Chapter 8: The Mysterious Planet of Gaia
The lights in the sleeping room were turned on one after another, illuminating the entire sleeping room as if it were daytime. Under the lights, in a neat row of sleep instruments, the crew of Exploration 3 was still immersed in sleep. At this time, the electronic indicator light on the sleep device suddenly began to flash.
"The hibernation procedure ends, wake up all members. When all members wake up, please assemble in the control center. (The voice of the main computer) Li Jin and Liu Yiting woke up one after another.
"We're finally here, and the mystery is about to be solved." The glass cover opened, and Liu Yiting sat up.
Li Jin said a little excitedly: "It's okay, I'm fine." β
"Maybe bad luck will also begin. Rookie. Liu Yiting said with a heavy heart.
"Haven't you always been expecting results?" Li Jin looked at her with a smile.
"I just hope it turns out a little bit better." Liu Yiting ignored him and walked straight out of the sleeping room.
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"All the members are in place, the ship is located on the outer edge of the Titan system, and the speed of the ship has been reduced to X speed. Coming soon to the Titan system. In the control room of Discovery Three, all the members are already sitting in front of the console.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to reach our destination, please do not forget our mission. Whether it's for science or for the future of humanity, we have to accomplish it. It will be some time before we reach the planet Gaia, and we need to be fully prepared. It may be a dangerous place, but I firmly believe that no matter what we are going to face, we will fulfill our mission. The restaurant has prepared a big meal, we haven't eaten in a long time. "Captain Lin, who has always made people feel dull, has become funny. The strong contrast made the crew laugh, and suddenly broke the solemn atmosphere.
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The members of the restaurant were talking and laughing, and the mystery of the Three-Eyed Man was about to be revealed, but no one seemed to be worried about it. Li Jin is still sticking to Liu Yiting.
"If there really is a Three-Eyed Man on the planet Gaia, I hope you don't get too far away from me while we go on a mission together." Li Jin kept stuffing food in his mouth.
"Why?" Liu Yiting asked a little unscrupulously.
"If there is any danger, I will protect you." Li Jin said very seriously.
"As long as you're not behind me and cause me trouble. Rookie. Liu Yiting smiled bitterly. A hairy young man with no experience in interstellar travel actually wants to protect her.
Han Wei walked over, "Yiting, I hope that if there is any action, you can be by my side and don't leave my sight." His eyes were full of concern.
"I can protect myself." Liu Yiting didn't raise her head.
"Yes, and me." Li Jin was a little excited like a child. Han Wei glanced at him coldly and walked away boringly.
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"Reached the target planet." (Voice of the main computer)
In the control room of Exploration III, the crew sat nervously in front of the console, the planet Gaia was in front of them, everyone was in a nervous mood, and the mystery was about to be revealed, on this planet in the vast universe. Is there really a Three-Eyed Man with extraordinary abilities? But why didn't Exploration 3 receive any electronic signals after entering the Titan System? Captain Lin on the main console, his expression was both puzzled and solemn, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the display screen.
On the display screen, in the deep space, a light blue planet came into view. It bears a surprising resemblance to Earth, with white clouds floating on the light blue planet, which makes it feel very relatable. The difference is that it is a little more massive than the Earth and has two moons of different masses.
In the outer space synchronous orbit of the planet Gaia, there are no "man-made" celestial bodies. All the crew members were even more puzzled. The purpose of the entire exploration plan is to trace the footsteps of the Three-Eyed Man according to those two ancient star maps, and the Gaia planet in front of him does not seem to have a high-level civilization form, so where did the Three-Eyed Man on the ancient mural come from?
"The mass of the planet Gaia is about 1.5 times that of the Earth, and the gravity is 1.2 times that of the Earth. It has no angle to the stars in the Titan Galaxy, and it takes 586 days to orbit and 32 hours to rotate, with no seasons. After preliminary scanning, the planet Gaia has an ocean and oxygen in the airγγγγγ There are signs of life ... (voice of the main computer)
The atmosphere in Control Room 3 was unusually solemn. "Release the surveillance system satellites and set up a surveillance system on the planet Gaia." Captain Lin was very calm, he wanted to see what this beautiful planet was like.
"It has been calculated that nine synchronous surveillance satellites will be needed to establish a surveillance system on the planet, and they are now being released."
