On the sunny side of Venus, the sky remains the same color, making people feel depressed and bored after staying there for a long time.
There is no rotation between day and night, and the number of days can only be calculated according to the time of the earth and stars.
The staff took turns taking breaks and the work never stopped.
The intelligent robot was not affected at all and operated the 5-meter-tall drilling equipment for two consecutive days.
During the drilling of holes around Maxwell Volcano, a total of 20 underground drilling tasks at different depths were completed, saving a lot of time.
The guard robots were loyal to their duties, patrolling back and forth farther away from the battle saucer with a million-level light gun, constantly detecting the situation and feeding back information, and there were no unexpected situations.
Detection beetles were coming in and out of the ground, busy, conducting detection and analysis in an orderly manner, taking photos, and grabbing samples.
With the help of the escorting soldiers, geological technicians and engineers summarized and transmitted information, collected samples for classification and storage, and assisted two dark energy experts in analyzing geological conditions. They became the busiest and most tiring people.
After two breaks, Duanmu Yunke and his deputy Sikong Taimin finally completed the first phase of the detection mission and began to prepare for the next trip to the Equatorial Canyon.
Not long after, the ground guard soldiers reported that they had officially made contact with the prospecting team.
The other party was conducting drilling operations under the sun on the other side of Venus. I heard that two dark energy experts needed information about their exploration. Knowing that these were the people that Second Marshal Zishu Fuming valued most, he did not dare to neglect at the moment and immediately sent the message. 1 geological survey data.
It has a general distribution diagram of the types, contents, and grades of metal minerals, the burial depth of coal and oil, the distribution area of detected reserves, and other holographic images such as volcanoes and terrains.
Separated from a fixed desk, Duanmu Yunke and Sikong Taimin each clicked on the terminal screen in front of them to check the received information.
Both of them chose to read the analysis report first, instead of opening the pictures that matched the description one by one.
They have developed the habit of understanding the evidence after reading the conclusion. If they are not interested, they can ignore the image data, which can save a lot of time.
After reading the hundreds of pages of detailed reports, the two of them had an overall impression of the underground mineral resources of Venus.
Just when I was skipping the formulaic ending, I suddenly found the eye-catching text of the annotation:
Under the ground of an active volcano at a depth of 2,000 meters, the detection mecha sent back information and discovered an underground passage with a diameter of about 1 meter, which curved to the bottom of the volcano.
Under the control command, the detection mecha continued to track along the passage. As a result, it lost audio when it reached the end and never returned to the ground.
By the time the second team was sent out to detect the mechas, the underground passages had been filled with magma, making it impossible to track them.
According to the initial images, the underground passage does not appear to be naturally formed, and it is speculated that it may be a habitat for lower intelligent creatures on the planet.
After discussion by the whole team, it was assumed that this creature existed and was temporarily named "Venus Fire Rock Beast".
Because this matter has nothing to do with mineral drilling operations, no in-depth exploration and tracking will be carried out. It is left to interested biologists to come for archaeological research, hoping to hunt the "Venus Fire Rock Beast" and become a new exotic animal food, which will be valuable. .
Ha ha.
This is recorded.
The two dark energy experts, after reading this simple and ridiculous explanation, looked at each other with ecstatic expressions.
For inexperienced prospectors, only metals, energy, gold, diamonds, and energy crystals fascinate them, and everything else is insignificant.
Duanmu Yunke said with a helpless smile: "These guys only know about food and money, but they have fallen in the eyes of money."
Sikong Taimin said indifferently: "Ignorant people are not guilty. The attached explanation they treated as a joke has provided us with a new breakthrough direction, which can be regarded as a contribution."
Duanmu Yunke: "I'm afraid they themselves won't recognize this kind of credit."
Sikong Taimin: "It seems that we have to change our itinerary."
Duanmu Yunke gave him a thumbs up and praised:
"Xiao Min, you guessed it right.
This shows that your analysis is correct. I believe that as long as we follow this line of exploration, we may be able to find out the truth about the changes in this planet and provide an index for our ultimate goal. "
"Teacher Duanmu's words and deeds over the past few months have inspired me a lot, and only then can I think of new ideas."
"Okay, let's stop flattering each other, pack up, and set off quickly."
"Okay, I'll notify them and ask the prospecting team to move all the drilling equipment near the target location."
"Well, okay. If they don't cooperate, I will report it to the Second Marshal when I get back, so that they can walk around without food."
Half an hour later, after all the equipment except the communication base station was sorted, the war saucer made a low hum, rose vertically to a certain height, and flew directly to the area where the prospecting team was.
After receiving the job request from the two dark energy experts, the prospecting team leader cursed in a low voice, but did not dare to break out and could only agree.
One of his subordinates was bold and hummed unconvinced:
“These two white-faced old men and young white-faced men who work hard for nothing understand anything.
They wandered around all day long, not to mention not creating any wealth, and they asked us to accompany them to play the game of catching the 'Venus Fire Rock Beast'. They just had nothing to do and had nothing to do. "
The captain was not angry and laughed and cursed:
"You know everything, and you come here to work hard with everyone.
You said that they are not good enough, even the second commander gave them his seat to go on a mission.
When did you, the boy, become capable enough to sit in the position of the most handsome man? You have been given the position of commander of my unit, so I'll give you a hand, okay? "
Another subordinate continued to complain, "Captain, if they interfere like this, our progress will be slowed down, and this month's double bonus will probably be wasted."
