Origin of Mars

Chapter 8 Communication
"Wait! Chief Engineer Yu, these robots seem to want to bring the lander back!!"

An engineer stared at the big screen in front of him. Industrial robots were gathering around the lander. Their shapes were clearly recorded and screenshotted, and stored in the cloud as precious data.

And he also saw the thoughts of these industrial robots, and shouted in horror.

Unwarranted silence is always scary, especially at a time like this.

All the scholars could only stand by and stand by, while Yu Han, who had absolute command authority, was pacing back and forth in the control room at this time, with a serious expression on his face, and no one dared to disturb him.

"Keep calm! These robots don't seem to want to dismantle the lander. It might be a bad thing for them to bring the lander back."

Yu Han stopped, looked at the big screen and said, but there was unbearable discomfort in his eyes.

"Mr. Yu is right. If you can spy on the civilization behind these robots at the cost of a lander, I think it's worth it!"

A scholar nodded slowly, expressing agreement.

Of course he could hear what Yu Han meant.

Judging from the current situation, what the entire aerospace center has to do is to minimize losses as much as possible.

Yu Han's feedback has already received a response from his superiors.

Their instructions are very clear, if this civilization does not show hostility, then you must contact them as much as possible!

According to the original plan, the nuclear battery in the lander is enough to drive it to complete the originally set mission in nearly a month.

For example, collect enough image data, take rock samples from Mars, and bring them back to Blue Star.

It's just that the situation is changing suddenly now, the mission may not be completed, and even the lander body has been ruthlessly taken away.

The CASI-12th generation Mars lander has a complete set of collection-positioning-launching devices.

Just this set of equipment has carried the painstaking efforts of the experimenters for nearly four years, learning experience from failures one after another, working hard and improving day and night, and the human and financial resources consumed behind it are unimaginable.

Not to mention the total value of a whole lander, it cannot be measured by money.

This is why when Yu Han proposed that the lander might be abandoned, the engineers and researchers present, including Yu Han himself, showed uncontrollable sadness.

This lander is like their child. Now seeing it land on this magnificent planet, as parents, of course they would like to see their children soaring high.

If it is not necessary, how can you give it up.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Yu Han also sighed, and said:

"Don't worry, we will never give up the lander unless we have to. Judging from the current situation, this alien civilization has not shown any obvious malice. This should be something we should be thankful for."

"Next, we can only wait and see what happens, do our job well, and don't panic!"

Not long after, an exact coordinate was sent to Fang Liang's mask, which was the industrial robot that discovered the crater.

"The distance is not far, about five kilometers."

Fang Liang compared this coordinate with the location of the origin base, and said excitedly.

"Yes sir, here are the photos transmitted by the robot, there should be many surprises for us."

Accompanied by Ling's light voice, a series of high-definition live photos appeared in front of Fang Liang at the same time, which really surprised him.

Fang Liang didn't have a very specific concept of craters in his inherent thinking, but these photos really showed him an extremely shocking picture.

It was a huge pothole with a diameter of about four kilometers. The exact depth cannot be seen clearly in the photo, only the endless darkness can be seen. The ore cracks on the edge of the pothole emit a faint light, and the debris cone is near the huge pit. Small hills are formed, which are very spectacular.

The industrial robot is close to the edge of the pit, and from its perspective, it may even think that there is a cliff in front of it.

"Sir, just by approaching this crater, the industrial robot has already detected the presence of a very thick iridium element."

Zero said with a slight smile.

"Iridium mine!"

Fang Liang couldn't sit still now, he looked shocked.

Iridium is an extremely rare crustal element. On Blue Star, the content of iridium in the crust is [-]/[-].

As the most corrosion-resistant metal, if it is iridium in a dense state, it cannot be corroded even by boiling aqua regia.

If there is enough iridium in that crater, Fang Liang even wants to use these precious metals to build a group of buildings across Mars!

The durability of these buildings will be unimaginable.

"Zero, send the industrial robot there immediately, I think it can be used as our mining center."

Fang Liang no longer hesitated, and immediately issued an order, and at the same time locked the coordinates directly in the mask, and marked them with emphasis.

"I think so too, sir. The mineral resources on this planet are far beyond my imagination."

"This is just the beginning."

Fang Liang smiled, and looked back, several industrial robots had already lifted the lander down from the mountain, looking like a group of little monsters carrying big wild boars.

While the pupils were flickering, they had placed the lander firmly in front of Fang Liang, honestly, not daring to move at all, but the dusty camera on the bracket above the head was still flashing green.

This shows that the transmission of the picture is still going on, and the Huaguo staff who are far away in Bluestar may be gathering in front of a certain big screen to watch him.

This experience made Fang Liang feel a little overwhelmed. After a few seconds, Fang Liang suddenly had an idea, approached the lander, and looked directly at the camera.

"Sir, I cannot understand what you are doing."

Standing beside Fang Liang, Ling asked with some doubts.

"Does this lander have two-way communication equipment?"

Fang Liang didn't answer its question, but turned to speak to it.

"No, the technological content of this device does not allow it to be equipped with this kind of equipment."

Zero shook his head.

Also, from Mars to Blue Star, such a long distance, at least in Huaguo in 2014, the research and development of this kind of equipment is not easy.

"You can understand that this device is transmitting our current picture with civilizations on another planet."

Fang Liang explained to Zero, "And I still have some wonderful relationship with this civilization."

Fang Liang now understands that although Zero possesses a high level of technology, it doesn't seem to know the existence of Blue Star in its mind.

Perhaps it can be said that all its worldviews only exist on Mars.

In a sense, Fang Liang could even be regarded as Zero's leader.

A ray of humanity flashed in Zero's eyes, and he nodded:

"I probably understand, sir, so now you want to communicate with this civilization as an individual?"

"Do not."

Fang Liang slowly raised his hand in front of the camera, and said meaningfully:
"Our current identity is another civilization."

(End of this chapter)