The ice crystal object labeled IS9132 has a diameter of about 2176 kilometers and its volume is about 2/3 the size of the moon, and the preliminary estimate is that the mass of IS9132 ice crystal object is about 380 megatons, and according to the detection of the space shuttle, the IS9132 ice crystal object has a weak radiation response.

In the universe, radiation is the reaction of energy between celestial bodies and planets. In the process of the gradual evolution of the solar nebula into the star of the Sun and the nine planets, a thermonuclear reaction is produced by compression and condensation, which releases a large amount of radiant energy. Therefore, except for the weak radiation response of the earth, any celestial body in the universe has a far greater radiation than the nuclear bomb explosion in the old era. Therefore, radiation antibodies have become an instinct that human beings must have in the new era, and in the current stage of radiation dose calculation, weak radiation reaction has been regarded as a completely harmless radiation dose.

After piloting the F-4 space shuttle around this huge object and conducting multi-angle exploration, the basic data of the giant object has been measured and recorded in the database of the F-4 space shuttle connected to the central computer information network.

Angus then chose a suitable landing site, drove the F-4 space shuttle slowly approached the giant celestial body, and anchored the space shuttle in a huge cave-like ice cave on the surface of the celestial body.

With a 'bang', the sealed hatch of the space shuttle opened, and Robin, who was already equipped with Skywalker 2 aviation armor, landed first, and after carefully making a detailed survey of the terrain and environment, they sent a safety signal to Angus in the space shuttle.

Eight Marines, including Martha, landed in new spacesuits, while Angus, a space shuttle pilot, stayed in the cabin so he could be ready for emergencies.

Gathering all of the team, Robin orders three of his team members to stay behind to protect the shuttle, while the other four Marines and Marsha follow him deep into the ice cave to carry out field exploration and sampling missions.

Judging by Robin's cautiousness, it seems that one would think that he was a little too cautious. But in fact, Robin had already done a lot of preparation before this mission, and even if the possibility of encountering Republican smugglers was ruled out, these huge ice crystal objects floating in the universe were not so safe, because inside these celestial bodies, there were likely to be space creatures unknown to mankind.

The existence of space life has been confirmed since the old era, and the existing species on the earth contain some anaerobic bacteria that have survived since the birth of the earth, and these anaerobic bacteria must survive in an anaerobic state, and some anaerobic bacteria can generate endozons on their own when encountering extremely harsh environments, and survive in the universe for several years.

These endophytes are not the spores that fungal organisms reproduce when they have no surname, they are purely the means of self-preservation of small organisms such as bacteria. After becoming cells, these bacteria can survive for years in temperatures of thousands of degrees Celsius, and wait for the environment to become more suitable for survival, and then generate cytoplasms to regain their vitality.

Compared to intelligent organisms such as humans, microorganisms such as bacteria are organisms that exist purely for survival, and they can adapt to their environment and evolve themselves faster than any other organism. In the current sampling and analysis of many ice crystal objects in the Kuiper ring, scientists in the Republic have found hundreds of microorganisms and scells living in the ice crystals, so some people even believe that the celestial fragments and meteorites thrown by the Kuiper ring are the origin of life on earth, and comets and meteorites are actually life dispersors in the universe, and as for the source of life, it is very likely that it is in the mysterious nebula.

Robin did not want to delve into whether Kuiper rings or nebulae were the source of life in the universe. But he knows that compared to the earth that gave birth to human beings, many celestial bodies in the Kuiper ring have existed far longer than the earth, so since hundreds of living microorganisms have been found in the ice crystals in the Kuiper ring, will there be some more advanced and larger space creatures born in this almost incalculable time?

At the moment, no such sample has been found in the republic, but not found does not mean that there is none. For example, this huge ice crystal object with a diameter of 2,176 kilometers is enough for small microorganisms to be the cradle of their reproductive populations and evolution.

Their existence and evolution are of inestimable value to mankind who has just set foot in the universe. At present, the physical changes of new humans far exceed those of old humans, on the one hand, due to the self-evolution after the opening of the gene lock, and on the other hand, the development and research of these space microorganisms have also played a huge role in promoting. At present, most of the evolution drugs and auxiliary drugs are obtained by collecting DNA fragments from the bodies of xenogeneous organisms, so the development of space organisms can even fundamentally change the racial quality of the people. From this point of view, not to mention a backward country like the Nine-Star Republic, even the Raymond Federation cannot ignore the huge value in it.

