Chapter 31: The Cave
A week later.
Chen Mulin, as usual, got up early and started washing, finished breakfast, checked the instruments, and the weather conditions, and then entered the live broadcast room.
"Record, the hundredth Martian day, the weather on Mars today is not bad, in the next forty-eight hours, the wind will remain around three levels, the formation of sandstorms has not been detected for thousands of miles, and everything is good. ”
"This is the seventh day of the rover's departure, and three days ago, the rover arrived at Mountain Range 1, and after three days of exploration, it has so far found a suitable excavation site. ”
"Today is the fourth day of exploration, may all the best!"
When the rover first arrived in the mountains, it was confirmed that there was indeed aluminum ore in the mountains, but due to the depth and topography, it was not able to be mined for a long time.
What Chen Mulin has to do now is to find a good mining location so that he can dig the ore layer in the shortest possible time, and also ensure that it is easy to transport.
The Digger 1 and the transport vehicle have long been parked on the outskirts of the mountain range, waiting for the detection results.
After the daily politeness, Chen Mulin switched his vision to the resource exploration vehicle.
It can be seen that the location of the resource rover is now in a relatively gentle part of the mountain range, not too far from the foot of the mountain, and the digger No. 1 and the transport vehicle can still be seen at the foot of the mountain.
The detection is fully intelligent and automatic, and Chen Mulin has nothing to do for a while, so he has to look at the barrage, chat with water friends, and ask about the situation of the earth by the way, which is the matter of advertising.
Chen Mulin deliberately asked: "Brothers, what special things are happening on the earth now?"
[Barrage: Anchor, you're on fire!]
[Barrage: You can see this disgusting face everywhere.] 】
[Barrage: Fog grass, I don't know who posted an anchor's avatar at the door of my house, and it also says door-to-door toilet, so tangled and tearing is not, not tearing is not. 】
[Barrage: What a coincidence, it was also posted at the door of my house, and it was also a door-to-door service, but it was written on it as a flight attendant, a young woman, a student girl, a model, and it was said that it was from Mars. ] 】
......
Chen Mulin's face was gloomy, and he didn't have to think about it to know what they were expressing.
This little ad is too rampant!
Also, the door-to-door service has a woolen relationship with Mars.
Chen Mulin roughly understood the situation, and no longer asked deeply, so he had to pretend that he didn't know anything.
"Haha, it looks like I'm pretty hot!"
[Barrage: Don't stop the fire, it's about to cause a riot!]
[Barrage: Have you seen it, Lan Xiang's advertisement has changed recently, and they have also opened a new mining major. 】
Seeing this, Chen Mulin hurriedly spoke out to stop it, otherwise he might not be able to help but explode on the spot.
"Brothers, don't go too far, you will discuss the matter of Lan Xiang in private later, now let's analyze and analyze, where to start digging!"
Holding back from looking at the barrage, Chen Mulin switched the resource rover to a remote operation in order to divert attention.
Sure enough, this method still worked, although the barrage still did not stop, but Chen Mulin himself slowly calmed down and began to focus on searching.
According to the data, the terrain here is relatively gentle, and the transportation is relatively convenient, and the depth of the ore layer is between 20 and 25 meters.
Compared to the terrain that was explored a few days ago, this is a relatively suitable location for mining.
But Chen Mulin was still not satisfied, after all, the equipment was limited, and he would rather spend more time looking for a more suitable location than waste time on excavation.
With the hardness of the rock formations here, the excavation speed will certainly not be too fast, and depending on the power of the Digger 1, it will take at least a month to dig here to a depth of 20 meters.
It's not that Digger No. 1 can't do it, it's that it's all rock formations, and the cave has to reach a certain height and width, which is very time-consuming.
After another period of exploration, it was close to noon, and Chen Mulin finally made a discovery.
"What's that?"
Through the camera, it was found that there was a winding mountain road leading to the foot of the mountain ahead.
The mountain road is at least four meters wide, the road surface is relatively flat, and it is only covered with a slight layer of sand, so it looks like it should have not been used for a while.
You know, this is Mars! How could there be such a mountain road where vehicles can pass?
Chen Mulin said slowly: "Could it be that this is another trace left by the Martians?"
[Barrage: It's appeared, chicken ass warning!]
[Barrage: Analyze, if you go down this road, will you be surprised by the Martian chicken farm?]
[Barrage: It seems that the Martians' technology is not good, and they don't even have cement roads. 】
[Barrage: Go and see!]
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Anyway, I didn't find a suitable excavation point now, so Chen Mulin weighed it and decided to satisfy the appetite of the sailors and sacrifice a little time to see what was going on.
The main thing is that I also want to see what unexpected things will appear at the end of this road.
The Rover follows the road, gradually leading to a mountain nest surrounded by steep cliffs.
"Brothers, the road ahead is probably the end of this road!"
Knowing from the sailors, he sped up the speed of the resource rover.
Gradually driving into the mountain nest, after turning a sharp bend, the scene in front of him made Chen Mulin's eyes widen.
A cave?
Could it be that this is the entrance to the place where the Martians live?
It is not difficult to see that the cave was not formed naturally, and there are traces of excavation on the four walls.
"I can't believe we've found a much bigger trace of life activity!"
Chen Mulin was extremely excited, his hands were constantly trembling, he was afraid.
O Martians!
I don't know if it's aggressive, eat or not?
[Barrage: Are the Martians finally going to appear?]
[Barrage: It seems that the anchor needs a translator who can speak the Martian dialect.] 】
[Barrage: The anchor can ask them if they want a chicken to raise.] 】
[Barrage: Go in, don't hesitate!]
[Barrage: Remember, Hawking's warning!]
[Barrage: Warning? There is no such thing, only the law of true fragrance.] 】
......
As the rover continued to approach, Chen Mulin soon found some clues.
This is definitely not the place where the Martians live, as they are supposed to be.
Through the camera, he found that for the first time, some minerals were scattered, and the locations were on both sides of the road.
If you think about it carefully, there are mineral veins here, and since the earthlings know how to use mining, why can't the Martians?
Although it is not entirely certain, it seems that in the current situation, this is a mine hole, left by Martian mining.
Tests of the scattered ore have shown that they are iron ores, and the large amount of aluminum ore present here has not been found.
After detection, there is still a large amount of aluminum ore in it.
The purpose is already obvious, the Martians don't look down on aluminum, or rather, they still have my technology to smelt aluminum alloys, because the hardness of pure aluminum is not comparable to iron.
Now Chen Mulin can't wait to come to the scene and see the Martian mine.