Before this exploration activity, scientists launched several artificial satellites in advance and tried to discover minerals exposed to the surface through remote sensing technology. In the past few days, most of the data on the entire planet have been collected, and many of them have indeed been discovered.

However, people have high requirements for minerals, not only in terms of abundance, but also in terms of transportation. The distribution points of mineral deposits cannot be one place in the east and one place in the west. If each place is several thousand kilometers apart, it is very troublesome to transport. It is best to concentrate in areas within a radius of 100 kilometers. This way, the railway will be much simpler to pave.

Through satellite exploration, the accuracy will decrease as the depth increases. Most of the minerals on the planet are hidden underground, so you still have to rely on another simple technology - planet impact!

Throw heavy objects from high altitude, quickly hit the planet, and then analyze the raised dust to obtain the specific composition of rocks and soil.

Among them, the most critical minerals are water resources and organic matter.

This planet is theoretically not lacking in metal, only these two are missing.

"The temperature difference on the surface of the planet is too large, and there is no water on the surface... So water resources are likely to be hidden deeper surfaces and presented in the form of ice. We have found large quantities of ice mines in the Arctic and South Pole of the planet. However, the Arctic and South Pole is too far from the spacecraft's stay and the transportation is not convenient enough."

"As for organic compounds, it is the top priority of this detection. Whether it is the production of carbon fiber or the growth and development of plants, humans and animals, they all need the support of organic matter..."

On the display screen, a female host is broadcasting the planet impact experiment live. Many ordinary people are concentrated in the central square, waiting for this exciting result.

The "Satellite 1" is similar to the moon, and theoretically there are a small amount of organic matter. However, if it is not enriched on a large scale, it will be too difficult for humans to develop, and its economic value will be greatly reduced.

It is impossible to run to the life planet next door to mine organic matter. Various microorganisms are enough for humans to eat a pot of food.

Watching the satellite gradually fly away, Zhang Yuan felt a little nervous, "It should be no problem, right?"

A nearby scientist said, "It's hard to say. If we can't find these two mineral sources for a long time, our development speed will slow down a lot..."

“It’s even more troublesome to change the planet.”

Other planets have their own advantages and disadvantages, either they are too close to the stars, lack certain elements, or they are very violent in geological activities, and there will still be volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

In addition, these artificial satellites are brought from the earth, and once they are launched, it will be extremely difficult to recycle them. By then, without artificial satellites, exploration of other planets will only rely on manual surveys, and the efficiency will be greatly reduced.

"The movement of the mothership will also consume a lot of fuel. Alas, it's better to succeed at one time..."

Zhang Yuan prayed silently in his heart for a while, then stared at the big screen.

As the experiment progressed, the speech speed of the commentator next door began to accelerate. "Spectators... As you can see, the satellite is approaching the first target area."

"According to the calculations of experts, here was a super volcano billions of years ago. As we all know, volcanic eruptions may spit out a large amount of substances, which will also be accompanied by some organic matter and sulfur-containing compounds... This is a very good place to choose..."

"The experiment has begun!"

On the screen, an iron ball suddenly shot out from the satellite. After a long free fall, the iron ball became faster and faster...

In an instant, the iron ball hit the ground with a bang. Because there was no deceleration of air, its energy was comparable to a high-explosive bomb, and it was enough to raise huge dust.

Of course, there was no sound in the vacuum, it was just Zhang Yuan who was thinking about the whole process.

"Okay, everyone, what you need next is to wait patiently for a few hours. Our scientists will use the spectrum to analyze the specific components of these dust..."

This experiment, which seemed a bit boring, has been repeated sixteen times.

Even if the commentator has rich experience and no matter how he motivated his emotions, the melon-eating crowd in the hall was still drowsy and had already left most of them without realizing it.

In fact, many scientific research surveys are very boring and not as passionate as imagined. What ordinary people need is only a result.

But in the central control room of Earth Age, many researchers have been busy, and the researchers' brows sometimes stretch and sometimes frown. The results of the previous experiments are not very ideal...

Time passed slowly, and it was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that people discovered abundant thiophene aromatic and aliphatic organic matter in the mud and dust of Crater No. 5. The abundance of organic matter in this area is more than 60 times that of ordinary places, and it is already very valuable for mining.

Even below the area, due to the large amount of holes caused by the original volcanic eruption, there is a thick layer of natural ice, with a reserve of about 120 million tons. The amount of this water resource is not too much, only equivalent to the water of 10 West Lakes, but compared with the less than 3 million tons of water stored by the Earth Age itself, it is 40 times more than the water reserved by the Earth Age itself!

For today's humans, it is already a huge amount of water resources!

The news came, and a small cheer came from the conference room.

"I didn't expect two important substances to be found at one time." Captain Zhao's face was full of joy. "It proved that our worries are redundant. The planet is so big, how could it be that there is no such resources..."

In the next few days, detection robots were placed from the mothership, focusing on the geological conditions of Crater No. 5, collecting geotechnical specimens from various areas, and then transporting them back to the mothership through ropes.

For safety reasons, more than a thousand biologists and doctors were called up to work hard all night. People carefully cut these geotechnical specimens and tried to confirm that there were no living organisms inside. There was a life planet next door, and it was not impossible to have microbial contamination.

There are many specimens that need testing, scattered in various locations of 100 square kilometers, with a total of tens of thousands.

But no one felt it was hard, and many people were so excited that they were as excited as if they were injected with chicken blood.

Fortunately, there is no, no possible life form...including carbon-based life, or imagined silicon-based life!

After reaching this conclusion, everyone cheered quietly again, and the last dangerous point was eliminated.

The main development bases of new civilizations have undoubtedly appeared.

"Today is undoubtedly an exciting day. From today on, we have found our own colonial base."

"One hundred years later, perhaps our technology will catch up with the earth's civilization... We will also launch our own deep space colonial ships and start a real sowing plan! But there is no doubt that all origins will start today."

"Let's cheer for this day!"

When Zhang Yuan saw his colleagues discussing frantically, he was also excited and applauded. For some reason, he always felt a faint sense of depression in his heart, and the direction of depression came from...

The planet of life next door?

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Chapter completed!