I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 610 - 361: Calm and Unrest

Chapter 610: Chapter 361: Calm and Unrest

The proposition of extraterrestrials.

It has always been particularly captivating.

From ancient myths to modern science fiction, humanity has never ceased imagining and exploring extraterrestrial life.

Chen Yun was no exception.

Even though he could be called the God of Mankind, he still felt an unstoppable curiosity about things beyond this world.

Europa was a good place for this.

In the entire Solar System, other than Earth and perhaps Mars, Europa was the next most likely place to harbor life.

Europa, the fourth largest moon of Jupiter, was considered one of the most likely places to host life mainly for the following reasons:

First, it possessed a subsurface salty liquid water ocean; water is one of the basic conditions for life, thus this discovery greatly increased the probability of Europa being a potentially habitable planet.

Second was the source of energy; although the surface temperature of Europa is extremely low, its interior, through tidal heating—Jupiter’s gravitational pull causing periodic stretching and compression—could generate sufficient heat to support simple life forms.

Additionally, there might be hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor of Europa, similar to Earth’s deep-sea hydrothermal vents, providing necessary chemical energy to organisms.

The third point was organic matter; organic compounds existed on the surface of Europa. Although these compounds might not directly be related to life activities, their presence increased the likelihood of the moon supporting life conditions.

The last point was the protective layer; the ice shell on Europa’s surface could effectively block cosmic rays and solar radiation, providing a relatively stable environment for potential life.

Thus,

under such conditions, there indeed was a possibility of life existing.

However, humans on Earth lacked the energy and the technology to verify this.

But Chen Yun had this ability.

Most importantly,

he had the energy and the leisure to do so.

For him, who found no challenge in doing anything, scanning the entire surface of Europa for such mundane activity was indeed feasible.

So, Chen Yun, driven by curiosity, controlled the spherical-shaped Super-visual Range Position Perception Token to meticulously scan Europa inch by inch.

Even though his spiritual power, after soul emergence, remained undiminished, it still had only a ten-thousand-meter radius of effect and perception.

A ten-thousand-meter radius was vast,

but it was still minuscule in front of Europa.

So, the scanning of Europa was slow.

But, coupled with a speed about thirty times the speed of sound and ultra-high information processing capability, this scanning speed was also quite acceptable.

If calculated, a machine with a thirty times the speed of sound and ten-thousand-meter radius of perception would take approximately two and a half days to cover the entire surface of Europa.

The diameter of Europa is about 3121 kilometers, with a surface area of about 30,650,000 square kilometers.

The machine’s speed is thirty times the speed of sound, which is about 343 meters per second, thus the speed is approximately 10,290 meters per second. The perception range is a ten-thousand-meter radius, covering about 314.16 square kilometers.

Assuming the machine uses a linear path for scanning, each scan would cover a circular area with a diameter of 20,000 meters. To cover the entire surface, the machine would need to move along a path, each time moving 20 kilometers so that the next circular area just connects with the previous one.

Thus, the surface area of Europa is about 30,650,000 square kilometers, and each circular area covers about 314.16 square kilometers. About 97,561 circles are needed.

Calculating this number of circles by distance and dividing it by the speed, gives the result:

189,623 seconds ≈ 52.67 hours ≈ 2.2 days.

That meanns Chen Yun’s spherical device, moving at thirty times the speed of sound and with a ten-thousand-meter radius of perception, would take about 2.2 days to scan the entire surface of Europa.

Considering the effects of terrain undulations, if there are significant variations, the machine may need to adjust its path or increase additional scan times to ensure each area is sufficiently covered.

Assuming terrain variations cause a 10% decrease in scanning efficacy, the actual scanning time would increase by 10%: actual scanning time ≈ 2.2 days × 1.1 ≈ 2.42 days.

Thus, Chen Yun’s actual form, for a somewhat boring yet not altogether dull task, meditated near a nuclear power plant for just over two days.

On June 3rd, Monday morning,

Chen Yun finished a thorough scan of every corner of Europa’s surface, not missing any possible overlooked nook or cranny.

With his abilities, he could even, based on the data recorded in his mind, precisely depict a detailed topographic map of Europa’s surface.

And after such a meticulous scan,

he could preliminarily conclude,

that there were indeed no signs of life on the surface of Europa.

Not just that no direct discovery of organisms was made,

but also no abnormal yet patterned electromagnetic signals that might be emitted by organisms were detected, nor were any unique protein scents found.

Even indirect evidence was temporarily absent.

However, for the bored and leisurely Chen Yun,

this was just the beginning.

For the lifeless situation on Europa’s surface, he had actually anticipated it early on.

Here, with an average temperature of minus 163 degrees Celsius and surfaces covered everywhere with ice harder than steel,

if humans technologically equipped were to come here searching for life hundreds of years later, they would certainly skip the task of surveying the surface of Europa.

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