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By dissecting and studying the collected biological samples, Chen Xin and the biologists finally had a certain understanding of this alien creature.

This is a very peculiar creature, with a group structure similar to an ant colony or a bee colony, with a clear division of labor between individuals, and even huge differences in body size.

If it weren't for the discovery of a large number of embryos in the nest and the mother's body that have not yet fully hatched but already have a basic form, Chen Xin would not have believed that the two daughter bodies with such large individual differences would be the same creature.

There are four kinds of individuals of this alien creature so far. The first one is the huge mother body that Chen Xin and the others saw in the cave. This monster-like big guy is more than ten meters long. Although it was killed Afterwards, a lot of biomass in the body was lost, but after estimation, the body weighed more than 30 tons when it was in good condition.

However, although the mother body is huge, it has no ability to move. Although there are a lot of auxiliary limbs for walking under the body, it has basically lost the ability to move, just like the queen ant, and has become a huge reproductive machine.

A biologist involved in the research thinks that this kind of mother body may be similar to the queen of ant colony. The body is not so heavy and large before it starts to give birth to offspring, but after arriving at the nest, the body will change to a certain extent. For example, the reproductive organs used to cultivate offspring expand and develop, so that offspring and offspring can be reproduced in large numbers.

After discussing this point of view, Chen Xin and other biologists also felt that it was very possible.

Because more than two-thirds of the mother's body is an exaggeratedly inflated abdomen, which is not only inflated to an almost translucent level, but also filled with a large amount of liquid and daughter embryos. More than half of the body weight of more than 30 tons is This huge belly.

Naturally, the information obtained from the anatomy of the mother's body was not limited to this, among which Chen Xin was most concerned about the brain of this thing.

It is well known that the IQ of a creature is closely related to its brain size. Animals with larger brains are not necessarily smarter, but larger brains mean more brain cells, which naturally means more space for construction. more complex neural networks.

After the mother was dissected, Chen Xin and the biologists presented a brain weighing more than 100 kilograms.

Although it is not uncommon for a monster with a weight of more than 30 tons to have such a big brain, but after rigorous analysis, the mother body has extremely high intelligence, and can even control and command all the offspring .

What's more surprising to everyone is that the mother's command and control of the offspring does not rely on the pheromones commonly used by ant colonies or bee colonies, but on bioelectrical signals.

Near the mother's brain, Chen Xin and the others found a special organ that can generate electromagnetic waves in the form of biological discharge, thereby transmitting electric wave signals, like a radio.

This greatly shocked Chen Xin and biologists, as well as everyone who knew this fact.

There seems to be no species on the blue star that can evolve such an exaggerated organ, such as biological radio, and it is really unnecessary for animals.

After all, the information transmission between animals is not too complicated, relying on the combination of pheromone, body movements and calls is enough to transmit all the information.

But a biological radio? How on earth did this evolve? Why on earth did this species evolve such a set of information transmission organs? What is it about the environment they live in that they need to use this method to convey information?

However, through the dissection of other offspring, Chen Xin and others suspect that this kind of creature is likely to be a population with certain intelligence, and they can communicate through radio waves to form a whole.

This is not like a group of lions or a group of monkeys, but a structure like ant colony and bee colony, and there is a more efficient way of communication, and at the same time, the individual has a certain amount of wisdom...

This made Chen Xin couldn't help but wonder if this kind of creature had already begun to evolve towards the insect swarm in science fiction works.

Although there was no evidence, after dissecting all the biological individuals, Chen Xin became more and more worried that his worries would become a reality.

Among the other three offspring of this alien creature, there are combat offspring that Chen Xin has already encountered. The surface of the body is covered with thick chitin bones, which have strong defense capabilities. At the same time, the body structure is similar to that of cats, with flexibility. , moving speed and strength are quite strong, and at the same time there are a lot of them, somewhat similar to the existence of soldier ants in an ant colony.

The other is the offspring that Chen Xin and the others saw in the cave similar to worker ants or worker bees. Their body size is only about half that of the combat offspring, and the chitin bones on their bodies are not as thick and strong, but they are special. A pair of insect-like forelimbs have been transformed, with a limb structure that digs and can be quickly ejected like a pippi shrimp, looking like a combination of a hammer and a shovel.

After seeing this kind of offspring, Chen Xin also gradually understood why there were traces of excavation in the cave. Obviously, that cave was excavated bit by bit from this kind of offspring.

As for the fourth seed Chen Xin, they didn't find a living body. The only individual sample was an undeveloped embryo taken out of the mother's body.

The size of this embryo is very large, more than three times the size of the other two daughter embryos. At one time, Chen Xin and biologists thought it was the mother's embryo.

But in the end dissection and research revealed that this was an unknown fourth seed.

What is the purpose of this sub-body? Everyone has different opinions, because there is too little information at hand, and they are just beginning to study it now. Obviously, it will take more time to decipher all the information.

Just when Chen Xin arranged for the scientific research center to set up a project to let these biologists continue to study these alien creatures, news came from Junshan Island that the military had bombed the entire island.

This surprised Chen Xin suddenly.

Although they did apply for air support and planned to carry out strategic bombing at that time, after clearing all the offspring in the cave, they had already wiped out the group of alien creatures, so the air bombing had been canceled at that time, why are the corpses all dead now? Pulled back and dissected, the military started bombing?

Just when Chen Xin was puzzled, more information came and he was stunned.

New caves and tunnels appeared on Junshan Island, and a large number of combat daughters gushed out of them, forcing the military to carry out large-scale bombing to eliminate these alien creatures that broke out of the ground.

And not only Junshan Island, but also in many places in the entire Dongting Lake area, traces of alien creatures have also appeared, and they have become flooded.