[My dear friend, thank you very much for the fossil you gave me. Although I feel that you may have forgotten, I have to say thank you to you.
[Just yesterday, my report at the University of Oxford came to a successful end. The clues you found in the fossil fully proved that a group of strong and intelligent cockroaches once lived on Mars.
[Unlike the little guys that are active on Earth today, they are bigger, have longer tentacles, and live on a planet with more oxygen than us … This also proves that Mars once had a prosperous past, but it has withered for some reason.]
[Is there anything more surprising than the existence of a civilization on Mars? The exploration that was not completed 100 years ago has now been explained. We are not alone in the universe, and the remains of our neighbors are under our feet.
[I sincerely ask you, if it is convenient, can you tell me where you found the fossil? We know that money and honor can no longer impress you, but in order to be able to get more inspiration from the prehistoric civilization, I sincerely beg you to write the location of the fossil in your reply …]
Mars.
Star Sky Hotel.
Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the study room, read the email from Leonard to him from beginning to end. A troubled expression appeared on his face.
The fossil was picked up in the ruins of The Gates of Hell. The current coordinates were probably at the deepest fork in the Hiddell Mining Company's mine, which was next to General Reinhardt's escape ship.
However, Lu Zhou certainly couldn't say that.
At least before the escape ship was taken out, he certainly couldn't honestly explain these things.
Even though he understood the urgency and impatience in Leonard's heart at the moment.
This was the emotion that any scholar would feel when faced with the truth that was right in front of them.
After struggling for a while, Lu Zhou opened the dictation function on the new panel. After sorting out his thoughts, he spoke in a clear voice.
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Leonard, I don't remember where the stone came from, to be honest. You have heard how chaotic the situation was at the time, and you have even seen it in documentaries. The entire cave was collapsing, and I lay in the dormant cabin in a hurry. If it wasn't for the hibernation pods left behind by the prehistoric civilization, I'm afraid I wouldn't be in this world anymore. "
"There are probably only two clues I can give you. From what I have seen, the declining Martian civilization used to be unprecedentedly prosperous, but because of their introverted culture and physiological discomfort, they did not expand into space but chose to go deep underground. "
"As for another clue, that is, the demise of the Martian civilization is probably related to their excessive release of the heat energy of the planet's core, causing the magnetic field of Mars to disappear and the atmosphere to be lost..."
Looking at the words written on the holographic panel, Lu Zhou checked it from beginning to end.
He wasn't checking for typos. Instead, he was checking to see if he had missed any important information or revealed something that he shouldn't have.
Then he pressed the send button, sent the email back, and stood up from the chair.
In the afternoon, he had to go to the Milky Way to see his and Xiao Ai's new home.
After a month of work, the latest warp drive engine had been installed by East Asia Heavy Industries.
Other than a few extra pieces of equipment, the entire colonial ship was almost complete …
…
On the shuttle to the East Asia Heavy Industries shipyard, today's news was being shown on the holographic screen.
[Recently, Professor Leonard, a well-known scholar of the North Sea Alliance, in a recent academic report, proved through fossil evidence that there was an intelligent creature resembling an American cockroach on Mars billions of years ago.
[At present, this research has caused a huge sensation in the academic community. Experts in related fields have not yet expressed their opinions on this incident, but according to a scholar who did not want to be named, the evidence is likely to be true. This research may change the mainstream academic opinion on a series of aspects such as the ancient geological structure and ancient biological environment of Mars in the past century.]
Zhong Ziyu looked at the news host's explanation in the video window. He couldn't help but speak in an emotional tone.
"It's incredible, I didn't expect those annoying little guys to have actually bred a civilization?"
After hearing these words, Lu Zhou smiled and did not answer.
He should be the one to say something incredible.
Back then, he had never thought that the stone he had stuffed into his pocket as compensation would have such a huge impact a year later.
After more than ten minutes of sailing, the shuttle quickly docked at the shipyard's berth.
With the gangway connected, the group quickly arrived at the shipyard. Under the reception of the engineer, they came to the modified Milky Way.
Standing in the central hall, Zhong Ziyu looked around and said with a smile.
"I feel like the space here is bigger than the last time I came."
"That's probably your illusion. This modification did not change the main structure of the starship. It only made some adjustments to the internal space." Lu Zhou continued after taking a look at the surrounding layout, "Maybe the space utilization rate has increased."
It could only be said that Academician Yang Chongping was indeed worthy of being a leading human-level engineer in the Mars aerospace industry. His skills were indeed outstanding. Lu Zhou's decision to choose him as the chief engineer was indeed an extremely wise one.
"Really? I thought you widened this colonial ship. "Zhong Ziyu smiled and continued," Speaking of which, how fast can the warp drive you installed on this new ship fly? "
"This depends on the total mass of the target planet, the sailing distance, and the mass of the colonial ship. It can't be generalized." Lu Zhou thought for a while and continued, "If it's Tau Ceti, it will take about 30 days."
To put it bluntly, the warp drive he designed was only the key to open the hyperspace channel and could not determine the attributes of the channel itself.
"Can we reach Tau Ceti in 30 days?" The expression on Zhong Ziyu's face was a little emotional. He continued, "What about Alpha Centauri?"
"About two weeks … Why?"
Zhong Ziyu smiled embarrassedly and touched the back of his head with his right hand.
"I'm just asking … But listening to you, I feel like this is a good idea."
Lu Zhou: "…?"
What the hell is a good idea?
Zhong Ziyu coughed lightly. Just as he was about to reveal his plan, a voice suddenly drifted over from above the spacious hall.
"You're here."
Hearing this voice, the two looked up at the same time, but they saw nothing.
At this moment, a holographic beam descended from the sky and landed in front of the two.
Looking at the young man standing in front of him, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned. A dignified expression appeared on his face.
"Lawrence …"
"Yeah, my old friend." The young Lawrence smiled and continued in a gentle but cold voice.
"We meet again."
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