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Chapter 306 Titan's Life Environment

On the sand table, in the holographic image of Titan, a small red solid ball was shining brightly.

This red mark represents the space carrier.

Chu Ge looked at the location where they landed, near the North Pole of Titan.

Chu Ge tried to use a space telescope to see the surrounding ground conditions, but unfortunately the space carrier was too tall, and Titan's orange fog completely blocked his view.

"General Chu, are you considering releasing the unmanned scientific research track vehicle?" Commander Wang made the same move as Chu Ge and suggested after observing to no avail.

"Yes, remember to release from gate G in the middle section. There are three layers of protection mechanisms there to prevent biological contamination."

Commander Wang nodded and went aside to make arrangements.

After the scientific research vehicle reaches the ground, the data can be shared with the flight control center, and Chu Ge and the others can observe the ground environment without touching the ground.

After the order was issued, the experts at the experimental center were extremely efficient, and the two scientific research crawler vehicles were quickly released.

The huge ring-shaped screen in front of the space carrier has been connected to the data, started to split into two split screens, and then entered the blue standby screen.

Five minutes later, the video footage of the scientific research vehicle was connected to the flight control center in real time.

Chu Ge looked at the two pictures on the screen and opened his mouth.

"Let me go, the Chinese infrastructure team has arrived at Titan? Is this black asphalt?"

What everyone saw was a black substance filling the screen, and the robot hand on one of the scientific research vehicles even scratched it playfully.

The black substance is in the form of a viscous fluid, and it pulls on threads as it falls...

One of the two scientific research vehicles is driving, and the other is stationary, seemingly drilling.

A few minutes later, a set of data was transmitted to the central experimental processing system of the experimental center through the data terminal of the scientific research vehicle.

This system can analyze the composition of various substances in real time.

"The main component of solids between one and five meters above the surface is silicate."

"The fluid material on the surface was confirmed to be Thorin through systematic data analysis and comparison!"

Seeing this, Chu Ge suddenly realized that he should have realized the existence of the substance Tolin when he discovered pahs.

Thorin is an important raw material for the synthesis of pahs.

The theoretical model is that nitrogen and methane molecules are decomposed and ionized by solar radiation to form other small simple molecules and cations such as ethylene, ethane, acetylene, and hydrogen cyanide.

It then evolved over time to form benzene and other organic molecules.

These molecules undergo polymerization to form an aerogel composed mainly of larger molecules. Finally, these aerogels condense and are deposited on the surface of the star.

This entire formation chain is very consistent with Titan's atmospheric composition and ecological environment.

The material tholin does not exist on the earth, but only exists on cold stars far away from the parent star.

As for why there are no tholins on the earth, Chu Ge guessed that it was because of the Great Oxidation Event on the earth 2.6 billion years ago.

The Earth's atmosphere produced a large amount of oxygen free radicals during that time, making Thorin unable to exist on the Earth.

"Commander Wang, are you ready to welcome new life forms?" Chu Ge thought of this and suddenly said something out of nowhere.

"Ah? Real or fake? What kind of life form? Microorganisms? Plants? Dinosaurs?"

After Commander Wang finished speaking, he stared at the transmission screen with wide eyes, fearing that he had missed something.

"What are you thinking? What I mean is that the presence of Thorin here is a perfect barrier for this planet. It can make up for the shortcomings of Titan's lack of magnetic field."

"All solar radiation, ultraviolet rays, and particle flows can be blocked by it and the aerogels in the atmosphere!"

"Tolin can provide a carbon source for microorganisms such as bacteria, and it was the first food for heterotrophs before the evolution of autotrophs!"

"With these foods, it's only a matter of time before life forms appear."

Chu Ge searched for the knowledge structure about Tuolin in his mind and began to make a conclusion. Commander Wang looked at Chu Ge and gave a thumbs up, thinking, no wonder you are called the "big treasure" of China.

He is proficient in astronomy, geography, chemistry, physics and even military theory that he is proud of.

He has both profound expertise in scientific and technological research and development and a broad range of knowledge. He is simply a "student master" in all categories.

This is not Commander Wang's illusion. In fact, Chu Ge himself did not notice it. If his current IQ were tested by a specialized agency, it would definitely be studied in slices.

Highlands are scary...

This is the change brought about by the intermediate genetic reagents, and the hidden bugs brought to Chu Ge by the military industry system.

"No, General Chu, then what are you waiting for? Send out all the exploration vehicles, reconnaissance crawler vehicles, and scientific research vehicles from our experimental center, and the people will follow, and they must bring weapons..."

Commander Wang said and rushed towards the experimental center with a pale face.

"Why go?"

"Go find aliens!"

"Where are there aliens? They haven't even evolved a single cell yet."

Chu Ge said and pulled Commander Wang back.

"Hey, hey, okay, okay. General Chu, let go first. How come you, a cultural person, have such strong hands?"

After hearing this, Chu Ge quickly let go of his hand. Just now he was anxious and used some strength...

"Cell? What do you mean? Didn't you already conclude that there are living things here through your analysis just now?"

Commander Wang rubbed his hands and did not forget about Titan's life form.

"What I mean is that it is at most the stage of microorganisms or an unknown organism that is completely different from the life forms on earth..."

"It is currently impossible to see carbon-based life forms. The oxygen content here can basically be ignored, and the two basic elements for carbon-based life to survive are oxygen and water."

Chu Ge looked at the data that was constantly coming in and explained that the composition of the surface atmosphere shown in it was basically the same as that of the upper atmosphere, and the oxygen content was infinitely close to 0.

"Commander Wang, we have a few questions now. The detection here continues. There are still several places on Titan that require our special attention."

"One is the lakes near the North Pole. The second is the ionosphere at 63 kilometers."

After Chu Ge finished speaking, he looked at the red logo areas on the holographic model.

It is impossible to find aliens, but the ecological environment of Titan is indeed quite special, and Chu Ge always feels a little awkward somewhere.

He needed more detailed data to find what was wrong.

"Okay, you mean to send a manned scientific research ship?"

"Well, we may miss something just by relying on the detection equipment on the reconnaissance plane."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now."

Commander Wang turned and left, while Chu Ge continued to look at the scientific research vehicle that had been conducting surveys on the ground.

"From a timeline perspective, if such a mature atmosphere of this satellite had existed long ago, judging from the data, life should have evolved long ago."

"However, rough detection does not seem to have found high-level life forms. If there are, it may only be the lowest level."

"Isn't this unreasonable?"
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