I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 138: Warm Reception in Mars City

As expected, Han Duoduo, who had participated in the lunar crisis operation and had rich mission experience, was successfully selected for the exploration team.

After six hours of flight, the navigator space station successfully arrived at the agreed location.

Looking through the porthole at the dark red planet in the black space, everyone in the space station was silent. They had seen this planet in photos and videos, but they never thought that now, it would suddenly move from 4 million kilometers away from the Earth to behind the Earth.

According to satellite observation data, Mars moved 3.9 million kilometers within the past ten days, because in the star map taken by the astronomical telescope ten days ago, Mars was still in its original position.

What force caused Mars to move such a large distance in just a few days?

You know, even at the speed of the Navigator Space Station, it takes 35 days to reach Mars from Earth. But it took Mars less than 10 days to reach Mars, which is faster than a nuclear-powered spacecraft!

[All exploration team members, enter the landing ship immediately! ]

boom!

Ten landing ships separated from the navigator space station at the same time and landed at the designated location on the surface of Mars half an hour later.

Han Duoduo walked out of the cabin and looked at the magnificent steel buildings on the Martian plains in front of her in shock. Buildings hundreds of meters high stretched for dozens of kilometers and stood endlessly on the desolate Martian land.

In the buildings, there are tens of thousands of drones and robots constantly shuttling back and forth, transporting supplies, building and expanding the city.

Looking at this steel city with obvious human heavy industrial style, the astronauts were a little confused.

"When did we build such a big city on Mars?"

"You are stupid! Didn't you hear the commander say that this is a city built by aliens?"

"Everyone, listen carefully. Our main mission this time is to enter Mars City and explore the situation inside. According to what is said above, there should be no danger inside, but everyone should still be prepared."

"After entering, don't touch anything randomly, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble!"

"Is everything clear?"

"Clear!"

The exploration team's ten spacecraft were divided into four groups, landing in different locations of Mars City and carrying out exploration missions from multiple directions simultaneously.

As the leader of Group 7, Han Duoduo took a deep breath and led her team members towards Mars City.

Before they entered the Martian city, six drones flew out of the city and surrounded them.

"Hello, Earthlings, welcome to Mars City. Mr. Traveler has been waiting for you for a long time."

A magnetic, mechanical male voice came from a drone, speaking in a kind manner.

Then one of the drones, about the size of a transport plane, landed and its hatch opened, revealing the passenger area.

"Please get on the plane, distinguished guests from Earth. I will show you around Mars City."

The robot said.

The team members looked at Han Duoduo, waiting for her to make a decision.

Han Duoduo was unsure about what to do, so she reported the situation to the navigator station through the communicator. The reply she got was: Do as instructed.

So she had no choice but to cooperate with her team members and get on the unmanned transport plane of Mars City.

The transport plane took off smoothly and flew steadily at a constant speed in the air, passing over the Martian city.

The transport plane flew very slowly, at a speed of only about 200 kilometers per hour. It would slow down when passing those buildings, and provide explanations with the help of the artificial intelligence inside the plane.

"Everyone, please look here. This is Mars City Industrial Zone No. 1, which mainly produces various industrial robots and supporting parts."

"This is Industrial Zone No. 2, which produces various transport ships and vehicles to ensure the transportation needs of Mars City.

"Industrial Zone No. 3 produces various building modules for the rapid construction of residential buildings, factories and other construction facilities."

"Industrial Zone 4 produces spacecraft. The core components of the space elevator are also built here."

"Industrial Zone No. 5 produces various equipment to ensure human habitation, such as earthworm breeding workshops, high-yield crop hydroponic rooms, and protein synthesis workshops..."

"Finally, we have the most important energy zone, which has 36 networked nuclear fusion reactors. It uses upgraded controllable heavy nuclear fusion power generation technology and can use all elements lighter than iron as fuel, which is very environmentally friendly."

"The entire city of Mars is equipped with an ion protection membrane, which can effectively block space dust and provide reliable protection against meteorites smaller than one meter in size. It can also maintain the oxygen concentration inside the city, so that Earth creatures can survive directly in the city without protective equipment."

"Mars City currently covers an area of ​​2000 square kilometers, and the construction progress is about 25% complete. The fully built Mars City will be a 100-kilometer-long square."

The astronauts took a tour of the Martian city under the guidance of artificial intelligence and it felt like a dream.

According to artificial intelligence, such a large Martian city, along with Mars, was given to the humans on Earth free of charge by an alien who called himself "Traveler."

After the visit, the people on Earth immediately realized that Mars City is not just a space city, but also a complete and powerful industrial system: artificial intelligence control system, unmanned construction system, interstellar industrial production capacity...

"Excuse me, why is there so much similarity between the technology in Mars City and the technology on our Earth?"

Han Duoduo received instructions from her superiors to ask this question as a substitute.

"When you meet Mr. Traveler, he will answer this question in person."

After visiting Mars City, the robot took Han Duoduo and the others to a magnificent building in the center of Mars City.

This is a pyramid-shaped building with a circle of aprons on the outer edge that can accommodate tens of thousands of transport planes.

It is one kilometer long and eight hundred meters high, like a Mount Everest standing on flat ground.

However, for Han Duoduo and others who can see planetary engines over 10,000 meters high every day, this is nothing to be surprised about.

The fear of giants and the like is long gone.

In the center of the pyramid, Han Duoduo met the other astronauts who were traveling together on this exploration mission. Not one was missing, and no one was missing an limb.

It seems that everyone, like her team, received a warm welcome from the host of Mars City.

"Welcome, astronauts from Earth!"

A soft golden light bloomed in the spacious and bright hall, and a figure emitting a comfortable golden light appeared on the high platform in the center of the hall.

He had black hair and black eyes, a handsome face and a smile on his face. He was the "Traveler" who appeared in the United Government Headquarters Building that day.

Earth experts speculate that this appearance is not the true face of the Traveler, but just a "disguise" he chose to facilitate contact with Earthlings.

Moreover, the traveler should have a favorable impression of the Eastern civilization on Earth, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why he appeared with an oriental face and spoke Chinese when interacting with the people on Earth.

(Zhang Hong: Yes, yes. You are both right.)