find that you are just a drop in the ocean. The road ahead seems to be endless, which sometimes makes Zero feel inexplicably sad.

The development of the Zerg on Planet 2 did not produce any setbacks. As expected, there was no sign of life here and it was a completely deserted planet.

The harsh environment caused some inconvenience to the activities of the insect swarm, so that within more than ten years, they were unable to completely occupy Planet 2.

The Zerg giant species that connects the surface and space has been redesigned by Sass and has begun to be deployed on Orui. Its growth will take some time, and Sass and Dagoth have once again shifted their scientific research goals.<

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The further you go to the star, the surface environment of a desolate planet similar to Planet 2 will become worse, but correspondingly, it will be more convenient and faster for the Zerg to collect energy.

And this is something that Zero attaches great importance to.

Even with the emergence of Dagos, Sasse has not been idle at all. New projects come one after another, never-ending.

In order to solve the current predicament of the Zerg, it took its apprentice Oriuzhi to move the position and ended the study of weakening the tolerance of the Zerg unit.

Are there any enemies outside? Apart from star explosions or planetary collisions, there seems to be no natural threats. Before the octopus people died, the outside became the exclusive territory of the Zerg. There are seven rocky planets in the inner galaxy, and one natural

There are eight gas giant planets inside. The number of satellites that have reached hydrostatic equilibrium alone exceeds double digits, let alone these huge but regular celestial bodies.

Although I don’t have much time, I still want to waste even a little bit of it.

Compared to planets with huge masses, there is doubt that they are more suitable for establishing space bases.

As for now, all Zero can do is not wait.

That can be regarded as the guiding principle for the Zerg galaxy colonization activities: survival, degradation, adaptation, and development.

What is the problem? It also eliminates the energy consumption of resisting the outside environment. Its superiority is comparable to that of Dagoth. It is just more convenient in terms of easy transportation of resources.

Therefore, even if a colonization plan is to be launched, strict calculations and arrangements are required, and a small amount of time and resources will be consumed.

Compared with the consumption of Zerg resource transportation channels under Dagoth, the expenses outside the "Moon" are not that huge. The mining activities are relatively complicated and the transportation costs are relatively high. The conditions there are unique.<

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Regarding that point, the conclusions from the Octopus Man can still be used as some reference.

Planet No. 7 is slightly larger in size, with a mass of about 0.7 sass, and an average orbital radius of about 320 million kilometers, or about 17 light minutes. Its small atmosphere is slightly thinner than that of sass. Since it has not retreated for detection, it is separated by the small atmosphere.

We don’t know exactly how it works, but when we look at it from the inside, the whole thing is light yellow, which is the color of the light reflected from the star by the small atmosphere below.

We believe that in the current state of Planet 7, the possibility of containing life is higher than 7%. Of course, due to its relationship with the ocean, we are more concerned about the liquid water stored under the planet, and that point is at most macroscopic.

Could not be observed below.

Looking into space from the surface of Planet 7, the light yellowish small atmosphere makes everything easier. In addition, it is far away from the star, so even on a "sunny day" it does not appear dim.

Inward or inward, with the expansion of the orbital radius, the distance between Sars and the closest point of the orbit of Planet 7 is more than 100 million kilometers away, and the chance of both reaching the closest point at the same time is in the dozens.

It will be rare to see it in the next hundred years.

Under the surface is definitely suitable for establishing a Zerg base, because when he was under orbit, he observed that there was no "rainfall" activity under Planet 7, which reminded him of the sulfide gas analyzed by the Octopus Man later, coupled with the landing process.

The erosion phenomenon in the water, I'm afraid those "rainwater" will be something bad.

Therefore, according to Fan Cheng, it is impossible for it to have an environment suitable for life activities. Compared with Planet 7, the conditions it has seem to be more superior.

A month ago, the Zerg colony team set out for the orbit of Planet 7. Its size was basically the same as that of the subsequent Planet 7 colony team. It was considered a small team, but it also almost used up all the resources accumulated during the period under the "moon".

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As a result, following Fan Chengyuan, the Zerg giant species resource transportation channel before being improved by Orui ended up growing on the surface of the "moon".

Under the surrounding planets, the energy from the stars will slowly weaken. Even though it is the deep space of the universe and the density of matter is extremely high, during the propagation of light, there will still be no energy to escape, and it will continue to move toward the galaxy.

As the inner circle recedes, the influence from the central star will be greater, and the speed of energy collection will be faster.

Even so, Ou Rui is still a treasure to Fan Chengyuan, and he must be able to pour out all his money to him immediately.

That is not the closest point in the orbits of the two planets, but it is the closest they will be to each other in the next few years.

It only takes a few months to grow at a low altitude of 70 kilometers. Due to the consideration of transportation efficiency, its size will not change too much horizontally. Even so, for the current Zerg, it will not change much.

It’s just a small project.

The situation of the Zerg is slightly different, but the difference is still small. Although Ori is actually fighting alone, only the assistant Ori's Eye is still useful, and there is no additional power from the Hive Mind.

Cheng, in terms of intelligence, is naturally much better than scientists with a single wisdom civilization, but the singleness of thinking is bound to have some blind spots, and that is why Zero also values ​​Orizhi.

It is always a lot faster to explore alone than to get something directly from other civilizations. Looking at the development history of Zerg technology, the two leap-forward developments were both based on the corpses of two intelligent civilizations.

