#923 - Chapter 923 Deformed Metal Experiment
"Humans! Those who dare trespass into this forbidden zone shall die!" a muffled voice echoed.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the sky lit up, and dozens of white beams shot down from the firmament.
Each beam precisely struck a space mech, instantly annihilating the entire scouting team.
The screen in front of Dongfang Chen Er first flashed white, then went dark, and communication was lost.
"This..." Mengka was shocked once again.
Nata was also stunned.
Over 90 space mechs equipped with spatial shields were destroyed in an instant.
Such power was simply too overwhelming.
Dongfang Chen Er frowned in thought for a long while, then said:
"Nata, find a way to deploy a Queen Bee inside."
"Oh, okay!"
Nata immediately issued the command.
Two hours later, a space mech once again approached the iron mountain.
To minimize the risk of exposure, it didn't directly enter but instead deployed the Queen Bee from the outside.
Once activated, the Queen Bee crawled inside on its own.
The signal relay device connecting the inside and outside hadn't been destroyed, so the Queen Bee could still receive commands after entering.
For safety reasons and the need for further action later, the Queen Bee didn't delve deep into the small world but instead burrowed into the soil near the entrance.
"Dad, the Queen Bee is activated.
It is estimated that a small production base can be built within 10 days," Nata reported.
"Well, handle it as you see fit, and investigate the inside as soon as possible."
"Okay."
Three days later.
Nata completed the implantation of the life metal Wood Horse attribute.
"Dad, should the life metal be released directly?"
"Don't rush. First, conduct preliminary cultivation in the laboratory, and then release a portion of the cultivated descendants.
As for the release location, choose North America," Dongfang Chen Er said.
"Okay, I understand," Nata replied.
Dongfang Chen Er's idea was to have the cultivated life metal compete with the escaped life metal in the same area.
This way, both sides would restrain each other, effectively suppressing their evolutionary speed.
After receiving the order, Nata released a large amount of metal materials and some vibranium fragments into the laboratory.
The high-purity metal greatly aided the reproduction of the life metal.
In just 30 minutes, all the metal materials were completely assimilated.
A large number of life metal parent molecules combined to form a pile of thumb-sized small spiders.
Perhaps due to insufficient resources, these small spiders stopped combining and no longer synthesized larger individuals.
Nata guided a portion of the transforming spiders into a rubber container through pulse commands.
Then, he ordered a transport ship to carry the container to North America.
Upon reaching the deployment location, the container was opened.
These transforming spiders swarmed out and burrowed into the ground.
Meanwhile, inside the laboratory.
Nata released a large amount of high-purity metal again.
And this time, he also tried releasing a ton of mercury to see if these transforming spiders could assimilate it.
The transforming spiders quickly covered the entire metal block and continuously eroded it at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, no spiders approached the box of mercury next to it.
It seemed that transforming metal could not assimilate mercury.
After assimilating a large amount of metal, these transforming spiders began to evolve again.
They gathered together to form large transforming spiders about 30 centimeters in size.
Why did they have to transform into spider form?
Nata speculated that this form might be more suitable for movement and attack.
After these transforming spiders aggregated to 30 centimeters in size, they stopped aggregating.
It seemed that the amount of resources directly determined the upper limit of their evolution.
Nata separated another batch and put them into containers.
The remaining ones continued to be cultivated.
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After several cycles of such operations, the transforming life forms in the laboratory had reached a height of about 1 meter.
However, the shape was no longer a spider shape, but more like an octopus with propellers on its head.
This configuration allowed them to fly in the air, as well as climb on the ground and walls.
And from this moment on, a hierarchy began to appear among them.
A few individuals with slightly larger bodies were leaders.
The remaining smaller individuals were workers.
Initially, a total of 7 leaders were produced, each managing more than 100 workers.
These 7 leaders each occupied a portion of space, forming a state of confrontation with each other.
But there were no major conflicts, only some sporadic small frictions.
Nata believed that the reason why there were no conflicts between them might be due to the lack of resources.
To verify his guess, he released 100 kilograms of steel ingots inside.
This amount of resources was clearly not enough, and to obtain them, they had to compete.
Sure enough.
As soon as the steel nails were transported in, the inside immediately became chaotic.
In order to seize resources, they began to fight and kill each other.
