Origin of Mars

Chapter 27 Life
"Chief engineer Yu! The results of the rock test are out!"

When everyone was staring at the big screen, the researcher's exclamation rang in Yu Han's ears.

The work efficiency of the lander exceeded their imagination. The original time estimated by the researchers was about half an hour, plus the time required for data collation and transmission, it would take at least four to 10 minutes for AIM to get the results.

And the modified lander gave them too many surprises. It seems that not only the appearance and structure have been modified, but even its working function seems to have been strengthened.

It took less than 15 minutes for the lander to send back the results of the rock formation detection.

"what's the result?!"

Yu Han looked away from the big screen, the weird robot was still near the lander, and Yu Han couldn't guess what it wanted to do.

Although he knew that the behind-the-scenes plan for transforming the lander was this alien mechanical body that resembled humans, but perhaps because of the instinctive conflict between different species, there was always a voice in the depths of Yu Han's mind reminding him Follow him and keep your distance from this robot.

Every day, AIM will carefully sort out the various reports of the fire picking plan and report them to the high-level Huaguo. They are regarded as top-secret documents and are at the highest level of confidentiality monitoring.

This is a very dreamy reality, but Yu Han has to admit that human beings' understanding and speculation of alien civilizations have jumped to a new latitude.

A new latitude created by Huaguo.

"The rocks deep in these mudstone formations. The age of their existence is about 36 billion years ago!"

After checking the information transmitted by the lander over and over again, the researchers gave an answer that stunned everyone present.

"36 billion years ago??"

Yu Han couldn't believe his ears, until he checked the data again and again, and after confirming that there was no problem, Chen Hang's eyes suddenly lit up brightly.

Rocks are not deceiving, they will only settle a little bit with the passage of time, even though they are buried by wind and sand, they are unknown after all.

Buried deep underground, they would never have imagined that one day they would be identified by a machine from another planet.

This is a wonderful encounter, and it also proves that this is a lake relic from 36 billion years ago.

"It's unbelievable. If I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, I would never have imagined that there was such a huge lake in this desolate land."

Harlem shook his head and sighed with emotion.

"Lakes mean plants? Life? Can I understand that?"

Lin Lu on the side raised his own question.

"The existence of lakes means that the temperature and terrain in the environment are suitable, and it means that there is a high possibility that there will be a hotbed for primitive life. This is a complementary existence."

Chen Hang glanced at him, and immediately opened his mouth to explain.

"Friends, what you may not know is that between 39 billion and 35 billion years ago, this blue planet under our feet was in the initial stage of life."

The control room suddenly fell silent, and Chen Hang's gaze swept over everyone's eyes:
"And the existence of these rocks proves that 35 billion years ago, that desolate planet was once warm and humid, and had lakes. It has fully met all the conditions for the birth of life!"

"Yes, Professor Chen, thank you for your explanation, but I have a question. If Mars once had life, is it because of some kind of huge catastrophe that forced it into what it is today?" Yu Han suddenly asked: "For example, the huge meteorite that hit the surface?"

"uncertain."

Chen Hang shook his head, "The volume of Mars is about twice that of Blue Star. After two months of careful survey by the lander, although many craters were found, the largest one is only 38 kilometers in diameter."

"You know, 6500 years ago, the catastrophe that forced the extinction of dinosaurs was a huge meteorite that fell into the ocean! It smashed out a crater with a diameter of 180 kilometers. It is this catastrophe that will Trillions of tons of rock melted and flung into space, and then were sucked back by the Earth's gravity and fell to the globe. Wherever the lava went, forests were ignited, fires spread, and smoke billowed, as if the whole world was burning , The dust from the impact of the meteorite and the smoke from the fire rushed into the stratosphere and would not fall for several years. The smoke blocked the sun, cut off the only energy supply for life on earth, and destroyed the entire ecosystem of the earth."

The more Chen Hang talked, the more excited he became, so Yu Han simply asked Lin Lu to bring him a small blackboard for demonstration, and stepped back to give up the main seat.

"So, what Professor Chen means is that if the former life on Mars is to be completely destroyed, at least there must be a catastrophe equivalent to this kind." Harlem nodded, "But this meteorite did not completely destroy the blue sky. Star, the new generation opens again, the seeds hidden in the ashes grow again, and life does not end.”

"Yes, assuming that life once existed on Mars, if it is to be completely wiped out, if it is a catastrophe caused by a meteorite, then this meteorite must be very huge. When it falls, perhaps the entire Mars is not what we see today. It’s such a rounded shape.” Chen Hang drew a stick figure on the small blackboard for demonstration, “So I’m more inclined to other explanations.”

"Is it possible that this alien civilization used to be the aborigines on Mars. After experiencing the unknown catastrophe, they were forced to leave Mars, and now...they are back."

After listening to Chen Hang's explanation, Lin Lu, who has always liked watching science fiction novels and movies, made a bold guess.

And his words instantly silenced the entire control room.

I have to admit that sometimes certain scientific truths are often discovered in conjecture.

Reality is often more magical than imagination.

There is no problem with Lin Lu's idea, but Yu Han has to admit that the impact of this conjecture is too strong.

"Very thoughtful~"

Harlem gave Lin Lu a meaningful look, and there seemed to be a little appreciation in the depths of his eyes, or some other emotion flashed.

"If evidence of a catastrophe that once occurred on Mars can be found, this statement may be proven."

Yu Han said slowly, "Let the lander continue to investigate. The International Astronautical Committee has sent another message. Not only them, but countries with Mars Orbiter Surveyors have already captured the appearance of the alien base."

2014 8 Month 6 Day.

Four of the member states of the International Astronautical Council have taken photos of suspected alien bases on Mars.

These images were immediately classified as top secret, and all researchers involved in the information were immediately summoned.

A few days later, a life research institution named Chnops was quietly established in country M. It gathered a large number of advanced scientific researchers from these four member countries. This institution covers an area of ​​about 600 square kilometers and is under continuous construction. It adopts military standards Build defensive facilities and send troops to station.

A silent tsunami is sweeping the world.

(End of this chapter)