How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 484 Mutually Beneficial and Symbiotic Relationship

The habitable planet they were in was originally in a blue dwarf system. This type of star has a shorter lifespan than smaller stars such as yellow dwarfs and red dwarfs, because the nuclear fusion reaction inside it is suppressed under the huge mass. Intensified, more energy is released, and the reaction rate of fusion is faster.

It is also because of this that the surface of a habitable planet can receive far more star light than the earth. Under the influence of this extremely energy-rich environment, the leaves of plants are generally white in color, like crystal clear glass products.

The collectors walking among the woods can clearly feel the heat brought by the light from the stars.

"My moisture is passing, why don't you remind me?"

I was a little depressed at the beginning, the loss of water is necessary, because I want to cool my body, but in this case, I face another problem, that is, the body loses too much water, and I need to replenish water.

If I had known this earlier, I should have installed a solid helium container for cooling down before I set off—I thought a little depressed at first.

"Huh? Pay attention to body temperature, isn't that what you said at the beginning? Everyone knows that blue dwarfs have strong light."

The life field of the gatherers walking in front showed surprise emotions.

"Before landing, I saw that the atmosphere of this terrestrial planet was dense enough, and it should be able to effectively block a lot of star light. I didn't want to be too troublesome when I went back, so I didn't transfer the solid helium out of the sublight speed organism."

I first explained to my peers that I didn’t expect anything valuable to appear on this habitable planet at the beginning. I didn’t expect too much. Its idea is to let the collectors on the habitable planet work quickly after confirming it early , I can quickly return to work to continue the industrial activities of the group.

However, what Lingchu never expected was that this habitable planet was really worthy of being the research object of the ethnic group, because it was too rare.

"In the beginning, you eat some plant fruits to replenish some water. There is a water source in our destination, where you don't have to worry about a lot of water loss."

"You continue to lead the way."

Chu signaled to move on, and a group of collectors moved again.

The collector who led the way walked while explaining to Chu the question it asked not long ago.

"At the beginning, you just asked where the animals in the woods are. In fact, this time period belongs to the peak of the star's light intensity. The creatures on this planet will gather near the water source in the woods in order not to evaporate their own water. Rehydrate well in that place."

"If you want to replenish water, can't you rely on the plants in the forest?"

At the beginning of the puzzled question, the collectors bowed to the tentacles to answer.

"Eating plants in the woods is very difficult to obtain water. At this time, in order to keep their own water from being lost, the plants will pump back the body fluids in the leaves and branches, and flow them back into a water storage container underground. This part of the ground goes into a state of dehydration, didn't you notice when you ate it?"

"It's really like this..."

Chu casually broke off a branch and ate it. It did not contain a little water, as his family members said. Although the appearance looked bright, crystal clear, like glazed jade, it was completely dry.

Before that, I was interested in understanding the underlying genetic structure of this planet's organisms, but I didn't notice this, but I was a little confused at the beginning.

"Why is the water in the fruit not recycled?"

"The fruit is for the animals to eat. Of course, the water will not be drawn back. There are various reasons, some of which are mutually beneficial and symbiotic with the parasite you just spit out. When the fruit parasitizes in the host to lay eggs, it will also plant the seeds of the plant in the host. The parasite can't distinguish the difference between its own eggs and the plant seeds, so it will take care of the plant seeds with extra care .”

The collector explained to the beginning.

"After the host dies due to excessive parasites, the seeds will absorb the nutrients from the host's body and thrive, and the parasites will also die in large areas because they do not have the nutrients provided by the host. In order to survive, they will choose to place their eggs in young plants In the flower buds, when the bud matures and bears fruit, it becomes another fruit with parasites, and the cycle goes on and on.”

To put it bluntly, it is to use and be used. The parasite uses the fruit of the plant to ensure that it can obtain sufficient water even if it does not go to the water source. If it is hungry, it can directly obtain nutrients from the fruit without having to face the harsh environment of the outside world. Survival race.

When a creature eats the fruit, the parasite enters the host from the esophagus to complete the parasite, and kills the host after a period of time. The plant uses the parasite to complete the long-distance sowing of seeds.

This is not trust, but simply using each other to allow the other party to achieve their own goals because of the 'benefits' they have created.

"It's really a brainless development model."

At the beginning, I was not very optimistic about this biological model. It is too stable. The two species will lose the pressure of survival under the dependence of each other, and the direction of evolution will change. Plants will evolve their fruits to be more attractive, and parasites will evolve. It is easier to parasitize into the host body.

The last two species will be completely inseparable from the other. If one is destroyed, the other cannot live alone. This kind of disadvantage is very obvious.

"It is indeed the case, but it can continue to this day, which can be regarded as a relatively successful way of racial survival on this planet."

"It's not considered a success. The lifespan of blue dwarfs is much shorter than that of yellow dwarfs and red dwarfs. When the stars reach old age, the species on this planet will also face the consequences of wasting their time—demise and extinction."

"If judged like that, then we can't be regarded as success, because in this universe, there are too many things that can destroy us, such as black holes, neutron stars, supernova explosions, vacuum decay..."

"No, you misunderstood, that's not what I meant."

Chu stopped the rebuttal of the same family, and it supplemented the answer.

"What I want to explain is a vertical development model. As long as we are given enough time, we will one day develop the ability to fight against the horrible things in the universe, but they can't, give them a trillion years Time doesn't work, because they don't have a vertical upward development model, they may eventually rule the planet, but they stop there, and eventually they can only become funeral objects of the star's death."

The other collectors shook their heads helplessly.

"The requirements are too high. If you develop vertically, you need wisdom as a guide, and it is extremely difficult to give birth to wisdom."