The huge Exploration 3 belly hatch opened, and advanced surveillance satellites were dropped out one after another.
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"The first surveillance satellite is in place, and the second γγγγγγ All the surveillance satellites were in place, and the surveillance system was successfully established. β
The three-dimensional holographic display screen simultaneously displays the release process of the surveillance satellite. These satellites are state-of-the-art monitoring satellites, in the shape of a hexagonal diamond, and use nuclear energy cells, so there are no solar flaps, which can greatly reduce their mass.
"Activate the surveillance system and conduct a full evaluation of the star." Captain Lin stared straight at the display screen with his eyes.
"Start gathering information." (Main computer sound)
"Tea." Captain Lin clearly wanted to relax his nerves.
"The tea you wanted." The small square on the right hand of the captain's console automatically raised a cup of tea. "Thank you."
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"According to satellite global positioning analysis, the planet's ocean area is 85 percent and its land area is 15 percent. There are ice sheets in the North and South Poles. According to the analysis of high-definition satellite photos, there is vegetation on the surface of the earth, and no intelligent life buildings have been found. β
The display screen shows the geomorphological map of the planet Gaia collected by the surveillance satellite, the ocean, land, mountains, and rivers at a glance, and there is indeed no sign of intelligent civilization. The crew was stunned, could it be that the destination of this exploration plan was wrong? Everyone turned their attention to Li Jin. Li Jin shrugged, very helpless.
"Release the probe." Captain Lin took a sip of tea, he wanted to see this mysterious planet more clearly.
"Probes 1, 2, and 3 have been released, targeting the three largest continents of the star. It takes 15 minutes to get to the first report. β
The three-dimensional holographic display screen showed the process synchronously, although there were still 15 minutes before the detection report, but everyone was very nervous, and it seemed that every breath could be heard. The three holographic screens of the main computer are constantly switching between the update screens of the planet. Only the captain was drinking tea lightly.
"All the probes landed safely and started sending back footage." Three screens are projected on the holographic screen of the main computer at the same time. Probe 1 landed near the equator of the planet's continent A, Probe 2 landed at 33 degrees north latitude, and Probe 3 landed further north.
"Zone A, temperature 43.5 degrees,γγγγγγ Zone B is 28.3 degrees Celsius. The temperature in the γγγγγγC zone is 8.6 degrees,γγγγγγ β
The footage shows that Area A is the most densely vegetated, with a wide variety of vegetation, ranging from small to slightly larger grass-like plants growing close to the ground, mostly umbel and pinnae. Some resemble small mushrooms, while others resemble ferns. Trees are even more rare, as they compete upwards with wide umbel or pinnate leaves staggered for sunlight. There is a tree that resembles a huge umbrella, with a thick "trunk" that is fifty or sixty meters high, and a number of small umbrellas protruding from the branches under the large umbrella (canopy). The color is mostly dark green, with a hint of purple in between.
A group of fox-sized animals pass by in front of the camera, their bodies are gray and spotted, close to the color of the "tree trunk". Long tail with pointed ears. One of them seemed to have spotted the detector, and it turned aroundγγγγγγ
"Oh my God." All the ship's crew were stunned that it had a third eye. The third eye is between the two eyes above the skull, and although it is an eye, it is distinctly different from the other two eyes. The other two eyes are brown, while the third eye is red and looks more like a ruby.
This group of animals is clearly of the same kind, but their body structure is not the same. Some individuals have large ears, some have thick limbs, and some have well-developed canine teeth. The little beast seemed to have noticed the anomaly and raised an "alarm", and all of a sudden, the "elves" hid in the woods. After a while, a small beast with very large ears probed its brain and slowly approached the detector, its ears stood straight forward, it carefully sniffed the detector with its "nose", and touched a few detectors with its "paws", after making sure that there was no danger, it screamed in a low voice, and the strange sound was like the cry of a human baby. After it finished calling, the other members of its kind came out of their invisible. They circled the probe a few times before leaving.
Footage from the 2 and 3 probes is also constantly coming back, and the organisms vary from region to region, but the biosphere of the entire planet is perfect. Different forms of animals and plants have evolved in different latitudes and environments, but all animals have one thing in common - they have a third bright red eye.
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Planet Gaia is so mysterious, how many secrets does it hide?