When Lan Mu saw Zhao Bu's sorry state, he had already guessed that the other three had met with misfortune.
Putting aside whether the place they explored was dangerous, even if it wasn't, Zhao Bu, who had rushed over last, had almost died of suffocation on the way back.
Then, the other three, who had not been seen for more than two days, would have been killed by the lack of oxygen.
"How did they die?" Lan Mu asked.
Zhao Bu was now alone on Mars, which was hundreds of millions of kilometers away from Earth. Although he had countless questions about Lan Mu, there was no need to hide anything at this time.
At least the other party had saved him. It didn't matter if he was a god, a monster, or an alien. If it weren't for him, he would have been dead by now.
"Old Nie and the others found a creature in the mud volcano over there. It's a type of bacteria that lives in the mud. When I got the news, I immediately drove the caterpillar vehicle over there. By the time I arrived, they had already dug out a large cave. There were a large number of crimson bacteria mixed in with the mud.
"This type of crimson bacteria probably relies on the organic matter in the mud to survive. At the same time, they have also adapted to the carbon dioxide environment. They obtain the rich carbon dioxide in the atmosphere through the chimney-shaped mud volcano.
"Originally, we planned to dig up some crimson bacteria as specimens and return to the spaceship before dark. But a new discovery made us choose to stay. We really shouldn't have stayed back then … "
Zhao Bu's expression was very regretful, but he still continued to say, "Four meters below the mud volcano, we found a brown oval spherical object. It looked like a sarcoma, and it was surrounded by crimson bacteria.
"When we got close to it, the sarcoma suddenly burst open, and a starfish-like creature hugged Old Nie's face. Originally, Old Nie was protected by the spacesuit, so he was only shocked and was not in any danger. But immediately after that, a hard substance grew out of the creature's body and hit the spacesuit's helmet at a very high frequency. In just a little over a second, it drilled through the glass and into the helmet, hugging Old Nie's face.
"At that time, Old Nie was screaming in agony as he violently pulled that organism off and threw it on the ground. But then, the crimson bacteria all went berserk and rushed towards Old Nie at an extremely fast speed. This completely broke the common sense of bacteria on Earth."
"After the Crimson Fungus spread into Ol 'Nie's spacesuit, he went silent not long after. What happened next was even more unbelievable. We saw the Crimson Fungus clump together to form some kind of black-red blood web. The blood web seemed to have a life of its own, and it bound us … We were trapped in the cave for a day and a night."
Lan Mu listened to Zhao Bu's description, and there were a few familiar places that made him incomparably surprised.
He had a rough idea in his heart. Then, he asked, "How did you escape?"
Zhao Bu forced a smile and said, "Little Cheng and Little Yang didn't have any supplies with them. They died of suffocation this morning due to oxygen exhaustion. At that time, I was running low on oxygen, so I kept trying to take out the oxygen tank from my waist to prolong my life. But the supply port is blocked by the black and red biomass, so there's no way to inject oxygen. "
"Then, an idea came to me. These organisms rely on carbon dioxide, so the pure oxygen in the oxygen tank might be poisonous to them …"
Lan Mu continued, "So you released the pure oxygen from a few oxygen tanks to drive away the dark-red creatures that had been entangling you?"
Zhao Bu nodded and said, "That's right. Pure oxygen will make them inert. After I released a few tanks in a row, I easily shook them off from my body. But after I escaped, I found that the surface of the exploration vehicle was covered with crimson bacteria. I couldn't get close to it at all, so I could only leave on foot. "
What happened next was obvious. After wasting a large amount of oxygen supply, his remaining oxygen reserves were not enough for him to return to the spaceship.
If he hadn't met Lan Mu, he would have died. This time, there would be no return journey for the Mars project, and the mission would also be a failure.
Zhao Bu was very depressed. He was proud to be the first person to set foot on Mars on behalf of the country, but three of his colleagues had died here, and this made him feel very guilty.
Especially after seeing Lan Mu, and hearing that he was from Earth, he couldn't believe it. He felt that this mission was a complete failure. Someone from Earth had already set foot on Mars, and they were even deprived of the achievement of being the first to reach Mars. This was unacceptable to him, and he hoped that Lan Mu was an alien.
