"Interesting."
A few days later, Chen Chen looked at the information sent by the Mars scientific research team with a thoughtful look.
At this time, many things about Mars had been announced simultaneously. Under the intentional guidance of the Earth Federation, the entire human race focused their attention on this Mars mission. When the Ares successfully landed on Mars, it attracted countless cheers. Now, the Mars scientific research station had even sent a piece of shocking news to countless people —
There was life on Mars!
Moreover, it was not a primitive eukaryotic life, nor was it a single-celled life, but a multicellular life similar to Earth!
This news alone caused a carnival in the entire Earth Federation's biology community.
In the information sent back, the four major continents did not conceal anything and decided to disclose it to the world, including the data of Mars, the species of organisms, the geological structure, and so on. These data were released without any concealment by the four major continents and were even praised by the world.
However, there were also reasons for doing this. The first was the most basic strategic purpose, which was to build a good reputation and maintain the image of the four major continents in the Earth Federation.
Of course, this was only one of the reasons. The real reason was — the Ares operation was led by Blacklight Biotechnology and the aerospace technology delivered by Blacklight Biotechnology to the four major continents three years ago had exceeded the scope of the overall technology of the Earth Federation by decades...
In other words, even if the data on Mars was released, it would be meaningless to other continents and countries because except for the four major continents and Blacklight Biotechnology, no other force had the ability to launch a spacecraft to Mars.
This was the real reason the four major continents were willing to share information with the Earth Federation.
At this time, Chen Chen looked at the thick stack of information in his hand and waited for more than ten minutes before slowly raising his head.
"Sir Godfather, do you notice that the life on Mars seems to be somewhat similar to the life on the seabed on Earth?"
Little X suddenly asked.
"It's more than similar."
Chen Chen nodded. "The multicellular organisms found in the underground lake of Mars can even be said to be homologous to the deep-sea organisms on Earth, with a genetic similarity of more than 50%. Could it be as the civil scientists speculated, that in the past, Mars was indeed a planet with civilization, and later because of its destruction, life was brought to Earth? Is Mars the birthplace of life on Earth?
"Maybe it's just a coincidence. After all, we've only discovered low-level species. We just don't know how much difference there is between high-level species."
Little X explained, "However, what you said is indeed possible. Perhaps Mars really is related to the origin of life on Earth and the Cambrian explosion..."
The so-called Cambrian explosion was also known as a major unsolved case in paleontology and geology. The reason was that about 540 million to 530 million years ago, which was considered to be the beginning of the Cambrian period in geology, a large number of invertebrate fossils suddenly appeared in the Cambrian strata for more than 20 million years.
However, in the older strata, there were no obvious signs of ancestral fossils. It was as if those invertebrate fossils appeared out of thin air …
This problem had been bothering the biological academic community since Darwin. Because no reasonable explanation had been found, paleontologists called it the "Cambrian explosion."
However, these problems were not important to Blacklight Biotechnology. At this time, Little X spoke again, "These problems may be discovered after we conduct a large number of investigations on Mars. After all, we're only in the early stages of the investigation and the information is too partial. It will take about three to five years before we can get more comprehensive and accurate information about Mars."
"No, I'm not thinking about this."
However, Chen Chen suddenly shook his head and showed a thoughtful expression. "What I'm thinking now is that a round trip to Mars in seven days is still too long, especially when it costs us tens of billions of dollars to build the Ares spacecraft. To achieve sufficient efficiency, we need to find a new way to go to Mars."
"You mean... Teleportation?"
Little X was taken aback for a moment, then said, "This is very difficult. The most optimized method is the Gantz sphere in Gantz, but even so, we've prepared for a long time and paid a lot. Also, the Gantz sphere is limited by the equipment. At most, it can only teleport within the Earth and not across planets. Unless we can build a Gantz server the size of the Himalayas, so that the server's signal can cover Earth and Mars at the same time, but that's impossible..."
"Of course, I'm aware of this."
Chen Chen smiled. "In the beginning, due to the energy limitations of the USB drive, we couldn't extract a device that was large enough, so we could only settle for the next best thing and choose the Gantz sphere. But now, things are different. With the cooperation of us and the four major continents to restore the super tokamak reactor, we can increase the charging speed of the USB drive by several times. Therefore, those devices that were abandoned because they were too large can be included in the scope of choice, right?"
"Are you talking about the time machine in 'The Terminator'?"
Little X asked tentatively.
"That kind of device can be considered, but it's not the best choice."
Chen Chen thought for a while and said, "In addition to Terminator, there are many similar teleportation devices in the history of the movie. Now that we're exploring Mars, I think of a device that is very suitable..."
"Are you talking about … DOOM?"
Little X asked.
"That's right."
Chen Chen snapped his fingers when he heard this. "At present, the time machine in Terminator seems to be a parallel space teleportation device. I'm afraid it'll be difficult to use it. As for the teleportation devices in movies such as Doctor Who and Star Trek, they're either too fantastical to be recognized by the USB drive or they disrupt the continuity of consciousness. I'm afraid that after teleporting, you'll be another person. Therefore, I can't rest assured about these, so only Doom meets my requirements."
Doom was originally known as DOOM, also known as Duke Nukem. It was originally a first-person horror shooting game with a sci-fi theme. It told the story of humans discovering a door on Mars in the future. After the door was opened, a large number of terrifying monsters were released, and these monsters turned out to be the demons of the Bible.
Because of its status as a game that transcended its time and had a large number of fans, it was finally adapted into a movie in 2005. However, unlike the setting of the demons in the game, the enemies in the movie were set to be monsters produced from human experiments.
