"Lao Lin, you haven't reached this point, you don't know the difficulties here, brother, you don't understand my pain" Ma Bo raised the teacup after speaking, and glanced at Xu Ping'an.

Xu Ping'an directly raised the teacup and touched it with Ma Bo, and the two of them dried up.

It's a rare relaxation for a few brothers to talk and laugh, here, you can completely let go, you don't need to take out the fake serious set outside, and relax without pressure.

After playing happily together for three days, the brothers separated, and the branches returned to their respective enterprises.

Mars, the base of the Apocalypse Group.

After the rapid development of last year, it is now completely different, mining base, smelting base, waste recycling system base, main control base,.

There is also a very extensive biosphere base, where the rest area is completely built, and according to the plan, ten huge buildings have already begun to be built.

The buildings are equipped with elevators, and the entire exterior is covered with three layers of metal fencing.

The rooms are small in size, a standard 15 square meters, and can accommodate one person in each room, with a bathroom and kitchen.

There are 70 rooms on the first floor, which is 10 floors, and one building can accommodate 700 people.

Ten buildings can be satisfied, and 7,000 people can be occupied.

Coupled with the 3,000 people who have been placed in the original living area, it won't be long before the Apocalypse Group's Mars base can easily accommodate 10,000 people.

On this day, the sky was not yet bright, the outside temperature was still more than 30 degrees below zero, and more than 50 cars drove out of the main base and set off towards the distance.

Not long after, more than fifty more cars drove off into the distance.

The two convoys were in diametrically opposite directions, and they kept moving forward without stopping, a phenomenon that was immediately discovered by the space station in outer space.

Adjusting the observation camera and following the convoy all the time, the space station of the United States and the Celestial Empire is eager to know what these two huge convoys are going to do.

The convoy was still moving at dawn, and it did not stop until twelve o'clock in the afternoon to rest, and after an hour and a half, the convoy continued on its way.

Until 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the two convoys stopped about 300 kilometers away from the main Mars base of the Apocalypse Group.

I consciously formed a circle next to a small hill, calmed down, and did not make any movements, which made the heads of the space stations of the two countries scratch their heads.

In the end, he reluctantly ordered to continue to observe and see what the Apocalypse Group was doing.

The night passed, and at eight o'clock the next day, the astronauts got off the car and began to get busy, and the person in charge of the space station was immediately notified.

I watched for an hour and a half.

"Report immediately, the Mars base of the Apocalypse Group began to open up sub-bases, and send all the pictures back to the headquarters," the person in charge ordered.

It is now certain that the Apocalypse Group is opening up a sub-base, and the astronauts have already started working on the excavation equipment, and it is clear that this is a step in establishing the base.

Tianqi Group can't hide the opening of the sub-base, and Xu Ping'an has no intention of hiding it, he can do what he wants, and the other party can think whatever he wants.

Just follow the established plan and go on firmly, and you don't need to care about other people's comments.

These two sub-bases, one is a livestock sub-base and the other is a plant sub-base.

After a year of experimentation, growing food has become a possible project, except that some soil needs to be transported from the earth.

The surface soil of Mars is so high in iron that it must be combined with the soil and plants, and only needs to be mixed together to plant the genetically modified plant ironwood.

On Earth, ironwood is distributed in Japan, North Korea and Gansu, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hebei and other places in Chinese mainland.

It grows at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,800 meters, and generally grows in hillside forests, and has not yet been cultivated by artificial introduction.

The Apocalypse Botanical Research Institute used Shaanxi ironwood for genetic modification, originally thinking that it was just to improve the drought tolerance of ironwood, but unexpectedly, after the seedlings went to space for genetic mutation and cultivation.

It has the characteristic of absorbing metal elements, which is also a surprise.

After the results were reported, they were immediately arranged by Chen Fansheng to be transported to Mars to continue the experiment, for four years, and now the roots of the iron tree absorb the metal elements in the soil very strongly.

In half a year, the metal content in the soil will drop sharply, and then the ironwood can be directly cleaned up and planted with other plants.

Livestock farming has become feasible, and last year, a number of pigs, cattle and sheep gave birth to cubs on Mars, with a survival rate of 98 percent, which is fully equipped with the basis for large-scale expansion.

If you want to gain a foothold on Mars, you have to solve the problem of food.

The main base is currently expanding the underground space, and according to Xu Ping'an's requirements, it must store enough food for 500,000 people to live for a month.

This requires multiple huge refrigerated warehouses, and it is necessary to have the food warehouse located at the main base for the safety period.

