I handed over to another world

Chapter 449 Meteorite fragments in the deserted sea

Blue starfish and deserted sea.

At this time, there were several large scientific research ships staying above the sea area, and the detection helicopters on the rear apron also took off to conduct detection work in the surrounding sea area, and the whistling sound continued.

This is the first time that Qinglong Base has sent scientific researchers to conduct exploration work here since the meteorite hit the deserted sea.

There was no particularly obvious change in the Desolate Sea after the meteorite impact. This is due to the fact that 99% of the entire Blue Starfish area is covered by sea water.

After experiencing the natural disaster caused by the impact of the meteorite originally codenamed [Tianmo], the damaged area of ​​​​Blue Sea Star returned to its original appearance at an incredible speed.

The impact of the Demon Meteor caused the extinction of small-scale biological groups. Fortunately, the pioneer Aian informed the association that they had collected the biological database of the entire Blue Star creature in advance, which gave those extinct biological groups a chance to resurrect.

After Qinglong Base re-entered Blue Star, the project was carried out in batches, with the priority being to restore the Blue Star ecosystem.

Because they had already done this operation before, it was too familiar to do it again now. Even the internal documents reported to the Red Dragon Association directly stated the content of their work. They had previous experience, which resulted in the accelerated progress of the project. many.

The restoration of the ecosystem is a small matter for the Red Dragon Association at this time, and their most important work has just begun.

"Basically consistent with previous detection results."

In the cabin, a person took out the analysis table that had just been measured and said to the middle-aged man wearing glasses behind him: "This meteorite does not contain radiation. The biggest impact after it comes down is that it contains some Kara worms. It seems It’s not a big problem.”

The middle-aged man nodded and said to this person: "Those omni-machines have been checked several times before. There is no radiation problem in the sea area."

"Then put the deep-diving equipment next?"

"It can be released after the inspection is completed."

"clear."

The man walked towards the door. The sea breeze outside made him feel somewhat refreshed. The Deserted Sea was also a very beautiful place, but it was a pity that the association did not allow people to come here before.

After all, the depth of the Desolate Sea is completely unknown. A large number of dangerous Leviathan creatures wander here daily. This area was originally listed as a restricted area by the association to prevent unexpected occurrences. external conditions.

Now, because the meteorite codenamed Heavenly Demon has landed here, and all the Leviathan creatures existing in the Desolate Sea have disappeared, they have applied to conduct environmental exploration and special exploration in this sea area.

The main direction of today's work is to find the Demonic Meteor that landed here, and secondly to find the Leviathan biological group here. It is best to find the Poseidon Leviathan...

The scientific research ship they are on today is a brand new model built with funds from the association, called Intrepid Explorer 1, and there are ships 2 and 3 next to it.

This kind of scientific research vessel, the Explorer, is a mother ship that supports manned deep submersibles carrying domestically produced scientific research equipment. It adopts an extremely advanced electric propulsion system and positioning system, which can provide sufficient power and automatic cruise functions for ocean scientific research. , not only can support deep sea and abyss unmanned intelligent equipment to carry out various sea trial tasks, but can also carry the 10,000-meter manned deep submersible "Exploration", which can handle far more work content than those controlled by Fuxi. Much more.

Of course, the Explorer research ship is also equipped with more than a dozen standard engineering intelligent machines. These specially improved intelligent machines can also dive deep into waters below 5000 meters, and many tasks also require these tools.

The ship has a total length of 160 meters, a width of 32 meters, a maximum speed of 25 knots, and an endurance of more than 35000 nautical miles. Its stability and structural strength are designed according to the safety requirements of Level 16 typhoon sea conditions. It can carry 180 scientific expedition team members for continuous operations at sea for several months.

The scientific research ship has a large and comprehensive on-board laboratory with a total area of ​​more than 3000 square meters, covering basic geology, geomagnetism, microbiology, marine science, natural gas hydrates, geophysics... It is equipped with a world-class magnetic shielding room inside , ultra-clean experimental rooms and the world's first shipboard automatic core transmission and storage system, which can meet the research requirements of all disciplines in the marine field.

