Golden Ocean

After several probes entered the atmosphere, the internal layout of Wolf 1061 c was quickly projected onto the bridge screen of the Hope.

This is a planet with a large area of ocean.

From the images captured by the probe, people can see large amounts of water vapor rising from the sea surface due to the extreme heat, creating a vast and misty expanse when viewed from above.

The greenhouse effect evaporates a large portion of the oceans, but because less starlight is projected onto the planet's surface and the planet's gravity is relatively strong, this water will accumulate in the atmosphere, and the humidity of the entire planet will reach the level required to form a global swamp.

Sure enough, at the edge of the probe's line of sight, people saw a piece of land only slightly above sea level. Looking at the images transmitted back by another probe, the land that was once far away on the horizon immediately became a bird's-eye view.

There are hardly any High Mountain on the land; all that can be seen are low, rolling hills. Surrounding these rolling hills are numerous lakes, creating a unique landscape of hilly marshes where the lakes, hills, and plains intermingle.

Wisps of steam rose from the lake, swirling like clouds over the watery surface. It looked as if one were in the clouds or in a fairyland, dreamlike and incredibly beautiful.

If I had to describe it in one sentence, it would be. "The mist rises from the Yunmeng Marsh."

The only regret is that the scene wasn't lush and green; there wasn't even a hint of green. The entire area around the land and water was a yellowish-orange color.

After increasing the detector's resolution, people discovered that the yellow-orange color was not loess, but rather plants from this planet.

The fact that these plants are orange-yellow in color, and that the planet is powered by a Red Dwarf Star, suggests that they do not absorb yellow light.

As the first probe landed, clearer images of these yellow plants were revealed to humankind.

Plants vary in height, but the tallest never exceeds three meters, which would classify them as shrubs according to human classification. However, their leaves are remarkably large, presumably because the light from stars is relatively weak, requiring them to expand their surface area to absorb light.

The evaporation of water vapor creates localized temperature differences, which in turn cause air movement. Thus, wind is formed, and the broad yellow leaves, blown by the wind, instantly transform into butterfly wings, swaying and making a rustling sound.

This is the first time since the disaster that humanity has truly heard the sound of wind blowing through leaves.

Before long, the other detectors also transmitted data back one after another. After being processed by the computer, the data was displayed in the form of images on the bridge of the Hope.

Orange-yellow, orange-yellow, orange-yellow earth, sky, ocean, water. Orange-yellow is the main color of every picture, and almost the only color. Even the ocean is reflected in a yellowish hue by the yellow light that plants do not absorb.

For a moment, the entire bridge of the Hope was bathed in an orange-yellow light.

"My God, it's a planet with life!" A gasp of surprise echoed in the bridge.

"What a Life Planet!"

Although no animals were found in the transmitted images, the vast expanse of plants that almost covered the entire landmass of the planet did not lie; plants are life too.

This is truly a Life Planet.

"We've really struck gold! It's a Life Planet!"

"After the worst comes the best! After the worst comes the best!"

At this moment, inside the bridge of the Hope, the staff were all staring intently at the series of images, their faces beaming with surprise.

Life Planet —that's so rare.

Although the entire planet appears orange-yellow, and orange-yellow plant leaves are most reminiscent of the desolation of autumn and winter, no one now feels that this is a desolate planet; it is so full of life.

The orange-yellow scene, like a Golden Ocean, shone brightly in people's minds, and all who saw it were overjoyed.

Humans know that water is very common in the universe, and have defined water as the source of life based on Earth's environment. However, they never expected that life would actually appear on a planet in a suitable location.

"Is life also common in the universe?"

Unlike the euphoria of most people, many scientists have already set their sights on things like life in the universe.

Since the discovery of the damaged alien spacecraft on Callisto, human scientists have confirmed the existence of extraterrestrial life. However, the existence of extraterrestrial life is not the same as the prevalence of life in the universe, and this latest discovery may well become one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the theory of the prevalence of life in the universe.

If the theory of the universality of life in the universe is perfected, then scientists will be able to deduce many things about the social context of the universe from this theory.

Of course, this will also raise more questions.

For example, if life is widespread in the universe, then the emergence of Sentient Life should also be quite common. So where are those extraterrestrials? Have they visited Earth over the long course of time? If they have, what were they doing there? If they haven't, where did they go? And why?

With so many Sentient Life and civilizations born in the universe, what kind of relationship exists between them? It must be said that scientists think about things differently from ordinary workers.

As for Yue Yuan, after seeing the existence of life in Wolf 1061 c, his thoughts were somewhat different. He neither felt the ecstatic joy of an ordinary person, nor did he make the connection to the universality of life like a scientist would.

What he was thinking about was whether Wolf 1061 c was dangerous, whether there was Sentient Life there, and if so, what level of technology they had, and whether humans would encounter danger there.

However, to confirm these things, we will have to wait for some time until the probe transmits more ground information back before we can make a judgment.

However, there is one thing Yue Yuan is certain of.

So he walked over to Yi Kai, who was staring intently at the orange-yellow ocean, and said cheerfully, "Professor Yi Doctor Yi Director Yi, what you keep in mind will surely come to pass. The biosphere of that planet you've been longing for has finally been brought to you this time."

"Great! Great! Great!" Yi Kai's eyes seemed to light up, and his gaze was fixed on the golden expanse on the big screen. He exclaimed excitedly, "Ha! This planet is ours, it belongs to us humans. If there are plants, there must be other types of life. Such a huge planet must have a stable biosphere."

Excellent! This is exactly what Life Elixir research needs most. We need more biological samples, more gene samples. Everything that moves on this planet is ours.

With these, our research on Life Elixir will surely achieve another breakthrough. Not only that, but there's also research on body enhancement! Commander, look! This planet is so beautiful. Its gravity is greater than Earth's, and its atmospheric pressure is higher. This means that the organisms that can survive on it must have structures far superior to humans! Excellent, excellent!