Origin of Mars

The road to return
Fang Liang drew a clear vertical line on the smooth surface.

Of course, he could only use the hand of the bee pupa robot. When the slender mechanical fingers moved back and forth, the blue cub's eyes were obviously attracted to it.

This was Fang Liang's impromptu idea. He wanted to use the most basic theoretical knowledge to stimulate the brain of this little guy, to see how much it could understand without any foundation.

During a series of examinations, the brain wave interaction of this blue cub was extremely active. Due to the special structure in its brain, Zero could not analyze its brain behavior according to human standards.

This is indeed a perfect biological sample. Fang Liang can use this little guy to understand the scene of Pandora before its destruction.

But in the meantime, Fang Liang first tried to complete these few small experiments.

Fang Liang temporarily named this planet to it, and Pandora's performance from the beginning to the present has been somewhat beyond his imagination.

It just paced back and forth inside the spaceship obediently, touching things it was interested in with its undeveloped palms from time to time.

This kind of behavior naturally got Fang Liang's tacit approval. As long as it didn't act too aggressively, Fang Liang was very happy that this little cat-like guy could get acquainted with the XI-8 spacecraft in his own way.

The bee chrysalis robot raised its hand, and the drawing board in front of it was a virtual projection, with a slender vertical line on it. In Fang Liang's eyes, this vertical line represented the number "1".

Fang Liang wanted to start with this wonderful number.

Pandora's attention was attracted by this light trace, and it cautiously came to the side of the bee chrysalis, squatted down, and stared at the virtual projection with curious eyes.

Fang Liang didn't know whether this race had evolved its own counting method.

Just like the primitive people on the blue star, they already had a reasonable counting method at a certain point in time, such as the way of tying knots.

All of this is based on an understanding of mathematics.

In any corner of the universe, mathematics is an eternal pass, and "1" is the wonderful beginning of mathematics.

Pandora didn't seem to understand Fang Liang's meaning. After staring at the virtual projection for a few seconds, it raised its curious gaze again and looked at the bee pupa robot beside it.

Fang Liang knew nothing about teaching and educating people, let alone an unknown creature from another planet.

With an indifferent mentality, the bee chrysalis robot suddenly stretched out a finger, and in the beating eyes of Pandora, the deep voice echoed in the spaceship space:
"one."

Pandora stared blankly at the bee chrysalis, with a dull expression on her face, as if she was frightened.

Its reaction was also within Fang Liang's expectation.

And at this moment, when Fang Liang was a little embarrassed, Pandora looked down at her claws, and stretched out a finger like a bee chrysalis, and slowly raised her head:

"Ow~"

This roar was immature and short, and Fang Liang, who was distracted for a while, was pulled back.

Does it understand itself? ?

Fang Liang was a little excited. He looked at Pandora, and suddenly raised his hand to fetch a square water storage device from the workbench beside him, and slowly placed it in front of Pandora.

The eyes of the two intertwined in the air, and the midpoint of the intersection was the water storage device. After a few seconds, Pandora made an unexpected move for Fang Liang.

It stretched out a finger towards the device, and let out a roar similar to the previous one:
"Ow~"

Pandora really understood what she meant. Even though Fang Liang didn't know whether its race had entered the digital field, this discovery already made Fang Liang very excited.

He took another water storage device and placed it in front of Pandora.

This not a small problem seemed to stump the little guy in an instant.

A trace of obvious shock flashed in its pupils, the pupils shrank slightly, and the whole body leaned forward, staring back and forth at the two identical water storage devices, and raised its head to look at the bee pupa from time to time.

This scene was a bit funny, but Pandora obviously understood what Fang Liang meant.

"Ow~"

Finally, Pandora solved the problem. It stared at its palm, and stretched out its index finger and middle finger at the same time. There were no nails on the fingers, and the fingertips were shimmering. The sharp claws were hidden in the finger grooves.

It turned to the bee pupa with this gesture, and made two soft calls at the same time.

"It learns quickly, Zero, did you see that?"