Under normal circumstances, super scientific research ships with this configuration will be used for ocean exploration work jointly carried out by multinationals. At this time, they were used by the Red Dragon Association to work in the deserted sea, and there were three ships at once, which can be called It's top-notch luxury configuration.

The man walked to the door of the rear cabin and happened to bump into the person inside coming out. After the two looked at each other, they immediately realized that the deep-diving device was about to be launched, and the person hurriedly retreated.

"Director Li, I am about to go to the working platform to check the equipment. The instrument just showed that there is a small problem with our floating mobile working platform."

As soon as he finished speaking, the staff behind him rushed over in a hurry, "Technician Wang, it's okay!"

Technician Wang asked in surprise: "Didn't the alarm lights turn on just now?"

"Our staff did not turn on the safety controller, and the equipment automatically turned on the alarm light... The inspection has been completed and there is no problem."

"That's good."

Director Li watched the conversation between the two with a smile. After the staff left, he and Technician Wang slowly walked in: "After the equipment inspection is completed, the deep submersible device can be launched. You all know the main content of our work this time. , the most important thing this time is to explore the sea area of ​​about 10,000 meters..."

Technician Wang nodded and said to Director Li: "There are still some parts of the new mobile work platform that I am not familiar with. After all, it is new equipment."

"Some staff have not used the equipment a few times in total, and they can only try to do many things."

"There are a lot of opportunities. Just let them gradually become proficient. Although the work here is important, it is not life-or-death yet. Proficiency is gained through practice, isn't it?"

Both of them laughed. At this time, they had already walked to the mobile working platform. The huge square mobile working platform was hung on the crane, and several people below were checking the equipment data.

This set of mobile operating platforms was independently developed by the Outpost Deep Sea Science and Engineering Research Institute. The equipment uses the "Intrepid Explorer" scientific research ship as the operating mother ship, with scientific investigation, engineering applications, and emergency rescue as its main operating tasks.

The platform can provide a variety of common interfaces such as hydraulics, electricity, communication, monitoring and control, etc., to facilitate the installation of various operating tools and modules to carry out deep seabed scientific investigation and engineering operations.

The maximum working water depth for its single launch is about 6000 meters. If it is deeper, the device needs to dive by itself.

The platform uses a large number of self-developed components such as multi-function valve boxes and analog cameras. Other major components such as thrusters, watertight connectors, and oil pumps are all made of new materials. They are 100% made by Origin Star. Many materials have been replaced with cost-effective materials for deep diving. The higher the special material of the origin star, the cost is actually reduced a lot. The self-inspection of the equipment has been completed, and the area they are currently in is also the scheduled exploration area, which means everything is ready and all they need is the east wind.

Director Li immediately contacted the main control room through the communicator. After receiving the second confirmation, he waved to Technician Wang to indicate that it could start.

The mobile working platform quickly made the sound of an iron chain indexing, and then the machine was automatically controlled and began to lower the deep-diving device downwards.

The deep-diving device is not an individual, but a giant container-like object that is loaded as a whole.

It is also loaded with unmanned remotely operated submersibles, autonomous submersibles, unmanned submersibles, deep submersibles and underwater drones. Except for the manned submersibles that are not on it, the rest of the things that can be loaded are all here. On the mobile platform.

The autonomous submersible inside is actually an intelligent machine controlled by Fuxi. It can navigate and perform tasks independently without the need for real-time control.

This thing carries sensors and instruments, and is equipped with a separate energy engine. It can be used for long-term exploration in the deep sea. Although the maximum diving depth has not been broken through, its mobility is much stronger than other deep-diving devices. , the dive work depends a lot on it.

The crane and launching system on the deck worked synchronously, and the platform slowly began to send the submersible into the water. The other two Explorer research ships were doing the same operation. Director Li was paying close attention to the work of the mobile platform throughout the process, fearing that something might happen.

The console is remotely controlling the work of the mobile platform. The situation below the sea area is much more stable than expected, but now it has truly become a "barren sea" in the literal sense. No fish creatures have been seen, only endless sea water and an abyss of unknown depth.

