"At least, at your depth, there shouldn't be anything like rocks..."

Lu Yongchang spoke again and added.

But obviously, no one here cared about this statement.

Especially when I saw that huge gray shadow starting to make a slow circular motion around [Poseidon].

"Professor...you mean, this thing is alive?!" Hope's face changed drastically, and he asked breathlessly.

"At present, it should be." Lu Yongchang swallowed, looked at the slowly moving gray shadow in the sonar image, and explained in a hurry, "According to our research, the turbid objects in the seawater should be

Organic compounds similar to peptides and amino acids.”

"This creature... let's treat it as a living thing. If it is composed of these peptide-like and amino acid-like substances, then..."

"It should belong to Aminobiology."

As he spoke, the gray shadow seemed to be stimulated by something, and its movement speed began to slowly increase.

In the sonar map, the distance between the unknown creature and the [Poseidon] exploration ship fluctuates between distance and distance.

The camera also captured a flickering orange-red light.

But unlike Hope's report, the orange-red light flashes more frequently at this time, and it will flash once in about 8 seconds.

"Is it curious?"

Mao Zhengzhi's doubtful voice sounded from the side, "Or... testing?"

Lu Yongchang's expression condensed slightly.

Indeed, as Mao Zhengzhi said, the movements of this deep-sea giant at this time revealed a somewhat tentative tone.

"Professor, what should we do now?!" Faced with the temptation of the unknown giant creature, Hope couldn't help feeling his scalp numb, "Floating?"

"Don't move!"

Before Lu Yongchang could speak, Mao Zhengzhi shouted loudly: "Don't move! Keep hovering!"

"Turn off the sonar equipment first."

"If I guessed correctly, it should have been attracted by the sonar equipment turned on during the dive!"

Hope and Hansent looked at each other and without any hesitation, turned off the running sonar device.

As Mao Zhengzhi said, during the dive, the active detection sonar equipment was working all the time. It was not until the exploration ship hovered in place and performed the seawater sampling task that the sonar detection device was turned off.

It was at this time that this unknown creature emerged from deeper in the ocean.

[Poseidon] turned off its sonar equipment and became completely blind in this vast ocean of liquid ammonia.

But the next moment, a 3D simulation image appeared in front of everyone.

In the simulation diagram, the central area is the [Poseidon] exploration ship with a diameter of less than 100 meters. Next to the exploration ship, there is a huge creature with a streamlined body and a body length of more than 200 meters that is quickly circling.

swim.

"This is..." Hope was stunned and subconsciously asked.

"Combined with the sonar data just now, this is a simulation made based on the orange-red light captured by the camera." Lu Yongchang simply explained, "The observation data is not enough, and the simulated image may be somewhat different from the real situation."

Hope and Hansent looked a little more relaxed.

Although not as good as sonar, having analog images is better than having nothing at all.

"It's slowed down."

Mao Zhengzhi's voice suddenly sounded.

After hearing this, Hope quickly turned his attention to the simulated image provided by Zero.

Sure enough, after turning off the sonar, the wandering movements of the huge deep-sea creature slowed down a lot.

"Sure enough..." Mao Zhengzhi stared at the holographic projection intently and murmured to himself, "Living in such a deep sea, these liquid ammonia creatures will inevitably evolve a matching way of perception."

"You mean...ultrasound?" Lu Yongchang frowned and asked softly.

Mao Zhengzhi nodded lightly.

"It's pitch black in the ice giant ocean. Growing in this kind of dark and lightless environment all year round, vision should be the least needed function."

"But sensing the outside world is an ability that organisms must have."

"When you think of creatures like bats, it's not difficult to come to this conclusion."

Lu Yongchang did not speak immediately, but silently watched the huge creature slowly orbiting the [Poseidon] exploration ship in the simulated image.

Suddenly, he asked.

"What about the orange light?"

"How to explain that thing?"

Mao Zhengzhi was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

He understood the meaning of Lu Yongchang's words.

Creatures that evolve naturally will generally not have useless functions.

Just like the deep-sea anglerfish of the Earth Age, it has a fleshy protrusion that looks like a small lantern above its head.

Under the action of luciferase, this fleshy protrusion that looks like a small lantern will emit a faint light.

Most fish living in the deep sea have a certain degree of phototaxis.

Therefore, this luminous "little lantern" has become a weapon for anglerfish to hunt.

If you compare it to this deep-sea behemoth living in a liquid ammonia ocean, a problem arises.

If these amino organisms have no so-called vision, or in other words, no phototaxis, then what is the purpose of the flickering light emitted by them?

You can't just evolve a buling buling on your body with flashing decorations just to look good, right?

"hiss……"

Mao Zhengzhi stretched out his hand to support his chin and fell into deep thought.

"Teach...professor..."

"Can you please stop discussing such profound issues?"

"Think about what we should do first!!"

Hansente's slightly trembling shout came from the loudspeaker, interrupting Lu Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi's thinking.

Facing this unknown deep-sea giant, the fear engraved in human DNA completely burst out.

Especially when looking at the orange-red light floating through the portholes, and then thinking about the terrifying environment outside and the deep-sea giant with a body length of more than 200 meters, deep fear suddenly rose in the hearts of the two of them!

Even though Hope and Hansent were starship pilots who had undergone various trainings, at this moment, they were on the verge of collapse.

"cough……"

Lu Yongchang coughed awkwardly.

Facing amino creatures that they had never seen before, he and Mao Zhengzhi forgot about their current situation for a while.

"How about trying to float?"

Lu Yongchang looked at Mao Zhengzhi and made a suggestion: "Let's see its reaction without turning on the sonar."

Mao Zhengzhi pondered for a moment and nodded hesitantly.

"Yes, but... the floating speed should be as slow as possible."

"Currently we know too little about it, and we cannot rule out that it has a strong desire to attack."

Lu Yongchang understood: "Did you hear everything?"

"Try floating first, and slow down the floating speed as much as possible."

"...Try, try?" Hansent's voice even sounded a little crying, "Professor, are you sure it won't attack us?"

"……uncertain."
Chapter completed!