On the ice cap of the south pole of Mars in the solar system, a large project is driving slowly, although it is driving on the ice cap, but it does not seem to have any area from the rest of Mars, and there is red gravel and sand everywhere, which are blown by the Martian storm.

Otherwise, in terms of the reflection efficiency of ice to light, the brightness of the Martian South Pole ice cap should be very high, but for a long time, the entire surface of Mars has been covered by these red gravel and sand, and the same is true of the ice caps at the north and south poles of Mars.

"Boom!"

The drill bit on the engineering truck began to work, accompanied by a roar, the drill bit quickly drilled into the ground, and soon, the surface layer composed of gravel and sand was pierced and began to enter the ice.

The drill bits are equipped with various probe heads, which can detect the surrounding temperature, humidity, etc., and can also be heated to penetrate the ice cap of the south pole of Mars faster.

The history of the formation of the ice cap at the south pole of Mars is very long, all of which are long years calculated in hundreds of millions of years, so the ice at the north and south poles of Mars can be said to be thousands of years of ice, 10,000 years of iron ice and the like.

The drill bit kept falling, collecting samples every 10 meters or so so so for scientists to analyze the samples, but Luo Xiaoyao, who was in charge of this matter, began to get anxious.

Because the depth that a drill bit can drill at is still very limited, if the ice is too thick to drill through, it means that there is no way to know if there is liquid water under the ice.

"It's already 50 meters, which is already half of the extreme depth."

Luo Xiaoyao looked at the ice cubes that were constantly being drilled up, these ice cubes are not just water, there is a large amount of carbon dioxide in them, scientists have calculated and analyzed that if the Martian north and south pole ice caps are all fused, not only can Mars obtain a certain amount of water, but also can greatly increase the density of the Martian atmosphere, and a large amount of carbon dioxide contained in the ice cap can put on warm clothes for Mars, so that the temperature difference between Mars is greatly reduced.

"Drilling depth of 60 meters."

"70 meters."

It has not yet reached the bottom of the Martian Antarctic ice cap, and according to the results of the Echo Probe, the Antarctic ice is thicker than scientists expected.

"100 meters, it's the limit, but it still hasn't penetrated the ice."

Luo Xiaoyao reluctantly announced that he had called it a day, there was no way, he had reached the extreme depth, but he still hadn't drilled through the Martian South Pole ice cap, this ice layer was too thick, at least much thicker than scientists had expected.

"No way, the ice is too thick to exceed our estimates, and according to echo sounding, it is at least a few hundred meters thick to know if there is liquid water."

Chen Bin looked at the data transmitted back by Luo Xiaoyao, the whole person frowned, thinking hard about how to break through the ice, it is obvious that relying on the drilling machine is not enough, after all, it is not on the side of the earth, it is already very good to be able to drill 100 meters, and the scientists miscalculated at the beginning, and did not expect the ice to be so thick.

The earth's South Pole basically does not snow, where the ice, according to the survey, the average ice thickness of the Antarctic is about 1,700 meters, the thickest place is more than 4,000 meters, the total volume of icebergs is about 28 million cubic kilometers, so it is called the "ice and snow world"; In the Arctic region, glaciers are much smaller than in the South Pole. The thickness of the ice layer is generally about 2~4 meters, and the total volume of the glacier is less than 1/10 of the Antarctic. Some people calculate that the entire earth is covered by ice almost 16 million square kilometers, and Antarctica alone accounts for more than four-fifths. If all the ice in Antarctica melts, the water level of the world's oceans will rise by about 70 meters.

Scientists estimated the Martian South Pole ice with reference to the data on the earth, combined with the results of various exploration equipment, but did not expect that the ice would be hundreds of meters thick, which shows that the water contained in Mars is still very amazing, although there is a lot of carbon dioxide in it.

