Chapter 115: I Seem to Have Arrived at a Fake Mars (Part I)

Lonely, desolate, empty.

This is a vast and desolate world, and from any point where you stand, you can only see the dark red sky, the barren red desert, the equally bare peaks, and the desolation and loneliness that pervades the whole world.

If you're in the middle of an ordinary desert, you might even try to find the wonderful scenery of caravans and oases. But in this desert, there is no trace of life, not even a gerbil, a scorpion or even a thorn cannot exist at all.

- This is a real sea of death, a forbidden area for all known carbon-based life!

The reason is simple, it is not located in any corner of the earth, but in the Asidaria plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

A dead planet that may have had life but is long gone, or that has not been able to give birth to life since the dawn of time!

This is an ancient hard planet, the surface is mottled, the brightly colored landform was formed in a relatively recent age, the dull landform was formed in ancient times, in ancient times that human beings could not imagine, because of the landform trauma left by the meteorite impact, it is still everywhere today.

Among them, the northern hemisphere of Mars, which used to be a vast ocean, is darker in color and more recent in its surface morphology, because the lava from the volcanic eruption fills in the original potholes, making most of the area relatively flat. The southern hemisphere of Mars, which has not been covered by oceans, is brighter in color and on higher ground, like the far side of the moon, because it has been hit by meteorite rain in ancient times, and the surface is full of craters.

Because the surface soil and rocks of Mars contain a lot of iron oxide, the whole of Mars is a rusty world, as if it has been soaked in blood, cold and hard, and silent. Brilliant red is the only dominant color in this world: the red-clay-colored hills, the red-amber wilderness, the reddish-brown Grand Canyon and the red-gray lava slopes, the red-black Olympus, the first peak of the solar system (more than twice the size of Mount Everest), once mistaken by modern astronomers for the Mariner Canyon of the Martian Canal, and, of course, the endless red desert.

The plain of Acydaria in front of you is a dry delta near the ancient coastline of Mars, and its terrain is very flat, except for a few rocky mountains, which is not only the result of ancient river sedimentation, but also the result of dust storms for hundreds of millions of years.

Although the sun does not hesitate to bring light and heat to the Asidaria Plains, the long distance and the thin air that cannot retain heat still make the average temperature of this alien desert shiver more than the Alaska Peninsula of the Earth, even under the scorching sun.

- Under normal circumstances, anyone standing on this endless reddish-brown earth would only feel the endless desolation, coldness, and dryness, and the deep despair that these three bring together.

However, on the edge of this silent and boring arid and barren world, on this plain of Asidaria, one of the few traces of civilization on Mars can still be seen: the ground habitat left behind by the American Mars landing expedition.

and the only human inhabitant currently in all of Mars: American astronaut Mark Watney.

A botanist and engineer at NASA, plus the first hapless Martian victim in history.

Not so long ago, he became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he will also be the first person to die on Mars.

He had come here with five teammates on a spaceship to study the growth of plants in Martian gravity. However, due to a sudden Martian storm, the returning spacecraft was in danger of being overturned by the wind, and they were forced to abandon the mission halfway through and evacuate urgently on the spacecraft.

What's worse is that Mark Watney suffered another accident in the storm, was mistaken for death by his teammates, and then was left alone in this barren red desert, which is 240 million kilometers away from the earth and 6 astronomical units, becoming the cosmic version of Robinson.

The most terrifying thing is that the environment on Mars is far harsher than any desert island on Earth, not to mention food and shelter, even water and breathable air, all of which need to be made by the victims themselves. Fortunately, the inhabitation chamber left behind on Mars is capable of producing oxygen, and a water circulation system is also installed. Unfortunately, the remaining food supplies around Markwaterney will not last until the day when the Earth rescue team may arrive.

- That is, if the oxygenator breaks, he will suffocate to death. If the water circulation device fails, he will die of thirst. If the perch leaks, he'll blow it up. Even if that didn't happen, he would starve to death when he ran out of food. In addition, he has cut off communication with Earth.

But even in such a desperate situation, the tenacious Mark Watney is not ready to sit still on Mars.

After the initial period of depression, Markwaterney, who had recovered from his injuries, regained his spirits and decided to use his knowledge as a botanist and mechanical engineer, and use his wisdom and hands to survive on Mars by farming, and to play a game of life with the barren Red Planet - which meant that he had to use all his brains and materials at hand, and transform every inch of the spare ground in the roosting chamber into a greenhouse; water is produced by separating surplus fuels and burning hydrogen; Mix your own and your teammates' manure into the Martian soil and use it to grow potatoes......

