In the previous evolutionary stage of the intelligent bacteria, Jiang Ye had divided them into several groups. Most of them were put to work generating revenue, such as the Intelligent Bacteria Music City and the group specializing in literature.
Only one group of intelligent bacteria was not put into production. They remained in the pool, continuously served with fine and strong liquors, and kept growing and evolving.
To cultivate this group of intelligent bacteria, a staggering two hundred million kilograms of various liquors were consumed. This amount was enough to supply the millions of people on Jiang Ye Star for a full year. Several ordinary young entrepreneurs on Jiang Ye Star, who became liquor merchants, made fortunes and became billionaires simply by supplying the intelligent bacteria.
Jiang Ye was incredibly excited.
He tapped on his desk screen, switching to the monitoring feed of the intelligent bacteria pool.
The pool was filled with churning liquid, emitting a peculiar seven-colored glow.
It seemed the intelligent bacteria were also celebrating their ultimate form.
Jiang Ye typed, communicating with them, "Congratulations! How do you feel?"
The intelligent bacteria did not respond by forming words on the surface of the water as they had before.
Instead, they began to converge into a massive, bathtub-shaped entity.
Jiang Ye stared at the screen as the bottom of the bathtub-shaped entity deformed, extending a long pipe that then split into dozens of smaller pipes towards the bottom of the pool, resembling a white demonic flower. Big Wind Novel
"What are you doing?" Jiang Ye typed.
The intelligent bacteria clearly grew impatient and accelerated their actions.
Finally, the shape stabilized.
The bathtub suddenly spewed a column of liquor towards the sky, and simultaneously, a voice emerged:
"New life!"
Jiang Ye was startled.
The intelligent bacteria had formed a giant mouth!
Human mouths produce sound by vibrating vocal cords with air, and the shape of the mouth changes the airflow to articulate different words.
The giant mouth of the intelligent bacteria seemed to use the flow of liquor in place of airflow, producing an extremely muffled sound, like that of an ancient, monstrous beast.
"Thank you for your nourishment, Master. We now possess new wisdom, we have become new life, and we possess great abilities to repay you," the intelligent bacteria mouth spoke again.
"Congratulations," Jiang Ye typed, "What work can you do?"
"What does Master require of us?"
Jiang Ye was about to ask what they were capable of, but he felt that approach would lead to an endless loop.
The intelligent bacteria mouth then spoke human words again: "Perhaps Master could tell us about the current situation, and we will find out what we can do to help Master."
"What aspect of the situation?" Jiang Ye asked.
"The world," the intelligent bacteria said.
Jiang Ye froze.
"The data of Jiang Ye Star, economy, population, climate..." the intelligent bacteria mouth continued to open and close, "We saw on the news that Birong Star is also within Master's sphere of influence, so please also provide us with the data for Birong Star..."
"Whatever Master knows, we wish to know as well," the heavy voice of the intelligent bacteria echoed through the liquor pool.
For some reason, Jiang Ye felt a sense of unease.
It was like a kindergarten teacher walking into a classroom full of toddlers and asking them what they wanted to learn.
He had expected childish answers, but instead, the toddlers calmly stated, "I want to know about Laplace transforms and Fourier transforms," "I want to know about the international situation and social stratification during the October Revolution," "I want to know the conditions for nuclear fission and fusion."
They had become sophisticated!
However, looking at the giant, wriggling mouth in the liquor pool, Jiang Ye felt... he could give it a try. Perhaps the ultimate form of intelligent bacteria could create miracles.
He began selecting folders from the database and dragging them to the intelligent bacteria pool's system.
During their previous growth and evolution, the intelligent bacteria had been continuously receiving various information, and the information system of the liquor pool was already quite comprehensive.
The screens at the bottom of the liquor pool quickly lit up, displaying various data and files.
The intelligent bacteria mouth dispersed with a roar, reverting to scattered white intelligent bacteria filling the pool, diligently reading the data at the bottom.
Two days later.
At one o'clock in the morning, Jiang Ye was awakened by a message.
"Intelligent Bacteria: We have read all the data for Birong Star and most of the data for Jiang Ye Star."
"Intelligent Bacteria: Based on the current movements of Birong Star, you are likely trying to bluff and exaggerate your strength to force future encountered forces to surrender without a fight, is that correct?"
Jiang Ye, who had been groggy, instantly became as clear as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water.
The judgment ability of the intelligent bacteria was truly remarkable!
His intentions were not explicitly recorded anywhere; they were only passed down verbally among key high-ranking officials of Birong Star, and the entire plan had not yet been fully implemented. Yet, the intelligent bacteria had deduced it from scattered data!
"Yes," Jiang Ye typed.
"Intelligent Bacteria: However, the bluffing strategy is currently facing difficulties, with a shortage of funds, environmental degradation, and insufficient manpower. We have a method that can help Master alleviate the pressure of funds and manpower."
"What method?" Jiang Ye was secretly astonished.
"Intelligent Bacteria: Directed bio-engineering, which is to create species according to needs to help develop Birong Star. The advantage of biological organisms is that they can reproduce themselves. As long as the genes and behavior are designed reasonably, they will require almost no human intervention in the later stages. They are more cost-effective than machines, and once reproduction explodes exponentially, the return on investment will be astonishing."
"Do you have the confidence to create biological organisms?" Jiang Ye was getting restless and typed quickly, "The Galactic Empire has many interstellar companies that can also provide custom biological organisms."
"Intelligent Bacteria: However, in the Galactic Empire's current bio-customization companies, there is a saying of 'ten years and billions of yuan,' meaning that it takes ten years of repeated experimentation and iteration to develop a suitable new species, with an investment exceeding ten billion yuan. For individual complex organisms, it may even require hundreds of billions of investment and decades of waiting."
"Intelligent Bacteria: The conventional method of bio-customization companies is to use time capsules to induce rapid reproduction and evolution of gene-edited organisms. In reality, this shortens the evolutionary process, which takes millions of years in nature, by millions of times. During this process, a large amount of biological waste is generated, piling up like mountains. Trucks of waste are transported to incinerators from laboratories every day."
"Intelligent Bacteria: Our method of customizing biological organisms is different. We can directly deconstruct an organism, modify its genes, and then reassemble it. We can also accelerate the flow of time in a small area. Both the time and financial consumption are much less than external companies."
"How long do you estimate it will take to create the desired biological organisms?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Intelligent Bacteria: It depends on the complexity of the organism. We believe the time will be very short, aiming for units of days."
Jiang Ye pondered for a moment and felt it had potential.
Sending people to Birong Star was too costly.
Sending robots to Birong Star, while less costly, was still unsustainable.
If biological organisms that could survive and reproduce on their own arrived at Birong Star, they could quickly spread over a large area.
Jiang Ye recalled the history of rabbits in Australia he had read in a magazine. The vast Australian continent originally had no rabbits. In 1859, an Englishman named Austin brought a few rabbits from Europe and kept them on his farm.
Rabbits have double wombs and can give birth in rotation, easily producing over twenty kits per year. These young kits could start reproducing at six months old.
Thus, their numbers exploded exponentially. The rabbit population in Australia quickly surpassed a terrifying ten billion. With rabbits having numerous burrows, Australians opening their doors would see plains covered with dense rabbit holes, as if bombarded by cluster bombs. Firing a shot into an open space would cause thousands of rabbits to leap out from all directions, bounding like a hailstorm, a truly spectacular sight.