Chapter 147 This is the granary, you should be fired
The "granary" galaxy, its original name is not this, but the inconspicuous one among the many numbered galaxies in the Milky Way.
Once only astronomers would occasionally pay attention to the stellar conditions of this galaxy and record the data before the star died.
But since "Presolin" valued this galaxy, everything has changed.
This galaxy does not have any gas giant planets, instead of these giant planets, there are more ordinary planets.
The celestial bodies here have formed a large number of planets during the evolution process, but none of them can give birth to life.
Galaxy civilizations look down on this barren galaxy, but "Pressolin" thinks it is a good "grain storage place".
Huge amounts of food have been processed and stored on these barren planets. Among them are industrially synthesized food, but most of them are the carcasses of various space wild animals.
Because expanding the food production chain is a troublesome thing, it will occupy the original industrial production capacity. For all civilizations, hunting those seemingly endless space creatures is the most convenient thing.
So obviously, there are a lot of biological corpses piled up in the "Banner" galaxy.
The lone wolf discovered the defensive void of the "Grannary", and with the idea of dragging this strange "Hive Lost Empire" into the water, he led "Cordyceps disease" to this place.
"...still unmanned." The lone wolf quickly skimmed the galaxy, and left here through the hyperspace channel leading to another direction.
"Cordyceps disease" hasn't come after him yet, but he can guide those Cordyceps creatures near the "granary".
Those Cordyceps creatures that act on instinct will soon notice that there are a large number of "corpses" in this galaxy that they can drive. As for how the "presolin" will react, it is not something these fungi will consider.
"... My behavior like this is really disgusting... Maybe I will be wanted by "Presolin" in the future?"
Lone Wolf silently put the diary in his arms, then changed the identification code of the spaceship countless times, and finally abandoned it on some unnoticed planet.
And he himself changed his face and became a "newcomer" among a group of mercenaries, who was about to fight against the "cordyceps disease" raging in the galaxy.
As for the seduced Cordyceps creatures, they also found this place full of "corpses" after approaching the "granary" galaxy, and happily rushed in.
At this time, "Pressolin" didn't know about it. Their queen gathered all the individuals outside and was listening to the teachings from the "Guardian" in the "Hatchery" galaxy.
This group of "refugees" from outside the galaxy have a strong desire to "farm", and they have repeatedly asked for advice from Li Wenyuan, a "mechanical intelligence" who has a great relationship with human beings.
They embarked on a special evolutionary path. Maybe the hive civilization in the galaxy will look like them after it reaches its extreme.
Considering the gentle personality of "Pressolin", Li Wenyuan would occasionally find time to solve some of their developmental doubts.
In fact, human beings have already taught them perfectly. Now Presolin even has a complete technology tree belonging to them.
Their questions are also asking "is it possible to do this", and most of them are indeed possible.
These extragalactic creatures who are always on the run once created a splendid civilization. Although they were gradually forgotten during the escape process, humans still tried to remind them of their past development path.
However, the "Pressolins" still maintain a cautious attitude towards everything. Even killing a wild animal requires the animal to pass the "smart creature test" to be at ease.
At the same time, they also treat other people very gently. All civilizations passing by the "incubator" galaxy can get a little "biological gift". "It's a familiar face.
Those "biological gifts" are just an unimportant shedding of shells for "Pressolin", but they still have great research value for these civilizations.
Even civilizations that are not very interested in genetic technology will come to the "incubator" from time to time to drop by, and then transfer those accompanying gifts to civilizations that need them.
Except that "Pressorin" will be a little emotional when it comes to dealing with the "Banner" galaxy, but which Lost Empire has no taboo?
This kind of thing that seems to have been established by convention has been included in "Taboo of the Lost Empire", a must-read book for heavenly civilization, just like "colonization of holy land is not allowed", it is a taboo that will anger the lost empire.
Although the Milky Way is fighting against the raging "cordyceps disease" recently, "Pressolin" doesn't pay much attention to this matter, and still sticks to its one-acre three-point land.
However, due to their new insights into farming recently, Queen "Pressolin" briefly called back the patrolling individuals who were away from home, including in the "Grannary" galaxy, to witness their latest experimental results.
Although they are in the collective consciousness of hive thinking, they may be influenced by humans, and they also attach great importance to the sense of ritual.
The "Grannary" galaxy has been at ease for a long time, and the young queen feels that it will be okay to let go once in a while, but for the sense of ceremony, she needs all individuals to witness together.
“…we may…find an inexhaustible source of…food…”
The intermittent biosignals of Queen "Pressolin" reached Li Wenyuan, and this sentence was specially told to him.
Due to the particularity of identity. He was also invited to visit the "Pressolin" ceremony.
This is not a difficult task for Li Wenyuan. He just dispatched a scientific research spacecraft to come here, put part of his consciousness in this place, and then continued to work on his affairs.
He didn't have much interest in the "cordyceps disease" raging in the galaxy at first, and he was more concerned about the sudden reaction of the "observer" to this matter.
Because of those parasitic fungi, he also studied a little bit, and found that the level of technology contained in them is really hard to compliment.
