Chapter 458, The Power of Life (1)

Scientists have planted seeds of life on Mars, and every week they travel to various parts of the planet to collect the latest sample data in order to study the survival of these biological seeds on Mars.

The biological research center of the 'Emperor Han Wu' spacecraft has been three months since the release of biological seeds.

"From the analysis of the samples we collected, the samples of Martian microbes this week, both in number, variety and their spread, have exploded, and there are also several microorganisms that we have not found on Earth."

Liu Daoming analyzed the latest samples of this week to the scientists present, and the current situation of microorganisms on Mars was depicted in the form of data patterns on the big screen.

"As we all know, in the first few weeks, we almost couldn't find the microorganisms and cyanobacteria we put in the microbes, but the samples collected this week showed an explosive increase not only in the number of microorganisms, but also in the cyanobacteria."

"We can now say with great certainty that these creatures have adapted to the Martian environment and are reproducing like crazy."

"What about land lichens?" Everyone smiled happily after hearing Liu Daoming's words, and hurriedly asked about the situation of the lichen on land.

"Lichens are still in the adaptation stage, and there are no obvious signs of development and growth, but in the area of Mars near the South Pole, the temperature is relatively cold, the water vapor is relatively more stable and abundant, and the lichen here grows very well."

Lichens are very adaptable to cold climates, as evidenced by the wide range of lichens in the North and South poles of the Earth, and lichens in the Arctic region are the main food for elk and other animals.

"Great!" The scientists at the Biological Research Center couldn't help but feel excited.

"Lichens can survive and grow well, indicating that the environment of Mars is indeed very good, at present, in the South Pole region of Mars, where the water vapor is relatively stable, the lichen production can be good, and the lichens in other areas are either dying or barely surviving, can we consider artificial rainfall to promote the growth of lichens?"

Immediately, some scientists guessed that the microorganisms in the Martian ocean naturally do not need to be taken care of, and people do not need to live in the ocean, and the land is the most important.

"I don't think artificial rain is good, there are no plants on the surface of Mars, the rain will be lost as soon as it reaches the ground, and the sun will become very dry during the day, I think that a lot of water spraying facilities can be added artifically, as we all know, the water in the ocean of Mars is fresh water, which can be directly irrigated, we can pump water from the ocean, and then spray water evenly and continuously on the plants that need water through these water spraying facilities."

Soon, some scientists shook their heads, on the huge southern hemisphere continent of Mars, there is no grass at this time, and there is nothing that can retain water at all, and the other party's proposal is obviously inappropriate.

"Wei Xian, the continent of Mars covers an area of more than 80 million square kilometers, how much does it cost to build this artificial water sprinkler facility? Just thinking about it, I don't think it's enough to spend all of our budgets. ”

Li Jingxuan shook his head when he heard this, the continent area of the southern hemisphere of Mars is too large, and if you want to build artificial water spray facilities, the cost is too great, and the above will definitely not agree.

"We don't have to cover the entire continent at the beginning, we just need to choose an area to experiment with, and if it's really feasible, we can apply to it, and I think if it can really achieve the greening of Mars, the above should agree, and these facilities can be used for a long time in the future."

Wei Xian smiled and said that Wei Xian is a genius scientist in the Institute of Biology, and he also graduated from Galaxy University of Science and Technology, counting Li Jingxuan and Liu Daoming's junior brothers.

"If we just choose an area, I think it's okay, we can also conduct experiments by increasing the number of plant seeds, varieties, etc., to study the most suitable plants for the current environment of Mars, if there are really results, I will go to the principal to apply for resources."

Liu Daoming nodded, for this kind of small-scale scientific experiments, Galaxy Technology has always been very supportive, once there are results, more resources and support are not stingy, science needs to invest, Galaxy Technology people are very aware of this, and they will never be stingy in this regard.

"I think we should try to plant more plants during the experiment, it is best to take all the plants on the earth to try, and we can also take all the combinations we have obtained with genetic recombination technology to Mars to try, as long as 1% of the plants can survive on Mars, we can quickly extract the plant genes adapted to the Martian environment and recombine them to get plants that can really modify Mars."

