After several days of sailing.
The Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens approached the orbit of Mars.
Nuwa controlled the spacecraft, decelerating and descending into the thin Martian atmosphere.
Various scanning instruments were turned on, scanning the topography of the Martian surface.
A red dot marked on a certain page of the alien's diary was roughly around 43 degrees north latitude and 120 degrees east longitude.
The Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens quickly found the location — it was located on a large red hill.
The hill was vast, covering an area of hundreds of square kilometers. The surrounding area was raised, and the middle was slightly sunken, like a basin. It should be a structure formed after the impact of a meteorite.
The mysterious alien's secret agent spacecraft should be in the middle of the hill or the big pit in the center.
Nuwa, who was controlling the Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens, carried out a detailed scan of the surrounding area.
It included optical scanning, ground-type radar scanning, magnetic induction scanning, and so on. From the surface environment to the structure dozens of meters underground, it could be scanned clearly.
Of course, the focus was on the magnetic induction equipment. Generally, most spacecraft were made of metal structures, and there were many metal devices inside. Under the influence of the geomagnetic field, they would become magnetic after a long time. Therefore, metal objects were easily scanned by the magnetic induction equipment.
With the sensitivity of the magnetic induction equipment equipped on the Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens, it could clearly display metal the size of a fist within 100 kilometers.
However, it repeatedly scanned the vicinity of the coordinates three times.
Nuwa reported, "No, Master, no trace of the mysterious alien spacecraft has been found."
"Nothing at the marked location?" Chen Jin asked.
"No, but after putting down the rover, according to the distribution of the soil layer in the central area of the basin, it was inferred that there were traces of a large object sitting in the center of the basin."
Nuwa sent a computer simulation map.
According to the soil traces at the bottom of the pit, the outline of a large object was simulated.
A circular structure.
About 50 meters in diameter.
A word came to Chen Jin's mind, "A flying saucer?"
"It should be a disc-shaped aircraft. This type of space flight device has many advantages and is relatively common."
"Now that it's gone, does it mean that another alien spy drove it away from Mars?" Chen Jin asked.
"There is a high probability of this, Master, but we can't be 100% sure, unless we scan the entire Mars."
"How long will it take to scan all of it?"
"About three days. Do we need to scan all of it?"
"Yes, of course! It's safer this way. "
Chen Jin nodded. The disappearance of the mysterious aircraft at the coordinates did not mean that the aliens had definitely left. They had to do a thorough elimination.
"Yes, Master."
Nuwa maneuvered the Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens to a height of about 100 kilometers and began to scan.
The diameter of Mars was only 53% of that of Haierfa. Its surface area was about 145 million square kilometers, and its mass was only 11% of that of Haierfa. It was small in size and light in density. Its geological activity was not active, and its atmosphere was thin (its density was only 1% of that of Haierfa). Its polar regions contained a small amount of water.
As for the widespread rumors of "life once existed on Mars", they were basically all false. They were all created to attract clicks and traffic.
In fact, it didn't take a genius to figure it out. There was no active volcanic activity, the density of the atmosphere was only 1%, and most of the areas were devoid of water. How could it possibly breed life?
The so-called Martians were just an entertainment concept.
Of course, it was still good as a colonial planet. In the history of Haierfa, there had been a wave of Mars reclamation fever. The number of Martian immigrants had once exceeded a million.
But after this wave of fever passed, emigration to Mars was no longer a cool thing to do. The harsh and boring living environment, the scarce water resources, monotonous entertainment activities, and the high cost of living caused many Martian immigrants to give up their lives on Mars and return to Haierfa.
In addition, due to the fact that they could not make ends meet, various countries reduced their expenditures for the development of Mars.
Dozens of Mars immigration bases were all abandoned.
After a period of liveliness, Mars returned to its former desolation.
In the process of scanning the surface of Mars, Nuwa saw many capsule-shaped houses, as well as many abandoned vehicles and equipment.
Chen Jin shook his head and said, "Nuwa, there seems to be a lot of iron ore on Mars. Wouldn't it be profitable to mine a large amount of iron and transport it back to Haierfa? Or some of the more valuable resources would be brought back to Haierfa. Why can't the colonization of Mars continue?"
"The cost is too high."
"There are statistics: the cost of mining 1 kilogram of iron ore on Mars is 1,730 times that of mining in Haierfa. Even the cost of mining high-value rare earths is 260 times that of mining in Haierfa. It is even more than 20 times higher than mining in the moon. The low cost-effectiveness ratio is the main reason why Mars is abandoned."
"Unless science and technology are further developed, when interstellar mining becomes profitable, we will enter the true era of interstellar colonization."
"But for us, the mineral resources on the moon, Mars, meteorite belts, and other planets can all be mined and used. We don't have to consider the cost-effectiveness ratio. What we need is more resources."
Nuwa said.
Chen Jin nodded. Indeed, for him, the mining of minerals near and far was the difference between 1 kWh of electricity consumption and 10 kWh of electricity, and the mining efficiency of 1 and 10 kWh. In fact, there was no difference. It was enough for him to have mines.
Nuwa continued to scan.
About two days later.
The south pole of Mars was scanned.
Just as they passed by a large immigration base, Nuwa immediately slowed down and suddenly turned back!
She aimed all the scanning equipment at the central open space of the immigration base, aiming at a giant butterfly-shaped device standing in the center of the open space.
She immediately sent a message:
"Master, Nuwa has made a major discovery!"
"Suspected discovery of an extraterrestrial aircraft."
"Suspected discovery of an extraterrestrial aircraft!"
Ten minutes later.
Chen Jin hurried back to the Base of Operations and replied through the communicator, "Nuwa, is what you said true?"
"It's true, Master!"
Nuwa sent back a large number of pictures and videos, presenting them in front of Chen Jin.
The butterfly-shaped device in the pictures and videos had a diameter of about 50 meters and a height of about 30 meters. Its silver-gray appearance resembled a hat.
"Are there any aliens in it?"
Chen Jin asked subconsciously, his expression highly vigilant!
"I'm not sure. Judging from the dust on the surface of the device, it seems that it hasn't moved for a long time. For safety reasons, we can take two measures. First, destroy it with weapons immediately. Second, set up weapons around it first. Then, check it out and collect some information. Once there is a threat, detonate the weapons immediately!"
The Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens was equipped with 10 nuclear weapons, each of which had a yield of 100,000 tons. After the explosion, the temperature at the center of the explosion would be tens of millions of degrees, which could destroy everything.
The options in front of Chen Jin now were to destroy it without checking it or to set up the nuclear bombs around the butterfly-shaped device. After ensuring that they could be destroyed at any time, send robots to approach the device and collect all information.
"Second, check it out!"
Although it was a little strange, Nuwa said that the device had not moved for a long time. There were many huge footprints on the ground around it. Moreover, there were no lights flashing on the surface of the butterfly-shaped device. It did not emit any electromagnetic signals, indicating that it might be in a state of power failure.
Destroying it directly would cut off the possibility of collecting more information.
"Yes, Master."
So, all the nuclear bombs were set up around the butterfly-shaped device and could be remotely detonated at any time.
Then, a team of robots was sent over.
About 30 minutes later.
Some of the information sent by Nuwa made Chen Jin think of a sentence:
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