The Luan bird flies through Titan's dense atmosphere.

Weak artificial intelligence 1 quickly analyzes the information from the camera and various sensors.

"drop!"

"Discover the ocean!"

A stiff electronic sound sounded in the cockpit of the starship.

Zhao Zijie perked up and quickly raised his head to look at the holographic image in front of him.

In the picture, the surface of an ocean composed of liquid methane is sparkling.

The coastline winds and stretches towards the end of sight.

This is the largest ocean on Titan.

Kraken-Marais.

The area reaches 400,000 square kilometers, and the deepest depth reaches 300 meters.

Although it cannot be compared with the oceans on the earth, it is amazing enough for a small satellite!

After confirming the data, there was a bit of excitement in his eyes: "1. Release the detector and find a suitable landing site." www.bǐqυgetν.℃ǒm

"Roger, looking for a landing site."

After the words fell, a small hatch opened in the belly of the Luannia starship, and a series of drones flew out in an orderly manner.

Then, the Luanniao starship drew a graceful curve in the air and flew towards the coastline.

…

Kraken - a relatively flat piece of land on the Mare Sea coast.

A faint blue flame emitted from the bottom of an 800-meter-long starship slowly landed on the surface.

The high temperature brought by the Hall thruster instantly vaporized part of the liquid methane remaining on the ground.

But then, the methane liquefied into tiny droplets again at the surrounding temperature of -179.15 degrees Celsius, suspended in the nitrogen-filled atmosphere.

From the outside, a dense white mist suddenly rose around the starship, and a black Luan bird loomed faintly in the white mist.

Combined with the light orange atmospheric environment and the sparkling sea surface in the low light, it immediately formed a beautiful alien picture.

"Okay, we should hurry up and get to work!" Zhao Zijie withdrew his gaze from the porthole, unbuckled his seat belt and stood up.

"According to calculations, there are still two days before Titan will have eight days of darkness."

"We'd better get it all done in two days."

(The duration of a complete day and night on Titan is 15.9 days)

After dozens of minutes, the hatch on the side of Luan Bird slowly opened.

Two starship pilots wearing strict space suits slowly stepped off the starship and stepped on the frozen ground.

"...so beautiful."

Zhao Zijie looked at the endless methane ocean and sighed softly in the team's radio frequency band: "It's hard to imagine that this is just a small satellite."

Gao Yang next to him nodded in agreement with Zhao Zijie's words while operating the transport equipment.

Compared with the helium-3 extraction machine in Jupiter's orbit, the extraction equipment on the Luan Bird is like a baby that is not yet a full moon.

But even so, it took two people a lot of effort to drag the two-meter-diameter extraction pipe hundreds of meters away into the ocean.

"Zijie, where should the extraction device be placed?"

With the help of several robots, a huge piece of equipment was moved out of the starship cabin.

Zhao Zijie turned his head and looked at the surrounding terrain, then opened his watch and checked it carefully.

Then, he pointed at a flat rock dozens of meters away that was about two meters higher than the surrounding area.

"Just put it over there."

"According to the calculation results of 1, affected by the gravity of Saturn, the ocean here also has tidal phenomena."

"It should be a safer place over there."

Although these liquid methane will not have any impact on the suction equipment, it can even help it dissipate heat.

However, when you are on a strange planet, you can never go wrong with being safe.

Gao Yang nodded noncommittally and reached out to greet the robot following him.

…

After installing all the equipment, the two returned to the Luanniao starship.

Looking at the gradually dimming scenery outside the porthole, Zhao Zijie slowly exhaled a thick breath.

While pressing the switch of the suction device, he lay back on the seat and said, "Just wait."

"We can go back to Mars to rest in a month."

"I heard the next group of people on duty is Bart's team."

A month later, a [Taotie] Nebula-class material reserve ship will come to "pick up the goods."

And they can also take this opportunity to get a chance to return to Mars and rest.

"It's so boring..." Gao Yang sighed and lay down on the chair.

"Just be content." Zhao Zijie glanced at his teammates angrily.

"How about you continue mining in the asteroid belt?"

Gao Yang shuddered slightly.

Unlike the Luan Bird, the Hummingbird's cockpit is extremely small, allowing only one starship pilot to live in it.

A small living space means greater psychological pressure and a more boring life.

"No, no, no, I suddenly felt that collecting methane on Titan would be a good job!" Gao Yang waved his hand repeatedly.

The cockpit fell silent again.

"Speaking of which..."

Just as Zhao Zijie narrowed his eyes and was half asleep, Gao Yang's weak voice came from the side.

"There can't be life on Titan, right?"

"..." Zhao Zijie shuddered violently, and his sleepiness disappeared instantly, "No, it's impossible, right?"

"What kind of creature can survive in this -179 degrees Celsius environment?"

As he spoke, he looked out the porthole.

The searchlights around the Luanniao starship have been turned on.

There are some fine waves beating on the methane ocean, and there is nothing on the surrounding ground except gravel and liquid methane.

Gao Yang was startled by Zhao Zijie's actions, and he straightened up from his chair and looked out the window.

After scanning for a week, he smiled and scratched his head.

"I just mentioned it casually."

"Think about it, this moon Titan looks similar to the Earth."

"With an atmosphere, rivers, lakes and oceans, what kind of life might have been bred?"

Zhao Zijie rolled his eyes and stood up from the chair.

"Okay, I'm going to bed, you can continue dreaming."

Seeing Zhao Zijie leaving, Gao Yang quickly got up from his chair.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

"Our bet on the spicy strips isn't over yet!"

Zhao Zijie did not look back, waved his hand and said a word.

"A bet? What bet?"

"I just know it's first come, first served."

As he said that, he quickened his pace a little and hurried towards the lounge.

When Gao Yang saw this, he suddenly became anxious.

"this!"

"Captain! Captain, you can't do this!"

…

The voices of Gao Yang and Zhao Zijie gradually faded away.

Under the control of 1, the lights in the cockpit slowly turned off.

The bright searchlights surrounding the starship silently dispersed the surrounding darkness.

Under the light, the waves on the Kraken-Mare Sea seemed a little bigger.
Chapter completed!