Because of this grain storage plan, the price of international meat on the planet has tripled, and the price of international food has risen by 68 percent.

Plantation groups have been growing rapidly last year, especially in Brazil, and have even forcibly relocated people from many places to cities in order to get orders.

Setting aside space for planting or breeding is a bloody investment for the sake of the economy.

According to Brazilian data, Brazil's grain and meat production will triple this year, and an agreement has been signed with Tianqi Group.

As long as the quality is okay and meets the regulations of the Apocalypse Group, it will be purchased directly.

It's not just Brazil.

Australia, Canada, the United States, the Celestial Empire, Country E, all kinds of farms are expanding like crazy, as long as you get the contract, the bank will give you a loan.

James, president of the Apocalypse Space Group, explained that once the Apocalypse Mars Hotel is completed, there will be a very large flow of visitors, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to travel to Mars.

Therefore, the Mars base of the Apocalypse Group must be well stocked up on food in case of emergency.

You really can't refute this excuse, because the official website of the Apocalypse Group did a survey, and nearly 10 million people left messages wanting to go to Mars for a vacation.

After screening, millions of people have the financial means to go to Mars for vacation.

With so many people, it is very scary to consume food, and it is also necessary to reserve in advance.

You know, James said that the Apocalypse Space Group will control the ticket from Earth to Mars under 100,000 euros, which will be announced a month before the start of operations.

This year is very critical for the Apocalypse Group, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a reserve year.

According to the Mars plan, the number of new people sent to Mars this year will be up to 2,000, and there will be no increase, and various materials will be stored wholeheartedly to prepare for next year's great development.

Outside, when the United States and the Celestial Empire had not yet discussed a plan for the expansion of the Mars base of the Apocalypse Group, a big news broke out on the European Union.

The EU spokesman officially announced that the EU's self-built Starship has been completed, named Glory, and is expected to depart from Earth to Mars in a month.

It was also announced that the European Union would build a second Starship factory in the Turin region of Italy.

The bigwigs of the two countries can no longer care about the expansion of the Mars base of the Apocalypse Group.

Because

Mars will compete with one more strong opponent.

With the EU's economic strength and scientific and technological strength, it is absolutely qualified to compete with the United States and the Celestial Empire, and even overwhelm the two countries in many aspects.

Xu Ping'an also saw the news, smiled and didn't care, the internal analysis is good, next year will be the year of the big bang of the global starship operation.

On the side of the Apocalypse Group alone, five starships can be delivered next year, and with the addition of those manufactured by various countries, the number of starships will definitely reach more than twenty.

At the moment, spacecraft that capture meteorites are not counted, only starships that have the energy of interstellar navigation are counted.

Three ships of the Apocalypse Group,

Three ships of the Celestial Empire,

Two Japanese ships,

Two ships from the European Union.

One of Russia,

One in the UK,

One in the United States,

There are already thirteen starships in the world.

This year, only the Starship of the Apocalypse Group on the island of Adrius can be completed, and next year will be different.

However, this data will change a lot next year.

According to the order of orders, five ships can be delivered next year, and the one that needs to be delivered is one from the Celestial Empire, one from Japan, and then three from the United States.

It's just that the Celestial Empire and the United States have changed the order of private transactions, and now it seems that the Americans are at a loss.

In the same year, more than a dozen space technologies were delivered, and it is estimated that the Americans did not plan for this.

Xu Ping'an has thought about this issue seriously, and the United States may have other plans that don't care about this.

Counting next year's three, plus two built locally, and one currently in use, the United States has six Starships in hand.

Starting once a month, it is completely possible to form a cycle, and the speed of active construction will be faster than ever.

It doesn't matter, how much black you will have when the time comes, Mars belongs to me, and no one can take it away, Xu Ping'an has a strong confidence to do this.

Xu Ping'an didn't know that his calculations were wrong, especially those against the United States.

The Americans only plan to use the Starship built by the Apocalypse Group to travel to and from Mars, and the two built on the mainland will not be completed at all next year.

Because, the Americans built starships, not starships.

Star-fighting ships carry 300 air-to-air missiles and are equipped with ten laser weapon launch pads.

There are 100 short-range large UAVs inside, each with 100 people to operate, and 200 spare UAVs, one of which is an interstellar trooper formation.

The food he carried was enough to support the needs of the war for half a year.

The United States is confident that it will re-establish its hegemony with five starships.

Xu Ping'an and the United States are very clear that both sides will definitely not be able to avoid a reckoning in the future, and they are confident that they will win the final victory.

Exactly how it will be, can only be left to time to verify.