"Brother Fu, what now? The ice is too thick. ”

Chen Bin reported the latest situation to Li Fu, and now there is only one way to break through the ice of the South Pole of Mars, but this requires Li Fu's nod and authorization, and he must find a way to satisfy the scientists sent by the country.

"Use the light, but find a way to keep it from being exposed."

Li Fu thought carefully in his mind, and then ordered, the "Ocean Coast" spacecraft is equipped with the primary energy weapon "Dian Guang" researched by the Fuyun Group, and the purpose is naturally to ensure the safety of the spacecraft, after all, Li Fu can go to various regions of the solar system with the ship to conduct scientific investigations.

Of course, all of this has been concealed from the above, Li Fu doesn't want outsiders to know the hole cards of Fuyun Group, even the Huaxia official has left a few hands.

"Hmm."

Chen Bin nodded, this matter is not difficult, most of the scientists and astronauts on the "Ocean Going Ocean" spacecraft are scientists and astronauts from the Fuyun Group, and there are very few officials sent by Huaxia, and they also need to obey the command of Li Fu, and the spacecraft is also controlled by Li Fu and others, so it is very easy to hide from Liu Shiying, Liu Yi and others.

Soon, Liu Shiying, Liu Yi and other scientists sent by the Chinese government on the spacecraft all received new tasks, some of them studied the latest samples brought back from Mars, and some were sent to study the situation of the asteroid belt and Jupiter through telescopes, which are very close to the asteroid belt and Jupiter...... All of a sudden, new missions were sent out, and they were busy, and none of them had time to pay attention to what was going to happen on Mars.

The Ocean spacecraft began to adjust its orbit in space, orbiting around the vicinity of the Martian South Pole Icecap-1 spacecraft, and then using the "point light" carried by the spacecraft to break through the ice.

In the outer space of Mars, the "Ocean-Going" spacecraft flew through the space at the south pole of Mars at a speed of more than 10 kilometers per second.

I saw a red line on the spacecraft cut through the void, and almost instantly descended to the area that had been booked a long time ago, the area of this area is not large, only more than ten square meters, and the gravel, sand, etc. on it have all been cleared, revealing the hard surface of the Martian Antarctic ice.

"Phew!"

There was a sound in the air like red-hot steel being quenched in ice water, and at the same time, in the reserved area, bursts of water mist rose, and for a while, it was like a fairyland, and a large amount of carbon dioxide and water instantly evaporated into the air under the high temperature.

After a long time, everything returned to calm, although it is summer in the southern hemisphere of Mars, there is light here in the south pole of Mars for 24 hours, to be exact, there should be light here for 24.6 hours, but the temperature here is still very low, nearly more than 100 degrees below zero. At such a low temperature, the vapor and so on quickly disappeared again, and everything returned to calm.

It's just that when Luo Xiaoyao and the others drove the engineering vehicle again to the vicinity of the reserved place, everyone couldn't help but gasp, because a bottomless hole with a diameter of several meters appeared in everyone's field of vision.

The power of the "point light" weapon was completely revealed at this moment, the speed of light was so fast that people couldn't react, it was very accurate, and the surgical-like blow was definitely not a mouthful, the power was amazing, and the ice layer hundreds of meters thick was directly completely melted in an instant by the terrifying temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees.

"Shhh If this attacks a person's body, it can directly evaporate the person in an instant, and there is not even a scum left. ”

Luo Xiaoyao's whole person shuddered, such a terrifying weapon was absolutely beyond imagination, any missile, aircraft, etc. were waiting for death in front of it, and they would definitely not be spared.

"Action!"

Luo Xiaoyao sorted out his emotions and ordered to take action.

Astronauts began to work around this deep hole with a diameter of several meters, erecting brackets, ropes, etc., and at the same time, some people put all kinds of detectors into the deep hole without money, including a kind of bionic marine fish detector, which can swim freely in the water.

