The last human in the universe

Chapter 165
It wasn't until Zhang Longfei escaped from the planet's atmosphere and entered space that Zhang Longfei felt that the spaceship was a little more stable and no longer bumpy.

"The geological activities of this planet are really active..."

He sighed.

A colleague next to him said, "If it weren't for the active geological activities, where did this planet come from with such a thick atmosphere, it would have been blown away by the stars long ago."

Lakai 9352 star is a red dwarf star, but its stellar activity is many times more violent than that of the sun, and the intensity of the stellar wind is correspondingly much stronger.

Such a violent stellar wind has been "blowing" the atmosphere of planet 1, no matter how much gas it is, it can blow it out.

Originally, this planet should have no atmosphere. Without an atmosphere, of course, there would be no water, just like Mercury in the solar system.

But overly active geological activity changed all that.On it, large-scale volcanic eruptions are too frequent, ejecting too much gas from its interior, effectively replenishing the atmosphere that was lost due to the stripping effect of the stellar wind, so that such a thick atmosphere is preserved Down, by the way, liquid water is also preserved.

"Our weather and geological models are still not perfect. We haven't even predicted such violent geological and climate changes. We almost won't be able to come back."

Recalling the scene of hell that was turned upside down, this colleague still has lingering fears.

"Let's report to the Academy of Sciences, call in some meteorologists and geologists, launch dozens of geological and meteorological satellites, observe for a few months, and almost figure it out."

Therefore, Zhang Longfei and others stayed outside the atmosphere of planet No. [-], waiting for more than three months.

During this period of time, in addition to conducting follow-up construction planning research, Zhang Longfei always stood in front of the porthole habitually, staring at the huge storm that almost covered the entire sunny side of planet No. [-] in a daze.

Any storm on earth is as docile as a kitten compared to it.

He knew that this storm had existed for more than 20 billion years.It has existed since the beginning of the ocean on this planet, and it has continued to this day.

Driving this storm is Rakai 9352, which gives light and warmth to this planet.
Because of its special gravitational relationship locked by gravity, as well as the light and heat from the stars, this extremely ancient giant storm was created.It is blowing day after day, year after year, setting off huge waves tirelessly, stirring this huge ocean tirelessly.

This is a peculiar scenery unique to planet No. [-].

At this moment, there has finally been enough progress in the study of the address and climate of this planet.The air-space shuttle can finally try to land again.

People once again passed through the wind-ravaged atmosphere and landed on the sea surface-this is already a rare and calm weather in meteorological observations, but the wind is still as high as 13, and the wave height is still as high as 7 meters.

Zhang Longfei and the others transferred from the space shuttle to a submarine located in the belly of the ship.After that, the belly of the space shuttle ship opened, and the huge carbon nanotube cable dragged the huge submarine with a length of more than 60 meters and a diameter of more than ten meters to slowly descend.

As soon as he left the cabin, under the gust of wind, the submarine immediately shook violently from side to side.In the cabin, Zhang Longfei and others were wearing seat belts, holding on to the handrails, trying hard to resist the bumps.

The submarine was finally submerged, and the cable had been disconnected.However, the impact of the wind and waves has not been alleviated, and it is even more violent than before.

The reason is simple, no matter how strong the wind is, the density is too low after all.The kinetic energy it can impart to an object is much smaller than that of water.

But with the rapid dive of the submarine, the turbulence is rapidly reduced.After diving to a depth of more than 100 meters, except for some occasional ocean currents, all other bumps have disappeared.

Facing the strange sea area on a different planet and the few hydrological data, even though this submarine was manufactured with the most advanced technology, Zhang Longfei and others were still cautious and did not dare to neglect in the slightest.

At this moment, the optical equipment equipped outside the submarine can only observe a faint light from above.After diving for a further distance, there is no light at all.

All around is pure and thick darkness.The ocean has also become extremely calm, even the ocean currents have disappeared, not to mention the wind and waves above the sea.

No matter how big the storm is, it will not be able to affect the submarine that is thousands of meters below the water surface at the moment.

At this moment, Zhang Longfei even suspected that he was not under the sea, but in space.

It's very similar to space here.Same darkness, same calm.

