Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Forty-eight hours after the collapse of the gates of Hell, sandstorms caused by the earthquake are still raging in the desert outside the base.

The dark sky affects not only the lighting of the growing area, but also the morale of all astronauts throughout the entire Mars Science Caucus. During these two days, the atmosphere at the base was quite depressing, and no one could see a smile on their face, even if it was a euphemism.

Romanoff doesn't seem to have eased away from that unexpected catastrophe and locked himself in his room these days. Professor Aubrey has been somewhat close to Schultz lately, and the two seem to be discussing issues related to topology, general analysis, and hyperstring theory.

As for Professor Vernal.

He is probably the most emotionally stable of all those returning from the gates of Hell.

The samples taken from that relic were like a trillion dollar treasure in his eyes, and the information hidden therein would reveal the secrets of mankind billions of years ago.

According to his own account, he was writing a paper analysing, from a biological point of view, the civilization that dominated the planet three to three and a half billion years ago and the serious problems they were facing.

But nobody cares about this right now except himself.

Whatever they found in the ruins, they can't make up for what they lost there...

“How are things in the plantation area? ”

Sitting in the office, looking at Dr. Ming Wenche coming in through the door, Liang Yucheng stopped and asked.

“Little problem, it's just that the chip from the UV light main control system in A1 is burned out and I've replaced it with a new one.” I found a chair, moved to the opposite desk and sat down. Ming Wenche glanced at the document on the desk and lifted her eyebrows. “Mental status report authentication? ”

“Yes," Liang got a little underneath, "Project 128 hit Dr. Fan's mental state very hard, and there was no psychiatrist here to help him. He is no longer fit to continue working on Mars, and I intend to apply to the Ground Command Center for him to return to Earth for some rest on his next flight. ”

“Project 128…"

This is definitely the worst loss in China's space history.

The whereabouts of two members of the team are unknown, one of whom is also Dean Lu, the chief designer of the Manned Fire Scheme and the Moon Orbit Construction Committee. Honestly, so far, Ming Wenche has had little real feelings, as if all this was just a nightmare, or a joke from Master Lu and them.

At this point, the door suddenly heard a knock, Deputy Station Manager Han Kangyu stepped in from outside.

Noting the anxious and exciting look on his face, Liang asked immediately.

“What happened? ”

“People were found outside the base. ”

With a bang, he pushed the beam off the chair and stood up with an incredible expression on his face.

“Come on, show me! ”

……

In the face of nature, man's power is small.

Even if all efforts had been exhausted, relying solely on those thin pieces of equipment on the suit would not have been able to dig through those kilometres of tunnels, much less block the boulders from his path.

Wang Peng once thought, with the multifunctional shovel in his hand to keep digging, either find him or die in place. He stopped waving his arms like a dream until the oxygen reserve popped up on the mask screen as a reminder that he was about to run out.

It is not a matter of determination to change.

Even if he didn't eat or drink, he kept digging, and luckily, he couldn't wait that long with the oxygen he was carrying on the ark.

Don't say it's you.

Even if the power of a division is mobilized, it doesn't change anything.

After abandoning the excavation, he lost his soul searching nearby, quickly finding the oxygen cylinder and supplies that Fanton had left behind, and fortunately finding a wrist-mounted computer with a locator open from beneath the sand heap...

Although the screen is broken, the chip is still inside.

On the side of the wrist-mounted computer, there was a small but clear line of text that he could recognize, and that was the person's note.

[If anyone finds my computer and it's not on my arm, they don't have to bother looking for me. Whatever happened, please take it back to Earth for me, please.

That's exactly what I saw. Wang Peng changed his mind.

And, standing here now...

Looking at the screen, the shadow stepped through the dust storm step by step, approaching the base, Liang's face filled with incredible expressions.

“This guy... walked back against his leg?! ”

No signal.

No navigation.

And there are no proxy tools.

With only two legs and intuition...

How is this possible?!

Han Kangyu nodded in the same shock.

“Looks like it...”

“Open the door! ”

“Yes!”

The alloy door opens slowly.

Looking at the silent and open door in front of him, Wang Peng did not say a word, did not even have a look at the door surveillance, dragged his shaky body into the room.

The cleaning agent sprayed from all sides, washing away the mud and sand from him and the germs he might carry.

Changing his out-of-board suit, Wang Peng looked at Liang Station Manager and Deputy Station Manager Han coming from the side open hatch and lit his head down to the two of them.

