Age of Cataclysm: I Can Unlock the Tech Tree
Chapter 248

The Culling Plan

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The live footage transmitted by the three robots also appeared before Zhao Zijie and Gao Yang.

At the sight of the pale yellow jellyfish filling the view, Zhao Zijie held his breath.

"So that was it!"

Lü Yongchang's muttering came through the speakers.

Zhao Zijie turned and exchanged a glance with Gao Yang, then asked quietly, confusion in his eyes.

"Professor, did you discover something?"

The question interrupted Lü Yongchang's train of thought.

He looked up at Zhao Zijie and Gao Yang on the screen and shook his head with a smile. "I wouldn't call it a discovery."

"I just figured out a few things."

"Things?" Gao Yang's voice was full of confusion.

"Yes." As he spoke, Lü Yongchang rose from his chair and walked to his office window, looking pensive. "About why the jellyfish we caught died."

"Unlike the Kraken-Mare Sea, the Inner Sea has warmer water and contains more organic matter."

"And that material from the Inner Sea erupts into the Kraken-Mare Sea through cryovolcanoes."

"The eruptions are most likely caused by tidal forces from Saturn."

"That means the eruptions of these cryovolcanoes are periodic."

"For those jellyfish, the cryovolcanoes scattered across the bed of the Kraken-Mare Sea are like habitable sites stocked with plentiful supplies. They not only keep the jellyfish moving, but also provide them with ample nutrients."

"Unless we can create a similar environment in the breeding pools, we'll never be able to raise these extraordinary creatures."

Zhao Zijie stared blankly at the holographic image before him. "Then... our breeding plan..."

"Abandon it."

Lü Yongchang let out a heavy sigh. "Even if we could simulate a similar environment, it would take far too much time and effort."

"We can't afford a venture that costs more than it brings in."

"Professor Lü, what should we do

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