"Are you really from Earth? Why don't you need a spacesuit? And … How did you talk to me? "Zhao Bu asked.
Lan Mu knew what he was thinking, so he said, "I am the special envoy of the Blue and White Society. If you don't know the meaning of this title, you can go back and ask your boss. Once you understand what the special envoy of the Blue and White Society means, then your three questions will be answered. "
"Also, you and the three people who have died are the pioneers of human exploration of extraterrestrial planets. You don't have to doubt this. You are the first humans to set foot on Mars, and this is also my first time here, and after you. "
What Lan Mu said was the truth. In addition, he didn't care about the important title of being a pioneer at the national level.
At this time, he was imagining what happened to these people according to what Zhao Bu said.
There was no doubt that there was life on Mars, and this life continued in the mud full of organic matter. For humans, this level of life was very low, and it was still the origin of life.
But when the alien energy fell here, everything was different. It transformed the life here, turned it into another species, and directly went through a life transition.
If it was as expected, the object of the alien energy was the sarcoma they had discovered.
Maybe it was not originally a ball of meat, but a fungus. But the alien energy made it have a complex life structure, and according to Zhao Bu's description, it was very much like an egg of a xenomorph …
Just like the ancient tree in Shennongjia, it transformed from an ordinary crooked tree into a thousand-year-old ancient tree. If it was given a little more time, it might turn into a demon, or continue to grow into a mythical tree.
Of course, all of this came from the amount of alien energy, and the living environment also had some factors. In a harsh environment like Mars, to turn a fungus into a xenomorph egg, Lan Mu realized that this could be a very strong alien energy!
"There should be a lot of alien energy, but I can see that the xenomorph egg is, what is that black and red organism?"
The scarlet fungi were a large number of life forms that lived in the mud. They were affected by the radiation of the alien energy and must have evolved into another species.
From the scarlet fungi around the xenomorph egg, it could be seen that this was similar to Shennongjia.
After coming into contact with humans, the scarlet fungi immediately turned into a black and red organism and became very active. It was conceivable that if it wasn't for the spacesuits, these black and red organisms would not be as simple as entangling them, they would probably devour the human body directly.
Devouring the human body, black with a hint of scarlet …
Lan Mu suddenly thought of something, but he didn't expect it to be in the category of life.
"Zhao Bu, you can leave now. This oxygen is enough to support you for the rest of the journey." Lan Mu was ready to recover the alien energy, and he left a dozen bottles of oxygen.
Obviously, Zhao Bu was very grateful. After accepting the bottles, he asked with concern: "Are you going to that cave? It's very dangerous there! "
Lan Mu shook his head: "It's dangerous for you, that's all … Hm, if someone asks you why I'm here, just tell them: Lan Bai Society is here to capture anomalies."
He knew that when Zhao Bu returned to the spaceship, he would definitely use the communicator to contact China. At that time, people would definitely want to know what an envoy like him was doing on Mars. Obviously, there were aliens here, so it was natural for Lan Bai Society to take them in.
Zhao Bu felt that this person was full of mysteries, but since he said that there were people above him who knew, he didn't say anything else.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw Lan Mu turn his head in a certain direction, the direction where Zhao Bu was escaping from.
Zhao Bu followed his gaze and was stunned. He saw an exploratory vehicle driving towards them from afar. It was his car!
"Ah?" Zhao Bu was stunned again. This was Mars, other than himself and his colleagues, who else knew how to drive?
As the vehicle got closer, he saw the driver. There were two people inside, his colleagues, Xiao Cheng and Xiao Yang.
"They're still alive! That's great! "
Zhao Bu thought that they had suffocated to death, but they miraculously survived until now and even made it back here.
Seeing Zhao Bu running towards them, Lan Mu coldly spoke through telepathy: "Come back if you don't want to die, they're not your colleagues."
Zhao Bu was in disbelief: "How could that be? They're clearly still alive. "
What he didn't know was that after seeing the two of them, Lan Mu had already confirmed his suspicions and knew what the dark-red organism was.
"How impressive … alien energy."
"They even managed to create the Blacklight virus."
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