Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

"This..."

When Hope saw the picture in the holographic projection, his face changed slightly.

As Lv Yongchang said, as the diving depth increased, the seawater in the liquid ammonia ocean gradually became turbid.

"Could there be any impurities..."

Hansent on the side asked in a low voice: "For example, the mineral resources we are looking for?"

Hearing this, Hope's eyes lit up slightly, and he was about to say something, but saw Lv Yongchang slowly shook his head.

"Not sure."

Lv Yongchang had some doubts in his eyes, shook his head gently, and whispered: "Only by sampling and testing the seawater can we know what these substances are."

"Prepare for sampling."

"Before a clear conclusion is reached, suspend the diving exploration mission."

As soon as the voice fell, the video communication was cut off.

Hope and Hansent looked at each other.

Afterwards, Hope shrugged helplessly: "Well, it seems that this exploration mission will last much longer than we thought."

Facing the sigh of his teammates, Hansent also sighed helplessly.

"Yeah, I was thinking about finishing the exploration and returning to Dawn Star as soon as possible..." Although they said so, the movements of their hands did not slow down at all.

...

-2.

A small spherical exploration ship quietly floated in the dark and deep liquid ammonia ocean.

The searchlight on the exploration ship slightly illuminated the surrounding seawater.

From a distance, the [Poseidon] exploration ship with the searchlight running at full power was like a conspicuous lighthouse in the endless darkness, announcing its existence to the surroundings.

The next second, the side hatch of the exploration ship, which was originally stationary in the liquid ammonia seawater, slowly opened.

A mechanical arm slowly stretched out from it.

After the mechanical arm swept around the exploration ship, it quickly retracted into the cabin.

...

Dawn Star.

"Professor, the liquid ammonia seawater sampling has been completed." Hope's voice came from the long-distance communication device, "All samples are in the pressurized cabin."

The reason why the samples are placed in the pressurized cabin is naturally to prevent the liquid ammonia seawater from vaporizing.

Lv Yongchang turned his head to check the images in the pressurized cabin, nodded, and said with satisfaction: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Take a break, I will notify you when the test results come out."

The work of testing the samples does not need to be completed by the two drivers.

Let alone whether humans can withstand the environment in the pressurized cabin, the various sophisticated and complex testing instruments alone are not something that the two drivers who were born as mineral prospectors can operate.

"Zero, test the samples." Lv Yongchang gave the order directly to Zero.

…

"Hiss..."

Looking at the test data in front of him, Lv Yongchang frowned and took a breath of cool air.

In front of him is a brand new substance.

But if it is said to be a mineral resource, Lv Yongchang does not believe it.

The reason is very simple.

From the current data, this thing is more like an organic matter, or in other words, like a polypeptide chain or protein.

An incredible thought flashed through Lv Yongchang's mind.

Could it be...

There is life in the liquid ammonia ocean of the ice giant?

The next second, he shook his head and threw the thought that flashed through his mind behind him.

What a joke?

Let alone the possibility of life in liquid ammonia, the environment around the exploration ship at this moment is like hell for normal creatures.

Because the possibility of life in the ice giant has never been considered, there is no scientific researcher specializing in biology among all the people present.

So, to be on the safe side, Lv Yongchang pondered for a moment and said.

"Zero, let Mao Zhengzhi come over."

...

More than ten minutes later.

Academician Mao Zhengzhi hurried to the door of the command center.

Looking at the busy scene in the command center, Mao Zhengzhi's eyes flashed with a trace of doubt.

If he remembered correctly, wasn't this the command of the mineral exploration mission of the ice giant?

Why did Professor Lu call him over?

With a full heart of doubts, he stepped into the door of the command center.

Mao Zhengzhi, who had just entered the door, saw Lv Yongchang standing in front of a holographic projection with a frown on his brows, as if he had encountered some problems.

Mao Zhengzhi was slightly startled.

He seemed to have not seen Lv Yongchang in this state for a long time.

He immediately straightened his expression and walked forward.

"Professor?" He called in a low voice after approaching.

"Are you here? Come and see."

Lv Yongchang did not turn his head, still staring at the holographic projection in front of him.

Mao Zhengzhi's eyes were even more puzzled.

But seeing Lv Yongchang's appearance, he could not ask more questions, so he could only quickly get close to Lv Yongchang.

When he saw the various data in the holographic projection, like Lv Yongchang, his brows also frowned tightly.

"Hiss..."

"Is this... protein?"

As the top biological academician of the Human League, Mao Zhengzhi noticed the problem at first sight.

"This, this is not right?"

"Where is the carbon?"

"Where did the carbon element go?!"

"Wait, this is not carboxyl!"

"Professor, what on earth is this?!"

Faced with this magical substance he had never seen before, he launched a series of questions to Lv Yongchang.

But...

At this time, Lu Yongchang was obviously still in deep thought.

Faced with Mao Zhengzhi's continuous questions, Lv Yongchang's eyes moved slightly, and he answered irrelevantly: "Do you also think this looks like protein?"

Without getting an accurate answer, Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help showing a trace of anxiety in his eyes.

He hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to quickly swipe on the holographic projection: "Of course!"

"If we ignore the problem of carbon atoms..."

"Look, these should be polypeptide chains, which are intertwined, folded, and spiraled to form a complex three-dimensional structure!"

Mao Zhengzhi waved his hands constantly, marking one area after another in the holographic projection.

"This is the secondary structure..."

"This is the tertiary! This should be the tertiary structure!"

"These are substances found in the liquid ammonia ocean of ice giants." Lv Yongchang said softly.

"This..." Mao Zhengzhi paused, his eyes widened, "Liquid ammonia ocean?!"

"Yes." Lv Yongchang stretched out his hand and swept it across the air, and the holographic projection in front of him switched, "Unlike the protein we are familiar with, the main component of this substance is amide."

"Amide...it's actually amide..." Mao Zhengzhi's eyes lit up slightly, and he clasped his hands together and paced back and forth in place.

At the same time, his lips trembled rapidly, as if he was muttering something silently.

Lv Yongchang did not interrupt his movements, but just stood quietly by and waited.

"I see, I see!"

"Professor, I understand!"