The Record of Unusual Creatures

The giant tortoise is flying silently over the sea of ​​the still red moon, as if it were a ghost coming from dark space, and is carefully looking at the red underneath with its countless eyes. world.

“The probe has returned a signal confirming that the red moon is covered with a complete liquid surface, with only sporadic islands and reefs protruding from the 'sea surface', which is less than three percent of the total surface area of ​​the planet,” Nolan’s voice It came with a hint of confusion. "And the sights of other places are similar to this one. The sea surface is 'stationary' and there is no sign of any movement."

"After all, what Vivienne summoned, it is normal to have these strange things," Hao Ren nodded, checking the signals sent by the various sensors and saying, "Release the contact detector and look at the sea surface." Is it a layer of phantom?"

Although various radars have previously returned a physical signal on the surface of the Red Moon, in the face of such unnatural things that do not operate according to common sense, a single detection method is not enough. Hao Ren decided to increase the depth of detection step by step.

The ejecting bin below the giant turtle rock platform opens a crack, and a silver-white cylinder is released from the spacecraft. The cylinder hovered twice on the surface of the still moon, and then plunged into it. The surface of the blood.

The detector and the Red Moon Sea touched silently and disappeared into Hao Ren's field of vision. There was no wave on the sea to pick up the two. The two shadows crossed each other without causing interference.

Hao Ren brows slightly wrinkled: "Sure enough is a phantom?"

"No... the detector sent back the signal, not the phantom, it crossed a layer of tangible water, and it is now moving in the water," Nolan replied immediately, "...detecting water pressure, water temperature, and The existence of resistance, the composition of the water is similar to the source of blood, the higher the concentration is higher. This layer of sea is real."

Hao Ren had some accidents: "There is a real existence? But when the detector entered the water, it seemed to have passed through a layer of shadow, and even the spray did not splash."

Nolan’s voice sounded a bit confusing: “Unexplained, the sea of ​​the Red Moon is absolutely static. The whole image is like a fixed image. The detector can’t affect the latter in the process of contacting this sea surface. Morphology, but at the same time the detector can detect the presence of a liquid environment... The ship is releasing more detectors, more data will be summarized later."

The giant turtle Iwata began to release more detectors into the waters of the Red Moon. These detectors are like shimmering light from the fluorescent moths, and they sneak into the sea like theirs. Like the predecessors, these detectors did not bring the slightest ripples and splashes in the process of falling into the sea.

"What do you think of this?" Hao Ren gently tapped his finger on the console panel in front of him. He asked about the data terminal that floated around him.

"Red Moon? Is this the sea?"

"Red Moon."

"This machine is associated with the founding star and the guessing partner is the same thing you think of."

"Yes, the star of the founding," Hao Ren nodded. "Before I even thought of these two things together, it is even more so. The red liquid surface, covering more than 97% of the ocean area. And also detected the composition of the source blood... There are not many planets with such remarkable features. I always thought that the surface of the red moon is solid, or simply the whole is a kind of phantom, but now it seems that its surface is A layer of sea, although this sea is still."

"But the size looks a little big," Nolan's voice sounded, and her holographic image appeared next to Hao Ren. "According to the information provided by Mulu, the founding star is a planet larger than the Earth. And the red moon... it is obviously a dwarf planet."

"The Red Moon will certainly not be the true founding star. At least Mulu and Rembrandt did not say that the ocean on the founding star was still," Hao Ren shrugged. "I tend to this one." The dwarf planet' is some kind of projection of the founding star. Perhaps Vivienne's mind stores the information of 'hometown' considering that she was born from the goddess of the goddess of creation, which is very likely and she summoned the red moon. The essence is actually projecting this hometown stored in the subconscious."

At this time Nolan suddenly interrupted his words: "Hao Ren, my detector found something."

Hao Ren's eyebrows pick: "What is it?"

“On the back of the planet, a trace of ‘people’ was found on a small island that protruded from the sea.”

"Looking in the trough? Hurry and see!"

The giant turtle rock station immediately turned to accelerate, dragging a blue light into space, and arrived at the position of the detector's return signal in the next moment. On the returned picture, Hao Ren really saw a small island.

Ninety-seven percent of the area on the Red Moon is covered by the ocean, but less than 3 percent of the remaining areas still have land that protrudes from the water. Most of them are sporadic reefs or miniature islands, plus this one. Dwarf planets are most likely to be the "reduced version" of the founding stars, and the size of these miniature islands is even more mini.

