Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

With the current level of observation technology in human civilization, finding a planet's satellite is an extremely easy task.

The moment Lü Yongchang finished speaking, a conspicuous yellow sign appeared in the giant holographic projection in front of him.

Within the yellow marker, there is a tiny, barely perceptible, dim dot.

That is Titan.

Beside the massive planet Saturn, Titan appears as insignificant as a grain of sand.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of academicians, the image in the holographic projection rapidly magnified.

More than two thousand years later, the true face of Titan once again appeared before Lü Yongchang's eyes.

Looking at the planet, which was orange in color just like in their memories due to a small amount of Torin matter, everyone subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

There are no major changes in appearance.

This at least proves that the initial calculations were correct—this lucky planet successfully escaped the impact of the solar helium flash.

"Perhaps..." Gao Yang's words suddenly flashed through Lü Yongchang's mind, and a faint hope flickered in his eyes, "Are there really surviving jellyfish on Titan?"

From the Earth era to the present day, he has witnessed all kinds of life forms and their belief in struggling to survive in various harsh environments.

Therefore, he has always believed in miracles.

When Lü Yongchang thought that there might still be a "fellow villager" in the solar system that he had been away from for more than two thousand years, he couldn't sit still.

He stood up from his seat and gave the order in a hurried and expectant tone.

"Zero! Send a small reconnaissance ship..."

"No, send three small probe ships to Titan for a comprehensive search!"

Logically speaking

For exploring small satellites like Titan, a single impact spherical probe is more than sufficient.

However, in order to complete the exploration work as soon as possible and to avoid blind spots in the detection, Lü Yongchang increased the exploration intensity several times.

After issuing the order, Lü Yongchang let out a long sigh and once again focused all his attention on the planet that shone with a faint orange hue under the light of the red giant.

At that moment, he suddenly understood the significance of the [Ten Descendants] civilization to the [Tenth Empire].

Calling them descendants is not an exaggeration at all.

The moment civilization turned its gaze beyond the galaxy, it was no longer just about civilizations and life born on the same planet.

Even life forms born in the same star system felt strangely familiar to Lü Yongchang.

……

The port on the side of the Golden Crow battleship, located on the outskirts of the fleet, quietly opened.

At the same time, three small probe ships, each less than 100 meters long, slowly flew out of the huge port gate and propelled their warp drives towards Titan in the distance.

Inside the command center, Qi Mengshu, the producer of the promotional video, stared nervously at the holographic projection in front of her.

In the picture, the small orange planet is getting closer and closer.

Qi Mengshu's heart rate gradually increased.

Although she had never seen the so-called Titan jellyfish with her own eyes, and did not know exactly what happened at the time—in the more than two thousand years of history of the Human Federation, the events that happened on Titan were actually only described in a few lines in history books intended for the general public.

The Titan outpost project discovered unknown life forms living in a methane ocean, and... in order to obtain high-performance lubricants, the Human Federation carried out an extermination-style fishing campaign against this nascent civilization.

At Lü Yongchang's request, this is a history that every citizen of the People's Federation who has received compulsory education must know.

However, the span of more than two thousand years is still too long, so this tragic history is difficult to resonate with the younger generation, including Qi Mengshu.

The orange planet has taken up the entire holographic projection.

The three probes have successfully entered geosynchronous orbit around Titan.

Looking at the dilapidated technological creations on the synchronous orbit, a heavy sense of history rushed towards Qi Mengshu.

Her heart pounded, she instinctively held her breath, and pressed the record button on her personal terminal.

The probe did not remain in Titan's geosynchronous orbit for very long.

After a brief scan, they plunged into the thick atmosphere.

Orange atmospheric diffusion around the detector blocked the view of the high-definition camera.

The atmosphere in the command center grew increasingly tense.

Even Lü Yongchang, who was usually calm and composed, pursed his lips tightly and stared intently at the holographic projection interface.

……

The probe, which uses a curvature engine, descends at a rapid speed.

Since space itself is moving, the friction between the atmosphere and the detector is close to zero.

At first it was narrow, barely wide enough for one person to pass through, but after walking several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up into a bright and spacious area.

After a brief wait, the probe broke through the upper atmosphere filled with Torin material, and the image in the holographic projection instantly became clear.

A vast expanse of flat land, and a medium-sized, shimmering "ocean".

Add to that the slightly orange atmosphere and the reddish-orange sun...

At first glance, Qi Mengshu was deeply attracted by the fantastical scene.

But unlike Qi Mengshu, the moment the clear image appeared, a somewhat discordant sound rang out in the command center.

Qi Mengshu heard it very clearly.

That was a sigh filled with helplessness.

"The surface temperature has risen somewhat."

Lu Yongchang shook his head with disappointment, then turned to Qi Mengshu and explained, "Much of the originally vast methane ocean has evaporated. Even with Saturn as a barrier, the solar helium flash still had a significant impact on it."

He glanced at the statistics on the side: "This should be the original Kraken-Mare Sea, but its area has shrunk by nearly 50%."

"Now, it can probably only be called Kraken-Marie Lake."

"Not to mention the original lakes and small oceans, they have almost all disappeared."

"This is an enormous blow to those jellyfish."

"As it stands..."

Lü Yongchang sighed deeply: "The hope is slim!"

"Professor, have you forgotten about the Inland Sea?" Gao Yang's voice rang out again.

"There's an inland sea beneath the Kraken-Mare sea!"

"If those jellyfish hide in the inland sea..."

like……

Is that what happened?

He turned to look at Gao Yang.

Seeing Gao Yang's unwilling expression, Lü Yongchang could only offer a wry smile.

He raised his hand and tapped a few times on the interface beside him.

The three exploration ships rapidly descended in altitude and headed straight for Kraken-Mary Lake.