Meanwhile.

Homo sapiens at the Copernicus crater base on the Moon.

After several expansions, the base is now a base with 75 large cabins, as well as a landing field.

At this time, a biological experiment was also being carried out inside this base.

All kinds of biosynthetic bacteria are sent into the synthesis pool, and various nutrients and raw materials are also continuously injected into the synthesis pool.

Biologists Du Kai and Naoya Kudo are among the technicians of Homo sapiens stationed at the Copernicus base on the moon.

Currently, Homo sapiens has 24 permanent employees at the Copernicus base on the moon, nine of whom are scientists.

"Naoya, how's your situation going over there?"

"The synthesis of spheres, cubes, and cuboid parts is not a big problem, but what about you?"

Du Kai replied with a headache: "The automatic synthesis of complex shapes is too troublesome. ”

Suddenly, a researcher walked in.

Naoya Kudo saw the comer and asked with a smile, "Wise, why are you back?" ”

Wise? Hernandez, a typical Latin American, took out a thermos and replied with a smile: "I have succeeded in isolating helium-3 from the lunar soil using bio-enrichment technology." ”

"Oh? That's a great way to congratulate. Du Kai had some envy on his face.

"What about you?" Wise? Hernandez looked at the dozen or so miniature biosynthesis pools around him.

Du Kai spread his hands and replied helplessly: "There is no way to accurately synthesize parts with complex shapes. ”

"Looks like your research is going to take a while!"

"There is no way, you can only come step by step, and it is useless to be in a hurry for this kind of research." Naoya Kudo is very open-minded.

Du Kai asked a little strangely, "Wise, you should have something else, right?" ”

Wise? Hernandez remembered how he had come here, and he quickly explained: "I found something in the core of a well. ”

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"What's that?" Du Kai was very curious.

"You'll know when you see it."

Anyway, Wise? Hernandez projected some ultra-high-definition images taken by cryo-EM.

Seeing the picture in the holographic projection, Du Kai and Kudo Naoya were both wide-eyed, obviously the content on the picture made the two of them feel very shocked.

"It's a cellular structure?" Nao Kudo was also very surprised.

And Du Kai turned his head to Wise? Hernandez asked, "Wise, have you tested the genes of this creature?" ”

Wise? Hernandez nodded: "Detected, it's not a known species on Earth, this thing was found in an aquifer 352 meters underground, and it is likely to be one of the protists on the moon." ”

"It's a miracle of life." Du Kai exclaimed.

"In fact, there is life on the moon, and it is not something difficult to understand." Naoya Kudo explained while carefully looking at the microbes in front of him.

The reason why Kudo is so sure is that a large number of scientific research reports of Homo sapiens, including research papers on asteroids, reveal the fact that there are various amino acid molecules in the ice-water mixture of some asteroids.

Amino acid molecules are considered to be one of the basic components of the origin of life.

Compared with the dense atmosphere of the Earth, the dense craters of the Moon prove that the Moon is often visited by asteroids.

Among these asteroids, there must be some asteroid carriers with amino acid molecules, which are integrated with the moon.

Although the Moon has no atmosphere and the intensity of solar radiation on the surface is very high, which is not conducive to the growth of life, this ratio does not mean that the Moon is free of life.

Like Wise at this time? Hernandez discovered that in the underground aquifer, there are microbial cells in the matter.

It proves that there may be a suitable environment for living in the moon's underground aquifer.

There is groundwater under the moon, and there is also magmatic activity, which can provide a certain amount of heat energy to the groundwater, and the water resources with temperature are the hotbeds for the birth of life.

Wise? Hernandez continued: "I have reported this discovery to the ground center. ”

"What are the instructions from headquarters?" Du Kai asked.

"The headquarters wants us to cooperate in studying the genes and characteristics of these lunar microbes."

Naoya Kudo agreed: "Is that so?" No problem, my side of the experiment is also very good. ”

"I'm not done here yet, so I can't get out for the time being." Du Kai could only helplessly express regret.

Wise? Hernandez was also very understanding: "It doesn't matter. ”

For the study of lunar bacteria and microorganisms, the current manpower of the base is certainly not enough.

However, the current size of the Copernicus base has locked in the size of the permanent staff of the base.

Until the problem of gravity is completely solved, it is very difficult to station employees on the moon for a long time.

It's not that there aren't enough supplies, or that there aren't enough spaceships to transport, it's that humans can't survive in a low-gravity environment for a long time.

Even if it is a new human being, there is no way to get rid of the gravitational environment of the earth, which is a path dependence formed by human beings in the earth's environment for thousands of years.

Unless we are no longer human, human beings will live in the low-gravity environment of outer space for a long time, and can only rely on the quasi-gravity generated by centrifugal force.

The environmental adaptability between organisms can sometimes vary really greatly.

Maybe that's the price!

In the long road of evolution, human beings have gained wisdom, but they have lost the ability to mutate quickly.

Microorganisms, on the other hand, have gained superior mutation capabilities, but have lost their intelligence.

In this world, there can be no perfect natural creatures.

Du Kai, who remembered one thing, Xiang Wise? Hernandez reminded: "Wise, if you want to get out of the capsule these days, it's best not to stay too far from the base. ”

"What's wrong?" Wise? Hernandez was confused.

"Didn't there be two solar wind blows some time ago."

Wise? Hernandez nodded: "I know about this, but what does this have to do with me getting out of the cabin?" Is there another solar storm? ”

"It's not." Du Kai explained.

After listening to Du Kai's explanation, Wise? Hernandez finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that it was because of two solar storms some time ago, which caused the scrapping of 3 Earth-in-line satellites around the moon.

Now these three scrapped satellites are still orbiting the moon, but there are some problems with orbit and speed, and there is a risk of falling to the surface of the moon.

That's why Du Kai reminded Wise? Hernandez, pay attention to safety when you go out, so as not to be touched by a dead mouse by a blind cat on a scrapped satellite.

After learning about this, Wise? Hernandez asked curiously: "Didn't the Earth Federation say that it wants to establish a permanent base on the moon?" Why hasn't there been any movement lately? ”

"It's not that they're cocooning themselves, Musk's large number of Starlink satellites are now about to become spacecraft killers." Du Kai looked helpless.

Wise? Hernandez hurriedly asked: "I heard that the low earth orbit is now full of all kinds of debris and debris, will it affect our mission?" ”

"There is a little impact, but it is not big, our satellites and spaceships are originally semi-military products."

"That's good."

Wise? Hernandez chatted with Du Kai and Kudo Naoya for a while, then left the place with the helium-3 container and returned to his cabin.