Chapter 2713 The Life of the Houyi Clan

He didn't know whether he was Li Yao or not, he didn't even know whether he was "he" or "it". He seemed to have lost the logical thinking ability that an intelligent life should have, but there were some more things that he couldn't use language. something depicted.

He seems to be an insect egg, and also seems to be an aggregate of tens of thousands of eggs. He can feel the temperature and humidity of the soil near the countless eggs, as well as the trembling of the eggs themselves. Similar to telepathy or pheromone exchange, get in touch with the adults on the ground, share the vision of the adults, and see everything.

He saw that this was a vast and hot planet, full of erupting volcanoes and lead clouds of lightning and thunder. The stars seemed to be very close to the planet, and the sun shone down like magma pouring down. Similarly, the destruction it brings is far greater than life.

Few life forms can adapt to such a harsh environment, let alone evolve intelligent life into civilization.

But his ethnic group is an extremely rare exception.

He "saw" countless black meteorites or starships several kilometers long burning wildly, dragging gray-white tail flames, tearing apart the lead cloud, driving the sunlight, and swooping down into the planet's atmosphere.

However, they didn't slow down and land, but made a huge roar in mid-air, and exploded into countless spiral-shaped fragments.

These fragments let out piercing screams, and as soon as they hit the ground, they spun at high speed and burrowed towards the ground.

A word appeared in Li Yao's primordial chaos consciousness, "explode".

He instantly understood the meaning of this picture, just like a blind man seeing the light for the first time, seeing the colorful world, and receiving endless information.

These black meteorite-like warships are not icy vehicles, but the Houyi clan themselves.

Hundreds of millions of worms of the Houyi tribe gathered together like hundreds of millions of cells to form a giant starship life that is huge enough to cross the star sea. With the mission of exploring the starry sky and finding a new habitat, it came here A newborn, primitive planet.

The dark and cold universe is eroding the black beetles that make up the starship all the time, making these beetles gradually come to the end of their lives.

And the high temperature brought about by the ultra-high-speed friction with the atmosphere wiped out the last ray of vitality of these "living starships".

Therefore, after successfully bringing a large number of seeds storing genetic information into the atmosphere of this new habitable planet, the "starships" completed their mission, exhausted their last bit of strength, and exploded themselves one after another.

Hundreds of millions of old beetles died in an instant, but hundreds of millions of seeds were also encouraged by the shock wave, and spread to every piece of land on the entire planet.

Li Yao quietly watched the fireworks that represented destruction and rebirth bloom brightly above the lead cloud, and there was no sadness or joy in the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness.

All beetles are one. Countless beetles together form a creature named "Hou Yi". The sacrifice of thousands of biochemical starships has created the hope of hatching new life. This is a very common metabolic process, and there is nothing tragic about it. It's not worthy of joy or emotion -- besides, their situation is still precarious, and they shouldn't waste any energy on joy or emotion.

He, it, and they are just faithfully carrying out the mission engraved deep in the genetic chain, trying their best to absorb the heat of the sun and the nutrients in the soil, and continue to breed and grow.

Not all seeds are lucky.

Many insect eggs were sown into the shallow soil that was too close to the ground, and were scorched by the scorching sun like magma. Even the black carapaces of the Houyi tribe could not resist the heat, and they were all turned into ashes.

There are also many bug eggs that drilled too deep, all the way to the depths of the too dark and cold stratum, where they could not get enough heat and nutrients, and died there forever.

Not to mention the natives on this planet—although there are no large and advanced creatures here, there are also fungi that feed on sunlight in the soil, and these fungi have caused quite a bit of trouble for Li Yao's "clan" , The pheromones that flowed like lightning brought the news of the "clan" in the distance. It is said that somewhere, the fungus turned into a huge fungus net and blanket, devouring countless eggs of the Houyi tribe. Adjusting their genes and evolving the ability to resist this fungal infection, this greatly delayed the time for them to break out of the ground and occupy the entire planet.

Fortunately, the place where Li Yao was buried was neither deep nor shallow, neither high nor low, neither too wet nor too dry. The sunlight was enough to provide him with abundant energy without burning his immature shell, and no nasty fungus disturbed him. The growth of human beings, volcanoes and earthquakes are still far away from him. He can concentrate on unlocking the secrets deep in the gene chain, and extract one brand new weapon after another from the "army" to arm himself.

He has gone through shelling seven times in total, and after each shelling, his body will swell for a round, and the newly grown carapace is branded with brand new patterns targeting the radiation, wavelength, and spiritual energy ripples contained in the stars.

