Chapter 149: Crystallized Undersea Creatures
Chapter 149: Crystallized Undersea Creatures
At the end of the experiment, the surface of the huge planet was dark blue and looked quite cold, but this planet was relatively normal, and its gravity was consistent with its size.
The fighter plane entered the atmosphere with a stream of light, and the flames were assimilated by the light speed engine, making the fighter plane more stable.
After entering the atmosphere, the fighter plane flew steadily above the earth, which was mainly dark blue and supplemented with gray.
This place is under the illumination of a blue star. The light is illuminated by the atmosphere. It is not very dazzling, but it can only be said to be ordinary. However, in this not-so-blazing light, the changes of the five elements that resonate with all things are even hotter than the sun in the star system where Tian Zhen is located.
It was a kind of heat that scraped the flesh, not the kind that penetrated the bones. This resonance was more inclined towards the changes of the fire element and the wood element.
No common signs of life were seen, but Tian Zhen, who was sitting in the cockpit, felt some special fluctuations under the ice layer, so he stopped the fighter plane in mid-air and came out of the cockpit himself.
There is very little fire essence in the air here, but it is full of the five elements of water, earth and wood, and a foul smell, very much like sulfur or something.
Tian Zhen slowly landed on the ice field in the dry cold wind, touched the ground with his toes, and felt the changes in balance. These sub-changes were in a state of balance here, but if the ice here was on the planet where Tian Zhen was, it would be the kind that could burn.
The blue sunlight, which was not too scorching, was still a bit dazzling on the plain. He came to a gray sandstone area. There was a small mound here, but Tian Zhen could also clearly feel the movement from the earth veins, like a volcano. There were many dense small holes on the ground of this sandstone area that emitted heat. It was considered a warm place in this cold wind.
Tian Zhen's figure escaped into the subspace and suddenly sank into the ground like a ghost. After moving forward for a while, he discovered the existence of intelligent civilization.
Tian Zhen didn't know how to describe this place. This planet was huge, but the gravity was also very strong, which allowed geothermal energy under the thick ice layer to maintain the liquid state underground.
In such a gravity environment, the slightest movement of the earth veins can easily form a volcano, and each such volcano seems to be deliberately shaped, like a huge industrial chimney, rising from the seabed and penetrating straight into the ice caves formed by the melted thick ice layer, really like a giant pillar.
The columns are not evenly spaced; most are centered around a main volcano, surrounded by several branch volcanoes, forming a patchwork of volcanic clusters. This distribution is not accidental, but rather a result of careful design, with the craters placed on solid foundations to avoid the risk of cavities.
These huge pillars stand quietly in the deep sea. In the dim space, there are still some luminous creatures that embellish everything here.
Of course, this change is for Tian Zhen. If someone who doesn’t understand the changes comes here, it will be pitch black.
The ground above the seabed is not the kind of ground made of sand particles, but the kind of crystalline ground that is close to vitrified.
There are also many kinds of strange life forms here, but most of them are warm-blooded organisms that generate heat on their own. Under the high-pressure seawater with huge gravity, some creatures here are translucent, and some colorful light blocks attached to them look like elves.
Life in high-pressure environments can easily disrupt the balance of the environment to carry out high-energy chemical reactions, comparable to nuclear reactors. Their excrement can glow after coming into contact with the external environment, just like the fluorescent chemical reactions emitted by the jet.
This type of creature has two anuses, on both sides of their abdominal cavity, making them look like suddenly unfolded energy-luminous wings. Although they quickly disappear under the huge pressure of the sea water, they are just a flash for ordinary people and cannot be detected at all if you don't pay attention.
Most of the food they eat are crystals of various substances on the seabed. After entering their bodies, these substances will directly change into the five elements of fire and wood, releasing the energy of these crystallized substances under high pressure environment, and utilizing it efficiently, no worse than the taillights of fireflies.
After the creatures here die, they will be transformed into crystals after a period of precipitation due to the huge water pressure, and then be eaten by other creatures. Their mouths are more like vocal organs, which can produce strong vibrations, generate sound waves for positioning, and also shatter crystals for easier swallowing.
Of course, these weren't the main organisms; they alone couldn't support such a stable living environment. They were strange creatures, shaped like furry spheres, covered in iridescent, translucent hairs, like a laser rainbow. These hairs were fine and soft, swaying with inertia as they moved, creating a dreamlike, ethereal feeling.
Most individuals are about the size of a washbasin, round and beautiful. When they are still, they look like colorful gems, emitting a charming brilliance that makes you want to reach out and touch them.
But these creatures are intelligent, possessing a certain ability to balance the Five Elements. For example, they are not afraid of high temperatures, and can at least briefly contact magma without injury. They can even use tools to transport magma. They use vessels crafted from magma deposits to scoop it out, one spoonful at a time.
They lack eyes and perceive the world through vibrations. They can also fly, using the shifting five elements in their bodies as a fulcrum to influence the balance of water. The higher the sea pressure, the faster they move. Several luminous and flexible tentacles can extend from their furry bodies, reaching nearly two meters in length.
Their digestive system is very different from that of some creatures here. They all eat the crystals here. They have two excretory outlets and can occasionally spray out flashes of light.
Those huge chimneys on the seabed were built by them. They know how to maintain the balance here and how to open pipes to clear the accumulated lava underground, thus avoiding sudden eruptions that would cause devastating blows to them.
They also sleep in small caves dug out of the ice above, or in ice holes melted around each 'chimney'. The vertical ice walls are all filled with small caves dug out by them.
They cannot survive in the air above the ice. Under the huge gravitational force, the water and the air are two extreme changes with a huge difference. The closer they are to the water surface, the larger their bodies will become, until they are stuck at the entrance of the cave. Even if they find a way to reach the surface of the water, they will explode as soon as they emerge.
This is also the reason why none of the creatures here have ever been there, and are therefore restricted.
Tian Zhen could only say that he was completely trapped by cognition. There were many ways to get above the ice layer, whether it was tools or cultivation.
Tian Zhen observed them for a while and discovered that these fluff balls communicated through a combination of light and sound waves. While it was a single syllable, it was sufficient. Observing the color changes and softness of the fur on their bodies was their primary direct method of communication, similar to the changes in facial expression when a person speaks. Therefore, their civilization remained at the tribal level.
After placing a universal storage device here, he walked around here and was about to leave. Tian Zhen had no intention of helping the civilization here. After all, to them, he was an alien, and if he did not cause damage here, he could be considered a kind alien.
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