Chapter 1369

"The Long March of Thousands of Miles Once Crossed, 400 Billion Galaxy Begins With One Step! "

Looking at the newspaper in his hand, a smile appeared on Lu Zhou's face.

This is the latest issue of Renren Daily.

On the cover of the newspaper is a photo taken on Mars.

I saw five astronauts standing on a gentle sand dune, with their arms hooked on each other's shoulders. Behind them is a silver-white circular colony cabin, and a red flag fluttering in the wind.

This hard-won photo is destined to be recorded in history and become one of the indelible memories in the history of human civilization...

After closing the newspaper in his hand, Lu Zhou hurriedly settled the rest of his breakfast.

Looking at Xiao Ai who was flying unsteadily from one side, ready to pack the dishes, just when Lu Zhou was about to get up and go to the bathroom, the phone rang.

Pressing the connect button, Lu Zhou brought the phone to his ear, but before he could speak, a trembling "Master" came from the other end of the phone.

"It seems that you have arrived in Boston safely." Hearing the anxiety in the voice, Lu Zhou probably guessed something, smiled and said, "Why didn't you call back yesterday? Your sister is worried about you."

"I... forgot."

After that kind of thing happened, why would I even bother to make a phone call!

Swallowing her saliva, Han Mengqi asked in a nervous voice, "Master, master... What happened to the convoy that picked me up outside the airport yesterday?"

Lu Zhou said with a smile: "Team team? That's probably to show our respect. Attend your academic conference well and finish the report with peace of mind. Don't worry too much about other things. Participate in meaningful activities. It's okay, if you are unsure, call me and ask me."

Although she was still a little apprehensive, she felt relieved after hearing that her most trusted master had said so.

"Well... that's fine."

After continuing to chat with his little apprentice about the academic conference, Lu Zhou hung up the phone, temporarily put aside the April meeting of the International Union of Materials Research Societies, got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face.

It's getting late.

He has to go to the launch center in a while.

If colonizing Mars corresponds to "going deep into hell", then "treasure hunting in hell" is obviously implying that the gift from the void should be on Mars?

Or at least the clues are there.

Thinking of the previous conversation with the "observer", Lu Zhou was even more convinced of this guess that something should have been placed on Mars. It's just that the only thing that worries him is that his "reptile" all-terrain survey vehicle has been thrown on Mars for almost two years, and such a long time has passed without any clues.

This made him wonder whether the gift from the void was still there.

After all, billions of years can even cool the hot planetary core and allow the chaotic atmosphere to breed life. There are simply too many things that can happen on such a long timescale...

...

Jinling Space Launch Center.

Let Wang Peng drive himself to the downstairs of the command tower, and Lu Zhou went straight to the lobby of the ground command center.

When he arrived here, today's work had already started.

Seeing director Chang Hezhi walking towards him, Lu Zhou asked.

"How's the situation over there at the Mars Research Station?"

"Everything is normal. According to the work schedule submitted by Captain Liang Youcheng, their work today is mainly to lay solar panels."

Lu Zhou nodded, and just as he was about to ask if he had found anything unusual, Director Chang suddenly spoke up.

"Speaking of which, I happen to have something to report to you."

"whats the matter?"

"Dr. Fan Tong of the Mars Research Station discovered a very unusual fault structure near the basin 4.5 kilometers away from the Mars Research Station when drilling core samples from the water source. According to speculation, this fault structure Probably formed by an earthquake."

"Earthquake?" Looking at Director Chang with a strange expression, Lu Zhou frowned and asked, "I remember that the geological activities on Mars have been suspended?"

"I'm not particularly clear," Director Chang Hezhi shook his head, and said with some nerve-wracking, "In short, according to him, the research on this fault structure is of great significance, and it may even overturn the academic community's research on the geological structure of Mars. Inherent impression. Therefore, he made an application to go down and have a look.”

Lu Zhou: "Is the fault structure very deep?"

