116: Chapter 116 The Prosperous Underwater World

This was a creature that looked almost identical to a blue whale!

The blue whale, the largest animal to ever exist on Blue Star, even larger than the biggest dinosaurs.

An adult blue whale can reach a body length of 33 meters and a terrifying weight of 180 tons.

Although the blue whale's size was a bit miniature compared to a Star-Devouring Beast, it was a carbon-based lifeform while the Star-Devouring Beast was silicon-based, so they couldn't be compared at all.

Now, discovering a creature suspected to be a blue whale on Europa, hundreds of millions of kilometers away from Blue Star, couldn't help but spark wild imaginings.

But Su Fan thought about it carefully and felt something was wrong; the blue whale on Blue Star was a proper mammal that needed to swim to the surface to breathe from time to time, or it would suffocate.

But underwater on Europa, there were simply no conditions that would allow a blue whale to breathe.

"System, is this unknown creature a blue whale?" Asking the system when things were unclear had already become a habit for Su Fan.

"It's not a blue whale, just a lifeform that looks similar to one," the system said flatly.

Su Fan immediately relaxed. If it really were a blue whale, he would have had to doubt the origin of life on Blue Star.

There are many schools of thought regarding the origin of life, but the theory of evolution is accepted by most. However, what about the origin of humanity?

As of now, he still didn't believe that humans evolved from apes.

"System, is the origin of humans on Blue Star really from apes, or rather, evolved from monkeys?" Su Fan suddenly asked.

"No!" the system answered succinctly.

"Then where is the origin of humanity?" Su Fan pressed.

"The host's current civilization level is insufficient; unable to answer."

"Alright, I knew it..." Su Fan said helplessly.

"Great Elder, there's no need to be so shocked; it might just look like a blue whale." Su Fan couldn't explain clearly.

"How about this, I'll pilot a mecha to catch this blue-whale-like creature for research."

"Alright, stay safe." The Great Elder nodded.

"It's a remotely controlled mecha, so it doesn't matter; at worst, we'll just lose one mecha," Su Fan said with a smile.

Next, Su Fan on Mars disconnected from the tianyuan Android and directly linked to a predator mecha in the ship's cargo bay.

Just as Su Fan was controlling the mecha to fly out of the cargo bay, another predator mecha next to him lit up.

Xia Feifei's voice reached Su Fan's ears through the comms: "Grandpa was worried about you, so he told me to follow."

"That's not necessary. You can't even beat me; I'll have to protect you if there's danger," Su Fan said helplessly.

"Su Fan, I've improved lately. Let's head down and spar a bit!" Xia Feifei immediately sent a challenge invitation.

"Fine, fine, I give in! No sparring, I admit defeat! If you want to follow, then follow, but the deep-sea environment is quite creepy!" Su Fan directly piloted the mecha out of the ship's cargo bay.

"I'm not afraid! Humph!" Xia Feifei followed closely behind and left the cargo bay.

As soon as he left the ship, Su Fan immediately felt the difference.

Standing on Europa in a mecha was a completely different experience from looking at Europa from inside the ship.

The mecha was like an extension of the body; the perception of the outside world gave one an immersive feeling.

Whereas on the ship, even with panoramic simulation turned on, there was no immersive feeling, like standing upstairs looking at the scenery below through a window.

Su Fan didn't stay on the surface of Europa for long; he simply acclimated for a bit and then piloted the mecha to the ice hole.

The predator mecha was a humanoid mecha; relative to its height of 99 meters, its widest part at the shoulders was only 40 meters.

The ice hole drilled earlier was very large, with a diameter of a full hundred meters, so the predator mecha could even enter sideways.

Su Fan didn't hesitate; since the mecha could fly anyway, he jumped directly into the hole, performing a free fall.

Xia Feifei followed closely and jumped down as well.

Splash!

Splash!

The two mechas successfully landed in the ocean inside Europa.

Su Fan piloted the mecha and immediately dove down rapidly.

With the speed of the predator mecha, he quickly reached the seabed.

Only by personally arriving at the seabed could one experience the beauty and shock of the countless bioluminescent plants and various glowing unknown creatures before one's eyes.

Based on the coordinates provided by Underwater Robot No. 2, Su Fan chased after the massive blue-whale-like creature.

During this time, Underwater Robot No. 1 had already been swallowed by that creature.

Underwater Robot No. 2 didn't dare get close and could only trail far behind it.

With the speed of the mecha, Su Fan soon caught up with the blue-whale-like creature.

Although this creature was large, with a body length of 36 meters, it seemed quite small compared to the 99-meter-tall predator mecha.

Seeing something even larger than itself approaching, the blue-whale-like creature flicked its large tail in fear and fled forward at high speed.

But how could its speed possibly match that of the mecha!

Su Fan accelerated slightly in the mecha and arrived in front of the blue-whale-like creature.

The blue-whale-like creature couldn't brake in time and crashed directly into the mecha, letting out a muffled sound.

Su Fan guessed that this was likely a cry of pain.

Xia Feifei also arrived at his side.

"Su Fan, should we just grab it?"

"Just grab it." Su Fan smiled and extended the powerful arms of the mecha, wrapping them around the blue-whale-like creature.

Realizing it was being held, the blue-whale-like creature struggled frantically, its large tail thrashing and churning up the nearby silt and sand.

"Stop struggling; it's useless even if you do!" Su Fan chuckled.

He suddenly thought of an image: a person holding a frantically struggling pig.

Then, this pig turned into an angry Zhou Xiaoxiao!

"Haha!" Su Fan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Xia Feifei heard the laughter over the comms: "???"

"Feifei, you hold it. Since we're here, let's explore personally." Su Fan shoved the still-struggling blue-whale-like creature into Xia Feifei's hands.

"Su Fan, do you think there are even larger creatures?" Xia Feifei asked while holding the constantly struggling blue-whale-like creature. Perhaps annoyed by its movements, she slapped it on the head, knocking it unconscious.

"Feifei, don't be so violent!"

"We must have harmony!" Su Fan joked.

"I don't know if there are larger creatures either; we'll find out after exploring."

"How about this: you take this creature back up first, then come back down so we can explore together," Su Fan suggested.

"Alright! I'll go up first, wait for me." Xia Feifei left.

Su Fan smiled slightly and turned his gaze toward a nearby mountain that was gurgling and bubbling.

This was an undersea volcano.

Because of it, the waters of Europa had sufficient temperature to nurture such a prosperous biological community.

"Life is truly miraculous," Su Fan mused.

Not far away, two magical creatures about the size of humans were fighting.

Nearby, a creature similar to the other two but of a different color was watching the fight with boredom. Su Fan guessed that the ones fighting were likely males, and the one watching was probably a female.

Just as the two creatures were fighting intensely and a victor was about to be decided, another male of the same species swam over from a distance. It swam up to the female and rubbed against her body, and then the female followed this male away.

The two still-fighting males stopped abruptly, staring blankly as their 'sweetheart' was snatched away!

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