While Zhou Xin and the others were carefully observing, the little creature in the picture seemed to sense the probe that was close by, and it quickly adjusted its direction of activity and swam towards the area below where the light spots were dense.

Following behind the little guy, there were more and more blue-white light spots in the lens, and soon, the entire lens was occupied by these glowing little lives. They swim freely in the picture, sometimes converging, sometimes scattering, as if the whole collective also had life. What's even more exaggerated is that Zhou Xin and the others even saw a huge fast-moving light flow that was purely composed of light points, and there were many "tributaries" around the light flow, which looked almost no different from a real river. In such a scene, I am afraid that there is only the starry sky at night, no, even the starry sky cannot be compared.

Immersed in the starry sky in front of him, it didn't take long for Zhou Xin to really see a lot of light points that kept flickering like starlight. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the beings with the shimmering points of light on their bodies were not the same type of creatures as the willow-leaf-like beings he had seen at the beginning. Its body is smaller, resembling a standard sphere, with a yellowish white point of light floating in the center of the sphere that looks like a glowing marble. Not only that, but this small bulbous life is expanding and contracting regularly as if it is breathing. Each time it expanded, the light spots in its body dimmed, and when it contracted, they regained their brightness, forming the flickering points of light that Zhou Xin had seen in the distance before.

"It's so beautiful!" After a long time, someone finally came back to his senses, and he subconsciously sighed. Maybe it's because the voice is too loud, and after this exclamation, many people have come back to their senses like him.

After coming back to his senses, Zhou Xin patted his head at the first time, patronizing and enjoying the beautiful scenery in front of him, he almost forgot what he was doing, and then he asked: "Atlas, has the probe started to investigate, why are there so many luminescent creatures gathered there?" ”

"Does their gathering have anything to do with the attackers?" As soon as Zhou Xin's words fell, Dart added a question.

"The probe is conducting an investigation, and preliminary findings indicate an unusual rise in the temperature of the surrounding sea water where the luminescent organisms are concentrated. It is unclear what the cause of this phenomenon is related to the attackers. Atlas replied.

"Why, do you suspect that the reason for its formation has something to do with the attackers?" After Atlas answered, Spred asked Dart in a puzzled tone.

Nodding, Dart said, "Otherwise, what reason can explain the anomaly here, I suspect that the environment here was deliberately set up by those attackers, in order to rely on these luminous creatures to hide their whereabouts." ”

"It's necessary." Spred looked incredulous.

At this moment, the dense points of light in the picture began to gradually become scarce. At the same time, the little girl reported with a tone of surprise: "Eh, brother captain. Unexpectedly, from above, the range of those luminous creatures gathered together was very large, but the thickness was only a little, and the detector only dived more than ten meters to pass through the luminescent layer. At this time, there was not much light left in front of the camera, and the picture in front of the detector slowly plunged into deep darkness again.

But that's not all. In the following investigation, Atlas found that it was not only the two luminescent creatures that Zhou Xin had seen before that gathered in the luminous layer, but their number only accounted for a very small part of the entire luminous layer. In addition to them, there are at least 100 different species of light-emitting organisms throughout the luminescent layer. They vary considerably in size, the largest one is more than a dozen centimeters long, and the whole looks about the size of a palm, while the smallest is a single-celled organism that is not even visible to the naked eye.

What's even more exaggerated is that in addition to a large number of luminescent creatures, there are also non-luminous creatures in the entire luminescent layer that far exceed them. However, since most of these non-luminous lifeforms were tiny plankton, they were not discovered by Zhou Xin and the others in the first place.

"This luminous layer and the area around it actually constitute a separate ecological environment." Not long after observing the plankton, Atlas said with a tone of surprise. Then it dawned on her, "No wonder these luminescent creatures that feed on plankton gather here." ”

"But what is the reason for these plankton to gather in such a thin layer of water?" Zhou Xin asked.

"According to the latest survey results, this area is only about 20 meters thick and covers an unknown area. In addition to the abnormal rise in temperature, the amount of minerals and nutrient particles in the seawater is also unusually high, reaching more than three times that of the upper and lower layers of the seawater, which attracts a large number of tiny plankton to feed, and thus attracts more organisms to gather here. "Not only that, but the probe also observed that the activity of the seawater in the luminous layer is more active than in other levels of the nearby seawater. The main reason for the formation of the 'light currents' that we see is not the activity of the luminescent organisms themselves, but the violent activity of the currents. It is suspected that the cause of this particular environment is related to some kind of intense geological activity in its vicinity. But to date, the probe has not found the source of geological activity. ”

"Doesn't it have anything to do with the attackers?" After listening to Atlas's detailed explanation, Dart answered with a little disappointment.

"Judging from the current investigation, the possibility of natural formation is relatively high." Atlas said, her expression pausing as soon as she finished speaking, "Brother Captain, the probe—it seems that the cause of the formation of the luminous layer has been found—" as she spoke, switching between the screens.

It is evident from the footage that the detector sent back to the frame has left the range of the luminous layer, and at the same time it has turned on the light it is carrying, and aimed it at a nearly vertical cliff.

"Brother Captain, this is it." Just as everyone's attention was focused on the new image, Atlas spoke......