Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

With real-time monitoring from the detection ship and Zero, the command center immediately detected the unusual movements of the jellyfish.

On the one hand, no useful information has yet come from Academician Meng Lu.

On the other hand, the academicians were also quite curious about the movements of these jellyfish.

For the two reasons mentioned above, Lü Yongchang did not issue an order to make contact, but instead ordered the probe ship to continue to follow the jellyfish swarm at a distance.

Compared to the beginning, the image from the HD camera is much brighter.

The sun is about to rise.

Looking at the image in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang murmured softly.

……

The surrounding environment became increasingly bright.

But the jellyfish did not feel joy; on the contrary, panic had begun to creep into the group.

Especially when they sensed the gradually warming and drying atmosphere around them, each jellyfish struggled to move its limp body, trying to speed up its movement.

But... it was all in vain.

The clan chief looked up at the half of the orange-red fireball that had already appeared on the horizon, and a sense of despair arose in his heart.

It's still quite a distance from the ocean.

At the current rate of progress of the tribe...

It seems the third cataclysmic punishment will arrive sooner than expected.

It turned around and looked again at the "divine mount" that had been hanging high above its head, its despair growing even stronger.

Why?! Why are you treating us like this?!

What exactly did we do wrong?

Perhaps it was because the tribe was on the verge of extinction.

Anger arose from utter despair, breaking through the "confinement" within its heart.

It twisted its body, strained its vocal organs with all its might, and let out its first roar at the "god".

at the same time.

Fearful screams came from not far away.

The clan leader instinctively turned his gaze toward the direction from which the exclamation came.

"Bang!"

A dull thud sounded, and a member of the tribe whose body had swelled to its limit "exploded".

Pale yellow bodily fluids and various organ fragments were evenly scattered in the air, raining down on the surrounding tribesmen like a downpour.

Such a terrifying scene brought the panic within the group to its peak!

God! Did you see this?!

……

"Professor, one of the jellyfish is behaving strangely."

The moment the electronic synthesized voice sounded, the image in the holographic projection instantly magnified and froze on a jellyfish that was significantly larger.

Lu Yongchang looked at the jellyfish wriggling its body in the picture with some confusion and asked Lin Zile, "What does this mean?"

"Is the prayer ceremony not over yet?"

Like Lü Yongchang, Lin Zile also looked confused at this moment.

He tried turning on the sound.

It was still that sticky, unbearable "gurgling" and "plop" sound.

However, this time the voice was noticeably stronger.

"Perhaps... it's paying homage to the gods?" Lin Zile made a guess.

Unfortunately, before the language system is deciphered, humans cannot understand what these jellyfish are trying to express—who can read body language and expressions from a pale yellow blob?

"Bang!"

The dull thud interrupted the academicians' thoughts.

Seeing the flying body parts and slime, Lü Yongchang's expression froze.

The next instant, he realized the problem.

"Temperature, it's temperature!"

"The daytime temperatures on Titan are already too high for these jellyfish!!"

"Cool it down!" Lü Yongchang said without the slightest hesitation. "We must lower the surface temperature of Titan as soon as possible!"

For current human civilization, there are many ways to lower the surface temperature of a planet.

However, considering the time and cost issues, Lü Yongchang decided to adopt the simplest and most direct solution.

"Fleet, fire a volley of smoke grenades!"

……

The moment the order was issued.

A fleet of five hundred large warships began to move under Zero's control.

Golden Crow, Black Tortoise, White Tiger...

These warships all activated the secondary guns on their sides.

With a slight increase in the power of the antimatter reactor, tens of thousands of smoke bombs were launched.

These smoke bombs are aimed at the area between the Sun, which has turned into a red giant, and Titan.

Tens of millions of kilometers can pass in the blink of an eye.

The flash of light from the explosion was fleeting, followed by thick plumes of white smoke.

With precise control and calculation, the smoke produced after the smoke grenade explodes forms an umbrella-shaped structure.

As the best weapon against lasers, smoke grenades have always been a standard ammunition in the Human Alliance warships.

Today, it has been "developed" for another purpose—a parasol, a giant umbrella that spans thousands of kilometers!

The sunlight was largely blocked by this giant umbrella.

But this is far from enough.

Titan is, after all, a giant planet, and heat conduction is relatively slow.

Once the temperature starts to drop, there will probably be very few jellyfish left.

"Zero, dispatch a swarm of shipborne drones to drop liquid nitrogen in the area where the Titan jellyfish is located for emergency cooling!"

Countless emergency cooling solutions flashed through Lü Yongchang's mind, but he ultimately chose the simplest and most unpretentious one.

……

Titan.

As time went on, the orange-red fireball in the sky became increasingly dazzling, and the surrounding temperature continued to rise.

In the distance, wisps of "mist" rose from the sea surface; that was methane seawater that was constantly vaporizing!

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang!"

The clan chief also heard the sounds of clansmen dying one after another.

Enduring the swelling throughout its body, it struggled to raise its head and look at the divine mount hanging high above it.

At this point, it no longer had the strength to roar or howl.

Just as it was preparing to face death in despair, it suddenly discovered that the bright sky had turned dark!

At the same time, the blazing orange-red fireball was reduced to a faint outline.

The instant coolness brought a sense of relief to the dying jellyfish.

But the surrounding temperature didn't drop much, and the feeling of swelling and dryness continued to assault these fragile jellyfish.

[Gods, the gods have descended upon the world again!]

A startled cry reached the clan leader's ears.

Gods...?

It subconsciously raised its head and looked up at the heavy sky.

Those were countless divine mounts arranged in neat formations.

They swept across the sky at extremely high speeds.

Just as the jellyfish were puzzled by the god's actions, a drop of cold methane rain fell on their chieftain.

[Rain...it's rain!]

[A miracle! This is a miracle!]

The stargazer's hoarse voice rang in my ears.

What followed was an unprecedented torrential downpour!

The cold methane rain quickly dissipated the heat from Titan's surface.

Feeling the swelling and dryness quickly subside, the clan leader once again turned his gaze to the sky.

The divine mounts remained suspended in their original positions, indifferently "gazing" at them.

This time, the chieftain slowly swayed his body and began to chant a prayer.

[Thanks be to the gods for their gifts.]

It exclaimed from the bottom of its heart.