Zhu Ziwen's words echoed in Su Pengfei and Xia Zhou's ears.
Su Pengfei subconsciously turned his head to look towards the porthole.
The entirely green planet shimmered with a crystalline light under the glow of the black hole's accretion disk.
Like a drop of water on the edge of the desert, it exudes endless beauty.
But there was no joy in Su Pengfei's eyes, and even the smile on his face was gradually fading.
"Why……"
"Nine hundred years ago, if it weren't for Professor Lü and the Academy of Sciences, we humans would probably be no different from the creatures on this planet, right?"
He murmured to himself, "He didn't even know how he died."
Xia Zhou, who was standing to the side, trembled slightly and said in an extremely low voice, "Perhaps."
Zhu Ziwen's eyes flickered slightly.
He sensed an unusual atmosphere on the communication channel.
Not knowing the specific reason, he couldn't interrupt and could only quietly wait for the two to continue their conversation.
"Distinguished planetary explorers, the starship is about to enter the atmosphere of the Forgotten Star. Please prepare for landing..."
Zero's synthesized voice rang out at just the right moment, breaking the somewhat quiet atmosphere in the team's voice channel.
"call……"
Xia Zhou took a deep breath to calm his fluctuating emotions and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, get ready, we're about to land!"
...
【Earth】
"Professor, we've detected something unusual."
As the sound of Zero rang out, a holographic image appeared on his side.
In the video, a bare, circular area appears abruptly in the middle of a lush forest.
In the air, carrier-based drones, under Zero's control, were carrying out final cleanup work—they needed to move the larger pieces of tree debris to a distance to make room for the Xuan Nu II to land.
Looking at the perfectly normal image in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang frowned and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"The detectors placed on the ground detected abnormal vibrations."
"The tremors lasted for more than ten minutes."
"The intensity is not high; it is rather weak."
Lu Yongchang's expression immediately turned serious: "Abnormal tremor? When did this happen?"
"Just as the shipborne drones began clearing the landing area."
Zero's answer gave Lü Yongchang a bad feeling.
Could there be something buried underground on this planet?
If that's the case, explorers who rashly land on a planet might...
"Zero, inform all the explorers of this situation."
"In addition, begin the underground exploration and modeling work for the Lost Star." Lu Yongchang pondered for a moment, "Exploration depth, 1000 meters..."
Thinking of those giant trees with an average height of 100 meters, and that enormous tree of rice, Lü Yongchang quickly changed his tune.
"No!"
"The exploration depth is set at 10,000 meters, with priority given to underground modeling in the Arctic region."
"receive."
...
Time passed.
With a slightly strong recoil, the starship's descent speed rapidly decreased.
The rapidly swirling, thick fog gradually dissipated, and the scenery outside the porthole gradually became clearer.
This is a vibrant world.
Zhu Ziwen didn't pay much attention to the scene on the planet's surface, but subconsciously looked up at the sky.
With just one glance, a deep sense of shock appeared in his eyes.
The entire sky was covered by an enormous disc.
The disc slowly rotated, spreading the energy necessary for life to this planet.
A slight vibration was felt.
"Academician Zhu, we've arrived."
Xia Zhou's voice and a somewhat unrealistic synthesized electronic voice came through the communication channel.
At this moment, Zhu Ziwen was still immersed in the awe-inspiring scene of looking up at the sky.
He turned his head and looked around blankly, then followed the crowd down from Xuan Nu No. 2, seemingly at a loss.
It wasn't until his feet touched the ground, which was emitting wisps of smoke, that he gradually came to his senses from the shock of the scene.
"Dude, you're awake?"
Accompanied by that familiar tone, the sound of the exoskeleton armor shell colliding followed.
"If you ask me, you scientists are too easily distracted by these fancy things."
Su Pengfei pursed his lips and said with a hint of teasing, "It's fortunate that the shipborne drones have already completed the cleanup work, otherwise, given the state you were in just now, you might have been gone as soon as you got off the starship."
Faced with Su Pengfei's teasing, Zhu Ziwen could only respond with a wry smile.
Su Pengfei is right. Perhaps this is a common problem among scientists like them.
He turned his head and looked around.
A circular, flat area suddenly appeared in the lush forest.
Judging from the smoldering soil and the tree debris scattered everywhere, it's not hard to guess what had just happened.
With the help of powerful firepower, the shipborne drones razed the forest in this area to the ground!
Suddenly, Zhu Ziwen frowned slightly.
There appears to be a dark brown object in the soil.
What's this?
A deep sense of doubt arose in his heart.
Tree roots?
With a slight thought, the exoskeleton armor moved in accordance with his will.
Even with a surface gravity of 1.5g, the heavy exoskeleton armor still appears remarkably light thanks to the fusion engine.
He took a step forward and walked quickly ahead.
The soil that had been "cleaned" was not very soft; in fact, it was quite firm.
Even so, he left deep footprints along the way.
"Academician Zhu!"
Upon noticing this, Xia Zhou's expression changed slightly, and he immediately spoke into the communication channel, "Please stay close to us and do not wander off..."
Before he could finish speaking, Su Pengfei's shout exploded in everyone's ears like thunder!
"Danger!!"
Zhu Ziwen was startled by the shout that rang in his ears and his body trembled violently.
At the same time, a series of piercing warning sounds also rang out.
The deep blue holographic image before my eyes turned into a blinding red in an instant.
The bright red arrow points to the left side of the body.
Without thinking, he instinctively turned his head to look in the direction of the arrow.
Before he could fully turn his body, he stopped the movement he had not yet completed.
From the soil to the left of his body, a brownish-red "giant snake" with a diameter of nearly one meter suddenly emerged!
According to the auxiliary data provided by Zero, the part of the giant snake that has protruded above the ground has reached 12.6 meters.
In addition, there are parts hidden in the soil...
It's hard to imagine what a colossal creature this is!
The giant snake, which was over ten meters long, twisted its body in the air and attacked him at an extremely fast speed!
The incident happened so suddenly that Zhu Ziwen, who had always lived in the laboratory and had no relevant experience, could only stare blankly at the "giant snake" dancing wildly in the air!
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