Chapter 580: : Snake Lizard Explorer]

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Ren Hong nodded silently, his brain was running fast, thinking, after a while, his heart moved slightly and said: "Martian natives do not live during the day, they only live at night. Obviously, their habitat is very likely. So it’s underground, Pezos... Yes! Pezos, a large volcano that has been dead for hundreds of millions of years, Mars cools, and the flowing lava channels after the volcano dies will become an intertwined underground maze , In other words... is the best place for habitat."
"Is there such a possibility?" Ren Hong looked around everyone, his eyes fell on Eslin, "Do you have any data on Pezos Volcano? How many?"
"Collecting data from Pezos Volcano is one of the tasks of the'Noah'. Before it can be executed, everyone is dead." Black replied helplessly.
"Okay!" Ren Hong shook his head with a wry smile, and immediately said again: "First, we have to figure out what's going on underneath our feet first, and second, figure out the situation of the native Martian creatures. The first problem doesn't solve me. I suggest you choose a new site or drop a large-yield nuclear bomb toward the crater. If the second problem is not resolved, there will always be unknown hidden dangers for future bases on Mars, unless the indigenous creatures die out."
Ren Hong looked around the crowd and said: "My suggestion is to investigate the Pezos Volcano as soon as possible, and the most important thing is to obtain DNA biological samples of the indigenous Martian creatures. The information on the black box is too limited, and we are still right. The indigenous creatures of Mars have almost zero understanding, which is very dangerous, and neither of us can withstand such a huge loss, especially the loss of personnel!"
Black suddenly said: "Explore the ground? What if their lair is below..."
If their nests are really below, just thinking about them will make your scalp numb, and humans have a natural fear of dark cellars.
"You don't need to go in yourself!" Ren Hong added.
Yang Licheng is currently the highest operational commander on Mars. Ren Hong’s suggestion was not immediately adopted and implemented. Instead, it was reported to the space station for commander Li Xingfeng to make a decision. This made him helpless, with the status of "Wang Jiang" After all, it is not comparable to the identity of "Ren Hong".
It took a lot of time one after the other, and basically nothing could be done today. The sky was getting late and dusk was approaching. I did not encounter any Martian native creatures during the day, but not necessarily at night. Since the incident at the outpost base, "Observer 5" has basically monitored the Pezos area around the clock, and has not seen Martian creatures in the past few months, whether it is day or night.
It's just that humans don't know the living habits of such creatures, and don't know that they are in a dormant period at the moment.
It was because they didn't know that they dared not spend the night at the outpost base. Before dusk approached, everyone returned to the "Red Eagle" again.
The matter concerning the native creatures of Mars is of great importance. The "Gemini Project" is absolutely impossible to terminate. Not to mention the costly investment, it is just the purple source crystal in the old Olympus, even if the risk factor is high. Give up, Ziyuanjing has long been included in the country's highest level of strategic reserve resources, it can be said that it is inevitable.
The space station soon sent the latest instructions. After repeated discussions, there was no better proposal than Ren Hong's proposal, and finally agreed to survey the Pezos area.
The next day, everyone came to the destination again. With the help of satellites in space, it became easier to survey the Pezos area. .
At this moment, Ren Hong and others are driving the rover to 231 Heights, which is eight kilometers away from the outpost base. According to the data returned by the satellite, there are several open-air lava mouth tunnels in 231 Heights.
When I arrived at my destination, the local time was exactly 9:30 in the morning.
A large amount of equipment was unloaded from the Mars rover. The 231 plateau is a small high port, with an altitude difference of 231 meters from the Pezos area. This is where the name comes from.
At the ridge of the 231 Highland, the data returned by the satellite is correct. The survey team has found two cave openings, the largest diameter of which is 2.6 meters, which is not small.
But no one wants to go in, and no one goes directly in to survey. This is too dangerous. Such a task should be given to the robot.
At about ten o'clock, a temporary signal tower was built about ten meters away from the cave. This signal tower has the function of signal transfer and amplification.
After eleven o'clock, the team built a temporary space using the portable Bigelow Aerospace inflatable space capsule.
