Technology Bigshot Chapter 574: : Duncan Jones Memories]

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Mars high-altitude orbit, before the vanguard team departs.

The second group arrived in the orbit of Mars four days ago. The current situation is that the four man-made celestial bodies "Firefly", "Mars Express", "Noah" and "Noah 2" are connected in At the same time, regardless of tonnage or volume, it can be comparable to the "Tiangong Ring Orbit Star Harbor".

Before the cooperation between the two sides ends, all the actions of the Americans on Mars must obey the command of the Chinese. In other words, on Mars, the commander Li Xingfeng is the boss, and everyone here is under his control, including the old American Astronauts, as long as the cooperation is not over, must obey orders.

The price paid by MS to formulate the "Mars Rescue" plan is also not small. If the investment is converted into money equivalent to more than 70 billion yuan, and the weapons of the armed tactical team are all modified by MS, the American "promise" "Asia 2" can be sent to space in about three months, and it is impossible to send it in such a short period of time even if it is given more money by NASA's capabilities alone.

Plus other miscellaneous materials to help Americans send astronauts into space, help Americans to send "Noah 2" to Mars, etc., NASA has invested more than 20 billion US dollars, and ms has exceeded 100 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

Ren Hong originally wanted NASA to pay more money to pay the bill, but the enemy of his partner "the enemy is on Capitol Hill", and the "capitol masters" of Laomei couldn't withstand the pressure of local public opinion, and their reluctance to renew 16 billion is allocated to NASA, and the remaining 5 billion is raised by companies and companies.

Some netizens on the Internet have interestingly described that in the eyes of Matrix Technology, the whole world is poor, and k is a rich man. The other top ten companies by market value include at most rich people, and everyone else is poor.

The difference.

There is also a price for fooling people. Charles Boer, like a dead pig, is not afraid of boiling water. After a long time of bullshitting, he finally won $10.7 billion in funding from Matrix Technology.

nasa can take on a wealthy and technologically capable posture in the face of any organization, but in the face of a funder like Matrix Technology, it has absolutely no confidence to say that he is a rich man in front of others.

Ren Hong also has no better way. For the long-term strategic goal, he can only bleed once, and help Laomei to suppress the heavy treasure first. It will not be so easy to "move" at that time. Lord Congress" the "ally".

Before landing on Mars, the crew related to it came to the centrifuge compartment of the "Yinghuo Space Station". Six or seven people gathered around a group to discuss a meeting. Commander Li Xingfeng, Ren Hong's "avatar" Professor Wang Jiangwang, Zhong The captain of the armed teams from both sides of the United States, the survivor Duncan Jones and his top paleontology expert Aislin, were present.

Basically, all the key members to log in this time are listed.

"Everyone, this extraterrestrial exploration mission has been upgraded from a scientific expedition to a defense mission, and the threats have all increased again. In addition to dealing with the harsh Martian environment, it is also necessary to guard against the possible security threats posed by Martian indigenous creatures to us." The commander looked at everyone in fluent English and said one by one.

If you really want to fight for qualifications and abilities, Li Xingfeng is the worthy first person here. He should have retired, but the birth of replication technology has extended his career life again, and came to Mars with two qualifications The oldest American astronauts fought against Li Xingfeng on the "Tianzhou".

Therefore, in this cooperation, Americans are also convinced that Li Xingfeng is the supreme commander.

"Before landing in the Pezos area, it is important to understand the actual situation." The commander added, his eyes also turned to the rescued Duncan Jones, who quickly understood when he saw it.

Duncan Jones opened the suitcase. It was a personal computer. It was quickly linked to the main screen in the conference room. Everyone turned their attention to the main screen. It was top-secret information and only shared between the two parties.

"August 13, 2028, the accident happened on this day. We completed the first landing at the end of June, and then began to build the first Mars base in Pezos Heights. It developed steadily for more than a month. Any accident, until the construction of the outpost base was completed on August 11. On the 12th, the 'Orion' spacecraft took off for the third time to send Alex and Dick to Mars, and I was instructed to stay behind the 'Noah' to be responsible for the operation and maintenance work. ."

