Dr. Amos's research field was electronic technology and brain neurology. He lived in Future Group's research institute year-round and lived with his daughter who was still in elementary school.
Celestial Trade's neural bridging technology, a device that directly connected human thinking to robots, was one of his inventions. It was even recognized by a digitalized human in the 22nd century, and it made outstanding contributions to Celestial Trade's extraterrestrial construction, mining, and other fields.
Strictly speaking, his specialization was not related to Project 071, but geniuses always had many privileges. Especially for researchers who dedicated themselves to academic research and made outstanding contributions, Jiang Chen often gave them more privileges.
For example, Dr. Amos recently developed a strong "interest" in aerospace and applied to join Project 071. Jiang Chen immediately approved his application.
However, since the establishment of the project team, he seemed to have been in the state of being a bystander. This was the first time he had expressed his opinion like this.
Dr. Amos stood up and spoke excitedly.
"Let's boldly imagine that 3.7 billion years ago, the entire northern hemisphere of Mars was still an ocean. At that time, Mars was the world of arthropods. They fought each other, and in the end, a special species … they had more arms, or a smarter brain. In short, they were so different, and they finally stood at the top of the food chain, just like our ancestors did. "
Everyone at the conference table, including Jiang Chen, was dumbfounded as they looked at Dr. Amos, who was passionately delivering a speech.
"They used tens of thousands of years, or hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years to end the Great Migration. They lit a fire by a river and ignited the flames of the Stone Age. They were good at digging, and their intuition for ores was sharper than that of humans. They quickly moved from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, and then to the Iron Age. "
"Because of the constraints of collective consciousness and reproduction methods, it might have taken them longer than us to get rid of slavery and matriarchal clans, but in the endless struggle, they finally did it. They got rid of their stale ideas and completed the Renaissance. In the end, they walked through the Industrial Revolution and entered the modern era, even further than us …"
"A society of arthropods … This is ridiculous." The professor who previously refuted him said with difficulty, "If they can go further than us, why haven't they come here before?"
"Maybe they have been here." Amos shrugged. "You and I just didn't notice. The timescale of more than three billion years is beyond the scope of archaeologists' research. They may be even older than the filamentous bacteria fossils we found in the Wallawona Group in Australia. "
"Indeed, we cannot rule out this possibility." Hawking, who had also been silent, suddenly spoke. He clearly stood on the side of Dr. Amos. "Any species has the possibility of evolving into a civilization. Especially for a mysterious thing like the universe, in a time scale of billions of years, anything unimaginable can happen. "
"I still can't believe it. We have enough evidence to prove it …"
The conference table was clearly divided into two factions. One faction conservatively believed that the discovery of Mine 071 was probably just a natural phenomenon that originated from a large-scale volcanic movement two billion years ago. The spiral space was just a cavity left by the erosion of alkaline extrusive rocks by acidic groundwater, and the space was just a special mineral brought out from the mantle by the extrusive rocks.
The other faction's view was relatively bold and could even be said to be full of imagination. As Dr. Amos said, this spiral space was not a natural phenomenon at all. It was just an incomprehensible building left behind by a civilization that humans did not understand.
Or ruins.
"It seems that we can only go down and see for ourselves." The researcher sitting on the other side of the conference table pinched his eyebrows and said with a bitter smile.
"The drone can only go as far as six kilometers underground." Calvin's expression was a little helpless. "This is also what we are most surprised about. The iron content of the Martian soil is too high. The target area itself may be a rich iron ore, and the electromagnetic waves are greatly attenuated underground. We have increased the power of the electromagnetic waves to the limit, but the size of the drone is only that big … unless we build a communication base station below, which is obviously impossible. "
"What about wired transmission?" Jiang Chen frowned.
"There is no relevant equipment." Calvin shook his head. "That's Mars, not the lawn in front of our house. It's not difficult to design a probe for wired transmission, but Mars is now moving to the apogee. If everything goes well, we may only see what is under Mine 071 next year. "
Wait a year.
For aerospace research activities, waiting a year may not be a big deal. However, waiting for a year just to place a detector down there was too slow of a progress.
Just when everyone was in deep thought, Dr. Amos spoke again.
"Maybe it doesn't have to be electromagnetic waves." He broke the silence at the conference table. This time he looked at Jiang Chen and said in a vague tone, "Electromagnetic wave communication may not be possible, but the thing I am studying … may be possible."
When Jiang Chen heard this sentence, he immediately understood what he wanted to express in his vague words.
Yes, something that couldn't be achieved by electromagnetic waves was not difficult for that thing.
That was the Klein particle!
If it was the Klein particle wave, using the four-dimensional space as a medium to transmit information, it could even easily break through the barrier of time. What would a few kilometers of ground be compared to it?
However, only Jiang Chen and Dr. Amos knew about Klein particles. Others were almost confused by the phrase "it doesn't have to be electromagnetic waves."
"What is it?" Calvin couldn't help but ask.
"Another S-Level secret?" Dr. Amos shrugged. "Maybe the confidentiality level is higher than S-Level."
"Let's end today's meeting here." Understanding Dr. Amos's meaning, Jiang Chen stood up, looked around the scholars and experts at the conference table, and his eyes stopped on Calvin. "After the meeting, come with me."
"Okay." Calvin nodded.
After the meeting, Jiang Chen asked Amos to wait for him at the entrance of the station, and then he took Calvin to the side.
"Other members of the Earth Defense Alliance may have received some information, but the information is not comprehensive. They may know that we are doing a big project on Mars, but they are still confused about the specific content of the project. "
"You are worried …" Calvin's eyes flickered.
"Yes." Jiang Chen nodded seriously. "Now is the time when we need to unite the most. Unnecessary suspicion may cause cracks in our alliance."
"But we can't prove that Project 071 has something to do with extraterrestrial civilization. Telling them would only create more arguments at the conference table." Calvin smiled bitterly and shook his head. He lowered his head and thought, "Where did the news come from? The port? Or … "
"Let's put this problem aside for now. The scale of commercial activities in Celestial City is getting larger and larger. It is difficult to completely hide such a large project. Especially when we sent a Marine Corps to Mars, it would be strange if no one suspected it. "Jiang Chen shook his head." We must know what is hidden under Mine 071 as soon as possible. If it is a treasure, then we must get it quickly. If it is just a pile of scrap metal, then we must clear up the misunderstanding. "
After a pause, Jiang Chen continued.
"After you go back, I want you to do something immediately."
"Go ahead," Calvin said immediately.
"Transfer the command authority of the Project 071 frontline team directly to me. I will personally command it."
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