Olympus Mons on Mars is the highest known mountain in the entire solar system, with a maximum altitude of 27 kilometers. The base area is larger than the entire England.
Moreover, there has been no eruption since its discovery, and there is no movement or collision of geological plates on Mars.
Some cliffs are as high as eight kilometers. Once hidden in the mountain peaks, the protection of several kilometers of rock walls can isolate any detection.
It can be said that this is a natural and ideal secret base.
The spacecraft flew for more than an hour, arrived at the glacier on the west side of Olympus volcano, and circled around it.
Looking at the schematic diagram of the glacier displayed in the 3D image, William released dozens of detection balls and spent several hours scanning.
Sunday Caihui reported, "SIR, just counting the ice on the surface of this glacier, the water here can supply 100,000 people, and there is no problem with the demand for a hundred years.
The only uncertainty is that we still don’t know whether the frozen water in the glacier will carry deadly viruses.”
"Ignore these for now. Anyway, I am not short of water. Even if I want to show off to the people in Blue Star, I can synthesize water directly using hydrogen and oxygen."
After seeing the glaciers, we went to see the Olympus volcano a few times. William checked the location on a Sunday and determined that it was on a cliff that had not changed for hundreds of millions of years.
Release a large number of engineering robots, engineering equipment, and charging equipment, and then drive the spacecraft back to the previous canyon in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
Then he opened the portal and returned to the underground of Oxford Castle. He ate the dinner cooked by Nissa, did some physical and mental exercises, and was about to sleep.
A sudden report on Sunday said, "SIR, congratulations, you have chosen the Mars base. When the engineering robot drilled about 200 meters into the ground,
A large number of gold deposits with extremely high gold content were discovered.”
"What kind of good news is this? I'm not short of gold." William, who was about to sleep while holding Nissa who was already asleep, curled his lips. "This is bad news, okay? If a gold mine is discovered, does that mean that my base needs to be replaced by another one?"
Choose an address."
Sunday Quhui reported, "I must remind you that in thirty-four days, the capital in England that previously bet on the collapse of gold futures because of you will face the delivery period."
"Well", William opened his eyes unexpectedly and asked doubtfully, "These guys didn't cut off their flesh and exit, but they have been holding on until now?"
"You directly switched to flying to Mars, which gave many people hope. In addition, the recent increase in gold has only been 4%, so there is no risk of direct liquidation.
So among these people, there are about seven levels of people who have been holding on, hoping that you can find gold mines on Mars, a planet full of metals."
"Hehe", William sat up and walked out of the basement bedroom in his pajamas, laughing in a low voice, "Trust me so much? Then I really have to repay them and let the spacecraft search near the canyon to see if I can find gold nuggets or gold nuggets.
gold mine,
If there really isn’t any, let the engineering robots at Mount Olympus get some gold ore, have the spaceship transport it back to the canyon, and throw it into the gravel and sand.”
"The ore should be treated properly so that no one can tell at a glance that it has just been mined."
"Understood, SIR, I will process the gold mines into placer gold, spread it under the gravel sand, and disguise it like the placer gold in the rivers of Blue Star."
"That's good." He lay down and thought for a while, then asked, "Who is thinking about the second spaceship now?"
"I'm sorry, SIR. Judging from the surveillance equipment I set up in those spacecraft parts manufacturing companies, not many people are peeping."
"This?" William thought for a moment and suddenly understood that the people who wanted him dead were worried that everything was a trap.
The spaceship simply did not have insufficient energy as he said.
Thinking of this, William couldn't help but smile. It seemed that he had to find a way to make these guys understand that he really couldn't go back using the spaceship.
Say to Sunday, "Prepare ten good potatoes for me."
At nine o'clock London time the next day, William got up, put on his Type 4 space armor, and opened the portal back to the Mars spacecraft.
He directly connected the signal to a Blue Star satellite, turned on the live broadcast, and waved hello to the waiting reporters.
He put on his helmet, held the spherical live broadcast device and said, "There was an accident yesterday. As for the reason, I won't say more.
However, I still want to thank those in England who care about me, but please do not underestimate the desire to survive in the face of adversity of a person who has the courage to fly to Mars alone.”
After a pause, William continued, "Under normal circumstances, my supplies can last until the moment of rescue, but after thinking about it all night, I feel that I need to make more preparations for a rainy day."
After speaking, William took out a box from the metal box in the cargo hold and took out the ten potatoes he asked Sunday to prepare last night.
Pretending to be happy and excited, he said to the live broadcaster, "I don't know that the angel prepared these for me, but to be honest, from the moment I saw them,
I suddenly felt that God had not abandoned me.”
Seeing the potatoes in the vacuum bag in William's hand, the reporters at the scene and everyone watching the live broadcast showed shocked expressions.
I couldn't help but think weirdly in my heart, don't you fucking tell me, are you planning to grow potatoes on Mars?
"Haha, that's right."
Sure enough, the whole world heard William say excitedly, "The spacecraft has a system for water circulation, filtration and the use of hydrogen and oxygen to synthesize water. And yesterday I found a glacier near the Olympus volcano on Mars.
Water, volcanic ash, seeds, 20 square meters of space in the cargo compartment of the spacecraft, plus 29% of the energy, are enough to ensure that the spacecraft has a constant temperature of 26 degrees for many years."
"So, as long as these potatoes grow smoothly, I should be able to survive on Mars for a long time.
The only troublesome thing is that if I only eat potatoes, I will suffer from various malnutrition symptoms in half a year.
Hair loss, tooth loss, osteoporosis, and a year later, the body will become weaker and weaker due to lack of vitamins and trace elements.
However, this is better than starving to death if the second spacecraft has an accident."
"Okay, now that we no longer have any worries about survival, I will take you out to see what the real surface of Mars looks like."
When William walked out of the spacecraft, everyone in Blue Star stared at William on the TV with their mouths open. Is this what the experts said about colonizing Mars?
Doesn’t that mean that the unclaimed Mars, from the moment William started planting it, belonged to the Devonshire family to a certain extent?
And those who had been wondering whether William was setting a trap by doing this really thought about whether the Mars spacecraft would really not be able to fly back.
Not to mention the werewolves who are already planning to attack the spacecraft parts manufacturer, and some unwilling vampires,
Even some people in the United States began to take action silently.
As William himself said, eating only potatoes and pure water without trace elements will have very serious consequences.
As long as the spacecraft is destroyed twice and delayed for a year or two, even if William can survive, he will be almost completely useless.
What's more, if you want to kill him, you don't necessarily have to starve him to death.
Who knows whether the rescue spaceship accidentally exploded or whether his rescuers killed him on Mars when he was too weak?