At the other end of the cloud was Guitian 1. Lan Mu was currently in the resource cabin of the spaceship. He had participated in the design of the spaceship, so of course, he was very familiar with it.
He felt his body floating. Although it was not completely weightless, when Guitian 1 was built, the gravity technology in the cabin was not yet mature, so the simulated gravity was not even half of Earth's.
"This can still be improved. For example, using the gravity gyroscope in the mech technology."
"Beep beep! Tch … "
He transformed into Asari and instantly took over the quantum computer. The cabin door opened automatically.
He walked slowly to a crew room. Of course, it was empty. Lan Mu had specifically chosen an empty room.
There were many cabins in the spaceship. They were completely built to accommodate fifty official crew members. If it was not the first time, it could have been even larger.
This time, there were only four astronauts. Lan Mu could live in the spare room as he pleased.
The door was locked. Lan Mu sat on the bed and instructed the quantum computer: Guitian, transmit the information he wanted, mainly the voyage log.
"Two months and they've already landed on Mars. This speed is already extremely fast for them, but it's not enough to satisfy me."
For humans, reaching Mars in two months was already a blessing. The four astronauts were slightly uncomfortable, but they still adapted to the long journey. They could not wait to set foot on Mars on the first day of safe landing.
"We've just arrived and they've already started building the habitation cabin on Mars …"
Building the habitation cabin was an additional task for them. It was not a mandatory requirement. If the conditions did not allow it, they could give up on the task.
Their main task was to take rich photos of the landscape and collect as many Martian specimens as possible.
A few days had passed since the landing. One-tenth of the habitation cabin was built. It was a rectangular cabin that would be permanently placed on the surface of Mars. The interior area was only 120 square meters. If not for the fact that Mars' gravity was only one-third of Earth's, this project would not have been completed by four astronauts.
In particular, the complete habitation cabin contained many different surface cabins with different functions. Even if they wanted to do it, they would do it separately. They would do one part first. In the future, when a new batch of astronauts arrived, they would do another part.
As the technology became more mature and the experience gained, Hua could have the first human planetary colony on Mars in about two or three years … although there would be no 'citizens'.
Of course, what the astronauts needed to do was only assembly and debugging. Everything had already been completed on Earth, and the finished product would be sent over by spaceship.
Lan Mu browsed through the photos and videos he had sent back to Earth. He wanted to use the information there to find clues about the xenogeneic energy.
In the end, they didn't find any clues. Instead, they found that the log ended the day before yesterday. In other words, the astronauts hadn't returned to the spaceship for two days.
The records for the past two days were all from the spacecraft's quantum computer, and there were no video reports from the astronauts.
"Hmm? Even if they're going on a long journey to search for samples, shouldn't they at least leave one or two people behind? "
Lan Mu's spiritual power spread out, the living cabin was not far from the landing point, but there was still no one inside.
"Something's wrong. It's impossible for all four astronauts to leave here. Return to Heaven, filter out the video recording of them leaving the spaceship the day before yesterday, as well as the traces recorded by the EVA detector, and send all the communication information to me. "
Soon, Lan Mu saw the video in the cabin. An astronaut rushed out of the spacecraft after receiving a communication. The detector recorded that he was walking towards the northern part of the Asidalia Plain.
He was the temporary captain of Return to Heaven No. 1. Before that, he had assigned the other three members the task of extracting samples of Martian material.
Lan Mu immediately searched for the topographic features of Mars in his mind. There were tens of thousands of mud volcanoes scattered widely in that direction.
That place was the approximate location provided by the Lord God. There were more than twenty thousand mud volcanoes hiding the xenogeneic energy.
Lan Mu listened to the contents of the communication and immediately understood why they were so excited and anxious … they had found a living creature.
The xenogeneic energy could change the species of the creatures in the nearby area, evolve the species, or completely mutate.
The most convincing was the Three Tails. It was originally an ordinary feline in Shennongjia. Under the transformation of the xenogeneic energy, it completely transformed into a legendary beast.
It could be said that it and cats were no longer the same species.
If there were no living creatures on Mars, then the xenogeneic energy would of course be useless. It would just stay there and wait for Lan Mu to retrieve it.
But what if there were? As long as any kind of creature was near it, then the creature would evolve, grow, and transform.
And more often than not, it would fundamentally become another kind of creature.
Lan Mu recalled the information that humans had learned about Mars so far.
Mars had an atmosphere, but the content of carbon dioxide was extremely high. The other components were very little, and overall, it was quite thin.