These patterns made him even more powerful, and the efficiency of solar energy absorption and utilization has been raised to a new height. There are also countless mottled and fleeting images flashing through his sea of ​​consciousness, making him seem to see thousands of ships. The "biochemical starship" of the Yi family traveled across the sea of ​​stars, and saw the highly developed mother star of the Houyi family. Something like a "biochemical super brain".

Li Yao gained an unprecedented understanding, he understood the mission of this expedition.

They want to multiply and multiply on this brand new planet and breed millions of times of their own species. Only when the number of beetles reaches the limit and exceeds the critical point can they construct complex structural diagrams such as battleships, tall buildings and biochemical super brains. The qualification is called "civilization" in order to send a message back to the home planet, declaring the "victory" of this expedition.

Li Yao broke through the ground, together with thousands of clan members.

He couldn't even tell whether he was this little beetle or a condensed body of pheromone exchange among countless nearby beetles.

The highly toxic air and the strong sunlight did not make him feel uncomfortable at all. During the long process of growing underground, his genes have already been adjusted to the environment of this planet. This planet is not the one with the worst environment, and some of their gene pools are weapons to deal with difficult situations.

Even so, there are still countless clansmen who died the moment they broke through the ground.

To die from poisoning, from sun exposure, from hypothermia, from starvation, from all sorts of strange or common reasons—death doesn’t need a cause, survival does.

Li Yao didn't hesitate at all. At this time, his instincts were still far above his ability to think. He wriggled his chubby body with all his strength, and clumsily waved his immature tentacles, devouring the corpses of these dead companions.

This is a very critical moment. The entire wilderness is submerged by the black tide, and the black tide makes the sound of "click, click, click". Countless beetles are devouring the corpses of the dead, strengthening their own nutrients, and struggling to resist the scorching sun and howling wind. And the heavy rain invaded, struggling to fight for the slim chance of life.

In the wind and sun, Li Yao experienced several shellings, his body became bigger and more beautiful.

He grew a pair of sharp and tough claws, enough to refine the rocks on this planet; his carapace became more shiny, covered with colorful patterns, which can reflect light of different wavelengths, It turned into mysterious and complicated information; several pairs of extra feet grew out of his abdomen, and there were two rows of parallel holes in his chest—these organs also had their own mysteries, but he didn't know it yet.

Suddenly, like a flash of lightning flashed across his dazed sea of ​​consciousness, he and the tens of thousands of clansmen around him all woke up—the season of gathering has arrived!

Li Yao's carapace released colorful rays of light, sending the patterns branded on his body to all directions, looking for suitable clansmen to match with him.

And all his clansmen did the same thing one after another, as if they were looking for him thousands of times in the crowd.

Soon, two shining patterns gathered together in mid-air, Li Yao struggled to crawl towards a clansman, and the clansman tried his best to respond to his call.

Li Yao used the fat feet of his abdomen to tightly fix the gutter around the opponent's waist, and the opponent also inserted the tentacles on his head into the hole in Li Yao's chest, which fit perfectly and seamlessly.

In an instant, Li Yao felt the trembling from the depths of his genes. He felt that he had become more "complete". He shared the sea of ​​consciousness with the other party, and all the gene pools that could not be opened before were opened. More information was like a surging tide. poured out.

Not satisfied, they—he was still not satisfied, and still used the pattern on the carapace to attract more beetles to join this..."small group". Afterwards, twelve beetles accepted his invitation and became part of him. The beetles acted as crawling parts, some as fighting and finishing parts, and some as digestion and energy storage parts. He instantly completed the leap from a low-level animal to a high-level animal, turning into a domineering creature like a giant crab.

And he is not the biggest winner in this gathering season. Many beetles have successfully gathered hundreds of companions to form a "big group". The limitation is only to try out which form is most suitable for surviving on this planet.

The process of survival trials is brutal.

Numerous successful forms in the past have been proven not suitable for the environment of this planet. Those "large swarms" that seemed to be fierce and fierce have collapsed one after another. "Little group" like Li Yao.

However, there are also a small number of condensed forms that have proved to be quite successful, and the "large groups" that make up these forms will also split in an orderly manner, bringing brand new successful forms to more "small groups".

Even Li Yao died twice.

He is also not sure whether to use "death" to describe his collapse. In short, the form he condensed with great difficulty proved to be unsuitable for the survival of this planet and the finishing operations of the rock formations. 90% of his body is composed of beetles All died, but the remaining 10% of the beetles carried the most critical genetic information, joined the new team, and integrated into it perfectly.

Perhaps, for the individuals of the bee colony civilization, death is really a meaningless concept. If the civilization is not destroyed, they can obtain eternal life.