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Chapter 398 Discovery of New Life

The Endeavor spacecraft is gradually approaching Ceres, the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, but its volume is very small, only one-thirteenth the size of the moon.

There are ravines and ravines on Ceres, and the texture of the rock formations is relatively loose.

The Endeavor spacecraft hovers at an altitude of 5 meters above the surface of Ceres.

After Zhou Yu received the news that the spacecraft had stopped, he climbed out of the protective cockpit.

In the lobby of the spaceship, scientists are already present.

Zhou Yu said happily: "This trip is very good, no one fell ill because of the long-distance travel in space.

We've reached Ceres, the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt.

Ceres is already the farthest planet that we can safely control. We need to analyze its value, and even use it as a springboard to develop resources on Jupiter. "

Zhou Yu just told scientists about the future long-term plan, and now they can only complete the preliminary exploration of Ceres.

Reaching the asteroid belt is already the safe limit distance that the spacecraft can travel now.

Flying farther away, communication and energy issues are restricted, and technical support from the earth is simply impossible to obtain.

They are like a lone sail in the vast ocean, which may be swallowed by the dangerous ocean at any time.

Within a safe distance from the spacecraft, there are Venus, Mercury, and Mars waiting for human development. They are in no hurry and have no technology to develop Jupiter.

The asteroid belt is very rich in resources, and they will provide abundant raw materials for aerospace development, and this region cannot give up.

Scientists wear space suits, and intelligent robots carry equipment.

They jumped off the spaceship and came to Ceres.This is the first time humans have set foot on Ceres.

In the area where the spacecraft landed, most of the ground on Ceres is gravel. These grains of sand are very soft, and people will sink directly when they step on the ground.

Scientists are all riding anti-gravity equipment and levitating above Ceres.

The scientists separated according to their own projects and began to explore the situation of Ceres in different regions.

The geological team was the first to obtain the data of Ceres, and they only needed the rock samples collected by the detectors on the microsatellites and intelligent robots.

They will be able to analyze the geological composition of Ceres.

Cao Dajiang, the leader of the geological team, drove the anti-gravity equipment and found Zhou Yu and others who were experiencing the situation of Ceres on the hard rock mountain.

Cao Dajiang sent a message to Zhou Yu through the quantum bracelet: "Mr. Zhou, our geological team has already found out the basic situation of the geological composition of Ceres."

Zhou Yu took off on the spot, because the gravity of Ceres was very small, he jumped over a distance of more than 30 meters and came to the vicinity of Cao Dajiang.

"Is Ceres rich in resources? What are its characteristics?" Zhou Yu asked with concern.

Cao Dajiang will immediately report: "Mr. Zhou, Ceres is a dwarf planet composed of carbonaceous and silicate. It is rich in iron, nickel, aluminum, copper and other metals, but none of them are worth mining.

There are occasional small veins of minerals on Ceres, but we can't even recover the transportation costs for mining these small veins. "

Zhou Yu was not surprised when he heard Cao Dajiang's introduction.There is no necessary relationship between the content of a certain metal contained in the planet and the mineral veins composed of this metal.

The content of aluminum in the earth's soil is very rich, and the reserves of gold and silver in the earth's seawater far exceed that of giant mineral veins.But these are of no mining value.

Now people can extract rare and precious metals in seawater on a small scale, and no one has ever extracted metal aluminum from soil.

Zhou Yu continued to listen to Cao Dajiang's report.

"There are almost no huge mineral veins that can be mined on Ceres, only some very scattered small veins.

The minerals on Ceres are also very common, and any kind of minerals on it can be found on the earth.

30% of the geological composition of Ceres is composed of water, and most of it is permafrost and ice crystals.

But we are based on the drilling of the geological conditions of Ceres by intelligent robots.

We can get the exact result that Ceres has a core composed of iron and nickel.

The core of Ceres is affected by the gravitational force of the sun and the moon, and part of the core becomes fluid and flows in a small area.

In this state, the core of Ceres generates a certain amount of heat.

This heat melts ice crystals in geological layers, and deep in Ceres' crust, some liquid water exists. "

When Zhou Yu heard the news, his tone trembled a little, and he asked again: "There is liquid water on Ceres, there really is liquid water."

Cao Dajiang nodded solemnly and said: "We have obtained the specimens, and there is indeed liquid water inside the crust of Ceres."

Zhou Yu confirmed the authenticity of this news, he immediately summoned scientists to start discussing this matter.

The presence of liquid water on Ceres is big news.

Water is the source of life. In the process of organic matter forming life, the participation of water is indispensable, and it must be liquid water.

Scientists acted immediately, and they first had to find a source of liquid water deep in Ceres' crust.

Later, it will be confirmed whether there is life in these liquid waters.

The geological team sprang into action, and they probed near previously detected water sources.A source of liquid water deep in Ceres' crust was soon discovered.

Zhou Yu ordered with a serious expression: "Everyone, be careful, this is a very rare source of liquid water on Ceres.

We must explore carefully and record every detail carefully.

We may discover the origin of life by exploring this liquid water source. "

Scientists quickly discussed the conditions needed to explore this liquid water source based on the specific conditions on site.

According to the conditions arranged by the scientists, the engineers began to design the specific process of exploring this liquid water source.

After everything is ready, the engineer directs the intelligent robot to start action immediately.

They carefully dug a deep well on Ceres and gradually approached this liquid water source.

"It will be dug through immediately, be careful, everyone must be careful."

The intelligent robot quickly dug through this liquid water source. Xinghuo Technology was very careful not to let the machine interfere with this liquid water source.

Advanced instruments and equipment began to detect the specific conditions of this liquid water source.

Collect information such as temperature, water pressure, oxygen content, and composition of this liquid water source.Focus on analyzing whether there is organic matter in the liquid water source.

"Mr. Zhou, we have discovered an unknown life. We have discovered a new life on Ceres." The scientists reported in surprise when they saw the data given by the instrument.

"Preserve this liquid water source and the life in it. The origin of life may be discovered from here. We must detect every data and protect the newly discovered unknown life." Zhou Yu ordered.

Scientists quickly mobilized the most advanced equipment to gradually analyze the environment for unknown life on Ceres.

After the scientists collected all the data, they asked Zhou Yu to return. Only the more advanced equipment on the earth can answer the questions posed to scientists by the unknown life on Ceres.

(End of this chapter)