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Ren Hong nodded silently, his brain was running fast, thinking, after a while, his heart moved slightly, and said: "The natives of Mars are not active during the day, they are only active at night. Obviously, their habitat is very likely Even if it is underground, Pezos... yes! Pezos volcano, this is a large volcano that has been dead for hundreds of millions of years. When Mars cools down, the flowing lava channels after the volcano dies will become an intertwined underground labyrinth. , in other words ... is the best place for habitat."

"Is there such a possibility?" Ren Hong looked around the crowd, and his eyes fell on Aislin. "Do you have any data about Pezos Volcano? How much?"

"Collecting data on the Pezos Volcano is one of the missions of the 'Noah'. Before it can be carried out, everyone is dead." Black replied helplessly.

"Okay!" Ren Hong shook his head with a wry smile, and immediately said: "First, we must first find out what is going on under our feet. Second, we must find out the situation of the native creatures on Mars. The first problem does not solve my problem. It is recommended that you choose a new site, or drop a large-yield nuclear bomb into the crater, and if the second problem is not resolved, there will always be unknown hidden dangers in the base on Mars in the future, unless the indigenous creatures are extinct."

Ren Hong looked around at the crowd and said: "My suggestion is to investigate the Pezos Volcano as soon as possible, and the most important thing is to obtain the DNA biological samples of the Martian natives. The information of the black box is too limited, and we still have to investigate There is almost zero understanding of Martian natives, which is very dangerous, and neither of us can afford such a huge loss, especially the loss of personnel!"

Black suddenly said: "Explore the ground? What if the bottom is their lair..."

If their lairs were really down there, just thinking about it would make one's scalp tingle. 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, but was reported to the space station for Commander Li Xingfeng to make a decision. This made him very helpless. The identity of "Wang Jiang" After all, it is not comparable to the identity of "Ren Hong".

It took a lot of time to go back and forth, and basically nothing can be done today. It was getting late and dusk was approaching. I did not encounter any native Martian creatures during the day, but that might not be the case at night. Since the incident at the outpost base, "Observer 5" has basically monitored the Pezos area around the clock, and has not seen any Martian creatures in the past few months, whether it is day or night.

It's just that human beings don't know the living habits of these creatures, and they don't know that they are in a dormant period at the moment.

It was precisely because they didn't know that they didn't dare to spend the night at the outpost base. Before dusk approached, everyone returned to the "Red Eagle" again.

The matters related to the native creatures of Mars are of great importance. It is absolutely impossible for the "Gemini Project" to be terminated. Not to mention the high cost of investment, it is only the amethyst from the old Mount Olympus, no matter how high the risk factor is, it is impossible. Give up, Ziyuanjing has long been written into 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 suggestion than Ren Hong's, 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 much easier to survey the Pezos area. .

At this moment, Ren Hong and others are driving the Mars rover to Highland 231, which is eight kilometers away from the outpost base. According to the data sent back by the satellite, Highland 231 has several open-air lava mouth tunnels.

When we arrived at the destination, it was around 9:30 am local time.

A large amount of equipment was unloaded from the Mars rover. Highland 231 is a small elevation with an altitude difference of 231 meters relative to the Pezos area, hence the name.

At the ridge of the 231 highland, the data sent back by the satellite is correct,

The survey team has discovered two cave entrances, the largest of which has a diameter of 2.6 meters, which is really not small.

But no one is willing to go in, and no one will go in directly to investigate. It is too dangerous, and such tasks should be handed over to robots.

Around ten o'clock, a temporary signal tower was built about ten meters away from the cave. This signal tower has the function of signal relay and amplification.

After eleven o'clock, the team set up a makeshift field using portable Bigelow Aerospace inflatable capsules.

Several soldiers lifted a small Mars locomotive from the Mars rover.

In the temporary venue, Ren Hong, Yang Licheng, and Aislin stood in line. Ren Hong sat in front of the console composed of multiple display panels, typing with both hands on the virtual keyboard under the projection for a moment, and the screen immediately displayed the connection Finish.

The six-wheeled small Mars locomotive outside was placed on the ground and moved alone. The members of the armed tactical team in charge of security outside watched the Mars rover the size of a mini car that was played by children, driving towards the entrance of the cave at a leisurely pace.

"Is this thing reliable?" Aislin in the temporary venue asked doubtfully.

"I named it 'Martian Basilisk Explorer'!" Ren Hong looked at a video showing the first-person view of the Martian locomotive: "Fully automatic and unmanned, the intelligent system comes from my subsidiary xlous-alpha, xlous -ia Robotics provides the basic hardware, and xlous-asi provides batteries that allow it to last for 78 hours, and all the miscellaneous things are produced by Matrix Technology, which is trustworthy!"

At this moment, the Mars locomotive has entered the lava cave, and the image on the screen immediately changes to a grid-shaped three-dimensional terrain live image. The Mars locomotive continues to go deeper, and soon comes to the first bend. It stopped, and the trunk of the Mars locomotive slowly opened, and then a mechanical arm stretched out from the side to take out a thumb-sized object from the trunk, which was flashing red light.

"What's that?" Aislin asked curiously.

"Make sure the signal is stable." Ren Hong stared at the screen and said.

In the lava cave, after more than 80 meters, the Mars locomotive saw another small mechanical arm drill a small hole in the side wall, and then put the thumb-sized strobe into it, and then continued to move forward.

Listening to Ren Hong's brief explanation, Aislin understood the function of that thing. The Mars locomotive went deep into the ground, and as it got deeper and deeper, the signal would become weaker and weaker, and eventually lose contact. The thumb-sized instrument was placed in the The side walls are to ensure signal stability.

Mars locomotives will be placed at intervals, and they have already penetrated 800 meters underground. During the period, they encountered several dead ends and had to turn back. However, the underground lava tunnels extend in all directions. Although I don’t know the terrain of the interlaced lava tunnels inside the volcano. However, based on the volcanic data on the earth as a reference, many detours can be avoided.

The Mars locomotive carries a large number of scientific analysis instruments, detectors and other micro-equipment, and the real-time information inside the tunnel is constantly fed back to the ground.

"Temperatures plummeted to -42C and humidity increased."

At this moment, Ren Hong stared at the screen and suddenly leaned forward, and said in amazement: "A trace amount of oxygen has been detected! There is indeed a situation in the underground of Mars, maybe their nests are really down there, don't dismantle my baby!" Yep, it's worth $200 million."

The Mars locomotive continues to go deep, and at the same time the latest live data is continuously sent back to the surface. According to the data currently displayed, the Mars locomotive has penetrated more than 6,000 meters underground, and it is already afternoon.

"Explorer! Stop." Ren Hong said suddenly, and the Mars locomotive stopped moving forward. Ren Hong continued to command by voice: "Explorer! Camera No. 2 rotates 28 degrees clockwise."

The picture on the screen suddenly started to move, and a hemispherical groove appeared on 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?" Aislin asked curiously, a mechanical 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 doesn't seem to be formed naturally." Ren Hong muttered to himself while waiting for the data analysis results to be sent back.

The analysis data came back ten minutes later. The soil contained residual yeast-like substances, as did other microorganisms. These were nothing, and the information displayed next made everyone very excited.

Acidic corrosion substances were detected in the soil layer, which made people subconsciously associate it with snake lizards, but these data were not enough.

………

…(to be continued.)