The miniature island in front of it is already a relatively large one. Its width is about two or three hundred meters, and the water surface is tens of meters high. The center of the island has a circular pit that is obviously too regular. The surrounding of the pit seems to be distributed. A lot of neatly crafted artifacts. And Hao Ren also noticed a detail: in the considerable area around the island, the sea surface is calm and incredible, the water surface is as smooth and smooth as a mirror, and even a trace of enamel can not be seen.

It seems that no matter how huge the waves of the Red Moon, the island here does not have to worry about being swallowed by the waves.

“The obvious traces of artificial transformation,” looked at the regular circular pit on the island and the carefully arranged stone structure around the pit. Hao Ren thought that Nolan’s judgment was correct, but on this red moon. Why is there such a trace? With this in mind, he stood up and sorted out his clothes. "I have to go down and see for myself."

"This is dangerous," Nolan replied. "This is only the first time to summon an experiment. It is not certain how long the stability of the Red Moon can last. We should test the persistence limit of the summoning ceremony." ......"

"With such a striking thing, I can't sleep, and I can't test it once. I didn't plan to look at it in the sky." Hao Ren waved his hand. "More, I believe Vivian."

"You are the captain, you have the final say," Nolan saw Hao Ren has made up his mind, plus the current red moon is indeed in a fairly stable state, there is no longer insisted, "the ship will continue to monitor the activities of the Red Moon. Once the energy response is found to increase, it will force you to send it back. This is a necessary safety measure."

"Of course, this is no problem," Hao Ren nodded. "You let the detectors that have already entered the sea continue to expand the scope of the scan. I hope that they will come back a bit when I look down."

"To understanding."

After a while, Hao Ren and the data terminal have come to the surface of the island and said that they are down to earth, but Hao Ren feels that he is completely floating. Although he has actually touched the surface of the planet, the red moon itself still has no one. Ding point gravitational force on him.

The pit has a diameter of about forty meters, and the deepest point is about ten meters. The island itself is made of hard black rock, but the pit is covered with a layer of fine white sand. Around the pit, Hao Ren I also saw a series of small pits, some of which are open, some of which are covered with slate or something else, and large and small potholes form a complex artificial nest.

The data terminal flew around the head of Hao Ren's head: "Partner, what do you say about this place?"

"God knows... but if the Red Moon is really the projection of the founding star, then the artificial traces here are probably the handwriting of the goddess of creation. I don't know what she is doing on her own planet." ”

“Every creator likes to dig a hole.”

"Hey? Is that true?"

"Hey, this machine is a nonsense, how do you take it seriously?"

The two "people" sneaked around and looked around. Suddenly, a stone slab that stood out from the ground attracted Hao Ren's attention.

The slate stands beside a small pit with shiny lines.

“What is this?” The data terminal flew to the side of the slate and used the scanning beam to shine on the shiny lines. “It looks a bit like text, but the structure is weird. The method of information extraction is translated. Not coming out?"

Hao Ren looked at the symbols thoughtfully, he felt that these symbols are similar to his "Goddess Palace in Colpers" in the "painting style", but it looks more...innocent, or chaotic, seems to be the writer I can't accurately grasp the meaning of these words, but just rely on the feeling of painting. Listening to the data terminal that the conventional analysis can not crack the secrets of these symbols, he suddenly flashed his light and put his hand on the shimmering shimmer Slate.

The lines on the slate instantly seemed to "live", twisting around in front of his eyes, and then the moving lines were spelled into neat text:

"The place where Locketon sleeps."

Hao Ren blinked, a little worried.

"His partner, your talent is on the line again?" The data terminal immediately noticed Hao Ren's strange, and asked to come over.

Hao Ren instantly returned to God and immediately ordered: "There should be other symbols here! If it is correct, each ‘hole should have a corresponding mark! Hurry and find out!”

"Hey, good performance is hard work..." The data terminal snorted and began looking around the nest for a shimmer pattern similar to the slate.

Sure enough, soon more words were discovered and then analyzed by Hao Ren.

"The place where Locke Marton plays."

"The place where Locketon eats."

"The rock that Lockhart returned from the bottom of the sea."

"Rocky Marton..."

This is enough evidence to prove the connection between the founding star and the Red Moon, but did not expect it to appear in front of Hao Ren in this unexpected way. 8)