Chapter 20: Trek (10)
Endals once again demonstrated the importance of the assistant, and when the captain himself walked to the landing system with the utensils, the assistant did not stop the captain when he walked to the landing system with the utensils in the back. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info captain got into the landing system and waited for the assistant to open the hatch, but the hatch did not open, and the assistant came. He told the captain that the landing mission had to be cancelled. The assistant didn't have time to give a reason, but the captain believed that his reason must be sufficient, and after a lot of time of cooperation, the captain tacitly made the decision to stop. The two went to the cockpit, and the assistant told the captain to look at the strange sight of the hydroxide compound in the vastness not far away. Originally, the waves were not noticeable after the end of the compound's falling process, but now it is clear that they have changed. The flattened surface was stirred, and a deep vortex appeared, and the assistant judged that it was caused by an abnormal change in the internal stress structure of the planet itself, but this judgment was more of a speculation, and they knew very little about this seemingly ordinary planet. The whirlpool is constantly expanding, the waves at the edge of the whirlpool are annoying the white color, no longer cyan blue, a large amount of hydroxide is swept into the whirlpool, but the area and depth of the hydroxide have not changed much, is this a self-priming and self-replenishing process? If this is the case, the cause cannot be the internal stresses of the planet, but the problem of the vast expanse of hydroxide itself. But why does a simple hydroxide change like this? As the blinding light came in, Crown seemed to understand. He told his assistant that this phenomenon was indeed related to the planet, but not because of the stress structure, but probably because of the orbit of the planet. The planet is in constant motion with a star as the center point. But the trajectory is not very fixed, and he mentioned the origin of the planet, and the range occupied by the system itself with stars as point A is constantly expanding. It is precisely because of this change in range that the orbit of the planet under their feet changes, that is, the perihelion is very close and the aphelion is very far. At this moment, it is most likely that the planet is approaching perihelion, and as a large amount of heat carried by the light cues projected by the star is projected onto the planet, the hydroxide with a shape close to Wantel will also undergo a change in temperature. Convection occurs when hydroxides are dense and deep, and the temperature of the surface and the inside are inconsistent. The assistant then asked, why does the convection appear swirling? Chronos couldn't answer at once, yes, the vortex was hard to explain.
As the two spoke, the whirlpool had undergone a subtle change, and within the whirlpool, an irregular overflow appeared. The impulse of the overflow is getting bigger and bigger. Eventually, a giant specimen leapt out of the surface and soared into the air, remaining in the air at a slow tempo for a while, then returning to the hydroxide and disappearing. The captain quickly turned on the ship's undamaged monitoring equipment, and focused the camera on the inside of the whirlpool, and after a long time, the huge whitish individual was never seen again. The captain faced the assistant, and when there was another behemoth on the planet that was obviously a living form, the assistant blurted out that she was Odhans. The captain was taken aback, and the assistant explained that there was no mutated Odans found on land, so the most likely place for her to appear was in the vast hydroxide compounds, and the results of the two of them monitoring the hydroxides in the early stage showed that there was no life form in it at all, even the life form they observed was very primitive that had just appeared, so the most likely white behemoth was Odans. Unfortunately, the ship did not have a way to get up close and personal above the whirlpool, and the captain thought of a solo landing system, which could provide a considerable period of low-altitude flight and a short period of high-altitude flight. He looked at the replenishment of the landing system on the spaceship's console, and left his assistant on duty and flew to the landing module. The assistant knew that he couldn't stop him, so he just turned on the second one-man landing system's energy replenishment program, just in case.
