Chapter 554: Venus Exploration
Through the vision of the space octopus, Meng Yang saw a wonderful world, the main color of this world is yellow, everything is shrouded in dusk, the sky is so thick that it will never melt orange clouds, and the ground is red and yellow under his feet.
If there is a hell, then the environment is the one that best fits the human description of hell. The surface of the land here is under 500 degrees Celsius all year round, the air is filled with the smell of sulfur, the sky is constantly thundering and lightning, and the rain of sulfuric acid is constantly washing everything on the earth.
This is Venus, a planet about the size of the Earth, and the space octopus has finally landed on the surface of Venus after a long descent of up to 300 kilometers.
The gravity of Venus is not much different from that of the Earth, but the effect of gravity on the space octopus is not very obvious when it moves, and the space octopus moves on the surface of Venus as if it is on the bottom of the sea, almost half floating, half swimming.
The atmospheric pressure on the surface of Venus is 90 times that of the Earth's, which gives space octopuses a huge amount of atmospheric buoyancy that allows them to swim as if they were in the sea, and with a little force, they can slide far out of the 'air'.
Although it has no wings, some space octopuses swim in the 'air' with ingenuity, like jellyfish, and can glide in the 'air' as long as they dance their tentacles rhythmically.
There is also wind on the surface of Venus, which are very slow 'breezes', according to Earth's standards, at most three or four winds, but when the density of this 'breeze' increases by 90 times, the energy it carries is not inferior to the flow of water at the same speed.
As long as the 'breeze' blows, the space octopus doesn't want to stay in place unless it fixes itself in advance, and the 'breeze' will easily wrap the space octopus and send it to the sky.
In this peculiar environment, space octopuses are like scattered dandelions, drifting to all parts of Venus with the wind, exploring wherever they land, and millions of space octopuses are dropped, following the air flow of Venus, floating to all corners of Venus.
Meng Yang noticed that the terrain of Venus is relatively flat, and its mountains and valleys are relatively few, both relative to Earth and Mars.
In response to this question, Dr. Octopus argues, "Venus's atmosphere is too thick, its wind erosion is more pronounced, and the dense bottom atmosphere will smooth out all the protrusions in the ground, and when this process continues for billions of years, even Mount Everest will be smoothed." ”
There are relatively few craters on Venus, there are not many traces of meteorite impacts, and it is estimated that the dense atmosphere protects Venus, and all meteorites are burned off and split into small pieces before reaching the surface.
"Boss, look at this."
Doctor Octopus suddenly turned to a video, which was the perspective of another space octopus, and saw that this space octopus was walking a space step against the surface, and his body easily slid out by gently pushing the ground with his tentacles.
The octopus was climbing an unusually smooth hill, and all the stones on this hill were angular, like pebbles in a river, round and flat.
As it glides up the hill, its vision suddenly widens, and a mirror-like lake appears at the foot of the mountain under the dusky sky. Even through the eyes of the space octopus, you can feel the strangeness of this lake, the water of this lake is also golden yellow, it is not a matter of light, it is the original color of the lake.
The small lake is blown by the 'breeze', not moving at all, as if the 'breeze' has nothing to do with it.
"Go down and have a look!"
The octopus jumped and glided down the hill in the air to the lake, the golden water was not clear, the water was like a yellow mud soup, muddy and sticky, like a huge jelly being contained in the valley.
Under Meng Yang's command, the octopus stretched out a tentacle and probed into the lake water, gently picking up a little lake water, only to see that the lake water was like grease, sticking to the tentacles, pulling out a slender liquid line.
"This is a sulphuric acid lake," Dr. Octopus reported, "which contains small amounts of water, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, and sulfur particles, in addition to ...... Seem...... There's some interesting stuff in there......"
"What's that?"
"Look."
Dr. Octopus turned a magnified image to the field of view of a microscope, and under the microscope head, sulfur particles floating in the sulfuric acid could be seen, and in the middle of these particles, several tiny creatures were trying to swim, using their flagella to catch and filter the sulfuric acid around them.
"Sulfur-based microorganisms!" Meng Yang immediately recognized their identities. "Immediately collect samples and send them back to the ship, I want to know every detail of these sulfur-based biological biochemical reactions."
This is really a very wonderful thing, life is everywhere, Venus is such a harsh living conditions, there is still life, and this is obviously naturally evolved sulfur-based life.
Thinking of this, Meng Yang's mind couldn't help but raise a question, are they really natural evolution?
Since there are microorganisms, are there terrestrial organisms, or liquid organisms?
A new question appeared in Meng Yang's mind, and he hurriedly instructed Dr. Octopus, "Search carefully, check all the sulfuric acid lakes, and also investigate the underground to see if there are sulfur-based organisms." ”
Millions of space octopuses are scattered, and under the unified control and dispatch of space warships in orbit, they divide and cooperate to divide the surface of Venus into small areas for detailed investigation.
The exploration data is transmitted back to the space battleship and further processed into a digital map, and a digital Venus is gradually being constructed, and through these first-hand data, the progress shrouded in thick clouds is gradually being traced.
There are not only lakes on the surface of Venus, but also rivers and oceans, but they are all made of sulfuric acid without exception.
"Boss, no traces of plant existence have been found, in addition to microorganisms, we have also found some creatures similar to fish in the sulfuric acid sea, and some more primitive animals on land."
"The biosphere that exists on Venus, without the participation of photosynthesis, is very much like the hydrothermal vent ecosystem of the deep sea of the Earth, an ecosystem based on sulfide reactions with microorganisms as the source."
As he spoke, Doctor Octopus projected these sulfur-based creatures found on Venus, and Meng Yang immediately saw a large number of strange-shaped alien creatures......