Chapter 477 Silicon-based villain
"It's quite interesting."
"The little man here is an alien? He looks quite unique."
Shen Guang looked at the screen. The life forms he saw at this time were obviously very different from humans. They had a crystal-clear appearance, and the density of the brain was particularly high. The structure was complex, and it looked like a chip with a high degree of integration.
Inside the crystal-clear crystal, their flowing blood was like an electric current and a magnetic field, which would emit light from time to time.
As for their muscles and bones, they obviously looked like another higher-density substance, which might be metal or some harder substance.
At this time, the environment in which these lives were located also looked quite magical.
This place doesn't seem to be on the surface, but more like in a cave.
However, there is light in the cave, and all kinds of colorful and glowing stones are piled up in various places, providing a pretty good lighting effect for this space.
In this case, the piles of silicon-based people, or silicon-based animals, began to move.
Wei Qicheng began to explain the background of the game in a timely manner, replacing the functions of the opening CG and background introduction in the original game.
"Mr. Shen, Mr. Qiu, as you can see, the protagonist of this story is not human, but silicon-based life on a distant planet.
"This planet can be said to be an asteroid or a comet. In short, it orbits around a star in an elliptical orbit.
"Of course, from the current scientific point of view, it is almost impossible for life to be born on comets and asteroids because the space is too small; and whether silicon-based life can really appear is also a huge controversy.
"In addition, there are two theories about the birth environment of silicon-based life: 'extreme cold' and 'extreme heat'. Here we set that the silicon-based life in the game is born in the range of about -70 degrees to -40 degrees.
"It's just that on this planet, such a temperature range will not always exist, so silicon-based life must quickly transform its life form and develop related technologies to adapt to the rapidly changing natural environment.
"In short, many basic settings in the game are not very convincing, but this is a science fiction work after all, so we don't have to worry about those scientific principles for the time being.
"Let's assume that this is a miracle of life in the universe!
"It may be that a planet shattered after a collision to form a comet, and this comet happened to have life that had already formed before; or an extremely developed alien civilization was conducting some kind of experiment, so a specific life form was placed on this comet.
"In short, the Star Plan has begun.
"Mr. Shen, Mr. Qiu, you may have some questions during the game, such as the living environment, technology tree, evolution tree, etc. I will not answer these questions for the time being. After all, these are puzzle elements and are part of the game content."
Shen Guang, who plays the role of the Archon and is responsible for the specific operation, first tried to frame the silicon-based figures on the screen, but there was no response.
Obviously, the operation method of "Star Project" is different from that of ordinary RTS games, and the control cannot be accurate to every civilian unit.
Shen Guang quickly determined the specific operation method:
"First Archon" is the only controllable unit in the game, and the body of this First Archon can also be upgraded, and can even be turned into a structure similar to a single-soldier mecha.
It looks bigger than other silicon-based figures and naturally has more resources.
Shen Guang can issue instructions to all nearby silicon-based figures through the First Archon.
In addition, there is a corresponding operation panel in the game.
Select a building from the operation panel and place its building drawings in a specific location.
Then these silicon-based figures began to perform their duties and start construction.
One of the silicon-based people directly turned into the building itself, which is a bit like the construction method of the Zerg in some games.
The other silicon-based people collected suitable materials from nearby and built on this basis.
The first building built by Shen Guang was a mining site.
There are some specific minerals on the map. The initial minerals are basically divided into three categories: energy, building materials, and survival resources.
As silicon-based life, they do not survive by hunting animals or collecting plants, but by consuming specific minerals.
After the mining site was built, Shen Guang began to build conveyor belts and warehouses to store these minerals continuously.
"Ahem!
"Mr. Shen, I'm here..." Qiu Qinghong said tentatively.
Shen Guang realized that there was another person in the game at this time, and asked: "Mr. Qiu, what's the situation on your side?"
Qiu Qinghong said: "I can see all your operations, Mr. Shen.
"But some specific data are not clear, such as how much minerals are stored in each warehouse now.
"But I can set some specific development goals here.
"For example, the next node is '10,000 comet hours'.
"As for the specific date and the orbit of the comet, it has not been unlocked yet. It seems that it needs to be developed to 'primary astronomy'. "
Obviously, the environment on this comet is completely different from the environment on Earth, so the rules of life bred here are also very different.
