Pangu Continent
Before confirming the planet's safety, humans are not in a hurry to land, but continue to wait for information from various probes.
Now that artificial satellites have completed their global network and various unmanned probes have begun to land on planetary surfaces, it is likely that before long, those things hidden under the clouds and in the dense jungles will be discovered by mankind.
And of course, there's the depths of the ocean.
Human spacecraft not only need to land on land, but also need to explore the seabed to try not to miss any corner of the planet; this is a basic operation.
As deep-sea probes venture into the ocean, the mysteries of this planet's oceans are being unveiled to humankind.
Countless strange aquatic creatures come into view. They look all sorts of different things, but most of them follow one characteristic: a streamlined body.
Based on our experience exploring the Wolfe Biosphere, humans understand that streamlined bodies are the result of natural selection; basically, creatures that live in water will evolve into streamlined shapes as they reach a certain stage.
Compared to scientific exploration of Gaseous Planet, people prefer to see images transmitted back by probes from Rocky Planet, for no other reason than the abundance of life there.
Therefore, on the bridges of the various warships, many people were watching the scenes unfolding on their respective screens. These were firsthand reports, which would be broadcast to the Residential Spaceship by the Propaganda Department as appropriate a day or two later.
The information that ordinary people live on their Residential Spaceship will naturally arrive later than that of the government departments responsible for landing and exploration, but it won't be kept secret forever.
"They look like fish, let's just call them alien fish for now," a person on a spaceship said, pointing to a group of aquatic creatures in the picture.
Another person pointed to the split screen next to them. "Wow, what kind of animal is that? It's huge! It looks a bit like a mosasaur from Earth's biological history."
"Damn, that scared the hell out of me! That gaping maw!" One person saw in the image that a creature with a round mouth suddenly opened its mouth wide at the detector, seemingly regarding it as prey.
Yue Yuan, aboard the Lyra, observed for a long time and discovered that the creature resembling a mosasaur appeared to be the largest marine creature.
Based on the images and labeled data transmitted back by the detector, the creature is about 19 meters long and its estimated weight is in the range of 20 to 30 tons.
It has limbs that have not yet fully transformed into fins, or perhaps fins that are in the process of transforming into limbs, and it uses its four limbs and a tail that swings up and down to propel itself to swim.
This is the largest marine life ever discovered by humankind, but it is still uncertain whether there are even larger creatures.
Although the artificial satellites have been networked and many probes have been sent out, a planet is simply too big, especially the ocean floor. Even with hundreds of probes diving and exploring at the same time, it is impossible to explore all the sea areas in a short period of time.
Land-based detection is relatively easier, but it's not something that can be fully observed simply by turning on a satellite.
After all, a planet's environment consists of more than just plains; it also includes mountains, vegetation, forests, and a variety of other landforms. Many creatures living in jungles or caves are difficult to see directly from outer space.
Therefore, methods such as small Probe Spaceship conducting near-Earth flight exploration and unmanned probe robots conducting ground exploration must also be carried out.
Under such probes, many terrestrial creatures have been discovered by humans. They look very different from Earth creatures, but they have one thing in common: most of them have four limbs, rather than six or eight.
There were flying creatures, but none of them were covered in feathers. The probes mainly detected flying creatures with fleshy wings.
These flying creatures are much larger than those on Earth. Humans have already discovered several types of flying creatures with wingspans of five or six meters, even though they have only just begun near-Earth exploration.
Whenever a small Probe Spaceship flies through the dense jungle sky, it always startles swarms of these flying creatures.
According to Earth's standards, this planet is teeming with birds, beasts, fish, and insects, not only boasting a rich variety of species but also presenting a picture of a biodiversity explosion.
As one type of organism after another was discovered, this planet gradually gave humanity the feeling of a Cambrian explosion of life.
"What a treasure trove!" Yue Yuan exclaimed as he looked at the vibrant scenes of life.
He then looked at the planet's overview and found that its land area and ocean area were almost equal, and amazingly, apart from a few scattered small islands, its land was almost entirely a single piece.
Such a large continent, all stuck together, could be called the Pangu Continent.
The entire continent straddles the equator, connecting the North and South Poles, with vast oceans on both its eastern and western sides. This geographical environment has shaped the corresponding environment of this continent.
The continent's periphery is rich in moisture and has lush vegetation, while the closer to the Center of the Continent, the drier the climate and the sparser the vegetation. Therefore, the central part of the continent is mostly vast desert.
However, unlike the desert landscape that people are familiar with, the deserts on this planet are not all continuous, but are separated by towering High Mountain and ranges, forming separate deserts.
The highest mountain on the planet is located in the desert, with an altitude of about 15,000 meters. The area where the highest peak is located is a continuous mountain range, covered with snow.
Because the highest peak is located in the middle of the continent, the melting snow flows down and, as it passes through desert areas, carves out a river that is more than 4,000 kilometers long.
The small Probe Spaceship sped across the vast desert and discovered that it was almost a no-life zone, with very few large creatures to be seen.
After crossing the Barren Zone in the Center of the Continent, we gradually came to a region with abundant water and grass. As far as the eye could see, there were forests stretching from the probe to the horizon, all in purple.
It's the complete opposite of the central area.
In the transitional zone between these two extreme regions lies an area with moderate vegetation density. In this flat terrain, human probes have discovered many large animals.
Animals the size of elephants are everywhere, and countless creatures of all sizes roam in groups, some eating vegetation, others enacting scene after scene of hunting.
These images make one feel as if they have been transported back to the Jurassic era, because these animals are really big, even bigger than the mosasaur-like creatures previously discovered in the ocean, but unfortunately they don't look like dinosaurs at all.
"We haven't found any trace of Sentient Life yet. Could it really be a primitive Life Planet?" Yue Yuan glanced at the big screen again but still couldn't find any trace of intelligent life.
I saw quite a few bipedal animals, but I didn't find a single one that was clearly not created by nature.