59 Shitai City of Mars (1/2)

Mars was the fourth planet of the solar system, if one started the count from Mercury. Since ancient times, it was the origin of many myths and legends. Those in ancient China called it the Glimmer Planet, while the Romans named it as Mars, the god of war…

As the spaceship approached Mars, that reddish planet that was 1/7th the size of Earth appeared nearer and nearer in Feng Lin's vision. Dots of green could be seen on the surface of the planet.

This was a barren country where water resources were extremely scarce. Water only existed in the form of ice which was buried deep underneath the ground. In the beginning, this planet hadn't been suitable for life at all.

However, as humans began to walk out of Earth and started to migrate to all over the solar system, the first planet they wanted to colonize was Mars. They were finally able to transform it into a planet suitable for life by collecting water from minor planets in the solar system, Titan 6, as well as Pluto.

The spaceship broke through the atmospheric layers of mars's violent gales and officially entered Mars. The dust storms gusted fiercely, smashing against the windows of the spaceship. Here, the intensity of high altitude airflow was many times stronger when compared to Earth.

Feng Lin felt a sinking sensation as the spaceship began its descent.

Far away, Feng Lin saw a towering mountain that was severed at its waist, forming a flat giant platform of stone with numerous buildings constructed on it.

The Shitai City of Mars!

The spaceship soon landed and Feng Lin exited it.

Bzz~

An earthen-yellow sandstorm gusted over, filling his mouth with sand and jamming the air passageways in his nose.

”Cough, cough…”

Feng Lin spat out the sand in his mouth as he surveyed his surroundings.

Earth's buildings were mostly skyscrapers and thus the feel of science and technology was different. In this martian city, above the ground's surface, he saw numerous windmills about hundreds of meters tall. This city was like a forest of windmills.

Not many people were out in the open. Those who passed by him on the streets all wore headscarves and veils, hiding their appearances, giving off a mysterious feeling.

However, this wasn't for the sake of looking mysterious. The atmosphere on Mars was simply too dry, and the gales of sand and dust made it so that the attire of the people living here were like this. They needed to shield their noses and mouths.

Feng Lin unfortunately wasn't dressed in the suitable clothings, and just by walking for a while on the street, he could already feel the waves of sand and dust gushing over. Not only were his mouth and nose blocked, but his clothes were also layered with dust, and he appeared to resemble a man of mud.

”Cough, cough, cough…”

Feng Lin coughed repeatedly. He shook his body, and the dust and sand covering his body all fell off everywhere.

Feng Lin had a bitter look on his face. This place was simply too dirty. The PM2.5 index level should have broken past 1,000, right!?

Upon seeing the miserable appearance of this visitor, those Martians all revealed looks of laughter on their faces.

Feng Lin knew he couldn't wander around here for long. He hurried and entered the entrance that led to the underground portion of the Shitai City.

Yes, there was an underground portion in the city!

The Earth was humanity's mother planet. It had given birth to a multitude of human's lives, and the good living conditions naturally didn't need to be mentioned. Hence, the buildings on Earth were all above ground, towering up to the skies.

However, things were different here on Mars. The environment here was very bad, filled with violent gusts of wind and sand. It wasn't suitable for humans to live on the surface.

Hence, the buildings here didn't develop upward and were constructed under the ground instead.

The main body of the Shitai City was its underground portion. This place was the true residence for humans, and there were many electrical installations and types of equipment that were powered by wind energy. The reason why there were so many windmills built was because the humans here wanted to harness the power of the violent gales to obtain an unceasing source of energy for their underground city.

Feng Lin found an entrance that led downward. He took the elevator and descended down further into the earth.

Without realizing it, he was already 200 levels below the surface and was nearing the planet's crust.