On the space elevator to Celestial City, Jiang Chen stood by the floor-to-ceiling window in the first-class cabin, overlooking the blue covered by white as it slowly disappeared in his field of vision.
Recalling the leisure time he had on the island over the past two days, he was a little reluctant to end the vacation so hastily. But when he thought about the importance of Mine 071, he could only sigh.
At this moment, a man walked to his side and stood still.
"It's a beautiful view, isn't it?"
Jiang Chen turned his head, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "It's you, what a coincidence."
Wu Changfeng smiled and said in a mocking tone, "Because of work needs, I have to travel between Shangjing and Celestial City. I've spent at least a week on the space elevator this month. "
Jiang Chen also smiled and asked in a casual tone.
"By the way, is that medicine effective?"
"… You do look a lot younger." Wu Changfeng nodded and exclaimed, "The technological strength of your country is amazing. Perhaps in another decade or so, I'm afraid that the citizenship of your country will be something that everyone in the world yearns for."
"You're joking." Jiang Chen smiled.
But he was joking.
Even now, the citizenship of Xin was enough to make countless people covet it. From the next term, President Zhang Yaping must begin to gradually tighten immigration policies.
"By the way, I also brought a few questions from Hua … I don't know if Mr. Jiang is convenient to answer?"
"Oh?" Jiang Chen smiled and asked, "What are the questions?"
"I heard that your country is launching a project in the Mars colony … related to extraterrestrial civilization?"
"This is a myth. All projects involving extraterrestrial civilization will be disclosed to the major members of the Earth Defense Alliance, and they will vote to decide whether to disclose it to the minor members," Jiang Chen said immediately.
Wu Changfeng took a moment to process the information, then laughed.
"Mr. Jiang misunderstood, I don't mean anything else, I'm just asking …"
After the space elevator arrived, Jiang Chen bid farewell to Wu Changfeng and took the express to the Space Department of Celestial Trade.
Sitting on the train, Wu Changfeng's words made Jiang Chen think for a while.
Project 071 was closely related to strong interaction materials and was one of the highest-level secrets of Celestial Trade. It was absolutely impossible to leak it, but now it seemed to have leaked, which made Jiang Chen quite surprised.
He didn't think that Major General Wu was just asking casually.
This major general's background was not simple. Although he came from the Army, he came from the famous Second Department of the General Staff. The General Staff Department was no stranger to Jiang Chen. It was the intelligence department of Hua's army. They were involved in everything from internal affairs to external affairs. Not only did they have a lot of power, but they also had a lot of control.
However, judging from Wu Changfeng's tone, China might have gotten wind of something, but they still couldn't confirm the accuracy of the information …
"Even China has received the news. I'm afraid Russia has also heard something. Is it through transport ships? Or is it somewhere else … "
Just as Jiang Chen was pondering this question, the train also arrived at the station.
Putting this problem aside for the time being, under the escort of kinetic skeleton soldiers, Jiang Chen stepped off the train and headed to the Celestial Trade Space Department.
…
In the conference room of the Aerospace Command Center, the relevant members of Project 071 were already seated at the conference table.
Everyone's expression was solemn without exception.
Once any problem was labeled as "extraterrestrial civilization", it would automatically rise to A-level in Celestial Trade's confidentiality level. However, at the beginning of Project 071's establishment, it was classified as S-level secret, which was enough to highlight the importance Celestial Trade attached to Project 071.
The door of the conference room opened. When Jiang Chen appeared at the door, all the top experts and researchers in the industry sat up straight and stopped whispering.
Jiang Chen sat down at the head of the conference table, cleared his throat, and said briefly.
"Sorry, the elevator encountered strong airflow in the troposphere and was ten minutes late. Everyone's time is precious. Let's get started. "
After that, Jiang Chen looked at Calvin.
Calvin nodded and immediately announced the start of the meeting.
The lights in the conference room dimmed, and it was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard.
"The project team has decided that the frontline staff will drop drones into the hollow layer below Mine 071. Based on the data feedback from below … I'll show you the picture directly. " Calvin pressed on the touchpad on the conference table and looked at the experts and researchers. "By the way, this 3D image that just came out is also an S-level secret."
The 3D image appeared on the conference table.
Light blue light particles emerged from thin air and formed straight lines. They crisscrossed in the air and drew a net-like map of the Martian landform layer by layer. Then, the light particles filled the bottom of the net-like map of the Martian landform, winding all the way down, and finally twisted into a spiral image.
Everyone had a surprised expression on their faces.
"What is this?"
"An incredible shape."
"Some kind of natural mineral veins? But it doesn't look like it … "
"Could it be an alkaline albite vein? Mars has experienced large-scale volcanic activity, and the rock specimens brought back from the Mars colony can also prove this. Considering the acidic environment of Mars, it is likely to be traces left by the erosion of alkaline igneous rock veins … "
"It's possible, but this doesn't explain why our seismic wave observation data is abnormal …"
"Could it be the residue of rare minerals?"
Calvin looked at the scholars whispering at the conference table. He coughed lightly and motioned everyone to look at him. He then placed his hands on the table and spoke.
"Feel free to speak your opinions. The first question to be discussed at this meeting is whether our discovery at Mine 071 is naturally formed, or is it a relic left by extraterrestrial civilization … or something similar."
The conference room was silent.
After a while, there continued to be whispered discussions.
"If it was artificially formed, what's the point of building a spiral structure? In terms of space utilization, this structure is completely meaningless … "
At this moment, Dr. Amos, who had been sitting in the corner of the conference table and had no sense of presence, suddenly spoke.
"I remember when I was seven years old, my grandfather in Bavaria took me to do an experiment." At this point, he paused and looked at the pairs of eyes that were looking at him. He then said, "He brought me to pour molten aluminum into the ant nest. Then, when the aluminum cooled down, we were able to get an aluminum ant nest model..."
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, Dr. Amos. We are now discussing the problem of Mine 071." A professor interrupted his speech with a mocking tone. "Also, there are no ants on Mars."
"I know." Amos shrugged. "But who knows, maybe three billion years ago, Mars was full of other arthropods. Don't you think this spiral structure is very similar to an ant nest? "
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