573: Chapter 573 Loopholes in the Ecological Transformation Plan

“How did that insect get to Mars?” Oriental Chen asked.

Dragon Three said this question would be answered later, but now that humanity had lost the ability to leave Venus, it was naturally impossible for the insect to leave.

“This originated from a loophole in the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project,” Dragon Three explained.

“After the Venusian ecosystem encountered problems, the Mars Base Supercomputing Center automatically adjusted the plan based on the situation at the time.”

“The system determined that if the Venusian ecosystem was completely destroyed, it might lead to the failure of the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project. Because the Mars Base only had a human gene bank, other species, once extinct, would truly be extinct.”

“If other species went extinct, the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project would become an impossible task to succeed.”

“It was based on this loophole that Monga spent decades collecting biological samples from Venus and transferring them to Mars.”

“However, most of the species transferred at that time were drought-resistant plants and animals.”

“Insects, due to the protection of their external exoskeletons, are the most resilient creatures, and were naturally among those transferred.”

“Then why weren’t humans prioritized for transfer?” Oriental Chen asked.

“Because the Mars Base Supercomputing Center system judged that transferring humans would not only not help the smooth implementation of the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project, but might greatly increase the risk,” Dragon Three explained.

“…” Oriental Chen was speechless.

It seemed to make sense.

From the current perspective, the Moni People are ubiquitous. If humans were transferred to Mars, the problem would become even more complex. It’s highly likely that Mars would also suffer the same fate as Venus, which would be a tragedy.

“Then did the Dragon Country officials at the time not think of using Monga’s spacecraft to transfer humans?”

“It wasn’t that they didn’t think of it, but rather that they couldn’t contact her at all, let alone control her,” Dragon Three replied.

“Alright, please continue.”

“The demise of the Venusian ecosystem was inevitable. Continuous warming led to the massive death of living organisms, especially the extinction of plants, which further accelerated this process. Soon, the surface temperature of Venus broke through 80 degrees! At this temperature, let alone animals and plants, most microorganisms couldn’t survive.”

“The water in the oceans vaporized and evaporated, superstorms arrived, and after struggling for a few years, humanity was completely wiped out.”

Oriental Chen looked at the dark, dense sky, the swirling sand, and the heart-shaking lightning and thunder, knowing that this world was truly over.

“After the extinction of humanity, the Mars Base carried out a large-scale reconstruction of the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project. In addition to transforming Blue Star into a habitable planet, it also needed to breed humans. Therefore, this project became the current human cultivation project.”

“During the initial 500 million years, Blue Star’s evolution was extremely slow. The fragility of the ecosystem led to extremely unstable climate. A single storm might last for decades or even centuries, and a single cooling period might last for tens of thousands or even millions of years.”

“At that time, Blue Star was completely unsuitable for the survival of animals and plants. Only algae and single-celled organisms in the ocean carried out photosynthesis day after day, slowly increasing the oxygen content in the atmosphere.”

“Even so, these algae still experienced several extinctions during extreme weather. During this time, Monga traveled back and forth between Mars and Blue Star, spreading new algal populations.”

“Because a large amount of minerals in the land and oceans needed to be oxidized, the accumulation of oxygen was very slow during these 500 million years, only reaching about 10%.”

Oriental Chen stood above Blue Star, looking at the land and oceans before him.

At this time, there was only one continent, primarily yellowish-brown in color.

The color of the ocean was not blue, but dark green, like a huge cesspool.

This was because the minerals in the seawater were also oxidized, giving it a color similar to the wastewater discharged from factories.

“Although it was only at 10%, this was a critical threshold. Because it already met the survival conditions for multicellular organisms.”

“Monga collected a large number of Mars seawater samples and released them onto Blue Star in batches.”

“Through millions of years of evolution afterward, she finally succeeded in activating the marine ecosystem.”

“As microorganisms decomposed and absorbed marine minerals, the oxygen content in the air began to experience a qualitative leap.”

“The oxygen content indicator is important not only because it greatly promotes biodiversity, but its biggest role is to stabilize Blue Star’s climate.”

“Climate stability is very important for the growth of terrestrial plants.”

“However, at this time, the land of Blue Star still had another problem, which was the soil quality.”

“After repeated washing by rainwater, and the introduction of a large amount of organic matter and nutrients from the ocean, another 50 million years passed, which was 400 million years ago, and the first type of plant finally grew on land: mosses.”

“Their roots could anchor the soil, and their dead bodies also had a beneficial effect on soil quality.”