The Great Star Voyage
Chapter 133

Heaven's Gifts Spurned Bring Calamity

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In any case, it is impossible for humans to do what the broadcast says.

Therefore, in the time that followed, in addition to continuing to analyze the broadcast to extract more useful information, humans continued to intensify their efforts to probe Wolf 1061 c.

As more and more probes land, the internal structure of this planet is gradually being revealed to humankind.

It is truly a Life Planet, with mountains, water, and trees, and humans have even discovered traces of animal activity on the planet.

First, there are the most common fish. A detector discovered a type of fish in shallow water that can go ashore. They have abandoned the flat head structure and instead have a body structure like mudskippers. This fish can not only go ashore, but also use its round mouthparts as suckers to climb trees, which is quite amazing.

After a long period of observation, many other animals also appeared in the detector's field of vision.

There are small aquatic arthropods, which usually appear in groups, as well as predators with segmented body structures, which are like enlarged versions of earthworms. They crawl with bodies as large as buckets and swallow their prey with mouthparts full of sharp teeth.

The detectors observed that most fish feed on tiny microorganisms or arthropods in the swamp's sewage.

Because of the appearance of amphibious fish, humans initially thought that life on this planet was in the process of evolving from water to land. However, just a few days later, the probe discovered many kinds of terrestrial organisms.

However, these terrestrial creatures are mostly fur-bearing and small in size, with the majority being quadrupedal reptiles. Many of these creatures have yellow fur, open mouths, and are the same color as the planet's environment. They move in the bushes and are difficult to spot without careful observation.

There are also bipedal animals. The detector has discovered more than one type of bipedal animal, but their legs are basically curved like those of animals. Their main body structure is tilted like that of dinosaurs. They eat by putting their mouths directly into their mouths. Their forelegs, which look like hands, are very small and seem to have no function. Overall, they look like chickens the size of sheep.

It is worth mentioning that through observations of these creatures on several local days by the probe, it was discovered that they are actually a top predator.

It is one of the largest land animals.

However, no intelligent beings have been discovered so far.

Not a single flying creature was seen.

Besides these more conspicuous animals, there are many other small creatures of all types, but none of them are very big. Perhaps it is a coincidence of life evolution, but the top predators on this planet basically all have open jaws.

Of course, there are other types of mouthparts in animals, but for large animals, they are basically all open-jawed, which is surprisingly similar to that on Earth.

Because it's just a probe detecting the information, humans can't study it in depth, so we don't know the exact reason behind it.

However, some biologists speculate that this phenomenon is likely determined by the planet's environment. It is possible that in similar planetary environments, the evolutionary paths of organisms also have similarities, but many of these can only be explained by coincidence.

Overall, this planet is a very diverse and colorful one.

It is a paradise of life.

Such a diverse array of creatures couldn't have appeared all at once, so humanity has truly struck gold this time.

Whether or not in-depth research reveals that the biosphere of this planet is left-handed or right-handed, it will be a great treasure for humanity.

Based on human experience, a planet with such an ecosystem would have to have evolved for at least hundreds of millions or even billions of years.

Based on current discoveries, the life on this planet is already complex enough to be considered advanced life.

This indicates that the biosphere on this planet has already experienced what humans consider to be the five milestones in the emergence of life. If there is a great filter in the process of life's emergence, then life on this planet has completed the process from the primordial soup of life to complex organisms. In other words, they have survived five rounds of natural selection.

The first milestone in biological evolution was the evolution of mail macromolecules into quasi-organisms, namely information macromolecules. The second milestone was the birth of prokaryotic cells, the third milestone was the formation of aerobic eukaryotic cells, the fourth milestone was the emergence of the sexes, and the fifth milestone was the birth of multicellularity.

It is a milestone because each stage here was accomplished through a series of coincidences and miracles.

If any one of the environmental parameters is wrong, then no life will be born.

Therefore, if the Great Filter of Life exists, then life on this planet has quietly passed through five filters in the course of billions of years of evolution.

For this reason, people say that life is a miracle.

Of course, the evolution of life on this planet may not be as humans imagine, and humans do not know whether Life Planet are common in the universe. But in any case, as long as it is Life Planet, a biosphere, it is a great treasure for humans.

Moreover, no Sentient Life has been discovered on this planet, nor has any trace of other extraterrestrial probes been found.

As the saying goes, if you don't take what Heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences; if you don't act when the time is right, you will suffer the calamity.

So, after detecting this situation, Hope finally set off again, slowly heading towards the planet that humanity had been longing for.

Time flies.

Following its planned route, Hope first entered the nearest moon of Wolf 1061 c Planet and docked in its orbit.

This moon is one of two moons of the Wolf 1061 c Planet. It has been named Wolf 1061 c-1, or simply Wolf c-1 for clarity.

Next, they began landing on the satellite and started building a resource collection base on it as planned.

Yes, we were very close to Wolf C, but instead of landing and building on it immediately, we went to its satellite to develop and build first.

As the saying goes, haste makes waste, but the real reason is certainly not just that.

The reason for this is that humans discovered a large amount of Helium-4 on Wolf c-1, and the reserves of other metallic minerals were also astonishing, which perfectly met the needs of human development. Therefore, they decided to develop and utilize it first.

The second reason is for safety considerations. After all, the Wolf c-1 is not a living organism, so humans do not need to be so cautious, which is very suitable for current human needs. Landing and development are also relatively easier.

In fact, from the current perspective of humanity, lifeless Life Planet are actually easier to develop than life-bearing planets, because landing on those planets does not require considering the issue of microorganisms.

This is obvious.

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