"this……"

When Hope saw the picture in the holographic projection, he changed a little.

As Lu Yongchang said, as the diving depth increases, the sea water in the liquid ammonia ocean gradually becomes turbid.

"Will there be any impurities..."

Hansent, who was standing beside him, whispered: "For example, the ore resources we are looking for?"

Hearing this, Hope's eyes lit up slightly. He was about to say something, but he saw Lu Yongchang slowly shook his head.

"Don't know."

Lu Yongchang had some confusion in his eyes, shook his head gently, and whispered: "Only by sampling and testing seawater can we know what these substances are."

"Prepare for sampling."

"Suspension exploration missions are suspended before a clear conclusion is reached."

As the words fell, the video communication was cut off.

Hope and Hansent looked at each other.

Then, Hope shrugged helplessly: "Okay, it seems that the duration of this exploration mission will be much longer than we imagined."

Faced with his teammates' sigh, Hansent sighed helplessly.

"Yes, I still want to end the exploration and return to Dawn Star as soon as possible..."

Although he said this, the movements of the two of them did not slow down at all.

...

-261.3km.

A small spherical exploration ship is quietly suspended in the depths of the dark and deep liquid ammonia ocean.

The searchlight headlights on the exploration hull slightly illuminate the surrounding sea water.

Watching from a distance, the [Poseidon] exploration ship running at full power at the searchlight is like a conspicuous lighthouse in endless darkness, proclaiming its existence to the surroundings.

The next second, the side hatch door of the exploration ship, which was originally stationary in the liquid ammonia sea water, slowly opened.

A robot slowly stretched out from it.

After sweeping around the exploration ship, the robot quickly retracted back to the cabin.

...

Dawn star.

"Professor, the sampling of liquid ammonia seawater has been completed." Hope's voice came from the over-distance communication device, "all samples are in the pressurized chamber."

The reason why the sample is placed in a pressurized chamber is naturally to prevent the liquid ammonia seawater from vaporizing.

Lu Yongchang turned his head to check the scene in the pressurized chamber, nodded, and said with satisfaction: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Let's take a break, and I will notify you when the test results come out."

The test of samples is naturally not necessary for two drivers to complete.

Not to mention whether humans can withstand the environment in the pressurized chamber, just various precision and complex detection instruments cannot be operated by drivers from two mineral exploration experts.

"Zero, test the samples." Lu Yongchang directly issued an order to Zero.

...

"hiss……"

Looking at the detection data in front of him, Lu Yongchang frowned and took a slight breath of cold air.

What was placed before him was a brand new substance.

But if it is a mineral resource, Lu Yongchang doesn't believe it.

The reason is very simple.

Judging from the current data, this thing is more like an organic substance, or a polypeptide chain or protein.

An incredible thought flashed through Lu Yongchang's mind.

Could it be...

Is life present in the liquid ammonia ocean of ice giants?

The next second, he shook his head and threw the thought that flashed through his mind behind him.

What a joke?

Let’s not talk about how likely life is to exist in liquid ammonia. Just the environment around the exploration ship is now a hellish existence for normal creatures.

Because I have never considered the possibility of life in ice superstars, there are no scientific researchers who specialize in biology among the people present.

So, to be on the safe side, Lu Yongchang pondered for a moment and spoke.

"Zero, let Mao Zhengzhi come here."

...

More than ten minutes later.

Academician Mao Zhengzhi rushed to the gate of the command center in a hurry.

Looking at the busy scene in the command center, a trace of doubt flashed in Mao Zhengzhi's eyes.

If he remembers correctly, isn’t this the ice superstar’s mineral exploration mission?

Why did Professor Lu call him over?

With a heart full of doubt, he stepped into the gate of the command center.

Mao Zhengzhi, who had just entered the door, saw Lu Yongchang standing in front of a holographic projection with his brows frowned, as if he had encountered some problems.

Mao Zhengzhi was slightly surprised.

He seemed to have not seen Lu Yongchang in this way for a long time.

He immediately turned his face and walked forward.

"Professor?" he whispered after approaching.

"Come here? Come and have a look."

Lu Yongchang did not turn his head, but still stared at the holographic projection in front of him.

Mao Zhengzhi's eyes were even more confused.

But looking at Lu Yongchang's appearance, he didn't ask much, so he could only quickly get to Lu Yongchang's side.

When he saw various data in the holographic projection, like Lu Yongchang, his brows also frowned tightly.

"hiss……"

"Is this...protein?"

As the top biology academician of Renlian, Mao Zhengzhi noticed the problem at first sight.

"This, isn't this right?"

“Where is carbon?”

"Where did the carbon element go?!"

"Wait, this is not a carboxy group either!"

"Professor, what is this?!"

Faced with this magical substance that he had never seen before, he asked Lu Yongchang a series of inquiries.

only……

At this time, Lu Yongchang was obviously still thinking.

Faced with Mao Zhengzhi's successive inquiries, Lu Yongchang's eyes moved slightly and answered the question irrelevantly: "Do you think this looks like protein, too?"

Without getting an accurate answer, Mao Zhengzhi couldn't help but feel a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

He hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to quickly swipe on the holographic projection: "Of course!"

"If we ignore the problem of carbon atoms..."

"You see, these should be polypeptide chains, they are entangled, folded, and spiraled to each other, forming a complex three-dimensional structure!"

Mao Zhengzhi kept waving his hands, marking one area after another in the holographic projection.

"This is a secondary structure..."

"This is level three! This should be a level three structure!"

"These are substances found in the ice giant's liquid ammonia ocean." Lu Yongchang said softly.

"This..." Mao Zhengzhi's movement suddenly paused, and he widened his eyes, "Liquid ammonia ocean?!"

"Not bad." Lu Yongchang reached out and swept through the air, and the holographic projection in front of him switched. "Unlike the protein we are familiar with, the main component of this substance is amide."

"Amide... it turned out to be amide..." Mao Zhengzhi's eyes lit up slightly, he held his hands together, and paced back and forth in the same place.

At the same time, his lips trembled quickly, as if he was muttering something silently.

Lu Yongchang did not interrupt his movements, but just stood quietly by and waited.

"So that's it, so that's it!"
Chapter completed!