Technician Wang's nervousness disappeared instantly after the mobile operating platform launched the deep-diving device into the sea. He applauded everyone. Everyone had smiles on their faces. At least there were no problems in the beginning. There will be many more to come. Things don't really matter that much.

"Director Li, won't you go back and take charge?"

"What you say is that we are not like a sect that cultivates immortals, and we still need our ancestors to be in charge,"

Director Li was in a very relaxed mood at this time and said to Technician Wang: "There are a few professors at the main console. I'm just running errands here. I might as well take a look at the platform equipment here." operate."

"Hahaha, that's true."

Technician Wang nodded towards Director Li and glanced at the screen in the distance, which showed a green vertical line, indicating that everything was normal.

"Do you think we can find fragments or the body of the Demon Meteor this time?"

"Hard to say……"

"The maximum depth we have ever explored in the Desolate Sea was only a few thousand meters deep. Before, it was all done by omnics. Now we do it ourselves. Maybe we will encounter it if we are lucky."

"I hope so."

Director Li nodded, "The things used this time can be said to be top-notch configurations. We have already eaten a lot from the technologies of the pioneer civilization. It is time to develop some special technological fields and show scientific research results. "

"I suspect that the main body of the Meteor Demon has penetrated deep into the depths of the desolate sea of ​​Blue Starfish, but in the early stages of the impact, there must be some fragments of the meteorite remaining. After all, those Kara worms came out through the meteorite, so it is impossible not to Leave something behind.”

Technician Wang was convinced. He stared at the depth on the screen. The current dive speed was not very fast, but the device had already sent things into the 200-meter-deep sea while the two of them were talking.

The light dimmed a lot in an instant, but it basically did not affect the field of vision. There were no land islands around the sea area on this side of the Desolate Sea, and there were no landing sites in the sea area below. The bottom of the sea was so far away that I didn’t even know where it was. If someone with a phobia of the deep sea comes here, they will be scared to death.

The descent process seemed a bit boring. Both people retreated indoors. The depth was slowly changing from three digits to four digits. The speed was slowing down again. The equipment also started to add power.

The whole process is expected to take about 120 minutes and two hours to successfully reach a depth of 5000 meters. It will take even longer to continue going deeper into the sea.

The deep submersible device will serve as a critical point at 5000 meters, where it will split into its final form. Some devices can go deep into deeper areas, while the other part can only stay at this depth for ordinary exploration. Work.

At a water depth of 5000 meters, an area of ​​1 square meter has to withstand about 5000 tons of pressure, which is 3000 tons more than at a water depth of 2000 meters. It is impossible to reach this area without special diving equipment.

Director Li and Technician Wang stared at it for more than half an hour, and noticed that this place was really boring. The entire deserted sea was different from other sea areas. There was nothing below the area here, and the danger was infinitely equal to 0. The remaining The only thing left is the boring process of descent...

The two people sat there for another hour and a half. The depth was now close to 5000 meters. The deep-diving device began to adjust the splitting equipment. The whole process inevitably made a group of people nervous. Fortunately, nothing happened during the whole process.

The unmanned device adjusted its direction and began to dive deeper along the planned route.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, six and a half hours had passed since they reached a depth of 5000 meters. The first batch of deep-diving devices broke through to a depth of 7400 meters for the first time. Before that, there was nothing in the camera except the pitch-black sea water. No.

But when the depth had just reached 7400 meters, the staff member who had been sitting in front of the computer exclaimed - "Technician Wang!"

They suddenly saw a huge metal object appear in the lens. It shined with a unique metallic luster, which was in sharp contrast with the surrounding marine environment.

Director Li and Technician Wang rushed to the scene quickly, and they were a little excited after seeing this scene in the camera - this meant that their initial guess came true!
As the deep submersible slowly approached, everyone could clearly see that the metal object was composed of many fragments, which were spliced ​​together to form a huge structure.

"Is this a meteorite fragment or a spacecraft wreckage?"

"I feel like a wreck!"

"No, it's meteorite fragments! Those fragments are not things on the spacecraft, they are the postures of naturally formed meteorites after collision... Don't dwell on these for now, let's inform the professors here first!!"

(End of this chapter)