How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 118 Growing Mushrooms

Two hundred and sixty-eight days and nights have passed since the last rhizome invasion launched by Hogu.

Since that brand-new incident, the atmosphere of the entire colony has become increasingly subtle. The pedestrians on the streets have transitioned from the original bustling to the handful of today, and the army is stationed at the intersections of the streets and alleys. Some businesses The district was knocked down, and thick chimneys were erected, emitting thick black smoke.

It will become like this, mainly because the star port is destroyed, the connection between the colony and the parent star is disconnected, and the supplies from the parent star are lost. The colony is in the early stage and still cannot be completely self-sufficient.

Almost all items skyrocketed overnight, including waste such as plastic cardboard boxes. Only the price of food did not fluctuate much. The saying that food is the first thing for the people is applicable no matter where it is. In order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the colony, , agriculture is the first industry to develop.

The factory was full of people, and most of the civilians had lost their jobs and came to this place to process parts.

The singing and dancing of the past is gone forever, and all that remains is the numbness of machinery and the roaring sound of metal knocking in the factory.

As the factory bell rang, the non-stop machinery was turned off, and the workers who kept processing parts could finally take a breather in the tight work process.

Although they know that this break is only temporary, this is not a time for them to rest, but for the machine to rest.

After the cooling time of the machine is over, they will return to the repetitive work again.

"When will such a day end..."

Some people complain, and some people persuade.

"Be patient, wait a little longer, the colony has lost contact, it is impossible for the mother star to not know, and the rescue fleet may already be on the way."

"Will those nobles on the parent planet care about our lives?"

"Those aristocratic lords, wish to squeeze out all our values."

For persuasion, it attracts more sneers.

However, what the persuader said later made them change their minds.

"Indeed, they don't care about our life or death. It doesn't matter to them whether we die or not, but it will be very difficult for the colony to develop again. They spent so much money and time on it. Energy and matter, if they lose all their money, they may be suicidal.”

"In comparison, the cost of organizing a fleet voyage rescue is also very high, but compared to the colonies, it is not even a fraction. As long as they are not fools, they can understand how to choose."

These words made many workers who were engaged in repetitive work and whose minds were already a little rigid suddenly realized, and the feeling of depression in their hearts was relieved a lot.

"...Brother, what did you do before you entered the factory? Could it be some big shot?"

"Heh, how could a big shot come here? I'm just a businessman driven by interest."

"That's true."

As he said that, the worker skillfully picked up the cup and was about to take a sip to replenish the water, when he noticed a change in the cup, circles of fine ripples emerged on the water surface.

"earthquake?"

He looked at the others in amazement, and the others seemed to have noticed the abnormality. The worker who claimed to be a 'businessman' looked at the ground strangely.

"Unlike, if it was an earthquake, we should have heard it earlier."

Before an earthquake occurs, there will be seismic waves, and seismic waves belong to the category of infrasound waves. This sound is inaudible to humans, but it is another matter for creatures that communicate with infrasound waves.

"Perhaps it is the special situation of this planet."

"maybe……"

At this time, it is located on the other side of the planet, and there is an extra giant structure there, but it is different from the circular platform giant structure that leads directly to the exhalation layer. This giant structure is very short, only a distance beyond the ozone layer.

The exterior structure looks more like a donut. The circle area in the middle has a diameter of 30 kilometers, but this is a structure on the ground. Nearly 90% of this giant structure is buried underground. Appearance, that is a huge hollow tube structure.

"Report the will, the 'stimulant' is already in place, and request the launch command."

"The order is passed and the second recovery operation begins."

Subsequently, the meteorite, which was originally in line with the movement of the planet and kept relatively still, experienced a violent hydrogen and oxygen explosion and fell towards the surface.

The huge mass even made the air tremble, it was an asteroid with a diameter of twelve kilometers.

Soon the atmospheric structure was broken layer by layer, and the meteorite was about to fall into the circle area inside the giant structure accurately.

Huogu looked at the sky from the perspective of the circle through the rhizome. The hot wind and air waves were howling, the ground was flying sand and rocks, and the fire of the red lotus was from top to bottom, covering the sky and the sun.

Three words can completely summarize the scene seen at this time - the sky is falling.

The meteorite collided with the ground, and a terrifying shock wave appeared. The rhizomes in the circle of the giant structure were instantly torn into pieces. Kilometers of clouds were instantly dispersed.

The route of travel is blocked, and the shock wave turns its immediate direction and releases in the direction of the least pressure.

The columnar jet was thus formed, and within a few blinks of an eye, a mushroom grew on the ground, and this mushroom even broke through the stratosphere and penetrated deep into the middle layer.

In Huogu's thinking, there were circles of ripples on the three-dimensional model of the planet, and then he clicked on it a few times, the trajectory of the ripples changed, and most of them were restricted to the center of the earth.

In reality, the rhizome also responds accordingly according to Huogu's thinking, laying out a deflection frame underground to guide the waveguide toward the center of the earth.

"Will, isn't it too messy to do this?"

This is the second time they have experienced this kind of thing, but the perpetual collectors are still quite frightened. They always feel that the planet below will soon fall apart due to this kind of messy behavior.

"worry about what?"

"Ming's guy is very strong, with gravity, even if it is smashed, it will recover quickly, and it won't break."

"But does this really work?"

"Of course it is useful. When a meteorite hits a planet, the potential energy will be converted into energy release, thermal energy, kinetic energy, and internal energy. What we need is internal energy. Thermal energy and kinetic energy have been constrained by the giant structure, and the scope of influence has been reduced. To the minimum, all that is left is to keep smashing."

While Huo Gu was explaining, a piece of information was transmitted to the channel.

【... Huo... Gu... stop... hand... very... hurts...】

"Permanent, you see, isn't this very effective? Continue."

"yes!"