Chapter 1243 - Reinforcements Have Arrived! (1/2)

It sounded like a millennium project.

They would not only have to increase the oxygen content in the atmosphere, but also bring in greenhouse gases to increase the thickness of the atmosphere, and at the same time find an alternative to the geomagnetic field to avoid the newly generated atmosphere being blown away by solar winds.

Moreover, Jiang Chen’s positioning of Mars was originally an arsenal of the Earth Fleet. From his perspective, the idea of transforming Mars into a terrestrial planet was not attractive.

But then again, Verdell Taylor’s words finally reminded Jiang Chen of something.

When he first entered the underground ruins, it seemed that the air monitoring component of the drone detected higher oxygen content compared to the surface on Mars.

At first, he thought it was because it resembled the atmospheric environment of Mars 3.7 billion years ago, but he overlooked the fact it was located several kilometers deep underground…

After reporting his progress to Jiang Chen, Verdell Taylor excitedly asked if he could take a flight to Mars, but was immediately shut down by Jiang Chen.

Perhaps these scientists were ready to dedicate themselves to the cause of science, but he couldn’t risk losing a brilliant scientist.

To defeat the enemy, he must first understand the enemy.

While Celestial Trade was still developing itself capability, the fifty scientists were already standing at the forefront of resisting the invasion of Harmony. The more understanding they gained of the biological civilization, the higher the Earth Defense Alliance’ chance was of winning.

What’s more, before Jiang Chen dug out the ruins on Mars, he would not send any uncontrolled factors up there.

Afterall, Verdell Taylor was from Frankberg, which represented the Frankberg government; he was not Xin nor a part of Celestial Trade.

In the end, Jiang Chen proposed a compromise of bringing more Devil Worm specimen back.

Based on the response of Captain Hong Zewei, the administrator of the Mars colony, there seemed to be a lot of these bugs around Mine 071. As long as the soldiers remained in the vehicles and the specimens were collected through robots and vehicles, the danger should be minimal.

At the same time, Jiang Chen also sent a message to Kelvin to ask him to tell the staff on the Mars colony to keep an eye on the speculation made by Verdell Taylor on the existence of an “Oxygen Supply Layer”.

If it did exist, it would be another groundbreaking discovery. One that shakes the academic world if they obtained some anaerobic fungi from that layer…

If all went accordingly to plan.

…

Mars colony.

The gusting sand ravaged in the desert.

The large sheds that were originally located near the cabin were completely destroyed.

Hong Zewei stood inside as he looked at the ruins outside the window and sighed with a headache.

As for what happened to the destroyed sheds outside?

Everything started with a “foolish” command…

Four days ago, Marines once again set off from the colony.

This time they had a well-planned strategy. They first parked their vehicle near Mine 071 and immediately used drones to lure the Devil Worms out from underground, then they detonated the explosives on the drone and killed two Devil Worms from afar.

At the request of the Space Command Center, they tied the bodies of two Devil Worms with hooks and dragged the two fresh specimens back to the colony.

In the next two days, they killed a total of ten Devil Worms with the same method.

Just when they thought these bugs were nothing to fear.

They finally enraged these monsters.

The destroyed sheds outside the colony were the most evident example.

The smarter Devil Worms no longer bit the drones and even stopped touching the vehicles that they could not pierce through. Following the blood of their same kind, they tracked down the colony and were immediately shocked by everything in front of them.

For more than three billion years, no living things existed on the surface of Mars, to the point that they had completely forgotten the existence of Mars’ surface. But after eating fungi and other arthropods for so long, they were surprised to find neighbors on the barren surface.

The floor of the colonial cabin was too thick, and they could not drill through it.