102: Chapter 102 Mars Infrastructure Construction (Part 1)

May 1st, Year 28.

On this day, Su Fan arrived on Mars once again.

After nearly three months, the current Mars, whether it was the air, water source, or soil, was very suitable for human survival.

Su Fan, Zhou Xiaoxiao, the Great Elder, Zhang Qiling, and others controlled the Androids to disembark from the spaceship; they did not wear aerospace armor but stood on the Martian ground simply relying on the Androids.

The material of the Androids was quite good, allowing them to survive independently in space environments that were not too harsh.

"Elder Su, Great Elder, after this period of transformation, Mars is now completely suitable for human survival."

"We first conducted tests with instruments and then performed animal experiments, finding that gorillas and monkeys from Blue Star can all survive on Mars," Zhang Qiling paused for a moment before continuing.

"However, at present, no human has personally tried it."

Su Fan nodded and looked at the Great Elder.

The Great Elder sighed and said, "Escort those death row inmates out of the spaceship!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of fully armed Androids wearing exoskeleton armor escorted ten death row inmates in ordinary spacesuits out of the spaceship.

"What needs to be said has already been told to you. This Mars survival experiment is very important. Originally, you were sentenced to death, but as long as you can survive on Mars for a month, your death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment." The Great Elder's voice was solemn.

The ten death row inmates nodded solemnly.

From their expressions, it could be seen that although they were apprehensive, there was a slight hint of excitement in their eyes.

"We have already done experiments with monkeys and gorillas, and they were able to survive on Mars, proving that the environment here is decent. Cherish this hard-won opportunity!" The Great Elder said with a serious expression.

Although these people had committed crimes that warranted execution, their character wasn't necessarily bad; under certain special circumstances, they were forced to act as they did.

For example, one person who sought revenge for his mother and killed the village chief's entire family; although he was ultimately sentenced to death, no one would consider him a bad person!

This time, these people had a chance to fight for a glimmer of hope for themselves.

After hearing this, the ten death row inmates' faces suddenly became excited. When they signed the agreement earlier, it only said they would explore the dangerous Mars in plain clothes without wearing spacesuits or other protective equipment.

The people who signed the agreement with them hadn't told them that monkeys and gorillas could already survive on Mars.

At this moment, they were very glad for their choice.

They took a gamble, and they gambled right!

"Take off their spacesuits!" the Great Elder ordered.

"Yes!"

A group of fully armed personnel quickly removed all the spacesuits from the ten death row inmates.

After taking off the spacesuits, the ten death row inmates were only wearing ordinary prison uniforms.

They stood on the Martian ground, breathing slowly...

One second, two seconds...

One minute, two minutes... ten minutes!

"Do you feel any discomfort?" Su Fan asked.

"I feel very good. The air on Mars is very fresh, like a typical morning after a spring rain, moist and comfortable," one prisoner said with emotion.

He was a ruthless man who had sought revenge for his pregnant wife and three-year-old son by killing more than a dozen members of his enemy's family.

Su Fan nodded.

"We will build several temporary houses here; you need to survive here for one month."

"During this period, we will provide you with plenty of food, clothing, and other daily necessities, as well as communicators."

"During this month, you will have no worries about food or clothing. You can also video chat with your family, relatives, or friends at any time, surf the internet, play games, or watch videos."

"This place is close to the sea, but do not play in the seawater for the time being, because some harmful substances in the water have not been completely purified yet," Su Fan said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, we'll do whatever the leader says," one prisoner said excitedly.

Su Fan smiled and patted his shoulder.

The staff quickly set up several temporary houses for the ten inmates.

Just like that, Su Fan and the others boarded the spaceship.

However, they did not leave Mars but continued their operations on the planet.

First, they released a large number of seeds into the Martian oceans; this was a special type of algae that could absorb toxic substances in the water.

Next, they began sowing seeds for various types of grasses, shrubs, and trees on the Martian land.

Grass seeds covered all the land, but shrub and tree seeds were only sown in mountainous areas planned as forests and terrains unsuitable for human habitation.

Time passed slowly, and soon another three months had gone by.

During these three months, those ten inmates successfully survived, and the Great Elder brought even more death row inmates to Mars for testing.

The test results were very consistent: the transformed Mars was very suitable for human survival!

On August 1st, Su Fan came to Mars once again.

Following him were more than 1,000 kunpeng no. 2 spaceships.

The reason there were so many was that Su Fan had added two more production lines for the kunpeng no. 2 spaceships before this.

This time, not only were there many ships, but there were also many Androids on board who were experts and scholars in the field of infrastructure; they came with the ships for the purpose of building Mars.

In each of the 1,000-plus spaceships, there were five to six hundred experts and scholars.

In total, there were more than fifty to sixty thousand people!

In addition to the talent, the cargo holds of the kunpeng no. 2 spaceships were stuffed with various infrastructure equipment.

There were many of these devices, but only three types.

The first type: Multifunctional Paving Machine.

This equipment could quickly lay down roads; wherever the paving machine passed, a hard road would be formed.

The second type: Multifunctional Underground Pipe Network Layer.

This equipment could quickly construct a city's underground pipe network, including sewers, underground cables, etc.

The third type: Multifunctional Bridge Builder.

This equipment could be used to quickly build bridges on Mars.

The three types of machines were orderly distributed across the Martian land according to the plan.

The transformed Mars had half the volume of Blue Star and two-thirds of its surface area.

The surface area of Blue Star is approximately 510 million square kilometers, so the surface area of Mars was 340 million square kilometers.

Forty-eight percent of the Martian surface was land, from which it could be concluded that the land area of Mars was 163.2 million square kilometers.

The land area of Blue Star is roughly twenty-nine percent of its total area, which is 147.9 million square kilometers.

Through comparison, it could be seen that the transformed Mars had a larger land area than Blue Star!

Furthermore, during the transformation, Mars was intentionally reshaped using asteroids and the weapons of the kunpeng no. 2, resulting in a very large plain area, accounting for about seventy percent of the total land area of Mars.

The reason it wasn't made one hundred percent was that seventy percent was sufficient; leaving thirty percent was necessary to reflect the topographical diversity of a planet.

This would not only help promote biodiversity but also provide places for people living on Mars to travel; otherwise, if it were all plains, it would be too boring.

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