157: Chapter 157 Gloom

The three of them explored while heading toward the ocean.

Three days later, they arrived before a massive mountain range.

"It's been half a year and we still have nothing. If this doesn't work, we'll just head straight to the seabed and wander around," Su Fan said helplessly.

"Let's finish exploring this mountain range first. It's so huge—look at that peak over there; Mount Everest would look like a child in comparison," the Great Elder said with a smile.

"There's no need to rush. Blue Star is developing steadily now; even if we're anxious, we can't grow strong in just a few short years."

"We'll just take our time exploring."

Su Fan nodded, but his mind was constantly racing, thinking about how to use technology to speed up the exploration.

The kongming ship had many, many robots, and it had a complete robot production line inside, capable of churning out an army at any moment.

However, there was one thing Su Fan was worried about.

Would covering this planet with a massive number of robots disturb something?

If Luye Planet really hid a high-dimensional lifeform like Europa did, waking it up would lead to unimaginable consequences.

"What if I use flying miniature bionic robots?"

Su Fan pondered.

"Each miniature bionic flying robot is as tiny as a mosquito. On this planet where giants roam, something the size of a mosquito shouldn't cause any other impact."

Thinking of this, Su Fan made a decision.

"Great Elder, if we explore like this, who knows how long it will take to finish."

"While we aren't in a rush, if we can use technology to help us explore faster, we won't have to do everything personally," Su Fan said with a smile.

"Hmm, that makes sense. Whatever ideas you have, I support them!" The Great Elder nodded with a smile.

Su Fan briefly explained the idea of using a large number of miniature bionic flying robots for exploration to the Great Elder.

"Su Fan, I don't know much about technology. Since you think it's feasible, go ahead and do it boldly! You have my full support!" the Great Elder's voice was full of encouragement.

"Alright, then I'll immediately instruct the Academy of Sciences to expand the production line. To explore such a large planet, the number of miniature bionic flying robots must be sufficient," Su Fan nodded.

"We need to return to Blue Star to retrieve these robots. With the Warp Drive, it won't take much time."

"Good! It's also a good time to send the newly excavated Lava Stones in the cargo hold back to Blue Star!" the Great Elder said with a smile.

"Going back!" Xia Feifei cheered.

The three of them boarded the kongming mothership and made the jump toward Blue Star once again.

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A month later, they returned to Luye Planet fully loaded with a massive number of miniature bionic flying robots.

"Red Queen, divide these miniature robots into 100 batches to be loaded onto 100 kunpeng no. 2 ships. Distribute them evenly across the entire Luye Planet for deployment," Su Fan ordered immediately.

The 100 kunpeng no. 2 ships, each carrying a large number of miniature bionic flying robots, quickly reached various regions of Luye Planet.

Through the Red Queen's superior computing power, the area of each region was kept consistent.

"Let's deploy the robots from one ship first to test the reaction. Start with the ship closest to us," Su Fan thought for a moment, deciding to be cautious.

"Yes! Master!"

The cargo hold doors of the kunpeng no. 2 closest to them slowly opened, and a swarm of miniature bionic flying robots flew out under the Red Queen's control.

This kunpeng no. 2 did not stay stationary; it flew rapidly around the planned area.

A large number of miniature bionic flying robots were quickly distributed throughout the area.

These robots all had built-in omnidirectional high-definition night vision cameras, which could clearly transmit what they "saw" to the Red Queen's database.

Su Fan and the others waited quietly in the kongming mothership.

Although they had deployed a large number of robots in this area at once, the area was so vast that the region each robot was responsible for exploring was not small.

About an hour later, after hearing feedback from the Red Queen that everything was normal and all robots were exploring the planned areas in an orderly fashion, the three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next was a repetition of the previous actions; the other 99 kunpeng no. 2 ships began the orderly deployment of the miniature bionic flying robots.

It was worth mentioning that although these were called flying robots, they could also probe flexibly in water, though their swimming speed was slower compared to their speed in the air.

This miniature robot exploration plan also included deployments in the ocean.

After all the robots were deployed, the three of them waited patiently in the ship.

According to the plan, it would only take three days to finish exploring the entire surface of the land, excluding the oceans.

In fact, it didn't even take three days. In just one day, the Red Queen repeatedly flagged several suspicious locations.

However, when Su Fan and the others personally piloted their mechs down to explore, they found that these suspicious locations were not their target.

Another day passed, and Su Fan and the others were exploring a massive canyon.

This canyon was very large and deep, but the entrance wasn't particularly big; it might be more appropriate to call it a trench.

Normally, the further down a trench you go, the less sunlight there is, and plants should become increasingly scarce.

But here, the plants became more lush as the depth of the trench increased.

Su Fan and the others piloted their mechs and slowly flew downward.

"Su Fan, why does this scene feel so familiar?" Xia Feifei kept observing their surroundings.

"I feel it's familiar too. Isn't this just like the plot in Europa?" Su Fan remarked.

"Exactly! If you replaced these plants with gold and the air with seawater, it would be identical," Xia Feifei also chimed in. "I feel we should be close to the truth."

The three continued to descend, and the surrounding vegetation became even more dense.

"Su Fan, look down there! There seems to be a faint cyan glow!" Xia Feifei said excitedly.

Su Fan noticed it too, but it was somewhat obscured because the plants were too lush.

He said in a serious tone, "Accelerate slightly, but not too fast."

The three increased their descent speed. As they went further down, the cyan light at the bottom of the trench grew brighter.

"Feifei, it looks like our guess has been verified!" Su Fan said in a heavy tone after descending to a certain distance.

"Heavens, could it be that this creature isn't unique, but part of a species?" Xia Feifei looked at the creature at the very bottom of the trench in shock.

It was a Cyan Dragon!

"This... this is... this is a dragon!" This was the first time the Great Elder had seen a dragon, and his voice was full of disbelief.

"That's right, this is a dragon. The terrifying creature on Europa was also a dragon!" Su Fan's voice was grim. "Except, the dragon on Europa was a Golden Dragon!"

"A dragon... the totem of the Xia Clan... Europa also has a dragon... Is there a connection between our Xia Clan and dragons?" the Great Elder murmured to himself.

Su Fan didn't speak; instead, he thought with a heavy heart about the series of events that had occurred since he obtained the super god black technology system.

The super god black technology system, the Golden Dragon, the Cyan Dragon.

Was his encounter with them a coincidence, or was it destiny?

Or perhaps...

A thick layer of haze gradually shrouded Su Fan's heart!

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