The initial goal of the Raymond Federation's invasion of the Nine-Star Republic in the July War was to obtain the incredible methane ice resources on Pluto's four stars, but the medium-term goal was to master the R-N black hole in the Kuiper Ring fault, which is the passage of the solar system, so that the entire Kuiper Ring could be further occupied.

Therefore, the Kuiper Ring and the unknown creatures that survive on various celestial bodies have become the greatest wealth of the Nine Star Republic. The Republic would not let such a fortune go unchecked, and after the war ended in July and received a generous war compensation, the central computer, which temporarily possessed abundant resources, immediately launched the Kuiper Ring development plan, and Robin and others, who were assigned to the Marseille Space Fortress, also became part of this development plan.

However, Robin, like everyone else, has an instinctive fear of such microorganisms and bacteria that he does not understand. After all, they are infantrymen, not scientists. If he could, he would rather go to the front line to fight than carry out this seemingly undangerous sampling mission. However, it was clear that the scientists should have stayed in the institute, so the infantry was once again at the forefront of the plan.

At this moment, with this eight-person team slowly advancing in the huge ice cave, Robin, who was guarding the center of the team, cheered up 120,000 spirits and was engrossed in monitoring the surroundings with the detection radar of the Skywalker 2 aviation armor.

Unlike the brown and black colors of the Republic's land heavy infantry armor, the Skywalker 2 aviation armor is silver-white throughout. At 183 cm tall, Robin will approach about 2.4 meters with land Defender 2 heavy infantry armor, but more than 2.6 meters with Skywalker 2 aviation armor. Moreover, compared to the pure combat armor of the Defender 2, the basic structure and additional functions of the Skywalker 2 aviation armor are more complex.

In addition to the space-specific detection radar that Robin is using at the moment, there is a set of wings folded behind the armor, and low-power rocket thrusters are hidden in the crotch and footpads. In addition, the slightly bloated forearm and thigh armor contained a number of tools, even a multi-tool knife. As for the two rabbit-like devices on either side of the armored head, they are used to detect radio waves received by radar, and on the other hand, they are equipped with cold light and bioprospecting functions.

Walking in the center of the team, Robin held a large-caliber machine gun, and from time to time swept the ten-meter-high ice Xiaoice dome and some naturally formed small ice caves with a searchlight from the muzzle of the gun. Zolo, who is also equipped with Skywalker 2 aviation armor, walks in front as a sentry, sending back some messages to Robin from time to time.

In addition, Lee, a sniper, walked at the back with a huge Gauss heavy sniper rifle, protecting Martha, who was wearing a new spacesuit and carrying a large storage box beside her.

In this exploration team, Martha, who is usually responsible for maintaining the spaceship's ecosystem, is the only microbial expert, so she will complete all the sampling and microbial identification during this exploration.

After nearly a kilometer of depth, Robin suddenly found that the space of the ice cave had become more open, and the walls of the originally pitch-black tunnel had begun to show a faint green fluorescence.

Green fluorescence is generally a manifestation of strong radiation, but in Robin's armor's radiation index detection, it does not show a strong radiation index. However, one of the vital signature detectors in Martha's hand lit up with a striking red light.

"There are living features!"

Martha, who had been surrounded by the Marines, immediately approached the green glowing ice cave walls.

After adjusting the observation mode of the goggles to a microscopic perspective similar to that of a microscope, Martha immediately noticed that there were a large number of durian-shaped, transparent multicellular organisms in the rock walls formed by the ice crystals, and the green fluorescence was the faint light emitted by the aggregation of these multicellular organisms.

In the past exploration of ice crystal objects, scientists of the Republic have discovered hundreds of microorganisms, but this is the first time that a multicellular organism like this has been discovered. Moreover, in the history of biological evolution, the evolution from single-celled organisms to multicellular organisms can be called a historical leap, and this discovery can even confirm that space life does exist in the universe, or that large individuals are being born.

After recording and sampling these multicellular organisms, Martha stored the precious samples in a storage box behind her.

Originally, this mission could have come to an end, at least the current harvest was enough to cope with this mission, but just as Robin was about to leave with everyone, Zhuo Luo, who was staying on the periphery of the team as a sentry, suddenly found a flash of black shadow at a narrow fork in the road.

(To be continued)