Chapter 171: Sudden Descent onto A7
A7, a massive gas giant, boasts an unimaginably thick atmosphere. Its rapid rotation causes immense centrifugal forces to fling equatorial material outward, only to be held in place by the planet’s tremendous gravity. This results in A7’s unusual oblate shape, rarely seen among celestial bodies.
The planet emits an extraordinarily strong magnetic field, with its atmosphere perpetually roiled by enormous superstorms. On the Genesis Planet, such a storm would spell extinction for entire ecosystems, yet on A7, it is merely routine.
Due to limited understanding of gas giants, Luo Wen wasn’t even sure if A7 had water resources, let alone a rocky core. Thus, he was uncertain about the feasibility of landing on it.
The vanguard of the Swarm Meteor cluster, spore capsules, had begun interacting with A7. Originally decelerated to a speed of 1 km/s, they experienced a slight acceleration under the planet’s immense gravitational pull.
The leading spore capsule, equipped with cutting-edge propulsion, met disaster as soon as it entered A7’s atmosphere.
The atmosphere turned out to contain abundant hydrogen. Upon contact, the high-temperature energy emitted by the spore capsule ignited the hydrogen.
Fortunately, for reasons unknown, the explosion was not large. It left behind a puff of steam and slightly veered the spore capsule off course. However, the resulting blast significantly reduced the capsule’s speed, prompting Luo Wen to order its propulsion system to shut down and rely on inertia alone.
A team of intelligent entities swiftly analyzed the cause of the explosion. The experts gathered for this mission, though limited in data, pooled their insights to propose a plausible explanation.
A7’s atmosphere, while rich in hydrogen, contains no oxygen. However, the energy jets from the spore capsule carried trace amounts of unreacted oxygen from its reaction chamber. Upon release, this residual oxygen reacted with the surrounding hydrogen, causing an explosion.