The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 442 Creatures in the Ice and Snow World

Cao Yang reported: "Unidentified creatures attacking soldiers can be seen everywhere underwater, and their shapes are as varied as sticky water.

"We compared the reports of white planet creatures from earlier probes and found that these were creatures named 'snot beasts'.

"This naming is very vivid, and their state is really like snot in the water."

Everyone in the conference room would smile heartily. Originally, this creature had a long code name. The name "Snot Beast" was a nickname before, but it became the official name later.

Cao Yang continued: "Because many snot beasts look similar to humans, a J195 captured one and brought it back for dissection.

"The results of the dissection were similar to what I had guessed in the previous report. Human remains were found inside the dissected humanoid slug, and some even had only skulls and teeth left.

"Basically, it is certain that the snot beasts did not have a human form before, and only after they swallowed the remains of human victims did they take on a human form.

"The remains of more than 4 compatriots were used as food by them."

Jiang Yu sighed: "It's no wonder they, after all, in their eyes, the corpses of compatriots are a combination of protein and energy.

"We still have to put all our hatred on the enemy. It is the enemy who killed our compatriots! It is the enemy who left our compatriots dead! There is no need to waste too much energy on this primitive creature."

Jiang Yu said this because about a week ago, someone suggested killing all the snot beasts to avenge his compatriots.

At this meeting, Jiang Yu made it clear that he rejected the proposal.

Jiang Yu continued: "We don't have time to vent our anger now, we must build an industrial system as soon as possible.

"If you want revenge, work hard to produce industrial products and build warships, so that we can catch up and kill the enemies one by one!"

The participants applauded together, and everyone's enthusiasm really wanted to be motivated.

After a few seconds of applause, the meeting continued, and Cao Yang said again: "There are many kinds of creatures in the underwater world, but we only have two J195s, and we only have a simple understanding of the underwater situation.

"Currently only slugbeasts have been observed to burrow into the surface for food, and they should be the most active animals in winter on the white planet.

"In addition, J195 also observed two other creatures, and their files were also found in the previous exploration data.

"One of these two creatures is a tadpole beast, and the other is a rootbeard beast.

"A tadpole is about the size of a fist, and looks a bit like a tadpole, with a big head and a structure like five tails behind it.

"There are a lot of tadpoles, and most of them feed on tadpoles.

"There is also a root-beard beast that is obviously standing at the top of the food chain. Its shape is very similar to the roots of a big tree. The roots from thick to thin float slowly, preying on the snot-beasts that swim around.

"The volume of the rootbeard beast is very large, and the maximum length is more than 100 meters!

"According to the previous exploration report, the rootbeard beast is a kind of amphibians, they will land on the island in summer, and they will live in symbiosis with a plant with huge leaves.

"A J195 cut an arm-thick 'root' and brought it back for dissection. The surface of the root has a structure similar to a suction cup, which can suck the snot beast.

"As for how it absorbs the snot beast, this needs to be further observed, we guess it should absorb the body fluid of the snot beast like a spider.

"These three creatures form a simple biological chain. It is estimated that the biological chain of the white planet should be larger and more complete, but we don't have time to do these observations right now.

"Let's briefly summarize and understand it first, and then we will do specific exploration later when we have time."

Cao Yang took a sip of water, and then concluded: "According to previous explorations and recent observations, the creatures on the white planet do not have visual organs such as eyes.

"Of course, it is also possible that the visual organs have degenerated under the thick ice layer and deep sea for a long time.

"Their sensory organs may only have a sense of touch, and their nervous systems are underdeveloped, and their responses are very slow, but their vitality is tenacious.

"After DNA comparison, their DNA has many similarities with the creatures on the earth, and they should be the same ancestor as the creatures on the earth."

Everyone was slightly taken aback by Cao Yang's last words.

Xing Yuanbin continued: "This further proves a hypothesis of the Academy of Sciences: carbon-based life should have a common ancestor.

"It's just how life spreads in galaxies and galaxies? It's still an unsolved mystery.

"When you have time, contact the Earth Province and ask if they have 'caught' the comet."

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Now we don't have time to study these topics."

Then he said solemnly: "Cao Yang has another important discovery, and he has not had time to report it before the meeting begins."

Everyone focused all their attention on Cao Yang. Cao Yang took out a white brick-like thing in a transparent bag, and said to everyone:

"This is the silicon dioxide found near the location where the silicon star was observed by the probe before, and it is speculated to be the excrement of the enemy!"

Everyone was surprised for a while, and then suddenly realized that the enemy is a silicon-based creature!

After carbon-based organisms inhale oxygen, they will produce carbon dioxide through metabolism.

Because oxygen is active enough, and in an environment where complex organisms are easy to form, it must be very abundant.

Therefore, generally speaking, the metabolism of complex life forms requires the participation of oxygen to a greater or lesser extent.

The metabolism of silicon-based organisms that also require oxygen produces silica.

The difference is that carbon dioxide is a gas, while silicon dioxide is a solid.

Silicon-based organisms only existed in theory before, but it was unexpected that silicon-based intelligent organisms were discovered so "close" to the solar system!

It's no wonder that the enemy's colonization focus is not on the habitable zone. As carbon-based organisms, human beings must be very different from the enemy's habitable zone.

This is a key intelligence that can deduce many clues about the enemy.

After a few seconds of silence in the conference room, Jiang Yu asked Xing Yuanbin to make a report again.

"Our side is the smoothest." Xing Yuanbin came back from the imagination of "silicon-based organisms" and said: "Early detectors have found the location of many mineral deposits in the early exploration of the planet.

"I took the exploration robot to confirm one by one, and finally found various minerals needed by our industry.

"I suggest establishing an initial base on an island that is only over 1000 kilometers away from us, where the distance from the mine is relatively close, which can save a lot of transportation costs in the early stage.

"In addition, from the wreckage of the civilian ship destroyed by the enemy, a lot of usable parts were removed, and it is estimated that the nuclear engine of the command ship can be repaired!"

This meeting is basically all good news.

Then Jiang Yu began to make further deployments: "According to the information provided by the solar system and our observations, the white planet will gradually enter summer in about three earth months.

"Before that, we have to work hard to repair the command ship and plan the pre-construction plan of the base.

"Especially the maintenance of the command ship. If it can't be repaired in these few months, it may never have a chance to repair it."

The location of the command ship is actually at sea.

If it enters summer, the surrounding ice and snow are bound to melt and become soft.

If the command ship is still unable to move, it will be buried in the loose ice and snow, and may even fall to the bottom of the sea. When winter comes again, the command ship will be frozen under a kilometer of ice and snow!
Once the human industrial system is activated, the cost of salvaging and repairing a command ship must be higher than the cost of producing a command ship.

(End of this chapter)