At the same time, Mars also had water. Not only was there water vapor in the atmosphere, but there was also a large amount of liquid water with high salinity underground.
In addition, there were densely packed mud volcanoes in this area. It was a kind of circular landform that exposed a volcanic crater above. It was usually very small, not as big as a real volcano. It was a bit like … a chimney.
The reason for its formation was a large amount of mud sediments spewed out from the ground. These sediments were rich in organic materials.
Putting aside the so-called Martians, if there were living creatures on Mars, then the mysterious material in the mud volcano area was most likely to breed some kind of microorganism.
"Even if there are microorganisms on Mars, to the people on Earth, the biggest significance is symbolic, and the little research value is secondary.
"But it's different with the xenogeneic energy. What kind of species will be born? It shouldn't be a large creature, otherwise the observation vehicles above Mars would have already discovered them … "
Lan Mu was very curious. He stepped directly out of the spacecraft and ran toward the north.
The whole world was red, similar to the Red Sea, which was the red desert in Yun Shinian's book.
In the form of a Lich, there was no need to breathe at all, let alone strong rays and radiation. How could the dead be afraid of this?
Lan Mu endured the strong rays that did not interfere with him and came to a densely packed area of mud volcanoes.
"I have to be one kilometer away from the xenogeneic energy to sense it. My mental strength can't detect it … It's better to use my mental strength to search for creatures. If I can find a place where the creatures are densely packed, it's equivalent to finding the xenogeneic energy."
Lan Mu's mental strength covered a radius of more than 50 kilometers in an instant. He could expand it to a larger range, but then he would not be able to observe in detail. This range was just right. His will could adapt to so much information.
After walking for about a few dozen kilometers, Lan Mu found an astronaut. It was the temporary captain, Zhao Bu, who had rushed over last.
He was wearing a spacesuit and walked in the direction of the spacecraft. However, his steps were getting more and more difficult. Lan Mu's mental strength noticed that he was unusually frightened and tired.
"The oxygen in the spacesuit is about to run out, and the canned oxygen is also running out. He hasn't returned to the spacecraft for nearly two days to replenish. Did he encounter some obstacles?"
Lan Mu greeted him. When he walked in front of Zhao Bu, he was already kneeling on the ground because of the lack of oxygen. He was breathing with difficulty and his body was bent.
Lan Mu, who was dressed in black, blocked the light. Zhao Bu noticed the shadow and suddenly looked up. He was stunned.
As a specially trained astronaut, he saw a man in a black robe and a mask standing in front of him when he was in despair on Mars. Suddenly, his worldview exploded.
In the climate of Mars, the human body would not die suddenly because it was not a vacuum. Humans would probably have to breathe in a few mouthfuls of carbon dioxide and suffer the pain of suffocation before finally dying.
Therefore, this was actually more terrifying than being in a vacuum. In a vacuum, humans would die instantly. Whether it was from the pressure or the cold, humans did not need to experience pain.
On Mars, seeing someone come in ordinary clothes made Zhao Bu, who was in the spacesuit, think that he was hallucinating because of the lack of oxygen.
"Is this all a dream? Or is this an alien life form that has adapted to the Martian climate? "
Zhao Bu was in great pain at this time. He had begun to experience suffocation. Without a new infusion of oxygen, he would die in his spacesuit sooner or later.
He knelt there because he had given up hope because he knew that without any means of transportation, it was impossible to walk dozens of kilometers back to the spacecraft in a short period of time without oxygen.
Lan Mu shook his head and exchanged a few oxygen tanks from the main god and handed them over.
They were about the size of mineral water bottles and were standard supplies for Chinese astronauts. When the oxygen level dropped below a certain level, they could be inserted somewhere in the spacesuit to immediately replenish the oxygen in the spacesuit.
Zhao Bu, who had caught his breath, stood up and looked at Lan Mu, not knowing what to do.
At this time, a voice popped up in his mind and said, "Hello, my name is Mo Luoge, from Earth."
Through telepathy, Zhao Bu only needed to think to answer him.
"Don't you need to breathe?" Zhao Bu really wanted to ask this question, but just as he thought about it, Lan Mu heard him and answered directly.
"It doesn't matter if I need to breathe or not. As far as I know, there are four of you. Where are the others?"
As soon as he said this, Zhao Bu's expression suddenly dimmed. He said sadly in his heart, "They're all dead."
"Dead?" Lan Mu sighed.
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