It's just that there is more gravitational force that doesn't exist in space, and the shining stars that can be seen everywhere in space are missing.

Zhang Longfei has also watched those documentaries of the Earth Age, and is no stranger to the scene of submarine diving.But compared with the oceans of the earth, there is always something missing here.

Some shiny, self-luminous algae or fish.

If there are those things here, it will be more similar to the starry sky.

"This planet maintains a liquid ocean, and the liquid ocean can block all kinds of radiation from space, and its own geological activities are so intense that it can effectively heat the crust... Then, you say, on the bottom of the sea, will there be Life exists?"

In theory, this is possible.Didn’t the life on earth also come from the ocean?

Almost all the ingredients for the birth of life are now in place.I dare not say about intelligent life, nor about higher-level life like mammals and vertebrates. Some single-cell life or life like ancient viruses may exist after all, right?

"If life can be found here, it will be a major discovery, and maybe you can get a medal when you go back."

"Let's go, let's go to the bottom of the sea and have a look."

The submarine is also equipped with related equipment.

Before listening to continue to dive silently.The number representing the depth of the dive has been increasing.

When diving to a depth of about 5000 meters, people turned on the searchlights on the outside of the submarine.As a result, a majestic mountain appeared in front of people.

This is a rolling mountain range with no boundaries at all.Looking down at this moment, people can vaguely see one mountain after another, see the undulating ridges, and see the small chaotic turbulence formed because of the blocking of the mountains.

"It's amazing..."

People sighed silently.

The abyss is located in a valley in this mountain range.

As the submarine continued to dive, even if all the searchlights were turned on, people could not see the top of this mountain.People can only see the hillside with a small angle, one side is connected to the invisible sky, and the other side is connected to the endless land.

This submarine seems to be floating and flying beside the huge mountains.

"The highest mountain on planet No. 4000 is only more than 5000 meters above sea level. It's really unexpected that there will be such a mountain with a height of more than [-] meters on the bottom of the sea."

"The seamounts are normal."

"This kind of thing can only be found on the bottom of the sea. If it was outside, it would have collapsed under its own gravity."

People discussed and continued to dive down the hillside.

When the diving depth exceeds 5000 meters, that is, after [-] kilometers, people in the submarine will always hear a sound coming from all over the submarine, like metal bending or rubbing. Boom.

These voices always stir people's heartstrings, adding a lot of tension to the submarine for no reason.

"It's normal, it's all normal. The pressure outside is too great. It's normal for the material to deform a little bit and release the stress. This submarine is manufactured by us with the most advanced technology, not to mention the seabed at a depth of 21 kilometers. It's okay to be 31 kilometers deep, it's okay, it's okay..."

People comfort themselves in this way, but the tension in their hearts still cannot be eliminated.

Until the submarine finally landed on the bottom of the sea, a large cloud of sand was rolled up, obscuring all the surrounding sight.

The dive is over.At this moment, the number displayed on the depth gauge is 21536.54.

The sand that had been rolled up slowly landed, and the waters around the submarine returned to calm again.The searchlight was then turned on, illuminating this place that no one has ever set foot on since the birth of the universe.

People saw the rolling sand dunes, the peaks rising from the ground that seemed to lead to the sky, and the calm sea water that seemed to have frozen.

A seawater sample was collected.A scientist manipulated a microscope to observe carefully through the glass, and sighed regretfully: "Except for some gravel, dust, and crystals, I didn't see anything else."

During the dive, people will collect a seawater sample every 1000 meters, looking for traces of life in it.But until now, no signs of life have been found.

"There are quite few impurities dissolved in the seawater here. After filtering, it can be directly used as drinking water."

"Haha, you don't even need disinfection."

There are no living organisms, no microorganisms, and of course there is no need for disinfection.

People chatted casually while starting the follow-up work.

In the next period of time, including this submarine, people have conducted more than 1000 dives in total, and have fully figured out the geological structure and related environmental factors of this sea area.As a result, the follow-up huge construction project started again.

Six years later, another neutrino telescope with extremely high performance appeared in this sea area.But at this moment, in space, on the surface of planet No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, there are more huge buildings showing their bodies one by one.

(End of this chapter)