doomsday exile

Huaxia Mars Research Station has a total of three staff members.

Living conditions here are tougher than in Antarctica.

The most troublesome thing is resupply. It was very difficult for an aircraft to land on Mars safely 30 years ago. Although the technology is advanced now, the weight that the spacecraft that sailed from the earth can carry is limited.

"...This is the No. [-] treasure house of every scientific research station, and it is the safest place in the entire building."

When Cao Yan walked through a passage, he smiled and gestured, pointing to another door that he did not enter.

Cao Yan is the "student master" who can speak Spanish fluently.

He looked lively, if a bit fat and chattering.

"About the internal building instruction map of the scientific research station, here, there are some places that cannot be entered casually, such as the treasure house I just mentioned."

"Is it the planting base?"

Lu Di looked back. He had seen large-scale cultivation greenhouses in the Shangdu base. They used simulated light, simulated wind, and simulated mechanical pollination. There were strict requirements on the nutrients, temperature and humidity of the soil, and intermittent planting was required to ensure the fertility of the soil. .

These all need to be controlled by the program. It is really not good if there is an error due to interference.

"No, the planting area is further back. Just now it was... how should I put it, the original treasure house!"

Cao Yan laughed and said, "But if you go in, you will only see sealed boxes. When you open the sealed jars, there are some bacteria and organic fertilizer raw materials from the earth. We will do bacterial culture every once in a while. If you want to grow crops on Mars, you must first raise the soil.”

Lu Di read the planting course on the computer terminal, converted it into a real book, and can bury him directly. That is the "Underground Shelter Edition" and not the more difficult "Spaceship Edition" and "Mars Edition".

When the air, soil, and wind that can be seen everywhere on the earth no longer exist, the original simple things will become very complicated.

"This laboratory is where vitamins are artificially synthesized."

"This is the general equipment room, and behind it is the life support system control area of ​​the scientific research station, including air pressure, temperature, oxygen, etc."

"The scientific research station is divided into three major areas, each of which can independently supply oxygen and balance air pressure, this is to prevent accidents."

Cao Yan walked to the end of the passage, opened a room, and motioned for the two balls floating behind him to come over.

"Core repository, authorized and verified."

"Unknown discovery... military number drone found, waiting for authorization confirmation."

Yan Long floated over first, reporting a series of complex numbers and letter codes.

"Emergency procedures initiated, procedures passed, new authorizations can be added."

A small console and a light screen rose from the ground.

Yan Long broke away from the ball, took out the metal finger cot from the box that Cao Yan helped to carry, and calmly entered large sections of data.

Lu Di couldn't understand it at all, and Cao Yan was amazed at the side: "Really? It turned out to be this method... The spiritual body records the stable fluctuation value as an authorization code, directly enters the program to insert the answer, and then goes through the process? It can be regarded as a solution. All my doubts..."

At this time, the console automatically rotated, and then the floor was separated to the two sides, revealing a silver metal hanging ladder.

"Welcome to the No. [-] treasure house. This is the treasure house in the traditional sense. Some rare items are placed, such as ores containing unknown metals, things suspected to be new element structures, or... strange items that cannot be explained for the time being." Cao Yan Yi waved his hand, looking like a museum guide.

Lu Di floated into the storage room and found that except for a row of sealed glass jars on the left, the rest were huge metal cabinets, and nothing could be seen.

"what is this?"

Lu Di was attracted by a jar of something that looked like blue jelly beans.

Among a pile of various black crystals and crimson gravel specimens, only it is the most conspicuous.

Spread on the bottom of the transparent glass tank, it presents a strange gray-blue color. The particles are large and small, some have smooth surfaces, and some have uneven surfaces like walnuts, but much smaller than walnuts. About 5 centimeters, the small one is about the same as sesame.

"This is the Martian blueberry."

Cao Yan became interested, walked to the side of Lu Di's metal ball and said, "The famous Martian geological mystery, the density and structure of each ball are different, but the composition is similar, but there is no way to explain how it was formed."

Lu Di: "..."

The name blueberry is actually a stone.

Anyway, can not eat.

Cao Yan seemed to have seen the silent complaint made by the metal ball, and said with a smile: "Maybe it is called a blueberry because it is easy to break and is very small!"

Lu Di looked at the crimson gravel next to him, and saw that it was gathered together one by one, and the distribution was very even.

"This is?"

"Martian raspberry, mainly because the inner core is slightly magnetized, which can attract hematite sand to gather, and it looks like an elliptical ball. This one is relatively strong, and it is not afraid of falling... because Mars does not have a large magnetic field, the place where raspberries are found is It means that there is a small magnetic field in the area, which is a very important symbol.”

Lu Di felt the corner of his mouth twitching.

Fortunately, Cao Yan did not continue to introduce strawberries, blackberries and cranberries.

Otherwise, there will be a stone fruit exhibition.

Yan Long checked the liquid nitrogen freezing equipment on the other side.

