Technology Bigshot Chapter 580: : Snake Lizard Explorer]
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Ren Hong nodded silently, his brain was running fast, thinking, after a while, his heart moved slightly and said: "Mars natives are not active during the day, they are only active at night. Obviously, their habitat It is very likely that it is underground, Pezos... Yes! Pezos Volcano, this is a large volcano that has been dead for hundreds of millions of years. Mars cools, and the lava channels flowing after the volcano die will become intertwined. The underground labyrinth, in other words...is the best place for habitat."
"Is there such a possibility?" Ren Hong looked around the crowd, and his eyes fell on Aislin, "Do you have any data on Mount Pezos? How much?"
"Collecting the data of Pezos Volcano is one of the tasks of the Noah. Before it can be carried out, everyone is dead." Blake replied helplessly.
"Okay!" Ren Hong shook his head with a wry smile, and immediately said: "First, we have to figure out what's going on under our feet, and second, figure out the situation of the indigenous creatures on Mars. The first question is If you don't solve it, I suggest that you choose a new site, or throw a large-yield nuclear bomb at the crater. If the second problem is not solved, there will always be unknown hidden dangers in the future base on Mars, unless the indigenous creatures die. ."
Ren Honghuan looked at everyone and said: "My suggestion is to investigate Pezos Volcano as soon as possible, and the most important thing is to obtain DNA biological samples of Martian indigenous creatures. The black box data is too limited, we It is very dangerous that there is still almost zero understanding of the indigenous life on Mars, and none of us can afford such a huge loss, especially the loss of personnel!"
Blake suddenly said: "Explore the underground? What if it is their lair below..."
If their lair is really down there, just thinking about it makes one's scalp numb. Humans have a natural fear of dark cellars.
"You don't need to go in in person!" Ren Hong added.
Yang Licheng is currently the highest operational commander on Mars, Ren Hong's suggestion was not immediately adopted and implemented, but was reported to the space station for Commander Li Xingfeng to make a decision, which made him very helpless, "Wang Jiang "This identity is not comparable to the identity of "Ren Hong" after all.
It took a lot of time one after the other. Basically, nothing could be done today. It was getting late, and dusk was approaching. During the day, I did not encounter any Martian native creatures, but not necessarily at night. Since the incident at the outpost base, the "Observer 5" has basically monitored the Pezos area around the clock, and has not seen any Martian creatures for several months, whether it is day or night.
It's just that humans don't know the living habits of these creatures, and they don't know that they are in a dormant period at the moment.
Because they didn't know, they didn't dare to spend the night at the outpost base. Before dusk approached, everyone returned to the "Red Eagle" again.
The matter concerning the indigenous creatures on Mars is of great importance. The "Gemini Project" is absolutely impossible to terminate, not to mention the high cost of investment, it is only the amethyst crystal at the old Olympus Mountain, no matter how high the risk factor is. It is impossible to give up, Ziyuanjing has long been written into the country's highest-level strategic reserve resources, and it can be said that it is bound to be obtained.
The space station soon received the latest instructions. After repeated discussions, there is no better proposal than Ren Hong, and finally agreed to survey the Pezos area.
The next day, everyone came to their destination again, and with the help of satellites in space, it became much easier to survey the Pezos area...
At this moment, Ren Hong and others are driving the rover to Highland 1, which is eight kilometers away from the outpost base. According to the data information returned by the satellite, Highland 1 has several open-air lava mouth tunnels.
When we arrived at our destination, it was about 9:30 a.m. local time.
A large amount of equipment was unloaded from the rover. Highland 1 is a small high mouth with an altitude of 1 meter relative to the Pezos area, hence the name.
At the ridge of Highland 1, the data sent back by the satellite is correct. The survey team has discovered two cave entrances, the largest of which is 2.6 meters in diameter, which is not small.
But no one wants to go in, and no one will go in directly to survey, it's too dangerous, and such tasks should be left to robots.
Around ten o'clock, a temporary signal tower was erected about ten meters away from the cave. This signal tower has the function of signal relay and amplification.
