Chapter 135: Migration to Mars
The space-time distortion lasted only two seconds before disappearing, and when the energy shield on the outer layer of the Archangel disappeared, what appeared in front of me was no longer the small blue star, but an earthy red planet.
"Is this Mars? Sure enough, it was red. ”
"The reason why Mars is red is because it has a lot of iron oxide on the surface, and to put it bluntly, it is rust, so it's this color, okay, let's go down."
The Archangel slowly entered the atmosphere of Mars, and while entering, the Red Queen popularized the knowledge of Mars.
"Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system, with 52% of Earth's diameter, 11% of Earth's mass, and 2/5 of Earth's surface gravity. Its rotation period is about the same as that of the Earth, and its revolution is twice that of the Earth, which means that a Martian year is two years of the Earth. ”
At the same time, the Archangel has landed on the surface of Mars, and at a glance it is full of yellow sand, and the whole Mars is like an endless desert.
Wang Khan and Gwen were very excited when they stepped on the land of Mars in spacesuits.
"This is Mars, it's really desolate."
"That's right, this is Mars, although it is desolate, but this planet is the only planet in the solar system that may allow earthlings to settle. Of course, there is still a need for some transformation. ”
At this time, the voice of the red queen came again.
"Guardian, after my initial investigation, there are a lot of dry ice and water ice at the poles of Mars, and if they are melted, the problem of lack of liquid water should be solved."
At this point, Gwen joined the discussion.
"Khan, how are you going to melt the glaciers at the poles of Mars?"
Wang Khan reached out and made an explosive gesture, and Gwen opened his mouth wide.
"No, you're not really going to carry out that crazy idea, are you?"
Wang Khan smiled.
"Why not, there is no one here anyway, so there is no need to worry about it at all, so directly detonating the poles is the most direct way to solve the problem that there is no liquid water on Mars."
"Of course, if you want to do it, you can't use a nuclear bomb, which will cause serious radiation contamination."
Stretched out his finger and pointed to the archangel number.
"The two main guns of the Archangel, the power of a full-power salvo, are no worse than a nuclear explosion. Using them to detonate the poles of Mars, melting the glaciers at the poles is no problem, but before that, the strength of the Martian magnetic field is too low. ”
In the current mainstream scientific community, there are many conjectures and hypotheses about Mars.
One of the hypotheses, which Wang Khan thinks is very likely, is that there was life on Mars in hundreds of millions of years or more, and it should be like Earth, a planet full of liquid water that is very suitable for life to reproduce.
It is even possible that high-IQ creatures, such as humans, have been bred.
It is not for nothing that the image of the Martian often appears in various science fiction novels and movies.
It's just that the environment of Mars has changed dramatically, I don't know if it's man-made or a natural disaster, in short, the magnetic field of Mars has weakened.
The consequence of the weakening of the magnetic field is the thinning of the atmosphere, and various harmful rays in the universe directly hit the earth's surface, which in turn triggered the mass extinction of species.
In the process, maybe the Martians fled to other planets, such as Earth, or they didn't have time to escape, and they all died.
As the magnetic field of Mars continues to weaken, not only the atmosphere becomes thinner, but even the liquid water on the planet's surface has escaped the influence of gravity and flew into space.
In this way, Mars has gone from being a vibrant and habitable planet to a desolate death star!
Of course, this is just an academic hypothesis, and maybe Mars is just that, such a desolate planet.
"And how are you going to enhance the magnetic field of Mars?"
"Well, the most direct way is to go deep into the core of Mars and inject a large amount of heavy metals into it. In fact, the reason why the earth's magnetic field is so strong is because the earth's core contains extremely rich heavy metals, and it is also a liquid metal ball. ”
"The huge metal ball is constantly rotating, which drives the earth's magnetic field to rotate, which is what creates climate change. Of course, there are pros and cons to this. ”
"It's just that it's very difficult to get deep into the core of a planet, and even if Mars is only half the diameter of the Earth, it's a huge project that can't be completed in a few decades. Therefore, we have to change our thinking, not to go deep into the earth's core, but to bury some heavy metals in the strata tens or hundreds of meters below the surface. ”
Wang Khan said as he gestured a large circle with his hand.
"Mars is wrapped in a large amount of heavy metals to form a large net, and then through electromagnetic force, a new magnetic field is artificially created to hold the atmosphere and water. After doing all this, go to the poles of Mars and cause a major flood to wash the surface, so that the transformation of Mars is completed! ”
Gwen nodded slightly, feeling that although this project was not small, it was simpler than in-depth accounting.
"So, you're going to send a lot of heavy metals from Earth to Mars?"
"NONONO, you don't need to transport it from Earth, this universe is full of meteorites containing a lot of metals, and it is enough to intercept a few of them at the right opportunity. Compared with those resources on the earth, the resources of the universe are as vast as the sea. ”
"Every year, one of the iron meteorites that flies near the earth can be as good as the iron ore produced by the earth throughout the year. We have the Archangel number and there is no problem at all in catching these meteorites. ”
Hearing Wang Khan's plan, Gwen felt that it was not so difficult to transform Mars.
The two then stayed on Mars for another two days before returning.
It's just that they didn't go back to Earth directly, but made a detour to Venus.
Venus is not only closer to Earth, but also more like Earth, and there are even rumors that Venus will be the Earth billions of years from now.
As the Earth continues to age, it will one day become like Venus.
As soon as he entered the atmosphere of Venus, the dense lightning avoided the Archangel one after another, and at the same time, the pressure dozens of times that of the Earth also acted on the body, if it were not for the Archangel made of vibranium, I am afraid it would have been crushed.
"This is Venus? It's like hell! ”
Thunder and lightning, wind, volcanoes, sulfur, ......
If Mars is just desolate, then Venus undoubtedly represents death, even with Wang Khan's current physical strength, without the protection of the vibranium suit, I am afraid it will not last long.
The term hell is really apt to describe the environment of Venus.
Looking at everything in front of him, Wang Khan had to shake his head and dispel the idea of transforming Venus.
"It seems that at this stage, it is better to focus on transforming Mars."
Gwen completely agreed, even modified people like them couldn't adapt to the environment of Venus, let alone ordinary people.
The two did not stay long, and after taking some soil samples from Venus, they flew back to Earth.
Of course, when passing through the moon, I didn't forget to dig up some materials to make vibranium.
However, just as Wang Khan was about to devote all his energy to the study of space gems, Gwen returned with bad news.
"What? Does someone want to go back on their land agreement with us? ”