"Didi! Liquid water is found. ”

Soon, all kinds of probes who threw down came with information that liquid water had really been found, and there was really liquid water under the thick ice of the South Pole ice cap of Mars.

In the liquid water under the ice, the probe is constantly swimming in it, this is a very vast world, it is like a strange tourist, constantly wandering in this strange world, of course, all this is controlled by the scientists on the "Ocean Ocean" through virtual machines, all kinds of data are constantly collected.

"The water temperature is already very high, reaching above freezing, which is really a bit incredible, the surface of Mars is so cold, I didn't expect that there is liquid water under the thick ice."

"The pH is acidic, and if the inference is correct, the volcanic activity on Mars should not be completely dead, and there should be signs of volcanic activity under this thick layer of ice."

Scientists study the information collected by the probe like a treasure, and many things can be reversed from the existing data.

At the same time, on the other side, Luo Xiaoyao began to collect data, and the rope continued to descend, and soon reached the location of the liquid water, and began to collect samples every 10 meters, whether there were microorganisms in these samples, which was the most concerned question for scientists.

Samples were collected on a specially designed device to keep them warm, otherwise the liquid water would have re-formed into ice before it reached the surface, given the low temperature of Mars.

"At 380 meters, we have reached the bottom."

Soon, the detector came to the bottom, where the temperature has been several degrees, the heat preservation ability of liquid water is beyond doubt, among all the objects, the specific heat capacity of water is the highest, the temperature on the earth is so hot, it is also because there is a large area of ocean on the earth, which is equivalent to a huge regulator, and the temperature is always kept in a relative temperature range.

"Whew!"

When the "Ocean-going spacecraft" flew into space at the south pole of Mars again, another light flashed, and a bottomless hole appeared in the thick ice, and the astronauts began to collect samples from this new hole, one hole after another, and more and more sample data were collected.

"Return to the spaceship immediately and return to space as soon as possible!"

After staying here at the south pole of Mars for more than 20 hours, when Li Quanjiang, who was in charge of monitoring the Martian weather, received the latest Martian storm information, Li Fu did not hesitate to issue a return order to Luo Xiaoyao and others.

More than an hour later, the No. 1 spacecraft successfully completed its mission, returned to space smoothly, docked with the "Ocean" spacecraft, was retracted into the "Ocean" spacecraft, and the collected samples were sent to the scientists' laboratories as soon as possible.

"There's definitely extraterrestrial life here! Look, the closer amino acids are to the deep layer, the more they are, which means that amino acids come from within, not from the outside, and there is only one source of amino acids inside the planet, and that is microorganisms! ”

"The survival ability of microorganisms is extremely tenacious, and the most powerful water bears can survive for several days at minus 200 degrees, and can survive for a long time in high temperatures of more than 100 degrees, and can also survive well in a radiation environment of more than 5,000 Gray, knowing that 10-20 Gray strength radiation can easily kill humans and most animals on the earth!"

Liu Yi was excitedly analyzing the sample, and at the same time, because of the excitement, the whole person's voice was a little inaccurate when he spoke, and the whole person was unusually excited.

"Oh my God! There are really living things, and there are so many of them, these microorganisms already have a cell structure, but this structure is a bit strange! ”

"A large number of microbiota were discovered, this is a complete microbial tribe, the largest is already 0.1 mm in size multicellular complex organisms!"

"The discovery that shocked the world is that most of these organisms are fungi, a small number of bacteria, and a very small number of multicellular life, this is a world that is slowly evolving!"

This news instantly caused a sensation in the entire "Ocean" spacecraft and the control center far away on the earth, and the major discovery on Mars means that the universe is full of life, human beings and the earth are not alone, and life is likely to be born where there is water in the universe!

You must know that there is liquid water under the ice layer of Mars that is hundreds of meters thick, and there is really extraterrestrial life in these liquid waters, which is definitely one of the most significant discoveries of this century!

PS: Can the 4000-word chapter be regarded as an update of 2 chapters?