As far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of whiteness.
Chen Chen squinted his eyes and looked around. From here, he could see that the north pole on Mars was very different from the north pole on Earth.
In the center of the polar region, there was also an endless ice continent, but unlike Earth, the north pole of Mars had a large number of rugged landforms. This was a landform called "frost dunes". From a high altitude, these dunes formed by ice and snow looked a bit like folds of ice cream.
There were also a large number of dark areas in the north pole. These dark areas were gaps formed after the gas trapped under the ice sheet was released, causing the north pole's landform to be extremely complex and extremely dangerous.
Moreover, the sun on Mars was bluish and smaller than it looked from Earth, probably only two-thirds the size of Earth.
The wind on Mars was also much stronger than on Earth. Usually, the wind was around level six or seven, and occasionally, it could even form a large sandstorm that spread across the entire planet.
At this time, as Chen Chen set foot on this Martian world, the first thing he saw was a few pitch-black wheelbarrows parked outside the elevator.
These vehicles were modified by several designers of Blacklight Biotechnology through the Gantz Bike. The Gantz Bike was a special motorcycle in Gantz. The whole body had only one tire, but the size of this tire was extremely large, with a diameter of about two meters and a width of about fifty centimeters.
The inside of this tire was hollow, with a seat and a corresponding cockpit inside. Even because the tire itself blocked the driver's line of sight directly in front of him, a display screen was needed to observe the front.
The driver sat inside the entire tire, and there were gear levers and tail fins in front and back of the tire that were responsible for stability. There was even a seat at the rear that could carry passengers.
Compared with ordinary motorcycles, the advantage was that it was more flexible and could adapt to more complex terrain. The disadvantage was that it was far more difficult to control than ordinary motorcycles and cars.
Still, for the Black Knights whose reflexes were far superior to humans, these difficulties were nothing.
The huge and narrow single-wheel design allowed this car to freely shuttle through the rugged rocks on Mars full of subway sand. Its mobility and speed were far superior to conventional off-road vehicles. Even if it hit an object, it was difficult to damage it. Even the energy used was far less than ordinary vehicles.
Therefore, this "unobstructed vehicle" improved by Gantz Bike became a very advantageous vehicle on Mars. After the transformation, those people gave this vehicle a name – "GB off-road vehicle".
After testing, this kind of single-wheeled off-road vehicle could travel at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour on Mars, completely ignoring the complex and ever-changing terrain of Mars. It could be said to be very suitable.
At this time, Chen Chen chose one of the GB off-road vehicles and sat in it.
As Chen Chen sat in one of the off-road vehicles, the screen in front of him suddenly flashed and a line of text appeared on it:
"Detecting user …"
"Please place your palm on the screen."
Chen Chen reached out and placed his palm on the screen. At once, a parallel line swept across the screen.
"Identity confirmed: The driver has the highest authority. The vehicle is synchronized with the driver's protective suit."
As this line of text flashed on the screen, the GB off-road vehicle quickly started up and drove Chen Chen forward.
In the snow and ice, a pitch-black unicycle moved forward at high speed. A huge mark appeared behind the vehicle and the unicycle rolled faster and faster, soon exceeding hundreds of kilometers.
Sitting in the unicycle, Chen Chen silently experienced this special feeling. This was a territory that humans had never set foot in. If Chen Chen wanted to, he could even drive the vehicle away from the north pole and go to the central area of Mars.
Moreover, when the Ares was in orbit around Mars, several communication satellites had been scattered here. The satellites directly covered the surface of Mars. No matter where the GB off-road vehicle was, there was no need to worry about getting lost.
At this time, Chen Chen drove the vehicle to the top of the highest snow-capped mountain nearby.
This snow-capped mountain range in the north pole was about 2,000 meters high. Standing here, Chen Chen could even see the distant horizon turning from white to brown. The reason for this was that the area of the arctic ice sheet was not large. A few hundred kilometers away was the most common desert terrain on Mars.
Looking at this primitive and ancient world, Chen Chen sighed silently. Who would have thought that after obtaining the USB flash drive, he would land on the famous Mars a few years later?