Before this, the Milky Way civilization had not found any signs of "cordyceps disease". They suddenly appeared, as if they had been hidden in some extremely secret places for a long time, and they were only born again after the power accumulation was completed.
But through the research on the Cordyceps fungus, not only Li Wenyuan, but also other galactic civilizations have discovered that these fungi do not possess intelligence. Is this thousands of years of "ready to go" their instinct?
Even though the galactic civilizations had no time to think about this matter because they were too busy fighting against the "cordyceps disease", Li Wenyuan conducted an in-depth investigation and found some abnormalities.
The source of the anomaly is still those "mythical creatures" parasitized by the Cordyceps fungus. Among them, the last sighting record of the space whale mother was about 20 years ago.
At that time, there was no "cordyceps disease". When did you kill and control the mother of the space whale?
It is the instinct of creatures to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, let alone such a "mythical creature" that has gone through countless years and fought against many civilizations.
Relying on some unnoticed gossip, Li Wenyuan found the place where the mother of the Space Whale family might have died.
In that galaxy, there are still huge tentacles that were cut off by the patriarch, and it can be seen from the traces of the section that it is the result of some kind of powerful light spear.
There are not many civilizations in the galaxy with this weapon, and the lost empire is the main user.
The distance there is very far from the place where the "Cordyceps disease" is raging now, but the corpses have disappeared. Normal hyperspace navigation takes five or six years, so why did the corpses appear in the hands of the "Cordyceps disease"?
The final clues all point to a lost empire that responded the most to this matter.
So Li Wenyuan is also really curious, why did this lost empire conduct such a self-directed and self-acted drama, just to gain useless fame?
He has witnessed the end and rebirth of three lost empires, and this last lost empire that existed before he came has also become the object of his most attention during this time.
But the focus right now is to listen to the report of "Pressolin". He has to take it seriously when he is invited so solemnly.
“…Our latest evolutionary achievements have allowed us to directly use cosmic radiation…to become the nourishment of our flesh…”
"…so we can, this way—"
Accompanied by the command of the young queen, a "worker bee" who had prepared earlier cut off her own tail.
This huge piece of "tail meat" is the size of a frigate, and it is alive and kicking in a vacuum. It is a very fresh piece of food.
Then the "worker bee" held the piece of "food" and happily moved it to a temporary warehouse in the "hatchery" galaxy.
“…bathed in cosmic radiation, in less than a month…he can regrow his own tail…”
"In this case, we won't have food troubles... how about it, isn't it amazing?"
The young queen seemed to be asking for Li Wenyuan's opinion at the end of her words, and a certain kind of humanized expectation could be seen in the hideous and terrifying face of "Pressolin".
"..." Li Wenyuan felt like he didn't know what to say. He could directly convert cosmic radiation into the energy he needed, but he was still obsessed with the act of "eating".
It seems that these "presolin" have an unimaginable obsession with "food", so that there are more efficient methods, and they still adhere to the tradition of "food".
But looking at the expectant expression of the "Pressolin" Queen, Li Wenyuan did not choose to break her ideal after all, and expressed his approval.
So the announcement ceremony about this "unlimited food" technology soon came to an end, and the patrols belonging to the "granary" galaxy headed there again.
Li Wenyuan, on the other hand, was interested in "presolin", a biotechnology that efficiently uses organisms to transform cosmic radiation, so he stayed temporarily and planned to study it.
However, before he had time to communicate with Queen "Pressolin", the young queen had violent biological signal fluctuations, as if she had discovered something serious.
Then this signal fluctuation has gone through several changes, from disconnection, to shock, to grief, and then to anger. It is conceivable how much twists and turns occurred in her heart.
"There is...'rat', this is a vermin, it needs to be...prevented..."
Listening to the signal from Queen "Pressolin", Li Wenyuan quickly turned his gaze away and focused on the "Grannary" galaxy.
Of course he knows this place, and he also knows the importance of this place to "Pressolin".
So he saw the huge "granary", and several planets had become empty, and the "corpse meat pieces" piled up in the planets flew in the universe like ducks with their mouths full.
The "Presolin" who came here thought it was a mistake at first, maybe their obsession with food was too heavy, so that they all saw the weird illusion of "the food ran away by itself".
Yet reality hit them hard, because the food literally ran away by itself.
The pieces of meat belonging to different creatures were stitched together by the Cordyceps fungus, and the weird biological activities made these things show signs of activity again.
A soldier of "Presolin" went to recover the food in disbelief, but was smacked by his own food with his tail, which made him stunned in the universe on the spot.
"Pressolin" has always followed the path of biological evolution, and their smallest fighter is also a ferocious space behemoth that can be called terrifying.
Although the long peaceful life has worn down their sharp claws, this does not mean that the weapons that have accompanied them for a long time have lost their former luster.
Soon, the emotion called anger filled the entire hive thinking network.
The "Pressorin" swarms that moved directly through the warp swarmed the "Banner" galaxy, and these extragalactic refugees showed their horror for the first time.
(end of this chapter)