The enclosed black cavity caused by warp drive quickly disappeared, and a blue planet appeared at the end of the route filled with red-blue-shift spectra. The planet was quickly magnified on the holographic projection in the spacecraft, and soon the details of its surface could be seen. It was breathtakingly beautiful.
This was a planet completely covered by the ocean. The boundless ocean covered the entire field of vision. Clouds, storms, waves, whirlpools, and all the other embellishments fell on a blue scroll. The sense of openness and magnificence brought by it almost instantly dispelled the depression and solemnity brought by the past three days of traveling in the ruins of civilization. The passengers in the lounge stared at Io in a daze, and from time to time, some of them would whisper in admiration.
They had never seen a planet completely covered by the ocean, not even in their imagination.
Zeon Lucas could not help but tremble a little when he saw Io. He whispered, "This is indeed the home of the sirens... It's all water."
"Nonsense, how can the sirens not live in water?" Hessiana squinted at her old rival who had fought with her for many centuries, and then suddenly smiled teasingly. "Oh, by the way, you are a landlubber. You get cramps when you see water, right?"
"The Blood Clan has never liked water, okay?" Zeon Lucas' eyes twitched. "Only a freak like you is not afraid of water, not even holy water. I'm embarrassed to be in the same race as you."
"Lady Vivian is not afraid of these things!" Hessiana proudly put her hands on her hips. "So this is the performance of a high-level Blood Clan! Let me tell you, if you want to go further, you have to work hard to overcome the defects of your race. If you trust me, go back and find the Hessianite Family. I will give you a breakdown therapy, soak you in holy water, and if you don't die, you'll be a saint … "
Zeon Lucas was speechless.
He felt that he really could not keep up with the pace of the shame of his race!
While the two of them were chatting idly, the silver-white Petrachelys had already entered the atmosphere and gradually approached the vast sea of Io.
"Are we going to land directly on the sea this time?" A vampire noble frowned. "I don't like it."
"There must be something like a landing field," a shadeling guessed. "Or we will change ships after we land."
"Wait, there seems to be something on the sea... What is that?"
The blue sea quickly zoomed in, and some small black dots suddenly appeared on it. When they got close enough, the details of the black dots finally appeared in front of them. They were a series of steel cities floating on the sea!
Oval-Shaped artificial islands floated on the sea of Io. They had the same shape and size and were connected to each other by huge steel bridges and pipes. Old buildings were densely piled on the land made of steel, like ruins after a disaster. At the edge of the artificial island, there were many things that were obviously added later. There were simple trestles that extended into the sea, and some supports were erected beside the trestles. On the supports, there were marine products that were drying. There was also a net-like structure made of interwoven metal cables, and inside the net-like structure were lumps of floating seaweed. There were also some simple ships that were cruising among these things, as if they were collecting products.
Those were probably the fish farms and farms built by the residents of the islands.
On the bridge of the Petrachelys, Hao Ren also saw the things that appeared on the sea. The floating cities had not changed much since he left. The ark residents obviously did not have the ability to modify the ancient starships. Even if all of them were educated, it would take at least two or three generations of effort for them to be able to operate the ancient equipment. However, there were some new things around the floating cities: the simple structures, the metal nets that were obviously used to grow edible seaweed, and the simple boats that cruised the coastal waters. These things were probably built by the ark residents after he left.
"Looks like Lorenz's work is progressing well." Vivian smiled and nodded. "The ark residents have begun to search for resources from Io's natural environment. This is not easy for a group of exiles who have been isolated in the ship for 10,000 years. This means that they have begun to learn how to survive without the ark's life-support system."
"And they have learned how to build ships." Lily looked especially happy. "They dare to go into the water! When they first saw the sea, they were so scared that they ran as far away from the shore as possible... "
"I hope Eva is getting along well with the new residents." Hao Ren thought of the newborn Spirit of the Sea. "She should have noticed us..."