Coming out of the spaceship, Korors was flying at the maximum speed of the landing system, and despite the assistant's constant reminders to keep him cruising to fly, Korors didn't pay any attention to what the assistant said, he was bent on seeing with his own eyes whether the lifeform was Ordan or not. The sky above the whirlpool is not as simple as observing in the spaceship. First of all, the large amount of compound rolled up by the vortex kept knocking on the shell of the one-man landing system, and the ping-pong sound was endless, and the larger drops smashed on the shell could even make people think of the word pain. And that's not even the most worrying thing, the atmospheric air flow driven by the vortex changed, and Crown felt a strong suction force coming from inside the vortex in the system. Because of the high-speed flight and now have to counteract with the suction, the energy consumption is very fast, and it is about to reach the minimum index line, the siren begins to sound, and the assistant nervously urges him to return in his ear. The captain was not reconciled, he wanted to see if the lifeform was Ordanth, even if it was a glance. Just as he told himself to take another look and take advantage of the last remaining kinetic energy of the system to return to the spaceship, an accident happened, and the already strong gravitational force emitted from the depths of the vortex suddenly multiplied, completely exceeding the countervailing force emitted by the landing system and others, and the landing system plunged into the center of the hydroxide vortex like a shipboard about to crash. When his assistant Endals saw this scene, he screamed that it was not good, he felt that the worst premonition in his heart had become a reality, and he didn't care so much, he put on another one-man landing system, and prepared to go out of the cabin to rescue the captain. Fortunately, the power of the energy replenishment system is still very strong, and the timely departure may be a little more hope for the captain. Endals was not without opinion about his immediate boss, but after so many years, he found that this young man was not like other gentlemen from aristocratic families, who flew to mix up for experience, and then served in the army or simply in the government. Flowers had always loved his flying career, and Endals told himself that perhaps because of this, he was the one he deserved to follow and assist. But now the man has fallen into a whirlpool with no bottom in sight. He hadn't gone far out of the capsule, and Endals returned to take the unmanned detection tool and set off again, which he thought would be useful.
The same single-man landing system flew over the whirlpool in the shortest possible time through flight modes with different speed combinations of flight modes that conserved most of the kinetic energy during the operation of Endals. From this height, there is a vast expanse, and nothing can be seen beyond the gaseous mist of hydroxides. Dripping compounds hit the landing system, ping-pong. Endals opened the modified detector with a manipulator and dropped it into the water. He increased the height, turned on the detector, and connected the signal to the miniature light display of the landing system. What I didn't expect was that in the compound, visibility was better than over the vortex. I saw dots of gadgets swimming around in the faint blue compound. Endals lamented that this rate of evolution was too fast to be seen before, and if this speed continued, soon there would be mature and fairly sized life forms on this new planet. It's not a good sign, it's a terrible phenomenon to be exact. He took his nerve and quickened his search. In the compound with good visibility, there was nothing at first. As Endals was about to change angles and directions to continue, a white slice flashed through the probe's lens. It was fast, and Endals immediately manipulated the camera to keep up, but the white object could no longer be found. This is even worse news, and if the captain encounters it, I am afraid that the negative outcome is more likely. The rest of the search was even more terrifying, and after a long time, he felt like he was about to collapse. Since coming to this planet, there has been only a team of three people, one after another. Now he's the only one left, and maybe one day it'll be his turn. When I tried to find the white shadow, there was no result. When it stopped paying attention to it, it appeared. This time it's not very fast, and the camera is covered with its white body. When the captain was there, the assistant and he judged that the shadow that jumped out of the surface of the compound was probably Odanth, but when he saw this white lifeform up close, it was really difficult to connect with the petite girl. The difference in size is too big, and the color is not right. There was another thing that Endals didn't understand, the massive creature swayed its body, and beneath him, there were small white things in the form of granules, scattered and floating around in the compound. It didn't take much time for the lens to be covered with this kind of granular stuff, densely packed. By the time the particles were scattered all over the compound, the massive white lifeform began to move, swaying away from where the camera could see it, and disappearing.
