Cyber Heroes

Plants actually use very little sunlight.

Not all of the sunlight energy that strikes plant leaves is absorbed by the plant. Plants absorb only part of it and reflect green light and other invisible light. Some will pass through the leaves and will not be absorbed, while some will increase the temperature of the leaves and evaporate the water in the leaves to ensure that transpiration continues and allow the plants to absorb nutrients from the soil.

The energy actually converted into chemical energy by photosynthesis is only a few percent at best, and it is almost impossible to exceed 6%.

It should be said that the utilization rate of sunlight for photosynthesis of most plants is much less than one percent.

If it can exceed one percent in the growth stage, it is a good crop.

Even if this kind of plant with high light energy conversion rate is not delicious to humans, humans can still use it as feed, develop animal husbandry, and even convert it into industrial raw materials.

According to this standard, the conversion rate of rice, a major food crop, is only between 0.3 and 2% (the difference between non-improved varieties and improved varieties).

And solar panels…

Solar panels, this is amazing.

The theoretical conversion efficiency of this thing can reach 44% around 2020.

Through the superposition of multiple coatings and solar panels of different materials, most frequency bands can be utilized and there is basically no light transmission.

Solar panels that are designed to absorb light energy will naturally be more efficient than "just enough" plants.

And Yawgmoth's wish is to build a Dyson Cloud.

Since the Dyson Cloud is an architectural miracle that efficiently utilizes solar energy, it will naturally require a large number of high-conversion solar panels. The Dyson Cloud is located in space and can use solar wavelengths that are severely absorbed by the earth's atmosphere.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the Scientific Research Knights, Asylum has been able to stably produce panels with a conversion rate of over 50%. Under laboratory conditions, the Scientific Research Knights are constantly approaching the limit allowed by the laws of physics.

And based on... various public channels for papers, the skills of knights in this area are not bad.

A palm-sized solar panel converts solar energy as efficiently as one or two hundred leaves of the same area.

Of course, this is largely because solar panels only need to convert light energy into electricity.

However, electrical energy can be directly absorbed by some metal-based organisms.

Some metal-based organisms can rely on electricity to obtain energy for survival.

Although this energy utilization rate is far less than 100%.

However, with the right settings...

"This is equivalent to artificial leaves..." Xiang Shan marveled.

Fungi also have symbiosis with plants. Among them, lichens are formed by the symbiosis of fungi and moss.

Among them, moss is responsible for photosynthesis, solidifying solar energy and providing energy for the entire system. Fungi can decompose the organic matter remaining after the death of plants and re-supply water and inorganic salts to plants without root systems.

Under the premise of metal-based transformation, "plants" can already be replaced by "machines".

This is equivalent to installing "photosynthesis prostheses" on plants and fungal colonies.

In the wild, very small solar panels would not attract the attention of satellites.

After all, the earth is not a uniform texture, and the same is true for the air.

Therefore, the temperature in a small area is slightly higher than the surrounding area, which is normal.

But if a gadget with a fixed area moves continuously, it will be very problematic.

That’s why many vehicles cannot set off during the day.

This kind of ultra-small solar panel has very low cost and common materials, and has little conflict with the resource needs of knights.

So it is used to do this kind of thing.

Xiang Shan looked at the lichen formed by the symbiosis of fungi and plants, and said, "Then... well, is this fungus also specially cultivated? Where did you get the gene editing tools?"

Thanks to Toyogmov, gene editing is also a fairly mature technology. With a complete set of tools, anyone can complete gene editing in a kitchen-level setting—but of course, there is no guarantee that the target trait will be edited.

After all, in gene editing, “off-target” operations are routine operations.

If Yawgmoth's previous gene editing was to use a large knife to perform neurosurgery, then Mr. Yawgmoth Voigt's improved gene editing technology is probably to use a kitchen knife to perform thoracic surgery.

But after all, nature has not created a biological mechanism "specifically used to edit genes."

Before Yawgmoth, genetic modification was the result of "piling up". Use the Daguan knife to perform tens of thousands of surgeries continuously, and if one survives, it will be considered a success.

Yawgmoth improved the situation. But even the simplest appendicitis surgery, if you don’t use a scalpel, will still fail.

Xiang Shan was really curious. Now those knights had a complete set of gene editing tools in their hands.

The most important thing about "gene editing tools" is not the instrument, but the various enzymes that can cut and splice DNA.

All organic substances can be quickly metabolized by microorganisms through the Yawill preparation method.

It’s just that the enzymes involved in gene editing tools are special.

"Some simple reagents can be stolen directly from the Scientific Research Knights. Some are provided by the sect. However, it is a bit difficult to find complete gene editing tools here. It is said that the knights in Africa can prepare them all."

Jader answered honestly.

Xiang Shan pondered for a moment: "Hmm... Then how is this kind of electric energy-synthesizing fungus cultivated?"

"Cultivation of electrical energy-synthetic fungi..." Jadel was a little confused. "After the No. 1 infection incident, the surviving fungi all had metal-based gene fragments. Use drugs to intensify the horizontal movement of genetic information between different colonies, and then After further screening, it is easy to screen out such fungi..."

"Infection No. 1..."

Xiangshan's tone was slightly confused.

But he found that everyone else was confused because he had doubts about this matter.

At the same time, the memory of the Eighth Martial God also gave a standard answer.

"Infection No. 1" refers to "Biosphere No. 1", the incident in which the Earth's biosphere was infected.

According to people's impressions of it eighty years ago, this historical event is now regarded as "a genetic weapon strike launched by thieves at the end of the Sublimation War."

The Eighth Martial God scorned the widely circulated saying that "thieves of the country use genetic weapons to suppress knights."

In the view of the Eighth Martial God, the enemies of the country thief, that is, the knights, are all Cybermen with maxed-out transformation rates.

I'm afraid it's crazy to use genetic weapons against such people. This behavior serves no good purpose other than accidentally killing civilians.

However, this part of the memory was not included in the "legacy" by the Eighth Martial God.

And Xiangshan's biological brain also instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"Infection No. 1..." Xiang Shan pondered, "It wasn't called that name at that time."

Pretending to lament the passage of time.

Anyway, in Wuzu Xiangshan's time, this title did not exist yet.

I want to return to the realm of second update

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