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 specialized the division of labor becomes, and the more pronounced the differences in biological characteristics between different types of labor.

Oriental Chen named the main species of the Tasman Insect Civilization the Gigantic Tasmanian Intelligent Ants. Since they are carbon-based organisms, no additional prefix was added.

The high-tech civilization built by the Gigantic Tasmanian Intelligent Ants fully demonstrates that the evolution of advanced civilizations is not a singular form.

Biodiversity determines the diversity of civilization forms.

The intelligence of the Tasmanian Insects primarily arises from the biological network formed by the knowledge worker ants.

In this network, the computing power that each knowledge worker ant can contribute is limited. However, when a large number of knowledge worker ants gather together, they form a supercomputing center that can be infinitely expanded.

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

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

Relying on this super powerful brain, they developed their own understanding of the world. Based on these understandings, they established a high-tech civilization.

Compared to human civilization, the Tasman Insect Civilization has more advantages. Their extremely weakened individual cognition has helped them build an extremely stable society.

There are no cognitive differences, no conflicts of interest, and every individual is unreserved, unafraid of sacrifice, and works without complaint.

A stable society provides them with an excellent internal environment for technological development.

Oriental Chen estimates that as long as resources are sufficient, their evolution speed is at least 100 times that of humans.

However, this civilization constructed by group cognition also has its flaws. That is, it is extremely difficult to produce diverse civilizations.

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

Their current attack on Southeast Asia is precisely for this reason.

The rapidly deteriorating environment in Australia has made it extremely difficult for them to obtain food. They have no other choice but to expand outwards.

All the Great Sun Country survivors managed by Ling Luo are concentrated in 10 underground bases.

These bases are not as comfortable as the Chinese bases; they only guarantee basic survival. All their work is to raise mice and produce crystalss. Due to the high degree of automation, the output is quite large.

But even so, it made them very content.

With the world now frozen and information cut off, they believe that the bases they are in are the last homes for humanity.

For this, they are very proud.

As long as they work hard every day, they can receive enough food and fresh vegetables for a day. These are fresh foods! It was unthinkable a few years ago when Putian Xiaoyezi was in power.

This was all brought by Ling Luo, so his prestige here is extremely high. Many people even set up memorial tablets in their homes to pray for him day and night.

Based on these 10 bases, Oriental Chen deployed a large number of control points in Southeast Asia, with 1 to 20 large laser turrets built at each point.

Therefore, it is very difficult for Tasman's warships to attack Southeast Asia or pass through here to attack other areas.

Around 11 AM on April 1st.

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

10 laser turrets simultaneously began to fire.

The damage caused by 10 laser beams concentrating on one of the warships was very considerable.

However, Tasman's warships were not to be trifled with; they also had Energy Shields.

They do not have the technology to supply energy using crystalss, so the durability of their shields must be greatly reduced.

After continuous bombardment for more than 10 seconds, this warship finally ran out of energy and crashed directly.

But what does that matter?

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

The effective range of laser turrets is only 50 kilometers, covering a maximum airspace diameter of 100 kilometers.

At this distance, they would only need a maximum of seven and a half minutes to fly across.

In such a short time, with continuous firing, at most 30 warships could be destroyed.

But this is only theoretical data.

In fact, these insects are very smart.

When they are attacked, they will not foolishly continue forward but will avoid the dangerous areas.

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

Also, if they figure out the positions of all the turrets, the defensive effect will be further reduced, or even completely lost.

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

Dense warships hovered in mid-air, simultaneously firing at the ground. The attack was too dense; even with ample energy supply to the turret's Energy Shield, it was useless.