Chen Chen had always had a dream of the sea of stars in his heart because he knew that human beings would not be locked on Earth forever. Although Earth was the mother that gave birth to human beings, it also bound the footsteps of human civilization. Human civilization that did not step out of Earth would always be fragile and could be destroyed by all kinds of disasters at any time —
Meteorites, volcanic eruptions, gamma-ray bursts, and even nuclear wars of mankind itself. There were countless ways in the universe that could destroy human civilization.
If human civilization wanted to continue, the only way was to step out of Earth.
Now, the first step had been achieved by Chen Chen.
These thoughts flashed through Chen Chen's mind, but in the next moment, he saw a series of meteors passing over his head. There were as many as a hundred of these meteors, falling toward Mars one after another.
The atmosphere of Mars was very thin, which meant that only a meteor the size of a fist could fall to the ground. Unlike Earth, meteorites the size of a few houses could not even reach the ground before they would be ground to dust by friction in the atmosphere.
Still, at this moment, the voice of X-113 Nancy suddenly came from the headset. "Sir Commander, I suddenly received bad news. The situation is very urgent."
Chen Chen's expression suddenly shifted. He looked up and said, "Speak!"
"Just ten seconds ago, the scientific research station base in the Antarctic suddenly sent a distress signal to Earth, claiming that a meteorite had fallen there and smashed the scientific research station. At present, a large amount of air in the scientific research station is leaking and the situation is very critical."
It seemed that Nancy's voice also became serious because she knew that the other party might face a crisis. "At present, among the people at the Antarctic scientific research station, two people died because of the collapse of the building, seven people went into hypoxic shock due to instant exposure to the Martian air, and the remaining three people have hidden in a laboratory that has not collapsed, including our Alpha-level researcher Caesar Hannibal of Blacklight Biotechnology. Because this laboratory is used to study Martian organisms, it is sufficiently airtight, but it won't last long."
"How long is it going to last?"
Chen Chen asked with a frown.
"Because the scientific research station was damaged, the power system was also damaged. The oxygen generation room can no longer produce oxygen and the scientific research station has been completely shut down. Based on the scale of that laboratory, in about ten hours, everyone will die of suffocation..."
"Ten hours?"
Chen Chen could not help showing a thoughtful expression when he heard this.
With the speed of the GB off-road vehicle, it could reach a maximum of 200 kilometers per hour, but it could only travel 2,000 kilometers in ten hours, which was impossible to transport supplies.
The Ares spacecraft had left Mars as early as the day before yesterday because it was afraid of being discovered by the Earth Federation. The idea of using a spacecraft to transport supplies was also not feasible.
In that case, there was only one way...
Thinking of this, Chen Chen looked at the oxygen capacity of his protective suit, but saw that the oxygen capacity of the protective suit could only last for three hours, so he immediately said, "Prepare three sets of protective suits for me, I'll pick up those three people personally."
With that, he did not wait for Nancy to answer. He directly spread his hands and his whole body rose directly into the air.
Immediately, he chose a direction and at the same time, he flew in the direction from which he came with a loud bang!
However, after two minutes, he returned to the position of Spire 2. At this time, three Black Knights happened to walk out of the elevator, and in their hands, they were each carrying a pitch-black medium-sized suitcase.
"Sir Commander, this is the general protective suit. It can be worn as long as it's within a height of 1.6 to 1.9 meters. Are you going to go in person now?"
"Of course, after all, Hannibal is there. I don't want to lose such a unique talent."
Chen Chen replied indifferently. As he spoke, he looked at the three suitcases. In the next second, the three suitcases automatically lined up and then Chen Chen spread his hands again. This time, he rose together with the three suitcases.
"Boom!"
There was only a low sonic boom and Chen Chen and the three suitcases suddenly turned into a small dot and flew into the distance...
Although the speed of sound on Mars was only 240 meters per second, because the atmosphere was too thin, Chen Chen could easily accelerate to more than 1,000 meters per second. After reaching this speed, Chen Chen even continued to accelerate. He used Field to form a conical shield in front of him. His whole body was like a drill bit, flying into the distance at an extremely terrifying speed!
1000 meters per second...
1500 meters per second...
3000 meters per second!
The speed detector on the armor was almost constantly flipping in the form of a clock, and soon reached a speed of 3000 meters per second. This speed was converted to 10,800 kilometers per hour.
