A large project is driving slowly on the ice crown at the South Pole of Mars in the solar system. Although it is driving on the ice crown, it seems that there is no area here as other areas of Mars. It is full of red gravel and sand, which are blown by the Martian storm.

The ice crown on the South Pole of Mars is deeply covered. Otherwise, with the efficiency of ice reflecting light, the brightness of the ice crown on the South Pole of Mars should be very high. However, for a long time, the entire surface of Mars has been covered by these red gravel and sand, and the same is true for the ice crown on the north and south poles of Mars.

"boom!"

The drill bit on the construction vehicle began to work. With the roar, the drill bit quickly drilled underground. Soon, the surface layer made of gravel and sand was penetrated and began to enter the ice layer.

The drill bits are equipped with various probe heads, which can detect surrounding temperature, humidity, etc., and can also heat up to drill through the ice crown of Mars' South Pole faster.

The history of the formation of ice crowns in the South Pole of Mars is very long, and it has been calculated over the past billions of years. Therefore, the ice layer in the North and South Poles of Mars can be said to be thousands of years of ice, ten thousand years of iron ice, etc. The thick ice layer can be drilled faster by pushing a drill bit to heat it.

The drill bit kept falling, collecting samples every 10 meters for scientists to analyze the samples. Luo Xiaoyao, who was responsible for this matter, began to get anxious.

Because the depth of the drill bit can be drilled is actually very limited. If the ice layer is too thick to penetrate, it means that there is no way to know whether there is liquid water under the ice layer.

"It's already 50 meters, half of the extreme depth."

Luo Xiaoyao looked at the ice cubes that were constantly drilled up. These ice cubes were not pure water, there was also a large amount of carbon dioxide. After calculation and analysis, scientists concluded that if the ice crowns on the North and South Poles of Mars were all fused, it would not only allow Mars to obtain a certain amount of water, but also greatly increase the density of the Martian atmosphere. The large amount of carbon dioxide contained in the ice crown can put on warm clothes on Mars and greatly reduce the temperature difference on Mars.

“Drilling depth is 60 meters.”

“70 meters.”

It has not yet reached the bottom of the Antarctic ice crown of Mars, and according to the results of the echo detector detection, the thickness of the Antarctic ice layer exceeds scientists' expectations.

"100 meters have reached the limit, but the ice has not yet penetrated."

Luo Xiaoyao announced that he had finished work helplessly. There was no way, and he had reached the limit depth, but he still had not penetrated the ice crown of the South Pole of Mars. The ice layer was too thick, at least much thicker than what scientists had expected.

"There is no other way. The ice layer is too thick, exceeding our estimate. According to the echo detection, it is at least a few hundred meters thick to know whether there is liquid water."

Chen Bin looked at the data transmitted by Luo Xiaoyao, frowned and wondered how to penetrate the ice. It was obvious that relying on drilling machines would not work. After all, it was not on the earth. Being able to drill 100 meters was considered very good. And at the beginning, scientists had made a mistake and did not expect the ice to be so thick.

The ice layer is basically not snowing on the Antarctic. According to investigations, the average ice layer thickness of the Antarctic is about 1,700 meters, the thickest part exceeds 4,000 meters, and the total volume of the iceberg is about 28 million cubic kilometers, so it is called the "Ice and Snow World". In the Arctic region of the Earth, the distribution area of ​​glaciers is much smaller than that of the Antarctic. The thickness of the ice layer is generally about 2 to 4 meters, and the total volume of glaciers is less than 1/10 of that of the Antarctic. Some people calculate that the area covered by ice on the entire earth is about 16 million square kilometers, and Antarctic alone accounts for more than 4/5. If all the ice in the Antarctic melts, the level of the world's oceans will rise by about 70 meters.

Scientists estimate that when the ice layer on the South Pole of Mars was also referring to the data on the Earth, and combined with the results of various detection equipment to detect it, they did not expect that the ice layer would be as thick as hundreds of meters. It can be seen that the water contained on Mars is still very amazing, although there is a large amount of carbon dioxide in it.

