Being stared at by Jiang Chen's passionate gaze, Lin Lin subconsciously shivered, and her tone subconsciously became weaker.
"What, what are you going to do?"
"Is there a way to replicate this hadron material?" Jiang Chen asked eagerly.
Lin Lin paused for a second, then her head shook like a rattle.
"It's very difficult, almost impossible."
"Is it difficult with antimatter?" Jiang Chen frowned.
"Antimatter had a theoretical basis in the last century. The theory had matured in the middle of this century, and it could even be prepared on a large scale. It's just that there was no major breakthrough in magnetic confinement technology, and there were restrictions from the Science Ethics Committee, which prevented the last step. "
Lin Lin shook her head with a bitter smile. "However, until the war, the so-called hadron material was still something in science fiction. Not to mention the theoretical basis, we didn't even touch the door."
"Is there no way at all?" Jiang Chen didn't give up.
"It's not that there is no way …" Lin Lin touched her chin and looked at the black sphere in the center of the laboratory. "I can try, but I can't guarantee success … Why are you suddenly interested in this thing? Even if you can barely make some, if it can't be produced on a large scale, it won't be of much use. "
"Can't be produced on a large scale?" Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback. "Even if you figure out its production conditions, it can't be done?"
This time it was Lin Lin's turn to be stunned.
When she regained her senses, she looked at Jiang Chen suspiciously. "You're not planning to use hadron material to build a battleship, are you?"
"Can't I?"
When she heard Jiang Chen's "naive" statement, Lin Lin sighed and facepalmed.
"Think about it carefully. How did the pilot you sent enter the UFO and take this ball out?"
Jiang Chen frowned slightly and recalled the pilot named Liu Qingpeng who described the situation to him at the time.
"There was a fracture on the shell of the aircraft that looked like it was hit by a meteorite. He got it from …"
Halfway through the sentence, Jiang Chen already reacted, and his expression was a bit awkward.
Yes, since a meteorite could break the shell of the aircraft, there was no doubt that the UFO was definitely not made using hadron material.
Even the "advanced civilizations" that had mastered hadron materials for countless years couldn't produce them on a large scale. What could the Earth civilization, which hadn't even touched the door, do?
When Jiang Chen heard that there was no way to mass-produce it, his interest in this thing suddenly dropped by half. He sighed.
"Do your best. Your research direction is still mainly antimatter and portals."
Although he was reluctant, his rationality told him that if the hadron material consumed too much of his energy, it would not be worth it.
As for the black ball, he would leave it here for the time being. Jiang Chen estimated that even if he brought it back to the modern world, the materials science scientists would only be left in the laboratory to eat dust. It was better to leave it with Lin Lin. What if one day she or her sisters came up with something?
"In fact, you don't have to be so pessimistic. Maybe there are more secrets in this black sphere than hadron materials. After all, this is a relic of an advanced civilization, much more advanced than the Harmony civilization. Made with hadron material, it doesn't make sense for it to be just a decoration … "
Lin Lin used a rare comforting tone to say a few words to Jiang Chen while she took the tablet and clicked a few times. Soon, the platform that housed the black sphere slowly sank and was taken into the warehouse of the laboratory.
"Don't look, let's go."
Lin Lin patted Jiang Chen's back and walked in the direction of the elevator.
…
Seventy kilometers east of the Mars colony, a rover was parked on the endless sand dunes.
Today was a rare day with good weather, and the surface temperature was above zero.
Wearing a heavy spacesuit, Wang Qiang took the captain and the engineer to Mine 071, which was where he found something interesting last time. In front of the captain, Wang Qiang measured three sets of waveforms again to prove his discovery.
Wang Qiang pointed to the image on the tablet and said with a serious expression.
"With a depth of about five kilometers and a thickness of about one hundred meters, I dare to conclude that there must be something buried in it."
"Iron ore?" Kaxim frowned as he glanced at the waveforms on the tablet.
As an engineer of the colony, he was mainly responsible for equipment maintenance and colony expansion. He knew nothing about mineral exploration. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the crisscrossing waveforms.
But Hong Zewei, who was standing next to him, noticed something unusual. As the captain of the colonial ship and the temporary executive officer of the colony, it was not an exaggeration to say that he was the most knowledgeable person in the entire colony. Because of the needs of the job, he had to understand a little bit of knowledge in all aspects. Even if he didn't master it, at least he had to have some understanding.
He was a layman in mineral exploration, but he knew how to read geological information waveforms. When he saw the waveforms that were distorted to an incredible extent, the expression on his face suddenly became interesting.
"It can't be iron ore. No rock formation or deposit can produce such a waveform." Wang Qiang shook his head and said to Kaxim.
Cassim was instantly amused and grinned.
"Not any deposit? What would it be? An alien tomb? "
Wang Qiang closed his mouth and didn't speak.
At this time, Captain Hong Zewei spoke.
"Maybe … it's really an alien mausoleum."
Kaxim looked at the captain with a dumbfounded expression. It was indescribably weird.
"Aliens? Hong, are you sure you're not kidding? "
When these colonists set off, the X2 bacteria incident hadn't happened yet, and the Outer Space Security Summit hadn't even been held yet. Aliens were still a strange or whimsical word to them.
Of course, if they could access the Internet on Mars, they wouldn't be surprised by the word aliens. Now, countries were busy dealing with extraterrestrial civilizations. Governments were busy extinguishing public opinion while discussing countermeasures. Only they, who were still on Mars, hadn't received any news.
"Are you kidding? Maybe it's not a mausoleum below, but an alien city. "Hong Zewei looked at the white man jokingly." Have you seen Starship Troopers? Maybe it's full of those bugs, and they're ready to crawl out and bite us. "
"Fu * k! Don't scare me. "Kaxim shivered, glanced at his feet, and cursed.
"What do you think about making a hole down there? Can you do it? "Wang Qiang looked at Kaxim and asked.
"Aha, you must want to ask if you can make a five-kilometer-deep hole? I'm sorry to tell you that there is no such equipment in the colonial cabin. Even if there is, don't even think about it! " Kasim shook his head violently and said in a warning tone, "Listen, I'm not going to die with you! Unless the command center sends soldiers to protect our safety, don't expect me to help you do this kind of stupid thing. "
"I shouldn't have scared him." Wang Qiang looked at Hong Zewei and smiled bitterly.
"Who knew he would take it seriously?" The captain made a helpless expression. "What's more, what he said makes sense. There isn't even a decent weapon in the colony. If there's really danger down there, we can't even resist. "
Originally, Hong Zewei was just joking, but at this moment, he began to have doubts in his mind. What if the Martian creatures are hiding underground? No one can guarantee that there is no such possibility! Four billion years ago, Mars was more like Earth than Earth.
When Columbus first set foot on the American continent, he thought there were no people on Earth until they encountered the natives with feathers on their heads.
After all, it was related to the lives of twenty people, so it was better to be careful.
"What do we do now?" Wang Qiang looked at the captain and asked, "Just leave it here?"
"Let's go back to the colonial cabin first. I'll report to the command center and ask them to bring drilling equipment in the next colonial ship. Then, we'll ask if we can get a few soldiers. Fu * k, I'm a little scared myself. "
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