Fang Liang was completely interested in this little guy. He looked at Ling beside him. With his authorization, Ling was also observing the progress of this temporary experiment.

"Yes sir, the brain size similar to that of humans makes them have not low IQ, and Pandora seems to be born with a keen intuition for numbers. On the basis of high IQ, it can judge our intelligence through simple thinking. idea."

Zero's eyes were sharp, and it quickly saw the deep meaning of this experimental process. The bee pupa touched Pandora's big head as a reward, and gave it the last berry. The latter happily took the berry, Sitting on the ground and chewing.

"It's really interesting. Can it really understand the meaning of the number "1"? Or just follow the template to learn the movements of the bee chrysalis?"

Fang Liang narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Pandora who was eating happily, and asked.

"Sir, you only need to conduct more in-depth experiments to be able to distinguish the difference between the two."

Zero said with a smile.

When Pandora finished eating the berries, the bee chrysalis picked up the flat virtual projection and placed it vertically in front of Pandora.

Like a student facing the teacher in front of the blackboard, the bee chrysalis slowly squatted down, first pointed to the "1" written in the middle of the projection, and then placed the water storage device between the projection and Pandora.

Immediately after a flash of light, this virtual projection instantly became blank, and the original traces disappeared without a trace. This flash of light also startled Pandora, and her whole body almost jumped backwards. Go, but as the streamer light on the projection gradually dissipated, Pandora seemed to realize that this was not a source of danger, so she quickly adjusted her posture and sat down obediently.

The bee chrysalis stretched out its hand towards the projection, and Pandora's understanding ability was extremely strong, and she quickly understood the meaning of the bee chrysalis.

It cautiously moved its body forward, and at the same time stretched out its small fingers. After confirming its eyes with the bee pupa, it moved its fingers lightly and wrote a not neat "1".

The second water storage device was also placed in front of Pandora.

This time it didn't hesitate, it continued to move its fingers, wrote another vertical line, and then raised its expectant eyes to look at the bee chrysalis.

Fang Liang was a little dumbfounded. Pandora had indeed roughly understood the number, but the two vertical lines were written crookedly, like a wriggling bug.

The bee chrysalis shook its head. Under Pandora's gaze, it erased the projection panel again, arranged the two water storage devices, and wrote a neat "2" on the projection again.

"Let's stop here, I feel that these things are enough for it to understand for a long time."

Fang Liang smiled wryly. He seemed to have sent too many things to Pandora at once. The latter was wiggling his fingers in a daze while looking at the "2" on the projection in front of him. Obviously, he couldn't immediately understand the meaning of this character.

"It takes time to get used to it all, sir."

Ling smiled and said: "The brain is extremely adaptable. From simple to difficult is a process. When Pandora gradually gets used to this process, its learning ability will become stronger and stronger."

Fang Liang looked at Pandora on the screen, but didn't answer Zero.

He didn't know where the upper limit of this little guy was. On Pandora, Fang Liang found some of its remaining members.

Under the protection of the undead, they were safe and their emotions gradually stabilized. Fang Liang also gave up the idea of ​​bringing them back to the spaceship.

If the source of food cannot be resolved, Fang Liang is also considering placing Pandora back among the remaining groups on the planet.

But all of this is based on the fact that the environment on the surface of the planet tends to be stable. There are no drinking water sources in the river, and rotten corpses float on the water surface, fainting out of disgusting oil.

Under such conditions, the undead can only detect the storage location of groundwater through the detection device, and dig the ground to establish a new water intake point.

The behavior of the undead also attracted the attention of the surviving creatures on the planet.

Their thinking and consciousness are all in the most primitive state, not much different from the beasts on the blue star.

Hunger and thirst are the biggest survival problems. When a group of undead robots dug out a water outlet, clean groundwater spewed out, forming a smaller lake in a short period of time.

Since the number of undead is only [-] units, even though Pandora is small, they cannot help the entire planet enter the reconstruction process at the same time.