"Brother Fu, what should I do now? The ice layer is too thick."

Chen Bin reported the latest situation to Li Fu. Now there is only one way to penetrate the ice layer of the South Pole of Mars, but this requires Li Fu to nod and authorize it. In addition, it is necessary to find a way to meet the scientists sent by the country.

"Put the light, but you have to find a way to prevent the light from being exposed."

Li Fu thought carefully in his mind, and then ordered that the "Ocean" spacecraft was equipped with the primary energy weapon "Spot Light" developed by Fuyun Group. The purpose is naturally to ensure the safety of the spacecraft. After all, Li Fu went with the ship to various areas of the solar system for scientific investigation.

Of course, all this is hidden from the above. Li Fu doesn't want outsiders to know the trump card of Fuyun Group. Even the official Chinese government has left a few moves.

"Um."

Chen Bin nodded. This is not difficult. Most of the "Ocean" spacecraft are scientists and astronauts from Fuyun Group. There are very few dispatches from China, and they also need to obey Li Fu's command. Moreover, the spacecraft is controlled by Li Fu and others, so it is easy to hide it from Liu Shiying, Liu Yi and others.

Soon, scientists sent by the Chinese authorities on the spacecraft of Liu Shiying, Liu Yi and others received new missions. Some studied the latest samples brought from Mars, while others were sent to study the situation of the asteroid belt and Jupiter through telescopes. The distance between the asteroid belt and Jupiter is very close to the asteroid belt and Jupiter... They were all sent out new missions all at once. When they were busy, they had no time to pay attention to what was about to happen on Mars.

The Ocean spacecraft began to adjust its orbit in space, orbiting around the Martian Antarctic Ice Crown 1 spacecraft, and then use the "point light" carried on the spacecraft to penetrate the ice.

In Mars' outer space, the Ocean Spaceship flew over Mars's South Pole at a speed of more than ten kilometers per second. The "point light" that had already been stored on the spaceship launched an attack under the precise control of the computer.

A red line on the spacecraft shook through the void and almost instantly arrived at the area that had been booked long ago. The area was not large, only more than ten square meters. The gravel, sand, etc. on it had been cleaned up, revealing the hard surface of the ice layer of the Mars Antarctic.

"Chew!"

A sound of burning red steel pouring into ice water quenching came from the air. At the same time, in the booked area, waves of water mist rose, and for a moment it turned out like a fairyland. A large amount of carbon dioxide and water instantly evaporated and spread into the air under high temperatures.

After a long time, everything returned to peace. Although it was summer in the southern hemisphere of Mars, there was light at the South Pole of Mars for 24 hours. To be precise, it should be light at 24.6 hours on Mars, but the temperature here was still very low, nearly 100 degrees below zero. At such a low temperature, these water vapor and so on quickly disappeared, and everything returned to peace.

But when Luo Xiaoyao and others drove the construction car back to the vicinity of the reservation place, everyone couldn't help but take a breath, because a hole with a diameter of several meters and bottomless depth appeared in everyone's field of view.

The power of the "point light" weapon was completely revealed at this moment. The extreme speed of light was so fast that it could not react. It was very accurate. The strike like a surgical type was definitely not just a word. It was amazing. The ice layer that was hundreds of meters thick was directly melted by a terrifying temperature of up to hundreds of millions of degrees in an instant.

"Hiss! If this attacks a person, it can directly evaporate the person instantly without even the residue."

Luo Xiaoyao was shuddered. Such a terrifying weapon was definitely beyond imagination. Any missile, aircraft, etc. were waiting for death in front of it, and it was absolutely impossible to escape.

"action!"

Luo Xiaoyao sorted out his emotions and ordered his actions.

Astronauts started working around this deep hole with a diameter of several meters, setting up brackets, ropes, etc. At the same time, some people put various detectors into the deep holes, including a detector of bionic marine fish that can swim freely in the water.

"Didi! I found liquid water."

Soon, various kinds of probes that were thrown down came from information, and they actually discovered liquid water. There was actually liquid water under the thick ice layer of the ice crown of the South Pole of Mars.

