Vol 4 Chapter 876: Living brood, terrifying growth

These tentacles are very similar to the tentacles of the star beast brood, they are extremely tough, and even the damage caused by nuclear bombs is very limited.
After Fang Yuan saw the tentacles of the stellar beast brood appearing underground, he immediately took the picture with the armor and sent it back to the space fleet headquarters.
"It looks like the tentacles of a star beast brood, but the size is far larger than the brood that I have seen before, and these tentacles are still growing, growing very fast."
When Fang Yuan reported the situation, a black-brown tentacle in front of him had grown from three meters in diameter to thirty meters in diameter, rooted in the ground, and cracked the rock into a large gap.
Fang Yuan had to retreat for a certain distance to avoid touching such dark brown tentacles.
Then, while exploring with the "High-dimensional Vision Eye", he reported: "After inspection, the end of the tentacles of these broods cannot be seen. I need to investigate further to determine the size of the land."
After the report, Fang Yuan copied the "High-dimensional Shuttle" again, circled the ground, and his expression became a little solemn.
"The brood tentacles occupies an area of ​​more than 30 kilometers in diameter, and they are expanding outward at a rate of 1 kilometer per minute. This is the largest brood tentacles ever seen, and it is completely different from the broods seen before."
Since the war with star beast civilization.
The number of star beast broods I have seen has exceeded one hundred, and most of the star beast broods cover an area of ​​five kilometers in diameter, with the largest being 10 kilometers.
However, the pile of dark-brown brood tentacles that I see now covers an area of ​​more than 30 kilometers in diameter.
Even more frightening is that these tentacles are still growing, expanding outward at a rate of one kilometer per minute.
This situation is very scary, which means that in an hour, this thing will become a terrifying monster with a diameter of 100 kilometers.
The biologists urgently convened by the East China Sea headquarters expressed concern:
The situation is a bit wrong. From the characteristics of the star beast brood recorded in the database, there has never been a brood with such high activity.

Judging from the star beast broods I have seen in the past, although the star beast brood is a living thing, it is basically incapable of movement.
Moreover, the growth of the star beast brood is also very slow. A star beast brood with a diameter of five kilometers will take at least several years to grow.
However, this kind of brood tentacles now appearing can expand one kilometer outward in one minute, which is beyond human understanding of the star beast brood.
It is even beyond the understanding of biology.
There has never been a creature capable of such a terrifying growth rate.
If these brood tentacles occupy an area of ​​only 5 kilometers in diameter, Fang Yuan can still try to solve it with a nuclear explosion, but if the area has a diameter of more than 30 kilometers, then it cannot be solved by a few nuclear bombs.
Many professors including Lu Xiuwen of the Institute of Biological Research were urgently called to the Donghai headquarters.
After discussion, the countermeasure given is to take a sample and conduct research before analysis.
Fang Yuan copied the "Dead Star Ion Knife" according to the order of the headquarters, cut a tissue sample of the dark brown tentacle, and sent it directly to the Institute of Biology for research.
The Institute of Biology has made preparations for the experiment, and it only took 20 minutes to give a preliminary research report: "Silicone life, cell activity is 50,000 times that of ordinary humans, so it can show such fast growth. speed."
Fifty thousand times the cell activity, which has reached half the level of the God of War Red Dragon.
Moreover, the Red Dragon, God of War, is only a person, but this kind of brood tentacles is a monster with a diameter of more than 30 kilometers.
"Is there a way to destroy this thing?" Fang Yuan asked the key question directly.
Lu Xiuwen shook his head and said, "If you ask to kill these cells, it's relatively simple. Energy attacks such as lasers can be solved.
"However, it is difficult to destroy a monster with a diameter of 30 kilometers. With the growth rate of this monster, it is impossible to kill it even with a continuous attack with a nuclear bomb."
The diameter is more than 30 kilometers, even if dozens of nuclear bombs are fired, it is useless.
What's more, this monster is hiding under the ground ten kilometers deep, and the nuclear bomb launched can't hurt it at all.
"Is there no way?" Fang Yuan frowned.
"You have to ask how to destroy it. It is really difficult. But there is one thing, in this world, any life needs the supply of material and energy to grow. This should be the key."
Lu Xiuwen analyzed while thinking: "Based on our research on cell structure, it is basically certain that this kind of thing is very similar to the star beast brood, that is, the cell activity is very high. It can be temporarily called'active brood'."
Fang Yuan nodded thoughtfully, understanding what Lu Xiuwen meant by matter and energy.
Substances cannot be produced out of thin air. This kind of "active brood" needs to grow, and it must have the materials needed for growth.
Because it is a silicon-based life, there is a large amount of silicon in the soil.
Therefore, the "active brood" may be the silicon element needed for body growth from the soil.
Nutrients can be obtained from the soil. This growth method is very similar to that of plants.
Plants obtain nutrients from the soil, and then obtain energy from the sun to achieve the effect of growth.
However, the "active brood" cannot get energy from sunlight, not to mention that the little energy provided by sunlight is too small to achieve the effect of rapid growth.
Therefore, the method of obtaining energy from the "active brood" should come from the Star Source Mine, and it should be the Star Source Mine with extremely high content.
If there is no way to destroy the "live brood" in a short time, then it should be prevented from growing.
Then, there are only two ways, either to prevent it from acquiring the material needed for growth, or to prevent it from acquiring energy.
Fang Yuan asked immediately: "Are there high-content Star Source mines near the No. 3 plate support arm?"
"No, let alone the high-content Star Source Mine, not even the poorest Star Source Mine." Zhou Wensheng answered immediately.
He is responsible for the exploration of the three plate support arms. He knows whether there is a Xingyuan mine underground.
"In that case, the energy acquisition of the active brood is not obtained from the mineral vein, but from other places..."
Fang Yuan pondered to make a judgment: "The star beast civilization must continue to send a large amount of growth energy to the'active brood' in order to maintain the rapid growth of the'active brood'.
"The work of destroying the ‘live brood’ can be done slowly, but it must first be prevented from continuing to grow. I apply for this task to block the energy supply of the ‘live brood’.

The front-line staff quickly discussed it and quickly responded: "Approval of the action request."
Fang Yuan returned to the Shenzhou and ordered the Shenzhou to lower its altitude, monitor energy fluctuations, and find a way for the star beast civilization to supply energy to the "active brood".