Seven Lù said, "The underwater parts of these marine plants are several thousand meters, even tens of thousands of meters long. Otherwise, they couldn't grow so high above the water surface."
Xia Chujian gasped.
Yeah, how could I forget the underwater parts?
Xia Chujian murmured, "So all the plants that grow here, their roots are all rooted in the sea..."
Seven Lù said, "Yes, that should be the case."
"Master, please watch the latest detection video."
On the high-definition physical display in front of Xia Chujian, images appeared of what was beneath the surface accumulation.
After passing through a layer of accumulation that was more than ten meters thick, the underwater scene finally appeared.
Xia Chujian couldn't see very clearly.
Because beneath the accumulation layer, there was still a dense mass of roots intertwined, seemingly trying to fill the entire sea area.
Only occasionally did a few long Ribbonfish swim past, and you could see the seawater bubbles they created.
The Ribbonfish were also very peculiar, as if they had mutated four short legs, looking like four-legged lizards.
The probe went very deep, but she did not see the Deep Divers who called himself "Haidagong".
But if 99% of the planet's surface is still covered by the sea, the Deep Divers Haidagong can hide anywhere. It would be normal not to find him.
Xia Chujian withdrew her thoughts, took a deep breath, and said, "I understand, the Longevity Flying Fish probably don't live on land either."
"I was wondering, why are they called fish, but they live on land."
"It turns out it's an illusion."
"Seven Lù, do you know if Chief Instructor Pei knows about this?"
Seven Lù wasn't very good at inferring people's thoughts.
When Xia Chujian asked, it used pure logical reasoning.
Seven Lù said, "Master, Chief Instructor Pei may know, or may not know."
"The probability is that he doesn't know."
"Of course, it also depends on his source of information."
"So it depends on his source of information to know whether he knows or not."
The corner of Xia Chujian's mouth twitched, and she said, "Listening to you is like listening to nothing. Don't say such useless things in the future."
"You just need to answer in three words: don't know."
Seven Lù's little boy voice was a little aggrieved: "Master, Seven Lù can't say 'no' to Master."
Xia Chujian narrowed her eyes: "Seven Lù, I think you have said it before."
Seven Lù: "..."
It didn't speak for a long time, pretending that the program was crashing.
Xia Chujian ignored it.
She had to re-formulate her battle plan based on this situation.
Their purpose here was to catch the Longevity Flying Fish.
This location was where Pei Zijing showed them in the video, where the mutated Shang People was sitting on the Longevity Flying Fish taking off.
If that video was recent, then they could at least catch a Longevity Flying Fish here.
She secretly thought, If the Longevity Flying Fish had a habit of living in groups, it would be great. One catch would be a whole nest...
But she quickly got rid of this unreliable idea.
Because of the size of the Longevity Flying Fish, they couldn't live in groups.
They were too big. If they lived in groups, this area wouldn't be enough for two Longevity Flying Fish to live in.
Of course, it's still possible if their nests are actually in the seawater beneath these surface accumulations.
But the problem is, before they came here, they all thought this was a land area covered with vegetation, and they didn't bring any diving equipment at all.
The Mecha they brought are kings of war on land.
They also have a use in Space.
But if they jump into the water, they're just lumps of iron.
Although it won't kill the soldiers inside the Mecha, their movements will be extremely limited.
The weapons mounted on these Mecha are also not suitable for underwater combat.
This is a bit of a pain in the ass.
Xia Chujian pondered, still planning to take a few people to look at the ground here, adapt to the external environment, and then formulate a corresponding combat plan.
The first step is definitely to find that Longevity Flying Fish first.
But by doing so, Xia Chujian felt that they would inevitably confront those Shang People.
If they could find a way to get these Shang People to sell them the Longevity Flying Fish, that wouldn't be impossible.
Xia Chujian felt that as long as they caught the Longevity Flying Fish, the higher-ups didn't say they had to fight and kill...
Having made up her mind, she ordered Mao Yonggui to be on duty in the Airship, and she took Chu Qingjuan, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali out of this Carp-Class Interstellar Airship.
Chu Qingjuan can drive a fifteen-meter-high advanced Mecha.
Sun Jiahao is rough but meticulous, and they are both rare talents.
Li Dali is a fierce fighter, the king of soldiers among soldiers.
They are all capable of going out with her to scout ahead.
Xia Chujian herself has the strongest combat power, but in this unfamiliar and unknown environment, she still needs to rely on the power of the collective.
...
The four people in Mecha first entered the bottom Hold of the Interstellar Airship.
There is a small room there that can isolate everything.
The four people entered this small room.
The small room suddenly raised a U-shaped baffle, separating them from other parts of the bottom Hold.
Then they walked forward through the only open side.
Ahead is a narrow corridor.
When they walked out of the small room with the U-shaped baffle, the fourth baffle also rose.
This completely isolated the four of them from the outside of the bottom Hold.
This way, when the Hold door leading to the outside world is opened, no matter what dangers are outside, they will not be transmitted into the Airship.