After eleven o'clock, the team set up a makeshift arena using easily portable Bigelow Aerospace inflatable capsules.
Several soldiers lift a small Mars rover from the rover.
In the temporary venue, Ren Hong, Yang Licheng, and Ai Silin were standing in line. Ren Hong sat in front of the console composed of multiple display panels, and tapped on the virtual keyboard under the projection for a while with both hands. Immediately show that the connection is complete.
The six-wheeled small Mars locomotive outside was put on the ground and moved on its own. The members of the armed tactical team in charge of guarding the outside watched the Mars rover the size of a mini-car playing with children and drove towards the direction of the cave entrance unhurriedly.
"Is this thing reliable?" Aislin in the temporary venue asked suspiciously.
"I named it 'Mars Snake Lizard Explorer'!" Ren Hong looked at a video showing the first view of the Mars locomotive: "Fully automatic and unmanned, the intelligent system comes from my subsidiary 11pha, 1Intelligent Machinery provides basic hardware, 1Company provides batteries to make it last for 78 hours, and all the miscellaneous items are produced by Matrix Technology, which is trustworthy!"
At this moment, the Mars locomotive has entered the lava cave, and the image on the screen immediately changes to a grid-like three-dimensional terrain live picture. At this time it stopped, the trunk of the Mars locomotive slowly opened, and then a mechanical arm extended from the flank to take out a thumb-sized thing from the trunk, which was flashing red light.
"What is that?" Aisling asked curiously.
"Make sure the signal is stable." Ren Hong said while staring at the screen.
In the lava cave, the Mars locomotive, more than 8o meters deep, saw that its other small mechanical arm drilled a small hole in the side wall, and then placed the thumb-sized strobe in it, and then continued to move forward.
Listening to Ren Hong's brief explanation, Aislin understood the function of the thing. The Mars locomotive went deep into the ground. As it went deeper and deeper, the signal would become weaker and weaker, and eventually lost contact. The thumb-sized instrument It is placed on the side wall to ensure signal stability.
Mars locomotives will be placed at intervals, and they have gone 800 meters deep into the ground. During this period, they encountered several dead ends and had to turn around. However, the underground lava tunnels extend in all directions. Although they do not know the lava inside the volcano The terrain of the tunnel, but according to the volcano data on the earth as a reference, it can also avoid a lot of detours.
The Mars locomotive carries a large number of scientific analysis instruments, detectors and other micro equipment, and the live information inside the tunnel is continuously fed back to the ground.
"The temperature plummeted to minus 42 degrees Celsius and the humidity increased."
At this moment, Ren Hong stared at the screen and suddenly leaned forward, and said in surprise, "A trace amount of oxygen has been detected! There is indeed a situation in the underground of Mars, maybe their nest is really down there, don't put mine It's worth 200 million dollars, baby."
The Mars locomotive continues to deepen, and the latest live data is continuously transmitted back to the surface. The currently displayed data shows that the Mars locomotive has penetrated more than 6ooo meters into the ground, and it is now afternoon.
"Explorer! Stop." Ren Hong suddenly said, the Mars locomotive really stopped moving forward, and Ren Hong continued to voice command: "Explorer! Camera No. 2 rotates 28 degrees clockwise."
The picture on the screen began to move immediately, and a hemispherical groove appeared on the screen. Ren Hong covered his mouth and stared at the hemispherical groove for a long time without saying a word, "Explorer, analyze the surrounding soil layer.”
"What is that?" Aislin asked curiously. A mechanical arm appeared on the screen extending into the groove, but she was talking about the spherical groove.
"This is a volcanic lava tunnel, a spherical notch doesn't seem to be formed naturally." Ren Hong muttered to himself, while waiting for the data analysis results to come back.
The analysis data was sent back ten minutes later. The soil contained residual yeast and other microorganisms. It was nothing. The information displayed next made everyone excited.
Acid corrosive substances were detected in the soil layer, which is subconsciously associated with snakes and lizards, but these data are not enough.
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…(To be continued.)8