In the conference room of the research ship, Cui Yantao, the main person in charge of this expedition, was holding a meeting for everyone.
"So the biggest question now is to first determine how many such giant monsters there are in the entire Sakura Island sea area. I think there may be two if there is one."
"Everyone must maintain a high spirit. This maritime expedition is not the same as before. We must be serious and return with results!"
At this time, a marine biology expert said helplessly:
"Team Leader Cui, we understand what you said, but this thing is alive. Who can guarantee that it is still in the waters of Sakura Island?"
Everyone nodded, they knew the inside story of this mission, looking for the giant octopus, and at the same time confirming whether there were any giant mutated creatures in the waters of Sakura Island.
"At present, according to the sonar echo on the seabed, no huge creatures have been found yet."
"The main thing is if this thing..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a violent knock on the door of the conference room.
Cui Yantao frowned and said with some displeasure:
"Open the door and see if it's an emergency."
After speaking, one of them went to open the door, and saw a staff member responsible for sonar operation shouting inside with a face full of horror:
"Everyone, go to the surveillance room and take a look! We've found the big guy!"
As soon as these words came out, Cui Yantao was shocked and immediately stood up and ran towards the monitoring room first.
Seeing the team leader running over, the others immediately recovered and followed.
big guy? Is it really that giant octopus that is over fifty meters tall?
Everyone was speechless for a while, nervousness and excitement mixed with a trace of fear welled up in their hearts.
The ship was not big, so Cui Yantao quickly arrived at the monitoring room.
There are several rather complex equipment placed here, and Cui Yantao can roughly understand what the sonar map above means just by looking at it.
At this time, the staff on the side raised their hands and said to Cui Yan:
"Team Leader Cui, here! Come to me quickly!"
Cui Yantao immediately walked to the staff member in two steps without hesitation.
"What happened? What's the big deal?"
The staff member swallowed, then nervously pointed to a picture of sonar feedback and said:
"Look here, the stronger echoes are from the hard convex sea bottom, and the weak echoes are from the concave and soft sea bottom. Then look here."
The staff pointed to a place and said:
"The echo ghost here represents a living thing. Finally, based on the sonar measurement algorithm, we can get the size of the biological echo ghost."
Cui Yantao nodded, then he pointed directly at the echo and said:
"Calculate based on the data you entered and tell me the result."
The staff member swallowed his saliva, and then he spoke to Cui Yan:
"After repeated calculations and making sure there were no mistakes, we asked someone to inform you."
After speaking, the staff pointed to the largest echo ghost and said:
"After our calculations, this place is at least more than 40 meters long, but we don't know what kind of creature it is yet!"
Everyone gasped! More than forty meters?
Especially a group of marine life experts were dumbfounded.
To be honest, most of them didn't really believe in this mission, especially when there was no evidence. Because the matter was so important, the photos in Liu Zhongmin's hands were not shown to everyone.
This also led to the fact that after everyone came here, they never fully believed that there was an octopus over fifty meters tall.
I even wondered if it was just an own mistake.
After all, there are many restrictions when shooting under sea water. The refraction of sea water, distance control, etc. may all cause visual illusions.
Maybe the so-called fifty-meter octopus is actually only five or six meters.
But now after sonar calculations, a monster has actually been found! A monster up to forty meters long!
Everyone was frightened for a moment, and they didn't even dare to breathe in, as if it would attract the attention of the monster in the sea, for fear of being attacked.
Cui Yantao looked nervous. After a while, he calmed down and continued to ask:
"Are you sure there's nothing wrong?"
The staff member shook his head and said:
"The error of this measurement method generally does not exceed ten percent, and the larger the body, the more accurate it is..."
"So, the length of this thing will definitely not be less than forty meters!"
"And that's not even the most powerful thing!"
Then the staff continued to adjust backwards, and a new echo ghost appeared.
"There is also a ghost echo here, which is larger. According to calculations, it may reach sixty meters!"
Everyone was shocked again, even Cui Yantao felt his legs go numb.
"Sixty meters! Are you sure?"
"Team leader and experts, I'm not sure about this, it's just the feedback brought by the machine!"
"Our calculation methods are all formulaic. Unless there is an error in the sonar echo, these are the calculated results."
The staff emphasized a few words.
Now it’s hard for everyone to say anything. The possibility of the machine having a problem is extremely small, and this is not a machine. How could something go wrong together by such a coincidence?
"Have underwater creatures over sixty meters ever appeared in history?"
"No, the largest known creature in the ocean is the blue whale, which can reach a maximum length of nearly thirty meters. If we say the largest marine creature that may have existed in history... it may be the New Zealand Ichthyosaurus."
"New Zealand Ichthyosaurus?"
At this time, a marine expert explained:
"It is a creature that is 200 million years old. Based on the fossils and some bones, it is estimated that the maximum size of this creature should be close to forty meters. We cannot rule out the existence of a larger one."
"Then there's still a big gap between the sixty meters!"
"It's outrageous... It's outrageous. Is there really a mutation?"
At this time, Cui Yantao directly ordered:
"Continue the investigation and complete the investigation in the entire Sakura Kingdom sea area as soon as possible. We need to determine whether this is a small number of cases, or whether it has developed into a certain number unknowingly..."
"It's fine if it's an isolated case, but if there are a lot of mutations... I'm afraid that in the future the ocean will be a restricted area that humans can't set foot in!"
Next, at Cui Yantao's request, everyone no longer had any objections and began to conduct a large-scale search on the sea area.
In just two days, everyone discovered hundreds of creatures over thirty meters in size in the entire Sakura Island sea area, including fifteen that were over fifty meters in size!
This data immediately made everyone present feel numb after it was announced to everyone.
"Is it possible that there is overlap in data between us?"
Cui Yantao shook his head and said:
"Even if there is overlap, the error will not exceed 20%. Even if it is reduced by 20%, this number is still terrifying."
No one knew what to say for a moment. At first, some people did have the idea of coming here for a visit and then going back.
After all, there are rumors about this kind of thing every year. Some kind of giant sea creature was seen somewhere, or it is said that there is a sea monster somewhere.
But this time it was different. This group of terrifying giant creatures were wandering under their feet. No one knew whether they would be interested and just come up for a walk.
Although the frigate is right around us, to be honest, no one can guarantee that the frigate can kill this kind of monster in a timely and effective manner...
"Leader Cui, now that our mission has been completed, do we still want to stay at sea?"
Cui Yantao shook his head, and then said seriously:
"The last day of survey will be tomorrow. If there are no new discoveries this time, we will return directly!"
Everyone looked at each other with relaxed expressions.
They were afraid of Cui Yantao's rivalry and wanted to continue investigating.
Once something happens at sea, death is almost certain.
Now I heard Cui Yantao say that he would go back in one day, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Most of the things that should be explored have been explored, so I stayed for one more day just because I was afraid that I and others would miss something.
"Copy that, Team Leader Cui!"
Everyone responded in unison, and then everyone returned to their work stations and continued to conduct repeated surveys.
Cui Yutao took out his satellite phone and dialed the number of Longke Academy.
After waiting for the call to be answered, Cui Yantao said directly and seriously:
"Dean, I have something important to report here!"
At the same time, Liu Zhongmin, who was far away in Longke Academy, his eyes were slightly solemn, and then he said:
"Tell me, Academician Cui, what is the situation in the sea now?"