The plot of the movie was about the year 2026. Humans discovered a special device left behind by an ancient civilization on Earth. This device was called the "Ark", and it was used for teleportation. The destination of the teleportation turned out to be Mars.
Therefore, in order to study the "Ark", the national forces sealed this secret and built a research station on Mars. Only then did they discover that there were remains of humanoid creatures on Mars. These humanoid creatures were the natives of Mars.
Through genetic research on the natives of Mars, humans discovered that most Martians shared the same genes as humans, which were both with 23 pairs of chromosomes. However, some Martians had the 24th pair of chromosomes.
Through research, humans discovered that the 24th pair of chromosomes possessed amazing power. Martians with the 24th pair of chromosomes were far superior to ordinary people in terms of strength, reflexes, vitality, and recovery speed after injury. They were almost equivalent to superhumans.
However, according to the continuous investigation conducted by the Mars research base, humans still gradually discovered that the 24th pair of chromosomes had a very strong side effect. After obtaining the 24th pair of chromosomes, most people would mutate and lose their rationality, turning into a hybrid of zombies and monsters. They would only know how to kill and had no emotions.
Only a small number of people could adapt to the 24th pair of chromosomes.
Even so, because most humans had a certain tendency toward violence, there was a dark side in the depths of their hearts. After obtaining the 24th pair of chromosomes, this violent tendency and dark side would be infinitely magnified, turning them into a murderous monster that had lost its sense of self but retained its rationality.
Only a very small number of humans with a righteous heart could resist all the side effects of the 24th pair of chromosomes and become superhuman beings.
From this point of view, the 24th pair of chromosomes was like a hybrid of the T-virus and Captain America's serum. On one hand, it could infect humans and turn them into zombies and monsters. On the other hand, it could strengthen the physique and personality of humans, making good people better and evil people worse.
According to the plot of the movie, after discovering that the 24th pair of genes of Martians had such a powerful advantage, the country began to allow people in the Mars research station to study the 24th pair of chromosomes. In the end, the monsters in the Mars research station went out of control, causing a series of disasters.
Chen Chen once wondered if he should try the enhancement method in the movie Doom, but after thinking about it, Chen Chen decided against it. After all, it was important to know one's limits. If Chen Chen was given that chromosome, he would not become an enhanced person like the protagonist of the movie. On the contrary, the chances of him becoming a murderous monster were infinitely higher.
After all, everyone knew that Chen Chen was not a good person like Captain America.
Moreover, in terms of physique enhancement, the 24th pair of chromosomes was basically on par with the T-virus. Naturally, Chen Chen could not afford to go further.
At this time, these thoughts flashed through Chen Chen's mind, and then he said, "That's how it is now. Although Doom is a game adaptation, it has completely changed the background of the game from a fantasy work to a sci-fi work. In that case, I can try to see if the USB drive can recognize it."
With that said, Chen Chen directly went to the heavily guarded charging room where the USB drive was stored. He saw that the USB drive, which had just been emptied more than a month ago, was now constantly emitting a strange red light, illuminating the entire room. At the same time, he could faintly see electric arcs with a diameter of half a meter circling around it.
This was the most common "corona" effect.
However, with Chen Chen's arrival, the charging process of the USB drive was quickly stopped. This was because the reactor behind the USB drive was quickly stopping its power generation.
After losing the charge, the red light inside the USB drive quickly dimmed, then turned pure black again. However, what was different from before was that the surface of the USB drive began to flicker with dazzling spots of light.
It was as if there was a starry sky inside the USB drive...
Chen Chen knew that this would only happen when there was a lot of charge inside. This did not happen when he first obtained the USB drive.
This was the problem of the efficiency of the charging method. Back when Chen Chen had not built the nuclear power plant, the power of a few months of charging was pitifully small. Now, with four or five high-power nuclear fusion reactors of tens of millions of kilowatts on the scene, the power absorbed by the USB drive per hour was equivalent to the power consumption of a large international city in a day.
Even so, it would take at least three years to fully charge the USB drive. This was enough to show the terrifying capacity of the USB drive.
Chen Chen stepped forward, gently pulled out the USB drive, and then said, "Although it's only been charged for a month, a month now is equivalent to decades in the past. At least, it won't be a problem to extract at least a few hundred tons of material. It should be enough to extract what I want..."
With that, he walked into the teleportation room with the USB drive. After a flash of blue light, Chen Chen had already arrived at a new location.
This room was as vast as a large hall. The interior was empty, with only giant steel pillars leading straight to the roof. The surrounding walls were also cast in steel, without any entrance or exit.
This was obviously a forbidden place.
This place was a new experimental site that Chen Chen ordered Little X to build after the failure of the USB drive experiment.
The purpose of this site was also very simple. Three years later, when the USB drive was fully charged again, Chen Chen would open up another Einstein – Rosen bridge and create an alternate world that belonged to him alone.
Now, this hall had a new purpose.
At this time, there was a desk in front of Chen Chen. On the desk was a laptop that was not connected to the external network. Chen Chen walked forward and saw that the computer was turned on. There was only one file on the desktop, which was a movie in AVI format.
"Doom."
Seeing the name of the movie, Chen Chen nodded. He slowly sat in front of the computer, then took out the USB drive and gently inserted it into the USB port on the side.
After the computer recognized the USB drive, Chen Chen decisively opened the USB drive, then gently dragged the movie on the desktop into the USB drive.
"Click!"
With a soft click, a movie was successfully added to the USB drive!
"DOOM" was actually recognized by the USB flash drive!
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