It wasn't until he escaped the planet's atmosphere and entered space that Zhang Longfei felt that the spacecraft was a little more stable and no longer bumpy.
"The geological activities of this planet are really active..."
He sighed.
A colleague next to him tutted: "If it weren't for active geological activities, where could this planet have such a thick atmosphere? It would have been blown away by the star."
Lakai 9352 is a red dwarf star, but its stellar activity is many times more violent than that of the sun, and the intensity of the stellar wind is correspondingly much stronger.
Such a violent stellar wind has been "blowing" the atmosphere of Planet 1, and it can blow away no matter how much gas is there.
Originally, this planet should have no atmosphere. Without an atmosphere, of course there would be no water, just like Mercury in the solar system.
But excessive geological activity changed everything. On it, large-scale volcanic eruptions were too frequent, ejecting too much gas from its interior, effectively replenishing the atmosphere that had been removed by stellar wind stripping. In this way, such a thick atmosphere was preserved. Down, liquid water is also saved by the way.
"Our weather and geological models are still not perfect enough. We couldn't even predict such drastic geological and climate changes. We almost wouldn't be able to come back."
Recalling the hellish scene he had experienced before, this colleague was still frightened.
"Send a report to the Academy of Sciences, send some meteorologists and geologists over, and launch dozens of geological and meteorological satellites. After a few months of observation, we will almost have a clear idea."
Therefore, Zhang Longfei and others stayed outside the atmosphere of Planet 1 and waited for more than three months.
During this period of time, in addition to conducting subsequent construction planning research, Zhang Longfei always stood in front of the porthole habitually, staring at the huge storm that almost covered the entire sunny side of Planet No. 1 in a daze.
Any storm on earth is as docile as a kitten compared to it.
He knew that this storm had existed for more than two billion years. It has existed since the beginning of the ocean on this planet, and continues to this day.
Driving this storm is Lakai 9352, which gives this planet light and warmth.
Because of the special gravitational relationship in which it is gravitationally locked, as well as the light and heat from the star, this extremely ancient and huge storm was created. It blows day after day, year after year, tirelessly setting off huge waves, and tirelessly stirring this huge ocean.
This is a unique scenery unique to Planet 1.
At this moment, research on the planet's location and climate has finally made enough progress. This space shuttle can finally start trying to land again.
People once again passed through the wind-raging atmosphere and landed on the sea surface - this was already a rare calm weather in meteorological observations, but the wind force was still as high as level 13, and the wave height was still as high as 7 meters.
Zhang Longfei and others moved from the space shuttle ship to a submarine located in the belly of the ship. Afterwards, the belly of the space shuttle ship was opened, and the thick carbon nanotube cable pulled the huge submarine, which was more than 60 meters long and more than ten meters in diameter, slowly descending.
As soon as they left the cabin, the submarine began to shake violently from side to side under the strong wind. In the cabin, Zhang Longfei and others were wearing seat belts and holding on to the handrails, trying to resist the bumps.
The submarine finally sank into the water and the cable was disconnected. However, the impact of wind and waves has not slowed down, and is even more severe than before.
The reason is simple. No matter how strong the wind is, the density is still too low. The kinetic energy it can give an object to move is always much smaller than water.
But as the submarine dives quickly, the turbulence is rapidly decreasing. After diving to a depth of about 100 meters, except for some occasional ocean currents, all other bumps have disappeared.
Facing an unfamiliar sea area on a foreign planet and facing very little hydrological data, Zhang Longfei and others were still cautious and did not dare to neglect at all, even if the submarine was made with the most advanced technology.
At this moment, the optical equipment equipped outside the submarine could only observe a faint light from above. After diving a little further, no light could be seen at all.
All around was pure and thick darkness. The ocean has also become extremely calm, and even the ocean currents have disappeared, not to mention the wind and waves above the sea.
No matter how big the storm is, it cannot affect the submarine that is thousands of meters below the surface of the water.
At this moment, Zhang Longfei even suspected that he was not under the sea, but in space.
This place is so similar to space. The same darkness, the same calm.
It's just that there is more gravity than in space, and there are fewer shining stars that can be seen everywhere in space.