"It was cleaned up ten days ago, and it can be used at any time." Cao Yan walked over, and when he faced Yan Long, his expression was much more serious.

There are many things in the storage room that have not been used, such as fossil preservation boxes, Mars bacteria protection boxes, and this liquid nitrogen freezing device.

These are all prepared for the possible discovery of life on Mars.

Mars had a large amount of liquid water hundreds of millions of years ago, and then all disappeared.

Therefore, there may be fossils of low-level organisms deep in the strata, and some ancient bacteria may be preserved in the unearthed solid ice, and some DNA may even be extracted.Because the distance between the earth and Mars is so close, and they are two rocky planets with basically the same composition, the status of Mars is very special.

It is generally accepted in the scientific community that comets and meteorites brought life to Earth.

Has this chance seed been given to Mars?

Or in other words, the seed of chance was first on Mars, and then flew to the earth after the ecological destruction of Mars?

Anyway, Lu Di doesn't understand such a profound question about the origin of life. He only knows that the liquid nitrogen freezing equipment in front of him is about to store the embryos sent by the earth.

"It will be a long time before the embryos are actually sent. The first thing to do the experiment is the animal embryos. After the experiment is successful, they will be thawed and cultured at the scientific research station to see if they can develop normally." Yan Long said while calculating the time for Cao Yan.

Take mice as an example, they reach sexual maturity in 35 to 60 days, and then breed the next generation to see if there are any genetic problems.

Quantum transmission is good for everything, but the situation of "deformation", "missing" and "incompleteness" in the transmission process is very serious.

"It is conservatively estimated that it will take three months before the completion of the entire experiment."

And that's when everything goes well.

As for the observation of the normal lifespan of the mice, there is no way to be demanding. There is not enough time, and the mice have not died naturally, and the meteorites came first.

When this matter was mentioned, Cao Yan's expression was a little stiff.

Yan Long naturally changed the subject, checked all the items in the storage, and left.

The dormitory area of ​​the scientific research station is very large, and the space layout looks like a warship. The single beds on the upper and lower bunks are fixed on the bulkhead.

The dormitory is divided into men and women, and now there is only one bed in use on one side.

When they came over, they happened to see the person in charge of the scientific research station.

"Sorry, there are not many people stationed. There was a problem with the solar panel just now. I went out to repair it."

The person in charge was a woman in her forties, with a straight face and a serious look. Lu Di somehow felt that this woman looked familiar.

However, he thought of all the female scientists and researchers he knew, but he couldn't think of who it was.

Yan Long left the metal ball, greeted the opponent very formally, and reported the name of the Shangdu executive team.

"There is no one in Huaxia National Academy of Sciences who doesn't know you."

The female scientist in the black trousers of the space agency smiled and held out her hand, "He Fengping... Nice to meet you."

"Professor He."

After Lu Di subconsciously said hello, she suddenly remembered who this person was similar to.

"You are Lieutenant Colonel He—"

"It's sister, I heard that you went to Antarctica."

Professor He smiled and looked at the ball drone in front of him, "Although I don't know what happened in Antarctica, the communication from Yanjing said that you saved my brother and the whole team."

"No, no, this is self-help." Lu Di quickly explained.

They all went on missions together, and they must all be thinking that as many people go out, as many people come back.

Unexpectedly, he would meet half acquaintances on Mars. Lu Di felt that squatting in the metal ball was not good. Anyway, there were no precision instruments in the dormitory area, so he quickly floated out of it.

"Aren't there any extra metal finger... finger cots?" Lu Di asked in a low voice.

Cao Yan next to him silently handed over the equipment box, and then watched Lu Di control the metal fingertips in a dignified manner to shake hands with Professor He.

Professor He was also very interested, and deliberately stretched out one more hand, one left and one right, in order to feel the difference between Lu Di and Yan Long.

Cao Yan helped the forehead.

This picture is so weird.

Both spiritual bodies "wear" well-fitting black combat uniforms, but they are not uniformly regulated. After improvements, they are roughly the same and have different details.Especially Lu Di, some people believed that it was specially designed for this year's new runway fashion.

Think of it like this holding a handsome, lean and sharp-looking guy in your left hand, and a young guy with fair skin and a youthful aura in your right hand.

One with long legs and one with thin waist...

It's a double hit.

Cao Yan pinched his arms and legs sadly, and stroked his sparse hair.

Professor He didn't know what the deputy in her team had imagined. She put down her hand and said with a smile: "Okay, before the next quantum transmission experiment starts, you are temporarily working at the Mars scientific research station, mainly to measure data... If It will be of great help to be able to establish a quantum transmission network on Mars. Setting the transmission site on the Mars rover and then building a temporary station can quickly accept the materials sent by the scientific research station, saving a lot of money. Time and manpower. Then with the materials and robots sent from the earth, we will open up several new underground buildings on this planet."

The author has something to say: Martian blueberries are real

The Martian Raspberry was made up by the author