Mount Olympus on Mars was the highest known mountain in the entire solar system. The highest altitude was 27 kilometers, and the base area was larger than the entire England.
Moreover, since its discovery, there had been no eruption. Plus, Mars had no geological plate movements and collisions.
Some cliffs were eight kilometers high. Once hidden in the mountain, the protection of several kilometers of rock walls could block any detection.
It could be said that this was a natural and ideal secret base location.
The spaceship flew for more than an hour and arrived at the glacier on the west side of Mount Olympus.
Looking at the diagram of the glacier shown in the 3D image, William released dozens of probe balls and spent a few hours scanning.
Sunday reported, "Sir, based on the ice on the surface of this glacier, the water here can provide for 100,000 people for a hundred years.
The only uncertainty is that we are not sure if the frozen water in the glacier will carry a deadly virus. "
"Let's not worry about that for now. I'm not short of water anyway. Even if I want to pretend to the people of Blue Planet, I can directly synthesize water with hydrogen and oxygen."
After looking at the glacier, he went to Mount Olympus a few times. William checked the location on Sunday and confirmed that the cliff had not changed for hundreds of millions of years.
He released a large number of engineering robots and engineering equipment, charging equipment, and drove the spaceship back to the canyon in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
Then, he opened the portal and returned to the underground of Oxford Castle. He ate dinner made by Nissa and did some good physical and mental exercises.
When he was about to sleep, Sunday suddenly reported, "Sir, congratulations, the Mars base you have chosen, the engineering robots have drilled about 200 meters into the ground.
A large number of gold mines with extremely high gold content have been discovered. "
"What kind of good news is that? I don't lack gold." William pouted as he hugged Nissa, who had already fallen asleep. "This is bad news, alright? If we found a gold mine, doesn't that mean I'll have to find another location for my base?"
Sunday, however, reported, "I must remind you that in another 34 days, the English Capital, which bet on gold futures because of you, will face the delivery date."
"Hmm." William opened his eyes in surprise and asked doubtfully, "These guys didn't cut their meat and leave, but held on until now?"
"Many people saw hope when you turned and flew directly to Mars. In addition, the price of gold has only increased by 4% recently, so there is no risk of a direct explosion.
So among these people, about seventy percent of them have been holding on, hoping that you can find a gold mine on Mars, a planet full of metals. "
"Hehe." William sat up and walked out of the basement in his pajamas. He chuckled softly. "You trust me that much? Then I really have to report back to them. Let the spaceship search around the canyon and see if we can find nugget gold or gold mines.
If you really don't have any, ask the engineering robots at Mount Olympus to get some gold ores and have the spaceship transport them back to the canyon and throw them in the gravel sand. "
"Handle the ores properly, so that people won't be able to tell at a glance that they're freshly mined."
"Understood, sir. I will process the gold ore into sand gold and spread it under the gravel sand, disguising it as the sand gold in the rivers of the Blue Planet."
"That's good." He lay down and thought for a while before asking, "Who's eyeing the second spaceship now?"
"I'm sorry, sir. From the surveillance equipment I set up in the spaceship parts construction company, there aren't many people spying on us."
"This?" William thought for a moment and suddenly understood that the people who wanted him dead were worried that all of this was a trap.
The spaceship didn't have enough energy as he had said.
Thinking of this, William couldn't help but smile. It seemed that he had to think of a way to let these guys understand that he really couldn't go back by relying on the spaceship.
He said to Sunday, "Help me prepare ten intact potatoes."
The next day at nine o 'clock London time, William got up, put on the Type 4 Space Armor, and opened the portal to return to the Mars spaceship.
He directly connected the signal to a satellite of the Blue Planet, turned on the live broadcast, and waved to the waiting reporters.
He put on his helmet, held the spherical live broadcast device and said, "There was an accident yesterday. As for the reason, I won't say much.
However, I still want to thank those people in England who care about me. However, please don't underestimate a person who has the courage to fly to Mars alone and the desire to survive in adversity. "
After a pause, William continued, "Under normal circumstances, my supplies can last until the rescue, but after thinking about it all night, I feel that I have to make more preparations in advance."
After saying that, William took out a box from the metal box in the cargo cabin and took out the ten potatoes that he had asked Sunday to prepare last night.
He pretended to be happy and excited, and said to the live broadcast device, "I don't know which angel prepared these for me, but to be honest, from the moment I saw them.
I suddenly feel that God hasn't abandoned me. "
Looking at the potatoes in William's vacuum bag, the reporters and everyone watching the live broadcast were shocked.
They couldn't help but think in their hearts, 'Don't f * cking tell me that you're planning to grow potatoes on Mars?'
"Haha, that's right."
Sure enough, the whole world heard William say excitedly, "The spaceship has a water circulation and filtration system that uses hydrogen and oxygen to synthesize water. Yesterday, I found glaciers near the Olympus volcano on Mars.
Water, volcanic ash, seeds, and the space of 20 square meters in the cargo cabin of the spaceship, plus 29% energy, is enough to ensure that the temperature of the spaceship is constant at 26 degrees for many years. "
"So, as long as these potatoes grow smoothly, I should be able to survive on Mars for a long time.
The only troublesome thing is that if I only eat potatoes, I should have all kinds of malnutrition after half a year.
Hair loss, teeth loss, osteoporosis, and a year later, my body will become weaker and weaker due to the lack of vitamins and trace elements.
However, it's better than starving to death if an accident happens to the second spaceship. "
"Well, now that I don't have to worry about survival for the time being, I'll take you out to see what the real surface of Mars looks like."
When William walked out of the spaceship, the people on the Blue Planet stared at William on the TV, dumbfounded. Was this the colonization of Mars that the experts had talked about?
Didn't that mean that the ownerless Mars belonged to the Devonshire family to a certain extent from the moment William started planting it?
Those who had been hesitating whether William was setting up a trap or not were really thinking about whether the Mars spaceship would really not be able to fly back.
Not to mention the werewolves who were already planning to attack the spaceship's spare parts factory, and some vampires who were unwilling to give up.
Even some people in the United States had begun to take action silently.
Just as William had said, the consequences of eating only potatoes and pure water without trace elements would be very serious.
As long as the spaceship was damaged twice and dragged on for a year or two, William would be completely disabled even if he could survive.
Besides, if they wanted to kill him, they didn't necessarily have to starve him to death.
Who would know if the rescue spaceship accidentally exploded, or if the people who rescued him killed him on Mars when he was weak?
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