“I'm back. ”

The throat moved and Liang Zheng sighed softly, comforting him.

“I've heard about what happened below the ruins, and we're all sad about Master Lu... anyway, just come back. ”

Wang Peng glanced at him and did not answer, but silently handed the broken wrist-mounted computer in his hand.

“Send it back to Earth. ”

At the moment of taking over the wrist-mounted computer, the beam had a slight tremor in its head.

There's no need to ask, he knows whose it is...

Han Kangyu, standing next to him, twisted his throat and squeezed a hard sentence out of his voice.

“Ark him...”

Wang Peng didn't speak, didn't even look at him, circumvented the two people standing here and just walked away...

……

Earth.

Changan Street.

A ministerial meeting is under way.

Standing at the conference table, an old man with white hair had a sad expression on his face, and the spit star scolded.

“It was a mistake to send him! Now that the mission has failed and no one is here, how can we explain it to the people of the country? Talk to his parents! ”

Sitting not far from him, a seemingly lean middle-aged man coughed softly.

“Cough, Minister Wang, don't get excited. It's not who sent him, but he insisted on going! We've done so much thought work with him and his friends and family, but there's nothing we can do about it. You said he had to go. Who could stop him but himself? ”

Supreme Commander of the Manned Fire Office.

Nobody can control Changan Street unless it's an executive order issued directly from the highest level. And this kind of executive order doesn't just open up a cop, and in front of the designer's brand, anyone who wants to direct him has to be beaten up as an outsider.

Knowing that it was useless to be angry here, Minister Wang sighed and finally sat back in his position.

The atmosphere at the table was quite heavy.

The look on everyone's face, it's not very nice.

Looking around at the people at the conference table, the old man sitting at the top of the conference table was silent for a while and said slowly.

“Things have come to this point today, and even if we quarrel about it, it will not change anything. ”

“According to the latest news coming from the Mars Science Caucus, the scientists over there have found Lu Academician's wrist-mounted computer and have confirmed that he was lost in action… Apart from mourning and remembering the disaster with great sorrow, all we can do now is continue along his path and remain steadfast. ”

Reading the heavy expression on people's faces and confusion about the loss of the future of Lu Academician, the old man sighed softly, changed his serious divine colour and continued.

“In contrast, there is a more urgent matter that awaits our discussion. ”

“That is exactly what the Lu Academicians encountered in the ruins before the accident. ”

There was whispering in the conference room, and the people sitting at the table shared their surprises and obsession with each other with their eyes.

In fact, their intelligence is very limited, and even if they wanted to discuss it, they could not discuss it at all.

And don't say they have no idea what happened to Lu Academicians in the ruins, even among those who came back from the ruins, no one can give a reliable point of view.

Looking at a silent chamber, the old man continued.

“No one seems to have any ideas, so let me just say a few words. ”

“According to our astronomical expert analysis, Mars Earth nuclear cooling is already an indisputable fact, and earthquakes of this magnitude can never be caused by simple tectonic movements. And if all this is caused by man-made factors, then what did Master Lu discover before the accident really deserves our attention. ”

“If the contingencies he encountered were related to extraterrestrial civilizations and because of hostilities, I think you should know what that means. ”

Quiet and terrible in the conference room.

The elderly do not speak, but leave time for reflection to the people sitting in the conference room.

Time goes by, about five minutes goes by then.

Finally, a seriously middle-aged man dressed in military uniform stood up, breaking the silence on the conference table and speaking with a powerful voice.

“This brutal killing of our citizens is undoubtedly an act of war with red fruits if the death of the Lu Academicians is related to civilizations outside the country! We should respond resolutely! ”

The moment the sentence was uttered, the people sitting at the table, the expression on their faces suddenly stood up.

Acts of war…

And it's an extraterrestrial civilization...

Because it sounds so incredible that a lot of people don't even know what to look like.

The old man sitting at the top of the table slowed down.

“That's exactly what I'm talking about. ”

With a serious expression in his eyes, the old man looked around the conference table and continued to say.

“I know this sounds unbelievable, but other than that, we couldn't find a more rational reason to explain why it was such a coincidence that such a tragic accident occurred just as the best scientists of our civilization arrived at the gates of hell and went to contact them for a friendly purpose! ”

“Peace is based on friendly reciprocity. ”

“Now that such a tragic accident has taken place, we must proactively prepare for the worst. ”