Because he did not expect that this was a consumable item, the protagonist brought a big mysterious ball from [Bridgehead] to [Linshui City]. Now that the energy of this mysterious ball is exhausted, it is impossible to continue the experiment.
The protagonist had to wait for another two days, until the temperature rose again and the sunshine during the day was good. It was a suitable day for the pavement ants to go out. The protagonist sent a small team of pavement ants and asked them to go to the [Bridgehead] and learn about it. war situation, while bringing back some of the big mysterious balls for experimentation.
In early winter, even pavement ants do not dare to set out early in the morning. They wait until around noon, when the sun is strongest, before going outside the nest. Then we basked in the sun on a snow-free rock for a long time to replenish our body heat before setting off.
[Linshui City] is not far from [Bridgehead], but it still took the pavement ants a lot of time to turn back.
Because there is still snow on the ground, in order to maintain their body temperature and prevent the snow from adhering to their bodies and melting and taking away precious heat, the pavement ants must choose dry roads without snow to keep their bodies dry at all times. Keep walking along the quick ant road.
When you encounter snow, you have to go around it. If you really can't get around it, look for leaf fragments, dry grass stems, soil, etc. to cover it to create a path. Only the rope bridge is the only way to go. There is no way around it, you must pass it.
Fortunately, there was no snow on the rope bridge. The rope bridge kept swinging in the wind, throwing the snow onto the completely frozen river. The rope was a little damp, but it didn't matter much.
The pavement ants crossed the rope bridge and came to the [Bridgehead]. Although the big-headed ants here don't like pavement ants, they have the smell of similar species after all. The protagonist has also issued a death order to ensure the freedom of movement of the pavement ants team in winter.
The male ant commander of the big-headed ant team who was responsible for guarding the door personally escorted the pavement ant team to Lambori to avoid any complications.
Lambori is currently the highest-ranking male ant in [Bridgehead] and is also the de facto commander. He asked the pavement ants to tell the great Envoy King: [Bridgehead] has never encountered an attack from the Destroyer. Then, he quickly told these displeased destroyers to get out with the big mysterious ball.
A small team of fifty pavement ants brought back twenty-five large mysterious balls and returned to [Linshui City] in the afternoon. There were mysterious balls for warmth on the way back, which made it easier to walk.
The protagonist knows that [Bridgehead] has not encountered war. Although he is confused, this may not be a bad thing.
Then he focused again on experimentation.
These big mysterious balls in front of me have begun to heat up on the road. It has been an hour.
The protagonist then left five large mysterious balls outdoors, and asked two pavement ants to take the mysterious balls and hide at the roots of the big banyan tree in the lee of the tree to continue the experiment. The remaining large mysterious balls were stored in a warm place underground and are not needed for the time being. They consume energy to generate heat.
The pavement ants in the outdoor experiment were formed in a circle with mysterious balls, and they could only take turns even at night to ensure that there were always ants on duty.
The next day, the mystery ball was still heating up, and the two pavement ants that had stayed out all night were still alive and well under the protection of the warm mystery ball. I have to be thankful that there is no strong wind and no new snowfall tonight, otherwise it may not be enough to just rely on the mysterious ball to keep warm.
In the end, in the outdoor temperatures of single digits during the day and the freezing cold at night, the five mysterious balls basically maintained their heat for less than two days.
The protagonist estimates based on this:
When the room temperature is in single digits and constant, the Mystery Ball can maintain heat for about 72 hours.
When the outdoor temperature is close to zero and drops below zero at night, the mystery ball can maintain heat for less than two days, which is less than 48 hours.
If the temperature drops further, the heating time of the Mystery Ball is expected to be shortened.
And according to experiments, the "key" that triggers the heating of the mysterious ball is also temperature. The mysterious ball generates heat in the tree hole area of [Linshui City], but stops generating heat in the relatively warm hole.
Therefore, the necessary temperature critical point for the mystery ball to heat up is probably above 0 degrees, and at a temperature below 20 degrees, the maximum possibility is about 10 degrees.
After the heating duration and triggering temperature of the mysterious ball were roughly determined, the protagonist also determined that this thing could indeed be used as a baby warmer.
After experiments, even the big-headed ant warriors who were originally not suitable for going out in winter were able to move outdoors with the mysterious ball just tied to their backs.
However, the big-headed ants are still not as cold-resistant as the pavement ants. Even on a sunny day without wind or snow, the big-headed ants carrying the mysterious ball will still fall into hypothermia once they are active for more than half a day.
The pavement ant warriors, who are originally resistant to cold, can even move for up to three hours in places where the sun cannot directly shine after carrying the mysterious ball "Warm Baby". This is something they could not do before in winter. Ants have always only dared to move around in the sun.
I am the dividing line
The mysterious ball can explode and generate heat stably, so it obviously contains a lot of energy inside.
This reminds the protagonist of batteries. The inside of batteries is also liquid (electrolyte), which can generate heat, and some batteries can also explode.
If the Mysterious Ball resembles a battery, what role does it serve inside the Destroyer?
The protagonist has seen the corpse of the Destroyer many times, and it still retains the form of a creature. Why does a "battery" exist in an organism? Is the Destroyer really a biochemical robot?
In this ant world, what kind of civilization is advanced enough to create biochemical organisms? Is this related to the human head-shaped stone the protagonist saw in the swamp area? Could it be that the protagonist's guess when he first traveled through time was right, and humans are still living in this world without large creatures?
The mystery in the protagonist's heart is not solved as more and more clues are discovered. Instead, it is like a tangled thread, and the more clues there are, the messier it becomes.
He also remembered that the big mysterious ball and the small mysterious ball were connected together by black threads in the Destroyer's body.
If the big mystery ball is the battery and the chitinous black threads are the wires, what are the little mystery balls inside the Destroyer's head?
Unfortunately, once the little mysterious ball leaves the Destroyer's head, it quickly turns gray and dies, and the protagonist cannot experiment with the little mysterious ball.
In addition, if the mysterious ball is a battery, how is it charged? If it is not charged, its energy will obviously not be able to support operation for a long time?
Is it powered by solar energy? The protagonist tried to put the mysterious ball under the sun, but the mysterious ball that lost energy was not recharged.
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