"Take samples!" Xu Lianqiu came to the rover. The sampler on it drilled holes from the surface and drilled the underground soil.

    In this way, they will take the soil back to the base for component analysis and research to find more valuable clues.

    "Sure enough, there is water!" in the sample, people can clearly see that under the surface sand, there is actually wet Martian soil!

    It is strange to see soil on this reddish brown planet.

    "Take more samples!" Du Xingyu explained, "maybe we can find more!"

    When they returned to zhurongdian base, they began to work and began to observe and analyze the sample soil with analytical instruments.

    The Mars spacecraft Yinghuo carried more than one billion yuan worth of chemical analysis instruments this time, and their work proceeded very quickly.

    Two days later, in the scientific research room of zhurongdian base.

    Xu Lianqiu is testing the composition of a small piece of wollastonite, a layered silicate mineral containing more iron and titanium. There are many on earth, but this kind of wollastonite on Mars is rare.

    "Organic compounds?" she found "trace organic compounds" in the component test results!

    Xu Lianqiu''s spirit was shocked. Organic compounds often represent the traces of organic life!

    She immediately made further research and analysis, and finally got some results after more than half a day''s efforts.

    Under high-power electron microscope, this is a rod-shaped structure, but it shows no signs of life.

    "I think this organic compound is naturally formed," researcher Xu Rui said. "The sampling area is an ancient lake. In ancient times, there may be underground hot springs erupting here, carrying rich minerals for material exchange, so this natural organic compound is formed."

    "I don''t think so!" Xu Lianqiu analyzed. "The organic compound of this rod-shaped mechanism looks like a microbial fossil. It may be an ancient microbial fossil on Mars!"

    "And I further observed the sedimentary rock samples and found a lot of similar things."

    "If animal fossils are OK, it''s really difficult to identify microbial fossils. After all, its structure is too simple, and similar organic compounds may be formed under natural conditions," Yao Feng said.

    "Since we can''t be sure, we''ll find more evidence," Du Xingyu said. "Tomorrow we''ll continue to take samples around."

    "Yes!" everyone agrees. Anyway, the discovery of organic compounds on Mars is of great significance.

    When the news was sent to NASA, it immediately attracted people''s attention. They began to discuss and analyze it and invited biological experts to demonstrate it.

    "If natural compounds, it means that there were conditions for the emergence of life on Mars in ancient times!"

    "If microbial fossils, it means that Mars once had life, and some microorganisms may even exist now."

    "We still have to wait for further research..."

    The whole space agency is paying attention to Du Xingyu''s research. The next week, the scientific research team is sampling and analyzing to find more evidence.

    At night, Du Xingyu tossed and turned on his bed and couldn''t sleep.

    He asked the technology simulator, "have you collected any useful information?"

    Technology simulator: "during the space flight, I detected some extremely subtle changes. This change began a few years ago, and the space-time annihilation bomb is already playing a role. More detailed prediction still needs some time of calculation and analysis."

    "In addition, I found something wrong."

    "Where?" asked Du Xingyu.

    "On Mars," the science and technology simulator described, "the space-time around Mars seems to have been affected by abnormal rules. But this influence comes not from now, but from billions of years ago. I''m not sure that the science and technology that made me can''t peep into the secrets of the laws of the universe."

    "Billions of years?" Du Xingyu was shocked. He thought of some key things, but he is not sure yet.

    "If more evidence of life can be found on Mars, there is a possibility..." Du Xingyu thought to himself.

    The next day Du Xingyu was awakened by his teammates. Several people knocked on his door with excitement and said, "Captain, great discovery!"

    "What did you find?" Du Xingyu yawned and asked vaguely.

    "We found life on Mars!" Xu Rui shouted.

    "What?" Du Xingyu was so excited that he was sleepless and asked, "is this true?"

    "It''s true!" Shen Yan said excitedly. "Xu Lianqiu didn''t sleep all night last night. When analyzing a soil sample at the bottom of the lake, he found living microorganisms!"

    Du Xingyu looked at Xu Lianqiu. Although she hadn''t slept all night, her pretty face was very excited and said, "really, come and see!"

    Du Xingyu hurried over. Under the high-power electron microscope, several rod-shaped microorganisms were exchanging materials.

    "There are really living microorganisms!" Du Xingyu took a deep breath, which is definitely a major discovery in the 21st century!

    Xu Lianqiu nodded and said, "yes, according to my observation and research, this should be a methanogenic bacterium. It is a strictly anaerobic microorganism that can anaerobic ferment inorganic or organic compounds into methane and carbon dioxide!"

    "On earth, methanogens belong to paleomicroorganisms. Now I don''t know how similar it is to methanogens on earth."

    "Living microorganisms!" Su Peng said excitedly, "our discovery is going to change the world! Life also exists on Mars! Does this not mean that life is not a specialty of the earth?"

    "Xiaoqiu, you are great!" Jiao Mengyun hugged Xu Lianqiu excitedly.

    "Sure enough, there is life on Mars!" Du Xingyu muttered to himself, his expression suddenly dignified, and he affirmed his guess last night.

    "Captain?" the crowd looked at him puzzled.

    "Report to NASA first!" said Du Xingyu. "Xu Lianqiu, report to you."

    "Yes!" they immediately contacted the earth.

    More than four minutes later, their news reached the earth.

    "What? They found living Martian microorganisms!" the whole Huaxia space agency was ignited by the news!

    "This is an amazing discovery!" he Jingcheng said to Cao Liang, the leader of the space agency, holding the phone. "We will change our view of alien life. There is direct evidence of the existence of alien life at last!"

    "I''ll be right back!" at this time, Cao Liang was having a meeting outside. Hearing the news, he immediately set off to return to the space agency. He knew that this would be a major discovery that would change the world!

    "We need to know more news!" the biologists and space researchers who learned the news were also very excited. They wanted to fly to Mars to study the methanogens.

    "Xu Lianqiu, you must protect it! If there is a methanogen, there will be a second microorganism, and there may even be other higher-level organisms!" Liu Yuan warned.

    "Teacher, I know!" said Xu Lianqiu. "We have been cultivating it and looking for its kind in other samples."