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Although Mammoth is large, everyone has already visited this planet, and there is no sign of life surviving. The institute has launched various imaginations about the mysterious owners of these huge cells, and those who have never been to Mammoth believe that this is Wang Miqiu's prank, but the trio who have been to Mammoth Star personally think that Wang Miqiu's fraud is unlikely, and think that it may be some kind of snake or pangolin, usually lurking underground or in caves. Director Napoléon Zhao raised the question that if there were such cave-dwelling creatures on Mammoth, there should be other creatures or plants as well. However, Mammoth had been examined with a biodetector many years ago, and there were no signs of life.

Zhou Haoyu said: "Then you think this is a fake scam?"

Zhao glanced at Zhou Haoyu and said: "I don't think this possibility can be ruled out, have you forgotten the famous Kepler-76b scam of the 22nd century?"

Kepler-76b is a planet in the constellation Cygnus 2,000 light-years away from Earth, about twice as massive as Jupiter. In 2158, two earthlings went to the planet to bury several fossilized animal bones, and faked them as the scene of the discovery of extraterrestrial life, causing a huge sensation. At that time, the earth invested a huge amount of money to explore this planet, and the economy of the entire solar system almost collapsed because of this investment. Countless scientists published tens of thousands of academic papers on those fossils, and it was not until 50 years later that one of the two forgers confessed before his death, and the deception was debunked. Since then, the Kepler-76b hoax has become synonymous with extraterrestrial life research.

Zhou Haoyu said: "I know about that incident, but I still think that this time it is a real extraterrestrial life." Although the site of the discovery of these cells does not seem to be very logical, nor does it conform to the traditional imagination of human beings about extraterrestrial life. But this just shows that this scene is not fake, if you want to deliberately fake the scene, it must be more subtle and more in line with human thinking habits. ”

Yuri said, "I also think it's worth checking out, because according to the test, although it can be confirmed that these cells are epithelial cells, the composition is still different from the known life, and it is very likely that there is a new life in the universe." ”

Zhao pondered for a long time and said, "Neither of you actually made it to Mammoth, and the possibility of misjudgment cannot be ruled out. Charles, you're the only one of us who personally followed Wang Miqiu to Mammoth Star, what do you think?"

Charles said calmly: "I think you should apply for funds to check it out, and I have written about the specific process of this expedition in the report." My opinion is that there is a high probability of extraterrestrial life being found on Mammoth. ”

Zhao stared at the three researchers for a long time, and his sharp gaze seemed to shoot through the three brothers. The three of them also met Napoléon Zhao's gaze without fear, without blinking, as if you would lose in the blink of an eye. After a few minutes of eye fighting, Napoléon Zhao sighed lightly and said, "Okay, I'll go and tell the space agency to send a few reconnaissance satellites to Mammoth, and then transfer a few more interstellar telescopes, and at the same time set up a permanent observation point on Mammoth." ”

Charles nodded and said, "Your choice is correct, and we have no reason to lie to you." ”

Napoléon Zhao said: "You'd better not have it. Do you know how much it costs? The three of you don't have enough pensions multiplied by 100. ”

The high-definition satellite images sent back by Mammoth quickly proved that the investment was well spent, and it was easy to see from the photos that there were some strangely shaped craters on Mammoth, and these craters were distributed in a regular manner, and they were not ordinary craters. The pits are strange because they look exactly like the footprints of some kind of reptile (or crocodile on Earth, to be exact).

However, the discovery of these footprints not only does not prove the existence of extraterrestrial life here, but on the contrary, it seems to be ironclad evidence of forgery. Because the diameter of these footprints is 50 kilometers, and the two footprints are hundreds of kilometers apart, that is to say, if these pits are stepped on by some kind of "extraterrestrial life", then the body of this extraterrestrial life is at least 1,000 kilometers long. Not to mention whether the body of such a giant creature can bear such a large weight, is it possible for Mammoth Star to hide such a large creature for hundreds of years without being discovered?"

Looking at the photos sent back by the satellites he had applied for, Zhao suddenly remembered a famous quote that seemed to have been uttered by Sherlock Holmes: "When you rule out all the impossible, the rest is true, no matter how bizarre it is." ”

Now that it has been ruled out that Mammoth has ever had such a giant creature, there is only one truth: Zhou Haoyu, Yuri, and Charles, researchers of the United Nations Institute of Biological Research, joined forces with Martian Wang Yiqiu and Tiangang Star Wang Yinyu to make a prank and play a trick on the entire human world.

