#689 - Chapter 689 Control Points

A typical characteristic of biological evolution is that the larger the population and the higher the level of civilization, the more complex and refined the division of labor becomes, and the more obvious the differences in biological characteristics between different types of work.

The main species of the Tasman insect civilization is named 'Giant Tasman Intelligent Ant' by Dongfang Chen. Since it belongs to carbon-based life, the prefix is not added.

The high-tech civilization built by the Giant Tasman Intelligent Ants fully demonstrates that the evolution of advanced civilizations is not a singular process.

Biodiversity determines the diversity of civilization forms.

The intelligence of the Tasman insects mainly originates from the biological network formed by the knowledge worker ants.

Within this network, the computing power that each knowledge worker ant can contribute is limited. However, a large number of knowledge worker ants gathered together form a super computing power center that can be infinitely expanded.

This is extremely similar to the way the brain is constructed.

If each knowledge worker ant is regarded as a neuron, then the biological network they construct is a super brain.

Relying on this super brain, they have developed their own understanding of the world and, based on this understanding, have built a high-tech civilization.

Compared to human civilization, the Tasman insect civilization has more advantages. The extremely weakened individual cognition helps them build an extremely stable society.

There are no cognitive differences, no conflicts of interest, and each individual is selfless, unafraid of sacrifice, and works diligently without complaint.

A stable society provides them with a good internal environment for developing technology.

Dongfang Chen estimates that, as long as resources are sufficient, their rate of evolution will be at least 100 times that of humans.

However, this civilization built on collective cognition also has its flaws. That is, it is extremely difficult to produce diverse civilizations.

Their purpose in developing technology is based on biological instincts: food and reproduction. This leads to the eventual formation of a single technological system aimed at obtaining more food and living space.

The reason they are now attacking Southeast Asia is precisely for this reason.

The rapid deterioration of the Australian environment has made it extremely difficult for them to obtain food. There is no other choice but to expand outwards.

Ling Luo manages all the survivors of the Great Sun Kingdom, concentrated in 10 underground bases.

These bases are not as comfortable as the Huaguo bases, and can only guarantee basic survival. All their work is to raise mice and produce crystal cores. Due to the high degree of automation, the output is considerable.

But even so, it makes them very content.

Now that the world is frozen and information is isolated, they believe that the base they are in is the last home of mankind.

For this, they are very proud.

As long as they work hard every day, they can receive enough food and fresh vegetables for one day. This is fresh food! They wouldn't have dared to imagine this a few years ago when Putian Xiaoyezhi was in power.

This is all brought about by Ling Luo, so his prestige here is very high. Many families have even set up memorial tablets specifically to pray for him day and night.

Based on these 10 bases, Dongfang Chen has deployed a large number of control points in Southeast Asia, each point building 1-20 large laser turrets.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the Tasman warships to attack Southeast Asia, or to attack other regions through here.

Around 11:00 AM on April 1st.

The insect warships entered the firing range of the Dongwen Island control point.

Ten laser turrets began firing simultaneously.

The damage caused by ten laser beams concentrated on one of the warships is very considerable.

However, the Tasman warships are not to be trifled with, they actually have energy shields.

They do not have the technology to supply energy using crystal cores, so the durability of the shields is bound to be greatly reduced.

After continuous bombardment for ten seconds, the warship finally ran out of energy and crashed directly.

But so what?

They have a large number of warships, and their flying speed is extremely fast.

The effective range of the laser turrets is only 50 kilometers, at most covering an airspace with a diameter of 100 kilometers.

At this distance, they only need seven and a half minutes to fly over.

In such a short period of time, continuous firing can destroy at most 30 ships.

But this is only theoretical data.

In fact, these bugs are very smart.

After being attacked, they will not foolishly continue forward, but will avoid the dangerous area.

In this case, the defensive effect of the laser turrets will inevitably be very limited.

Also, if they figure out the location of all the turrets, then the defensive effect will be further reduced, or even completely lose its effect.

But surprisingly, this time they did not choose to detour, but all surrounded them and launched a counterattack against the turrets.

The densely packed warships circled in mid-air, simultaneously firing at the ground. The attack was too dense, and even if the turret's shield had sufficient energy supply, it was useless.