Chapter 693 - 442: Nemo Point Test_2
Moreover, there is this one-minute-long video.
"Incredible, the prehistoric Megalodon really appeared in the Pacific Ocean," exclaimed a scientist. "Turns out, our reconstruction data was all wrong. The Megalodon wasn’t a twenty-meter-long shark, but a super-large shark over forty meters long."
In fact, with the development of technology, scientists’ reconstructions of ancient creatures have been constantly changing.
Take, for example, the Mosasaurus, which appeared in the early Late Cretaceous period 98 million years ago and went extinct 66 million years ago. Early reconstructions depicted the Mosasaurus with a spine-like structure extending from its head to tail on its back, with a length of over twenty meters and weighing twenty-eight tons. The latest reconstruction removes this spine-like structure and reduces its length to fourteen meters and its weight to fifteen tons.
Similarly, early reconstruction data estimated the Megalodon to be sixteen meters long and weigh sixty-five tons, but the latest data shows the Megalodon to be twenty-two meters long and weighing 140 tons. In contrast to the Mosasaurus, the more the Megalodon is reconstructed, the larger it appears. Thus, at the current technological stage, the Megalodon is arguably the strongest organism ever born on Earth, without a doubt.
Then there’s the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Early reconstructions described its roar as atmospheric and thunderous like a lion’s. But as its vocal organ was gradually discovered, it was revealed that the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s roar was very similar to that of modern birds, low but with an eerie and sinister undertone. In fact, the latest reconstruction of its roar instills fear deep into one’s soul.
Almost identical fossil samples can result in vastly different reconstruction outcomes at different technological stages, indicating that most of the current reconstruction results are significantly off the mark.
Therefore, regarding the forty-meter data of the Megalodon in the video, most scientists initially responded not with doubt but with astonishment. Because as scientists who are often at the forefront of science, they are quick to accept new things. When something appears that defies their common understanding, they are the ones most ready to adapt and accept it.
Indeed, after discovering this data, most scientists didn’t hesitate or dwell on it for long; instead, they immediately started calculating other data for the Megalodon, such as strength and speed.
They were puzzled by what kind of power could propel a two-hundred-ton Megalodon to jump more than a hundred meters high off the ocean surface.
Even though the Megalodon itself was forty meters long,
a hundred meters is just three times its body length.
Still, this was unbelievable.
Statistics show that even the highest-jumping marine creature, the whale, usually doesn’t leap higher than half its body length. For example, a ten-meter-long whale could only jump around five meters. Moreover, as the biological body size increases, this ratio decreases. For instance, a thirty-meter blue whale jumping ten meters would already be impressive.
However, this Megalodon forcibly leaped more than one hundred meters high, implying its strength might be ten times greater than a blue whale’s, if not more.
But how could there be such a large disparity in strength among creatures of the same size in nature? It’s known that all animal muscles are composed of protein, and even if there are differences in muscle density or neural recruitment ability, the strength disparity between bodies of the same size shouldn’t exceed more than double.
Could it be that there is some astonishing secret hidden within this Megalodon’s body?
The deeper these scientists delve, the more alarmed they become.
"Perhaps only a nuclear bomb could effectively harm this monster..."
But what puzzled them the most wasn’t what kind of weapon to use, but how they should find this Megalodon.
Because as far as they knew, this Megalodon’s main activity area was around eight thousand meters below the sea.
If it weren’t for the dozens of submarines that lured it out this time, they probably wouldn’t have been able to witness this Megalodon so clearly.
Yet the submarines they have developed can already barely dive to nearly ten thousand meters. Adding more powerful armaments or more advanced detection systems is out of the question.
Just as these scientists were racking their brains on how to capture this Megalodon,
an officer walked in, his expression solemn, saying, "Sorry to interrupt, our satellite just detected a unit moving at Mach 20 near the Mariana Trench. Our low-orbit satellite cannot discern its specific appearance, but we suspect it’s Wang Ye."
Low-orbit satellites are a type of remote sensing satellite, usually orbiting at an altitude between 200-2000 kilometers, and have short running periods, providing higher resolution images. The fact that even these satellites cannot discern the specific appearance suggests the speed of its movement.
"Mach 20?!"
"Are you crazy? Wang Ye can move at Mach 20 speed?"
The scientists present were all flabbergasted. But regardless of their disbelief, the only creature currently on Earth capable of moving at Mach 20 should be Wang Ye.
What is the concept of Mach 20? In human fantasy works, indeed, there is a character comparable to this speed: Koro-sensei from the anime "Assassination Classroom." In the anime, Koro-sensei is a human transformed into an anti-matter tentacle creature. With a movement speed of up to Mach 20 and ultra-high-speed regeneration ability, he boasted of destroying Earth, but there was no one or weapon capable of killing him.
Even in highly advanced technological fantasy works, humans cannot imagine killing a creature capable of moving at Mach 20, let alone in reality.
Such speed coupled with matching power could, unrestrained, easily destroy any city or even a small country on Earth.
The officer inserted a programmed USB into the computer, and soon, the computer displayed real-time images from the remote sensing satellite.
In the footage, a golden streak was swiftly moving over the ocean’s surface. Even from a two-thousand-kilometer God’s-eye view, the streak’s incredible speed was evident, covering half the Earth’s distance within a few minutes.
"What is its target?" A scientist wondered aloud.
The officer shook his head, replying, "We don’t know either."
Suddenly, a scientist squinted and said, "It could be Nemo Point."
Others asked, "How do you know?"
With deep-set eyes and sharp gaze like a blade, the scientist pointed to the screen, "You can see from the footage, Wang Ye’s movement direction is very purposeful, pointing precisely at a spot in the South Pacific, and I happen to be very familiar with world geography. Judging from the trajectory, he is aiming for Nemo Point in the South Pacific."
The officer, intrigued, asked, "Why would it be Nemo Point and not the Antarctic or another continent?"
"Because it’s the farthest place from land, with no islands around. The surrounding currents make it difficult for pollution to escape, leading multiple national space agencies to select it as a crash site for decommissioned spacecraft, and because it doesn’t affect human society, it’s suitable for dangerous nuclear tests." The scientist seriously analyzed, "I think it’s likely he’s going there for some kind of test."
While everyone was stunned,
the golden light in the screen suddenly halted.
The surrounding golden radiance gradually dispersed.
Transforming into a human figure, standing on the ocean surface.
Everyone focused their gaze.
Sure enough, it was Nemo Point.
Moreover, the latitude and longitude were perfectly precise, exactly matching the point on the map.
The crowd was astonished by Wang Ye’s precise positioning ability and simultaneously couldn’t help but admire the earlier speaking scientist, who managed to deduce Wang Ye’s destination from such scant data.
The officer asked, "May I know your distinguished name?"
"Matthew."