Zhao threw the picture on his desk and said sarcastically: "Is this the extraterrestrial life that the three of you made? It seems that the details are not as good as Kepler-76b, and they shouldn't be! The people who did Kepler-76b's trick are two peasants who have not gone to school much, and they can deceive for more than 50 years.

Zhou Haoyu blushed and said, "Director, it's my fault, I didn't expect this to be a trick by Wang Yiqiu's father and son." ”

Charles said: "No, it's my fault, Zhou and Yuri didn't make it to Mammoth, I made a misjudgment, and I will take responsibility." ”

Zhao smiled: "Are you two grabbing credit? It's useless for me to say it." When the time comes, you can explain to the space agency yourself, and you can still eat a few years in prison. I've heard that there's a prison next to the United Nations that has good food, and I'll see if I can find a way to get you two in. ”

Yuri didn't speak, staring at the picture. At this time, he suddenly asked, "Is there a holographic projection of where you found the scales?" The institute is now accustomed to calling the few stones brought back from Mammoth "scales".

Zhao Dao: "What are you doing, are you looking to see if there are any details that need to be modified?" said as he turned on the projection of the whole system.

Yuri didn't speak, staring closely at the place where the "scales" were found, a mountain peak at 30.67 degrees north latitude and 104.07 degrees east longitude, as if thinking about the most important things in life, and then slid across the screen, carefully studying every inch of mammoth.

Zhao couldn't help but say, "Have you finished reading it?

Yuri said: "I don't think this scene is fake, but there is really this creature, you see this mountain peak side wall where we found scales, there are obvious scratch marks, and many peaks in similar longitude, there are such traces, we zoom in a little bit, you can see that these mountains have scales." So we can venture to assume that there are organisms that rubbed against the mountain wall when they passed through this route, so these epithelial cells were left behind. ”

"It seems that this game is not so rough, but have you ever thought about it, if there is such a big creature, how can it bear its own weight? Mammoth Star is 1,000 times the size of Jupiter, which is 1 million times that of Earth. Do you know how much gravity a creature needs to endure without wearing a stress-resistant spacesuit or modifying the planet's gravity? Even if you use the vibranium in the comics to make a skeleton, your assumption is not reasonable. ”

Yuri said: "Existence is reasonable. Before the discovery of Kepler-76b, people thought that Jupiter was the limit of the planet's volume, and before the discovery of Mammoth, everyone thought that Kepler-76b was the limit of the planet. Our universe does not exist according to a few laws of physics of human beings, on the contrary, the so-called laws of physics are just a summary of a certain local phenomenon in the universe. Assuming that the universe is infinite, then anything is possible. If the creature's epithelial cells were so large, it was entirely possible that it would have bones made up of huge bone cells, enough to bear its own weight. There is a saying that I don't know if you have heard, after excluding all the impossible, the rest seems outrageous, and it is also the truth. ”

Of course, Zhao heard that, probably because all the staff at the institute watched Sherlock Holmes last week, and everyone liked to talk about it. It's just that Napoléon and Zhao deduced from this theory that Yuri was deceiving people, but Yuri deduced that there was indeed some kind of creature.

Napoléon Zhao said: "So what do you say should be done now?"

"I think the equipment sent over now is enough, and all we can do is wait and watch, like a hunter waiting for his prey," Yuri said. The money spent is spilled, and anyway, you can't reduce the damage if you let the space agency withdraw the satellite or something.

Napoléon Zhao asked, "What do you have to guess what this creature is?"

"Based on the footprints of the planet and the scales hanging from the mountain, I think it's a crocodile-like creeper. ”

"So how soon do you think we'll find this giant crocodile-like reptile creature you mentioned?"

"I can't say for sure, maybe it was found before I got off work, maybe it took a year, maybe it took 100 years, it took generations to find out," Yuri said. What's going on in the universe, who can say for sure? Anyway, you just put the satellite there. ”

"It's a good way to avoid accountability, but you can write this report." ”

Yuri said, "No, I can't enjoy this honor alone. I think the glory belongs to Zhou Haoyu and Charles, to the entire Institute of Biology, to all mankind, and of course, if you want me to be the first author of the paper, I will not refuse. ”

Theoretically, if an assumption cannot be proved or falsified for hundreds of years, then the assumption cannot be regarded as a hoax, but a scientific conjecture, such as the Pythagorean conjecture and the Goldbach conjecture. Like James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered the double helix structure of DNA. Even if you don't win the Nobel Prize, the huge epithelial cells found on Mammoth are enough to write several papers.

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There are indeed many theories about the origin of life. Wang Xijia has recently come into contact with the theory of "eggs and monkeys", I wonder if there will be an ultimate answer to the question of the origin of life in this book?