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The appearance of the Mars colony excited everyone, and the United Nations' newly established "UNSC Mayflower" TV station broadcast the construction there 24 hours a day.

Harry's system task finally received a completion prompt:

[Task Release: Union]

[Task content: Create an outer space colony developed by colonists of 50 different nationalities]

[Formal unity is meaningless, we need to stand together with practical actions]

【mission completed】

[Reward: New World Procedures]

[After calculating the resources and equipment needed to establish a planetary colony, our brave pioneers will go out to explore, believing that they will establish a new home on a distant planet]

This is a complete set of colonization operation procedures, including even larger-scale colonization ship design and technical support.

If there was no system, Harry believed he could slowly systematize the process - but now he saved that time.

The construction of the Mars colony is in full swing, and the small nuclear fusion reactor carried on the spacecraft makes things much simpler.

However, as a colony, it is not a good habit to rely too much on the earth's resources. The accompanying engineer Osborne immediately supervised the construction robot and started the construction of the nuclear fusion power station at the predetermined location.

The nuclear fusion reactor is underground and the factory building is slightly above the surface. The power generation of this power station is enough to supply all subsequent tasks. In theory, it can be used until it becomes a Martian city of 10 people.

Through the wireless network, nuclear fusion power is distributed to equipment and facilities that require power anywhere in the colony. This technology replaces the limited power supply network and only requires the maintenance of a few key nodes to maintain power transmission.

The only problem is that wireless power transmission technology is still in its infancy and the loss rate is very high.

However, the supply of nuclear fusion power is sufficient, and the power supply required by the colony is not particularly tight at this stage, so this technology is very suitable for verification and improvement here.

Max on Earth is recording and studying the data sent from Mars, and hopes to improve it. After being freed from the fate of the Electro, this engineer has made many contributions to the development of science and technology.

With excellent "hardware conditions" (the Osborne Group's genetic modification), coupled with rich "software conditions" (rich operating experience), this diligent engineer is now an expert in power transmission technology.

"Magnetic coupling technology is very effective. The loss rate begins to increase sharply at a node spacing of 500 meters. The current technology has almost reached a bottleneck - if there are no better materials for electromagnetic coils." Max concluded.

Overall, the technology works well and basically meets expectations.

But in terms of electromagnetic research, Harry has a natural advantage: he can talk to electric currents.

With Leinen's feedback, Harry improved several designs, which can theoretically increase the original transmission efficiency by 13%.

Max took the new design blankly and looked at Harry with eyes full of admiration - you must know that Harry also taught him the global power grid design. In his eyes, no one is more important than his boss. Understand electricity.

"That's it for now. Next is the situation on the farm."

The hydroponic farm in the spacecraft is nothing fancy. This technology is very mature. Although the hydroponic farm only covers an area of ​​0.12 square kilometers, it is a layered farm and the actual planting area is much larger.

Under the control of agricultural robots and AI, only 2-3 workers are needed to ensure that the farm produces food all year round.

The key still lies in whether new farms can be opened on Mars, for which they have launched two studies.

The robot has opened an ecological research institute on the vacant land. The first research is to use feces and other organic waste to produce organic solid fertilizer to develop a new generation of soilless cultivation.

This method is cheaper than the cultivation method of directly using nutrient solution, and the concept of waste utilization is more suitable for Mars colonies.

The organic soilless cultivation method is more of a "guaranteed" development. This technology is not too difficult to copy, but it is still very expensive and the crops that can be grown are very limited.

Therefore, the second research is more important: the ecological research laboratory will collect Martian sand for soilization research.

The first step in soil research is to start from the microbiology laboratory, where various biological experts will conduct comprehensive inspection and research on the soil.

In 1984, NASA discovered the fossils of bacteria contained in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13000 years ago. This is favorable evidence that bacteria and other microorganisms once existed, and may even still exist, on Mars.

In fact, more microorganisms have been found in groundwater dug from the ground of Mars - these microorganisms exist between water-infiltrated rock layers. Once the geology changes and there is insufficient water, they fall into dormancy.

As we all know, the relationship between bacteria and humans is very complicated. They are both friends and enemies. After a long evolutionary process, harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria have reached a balance in humans. In a sterile environment, humans cannot even survive.

However, the invasion of heterogeneous bacteria is likely to break the balance of the human microbial environment and cause serious consequences, so this research must be done with caution.

The ecological laboratory has named and labeled all the bacteria found, and made unexpected discoveries:

"About this, Mr. Osborne, I think you may need to take a look at the new situation we discovered." The researcher from the Mayflower Ecological Institute looked rosy and extremely excited.

Researchers have found a way to extract microorganisms from Martian groundwater and found that the microorganisms began to operate at the right temperature.

At first, our researchers found that although these microorganisms came to life, they quickly died doing nothing - we suspected that they lacked an operating environment, so we enriched the chemical elements of the culture medium.

These media contain different types of compounds and are grown under simulated sunlight.

Then we found something unusual in the culture medium containing iron sulfide, a substance abundant in the Martian core.

Sulfide ions are separated and combined with hydroxide ions and ammonium ions.

The binding ability of sulfur element is very strong. Under the action of bacteria, these elements can easily form long chains with the linking ability of sulfur element!

However, the strange things are not over yet: as we all know, although the sulfur element has a strong connection ability, it cannot form branches when forming long chains, making it difficult for the sulfur skeleton to form molecules with complex structures...

And this time, a miracle happened!Under bacterial photosynthesis, the compound produces new branch chains!

The new sulfate bond stores more energy than the phosphoric anhydride bond, forming a compound with higher energy than ATP...

At this point, Harry had a sense of déjà vu: similar changes would occur in the bodies of soldiers injected with the Extremis virus. The Extremis virus stabilized the intracellular environment, making the high-energy sulfate bonds more stable, and the new sulfur The base compound is sufficient to provide living organisms with more chemical energy than ATP...

"Perhaps advanced life forms really existed on Mars..." Harry murmured.

The high-energy sulfate compounds provided by bacteria allow living organisms to better store solar energy and maintain more energy-consuming biological functions, allowing organisms to survive on the cooler Mars - if such organisms exist.

However, this is just a trivial guess. This phenomenon is fascinating, but it is not enough for them to restore what the creatures that once existed on this planet were like.

Harry calmed down: This is the Marvel Universe, and it's normal to have aliens.

"Fascinating discoveries, but to get back to the point, now that we receive their legacy, I wonder if we can transform it into a more Earth-like world."

The researcher calmed down and continued: "Okay, Mr. Osborne.

The fiber sand-fixing agent works very well. The filtered Martian sand can become soil, and plants grow normally. "