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The debris of the probe was discovered by a Europa orbiter.

Every country's space agency with a Mars probe has access to the operational trajectory map of other countries' Mars probes. This is for the safety of all Mars orbiters.

After all, if the operational routes of other countries' orbiters are unknown, the chances of a collision, which could cripple all probes, would increase dramatically.

So, when the American Mars probe went missing, other countries knew almost immediately. However, they weren't Americans, so their emotional response differed.

This situation was quite special, involving both a mysterious probe and concerns about its impact on their own probes, so the other agencies also paid attention to the matter.

Fortunately, national probes have accurate coordinates, unlike the mysterious probe. Therefore, by calculating based on the previous coordinates, operational trajectory, and the time of disconnection, the location of the missing probe could be easily found.

At the time, the Europa orbiter was in a favorable position, so it was the first to find the debris cloud, and it immediately notified the other national space agencies with Mars orbiters.

Once the location was known, the debris dispersion range and possible orbital altitude change range were quickly calculated, and the Mars orbiters of various countries took emergency evasive action.

However, the sudden loss of the American probe not only made America and Tianxia, which had just learned more details, consider the possibility of aliens, but other countries also began to speculate about aliens.

They even immediately held a joint online conference.

This shows the differences between countries on Earth.

Such a major event occurred in Mars orbit, but most countries on Earth were completely unaware. Only a few countries with probes in Mars orbit knew about it. So, it's no wonder that these few countries didn't include them when discussing matters or even making decisions.

Because they simply couldn't play together.

Countries without "space power" in space don't even know the news. After an incident, they will definitely only choose terrestrial interests, or mostly choose terrestrial interests and not space interests.

If a resolution were to be voted on according to the rule of one country, one vote, the very few countries with "space power" would definitely not be happy.

Fortunately, the countries with space power are basically among the permanent members of the Security Council, and they have veto power.

Some things are not as simple as saying them. The perspective of countries that have been to space is really different from those that haven't when looking at the same thing.

So, some things really don't mean that more people are right and fewer people are wrong.

Of course, the reverse is also true, because the matter of "right and wrong" is really hard to say, so that people often can only give corresponding judgments from their own standpoint.

Even when the space agencies of Tianxia, Europa, America, the Petroleum Alliance, and Peacock Country held a joint online conference, Tianxia and America had their own small actions, which the other three organizations didn't know about.

Oh, right, there's also Tang Chao.

He's not an official space agency member, and the actual scope of Pathfinder's jurisdiction isn't as broad as official space agencies, so he definitely wouldn't be included in such confidential matters at first.

Later, it would depend on the situation.

But this time, he didn't need to be brought in by the authorities, as he was already involved in the matter himself.

The mysterious probe mentioned by the authorities, the No. 34 probe he knew about, also had the latest information sent to him.

Although he had previously given the order for the No. 34 probe to remain silent, as the dilapidated small spacecraft approached very closely, it sent information very smoothly.

After all, on Canxing, the small probe spacecraft also had control over the probe, and the permissions were very high.

With the same permissions, things were naturally even. As soon as the small probe spacecraft approached, it sent a signal, a simple, clear signal, so Tang Chao also received a copy.

It was this information that made Tang Chao know that the small probe spacecraft that had entered the wormhole and lost contact had arrived.

Looking at the information listed on the screen, Tang Chao stroked his chin and said, "Also in Mars orbit, is the wormhole really in Mars orbit? Or nearby?"

"That's strange. If that's the case, why hasn't Mars' orbit been affected? With a wormhole on the side, it shouldn't be running so smoothly, right?"

"I don't understand."

"And the No. 34 probe only sent signals, but didn't receive signals. That means the small probe spacecraft is silent. Why is it silent? Is the antenna broken?"

"Possibly. After all, some of the equipment on the No. 34 probe was damaged when it passed through the wormhole. It's normal for the small probe spacecraft to have equipment damage."

"That's a headache. It's also because I don't have a probe in Mars orbit. If I had a probe in Mars orbit, or an unmanned probe spacecraft had already arrived there, the situation would definitely be much better."

"It seems that I need to launch more probes into the solar system in the future. Even if they're not useful for the time being, having one more source of information is good..."

With one of his thoughts, the Pathfinder Company would have a lot more work to do.

However, not having a source of information is indeed a very troublesome thing, so this matter must be done.

"Right, I have to go to Canxing to tell Warner about this."

While Tang Chao was leaving the studio to go to Canxing, new developments emerged in America.

The Curiosity rover on Mars photographed a new set of pictures.

Smoke columns on Mars!

Not Mars' desert dust devils, but actual smoke columns.

"Is this a campfire lit by aliens?"

"Maybe it's smoke from a fireplace!"

"What are you all thinking? It must be aliens, it's aliens, maybe it's Martians!"

"Wait, do you think it could be related to the missing probe? Could it be fragments from the probe falling?"

"Calculate it, the orbit? Give me the previous orbital data?"

"The data is here... Result, result, result, aha, it's out, 87% probability!"

"It's really possible, alas, it's not aliens, what a pity."

"That's not necessarily true. What if the alien probe collided with the MAVEN Mars probe? We haven't found that alien probe yet, so that probability exists."

"Yes, that probability also exists."

"So, should we let Curiosity go and take a look?"

"It's too far, and it has to climb over a small mountain. It's too dangerous for Curiosity to climb a mountain. If it doesn't climb over the small mountain, it has to go much further, which will take at least three months."

"More information is coming, it's a photo... Wait, what's on it, it's, it's, it's actually..."

"Oh, my God!"

"It's actually four people wearing spacesuits, they're aliens! Absolutely aliens!"

Seeing this picture, Little Armstrong, who had been observing the situation in the corner, suddenly lit up.

"This is it! This is it! My chance has come!"