Director Chang Hezhi shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem very deep. According to the records in the work log, it's only about a dozen meters."

A depth of more than ten meters is considered a relatively dangerous depth on earth.

But for Mars, it is not so dangerous.

"Then let him go down and take a look...By the way, tell Captain Liang that unless they plan to explore the crater or conduct other risky scientific research activities, there is no need to pay special attention to such trivial matters." I asked for instructions. I remember that I should have given him the on-site command authority before departure, and he can make some decisions on his own as needed, and just update the records in the work log."

Director Chang nodded with a serious expression.

"Okay, I'm going to communicate with him now."

Lu Zhou nodded.

"Then let's do it for now."

...

Mars tens of millions of kilometers away.

Billows of dust were kicked up by the wheels, and a Mars rover whose tires alone were as high as an adult's shoulder was moving forward in this endless sea of ​​sand.

Sitting in the co-pilot seat, Ming Wenzhe, wearing an extravehicular spacesuit, looked at the screen of the car's positioning system and the green dot that was getting closer, and asked casually.

"Are you sure it's an earthquake crack?"

Fan Tong, who was sitting in the driver's seat, nodded and said in an affirmative tone.

"I can vouch for it with my academic reputation."

"I'm not doubting you... I mean, could you be mistaken? The data on the thermal radiation image clearly shows that the geological activity of Mars has been suspended. Even if there is a seismic structure, it is unlikely to be violent." /Is it exposed on the surface?"

Although his major is bioengineering, it doesn't mean he doesn't know anything about geology. In fact, most of the people who can be sent here are all-around talents.

Although he is not very professional in this non-professional field of knowledge, he still knows a little bit.

Fan Tong: "I'm no less surprised than you, but I'm sure my judgment is correct. As for why, we'll find out when we get there. Look, do you see the ridge in front? It's at the foot of the mountain in front..."

After a pause, he corrected his statement.

"We've arrived!"

Approaching the edge of the ridge, Fan Tong took Ming Wenzhe, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, out of the car, took off the safety rope from the trunk, and hooked the metal buckle to the waist of his spacesuit.

"Hematite is everywhere here, I don't know what the signal is like below," looking around, the doctor of planetary geology looked at his teammate and continued, "If I turn up the flashlight later, you will Pull me up."

Ming Wenzhe nodded.

"OK."

After discussing the plan, Fan Tong came to yesterday's location according to his memory.

However……

Unexpected things happened.

He stopped by the side of the ridge, and he froze there with a ghostly expression on his face.

Reading the surprised expression on his face through the transparent mask, Ming Wenzhe glanced around at the rough road and asked in an uncertain tone.

"What about the fracture structure?"

"Damn..."

Muttering in his mouth, Fan Tong didn't answer, but took two quick steps forward, lying on the ground groping like crazy. However, no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find anything except that the spacesuit was covered with sand.

The scar-like fracture structure...

It's like it just disappeared out of thin air.

"Could it be a mistake?"

If it wasn't for the thin atmosphere on Mars, he would have wondered if it was a mirage.

To his teammates' question, Fan Tong firmly shook his head, fixed his eyes on the flat ground in front of him, and said in an unbelievable tone.

"Impossible! There is no wrong decision! I took a picture and uploaded it to my work log!"

Having seen that photo before, Ming Wenzhe couldn't help showing a hesitant expression on his face.

"Is it possible... that I misremembered the location?"

Fan Tong continued to shake his head.

"Unless the Xu Fu's positioning system is broken along with my brain."

Hearing this sentence, Ming Wenzhe had a strange expression on his face.

A fracture structure more than ten meters deep...

Even if there is a sandstorm, it can't be erased in ten days and half a month, right?

Besides, it's only been a day.

This is too evil...

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(Everyone, don’t forget to compare your hearts~ By the way, let’s also click on mathematics and physics, and you can have character portraits when you reach Samsung! Cough cough, I’m just a little curious, what the artist will paint these characters.)