"Yes, on the first day of landing on Mars, Scovo accidentally discovered a complete biological skeleton." Duncan Jones said, a video suddenly appeared on the main screen, and it was Scovo's shoulder at that time. The first perspective recorded by the camera at the place, everyone watched Scovo throw away the soil layers one by one in the video, and finally showed the complete biological skeleton.

"Hey man, what are you doing? Do you want me to take the rover down by myself?"

"You better watch this!"

"This is..."

"If nothing else goes wrong... a Martian creature! A Martian creature that died not long ago, from the color and texture of the bones, it can be preliminarily judged that it should have died in about three years, possibly longer, or It's shorter, but it doesn't float too much, and it doesn't have any petrification yet."

Ren Honghuan folded his arms, raised his head and quietly watched the vod video on the main screen of the conversation between the two Mars landers. At this time, Duncan Jones tapped a few times on the personal computer, and the vod video ended. At the same time, another message was called up: "The accident happened in the middle of the night on the 13th, when a small storm ushered in the Pezos area 3 hours ago. Although the wind speed was fast, the Martian air was thin, and we had Preparations in this regard Therefore, even if the storm is ten times larger, it will not have much impact on the outpost base, but when the storm ended, the signal between the base and the 'Noah' was not stable, and there was an intermittent bad state. ."

At this moment, everyone looked at Duncan Jones and listened to his recollection. He looked at everyone and said, "Dick was sent out to check the signal tower. After half an hour, I completely cut off communication with the ground. At first I was surprised and called. I haven't been in contact for many times, but I'm not too worried, thinking that there should be something wrong with the signal tower, and I never thought that the ground base would be attacked by indigenous creatures on Mars."

"During the communication terminal, I observed the live climate of Mars, especially in the Pezos region. Dust storms are the most threatening thing to us, but there are no signs of dust storms sweeping the entire planet. After the work is done, I go to rest."

"Until the next day, there was still no news, and I didn't really pay attention to it. I kept calling for ground information, kept calling, and still no response."

"Until...until..." Duncan Jones' eyes were a little red when he said this. He lowered his head and breathed a little too quickly. Everyone was silent. Duncan Jones had such a reaction and could imagine that he was in Then saw something.

The compatriot next to him patted him: "Cheer up, it's alright!!"

Jones stabilized his emotions and nodded silently. Everyone looked at him and looked down at the table. He couldn't see his pupils, only a pair of eyelids. Duncan Jones took a long breath and looked around everyone again. After a few taps on the personal computer, everyone turned to the main screen subconsciously.

"When the 'Noah' came over Pezos again, and the base became like this, I was at a loss as to what to do with the bad news..."

Everyone looked at the main screen. It was a high-definition picture. The outpost base was in a mess. The solar panels were arranged in an orderly manner. Some of them were broken. Several inflatable capsules were slumped due to gas leakage. Duncan Jones replaced a picture, and many people felt a chill when they saw it. It was a piece of space suit scattered on the red soil.

Seeing this, the Americans in the conference room exclaimed: "Number a01202, that's... Dick?"

"Oh, God!" He saw Duncan nodded silently. Everyone was shocked. The spacesuit was covered in blood, and this picture all showed that Dick was dismembered by something. It was torn to pieces, and the flesh and blood were gone. To be precise, the corpse was gone, leaving only fragments of the spacesuit.

Ren Hong looked at the picture carefully, he pointed to the main screen and suddenly said: "That's... burnt? Can you enlarge the image a little bit? Yes! That position!"

Duncan complied.

Ren Hong covered his mouth, stared at it for a moment, and pondered: "It doesn't look like it's burnt, but it should be severely corroded by acidic substances."

Speaking of which, Ren Hong looked at Duncan Jones: "Does he carry acidic corrosive substances?"

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…(To be continued.)