This was an extremely terrifying speed. On the entire earth, except for ballistic missiles and some supersonic aircraft, almost no one could compete with it.
At this speed, Chen Chen also began to feel strained. Although the Martian atmosphere was thin, he was also carrying a load of three hundred kilometers. If he were flying alone, Chen Chen could continue to accelerate himself by more than double!
At this rate, Chen Chen felt that he had reached a critical value and the Field energy in his mind was also slowly being consumed. At this rate of consumption, in about two and a half hours, it would be consumed to the point where Chen Chen would feel burdened.
This speed was about right...
Chen Chen murmured in a low voice. This speed was calculated by him. After all, the diameter of Mars was 6,790 kilometers and its circumference was 21331 kilometers. In other words, at this speed, it would only take Chen Chen an hour to reach the Antarctic scientific research station from the north pole.
It would take an hour to go to the Antarctic scientific research station and an hour to return. After he brought the three sets of protective clothing to the three survivors, it would be best if the three of them could repair the oxygen generator, but if they could not, then he could only return to the Arctic base with one person.
This was because he did not have the ability to carry three people and still be able to fly.
"Boom!"
If there were people on the ground of Mars at this time, they could only see a figure flying from one end of the sky to the other at an extremely exaggerated speed, then disappearing into the sky!
At this extremely terrifying speed, it only took Chen Chen more than fifty minutes to fly over the Martian continent. Once again, he saw layers of white frost on the ground. Obviously, he had flown from the north pole to the south pole. At this time, the scientific research station in the distance that was constantly emitting thick smoke was also faintly visible.
Seeing this, Chen Chen began to slow down. In less than half a minute, his speed had dropped below the speed of sound on Mars. At this time, the scientific research station was also close at hand.
Around the scientific research station, large and small craters could be seen. These craters bloomed on the ice in a striped pattern. Obviously, these meteorites had hit the ground in an oblique direction and one of the craters happened to pass through the scientific research station, blasting most of the scientific research station into pieces!
Looking from the sky, the circular scientific research station looked like a birthday cake. One side of it seemed to have been smashed into pieces by a naughty child, and only a small part of it was still standing.
It had to be said that this group of scientific researchers was really unlucky. In just a few short months on Mars, they had been hit by a meteorite. This kind of probability was basically enough to buy a lottery ticket.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen landed straight from the air. He landed directly in the ruins of the scientific research station and said at the same time, "Nancy, can you connect to the survivors' communications?"
"Yes."
The voice of X-113 came from the headset, and then another voice full of surprise came. "What, you said someone has come to rescue me?"
That voice was Hannibal.
"I'm outside the door now."
Chen Chen said, "Hannibal, open the airtight door of the laboratory. I'll put three sets of protective suits in."
"You, you're... Boss?"
Hannibal's voice was a little surprised. "This, how is this possible..."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Chen Chen frowned. "If you don't want to be left here by me, open the door now and take the protective suit in."
"Yes!"
Hannibal said quickly. At the same time, a steel airtight door in front of Chen Chen began to make a squeaking sound and the bolts on it began to turn little by little.
Then, the airtight door suddenly opened a gap and Chen Chen immediately stuffed a protective suit box in.
However, only one box was stuffed in and the airtight door closed again.
"What's going on?"
Chen Chen asked with a frown.
"Boss, the remaining two survivors are dead..."
Hannibal whispered, "I killed them. “
Chen Chen suddenly understood when he heard this. He took a deep look at the airtight door in front of him and said at the same time, "I got it. You put on the protective suit first, then come out and I'll take you away."
"Yes!"
Then, there was a burst of rustling sounds.
Chen Chen looked toward the ruins. In the ruins, he could also see the bodies of other researchers. Most of these researchers suffocated instantly because the scientific research station was destroyed.
And the culprit of all this was a meteorite the size of a car in the distance.
The meteorite fell to the ground at an angle of seventy or eighty degrees, then penetrated the scientific research station, and finally drew a distance of more than three hundred meters, drawing a thrilling trajectory on the surface.
Looking at the dark meteorite embedded under the ice at the end of the track, Chen Chen seemed to see something wriggling.
He frowned and flew directly to the meteorite. Only then did he see a trace of something black flowing out of the gap in the meteorite.
It seemed to be a viscous liquid...
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