At most, they will only stay in this passage.
And when the outer hatch is closed, this passage also becomes a sealing device.
At that time, the people and equipment that come back will be disinfected or purified here, which is easy to operate.
...
Xia Chujian led Chu Qingjuan, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali towards the gate at the front of the passage.
This passage is L-shaped, so you can't see the end at a glance.
But the distance is not long.
Ahead is the hatch, the four activated their Mecha, and with a whoosh, they leaped out.
Then the heavy hatch quickly closed behind them.
The four people's Mecha have already started their power systems, and they are now standing in mid-air, looking at the surrounding situation.
This is indeed a rare open space in this area that is not covered by vegetation.
Xia Chujian's Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha quietly activated its radar scan.
The surrounding area within a radius of five hundred miles was within her scanning range.
However, the vegetation nearby was too dense, and the magnetic field interference was more severe than in the Beichen Empire, so her radar scanning function was somewhat hindered.
Within two hundred miles, the scanning effect was clearly visible, but beyond two hundred miles, the clarity gradually decreased.
But it was enough.
Xia Chujian finished scanning and found that there were no Shang People here.
She frowned.
Clearly, the video that Pei Zijing showed displayed this exact location.
At that time, she even saw many Shang People in a melee...
In the end, a Shang Person riding a huge Longevity Flying Fish defeated another group of Shang People.
How long has it been? Why are there no Shang People nearby? Xia Chujian used the communication system in the mecha to say to Chu Qingjuan, "Do you remember the video that Chief Instructor Pei showed?"
Chu Qingjuan said, "I remember, it was here. What's wrong?"
The radar scanning system in a regular mecha has a very small coverage area, only about ten miles.
So it's normal not to scan any Shang People in such a close range.
Chu Qingjuan didn't care at all.
But Xia Chujian didn't scan any Shang People within five hundred miles, which was a bit strange.
She pondered for a long time, and said to Chu Qingjuan, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali, "Let's split up and search one thousand miles in four directions, centered on the location where the Interstellar Airship is docked, to see if there are any traces of the Longevity Flying Fish."
She also reminded them, "The amount of nuclear radiation in the air and soil here is very high, so you must be careful and not allow any damage to your mecha."
Before, they didn't feel it in the Starship Airship, but now that they were out, the air monitoring system in the mecha was beeping an alarm.
The amount of nuclear radiation here really exceeded the standard by a lot...
Chu Qingjuan, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali said together, "Roger, Captain! You be careful too!"
Then the four people went in four directions, east, south, west, and north, to investigate.
...
Xia Chujian started her mecha and flew directly south into the forest of coral trees.
Her speed was as fast as lightning, and she disappeared without a trace as soon as she took off.
Chu Qingjuan thought with emotion that the mecha on Xia Chujian must not be of ordinary performance.
She had never seen an Ordinary Mecha that could fly so fast!
Sun Jiahao was facing away from Xia Chujian, so he didn't see Xia Chujian's speed at all.
He was nervously adjusting the radar scanner in the mecha, and cautiously moving forward step by step to the west.
After Chu Qingjuan took a few steps, she also took off and disappeared quickly.
She flew north, flying very fast.
Li Dali went east.
He was also a six-meter-tall medium-sized mecha, and he flew ten kilometers in the blink of an eye!
The land they were on, which was not covered by vegetation, was a narrow strip of land running east-west.
Li Dali flew east for six hundred miles, and there was still land ahead.
But as he was about to move forward, the data detection system of the mecha suddenly issued a frantic warning.
Before, it was a warning of high radiation levels, which he was already used to, and he had increased the tolerance.
So the radiation warning disappeared.
The new warning that appeared now was not about radiation, but about excessive levels of toxic gas!
The hairs on Li Dali's mecha stood on end.
What the hell is this place?! Not only is the radiation level thousands of times higher than normal, but there's also poisonous gas!
He stopped nervously, carefully monitoring the poisonous gas data displayed on his Mecha system's visor.
It turned out that a large amount of Hydrogen Sulfide, as well as Methane, Ammonia, and Carbon Dioxide, had suddenly appeared in the air.
Ten thousand times more than normal! What's strange is that these appeared suddenly. Before, only the nuclear radiation level was exceeded!
Li Dali's mind raced, and he didn't want to continue forward alone.
He immediately contacted Xia Chujian through the Mecha's communication system.
Because they were using the Interstellar Airship as a base station and transit point here, they could guarantee that a local area network could be established within ten thousand miles of this area.
Xia Chujian quickly received Li Dali's communication request.
She chose to answer.
On this strange planet, they would of course not conduct video calls, but voice calls.
"Li team, what's wrong?"
Xia Chujian's calm and clear voice came from Li Dali's headset.
Li Dali's restless heart immediately calmed down, and he quickly said, "Captain Xia, I have an anomaly here."
As he spoke, he transmitted the abnormal data.
This is the first update. The second update will be at 1 p.m.
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