Chapter 1354: Gaia Planet (Part 4)

Among those giant trees, Chen Ming found traces of a unique and potent natural chlorophyll structure.

This indicated one thing.

That these giant trees once relied on photosynthesis to survive, and this world once did not look like this.

Chen Ming continued to advance underground.

He continued to dig for dozens of meters.

Following the roots of the giant tree, he finally reached the underground world.

As far as he could see, there was lushness and vitality.

Even through the protective suit, he could feel the vibrant life of the underground world, and a sense of being somewhat immersed in this world.

After the armor system confirmed that the outside environment was habitable for humans, Chen Ming tentatively removed the armor he was wearing.

An unprecedented sense of comfort, as if he was meant to be born here, to grow and live here, completely enveloped Chen Ming.

Chen Ming’s expression suddenly tensed.

Because Chen Ming had never experienced such a feeling before, he wasn’t sure if it was a precursor to some kind of attack.

But he quickly relaxed.

Because he felt his consciousness becoming clearer, and his fatigue was gradually disappearing.

Just standing here, he felt as if he was lying on a comfortable warm bed.

The whole world seemed to be changing to make him more comfortable, so he could stay longer on this planet.

This wasn’t some unknown spiritual energy or other means interfering with his perception, causing such an illusion.

This was truly happening.

Because the analyzer he carried was reporting that the oxygen, carbon dioxide levels, and various invisible environmental-related values were noticeably changing.

Becoming more adapted to his body, more adapted to his consciousness.

This world was adapting to him.

This planet… is “alive”.

If Chen Ming guessed correctly, this planet should also be a cosmic wonder.

It’s a planet shrouded in the consciousness of the true Earth Goddess, a true Gaia Planet.

The feeling Chen Ming had when he first arrived on the planet was real, the planet was weeping.

It sensed his arrival and placed a certain hope upon him.

Of course, deities don’t exist, it was just a thought Chen Ming had.

In his understanding, it should be that this planet possesses a certain consciousness, and this consciousness seeks to protect everything on the planet.

Just like how Chen Ming believes phase space itself has consciousness and creates phase giant beasts to protect itself.

After all, in this universe, even abstract concepts like dimensions can develop consciousness, and artificial dead objects like spaceships can develop a ship spirit.

For a vibrant planet to develop consciousness is quite normal.

It is also normal for a self-conscious existence to attempt self-rescue.

At this point, Chen Ming finally confirmed one thing.

That is, the ecological environment before him definitely did not originate underground or beneath the glaciers.

It seems more like after a drastic change in the star system’s environment, countless beings, under the guidance of the planet’s consciousness, sought a new path underground along the network of roots of the giant trees maintained by geothermal heat.

Because he noticed that underground creatures had certain traits for adapting to cold environments, but they hadn’t fully evolved; rather, it seemed evolution stopped after a period.

This perfectly explains what Chen Ming was witnessing.

The giant trees on the surface could never have grown without sufficient sunlight from the star.

The climate on the surface, in the beginning, was definitely no different from underground.

Until the star began cooling, forcing surface creatures to evolve characteristics to adapt to the environment.

After a period of evolution, when new vitality appeared underground, all the creatures struggling on the surface then hid underground.

They began a new life underground.

So what exactly caused the star’s light to dim?

Chen Ming didn’t know, but he didn’t mind helping the planet regain everything from the past.

He’s curious to see what the planet would be like after being restored to its original state.

And conveniently, he knew of a technology.

Climate transformation technology.

Perhaps this technology could be applied to this planet to compensate for the dimness of this star system’s star.

Or perhaps he could start by investigating the star in this star system?

As Chen Ming was contemplating whether to start investigating the climate changes within the star system from the star,

Suddenly, the detector he sent close to the star relayed a message back.

On the dim star within the star system, there was a highly luminous point moving rapidly.

Chen Ming’s first reaction was that it was a stellar flare.

And from the photos relayed from the detector, it indeed appeared to be an irregularly shaped bright spot, accompanied by a large amount of erupting stellar material, seemingly really just a flare.

But in Chen Ming’s understanding, only normal or frequently active stars have flare activity.

A star with sharply falling temperatures, which has caused originally habitable planets in the star system to transform into what appears to be an ice-covered planet on the surface, actually having such bright flares?