In the liquid water under the ice layer, the detectors kept swimming inside. This is a very vast world. It is like a strange tourist, wandering in this strange world. Of course, all of this is controlled by scientists on the "Ocean" through virtual machines, and various data are constantly gathered.

"The water temperature is already very high, reaching above zero degrees. It's really incredible. The surface of Mars is so cold, and I didn't expect that there was liquid water under the thick ice layer."

"The pH value is acidic. If the inference is correct, the volcanic movement on Mars should not be completely dead. There should be signs of volcanic movement under this thick ice layer."

Scientists study the information collected by the detector as if they have obtained treasures. Many things can be reversed out through existing data.

At the same time, Luo Xiaoyao began to collect data, and the rope continued to fall, and soon reached the position of liquid water. Samples were collected every 10 meters. Whether there were microorganisms in these samples was the most concerned issue for scientists.

The samples were collected one by one, and the equipment for collecting the samples was specially made with a heat preservation effect. Otherwise, with such a low temperature on Mars, the liquid water would have re-formed into ice before it even reached the surface.

"380 meters, it has reached the bottom level."

Soon, the detector came to the bottom layer, and the temperature here was several degrees. The insulation capacity of liquid water was unquestionable. Among all objects, the specific heat capacity of water was the highest. The reason why the temperature on the earth was that there was a large area of ​​ocean on the earth, which was equivalent to a huge regulator, and the temperature was always maintained within a relative temperature range.

"call out!"

When the Ocean Spacecraft flew to space at the South Pole of Mars again, another ray of light flashed, and a bottomless hole appeared on the thick ice layer. Astronauts began to collect samples of this new hole, one after another, and the sample data collected became more and more.

"Return to the spaceship immediately and return to space as soon as possible!"

He stayed at the South Pole of Mars for more than 20 hours. When Li Quanjiang, who was responsible for monitoring the weather in Mars, received the latest Mars storm information from Li Quanjiang, who was responsible for monitoring the weather in Mars, Li Fu issued a return order to Luo Xiaoyao and others without hesitation.

More than an hour later, the No. 1 spacecraft successfully completed its mission, returned to space smoothly, and docked with the Ocean Spacecraft, and was taken back into the Ocean Spacecraft. The collected samples were sent to the scientists' laboratory as soon as possible.

"There are definitely extraterrestrial life here! Please see, the closer the deeper the amino acids, the more they are. This means that amino acids come from the inside, not the outside. There is only one source of amino acids inside the planet, that is, microorganisms!"

"The microorganisms have extremely tenacious survival ability and the most powerful survivability can survive for several days at minus 200 degrees Celsius, and can survive for a long time in high temperatures of more than 100 degrees Celsius, and can survive well in radiation environments of more than 5,000 Gray intensity. You must know that radiation at 10-20 Gray intensity can easily kill humans and most animals on the earth!"

While Liu Yi was excitedly analyzing the sample, he was excited and his voice was a little inaccurate when he spoke. He seemed abnormally excited. He originally analyzed it slowly according to the sampling depth. He directly magnified the lowest sample under the microscope.

"Oh my God! There are really creatures, and there are so many. These microorganisms actually have cell structures, but this structure is a bit strange!"

"A large number of microbial groups were discovered, which are a complete microbial tribe community, the largest multicellular complex organism that is already 0.1 mm in size!"

"It shocked the world that most of these creatures are fungi, a small amount of bacteria, and a very small part of multicellular life. This is a world that is slowly evolving!"

This news instantly caused a sensation in the entire Ocean Spaceship and its control center far away. The major discovery on Mars means that life is everywhere in the universe, humans and the earth are not lonely, and life is likely to be born where there is water in the universe!

You should know that under the ice layer of Mars that is hundreds of meters thick, there is actually liquid water. Among these liquid water, there is actually extraterrestrial life. This is definitely one of the most important discoveries of this century!

PS: Can the 4000-word chapter be considered updated for 2 chapters?
Chapter completed!