Using the robotic hand on the rover to collect a certain amount of the compound containing white particles, Endals proceeded to search for the captain. After searching an area, the signal sent back by the probe became weaker and weaker, and it seemed that the kinetic energy was not enough. When he flew back to the ship to recharge, Endals was in a bad mood, and he casually packed the collected compounds in a sealed laboratory vessel and went back to the cockpit. Taking advantage of this time, he needs to use the central computer to analyze the area where the captain may fall as much as possible, and find the captain to make up for it. When returning to the cockpit, the central computer always displays on the light display, receiving a set of unknown signals from the planet. Because the signal is so weak, there is no way to decipher it. However, it is certain that this is a signal that can only be emitted by a highly civilized instrument, that is, the person who sent the signal is about the same level of civilization as the society from which Endals came. Could it be dangerous? Just like last time. Endals could not be sure, the captain had not yet been found, and a possible potential danger had arisen. After thinking about this question for a while, I suddenly realized that now the spaceship has been damaged, and even if it is dangerous, there is no way to avoid it. Let him go, what if it's dangerous. Endals looked at the time and estimated that the replenishment process should be over. He walked out of the cockpit quickly, ready for the next search. I'm not sure what I'll do if I can't find myself, so maybe keep searching.
Again over the whirlpool, the probe was dropped, the transmission system was turned on, and the signal entered. Endals began to stare intently at the light as he continued to search for the captain's whereabouts. It's not a gadget that passes through the lens, it's thin like a line, the soft body keeps squirming, and some of them are so naughty that they crawl onto the lens, firmly stuck to it and don't leave, and the detection results that affect the effect make Endals very crazy, and he simply raises the detector to see what these things are.
The probe went up, and it was crawling all over it. If it was bare hand contact, Endals would not want to live or die. Fortunately, it was a manipulator, and after grabbing a large handful, I came to the mask to take a look, good guy, it was not linear at all. Rather, it is a living body with upper and lower limbs. It's just that the upper and lower limbs are still very small and don't know if you don't look closely. Endals seemed to understand if the particles that fell after the white lifeforms they had seen last time swaying their bodies had something to do with these white linear lifeforms. The detector was put into the compound again, and the effect was still terrible. The strange thing is that the consumption of kinetic energy has also accelerated for no reason, and it is time to replenish energy again. In desperation, Endals returned to the ship again. As he prepares to further refine his search plan, he returns to the cockpit and finds a symbol or pattern intermittently appearing on the light. This pattern was often seen by Endals when he was in Nabra. What does it mean for the ship to receive this pattern? This triangle contains a circular pattern inside and comes from Nabra. The coat of arms of the Coronavirus family, to be exact, why would anyone signal this pattern towards the ship? Endals turned on the central computer and began to search for the direction the signal was coming from.
With the powerful search function of the spacecraft's advanced equipment, the direction and approximate location of the signal were located without much effort. Affected by the terrain, it is difficult to do visually, and Endals sent a probe with a land vector displacement to check it, and the results were beyond his expectations. He saw the familiar one-man landing system in the lens of the probe, yes, the landing system that was installed on their spacecraft. Seeing this scene, Endals couldn't calm down, and he immediately set off for the area, definitely the captain! Although the captain was not seen in the probe, Endals believed that the captain must be nearby. It's strange that the captain disappeared from the whirlpool, and then appeared here? Endals thought that this question could be explained after finding the captain.
Hopefully, they were disappointed to see the captain's landing system at an inexplicably long distance, and on the outside, there were obvious traces of being soaked in compounds, and even irregular potholes. Some of the systems that have been damaged have not yet failed completely. Open the inside, the inside is dry. This indicates that the compound did not penetrate the interior, and the captain was at least not directly exposed to the compound. Perhaps the kinetic energy has been so low that it is difficult to turn on the landing system. After replenishing the captain's system with some energy through his landing system, Endals activated the automatic flight mode to send the system back to the spacecraft first, and then he centered around the location where the landing system was discovered, appropriately expanding the search range and continuing the search. Look at the vast desert of silicon-based solid particles, and at a glance, there is nothing. The light from the stars coming down overhead is reflected by the silicon-based particles, causing the temperature in the area to rise rapidly.