Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

【Earth】

The moment the alarm sounded, the expressions of Lu Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi, who were continuing to study the giant tree in the laboratory, changed instantly.

The two looked at each other, and both saw deep uneasiness in each other's eyes.

"Something happened to the expedition team!"

Lu Yongchang composed himself and said in a deep voice: "Zero, take over the picture."

"Connect with Academician Zhu Ziwen."

"receive."

The holographic image changes quietly.

Looking at the densely packed, fast-moving dark green dots, Lu Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help but gasp!

"Fuck!"

Mao Zhengzhi subconsciously cursed: "What's going on?!"

"I thought it was the giant tree that was having an attack. How could it be those bugs?"

Lu Yongchang frowned and looked at various data carefully: "Something's wrong...Why do these bugs come to the depths of the forest at night?"

"Shouldn't they go to surrounding waters..."

As the sirens grew louder, the swarms began to attack.

Looking at the tree roots waving behind the insect swarm, everyone in the laboratory had a look of horror in their eyes!

"He actually took the initiative to drive away the insect swarms to attack the intruders..."

Mao Zhengzhi murmured softly: "Professor, we still underestimate this giant tree too much."

"Its intelligence is probably no less than that of humans!"

Lu Yongchang did not answer.

No less than human?

I'm afraid... it's far more than human beings!

If those tree roots are really the nervous system, then the brain size of this towering tree will far exceed human imagination!

With such a huge brain capacity, the level of intelligence is inconclusive!

Suddenly, he noticed a corner of the holographic projection.

Looking at the specially highlighted name, Lu Yongchang frowned instantly.

"What the hell is Zhu Ziwen doing..."

Zero's electronic synthesized sound just happened to sound again.

"Professor, Academician Zhu Ziwen did not respond to communication requests."

Lu Yongchang didn't hesitate at all and said directly: "Forcibly connect!"

"How long does it take to not answer the communication? Why don't you escape on the starship and wait for death?"

"receive!"

…

The moment the communication was connected, Zhu Ziwen's howl suddenly sounded in the laboratory!

"...Zero! You call this thing a watermelon bug?!"

"Labour and management believed your lies!!!"

Lu Yongchang: "???"

The next moment, looking at the giant centipede coming toward him in the giant holographic projection, he subconsciously took two steps back.

Hundreds of two to three meters long abdominal legs gently brushed against his face.

Although he knew it was a holographic image, he still felt goosebumps all over his body.

"...Zero?!" He shouted angrily, "Look at your simulation results!!"

"This is too bad!!!"

"Professor, there was insufficient observation data at the time, and there was a big gap between the simulation results and the real picture. This is normal."

Zero's electronic synthesized voice was as calm as ever: "The model of the Forsaken Giant Insect has been updated."

It cannot understand why Lu Yongchang, Mao Zhengzhi and others reacted so strongly.

In its opinion, both watermelon worms and centipedes are arthropod-like organisms, and there is not much difference between them.

Perhaps the biggest difference is that these centipede-like creatures can achieve higher crawling speeds with their longer abdominal legs.

Lu Yongchang ignored Ling's words. He took a deep breath and suppressed the discomfort in his heart.

"Ziwen, go back to the starship!"

"The firing rate of the plasma cannon needs to be improved. We can add another energy storage area next time, but I don't know if the material is strong enough..." Zhu Ziwen's muttering came from the communication channel.

"Zhu Ziwen!" Lu Yongchang raised his voice and shouted again.

"Ah?!" Zhu Ziwen, who was immersed in observation, suddenly woke up, "Professor? When did you connect the communication?"

"How long has it been and you still haven't returned to the starship..."

"Professor, the situation is urgent now. I will report to you later if anything happens." Zhu Ziwen quickly interrupted Lu Yongchang's words, "I still need to record relevant data!"

After the words fell, the holographic communication screen that had just been connected for a few seconds returned to the blue initial interface at the beginning.

[Communication has been interrupted]

Looking at the line of highlighted white text in the center of the blue interface, Lu Yongchang's eyes twitched.

"This little brat! I have to wait until he comes back..."

"Professor, calm down, calm down." Mao Zhengzhi on the side persuaded with a smile, "Since Xia Zhou asked him to stay nearby, it means there is not much danger."

"I think Academician Zhu's next direction is a bit biased toward individual mechas. This new research direction does require a lot of data to support it."

Hearing this, Lu Yongchang shook his head, sighed softly and whispered: "Of course I understand this."

"I'm just worried about Ziwen's safety."

"After all, this is a foreign planet, and the creatures on it are still in this form that we can't imagine..."

"The unknown means danger after all."

Mao Zhengzhi thought for a while: "Professor, I don't think there is much need to worry."

"No matter how intelligent the tree is, no matter how big it is, it is just a tree."

"According to the data transmitted back, plasma cannons and some ultra-high temperature weapons are extremely lethal to it."

"The exploration troops we sent out can probably easily deal with a second-level civilization."

Mao Zhengzhi's words made Lu Yongchang's brows relax a lot, but he still paid close attention to the real-time battle situation presented in the holographic projection.

"Zero, send some more ship-borne drones to protect the safety of Academician Zhu Ziwen and the other explorers."

"No, not enough, send ten [Golden Crow] over."

"When necessary..."

"Destroy this giant tree!"

"Received."

The moment the electronic synthesized sound fell, a small fleet consisting of ten [Golden Crow] battleships and countless ship-borne drones quietly broke away from the large force and flew towards the Lost Star in the distance.