Summoning Mercenaries

At this moment, Kent looked at Ashley and Jean, and said with a smile, "Go to the food too, to replenish your energy."

"Thank you." After thanking Kent in a low voice, Qin left.

As for Ashley, she smiled and said, "Thank you~"

"Yeah." Kent just responded lightly, and then Ashley, who felt bored, left.

Seeing Ashley leave, Kent also shook his head, not planning to expose her identity, after all, if one less person knows, this girl will be more secure.

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Everyone rested on the side of the road for more than ten minutes before returning to the pickup truck. This time, Simon was the driver and Kent was the co-pilot.

When the pickup truck drove, Kent, who was supposed to be sleeping, was completely sleepy because he was resting on the side of the road. Instead, he just idly looked at the scenery outside the window.

Simon doesn't seem to like talking too much in front of outsiders, and just concentrates on driving, and Laura has also become friends with Ashley and Jean, discussing topics between girls.

But Quill has been looking at the tablet, frowning, as if he is delving into something.

Kent, who was bored in every way, glanced at Quill, tried to find a topic, and said, "Huh? Doctor, what are you looking at? You have such a serious expression."

"Huh?" Quill heard Kent talk, and turned his computer screen to Kent, and said, "Before I disconnected from the Internet, I downloaded news about the epidemic and related materials from the Internet."

Kent didn't expect that he just said it casually, and the upright professor really showed it to him. He couldn't understand the materials, so he said, "So... what's wrong?"

"I always feel that this epidemic seems to be..." Quill shook his head with a bitter expression on his face, and said with doubts about his own words: "It seems to be a bit strange."

"Oh?" When Kent heard this sentence, he immediately became interested, and all the sleepiness that was not much at first was swept away.

Kent straightened his body, turned his head to look at Quill, and said, "Doctor, what did you find?"

"Remember what I told you before that prehistoric relics were discovered in the Sidonia area, and I took the students to prepare to go there?" Quill said.

"Well, I remember." Ken nodded.

"And the place where the epidemic broke out this time is the urban area of ​​Sidonia." Quill frowned.

Kent was a little confused, and asked in confusion, "That...doctor, where is this Sidonia? And what about the ruins?"

"Oh, it was my fault. Do you know that in 1945, the United States launched a Mars probe named Viking 1?" Quill asked.

Kent frowned slightly. He did know about the pirate series of detectors, but they were launched in 1975, so the timing was a bit wrong.

So Kent nodded again and said, "Well, kind of... impression"

"Hmm." Quill waved his hand and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you know or not."

When Kent heard the words, he immediately became in a state of dead fish eyes, and complained: "So..."

"Hehe." Quill said with a slight smile, "The photo taken by Viking 1 is what I want to talk about, and that is the famous photo of a Martian face."

"Martian face?" Kent exclaimed.

This Martian face is one of the most famous sights on Mars. Even scientists from Kent's original world couldn't explain what happened. Later, they could only claim that it was a natural phenomenon.

"Yes!" Quill continued: "In 1975, humans landed on Mars for the first time, and this first landing site is the Martian face in the Sidonia area.

However, the fact is that the weathering of the canyon is too serious, and the shooting problem makes this area look like a human face. "

"Is that so..." Kent was still a little disappointed,

In fact, he has always believed that the Martian face is artificial, but it seems that this view is shattered.

Quill didn't care about Kent's disappearance, and continued: "Later, in the 1980s, humans broke through nuclear fusion technology, and relying on nuclear fusion, humans can navigate freely in the solar system, and also invented a planetary transformation device."

"Nuclear fusion?"

Seeing Kent's confused expression, Quill patiently explained: "You should know about the atomic bomb."

"Yeah." Kent nodded quickly. If he didn't know about the atomic bomb, then he really didn't know.

"This nuclear bomb is derived from the technology of nuclear fission. Nuclear fission is the splitting of a heavier atomic nucleus into two or more atoms of lower mass.

This chain reaction will generate huge energy, just like an atomic bomb, which can wipe out a city.

Of course, nuclear fission can not only destroy, but also create, such as nuclear power plants.

However, even nuclear fission is not enough for human beings to easily break through the shackles of gravity, and nuclear fusion is here.

Nuclear fusion can be said to be the opposite reaction mode of nuclear fission. Two atomic nuclei are collided with lighter atoms under ultra-high temperature and high pressure conditions, which produces far more energy than nuclear fission.

The most important thing is that the raw materials for nuclear fusion can be extracted from seawater. In theory, raw materials are endless, so humans must break through this technical barrier.

To put it simply, the way the sun burns is nuclear fusion.

If there are two interstellar immigration ships, one is a conventional nuclear fission engine, and the other is a nuclear fusion engine.

So Mr. Kent, which one do you think will be faster? "

"Of course it's nuclear fusion." Kent said without thinking.

Nuclear fusion is the way the sun burns. Think about how much energy the sun can provide. The answer is that Kent doesn't even have to think about it.

"Yeah." Quill nodded in satisfaction, and continued the topic of the Martian face:

"When humans master nuclear fusion technology, planetary transformation and interstellar migration will not be a problem. In the wave of interstellar migration in the 2000s, Venus and Mars were the first choice for humans.

When humans really lived on Mars, they discovered that the 'pyramids', 'statues', and 'human faces' mentioned at the beginning were all formed naturally.

Since then, human beings believe that only the earth has survived life in the solar system, or intelligent life. "

"Hmm, what then?"

At this time, Kent no longer turned his head to look at the back seat, but turned around and climbed on the passenger seat, looking at Quill, like a student eager for knowledge.

Still, who doesn't love a story?

Quill didn't want to hang Kent's appetite, and continued: "Then, the Sidonia area where the Martian face was originally discovered has gradually developed into a city with a population of one million, and it is one of the top ten cities in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

but..."

At this time, Quill changed the subject and said in a deep voice: "But not long ago, a man-made ruin was unearthed in a mining area in Sidonia.

In the next few months, researchers from all over the world rushed to come here, and my students and I were the last batch. "