Super Biotech Empire

Ceres is the smallest and only dwarf planet in the solar system. Speaking of dwarf planets, the well-known Pluto was once rated as a dwarf planet, but Pluto is indeed one of the eight planets in the solar system. It is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, only 2.8 astronomical units from the sun (the astronomical unit refers to the distance between the earth and the sun as a unit of length, an astronomical unit is about 150 million kilometers, A light-year is approximately 63,241 astronomical units).

The information that there is a large amount of water on Ceres has been ascertained in the national era, and the Star Group has also conducted a detection on it, and the detection results surprised everyone. Because the explorers of the Star Group found that 89% of the planet's volume is composed of ice, and it is also composed of pure water, and the water quality is very clean. Because it is surrounded by a layer of rock, it is called the "kettle" by the researchers.

This is viewed by the Star Group as a space water source reserve, so it has not been developed. But Musk apparently discovered what water means in space, so he took away the development rights of this planet at a huge price. This will be a water supply station for space in the future, and the empire also plans in this way.

Water is extremely precious in space, so each spacecraft has a perfect water recycling device to ensure that 100% of the water can be recycled. And the water supply companies on the earth have made a lot of money because of this, because there are tens of millions of people living outside the earth. According to the water consumption of two liters per person per day, 20 million liters of water will be needed in that day.

Of course, in addition to transporting water from the earth, taking water from space is also a way. For example, there is a huge ice layer under the Empire Moon Base, which can ensure that millions of people live here for more than a hundred years, and because the recycling rate of water resources is very high, this ice layer can theoretically be used for thousands of years . There are also ice meteorites discovered by mining companies. This is already the main business of many adventurers. The main purpose of their every voyage is ice meteorites.

Since it is profitable for mining companies to collect ice meteorites, the huge "kettle" mouth of Ceres in space has naturally entered the eyes of many aerospace companies. The stars and Ceres were packed together. These are all planets with a diameter of more than 400 kilometers in the asteroid belt, which have great development value. Because the empire could not spend so much money, it could only release it, and used the power of the people to do this.

Of course, Chen Qiang came to see the Mars Ecological Transformation Project today not because of this reason, but because of a type of algae, a type of algae that is highly adaptable and can release a lot of oxygen. Why did you choose algae? That is because the temperature on the surface of Mars will rise a lot after the impact, and the sea will continue to cool down, so algae are the first to survive on Mars. Moreover, the algae's food is very simple, that is, various inorganic and organic substances. Mars after the volcanic eruption has a lot of such substances.

"Your Majesty, this is the algae we have studied. It has extremely strong adaptability. We have simulated many extreme environments through the data from the probe on Mars. Basically, this algae will survive." Mou Jianguo said Originally, Ouyang Mingyue was supposed to be in charge of this project, but because of the Mutant Beast War, Ouyang Mingyue was transferred out, and Mou Jianguo, who was at home, was pulled out by Chen Qiang to work.

"How's the reproductive ability?" Chen Qiang asked curiously as he looked at the light blue group in the glass jar in his hand.

"It's done in a dichotomous way, and a generation is basically reproduced every three hours when the energy is sufficient." Mou Jianguo knew what his son-in-law was asking, so he replied.

"How long is the survival time, and is there any possibility of mutation?" Chen Qiang started in the field of biology, and coupled with the influence of mutant beasts, he attaches great importance to mutation. If this algae produces something else on Mars, then At that time, mankind will be in a catastrophe again.

"As an engineered species, the possibility of this algae's variation is extremely small, but I can't be sure about life, because there are some things we haven't been able to study clearly." Mou Jianguo shook his head. Life is a very strange thing. So far, Starry Sky Group's powerful research capabilities can only be regarded as getting some superficiality, and the real core part has not been touched. Regardless of whether it is a complex creature or a simple creature, their life forms cannot be studied by the people of the Starry Sky Research Institute.

"Have you ever conducted a toxicity experiment?" Chen Qiang asked another crucial question again. After the transformation of Mars, humans will definitely move in. If the algae suddenly produce toxins, the human body will not be able to handle it at all. of.

"It has been carried out, and no toxicity has been found so far. It may be because these algae are in a laboratory environment, and there is no complete conclusion yet. The final conclusion will only be discovered after field investigation." Mou Jianguo also said helplessly, No matter how the laboratory can simulate the conditions of reality, it is not as good as reality. Moreover, most of the laboratory conditions only have a few variables. If the variables increase, there will be a lot of errors in the analysis results, and there is no perfect method to unify these variables. Therefore, engineering algae under laboratory conditions The test basically has one more or less extreme condition.

"Continue to study. According to Feng Zhengming's plan, there are still two years before we can start spraying engineered algae. We will use all the methods we can use now to try our best to understand all aspects of this algae. It will be more convenient for us to deal with any problems." Chen Qiang sighed, not because he was too careful, but because this kind of experiment was too dangerous.

At present, the empire's detection instruments have detected traces of microorganisms living on Mars, and no one can be sure that all these microorganisms are dead. You must know that archaea have been found in the magma of the earth. The volcanic eruptions produced by many meteorites hitting Mars in recent years have caused a lot of magma to appear on the ground. There is a high possibility of archaea in these magmas.

Algae are still very attractive to bacteria, who knows whether these archaea will have some impact on them after parasitic engineered algae. According to the development process of organisms, all organisms are produced by a cell. After some differentiation and dedifferentiation, this cell gradually forms simple organisms or tissues, and then produces complex organisms. This process takes hundreds of millions of years.

But who knows if this process will be condensed, there are too many unexpected things in today's society. So Chen Qiang had to be careful.