"At least, at your depth, there shouldn't be any reefs or anything like that..."
Lü Yongchang added another comment.
But clearly, no one present paid any attention to it.
Especially when they saw that enormous gray shadow begin circling slowly around [Poseidon].
"Professor... are you saying that thing is alive?!" Hope's expression changed drastically as he asked, his breathing quickening.
"From what we can tell, yes." Lü Yongchang swallowed as he watched the slowly moving gray shadow on the sonar display and hurriedly explained, "According to our research, the suspended matter in the seawater should be organic substances similar to polypeptides and amino acids."
"This creature... let's call it a creature for now. If it's made up of these polypeptide-like and Amino Acid-like substances, then..."
"It should be an amino lifeform."
As he spoke, the gray shadow seemed to react to some stimulus, and its speed gradually began to increase.
On the sonar display, the distance between the unidentified creature and the [Poseidon] Exploration Ship kept increasing and decreasing.
The cameras also captured an orange-red glow that flickered in and out.
But unlike what Hope had reported, the orange-red light was now flashing more frequently, roughly once every eight seconds.
"Is it curious?"
Mao Zhengzhi's puzzled voice came from beside him. "Or... is it probing us?"
Lü Yongchang's expression tightened slightly.
Indeed, as Mao Zhengzhi had said, there was something tentative about the deep-sea behemoth's movements.
"Professor, what should we do now?!" Faced with the unknown giant creature's probing, Hope felt his scalp prickle. "Should we ascend?"
"Don't move!"
Before Lü Yongchang could speak, Mao Zhengzhi shouted from beside him, "Whatever you do, don't move around! Maintain your position!"
"Turn off the sonar equipment first."
"If I'm right, it was attracted by the sonar equipment you used during the descent!"