Several soldiers lifted a small Mars locomotive from the rover.
In the temporary venue, Ren Hong, Yang Licheng, and Aislin were in the queue. Ren Hong sat in front of a console composed of multiple display panels. He tapped his hands on the virtual keyboard under the projection for a while, and the screen immediately displayed the connection. carry out.
The six-wheeled small Mars locomotive outside was placed on the ground and acted alone. The members of the armed and tactical team responsible for guarding outside watched the small Mars rover the size of a child's play, sprinting toward the cave entrance.
"Is this stuff reliable?" Aislin said in confusion in the temporary venue.
"I named it the'Mars Snake Lizard Explorer'!" Ren Hong watched a video showing a first-view image of the Mars locomotive: "Fully automatic and unmanned control, intelligent systems from my subsidiary xlous-alpha, xlous -ia Intellectual Machinery Company provides basic hardware, xlous-asi Company provides battery which can make it last for 78 hours, all the miscellaneous products are made by Matrix Technology, trustworthy!"
At this moment, the Mars locomotive has entered the lava cave, and the image on the screen immediately turned into a grid-like three-dimensional terrain live picture. The Mars locomotive continued to deepen, and soon came to the first corner. After stopping, the trunk of the Mars locomotive slowly opened, and then a mechanical arm extended from the side wing and took out a thumb-sized thing from the trunk, which was flashing red.
"What's that?" Aislin asked curiously.
"Make sure the signal is stable." Ren Hong stared at the screen and said.
In the lava cave, the Mars locomotive, more than 80 meters deep, saw its other small mechanical arm drilled a small hole in the side wall, then put the thumb-sized stroboscope into it, and then moved on.
Following Ren Hong’s brief explanation, Eslin understood the role of the gadget. The Martian locomotive went deep into the ground. As it got deeper and deeper, the signal would become weaker and weaker, and eventually lose contact. The thumb-sized instrument was placed The side wall is to ensure the signal is stable.
Mars locomotives will be placed at intervals. It has been 800 meters deep underground. During the period, I encountered a few dead ends and had to turn back. However, the underground lava tunnels extend in all directions. Although I don’t know the topography of the intertwined lava tunnels inside the volcano The situation, but according to the volcano data on the earth as a reference ~EbookFREE.me~ can also avoid many detours.
The Mars locomotive carries a large number of scientific analysis instruments, detectors and other miniature equipment, and the live information inside the tunnel is continuously fed back to the ground.
"The temperature plummeted to minus 42 degrees Celsius and the humidity level increased."
At this moment, Ren Hong stared at the screen and suddenly leaned forward, and said in amazement: "A trace of oxygen has been detected! There is indeed something under the surface of Mars. Perhaps their nest is really underneath. Don't take my baby apart Yes, it’s worth 200 million dollars."
The Martian locomotive continues to deepen, and at the same time the latest live data is continuously transmitted back to the surface. The data currently displayed shows that the Martian locomotive has penetrated more than 6000 meters underground, and it has already arrived in the afternoon.
"Explorer! Stop." Ren Hong said suddenly, and the Mars locomotive stopped moving forward. Ren Hong continued to voice commands and issued instructions: "Explorer! The No. 2 camera rotates 28 degrees clockwise."
The picture on the screen suddenly began to move, and a hemispherical groove appeared in the screen. Ren Hong covered his mouth and stared at the hemispherical groove for a long time without saying a word, "Explorer, analyze the surrounding soil layer. ."
"What's that?" Aisling asked curiously. A robotic arm appeared on the screen extending into the groove, but she was talking about the spherical groove.
"This is a volcanic lava tunnel. A spherical notch does not appear to be formed naturally." Ren Hong muttered to himself while waiting for the return of the data analysis results.
The analysis data came back ten minutes later. The soil contained residual fermented bacteria, as well as other microorganisms. These were nothing, and the information displayed next made everyone excited.
Acidic corrosive substances were detected in the soil layer, which is subconsciously associated with snake lizards, but these data are not enough.
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…(To be continued.)