【Chapter 582: Fear of Light】
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Ren Hong had just issued the latest instructions to the Mars locomotive under his feet, and Yang Licheng issued the highest alert to the team and walked out of the temporary control cabin.
There are more than 30 adult snake lizard beasts deep underground, with sizes comparable to adult Nile crocodiles. They can release deadly currents and nightmarish acid corrosion. No one can fight back when they are close to such beasts, except using thermal weapons to kill them at a distance.
It is naturally correct for Yang Licheng to make such a reaction, and everything is people-oriented. However, it is because he has limited understanding of the indigenous creatures on Mars, otherwise he would not be so nervous.
Deep underground, the Mars locomotive found the relatively small of more than 30 spherical objects, and used a robotic arm to peel off several layers of fermented substances on the spherical yeast layer.
Ren Hong was more worried that taking the biological DNA of snake lizard beasts would wake these hibernators up, but only by thoroughly understanding them can we have a foothold on Mars. Ren Hong is bound to win their DNA samples.
Considering that snake lizard beasts can secrete strong acid corrosion liquid, the syringe, the spine needle, is also made of special materials.
Fortunately, the bad situation he expected did not happen. Like the hibernating creatures on Earth, the snake lizard beast was also very weak during this period. When the robotic arm of the Mars locomotive penetrated into the yeast layer and penetrated into the body of the hibernating snake lizard beast, it did not wake up.
The DNA biological samples of the snake lizard beast have been collected, and the Mars locomotive has not carried out the mission of continuing to dive. According to the current judgment, there is a high possibility of liquid water below the Pezos volcano. If it is confirmed, it will be of extraordinary significance.
However, Ren Hong and his friends came to Mars not to explore and discover, so they were left to the Americans to study these.
"Explorer" followed the original route back to the Mars surface, returning faster without stopping in the middle, but even so, when "Explorer" appeared at the entrance of the cave again, more than an hour had passed.
Yang Licheng and the armed tactical team were getting darker and their alertness was getting higher and higher. The nights on Mars seemed not to be popular with them. All members of the armed tactical team were facing a great enemy. The Mars Observer 5 in space also closely monitored the Pezos area throughout the whole process. As long as unknown life signals were detected and there was movement, the message would be immediately passed to the local armed tactical team.
At 19:28 on the "Red Eagle" ship, the "Explorer" Mars locomotive finally returned to the ground. Commander Yang Licheng was relieved when he saw that he was shocked, but he did not dare to relax. It is the night on Mars, and it is the most dangerous moment. The tragic lesson of the outpost base is in front of him.
Ren Hong immediately took down the DNA biological samples collected by the Mars locomotive. After Yang Licheng confirmed it, he waved his hand and the entire team retreated in an orderly manner on alert. When everyone returned to the Mars rover, the engine started and headed straight for the "Red Eagle" spacecraft.
More than half an hour later, the rover arrived around the "Red Eagle-002". A group of members got off the car and headed towards the spacecraft. The rover was placed here and would not return to space again.
As the team entered the spacecraft, Xiaozhuang, the astronaut who had been waiting for a long time, activated the "Red Eagle" engine again. The huge spacecraft slowly advanced on the plain sand field. When the spacecraft took off and slid for 1,250 meters in the sand, the sub-engine of the spacecraft chassis was instantly started, and the engine port frantically sprayed blue tail flames into the bottom.
"Red Eagle-002" slowly took off, and its speed was getting faster and faster. In the dark, a ray of starlight appeared across the sky and headed straight for the "Flower Space Station".
Ren Hong, who returned to space again, did not stop and rest. He immediately came to the No. 3 experimental cabin of the "Firefly Space Station" with the DNA biological samples of the snake lizard beast.
Since the two parties are currently in a cooperative relationship, according to the sharing agreement regulations, the Americans also took away a biological DNA sample. The United States is not as good as CMSX, so they directly brought a biological laboratory to Mars. After obtaining DNA biological samples, they can only wait to be sent back to Earth before they can be studied.
However, Americans are also happy to see it. According to the sharing agreement regulations, a copy of snake lizard beasts can be obtained at that time. Although the other party may also hide something, it does not matter much. Even if it is hidden, the results can be obtained when the DNA biological samples obtained are analyzed on the earth. Americans are happy to see it.
However, it is worth mentioning that the Americans brought this DNA biological sample back to the earth and brought nightmares. In the later world of chaos and order, whenever someone mentioned the word "Night Demon", everyone's eyes changed. At this point, people's fear of darkness lingers, and no one dares to walk at night.
These are all later stories. The night when the "Night Demon" ruled the American continent will have to wait for 20 or 30 years.
Returning to the Firefly space station, he did not perform any missions for half a month, nor did he log in. Everything had to be analyzed for the DNA biological samples of the snake lizard beast.
The generous CMSX directly brought a set of replication equipment and a quantum computer, which obviously wanted to use the acquired DNA biological samples and gene data to copy a new individual.
The replication equipment is fine-tuned based on some information that has been mastered by snake lizard beasts, mainly for the response to acidic corrosion and strong currents of this type of organism. The equipment fine-tuned within a week was completed, and half a month later, a newborn larva appeared in the experimental cabin No. 3.
"Arui, package all data related to snake lizard beasts and send them back to the company headquarters, first-level encryption." Ren Hong stared at the gray juvenile body in the transparent isolation cabin.
"Boss, the data has been sent back." Assistant Xiao Kerui came to him and said.
Ren Hong nodded slightly, stared at the juvenile snake lizards in the isolation cabin, and said to himself: "My guess is basically correct. They live underground. Look, the snake lizards have no eyes and have completely degenerated this organ. Instead, they are extremely sensitive to smell and echo positioning. Mars air is thin. If this kind of creature lives on the earth with a comfortable environment, it will definitely be even more like a fish in water."
"Now we can finally explain why they can enter the Martian surface to attack Americans' bases, look at its neck." Ren Hong glanced at it and said, "Similar to camels, camels are survival masters in the desert with extremely lack of water. Their camels contain a lot of water in their fat. The organs with snake lizards also have such functions, not only are they so but also more so, snake lizard beasts can directly store liquid water."
"The existence of this organ allows them to stay away from water, making it possible to move on land on Mars, carrying enough water to meet the oxygen needs of electrolyzed water."
Ren Hong looked at the juvenile body in the isolation cabin in amazement: "Evolution over billions of years even faces the Martian world that is like a forbidden zone of life, they still survive. This is the real survival master."
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Chapter completed!