Fang Liang could only do his best to help the living things that he could reach at the moment. Places with water sources would become the gathering points of living things. Living things, big and small, crowded together to enjoy the precious liquid that was too late.

The key to restoring a planet is to rebuild its ecological balance circle, which is quite a challenge for Fang Liang.

According to the plan, several batches of fleets will enter the field of the teleportation device again, and reach the galaxy where Pandora is located across a distance of [-] light-years. And the surrounding cosmic environment for a comprehensive inspection.

This is the first time in the history of the solar system to reach a distant unknown galaxy, Fang Liang dare not be careless.

In zero calculations, the stellar energy in this huge teleportation device in the Milky Way can probably support about three fleet movements.

If there is no accident, when all the star energy is exhausted, this device will fall asleep and return to its original appearance, hidden in another dimension of the universe, which cannot be reached by electromagnetic detection equipment area.

Fang Liang guessed that this was also the reason why the Kassog civilization did not discover this device.

"Zero, I have an idea."

Fang Liang suddenly spoke.

"I want to take some of the Blue Star humans with me and show them the possible scenarios of the future world."

"You want to lead them out of the solar system?"

Zero answers.

"No, not leading, the word is not appropriate enough."

Fang Liang shook his head: "Everything is voluntary, we will show them pictures from alien planets, which is enough to be tempting, just like a gambler sees a mountain made of tens of millions of money, they are in the field of scientific research gamblers."

"The progress of mankind always depends on this group of researchers. Properly showing them part of the cutting-edge information may give rise to some wonderful reactions."

"According to my guess, the number of applicants may far exceed your idea, sir."

Zero reminded Fang Liang appropriately.

"Of course I know."

Fang Liang nodded: "Blue Star has no shortage of human beings who can dedicate themselves to the collective cause. Such behavior deserves absolute respect, and the candidates for this project need to be chosen by us."

"By the way, is the third batch of transport spaceships leaving?"

At this time, Fang Liang suddenly remembered something, and quickly opened the mask.

"Just now, they have left the launch orbit and are heading towards the blue star."

"What about the two Chinese astronauts?"

"Along with the fleet, I placed them in the cabin of the industrial robot, which is very safe, and I believe they should be very happy to be able to return to the land of the past."

Ling guessed right, Lin Changsu and Chen Ze were indeed very happy.

It’s just that this kind of happiness is very short-lived. Hundreds of industrial robots are moving back and forth around them. Under the command, all the industrial robots have entered a capsule-like stable cabin according to the planned seats. The spacecraft is accelerating away from the orbit of Mars. , increasing pressure is applied to the body.

In each capsule, there are two different guys. Together, Chen Ze and Lin Changsu, following the movements of industrial robots, also enter the capsule cabin in a decent manner. The transparent cover is closed, and the rich oxygen is released immediately. keep pouring out

The two were carefully lying in the cabin, the armor on their bodies hadn't come off, so they could still have a clear conversation.

This private channel is currently the only thing that can give Lin Changsu a sense of security.

When Lin Changsu learned that they were about to be sent back to Blue Star, Lin Changsu froze for dozens of seconds until uncontrollable tears flowed all over his face. He and Chen Ze hugged each other tightly. Yan wept.

All this is like a dream, they seem to be on the train back home, smooth and comfortable.

"What do you want to do most when you go back?"

Lin Changsu put his hands on his chest, lay quietly, and asked.

"Go to the pancake stand at the entrance of the village, eat pancakes from when I was a child, and then go back to the way I was when I was a child."

Chen Ze's voice was very calm, and he suddenly smiled: "It's really like a dream."

"The dream is coming to an end"

Lin Changsu closed his eyes. In this comfortable cabin, images that had flashed countless times appeared in his mind.

It was the imaginary picture of Lan Xing, or it was terrifying, or it was the same as before, or it had changed into an appearance that Lin Changsu didn't recognize at all.

The answer to all this will be fully revealed from the moment they land on the ground.

(End of this chapter)