Lü Yongchang cast an approving glance at Gao Yang, who had interrupted him.
"Exactly."
"Although we don't know where or how they connect, there's a very high probability that these two layers of ocean are linked."
"That's good news for us, too."
Lü Yongchang picked up the glass of water on his desk and moistened his throat.
"The shells of those three robots should be strong enough to withstand the pressure on the seabed."
"With their built-in programs controlling them, they might someday make their way out of the Inner Sea and send us data again."
"Of course, that would take some luck."
As he spoke, Lü Yongchang shook his head somewhat helplessly.
Clearly, even he didn't believe it.
"Then, Professor, do we still need to send robots to investigate?" Zhao Zijie quickly asked.
Lü Yongchang considered it for a moment, then rejected Zhao Zijie's suggestion.
"Not for now."
"The robots aboard the Luan Bird aren't capable enough. We'll resume the survey later."
"I'll send the [Glutton] to pick you up with enough survey robots aboard."
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
"Zijie, has the [Glutton] still not arrived?" Gao Yang asked, sitting in his seat, bored out of his mind.
Zhao Zijie silently shook his head and turned toward the Holographic Image beside him.
[Storage capacity: 80%]
"They probably delayed departure to manufacture the survey robots," Zhao Zijie said with a helpless shrug. "But that works out fine. The tides and jellyfish slowed us down, too, and our storage still isn't full."
Gao Yang rose from his chair, walked over to the viewport, and gazed at the shimmering sea in the distance.
"Come to think of it, it's been half a month. Shouldn't those three robots have crawled out of that Inner