On the other side.

Lü Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi were watching the holographic projection in front of them intently.

The holographic image shows footage from inside the [Taotie] supply depot located in a synchronous orbit around an ice giant.

Under Zero's control, two robots are carefully lifting a specially designed container into a specially designed high-pressure laboratory.

The container naturally contained skin samples from the amino giant fish.

While the high-pressure laboratory cannot match the living environment of the liquid ammonia giant fish, it can still simulate the environment of the shallow waters of the ocean.

After all preparations were completed, the robot opened the specially made container.

A dark brown skin sample, its surface covered with various impact and scratch marks, was displayed in front of the camera.

Unlike the images captured by the exploration vessel, under the ample light in the laboratory, the giant fish's skin even showed a slight metallic sheen.

This sight left Lü Yongchang somewhat puzzled.

“This… doesn’t seem to be biological tissue?” Mao Zhengzhi, standing to the side, voiced Lü Yongchang’s thoughts.

Lu Yongchang nodded slightly, but did not offer any opinion. Instead, he frowned and said, "Let's observe it under a microscope first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zero immediately controlled the robot to begin sampling and observation.

It has to be said.

The skin on the giant fish's surface is indeed extremely tough. Although it has not been tested, Lü Yongchang believes that its strength is no less than that of the strongest material currently available to humankind.

After a long wait, the images observed under the microscope were finally presented to Lü Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi.

"this?!"

"How is this possible?!" Mao Zhengzhi and Lü Yongchang exclaimed in surprise in the laboratory.

“This is absolutely not biological tissue!” Mao Zhengzhi said firmly.

“That’s right.” Lu Yongchang said with a solemn expression and a certain tone, “It looks like some kind of metal, no, or rather, some kind of alloy.”

Mao Zhengzhi frowned deeply, muttering to himself, "This... how is this possible?"

"Logically speaking, their basic body structure should be cells."

Lu Yongchang did not reply, but silently watched the images in the holographic projection.

Academician Mao Zhengzhi is right.

Since these liquid ammonia giants like cesium chloride and rubidium chloride, they must be cellular organisms.

Only amino-based organisms with cellular structures require these salts to regulate the electrical potential of their cell membranes.

But the alloy skin, or rather, the alloy armor, before him completely shook Lü Yongchang's beliefs.

Can cellular organisms grow alloy skin?

Stop joking!

Thinking back to the fusion reactor in the belly of the liquid ammonia giant fish, an astonishing guess came to Lü Yongchang's mind.

"Could it be..." Lü Yongchang's lips moved slightly, and he said in an extremely deep voice, "These giant fish are man-made?"

Based on the various clues discovered so far, perhaps only this answer can explain the origin of the alloy skin.

“No, that’s not right.” Lü Yongchang shook his head repeatedly, rejecting his own idea once again.

"If the giant fish is a mechanical being, why would it feel pain when it is being burned by high-temperature ammonia bubbles?"

As the cockpit was escaping, everyone could clearly see a giant fish rushing into the ammonia bubble and struggling.

This is not a reaction that can be produced by mechanical energy!

One question after another arose in Lü Yongchang's mind.

"Professor, Researcher Meng Lu is looking for you." Zero's voice rang out at just the right moment, interrupting Lü Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi's thoughts.

"Meng Lu?" Lu Yongchang frowned and subconsciously said, "Tell her to wait a bit."

“Professor, she says she has deciphered the giant fish’s language system,” Zero reminded her again.

"Then let her wait... wait, what did you say?" Lu Yongchang abruptly stopped his right hand, which was about to turn off the holographic projection. "She cracked the giant fish's language system?"

"Yes, Professor."

“Hiss…” Lu Yongchang gasped softly, turned to look at Mao Zhengzhi beside him, and said in a deep voice, “Zero, proceed with the testing of the samples as planned.”

"Old Mao, come with me to Meng Lu's place first."

"What the hell... How did she find a pattern in this jumble of code???"

While complaining, Lü Yongchang exclaimed to Mao Zhengzhi, "Wow, Mao, where did you find such talent..."

In response to Lü Yongchang's sigh, Mao Zhengzhi shrugged.

"A post I saw on the Chinese Academy of Sciences forum a while ago."

"According to those researchers, that researcher Meng Lu should be the most knowledgeable ancient language scholar in the Federation of Chinese Associations."

Lü Yongchang: "..."

...

As soon as Lü Yongchang entered Meng Lu's laboratory, he was amazed by the huge holographic projection in front of him.

In the projection, the sound spectrum of more than 100,000 parts was organized into hundreds of blocks, and each block contained more than 1,000 ultrasonic segments.

At a glance, Lü Yongchang discovered the principle behind the classification.

"Similar duration?"

Meng Lu, who was organizing and summarizing in front of the holographic projection, quickly turned around.

Upon seeing Lü Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi, Meng Lu instinctively turned around to greet them: "Professor Lü, Academician Mao..."

"Enough with the small talk, let's get started." Lü Yongchang waved his hand, interrupting the unimportant formalities. "Why are we categorizing them by duration?"

"These ultrasound fragments in these categories don't seem to have any similarities, do they?"

Meng Lu straightened her expression and nodded, saying, "Yes, there is indeed no similarity between the ultrasound fragments alone."

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