star watcher

time flies.

The long sleep was disturbed by the "rumbling—" vibration, and the three of them woke up.

Opening his eyes, the surrounding darkness was slightly illuminated by the dots of fluorescent light, even if there was no light, it did not affect his observation of the surroundings.The three of them looked at their paws rubbing their eyes, looked at the narrow stone cave, and were in a daze for a while, unable to get used to it, and the memory slowly came back.

There were several times before that the tremors disturbed the sound sleep, but this time, the three mouthfuls vaguely captured some kind of radiation that had never been felt on this planet before. It is necessary to observe and collect the mission log.

——Actually, the reason why I didn’t do the task before was because I didn’t get enough sleep, but now it’s because I slept too long and I finally have to move around.The three of them dragged their clumsy bodies to stand up in a rather good mood.

Using this body in the usual way before falling asleep, the three of them immediately felt suffocation, and then remembered the first element of biological survival—breathing. The depths of the stratum do not know the ages, and there is no suitable air here. "He" needs to temporarily alter his physiology.

The surface characteristics are maintained... Internal mass-energy transformation... Diffusion... Reorganization... Compression... Sankou adjusted the way of existence in a moment, and the appearance of the body has not changed, but only maintains a layer of skin, which is what he got from another planet. A living organism that does not depend on air.

Flicking their tails, the three of them quickly got used to their bodies again. He looked around and finally found the timer before going to sleep in the corner - the half of a small tree brought in by breaking off with his claws. Of course, he can't see what it is now. something.He directly grabbed a ball of this thing and threw it into his mouth, feeling it with his body.

The half-life of radioactive isotopes is quite long. If they are willing, Sankou is confident that the error will be controlled within plus or minus a hundred years—of course, it can only be calculated according to the time standard of this planet.

Sankou did not convert his own time standard. Time has long been meaningless. For this planet, more than 6000 million years are just a nap. Variation and extinction, etc., are infinitely possible.

He quickly concluded that he had been asleep for... 65623500 years or so.

More than 500 million years?Well...you can go out and have a look.

The body quickly decomposed into countless particles, and they easily flew across the molecules and atoms of the rock, soil, and water. After an unknown period of time, the surrounding molecules suddenly became very sparse-the three of them came to the ground.

There was no sound of flapping wings, no sound of walking, no roaring, no warm and moist breath, no smell of blood, and no familiar creatures of any kind existed nearby. Everything was as expected and strange.

After the body was reorganized to its original shape, the three took a deep breath, and the composition of the air had changed a little, which was still acceptable for this body.But what about radiation of this intensity?With such intensity, even his own thick skin couldn't bear it, so he began to look around.

It was the dark hour before dawn, but this did not affect the vision of the three of them. He found that there was a mountain forest nearby, but the green plants that looked extremely dense and vibrant were not sap inside, but arranged too regularly The fibers contained some metal components... Three mouthfuls gnawed off a branch as thick as a forearm, and analyzed it while devouring it.

Generally speaking, the word "too regular" itself represents an unnatural and non-original structure, so these carbon-based plants are not purely natural, but are produced for a certain purpose?

The civilization level of this planet must be adjusted.The branch completely disappeared in the mouths of the three of them, not much energy, better than nothing.

There is no road ahead, but in the distance, one can feel the concentrated heat, which is obviously unnatural, and the source of radiation is in it.

It seems that it has reached a certain level of civilization, the three of them thought, where is the dominant creature here?What does it look like?

Three mouths improved the sense of sight, hearing, smell and touch, and ran towards one direction with agility and dexterity.

——It is easy to cause misunderstanding and hostility between different species, but the rule is that after entering the planet, it cannot violate the general laws of the planet, so he did not turn into particles or use other abilities like the underground escape.

If someone is proficient in paleontology, with the help of slow motion, he will see a long-extinct Deinonychus, running wildly between the mountains and forests at the extreme speed of a single mech.

Decomposition and reorganization stimulated mental activity, and the running movement made the stiff body joints more flexible and coordinated. The three took down data, including the changed air composition, soil as well, and trees...

Uh, I seem to have slept for a long time this time.There are too many unnatural traces that have been built and destroyed along the way. With large-scale construction and creativity, the planet has evolved from a first-level civilization to a third-level civilization. The three of them silently thought that they had missed civilization for so long evolutionary process.This idea was overturned after he saw a few scattered metal bodies moving in the air. If the metal bodies were the life form of the planet, then the evolutionary level of the planet was at least level five.

6000 million years, level five, this planet is really durable and rich in storage.

The detection skills of the fifth-level civilization will not be low. The three regretted their recklessness, and instantly exerted their strength. Using the cover of the plants, compared with the general appearance of the metal body with wings in the air, they modified their appearance into a bright silver streamlined body with double ribs. Each was decorated with three shiny silicon plates, engraved with simple geometric lines, the wings were slightly folded, the wide tail was erected on the buttocks, a pattern was randomly marked on the abdomen, and it wobbled into the air.

He mentally adjusted the level of civilization, and quickly collected the chaotic electromagnetic waves that filled the surroundings. The bands were noisy. This language system needed to be learned, so he wrote down some.

Observing the direction of travel of the few metal bodies, it seems that they are all away from a central point of high temperature and high radiation.

The three went up against the current and flew towards the center point. After expanding his field of vision, he felt that his judgment had made a mistake again.

Looking down from the air, not far from the center is an unnaturally formed building area, which is indeed a biological gathering area. There are a large number of metal bodies on the ground winding into a line on the road, escaping from the radiation source, and some scattered Small carbon-based creatures, far behind, running on their lower limbs.

The three sent out detections, whether in the air or inside the metal body on the ground, there is this bipedal carbon-based creature, its genetic makeup is very similar to a small animal when the pachyderm ruled the planet-the small animal only had There are three mouths and one hind paw is so big, and they often steal eggs from their own colony.

Isn't it the planet of metal civilization?Is the relationship between carbon-based organisms and metal bodies parasitic or symbiotic?Is it slavery or food reserves?