Chapter 595: In-depth Exploration
Venus.
The scientific research submarine is still anchored in the basin near the South Pole, but at this time, the scientific research submarine has actually returned to the Yungong base once and sent the collected underground biological samples back to the Yungong base.
Another rotation period has arrived.
Foucault, Huang Wei, Fujita Ang and others continued to return to their posts through synchronized robots.
This time they immediately activated three spider-like robots. These robots were made of various advanced materials and were equipped with nuclear batteries, magnetic monopole crystal communicators, and magnetic field detectors.
Send the Spiderbot straight into the ground.
Now the Yungong Base is very interested in the underground world of Venus.
The task of Foucault and others is to explore the boundaries of the underground world with all their strength.
Three spider robots entered the activity area of the underground creatures one after another.
Huang Wei and two other people who are responsible for controlling the spider robot are collecting surrounding geological data and life characteristics through magnetic field detectors.
After all, the Venus pangolins, crystal ants, sulfur-based fungi and the like collected previously have been used to study part of Venus' underground ecosystem.
But the Yungong Base and the scientific division behind it are very sure that there are more species existing underground on Venus.
The reason for this judgment is the existence of two multicellular organisms, the Venus pangolin and the crystal ant. Because there are definitely more than a few types of multicellular organisms.
If there were only a few types of multicellular organisms, it would be difficult for this ecosystem to develop advanced animals like the Venus pangolin.
What's more, there is only one drilling location for the scientific research submarine, and the detection radius is less than 100 kilometers.
This range is just the tip of the iceberg for the entire Venusian strata.
The spider robots split into three groups and explored in three directions. The tunnels dug by these Venus pangolins covered the entire stratum, like a huge underground maze.
Fortunately, there is a magnetic monopole crystal communicator that can directly ignore the barrier of the ground. Otherwise, ordinary radio communications cannot be used in this underground maze.
The spider robot controlled by Huang Wei headed north, while the spider machines of the other two headed west and south respectively.
There is basically no need to explore the east side because there are several active volcanoes on the east side and there is highly active magma activity underground. It is definitely not a habitat for underground creatures.
The spider robot can move very conveniently and quickly in this underground tunnel.
Soon, the spider robot controlled by Huang Wei encountered three Venus pangolins. Huang Wei, who did not want to hurt them, directly activated the sonic repeller.
Sound waves radiated around.
Suddenly, the three Venus pangolins seemed to be stimulated by something. They instantly rolled up their bodies into a ball and began to roll towards the slope of the tunnel. They quickly escaped from the range of the infrasound.
This infrasonic frequency was tested on several Venus pangolins they had captured previously. It can make the Venus pangolins feel uncomfortable without killing them all at once.
Although 342 Venus pangolins have been found in strata within a radius of 100 kilometers, the total number of this population is still not fully determined. If the total number of Venus pangolins is very small, indiscriminate hunting may lead to the extinction of this population.
Along the way, Huang Wei controlled the spider robot as much as possible to drive away the Venus pangolins that had been identified along the way.
The border is more than 100 kilometers long, and the terrain is too complicated. It took the spider robot three days and three nights to reach the border.
Huang Wei, who had worked several shifts, came online again. He first took a look at the data and the holographic stratigraphic map, which showed that there were dozens of kilometers of unfamiliar areas.
In these unfamiliar areas, the number of underground tunnels is still very dense.
Even though these tunnels occasionally avoid some areas, Huang Wei can see that these new areas are still not the limit of the Venus pangolin.
Two hours later.
"Huh? New discovery..."
Hearing Huang Weidu's voice, Foucault also came over: "What did you find?"
"There is a part of water in the simulated stratum newly formed by the detector. I just found some active outlines in the water."
“Then adjust the direction.”
"no problem."
Huang Wei immediately adjusted the direction of the spider robot and crawled towards a nearby underground water area.
At this time, Huang Wei also began to discover other species.
There were pale, snakelike creatures, and all sorts of wriggling subterranean worms that inhabited ever smaller caves and tunnels.
When Huang Weidu's spider robot arrived at the nearest underground pool, through various detection equipment, he clearly saw that there were quite a few animals and special algae hidden in this pool of hundreds of square meters.
The temperature of this pool is about 28 degrees Celsius, and the water in it is not fresh water, but acid water.
That’s right, the water in this pond contains a lot of carbonic acid and sulfuric acid, and the pH value is about 3.4.
However, even in this acidity, there are still quite a few organisms living in it. Obviously, these organisms have adapted to the high-acidity liquid environment.
When Huang Wei saw this strange creature, he was filled with admiration: "The world is so vast, there are all kinds of strange things."
"These are all crustaceans..." Foucault thought.
Compared with fish with thin skin and thick flesh, crustaceans are better adapted to the underground environment of Venus.
Different environments give rise to different species.
Although the ecosystems are different and the genes have no similarities, there is a special phenomenon in nature - convergent evolution.
Although the environments of the Earth's ecosystem and Venus' ecosystem are very different, both are in the same universe and some basic physical rules are the same.
This is also the fundamental reason for convergent evolution.
At this time, the crustaceans discovered in the underground waters of Venus looked similar to crabs and crayfish.
There are also some jellyfish-like creatures.
In addition to Huang Wei's side, spider robots in the other two directions have also discovered many new species.
In particular, in a large underground cavity area on the south side, there is a large underground tunnel connected here, like an underground canyon.
Inside, there are a large number of fluorescent mushrooms, which turn this place into a bright blue world.
There are flying insects discovered for the first time, as well as various kinds of fungi. Some fungi can grow to several tens of centimeters high, turning this place into a "mushroom forest".
Here, the spider robot also discovered a large number of predators, which are flying insects similar to wasps that usually attack other animals in groups.
In the camera footage, we saw a white-striped bee biting a Venus pangolin to death and then dividing up its flesh and blood.
As time goes by, more and more underground organisms on Venus are discovered and studied.
Sapiens has a more comprehensive understanding of Venus' underground ecosystem and has expanded the scale of its Venus Biological Research Institute.
Anyway, there are countless talented people in the company now, so it is not difficult at all to transfer a group of them to study the creatures on Venus.
After all, Venus' underground ecosystem is very large. The current exploration radius has expanded to one thousand kilometers, but the edge has not yet been seen.
Many researchers have said with certainty that in the underground rock layers of Venus, except for the areas where there is currently magma activity, there are very likely to be Venusian animals in other areas.