"Stop arguing, stop nagging, and just be honest with me."
The captain warned the men seriously and issued work requirements.
"The Second Commander-in-Chief has an order in advance. All space explorers must unconditionally cooperate with the work of dark energy experts. Those who are slack will be severely punished, and those who are meritorious will be heavily rewarded."
"Everyone will do their job conscientiously and do what the other party requires."
"Whoever dares to act cheating and show off to others, I will cancel the bonus to show you."
"All team members acted quickly, temporarily canceled all operations, and brought all the equipment that could be extracted to the designated location. They will gather in one day and work according to the requirements of dark energy experts."
Several team captains reluctantly responded, "Yes, Captain, let's do it now."
Several people quickly put on their special space suits, left the temporary refrigeration tent, and went about their business.
When the battle disc arrived, the squad leader personally boarded the disc to explain the situation and expressed his willingness to cooperate fully with the work.
The two dark energy experts were not polite. The two sides stood in front of the holographic map and after careful discussion, they finally decided on the drilling plan.
One day later, all 12 20-meter-high large-scale drilling equipment of this prospecting team were gathered together and dispersed to nearby designated locations as required.
"Green Gourd Sword Fairy"
As the controller issued instructions, the operating robots and auxiliary robots of each equipment started drilling operations according to the program design.
A booming sound reached the ears through the helmet, a rain of molten material erupted from the back seat, and the entire place became a real hot mess.
After working for a long time, several wells were opened, all extending to a depth of 2,000 meters underground.
The technicians released dozens of detection mecha beetles, dispersed and quickly drilled into the deep hole, looking for traces of the suspected "Venus Fire Rock Beast". It may be that the loud noise scared the underground creatures, but this time there was no loss of detection mechas.
Several geological exploration technicians began to draw a multi-dimensional three-dimensional diagram of the underground based on the images and coordinate information sent back from different directions and according to their respective division of labor.
Two dark energy experts boarded the drilling team's large transport flying saucer. In an information monitoring center, they stared at the continuously synthesized complete channel map. They did not find any images of the suspected "Venus Fire Beast", and they began to feel worried.
However, the geological experts nearby, through the analysis of the captured images, concluded that this was by no means a natural formation of the crustal movement. It must be a channel dug consciously and had a certain functionality.
An hour later, most of the detection robots in the 12 wells returned to the ground.
Two hours later, the complete underground multi-dimensional three-dimensional channel map was completed, but there was still no image of the suspected "Venus Fire Rock Beast".
The geological expert pointed at the projected holographic image and gave a detailed explanation to the two dark energy experts.
"Look, this is a two-story underground passage with a diameter of 2 kilometers. It is almost impossible to form such a coincidental arrangement."
"Let's look at the lower floor first. This is a layout that is not completely connected to each other. There are two semicircular main passages about 1.5 meters high and 5 meters wide."
"There is a deep pit on the edge of the outer ring, which is not directly connected to the inner ring channel. There is a small channel between the rock layers that connects to the volcanic magma, which is filled with high-temperature magma."
"Looking at the upper layer, it is about 20 meters away from the lower layer. There are two main semicircular channels, and there is a smooth ramp on the outer circle leading to the magma pit below. It is estimated to be the excrement channel of underground organisms."
"The main passages on the upper and lower floors are connected to countless small passages, which are twists and turns, with different widths. They are expanding outward in many places, and there is a tendency to form a third outer ring main passage."
After drinking some water, the geological expert moistened his throat, clicked on an icon, and continued with a smile:
"Two experts, please take a look. The last time the five detection mecha beetles entered the maze passage from the outer circle, due to the interference of the curved magnetic field of the passage, the information could not be transmitted. They may have been shot into pieces by unknown creatures and thrown into the slurry pit. Only Partial wreckage was found.”
Sikong Taimin wondered, "Excuse me, experts, unknown creatures have dug so many tunnels. Where did the soil go? Could it be that it was eaten by them?"
The geological expert raised his thumb at him and said, "You are a terrible person, so you are right.
As you can see, the walls of all the passages are uneven and have obvious signs of gnawing.
It shows that unknown organisms feed on the underground soil to maintain their survival needs.
Only this reason can explain why there is no accumulated soil. "
The geological expert clicked on another analysis data and said with a smile:
“Although the ground in this area is adjacent to magma, the three outer sides are made of hard rock, which plays a role in heat insulation and moisture retention.
The soil inside contains a small amount of water, as well as ancient deeply buried metamorphic vegetation, a small amount of rare metals, and trace active elements, which provide the minimum survival requirements for unknown organisms. "
Before the geological expert finished speaking, a small piece of red light flashed on the large surveillance screen next to him, accompanied by a prompt sound.
Everyone turned around to look, their eyes widened with expressions of surprise and ecstasy.
The surveillance staff quickly enlarged the small screen so that it occupied the entire screen.
This is a real-time image sent back from the No. 10 Well Hole, the detection mecha crawling at the extreme underground transmission point.
In the camera video, a crocodile-like creature covered with dark red scales and standing on all fours was looking at the detection mecha.
5 seconds later, the unknown creature flipped its red bean eyes covered with thick diaphragms, stretched out its broad scale claws with shining metallic luster and slapped downwards.
With the sound of "clang", the scene suddenly stopped.
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