115: Chapter 115 Life in Europa
Hearing that unknown life had been discovered, Su Fan immediately asked in surprise, "Red Queen, project the images onto the big screen. I want to see what kind of life forms they are!"
"Understood!" Red Queen complied immediately.
On the ship's main screen, an underwater world first appeared, illuminated by the bright lights of an Underwater Robot.
Then the image zoomed in further and further.
Finally, a microorganism magnified thousands of times appeared on the screen.
It was a single-celled organism, completely transparent and spherical. Its body, or rather the cell surface, had patterns on it, making it look like a transparent football.
"Uh... just this?" Su Fan had thought they'd found some incredible life form, but he hadn't expected it to be just a single-celled organism.
"For now, only this one type of life form has been discovered." Just as Red Queen was speaking, the Underwater Robot's alarm went off again.
"Another unknown life form discovered!" Su Fan looked at the big screen with anticipation once more.
Unfortunately, it was still a single-celled organism.
Su Fan's face was full of disappointment. "Red Queen, adjust the settings. Don't sound the alarm for these single-celled life forms anymore. Only alert me when more complex life forms appear!"
"Yes, master," Red Queen said obediently.
"Continue the exploration."
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Next, the Underwater Robot continued to dive and explore. It discovered some multicellular microorganisms at a depth of over 100 meters and some small plankton at 1,000 meters.
This discovery made Su Fan very excited, and even Zhou Xiaoxiao and Su Mingxia watched the big screen with great anticipation.
As for the Great Elder, he wished he could go down and explore it himself.
"Su Fan, do you think there will be larger creatures further down?" The Great Elder asked expectantly.
"I think there should be," Su Fan said with a smile.
"Daddy, will there be aliens?" Su Mingxia asked with wide, innocent eyes.
"It's possible. Keep your eyes peeled and keep watching." Su Fan doted on his son, rubbing his head.
"Mhm!" Su Mingxia nodded his little head.
The two Underwater Robots continued to dive. To explore faster, Su Fan had already had Red Queen command them to dive in two different directions.
The ship's main screen was also split into two views.
When the Underwater Robots reached a depth of 10 kilometers, Underwater Robot No. 1 suddenly sent out an alert: a large unknown life form had been discovered!
Su Fan hurriedly had Red Queen zoom in on the image.
"Holy crap, what the hell is that? It's so creepy!" Su Fan exclaimed and immediately covered his son's eyes.
"Xiaoxiao, take our son for a walk. This creature's appearance is too disgusting; don't let it scare him."
"Okay! It really is disgusting!" Zhou Xiaoxiao's face didn't look very good. She had never seen such a revolting creature.
Su Mingxia was taken away by Zhou Xiaoxiao.
Only then did Su Fan carefully observe this alien creature.
The creature was about the size of a human head and shaped like an oval sphere.
Its entire body was covered in eyes, and every eye had dense tentacles growing from it.
Crucially, some of these tentacles were very thick and long, while others were very thin, looking like snakes coiled around a ball of flesh.
The colors were an intertwined mess of dark red, black, and green. It was incredibly disgusting and eerie!
"Why did this thing evolve to look so disgusting!" Su Fan complained.
"Maybe they think it's beautiful," the Great Elder said with a chuckle.
"That's true. Different races might have different aesthetics."
"Red Queen, ignore that disgusting creature and keep controlling the Underwater Robots to dive deeper."
The Underwater Robots continued their descent, and then Underwater Robot No. 2 sent back good news.
A very beautiful underwater creature appeared on the screen!
This creature had two "wings" similar to a butterfly's, but its body was like a snail's head, especially the two tentacles on its head, which were very cute.
Most importantly, its entire body was covered in sparkling pink spots of light. Even in the pitch-black water, it emitted a faint starlight.
Don't be fooled by its beauty; its size was not small at all. According to the data from the Underwater Robot, when it spread its wings, its overall size was comparable to two or three adults.
"Great Elder, I'm planning to set up a biological research base on this planet."
"It will mainly be responsible for studying the unique creatures of this planet. I believe there will definitely be major discoveries," Su Fan said seriously.
He had considered capturing these magical creatures and transporting them back to Blue Star or Mars.
But beneath Europa, there was no telling how many mysterious creatures there were. Instead of capturing them, it would be better to build a biological research base right here. After all, it's very close to Xia Country, and equipment and researchers could be transported here quickly.
"Very good! I support you!" The Great Elder gave a thumbs up.
"Red Queen, continue exploring downwards," Su Fan ordered.
Next, the two Underwater Robots continued to dive, and in the deeper waters, more and more magical creatures were discovered.
Furthermore, the deeper they went, the more bioluminescent underwater creatures they found.
And any creature that could glow was very large in size.
Su Fan guessed that these should belong to the top of the food chain, which is why they dared to show themselves so blatantly.
However, other reasons couldn't be ruled out. For example, during mating season, they might have to show themselves to display their beauty to the opposite sex. This was also a very likely reason.
The two Underwater Robots continued to dive, and finally, after descending 100 kilometers, they successfully reached the seabed.
The seabed was not boring; a large number of various underwater plants densely covered the floor, and there were volcanoes sizzling and bubbling, with countless creatures making their homes around them.
Most of the plants on the seabed were bioluminescent, lighting up the entire ocean floor.
Various unique creatures constantly wove through the seabed plants, but if they weren't careful, they would be hunted by predators.
Su Fan was admiring the beautiful scenery when suddenly, all the creatures seemed startled. They either ducked into rock crevices or quickly fled in one direction!
In the next moment, in the lens of Robot No. 1, a massive mysterious creature suddenly swam in from the distance!
"Holy crap, what a huge creature!" Su Fan stood up from his seat in shock.
The Great Elder also stood up, his face full of excitement.
"Red Queen, quickly have Robot No. 2 come here as well and film more video. I feel like Robot No. 1 is about to be finished!" Su Fan ordered urgently.
Under Red Queen's control, Robot No. 2, which was not far away, quickly rushed toward the area.
Meanwhile, Robot No. 1 moved away from the giant creature while frantically filming it from all angles.
Su Fan and the Great Elder also successfully saw the full appearance of this giant creature.
"Great Elder, what do you think this thing looks like!" Su Fan was dumbfounded.
"This... this... this creature looks so familiar!" The Great Elder's expression was grave.
"I think it looks familiar too. Could this creature be related to Blue Star?" Su Fan frowned.
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