  Resource consumption of the conventional surface code is expensive, in part
due to the need to separate the defects that create the logical qubit far apart
on the physical qubit lattice. We propose that instantiating the
deformation-based surface code using superstabilizers makes it possible to
detect short error chains connecting the superstabilizers, allowing us to place
logical qubits close together. Additionally, we demonstrate the process of
conversion from the defect-based surface code, which works as arbitrary state
injection, and a lattice surgery-like CNOT gate implementation that requires
fewer physical qubits than the braiding CNOT gate. Finally we propose a
placement design for the deformation-based surface code and analyze its
resource consumption; large scale quantum computation requires $\frac{25}{4}d^2
+5d + 1$ physical qubits per logical qubit where $d$ is the code distance,
whereas the planar code requires $16d^2 -16d + 4$ physical qubits per logical
qubit, for a reduction of about 55%.
