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Ren Hong nodded silently, his brain was running rapidly and thinking. After a moment, his heart moved slightly and said, "The natives of Mars do not move during the day, they only move at night. Obviously, their habitat is very likely to be underground, Pezos... Yes! Pezos Volcano, this is a large volcano that has been dead for billions of years. After Mars cools down, the lava channels that flow after the volcano dies will become a crisscrossing underground maze, in other words... it is the best place for habitat."

"Is there such a possibility?" Ren Hong looked around everyone and his eyes fell on Eslin. "Do you have data about Pezos volcano? How many are there?"

"Collecting data on Pezos volcano is one of the tasks of the Noah. Before we could do it, everyone was dead." Black answered helplessly.

"Okay!" Ren Hong shook his head with a wry smile, and said immediately: "First, we have to figure out what is under our feet first, and second, we have to figure out the situation of the indigenous creatures on Mars. If the first problem is not solved, I suggest you choose a new territory again, or throw a large amount of nuclear bomb to the crater. If the second problem is not solved, there will always be unknown hidden dangers on the base on Mars in the future, unless the indigenous creatures die."

Ren Hong looked around and said, "My suggestion is to investigate Pezos Volcano as soon as possible, and the top priority is to obtain DNA biological samples of Martian indigenous organisms. The information in the black box is too limited, and we still have almost zero understanding of Martian indigenous organisms. This is very dangerous. No one of our parties can withstand such huge losses, especially personnel losses!"

Black suddenly said, "Explore the underground? What if the nest is their below..."

If their nests are really below, just thinking about them will make people feel numb, and humans have a natural fear of the dark cellar.

"You don't need to go in person!" Ren Hong added.

Yang Licheng is currently the highest operation commander on Mars. Ren Hong's suggestion was not adopted and implemented immediately, but was reported to the space station for commander Li Xingfeng to make a decision. This made him helpless. After all, the identity of "Wang Jiang" is not comparable to that of "Ren Hong".

It took a lot of time one after another, and today basically nothing can be done. It was getting late and dusk was approaching. I did not encounter any indigenous Martian creatures during the day, but it was not necessarily the case at night. Since the incident at the outpost base, "Observer 5" basically monitored the Pezos area around the clock. There has been no Martian creatures in the past few months, whether it is day or night.

However, humans do not know the living habits of such creatures, nor do they know that they are in a dormant period at this moment.

It was because I didn't know that I didn't dare to spend the night at the outpost base. Before dusk approached, everyone returned to the "Red Eagle".

The matter about Martian indigenous organisms is of great importance. The "Gemini Plan" is absolutely impossible to end. Not to mention the cost of sky-high investment, it is just the purple source crystal in the old Olympus. Even if the danger coefficient is high, it is impossible to give up. The purple source crystal has long been written into the country's highest-level strategic reserve resource, which is inevitable.

The latest instructions were soon sent to the space station. After repeated discussions, there was no better suggestion than Ren Hong's suggestion. Finally, he agreed to survey the Pezos area.

The next day, everyone came to their destination again. With the help of satellites in space, it became much easier to survey the Pezos region...

At this moment, Ren Hong and others were driving a Mars rover to a highland eight kilometers away from the outpost base. According to data sent back by the satellite, there were several open-air lava tunnels in the highland.

When we arrived at our destination, it was about 9:30 am local time.

A large number of equipment was unloaded from the rover. The high ground was a small high mouth, with a drop of 1 meter from the Pezos area. The name came from this.

At the ridge of Highland 1, the data sent back by the satellite was correct. The survey team has already found two cave entrances, with the largest diameter of 2.6 meters, which is really not small.

But no one is willing to go in, and no one will go in to survey directly. This is too dangerous. Such a task should be handed over to the robot.

At around ten o'clock, a temporary signal tower was built about ten meters away from the cave. This signal tower has the function of signal transit and amplification.

After eleven o'clock, the team built a temporary venue using the inflatable space capsule produced by Bigelow Aerospace, which was conveniently portable.

