Chapter 1377 - 1375: Research Progress
After all, Meng Po was a martial arts practitioner, and her hands were strong. Her massage was truly on point and very comfortable.
Yang Chen squinted contentedly, savoring this blissful moment.
After a while, Yang Chen finally opened his eyes and looked at Meng Po.
Meng Po was earnestly kneading Yang Chen’s legs, her technique very accomplished.
Looking at Meng Po, Yang Chen’s heart stirred involuntarily, and he spoke: "You see, Purple Cultivator has found their home, shouldn’t you also..."
"I don’t want to discuss this matter!" Meng Po immediately interrupted Yang Chen.
Yang Chen let out an awkward sound.
"I will chase my own happiness. I don’t need you to interfere!" Meng Po said coldly, "Other matters you can decide, but this one, you cannot!"
Yang Chen faced nothing but rejection, "Alright! As long as you’re happy."
What else could he say?
It was only right that she should pursue her own happiness.
He just didn’t want to delay Meng Po from chasing her own happiness...
"Enough!"
Yang Chen pulled back his leg, "I came here not for leisure."
He stood up and said to Meng Po, "Take me to their lab to have a look!"
"Okay!" Meng Po stood up, turned around, and led the way ahead.
Yang Chen followed behind, watching Meng Po’s back, silent.
At the cliff edge.
They had built the laboratory here.
They even constructed an elevator at the cliff’s edge, making it convenient to go up and down, unrestricted by the tides, and even established a station on the sea, facilitating easier and more efficient operations.
At this moment, they had already gathered data and were analyzing it inside the laboratory.
Yang Chen walked in, immediately grabbing everyone’s attention.
"Boss!"
The uniform address made it clear that Yang Chen was their real leader.
The professor was also very enthusiastic upon seeing Yang Chen, greeting him, "Boss! You’ve come! Let me report the latest research results to you!"
Yang Chen smiled, "No rush, have you completed your work? If not, prioritize your work, don’t delay your normal schedule, I can wait."
The research team was deeply moved upon hearing this.
Unlike their previous boss who was always pushing for results, Yang Chen was different—more gentle, reasonable, and considerate of their circumstances.
The professor wasn’t shy and said directly, "Alright, I have some work at hand, please wait a moment, I’ll come over right after handling it!"
"Okay!" Yang Chen nodded and strolled around.
His main focus was to observe their research outcomes.
Both the researchers and the professor’s students were very enthusiastic about Yang Chen.
Seeing Yang Chen coming over, they eagerly offered explanations.
"Here are samples of regular seawater and water from inside the Blue Cave. The Blue Cave water is divided by depth: surface water, ten-meter, fifty-meter, hundred-meter, hundred and fifty-meter, two hundred-meter, two hundred and fifty-meter, and three hundred-meter water."
Yang Chen curiously inquired, "Are there any differences?"
A student explained, "Normal seawater has a high salinity and contains various trace elements, microorganisms, and bacteria. That’s typical seawater. However, Blue Cave water is different; its surface water has significantly less salinity compared to seawater, but otherwise similar. The noticeable change begins at fifty meters, even though ten meters shows some alterations, they aren’t as pronounced as at fifty meters depth."
"Do you notice the color difference between the two waters?"
The student presented both types of water for Yang Chen to observe, and Yang Chen could see that the Blue Cave water was noticeably clearer.
"This is Blue Cave water, which has a very high oxygen content and also contains various minerals and plentiful trace elements. Astonishingly, all of them are beneficial to the body! We could say that if we built a mineral water factory here, its product would be the best in the world!"
"However, it’s peculiar that starting from fifty meters, microorganisms begin to decrease, and by a depth of one hundred and fifty meters, they’ve completely vanished. You must understand, in nature, microorganisms are everywhere, it’s improbable for them not to exist. But deep within the Blue Cave, there are none! Absolutely none! Very strange!"
Yang Chen also found it odd.
Why is there such a significant difference in water quality when it’s clearly in the ocean?
"There’s also this." The student continued to introduce, "We conducted an experiment on growing seaweed in the Blue Cave."
"We tried seaweed, various aquatic plants, octopus, shellfish, sea cucumbers, crabs, lobsters... we tried everything we could! Regardless of plant or animal species, they cannot survive long term in the Blue Cave!"
"Crabs and shellfish die within three hours. Seaweed and plant species die within twenty-four hours. This Blue Cave is like a black hole that devours life!" The student spoke with a trace of fear on their face.
This fear was a reverence for nature and an apprehension of the unknown.
According to their probes, the depth of Blue Cave was unfathomable. They didn’t know where it led or why this phenomenon existed. Despite researching for so long, they were still clueless!
At this time, the professor had completed his tasks and came over, saying, "Boss, please come with me!"
Yang Chen nodded in gratitude to the student and followed the professor.
Inside the office, the professor invited Yang Chen to sit down, poured two cups of coffee, and then sat down to speak with Yang Chen: "To be honest, the deeper we delve into investigating this Blue Cave, the more I realize how unfathomable it is! I finally understand why this needs to be classified as a top-secret project!"
"And now..." Yang Chen inquired.
The professor, being direct, "I suppose you want to know what results we’ve obtained by now!"
Yang Chen nodded.
The professor sighed but didn’t answer, instead, he asked, "Have you seen ’The Lost World’?"
"Of course!" Yang Chen nodded; he had certainly seen this masterpiece as a child.
The professor nodded, "This Blue Cave, its entrance is small, but the deeper you explore, the wider it becomes! Currently, we can probe up to one thousand meters deep! Beyond that, our machines cannot withstand the immense water pressure. However, according to our instruments, the Blue Cave’s depth has exceeded five thousand meters! You probably know that the deepest ocean trench is only eleven thousand meters deep! I suspect, this Blue Cave might be deeper than the world’s deepest trench! But we need to continue exploring to reach conclusions! Based on the environment below, I dare to speculate that deep within the Blue Cave, there might exist a complete ecosystem!"
Yang Chen’s eyes lit up, inquiring, "Can humans survive down there?"
The professor shook his head, "No! Not when humans are without any equipment underwater, and even so, the water pressure at the sea floor is beyond human capacity to endure, even the strongest machines cannot withstand such intense pressure! As I mentioned earlier, we can currently reach up to a depth of one thousand meters, but beyond that, the machines struggle to function."
Yang Chen furrowed his brow, "That means if anything falls in, there’s no possibility for survival?"
At this moment, Yang Chen felt a sense of suffocation in his heart.