However, when Mr. Mark Watney, who was wearing a spacesuit, held a small shovel and struggled to dig the Martian soil under the dim and dark Martian sun, under the bone-chilling cold, he did not expect that he was not the only one on Mars at this time!

Just behind a rock a few hundred meters away, there were three other earthlings, quietly watching his every move.

Moreover, there are still three "ordinary" earthlings who did not wear spacesuits, but only ordinary spring and autumn casual clothes......

- Although this is on Mars, where the temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius, the ultraviolet radiation is strong, and the atmospheric pressure is only one hundredth of the Earth.

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“…… It's so boring! Dear big brother, how long are we going to peek at that guy shoveling dirt? ”

Behind a reddish-brown Martian rock, a silver-haired girl in a blue printed dress and a straw hat, Gretel, stood on a rugged and gravel-filled hillside, complaining to Wang Qiu listlessly, "...... I'm almost asleep when I see it......"

“…… Well? After watching such an inspirational Robinson Crusoe in space, don't you have a little insight or something? ”

After listening to Gretel's complaints, Wang Qiu, who came here with the silver-haired twins, couldn't help frowning for a while, "...... Although a person is left in a lonely foreign land, he still does not give up or despair, but works hard and is optimistic......"

“…… Please, even the genuine desert island Robinson, haven't we seen it before? Although he was dead before they met. ”

The other of the silver-haired twin sisters, Hansel, who was dressed like Gretel, interjected, "...... Remember his body, or we dug a pit and buried it with our own hands! I have to say, this guy is so dirty and smelly......" she muttered with a frown.

——When Wang Qiu heard this, he immediately became angry: It is so embarrassing to talk about the plot world that he has traversed with people who are also traversers......

“…… And I feel like I'm more inspired than he is – he's just accidentally left on Mars, with billions or even tens of billions of dollars worth of assets at his disposal, and so many well-wishers on Earth who are worried about him and racking their brains......"

Hansel sighed and continued, "...... And what about us? Abandoned by his parents at birth, and then sold to the red-light district by an orphanage, it was already miserable enough to become a young prostitute, but who knew that he was actually sold to an underground torture club, and fell into the hands of a group of sadomasochists who ate human flesh, and almost had to be punctured and barbecued, or cut alive...... Before being rescued by you, big brother, there has never been a trace of warmth from any kind person, only the strong malice of the whole world. We're not crazy yet, and we should prove that we're stronger than the astronaut! ”

Listening to Hansel's self-lamentation, Wang Qiu was speechless about this, while Gretel reached out and patted Hansel's head in disgust, "...... Sister! How many years have passed, and what are you talking about now? ”

However, after that, Gretel also turned around and continued to complain to Wang Qiu, "...... Still, dear big brother, this place is really boring. The astronaut usually hides in the perching module, and we can't see it at all. I come out to work a few times once in a while, and I don't have any special performances. And even this Mars feels so fake! It doesn't feel like you're in space at all, it's like you're standing in a studio! ”

She pouted and raised her feet to "thump" a few times on the Martian land, stirring up a fine brick-red dust.

In this regard, Wang Qiu had to smile bitterly again.

“…… This one...... We don't seem to be on the Mars of the modern real world......"

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ps: The plot line of the new book is a little uncertain for a while, and I am going to write a few popular science articles before opening the new book, just like writing "Where Should We Cross Over" before. At present, it is planned to write "Socio-economic Issues in the World of Martial Arts" first. The preliminary outline is as follows, and I would like to refer to the reader's comments:

Chapter 1, the super-well-informed shopkeeper and the storyteller - has this Jianghu entered the Internet information age?

Chapter 2, Flying South and North - Super High-speed Heroes Riding Pegasus and Flying Ships!

Chapter 3: Divine weapons and elixirs with unlimited shelf life? Aren't you afraid of rust and mold?

Chapter 4: A brief analysis of prices, finance, and money in the world of martial arts

Chapter 5 How to Conduct National Gangs in the Pre-Industrial Era?

Chapter 6, the court in the martial arts world is so sad and urging (Tianlong Babu, the Western Xia army easily hit Suzhou)

Chapter 7: On the Similarity of Sects and Foundations.

Chapter 8, the problem of public security in the world of martial arts.

Chapter 9: How to Construct a Rational Martial Arts World - This is the Wizarding World at all!

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