Zhang Longfei has also watched documentaries about the original Earth Age, and is no stranger to the sight of submarine diving. But compared with the earth's oceans, there is always something missing here.
Some shiny, self-luminous algae or fish.
If those things could exist here, it would be more similar to the starry sky.
"This planet maintains the existence of a liquid ocean, and the liquid ocean can block all kinds of radiation from space. Its geological activities are so intense that it can effectively heat the earth's crust... So, do you think there will be anything on the seabed? Does life exist?”
Theoretically, this is possible. Wasn't life on Earth originally born in the ocean?
Now, almost all the ingredients for the birth of life are present. I dare not say about intelligent life, nor about more advanced life such as mammals and vertebrates. Is it possible that some single-cell life or life such as ancient viruses may exist?
"If life can be found here, it will be a major discovery. Maybe you can get a medal when you go back."
"Let's go, let's go to the bottom of the sea and take a look."
The submarine is also equipped with relevant equipment.
Qian Ting continued his silent dive. The number that represents the depth of the dive has been increasing.
When they dived to a depth of about 5,000 meters, people turned on the searchlight outside the submarine. As a result, a towering mountain appeared in front of people.
This is a mountain range with no visible boundaries. At this moment, from a high position, people could vaguely see one mountain top after another, the undulating ridges, and the small chaotic turbulence caused by the obstruction of the mountains.
"It's really spectacular..."
People sighed silently.
The abyss is located in a valley in this mountain range.
As the submarine continued to dive, even if all the searchlights were turned on, people could no longer see the top of this mountain. What people can see is only the hillside with a small angle, one side is connected to the invisible sky, and the other side is connected to the endless earth.
This submarine seemed to be floating and flying next to a huge mountain range.
"The highest mountain on Planet 1 is only over 4,000 meters above sea level. I never imagined that there would be such a mountain over 15,000 meters high on the bottom of the sea."
"Undersea mountains are normal."
"This kind of thing can only be found on the bottom of the sea. If it were outside, it would have collapsed under its own gravity."
People were talking and continuing to dive down the hillside.
When the diving depth exceeds 15,000 meters, that is, after 15 kilometers, people in the submarine will always hear sounds coming from everywhere in the submarine, like metal bending or friction. Boom boom.
These sounds always tug at people's heartstrings, adding a lot of tension to the submarine for no reason.
"It's normal. It's all normal. The pressure outside is too great. It's normal for the material to deform a little and release the stress. This submarine is made by us using the most advanced technology. Not to mention the 21-kilometer-deep seabed. It doesn’t matter if it’s 31 kilometers deep, it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter…”
People comfort themselves in this way, but the tension in their hearts still cannot be eliminated.
Until the submarine finally landed on the seabed, rolling up a large cloud of mud and sand, obscuring all surrounding sight.
The dive is over. At this moment, the number displayed on the depth meter is 21536.54.
The sediment that had been rolled up before slowly fell, and the waters around the submarine became calm again. The searchlights were then turned on, illuminating this place that no one had set foot on since the birth of the universe.
People saw the rolling sand dunes, the mountain peaks rising from the ground that seemed to reach the sky, and the sea water that was as calm as solidified.
A seawater specimen was collected. A scientist used the microscope to observe carefully through the glass, and sighed with regret: "Except for some gravel, dust, and crystals, I didn't see anything else."
During the dive, every kilometer passed, people would collect a seawater sample, looking for traces of life in it. But until now, no signs of life have been found.
"There are quite few dissolved impurities in the seawater here. After filtering, it can be drank directly as drinking water."
"Haha, you don't even need to disinfect."
There are no living organisms or microorganisms, so of course there is no need for disinfection.
People chatted casually while starting the follow-up work.
In the coming period, people, including this submarine, will conduct more than 1,000 dives in total, fully understanding the geological structure and related environmental factors of this sea area. As a result, the subsequent huge construction project began again.
Six years later, another extremely high-performance neutrino telescope appeared in this sea area. At this moment, in space, on the surfaces of planets 1, 2, and 3, there are more huge buildings appearing one by one.