Hao Ren was right. Eva had indeed noticed the Petrachelys that was descending from the sky. For the curious "new Goddess of the Sea", anything that fell from the sky was worthy of her attention. So, before the Petrachelys landed on the sea, the water below suddenly surged, and then a huge female figure quickly rose from the water and formed into the shape of Eva. The transparent "water giant" looked curiously at the Petrachelys that was floating in front of her, and then finally recognized it. She raised her hands excitedly and waved them around. Splash, splash. The loud sound of water echoed throughout the sky.
As the ship slowly descended, Eva's huge body also slowly descended and shrunk. Finally, she became a female water giant that was "only" 10 meters tall. She looked excitedly and expectantly at the Petrachelys that was slowly opening the hatch. She looked like a dog that had been waiting at home for the whole morning and finally saw its owner come home with ribs.
Forgive Hao Ren for not being able to think of a better adjective. After all, he saw Lily's silly face full of anticipation and appetite every day when he came home.
The ship came to a stop. The first to come out was not Hao Ren, but a group of sirens, including Katreina. They jumped directly from the ship into the sea, and then a light blue halo spread out in all directions with them as the center. Where the halo spread, the water quickly calmed down and underwent an incredible change — it formed a solid surface like glass, and a layer of "hardened water layer" only a few millimeters thick covered the surface of the sea, and quickly expanded to the end of the horizon. Then, the people who came out of the ship were surprised to find that the seawater under their feet had formed a layer of "solid ground". They were a little nervous when they first stepped on it, but soon they were amazed by the sirens' ability to control "water". Even Hao Ren was slightly amazed by Katreina's skills.
This was much more advanced than Nangong Wuyue, who rolled like a ball at home all day long.
Katreina and the sirens jumped out of the water after creating a foothold for the others to stand on. The "hard" surface of the water did not affect them at all, and they were able to move freely between the hardened water and the seawater as if they did not exist.
Katreina wriggled her tail and came up to Eva. She reached out her hand to the surging seawater. "Eva, we're here to see you."
Eva made a splashing sound and curiously lowered herself until she became a translucent girl about the same height as Katreina. She sensed a familiar aura from Katreina, and the splashing sound became louder and more cheerful.
"Look …" A muffled voice came from the splashing sound. The tone was strange, but it was barely audible. It was a syllable other than the sound of the water.
Hao Ren was shocked. He and Vivian looked at each other. "Eva finally learned how to communicate?!"
"She interacts with the ark residents every day." Vivian looked thoughtfully at the floating cities not far away. "Perhaps she developed the concept of language during this process. But she obviously doesn't understand the language we use. She was just repeating the syllables. "
Hao Ren immediately squatted down and placed his hand on the hardened water layer. Even though the water layer had been strengthened by Katreina's magic, it was still an extension of Eva's body (the entire sea of Io was actually a part of Eva). So, as soon as he touched it, a thought flowed into him like water. Hao Ren looked up at Eva, who turned back to look at him — the spiritual connection between them had been established.
Just as Vivian said, Eva understood the concept of language communication in the process of interacting with the ark residents, and she had even learned the language of the ark residents!
"She's a quick learner," Hao Ren said as he stood up with a smile. "I've just sent her several languages on Earth through a telepathic link, and she's picked them up quickly. The will of nature is indeed extraordinary. As long as she understands a concept, everything under that concept is a piece of cake for her."
"Eva, these are gifts from our sisters on Earth." Katreina opened her ridiculously large travel bag and took out carefully wrapped items. "The sirens live very well on Earth. These are the treasures they collected there. Look, these are the products of the oceans on Earth..."
Katreina opened the gifts one by one and pushed them in front of Eva. There were huge colorful shells, bracelets and necklaces carefully woven from seaweed, manganese nodules from the bottom of the ocean, beautiful gems collected from underwater volcanoes, and fragments of steering gear from the Bismarck. Who knew if they were taken from before or after the ship sank...
Hao Ren was speechless.
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