Wei Xian was naturally very excited when he heard this, and hurriedly said what he thought in his heart, and the other scientists also nodded after listening to it, everyone is studying biotechnology, although the direction of specialization may be different, but they all have some understanding of genetic recombination technology, and Wei Xian's statement is no problem at all.

"That's it, I think Wei Xian will be responsible for this matter, choose a place, I don't think it's okay if the area is bigger, we don't miss this money, the key is to collect more data back, and prepare for the next step of researching the plants that transform Mars."

"At present, the company is still mining asteroids to impact Mars to increase the atmosphere and mass of Mars, so remember to communicate with the above side after choosing a good place, and try to choose a relatively safe area."

Liu Daoming thought about it and nodded, and decided to hand over these tasks to Wei Xian to be responsible, his ability is still okay, and now it is his ideas and proposals.

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Wei Xian's actions were very fast, and he quickly communicated with the Mars transformation project team, and chose an area close to the ocean on the huge Middle-earth continent of Mars to conduct experiments.

Most of the regions above Mars now have new names, and Middle-earth is named after a constant vote.

Wei Xian's experimental area is not large, only a few hundred square kilometers, that is, the scope of a small town, this area belongs to the equatorial region of Mars, and is close to the ocean area, the temperature is relatively mild, and the soil here is relatively fat, and more importantly, this area is far away from the asteroid impact area that will arrive on Mars sporadically.

Anti-gravity spaceships continued to descend from space to the area chosen by Wei Xian, and engineering vehicles continued to use them from the anti-gravity spacecraft.

Then they started to get busy, and they continued to lay the sprinkler irrigation facilities, because all the mechanized operations were used, and the progress of the project was very fast, and the sprinkler irrigation facilities were laid throughout the area in just a few days.

As soon as the sprinkler irrigation facility was completed, anti-gravity spacecraft began to sow seeds in the area, and as large anti-gravity spaceships flew slowly, countless tiny plant seeds landed on this barren land like raindrops falling from the sky.

Sowing seeds is many times faster than building sprinkler irrigation facilities, and in just a few hours, countless seeds have been sown throughout the experimental area.

"Boom~Boom~"

As the sound resounded everywhere, the sprinklers installed in various places began to rotate, and the white mist rain sprinkled onto the ground.

Because the time chosen is daytime, the temperature of Mars is relatively acceptable, especially near the equator, in order to allow these seeds to have a relatively warm and humid environment.

"The seeds of hope have been sown, and what is needed is to wait slowly."

Wei Xian took the spaceship and looked at everything that was happening outside through the glass, and began to wait patiently.

The seeds were sown, the water was available, and even Wei Xian sowed a lot of organic fertilizers to this area, in order to give these plant seeds a good initial living environment.

Soon, the day passed.

In the spaceship of the 'Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty', Wei Xian did not feel a trace of sleep, he came to the monitoring center, where there are all kinds of latest data transmitted back from the experimental area, among which he is most concerned about the temperature.

Mars has been transformed, and the temperature difference is not as large as before, and it was tens of degrees below zero at every turn, or even hundreds of degrees, and at such a low temperature, any life will be frozen.

Now that there is an ocean, the atmosphere is thicker, the temperature of Mars is relatively stable, and as the Martian ocean begins to slowly produce ocean currents, the temperature difference on Mars is much smaller.

But the temperature at night is still very low, even in the equatorial region of Mars, its temperature will drop to more than ten degrees below zero, compared to the Earth, the temperature difference is still very large.

"The temperature is minus 10 degrees. Fortunately, it seems that the continuous sprinkling of water during the day has greatly increased the water vapor content in this area, and has a small greenhouse effect, raising the temperature here at night by a few degrees. ”

Wei Xian looked at the monitoring data in the computer and breathed a long sigh of relief.

The pattern in the computer realistically realizes the temperature data of each monitoring point in the whole area, and the temperature in the middle area is relatively high, and it is obvious that water vapor has a certain thermal insulation effect.

The sprinkler continued to spray water during the day, and at night it stopped, and the week passed quickly.