Lu Yongchang's words caused Mao Zhengzhi's expression to change slightly.
"You mean..."
"To lure and capture this unknown creature?"
Mao Zhengzhi turned his head and glanced at the enormous object in the simulation image. He gasped and shook his head repeatedly: "No, this won't do!"
"It's too difficult."
"Leaving aside whether the Poseidon exploration vessel can withstand its repeated pounding, simply attracting its attention in the long term is an extremely difficult task."
"Moreover, [Poseidon] is not equipped with any weapon systems, so it is impossible to cause any damage to it."
Mao Zhengzhi pondered for a moment, then waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Professor, if I may be so bold, this is almost an impossible task."
Lu Yongchang looked at Mao Zhengzhi with a bewildered expression.
"Ahem... I think you might have misunderstood me."
"I mean, is there a way to divert its attention elsewhere?"
"Then, let Poseidon take a closer look at its body."
Mao Zhengzhi: "..."
His lips twitched, and he scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "Distract it... Let me think."
...
While the two were discussing, the enormous deep-sea monster had not yet let go of its intense curiosity.
The Poseidon exploration vessel, under its constant pounding, has deviated significantly from its original course.
The sonar receiver continuously transmitted wave after wave of ultrasonic waves.
Clearly, it became excited after finding its new toy.
This put the two pilots on the exploration vessel in a difficult position.
Although the Poseidon exploration vessel was designed with numerous anti-bumping and anti-vibration features to ensure the safety of the crew, it was not designed with these features in mind.
But the original intention of this design was to withstand the intense storms inside the ice giant, not to use it as a toy ball for a 200-meter-long behemoth!
"Teach, instruct..."
Hansent fought back the nausea rising in his stomach and said with difficulty, "Ugh... Is there any way... Ugh... to stop it?"
Upon hearing Hansent's retching, Hope, without a word, took advantage of the moment when the giant beast was far away, reached out and took the helmet that was attached to the wall, and then neatly put it on Hansent's head.
Hansent's face turned green when he realized what was happening.
Looking at the transparent mask in front of him, he forcefully suppressed his extremely strong urge to vomit.
Seeing the resentful looks his teammates were giving him, Hope shrugged helplessly.
"I had no other choice. You wouldn't want the cockpit to be contaminated, would you?"
Finally, he added insult to injury: "Bear with it, it seems we only brought two helmets."
Upon hearing this, Hansent's face turned even greener.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long.
After two more impacts, Academician Mao Zhengzhi's voice, "like celestial music," came through the loudspeaker.
"I've got an idea!"
At that moment, both Hansent and Hope's eyes shone brightly!
In their hearts, at this moment, Academician Mao Zhengzhi was their god!
"Try cesium chloride and rubidium chloride!"
Mao Zhengzhi said urgently, "Earth organisms rely on potassium and sodium salts to adjust the electrical potential of their cell membranes."
"But amino organisms are different."
"In liquid ammonia, cesium chloride and rubidium chloride are more soluble than their potassium and sodium salts."
"Moreover, under normal circumstances, the abundance of cesium and rubidium is definitely not as high as that of potassium and sodium."
"Therefore, cesium chloride and rubidium chloride may be extremely scarce resources in their world."
As he spoke, Mao Zhengzhi frowned, pondered for a moment, and tried to come up with an appropriate analogy.
"Like..."
"Like an extremely rare yet indispensable seasoning!"
"Ugh!" Influenced by Hansent, Hope couldn't help but gag as well. "Academician Mao, get to the point...get to the point!!"
"Cesium chloride and rubidium chloride, do exploration ships have these things?!"
Mao Zhengzhi turned to look at Lü Yongchang beside him.
"Yes!" Lü Yongchang's expression brightened, and he immediately said, "The exploration ship's laboratory has some reserves, not much, but it should be enough."
...
Under Lü Yongchang's orders, Zero Control used a robot to remove a portion of cesium chloride and rubidium chloride from the laboratory.
Because he didn't know the "taste" of this deep-sea behemoth, Lü Yongchang specifically asked Ling to take out equal amounts of the two substances.
Then, taking advantage of the gap in the deep-sea monster's "playing," the robot quickly placed it into two high-strength sealed containers.
This container, made from the same material as the shell of Poseidon, can easily withstand terrifying external pressure.
As for how to open the container, remote control was naturally chosen.
Once all preparations were complete and the deep-sea behemoth had moved away, the side hatch of the exploration vessel opened rapidly, and the robotic arm forcefully threw the two sealed containers into the distance.
The robotic arm then retracted into the cabin, and the hatch quickly closed, preparing for the next impact.
The sealed container that was thrown out did not attract the attention of the deep-sea behemoth.
Perhaps, in its view, the two sealed containers were too small to warrant much attention.
"Bang!"
As the sound of the impact rang out, another dizzying sensation ensued.
"Wait a little longer!" Lu Yongchang, who was in the command center, stared intently at a line of data displayed on the holographic projection—the distance between the "decoy" and the exploration vessel.
To ensure sufficient time to observe this deep-sea behemoth, Lü Yongchang needed to ensure the "bait" was in the right position.
First, the distance between it and the exploration vessel cannot be too far.
Even if cesium chloride and rubidium chloride are extremely precious resources for these amino-based life forms, the distance between them is too great for them to detect their existence.
Secondly, it cannot be too close.
If they get too close, Hope and Hansent will have significantly less time to scout and escape.
Therefore, controlling the distance is particularly important.
Especially when there is no detailed data, the difficulty of this operation increases rapidly.
Seeing the depth of the sealed container rapidly increase, Lü Yongchang took a deep breath and said bluntly, "Open the container."
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The two sealed containers were opened by Zero's control.
The cesium chloride and rubidium chloride powders dissolved rapidly in the surrounding liquid ammonia seawater.
In the distance, the deep-sea behemoth continued to excitedly slap and ram the Poseidon exploration vessel with its tail and body, seemingly oblivious to the commotion in the distance.
It failed?
"Wait a little longer."
Mao Zhengzhi's voice came from the side.
Lu Yongchang didn't speak, but held his breath and looked at the holographic projection.
To date, there is no evidence that aminobiology regulates cell membrane potential using cesium chloride or rubidium chloride; it is all just speculation.
In fact, neither of them could be sure whether such a life form had any cellular structure!
Therefore, at this moment, both Lü Yongchang and Mao Zhengzhi were extremely nervous!
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