"Victory, activate!"

The Victory was originally a medium-sized cargo ship, the one that took Yu Yifeng and them to escape from Earth. It was not well suited for such short trips, so scientists modified it slightly, tweaking a series of engine parameters as well as landing settings.

With Yu Yifeng's order, the "Victory" loaded with personnel and materials immediately rushed out.

A thousand kilometers is not a long distance, but the ship cannot be in a vertical downward free fall, but hovers downward in a spiral fashion.

At this time, 50,000 pairs of eyes were staring at the image of the ship almost intently, and everyone was secretly praying and praying that everything would be normal.

"The first power zone is about to close, and the landing equipment will be turned on in thirty seconds, and the countdown will begin to ......"

"Reverse Jet Rocket On...... The spacecraft is slowing down, ready for landing, and the smoothness is 100% ......"

"Activate the landing buffer!"

On the TV, you can see the entire landing process, and Yu Yifeng's heart is slightly nervous. However, this kind of landing technology is simpler than landing on the moon, and it should not be particularly difficult for human beings.

I only heard a loud "coaxing" sound, accompanied by a violent tremor of the picture, and five hundred people landed smoothly!

Batches of materials began to be delivered, engineers immediately set up small bases, and reporters began to report on the situation.

"Hello everyone, I'm Gianna. We've landed successfully, and behind me is the small Martian base that will be built. From now on, I'm going to bring you a wonderful trip to Mars......" A female reporter took the microphone and broadcast live to the camera.

Hearing this, the crowd on the Noah erupted in a small cheer.

The carrying capacity of the Victory is 500 tons, 500 passengers are about 30 tons, and the remaining more than 400 tons are all machinery and equipment and living materials. It probably had to go back and forth several times before it could get everything ready down.

The scientists also began to get busy, and as the overall leader of this mission, Dr. Roman immediately began to deploy the mission, and he divided all the scientists into four groups to explore in four directions, with about 20 people in each group.

And the rest are responsible for building small bases.

"I think the probability of intelligent life on Mars is very small, and Martians should not exist......" Dr. Roman crouched down in front of the TV and picked up a red wind-blown rock, "Look, we have explored several times, and we have found no traces of biological activity on the surface." ”

"However, the possibility of the presence of microorganisms underground cannot be ruled out...... Bacteria from different planets are completely alien to our human immune system and can be deadly. That's why we have to do a strict biosecurity job. ”

Then, he said to the four members below: "The goal of your expedition this time is to obtain first-hand information about Mars, including the composition of the atmosphere, traces of life, geological composition, and to find a flat enough place for the entire Noah to land." ”

After leaving the Noah, these five hundred people felt a strange sense of uneasiness in their hearts, as if the sun in their hearts had gone out, and that warm feeling disappeared from the bottom of their hearts.

But this sense of uneasiness is deliberately ignored by people, after all, they are not here to travel, but to investigate scientifically.

This mission was originally a kind of dangerous exploration mission, the first human mission to land on an alien planet, and no one knew what the danger was.

Or air leaks, or extreme temperature differences, or the base can't be built, or there is extraterrestrial life that humans haven't discovered...... This mission was inherently dangerous, so many people simply ignored this uneasiness.

Huge excavators began to dig up a large amount of sand and gravel, and it took people two days to dig a basement of about 1,000 square meters here, and then build a small base in the basement.

The Victory can also be used as a temporary base, and the ship can temporarily accommodate some of the population.

After another return of the Victory, two small nuclear reactors were also transported, and under the commissioning of engineers, the nuclear power units began to operate normally, each with a power of about 5,000 MW (500,000 kilowatts).

As long as there is electricity, people can make oxygen, make water, make almost anything...... After all, during the three months of the astronautical voyage, human preparations were still very sufficient.

In a small rover, Dr. Roman is intently examining a test tube filled with Martian soil. He found that there were indeed no signs of vital activity, and no proteins were detected, which also gave him a sigh of relief.

Protein detection can be done with biuret reagent, which is very convenient. However, there is no change in the color of the test tube in Roman's hand, indicating that there is no protein in it, and there is no life......

Indeed, Mars is so cold that there is no liquid water. Especially in the Arctic region, more than 100 degrees below zero is the normal temperature. Cosmic radiation can also shine directly on the ground, and in this case, life is difficult to survive.

Immediately afterward, Roman began to test the composition of the atmosphere.

"Atmospheric composition, 95.32% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, 0.13% oxygen, 0.08% carbon monoxide, 210 ppm water vapor, 100 ppm nitric oxide, 15 ppm hydrogen molecules, 2.5 ppm neon, 850 ppb heavy water...... The results are the same as the previous tests. ”

Upon learning of this result, Roman didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy...... As a result, large creatures will definitely not have them, unless they don't need to breathe. So far, Earth is the only known planet with life.

"I tested the 10-meter layer of soil that I had just dug up, and I didn't see any bacteria."

Another scientist seemed a little disappointed and a little relieved, and he said very complicatedly: "Of course, the virus needs a higher magnification microscope, and it needs to go back to the main laboratory of Noah to be tested." However, without protein, there should be no life......"

He shook his head, too. According to the existing knowledge, the vitality of microorganisms is very tenacious, if there are microorganisms on a planet...... At least there will be traces, right?

Now that there is no trace at all, it can only be said that the microorganism is most likely not there......

"Well, no matter what, biochemical restrictions are not allowed to be relaxed until it is completely confirmed that Mars is free of life." Roman said solemnly, feeling an indescribable heaviness after learning that Mars had no life......

Is the Earth Alone? Is life scarce? Is wisdom rare, or is it universal? Why do humans rarely observe traces of intelligent life? Except for the inexplicable alien spacecraft Noah, there are almost no traces of extraterrestrial life observed by humans, why is this so?

People don't know anything about the universe, people can only blindly guess the whole universe, don't know, don't know anything......

Roman also doesn't know if he wants life on Mars or no life......