The Secret History of Mars

"Huh~" Shui Zaitian let out a long breath. The reinforcements finally arrived. This No. 1 seed who had just woken up was sometimes ignorant and sometimes sharp. Shui Zaitian had no way of predicting her behavior. She had long heard that she was called "woman" on earth. species, his thoughts change rapidly. This is the first time he has been the custodian of the No. 1 seed, and seeing it once is better than hearing it a hundred times.

He immediately turned around and reported respectfully to the visitor: "Elder Bao Xi, Elder Yan, the No. 1 seed is currently in good condition, but his thinking is a bit confused, which may be related to the fact that the neurons in the brain are not yet stably connected."

"I know, let me take a look." The person walking behind said as he walked around to the front and came to Cui Xingmeng. At this time, the wall slid up, and Cui Xingmeng could clearly see the man in front of him. He had a kind face and kind eyes, and his words and demeanor were fairy-like. When he walked over, there was a pleasant smell of grass, which made people feel refreshed. This should be Elder Yan that Shui Zaitian was talking about.

"Come, lie back on the petri dish!" Elder Yan said kindly, gesturing for Cui Xingmeng to lie back on the "bed". Cui Xingmeng couldn't help but follow the instructions and murmured, "Are you Shennong?"

"It seems that the No. 1 seed in this life has been cultivated really well. He can ask the elders before he even has a nurturing voice." Elder Yan said with a smile to Shui Zaitian and Elder Bao Xi who came with him.

"Not only can you ask questions in person, but you can also gossip with me, Elder Cang Xi, behind my back." Elder Bao Xi said dotingly.

Before Cui Xingmeng could see Elder Bao Xi's face clearly, he slowly closed his eyes and fell into sleep again. When she woke up again, the first thing that caught her eye was a familiar and handsome face, "Yi Zhou?!"

"Yizhou will be here soon." The magnetic voice caressed Cui Xingmeng's chaotic thoughts.

"You're not Yi Zhou? Who are you? Why do you look so similar to Yi Zhou?" Cui Xingmeng asked the other party with her remaining sense.

"I am Bao Xi, the Fuxi you just said, who has an eternal mystery with your Nuwa Empress." Elder Bao Xi said jokingly, "God said you have many problems, don't worry, I I will tell you all."

"Come on, drink this first. Elder Yan just gave you a comprehensive examination, and the transformation was very successful. This Zhuyucao juice can strengthen your brain and make you feel more awake and comfortable." Bian said, Elder Bao Xi handed over a small cup.

Cui Xingmeng sat up and reached out to take the cup, but his eyes stayed on Bao Xi's face. "It's so similar. Except for being a little blue like me, he is almost carved from the same mold as Yizhou. But why does he make me feel so sacred and trustworthy, but not familiar?" Cui Xingmeng thought in his mind. Thinking about it.

"If you feel good after drinking, I can take you outside the breeding chamber and chat about anything you want to know." Bao Xi lovingly reminded Cui Xingmeng to put the cup to his mouth instead of staring at him in a daze.

Only then did Cui Xingmeng look down at the cup in her hand. There was half a cup of bright green liquid in it, which reminded her of the word "qiongjiangyuye". She was indeed a little thirsty, so she put the cup to her mouth, moistened her lips, and a burst of sweet fragrance spread from her lips. Then she put half a cup of Zhuyucao juice into her mouth, and the fragrant and sweet comfort flowed throughout her body along with the Zhuyucao juice.

Soon, Cui Xingmeng felt that his brain had woken up. It felt like a big mountain that had been pressing on his head had been removed. Suddenly, his whole body felt refreshed and his whole body felt very comfortable.

"Okay, then let's go out for a walk. Please ask Elder Bao Xi to lead the way." Cui Xingmeng stood up from the petri dish and stretched out her hand to make a gesture of invitation to Elder Bao Xi.

"Come on, watch your step." Bao Xi said with a loving smile.

Cui Xingmeng followed Bao Xiang and walked out of the breeding chamber. The Luo Tang cheongsam on her body suddenly tightened, making Cui Xingmeng wonder if she had gained weight from lying down for so long! She quickly rejected her idea. The atmosphere outside the cultivation chamber was different from the warmth and comfort inside the walls. Every cell here made people feel shocked and uneasy.

"The gravitational field of Mars is not very stable, and the energy will fluctuate with the interference of the solar wind." Seeing that Cui Xingmeng felt uncomfortable, Elder Bao Xi explained, "The soil has formed a protective film on the silicon-based parts of your body. , your brain has also been strengthened by the carbon base of Zhuyu grass juice, so there is no danger, just get used to this feeling."

Cui Xingmeng has completely recalled the past at this time, including the chaotic conversation with Shui Zaitian when he just woke up.

"So, am I really on Mars? Did Xirang bring me here?" Cui Xingmeng tried to piece together the possibilities of the connection between the two completely different worlds before going to bed and waking up.