Use our wisdom and knowledge to improve yourself.

That point is 360 million kilometers away from the central star, which means that it takes seventy minutes for the light from the star to reach there. In other words, the central star seen from there is what it will look like seventy minutes later!

To be honest, there is no way to know what kind of environment exists under that planet. Although its position is a little higher in the star system, it can barely be regarded as the "golden zone" in the galaxy.

And it is obvious that there is a strong magnetic field, which firmly locks the gas from under the planet around itself, acting as its "armor" against cosmic rays.

The small yellow atmosphere, according to Octopus Man's theory, may contain a small amount of sulfide gas. That kind of substance is harmless to creatures like Zerg. To put it simply, it is not poisonous.

As a result, Zero slowed down his landing and retreat, and changed his subsequent plans.

For this reason, Zero plans to establish the Zerg's seventh space base there and be responsible for launching colonization activities to potential colonies within the star system.

It is particularly important to grasp the window period for planets with smaller orbital radii in the star system. With the Zerg's current minimum sailing speed, if you miss it, you will probably have to wait for several more years. Therefore, even if you miss it later, you will probably have to wait a few years.

When you go to planet No. 7, you still have some experience, so you have to be more ruthless.

There is no interference from the small atmosphere outside, and even the gravity is only one-seventh of that of Sars. There, its growth there is completely unrestricted by the restrictions on the planet, and it will definitely grow to more than 100 people.

As low as a mile, it only needs one-seventh, about seventy kilometers.

As for the issue of long-term life support before landing, changes to the specific environment will be completed directly on the surface of the planet. Even if there are no reference samples, as long as there are life-sustaining substances outside, it should be too difficult to survive.

The resources contained in that star system, which is very similar to the solar system, are unreasonable.

Yes, it is true that the aerospace technology theories left by the Octopus people helped the Zerg to colonize the galaxy. Those scientific and mature theoretical knowledge prevented Zero and Ori from drawing a more accurate conclusion through calculations to guide the Zerg to complete the mission.

A long voyage over astronomical distances.

When working behind closed doors, even if the brainworm is extremely talented, it will be difficult to achieve breakthroughs in several directions at the same time.

At a time when the Zerg's main conventional energy source basically relies on stars, colonial activities far away from stars are bound to face energy problems.

And that was with the help of Octopus Man's technology. It cannot be said that at this time, in that regard, Orui has not tried its best. In this state, it has not reached its own ability to improve the Zerg's space adaptability.

The limit of what you can do.

What are those problems? Even if it is rapidly eroded by corrosive gases, Zero has never found it difficult to deal with it. However, when the acid rain really falls, Zero feels that he is still too cautious about the environmental threats outside.<

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In orbit, the weather on the planet's surface can be observed more intuitively. It does not have a small atmosphere with a similar thickness to SARS, so naturally there is no corresponding weather activity. In order to avoid unnecessary complications, a "clear sky" was chosen.

"The weather has delayed the landing activity.

And as long as we can survive, everything before us cannot be taken lightly.

At that stage, Orizhi still followed suit and failed to get many opportunities to intervene.

On the basis of subsequent research, taking a step back to improve the Zerg's tolerance to the environment, especially extreme temperatures, was indeed a solution for Orui, who took advantage of the opportunity to integrate the knowledge of the Octopus Man after a long time.

A challenge.

One day, I really encounter a planet that I can even land on, and if Zero wants to give up, he can directly establish a space base in its orbit and use the energy he carries to perform regression sampling, research and analysis on the problems he encounters.

, even if there is a way to do it, it cannot be used as a scientific research activity to provide information support for continued colonization.

The Zerg units that retreated into the small air layer immediately showed a certain degree of adaptability. The small air environment outside can seriously erode their bodies. Although it is not fatal for a while, it will naturally be a bad experience.

At this time, directly behind them, Planet No. 7 is not here. It will take them eight months to reach the planetary orbit. After repeated calculations, it must be unexpected. By then, Planet No. 7 will be waiting here.

Hold them.

It cannot be assumed that the composition of its small atmosphere is simple, at most it is exactly the same as SARS.

Therefore, returning to your old profession, sneaking into the ground to build dangerous camps, ensuring survival is the first priority.

Although we directly chose Fan Cheng at the beginning, we have done a lot of homework on the entire star system.

Speaking of which, under the "Moon", the various resources collected by the Zerg are still not very surplus except for necessary consumption. This was obvious at the beginning of the construction of the colonial base. When the Zerg quickly launched an attack on the "Moon" in front of it,

Before full development, the accumulation speed of those resources suddenly accelerated.

But by this time, it was probably time for the insect swarm to leave the star system.

Is there any clever plan? Let’s take it step by step. I have zero confidence that today’s Zerg will not be in danger of survival.

All in all, these environments that are difficult or even fatal for special life to adapt to are difficult to cause absolute obstacles to the Zerg. Although they have no protection, it does not mean that those flesh and blood bodies are powerful.

Whether it is the "Moon" or Planet 7, although the temperature difference between day and night is smaller, there are no problems that are too difficult to overcome. The Zerg even found traces of water on the surface of the "Moon"!
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What's the problem after that point? The biological internal cycle of the Zerg has been weakened and modified again and again. They can directly cross space with their bodies, but they still have a certain resistance to that kind of environment. At most, they can complete it.
To be continued...