Several soldiers carried a small Mars locomotive from the rover.

In the temporary venue, Ren Hong, Yang Licheng, and Eslin were among the people. Ren Hong sat in front of the console composed of multiple display panels, and his hands typing on the projected virtual keyboard for a moment, and the screen immediately showed that the connection was completed.

The six-wheeled small Mars locomotive outside was put on the ground and moved alone. The members of the armed tactical team responsible for the warning outside looked at the Mars rover, the size of a child who was playing in a small car, heading towards the direction of the cave entrance.

"Is this thing reliable?" Aislin said in confusion in the temporary venue.

"I named it the 'Mars Snake Lizard Explorer'!" Ren Hong looked at a video to show the first perspective image of the Mars locomotive: "Full automatic unmanned operation, the intelligent system comes from my subsidiary 11pha, 1 Intelligent Machinery Company provides basic hardware, and 1 company provides a battery that allows it to last for 78 hours. All the miscellaneous products are produced by Matrix Technology, which is trustworthy!"

At this moment, the Mars locomotive had already entered the lava cave, and the images on the screen immediately turned into a grid-shaped three-dimensional terrain live scene. The Mars locomotive continued to penetrate deeper and soon arrived at the first curve. At this time, it stopped. The Mars locomotive's trunk slowly opened, and then a robotic arm stretched out from the wing took out a thumb-sized thing from the trunk, which was flashing red.

"What is that?" Aislin asked curiously.

"Ensure the signal is stable." Ren Hong said staring at the screen.

In the lava cave, the Mars locomotive was more than 80 meters deep. Another small robotic arm drilled a small hole in the side wall, and then placed the thumb-sized strobe in, and then continued to move forward.

Following Ren Hong's brief explanation, Eslin understood the function of the thing. The Mars locomotive went deeper into the ground, and as it went deeper, the signal would become weaker and weaker, and eventually lost contact. The thumb-sized instrument was placed on the side wall to ensure the signal was stable.

A Mars locomotive is placed at every distance. It has been 800 meters deep underground. During this period, it encountered several dead ends and had to look back. However, the underground lava tunnel is well connected. Although I don’t know the terrain of the lava tunnels that are intertwined inside the volcano, based on the volcanic data on the earth as a reference, it can also avoid many detours.

The Mars locomotive car carries a large number of scientific analytical instruments, detectors and other micro-equipments, and the live information inside the tunnel is constantly feedbacking to the ground.

"The temperature dropped sharply to minus 42 degrees Celsius, and the humidity increased."

At this moment, Ren Hong stared at the screen and suddenly leaned forward, saying in surprise: "The trace amount of oxygen was detected! There is indeed a situation underground on Mars. Maybe their nests are really below. Don't tear my baby down. This can be worth $200 million."

The Mars locomotive is constantly deepening, and the latest real-life data is constantly transmitted back to the surface. The data currently displayed is that the Mars locomotive has penetrated more than 6 ooo meters underground, and it is already afternoon.

"Explorer! Stop." Ren Hong suddenly said, the Mars locomotive stopped moving forward, and Ren Hong continued to issue instructions by voice control: "Explorer! Camera No. 2 rotates 28 degrees clockwise."

The screen suddenly began to move, and a hemispherical groove appeared in the screen. Ren Hong covered his mouth and stared at the hemispherical groove for a long time, "Explorer, analyze the surrounding soil layer."

"What is that?" Eslin asked curiously, a robotic arm appeared on the screen extending into the groove, but she was talking about the spherical groove.

"This is a volcanic lava tunnel, and a spherical notch does not seem to be formed naturally." Ren Hong murmured to himself, while waiting for the data analysis results to be transmitted back.

The analysis data was transmitted back ten minutes later. The soil contains residual fermented substances and other microorganisms, which are nothing, and the information displayed next excited everyone.

Acid corrosive substances were detected in the soil layer, which made people subconsciously associate them with the snake lizard, but these data were not enough.

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…(To be continued.)8
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