"The breath soil only helps your body transform into a more stable state suitable for the Martian environment. It does not have the energy to travel through time and space," Bao Xi explained, "it was sent to you by Mie Meng Gallery."

"Mie Meng Gallery?! Ye Qinghe's Mie Meng Gallery?!" Cui Xingmeng asked in surprise.

"Yes, after Qinghe sent you here, he and Cang Xi went to pick up Yizhou. They should have arrived by now." Elder Bao Xi's reaction to Cui Xingmeng was not surprising, "Let's go to the shuttle station to pick up the boat while we walk. Let’s take one boat at a time.”

"Can Miemeng Gallery do interstellar travel? Isn't Ye Qinghe just a collector of antiques? Her gallery also builds space shuttles?" Cui Xingmeng looked at what Elder Bao Xi said, as if he was just picking up a friend at the station, so he could only continue to ask. .

"It's not interstellar travel. It's a waste of time and can't keep up with your Council of Elders' review." Bao Xi was endeared by Cui Xingmeng's question, and patiently explained like a father, "It's time and space travel, which moves time and space directly through time coordinates. mean."

"The Miemeng Gallery in Qinghe does not build a space shuttle. The Miemeng Gallery itself is a time shuttle spacecraft." Bao Xi continued, "Qinghe has already visited the Miemeng Gallery with Yizhou. When we meet him later, you can talk to him in detail. Let’s talk to him.”

While the two of them were talking, they had already arrived at the lobby of the conservation center. Apart from the discomfort caused by the unstable gravitational field, there was no big difference between the other environments and the conservation chamber. They were either pure white or with five-color fluorescence. The decoration can easily make people tired of looking at it, until a huge display screen in the center of the lobby suddenly pops into view, attracting Cui Xingmeng's attention.

"There are still 135 Martian years left before the star core completely cools down!"

Seeing that Cui Xingmeng had turned his attention from the conversation with him to the screen, Elder Bao Xi also changed the topic in time.

"This is the countdown card of Mars civilization. All activities on this planet are timed according to the numbers displayed on it." Bao Xi said with a sigh.

"The star core is completely cooled?" Cui Xingmeng repeated the part he didn't fully understand, "Does it mean that the Mars core is cooling?"

"Yes, we discovered this problem three million years ago, and this countdown card started from then." Elder Bao Xi said helplessly.

"Why are you counting down the cooling of the Martian core?" Cui Xingmeng was even more puzzled.

"Because when the number on this display turns to 0, it is the moment when the planet Mars completely dies." Bao Xi said seriously, "No matter how advanced the civilization on Mars is, it will be difficult to survive without the mother planet as a carrier. Escape the fate of extinction.”

"But why does the Martian core cool down?" Cui Xingmeng sympathized with Elder Bao Xi and their Martian civilization.

"This is the fate that all planets in the solar system cannot escape to this day." Bao Xi said with a wry smile. "Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have already met this fate. If the Martian civilization does not do something, we will eventually follow in their footsteps."

"Our sun, like all stars, when it was still a supernova, its powerful gravitational field condensed the ultra-high-quality star core after the big bang," Elder Bao Xi said slowly, "We can also put these Star cores are understood to be fragments of the sun that share the same origin as the sun. Over hundreds of millions of years, these star cores continued to attract surrounding gas, liquid, and solid matter, forming their own planets, and eventually formed the solar system and nine planets."

"Over a long period of time, our sun has continued to expand and grow, and it is not surprising that its own energy per unit volume has decreased. However, the cores of the nine planets surrounding it, from far to near, slowly cool down. But it is fatal to the civilization of the planet." Elder Bao Xi's words were like the voice-over in a movie, narrating the image of the evolution of the solar system in Cui Xingmeng's brain.

"Three million years ago, the Martian civilization that was still on the surface discovered that the gas molecules in its environment were getting thinner and thinner, and the temperature began to decrease year by year. Only then did they realize that the atmosphere surrounding the planet was being slowly stripped away by the solar wind." Bao Xi seemed like an old man in his memories, quiet and sad. "After several Martian epochs of chaos and panic, we finally discovered that the root cause of this was that the magnetic field generated by the thermomagnetic convection of the Martian core was not enough to resist the stripping of the solar wind, and we could only allow the solar wind to tear the planet apart. everything of."

"Thermomagnetic convection relies on the high-temperature fusion energy of the Martian core to operate, and the slowly cooling core is no longer able to provide enough energy to maintain the Martian magnetic field." Bao Xi turned his back to the countdown display. Walking towards the lobby exit, "So since then, this countdown sign has been erected here. Without the protection of the atmosphere, the Martian civilization has also moved from the surface to the underground."

Cui Xingmeng followed. The exit of the lobby was directly connected to a smaller space like an elevator. Bao Xi walked out of the lobby door and directly entered the small space, signaling Cui Xingmeng to come over as well.

"Come, let's go up there to catch a boat." Bao Xi said in a kind and kind tone.