Unlike the exploration vessel, in order to achieve a faster escape speed, the separated cockpit directly activated the Hall thruster.
Although the boiling point of liquid ammonia has risen to an extremely high level under ultra-high pressure.
Even so, the high-temperature plasma stream ejected by the Hall thruster is still at a temperature that these liquid ammonia seawater cannot withstand.
The eerie blue light emanating from the thruster nozzles, like a small sun, rose slowly in the dark depths of the sea, illuminating the surrounding waters.
The silhouettes of the four giant fish were also revealed in this eerie blue light.
(P.S.: Here's an additional image. It took me most of the day to create this, and it's the best AI drawing I could come up with. Please bear with it.)
Because sound travels slowly, they were completely unaware of anything unusual and continued rushing toward the exploration vessel that was constantly making "noise".
On the other side, the scorching ammonia bubbles formed by the vaporization of a large amount of liquid ammonia created a winding flight path at the rear of the cockpit.
Bathed in a deep blue light, a breathtaking yet perilous scene unfolds in the depths of the liquid ammonia ocean at -261km!
Unfortunately, this amazing sight was never seen by any of the indigenous people—they had not evolved visual organs and therefore had no chance to witness such a "beautiful scene."
Propelled by the Hall thrusters, the cockpit rapidly surged towards the sea surface.
The giant fish that charged first finally realized the problem, albeit slowly, thanks to its ultrasonic detection method.
But it was too late!
It rushed directly into the extremely hot ammonia bubbles!
The scalding hot ammonia bubbles slowly rose to the surface, and the heat within them was rapidly transferred to the surrounding liquid ammonia seawater.
The giant fish returned to the liquid ammonia seawater.
Although the contact was only for a brief moment, it still let out a huge cry of despair.
Its thick "armor" saved its life.
It swiftly swung its body away from the troubled area, then quietly stayed at a distance, carefully examining the situation near the exploration vessel using ultrasonic waves.
The first giant fish's mournful cry served as a warning to the other three giant fish.
They all stopped rushing forward and began to observe cautiously.
As the cockpit moved away, the ammonia bubbles gradually dissipated, liquefied again under immense pressure, and then merged into the surrounding seawater.
The deep sea has returned to tranquility.
The exploration vessel remained silently hovering in place, as if nothing had happened.
Time passed second by second.
Buzz...
A high-frequency ultrasonic wave emanated from the mouth of the lead giant fish and traveled along the liquid ammonia seawater to the other two uninjured giant fish.
The two giant fish appeared incredibly conflicted in their movements.
They were spinning around in circles.
Clearly, after "seeing" the miserable state of their companions, they were also unwilling to go forward and test the waters.
The ultrasound waves are becoming increasingly louder and more frequent.
Urged on by their leader, the two giant fish finally swam slowly toward the exploration vessel, which they had originally regarded as a "buffet station".
...
"Bang!"
A huge splash erupted on the turbulent sea.
Propelled by Hall thrusters, the cockpit leaped out of the liquid ammonia seawater.
Then, the cockpit shot straight into the sky.
Its goal is to synchronize the orbit of this ice giant.
...
"Escape successful."
"The cockpit has successfully entered synchronous orbit."
A familiar synthesized voice rang out in the command center: "Both pilots have entered hibernation mode."
Lü Yongchang nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Mao Zhengzhi beside him.
"Let's go, a new research task has arrived."
After saying that, he gestured towards the holographic image that was still updating its data: "Before the [Poseidon II] is completed, we need to find the pattern of their language."
"Using ultrasound to disperse these incredibly curious amino-like giant fish should be the most convenient and quickest method."
After saying that, he walked directly towards the entrance of the command center.
Mao Zhengzhi quickly caught up with Lü Yongchang: "Professor, I recommend someone to you."
"Those who engage in language research."
"Who?" Lü Yongchang paused and turned to look at Mao Zhengzhi.
...
"Meng Lu?"
Inside the main laboratory, Lü Yongchang looked at the female researcher in front of him, who was wearing a white lab coat and had a neat short haircut, and asked softly, "I heard from Academician Mao Zhengzhi that you have a deep understanding of language?"
Faced with Lü Yongchang's question, Meng Lu nodded without hesitation and without any modesty: "Yes."
"Although I was born from Proxima Centauri b and have never seen Earth, I have been studying ancient human writing systems and languages."
"I think..."
Lu Yongchang raised his hand to interrupt Meng Lu: "It's not the language of ancient humans."
"It's the language of another civilization, are you confident?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Lu was momentarily stunned.
But the next second, her eyes lit up with excitement, and she nodded without hesitation: "Yes!"
“Very good.” Lu Yongchang nodded in satisfaction, stretched out his hand and waved it in the air, bringing up a holographic image.
"This is the sound made by a giant amino organism from the depths of the ocean, which is an ice giant and produces liquid ammonia."
"They have no vision, no perception of light, and rely on ultrasound to explore their surroundings and communicate."
"Currently, we have collected more than 100,000 acoustic spectrum data."
"Unfortunately, we have not found any duplicates so far."
"But I'm certain that they definitely have their own language systems."
Meng Lu stared blankly at the holographic image in front of her.
Lu Yongchang's words deeply impacted her understanding.
Amino-biological? Ice giant? One hundred thousand unique sound clips?
She took a deep breath, calmed her shock, and after thinking carefully for a moment, asked, "Professor, are you sure they're not just making noises?"
"One hundred thousand unique audio clips, this is simply too..."
“Definitely.” Lü Yongchang nodded without hesitation. “They will cooperate with each other, just like a pride of lions hunting their prey.”
"Besides... even if it's just shouting randomly, creating 100,000 unique sound fragments is still a difficult task, isn't it?"
Meng Lu nodded silently.
Indeed, as Lü Yongchang said, even if someone is just shouting randomly, there should still be some repetitive segments in their shouts.
She didn't say anything more, but just frowned and looked at the holographic projection in front of her, trying to find the hidden patterns in the complex sound wave spectrum.
Lu Yongchang waved his hand and turned to walk towards Mao Zhengzhi: "No rush, you can take your time to look at the 100,000 fragments."
Meng Lu didn't speak, but her brows were furrowed as she quickly swiped through the holographic projection, flipping through all the audio clips.
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