Chapter 408: New Year
Aliens are more peace-loving than people think, not only do they not fight, but they also try to help humanity.
According to them, they were also seeing "aliens" for the first time, and they were very happy and excited.
So...... I couldn't help but dismantle Merriken's little rover and the Navigator landing equipment.
Ahem, they didn't control it.
After communicating with Tang Chao for a period of time, they knew some of the situation on the earth, and knew that Merriken had also sent a spaceship, which was on its way at this time.
They apologized and said that when Merrican's people arrived, they would give Merrican some compensation as an apology for dismantling the rover.
Seeing this, the people on Merrican's side were almost overjoyed, and said that this alien was quite particular.
They are already dreaming of nuclear fusion technology? Or take the high-thrust interstellar engine technology?
Of course, when it comes to aliens, and they are also aliens with more advanced technology, they didn't forget to let Tang Chao tell him on his behalf: "We are also a very peace-loving country, and we look forward to meeting and cooperating." ”
Yes, Tang Chao needs to convey it, because it seems that Tang Chao has become good friends with that group of aliens.
Since the aliens took the initiative to provide the site for the construction of the base, Tang Chao asked the Spore in orbit to launch a new landing probe, went to the most suitable place to explore it on the spot, and then determined that it was there.
It will be where the first space city on Mars will be founded.
It's a big plain, and there's a hill with a huge lava cave on top of it, and the geological environment there is very stable and solid, not only is there no danger of collapse, but even some small meteorite impacts are fine.
Although the hill is not large, only about 20 meters high, the lava cave begins to extend slightly downward on the edge of the hill.
By the time we reached the side of the hill, the lava pipe was already a full-size subsidence channel, so the thickness of the rock covering it was considerable.
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In such a place, the modules can be stuffed into lava pipes, and the rocks above them can withstand not only high-energy radiation, but also sandstorms.
It would be great if you could have a gate at the mouth of a lava cave.
The aliens explored the lava pipeline, but they didn't get to the bottom of it, but they felt that it might be a closed lava pipeline, and if they installed a sealed gate, and there were several airlocks that communicated the inside and outside, and then added pressure to the inside, and then displaced, it was likely that the entire lava pipe would be changed to an Earth-like environment.
Outside, the Great Plains can put out solar arrays to supply power for various electrical facilities, and the hills are not high enough to block too much sunlight.
There are also some cultivation experiment greenhouses that need the Martian environment, other laboratories and data collection and the like, which can be put out.
The first two survival pods of the "Martian City" will also land here, after all, they have no wheels and cannot be moved into the lava cavern.
On top of that, there is a huge liquid lake underneath this place, which is filled with highly concentrated brine, which can separate a lot of things, including, of course, spacecraft fuel and drinking water.
There are still a lot of mineral deposits not far away, and there is no need to go too far to find the materials for the construction of the base.
Tang Chao carefully studied the map of that place, and the aliens also explained it himself, that place is very confusing, because the geological conditions of that place are special, and everything is very hard, so it is not easy to detect the orbit.
If he misses it, Tang Chao will find a suitable place to build a base, I really don't know how long it will take.
So it's a big gift, and there's no problem at all.
In fact, Tang Chao only found out that day, and he was indeed surprised, Linus and they didn't tell him at all before.
I didn't expect them to be alive.
And when it comes to being friends with aliens, then he just followed the script exactly.
Because this time it was peaceful diplomacy, the human race was happy to help the aliens repair the damaged spaceship, so Tang Chao took the initiative and gave them some of the materials on the Spore.
It's not enough for them to fix the ship, but it's also a signal that the humans are willing to help them get back home.
With this layer of meaning, the communication between the two sides is closer.
According to the script, step by step, after a month, the image of aliens in the hearts of human beings is much better, and Tang Chao has also become a real "diplomatic ambassador of civilization", at the interstellar level.
The first is that he has shown a very good talent for languages, and in a month, he can already communicate with aliens simply.
As far as technology is concerned, he is a faster learner.
During this period, some information was sent back, and because of the Star Treaty, this information was shared with the Entente countries.
The main thing is not that it is a high-value news, that is, Tang Chao has learned a certain technology today, and the integration is enough to produce a book of alien technology learning...... Table of contents.
Hey, of course the real information will not be exposed, in Tang Chao's words, he needs to verify the authenticity of the technology, so it can't be easily transmitted back to the earth, he is responsible for human beings!
Every time I see this kind of information, the senior management of Merrican is angry!
"Why haven't we had our ship yet!!"
"Can you find a way to make the ship fly faster?"
"It's the end of the year now, we can throw away some items to lose weight, reduce the time spent on Mars, I need them to rush to Mars as soon as possible, and after we arrive, we won't be on Mars to learn technology from aliens, we have to bring them back to Earth immediately!"
"Two months is enough time to change the perception of human beings on aliens, even now, human beings' perception of aliens has been much better, I have to say that Tang Chao is indeed a good interstellar diplomat."
"But his relationship with the aliens is too good, I'm afraid that the aliens will follow him to Tianxia and not come to our Merriken."
"That's not good, after all, we choose a small neutral place to put the aliens there, even if the aliens don't come to Merrican, we must not let them go to Tianxia."
"Well, a meeting, James, to inform the ministers and the Mars mission representatives......"
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This year's New Year, Tang Chao spent it on Mars.
The living pod was clean and spacious, with the right temperature and pressure, and they had a very comfortable New Year in it.
They had a big meal that day, and what was even more frustrating was that they also made dumplings.
Because there is gravity, there is also a "range hood", so I also made a table of dishes, stir-fried, stewed, fried, fried, steamed, etc., all of which were not left behind.
Eating dumplings that have just come out of the pot, steaming hard dishes, and replacing wine with juice, they also say hello to their friends on the planet live.
There are many more congratulatory videos of overseas compatriots in Tianxia this year, not to mention those compatriots who are engaged in construction, study, life and peacekeeping abroad, and this year they also received greetings from the Earth Orbit Space Station, which are the astronauts who built the Tianting Space Station, did experiments and repaired orbital equipment.
There are also greetings from the lunar orbit and the lunar surface, where there are also astronauts from Tianxia.
And the farthest is Tang Chao and his gang in the orbit of Mars and on the surface of Mars.
In the end, no one expected that even the aliens congratulated them.
When I saw the green-skinned alien in the video saying "Wishing you prosperity, Happy New Year" in fluent Chinese, the atmosphere suddenly reached a climax.
At this time, Merrican's Enterprise finally changed from "on the way to come" to braking and slowing down, and they were about to enter the orbit of Mars.