Because it is impossible to distinguish the date by rotation and the alternation of day and night, the hours can only be calculated in the way of silicon-based life.
Anyway, 10,000 comets seems like a short-term goal that is not too long.
For this period of time, the head of state can set specific development indicators.
For example, the output of certain resources reaches XX/hour, the total storage volume of certain resources reaches XXXX, or the population reaches a certain specific value, the technology advances to a certain specific technology point, etc.
The game does not give any recommended indicators for how to set them, and it is entirely up to the head of state to decide.
"Mr. Shen, how many indicators do you think I should set?" Qiu Qinghong asked cautiously.
Shen Guang was a little helpless: "Mr. Qiu, you are the head of state now, you have the final say.
"Don't consider too many other factors when playing games, play seriously and play your role well. "
"Okay. "Since Shen Guang said so, Qiu Qinghong has nothing to worry about.
He began to drag the progress bars of various data indicators and checked the technologies that need to be broken through in this stage.
Although it is only the early stage of the technology tree, there are many optional directions.
For example, fuel utilization and new fuel are a technology tree;
various materials are a technology tree;
mechanized manufacturing is a technology tree;
artificial breeding is another technology tree...
These technology trees are related to each other, and some technologies are prerequisites for other technologies.
There are also many technology trees whose prerequisites are unknown and must be obtained by chance in the process of breaking through other technology trees.
There is even a technology tree that is the evolution and transformation of silicon-based life, making them more tolerant to severe cold or heat.
This will directly change the life form of silicon-based life. state.
However, this transformation can only take care of one side. For example, silicon-based life that adapts to minus 70 degrees can be transformed into silicon-based life that can withstand high temperatures of thousands of degrees, or it can be transformed into silicon-based life that can withstand hundreds of degrees below zero.
But this transformation is one-time and cannot be achieved at the same time, and if you want to change it back, it will cost a huge amount of resources.
Qiu Qinghong obviously doesn't want to bother with these contents.
"Okay, let's do it..."
Qiu Qinghong first set the production and stock indicators of three resources, namely fuel, energy storage ore, and metal.
Energy storage ore can be regarded as food reserves for these silicon-based life.
Then, he selected two more important technology trees, namely fuel utilization efficiency and artificial breeding.
The moment Qiu Qinghong clicked the confirmation button, this information was sent to Shen Guang.
"...This indicator is too high! "
Shen Guang was shocked. Obviously, these numbers are astronomical compared to the current actual situation.
It is hard to imagine that so much can be produced even if the production line is smoked!
Qiu Qinghong hurriedly explained: "It's okay, Mr. Shen, this game doesn't say that you must meet the standard. This is just a goal. We just need to do our best. "
Shen Guang nodded, but soon raised a new question.
"But why did you choose these two technologies?
"Especially this artificial breeding, what the hell is this."
Qiu Qinghong continued to explain: "Mr. Shen, this is what I think.
"Since this is a comet, it means that we spend most of our time in extreme cold, and only a very small amount of time in extreme heat.
"In extreme cold, we have to consider how these silicon-based life forms can avoid being frozen to death.
"Although it is feasible to directly transform the life form, it requires too many resources, and when the comet turns to the perihelion, it has to be changed back, and the cost is too high.
"So the most economical way is definitely to develop energy and fuel technology.
"It doesn't matter if it's cold at that time, we can just burn fuel to keep warm.
"When it gets hot, we'll find a way to transform the life form.
"As for artificial breeding, I think it's also a very economical technology.
"Mr. Shen, we need to accelerate development and construction, so in the final analysis, it still depends on individuals to execute.
"Didn't you notice that whether it's pulling a conveyor belt or building a warehouse, it's actually done by these silicon-based life figures. If the number of figures is not enough, the construction speed will be affected.
"Mechanized manufacturing looks good and is in line with the development direction of silicon-based life, but I think this technology uses too many resources, and it's not cost-effective in the early stage.
"Artificial breeding of silicon-based life can also be left in the early stage to achieve this effect, which is cheap."
Shen Guang nodded slightly: "Oh, is that so?"
As a consul, he can't see the specific indicator setting interface on the head of state, so he can't understand these data very thoroughly.
But based on common sense, what Qiu Qinghong said should be correct.
This is a bit like the two lines of "production line" and "cow and horse workers" in real life.