Super technology leader

Tang Chao needed to stay and oversee things on Mars, but the supplies carried by the landing craft were insufficient.

The manned module of the Mars landing craft could serve as their temporary living space, containing food, water, toilets, and more. Some seats could even recline into beds, and if necessary, they could set up hammocks in the pressurized cargo hold.

In total, they had enough supplies for six people to last ten days on Mars.

This meant they had ten days to find a suitable location for building a base and then land the habitat module to establish it.

If they couldn't find one, they would have to land another landing craft to 'recharge' their temporary stay.

Adding another ten days, if they still couldn't find a suitable base location after twenty days, they would have to downgrade their goal from building a permanent base to establishing a temporary one.

It wasn't that the spacecraft didn't carry enough supplies for an extended temporary stay, but rather that the chemical fuel was limited.

To make the Spore spacecraft as compact as possible, they didn't carry extra giant hydrogen-oxygen fuel tanks, resulting in limited hydrogen-oxygen fuel. This meant that each of the two Mars landing craft could only land and take off once, and the two Mars habitat modules could only land once each.

Of course, establishing a temporary base didn't mean it would be abandoned after a single use. It just meant that astronauts and researchers wouldn't be permanently stationed there, and they wouldn't develop a 'Mars city'.

Their role would be similar to the relationship between human society and Antarctic research stations. Although people couldn't live there permanently, it could be used for scientific research.

The astronauts spent most of the day at the alien camp and returned to the landing craft in the afternoon.

This was humanity's first contact with aliens. Although the aliens were unexpectedly peaceful, it was still the first day, and both sides had limited understanding, so they needed to be restrained as much as possible.

Moreover, things weren't right, deviating significantly from the various mission plans discussed beforehand, so they needed to communicate with Earth.

Not only did they need to adjust their plans, but the little green men also needed to rest.

After they left, the little green men took off their helmets and stepped down from the large mechs.

"Phew~ It's exhausting acting with the BOSS. It's all live broadcast, and we can't make any mistakes."

"Of course, this isn't like our experience filming. There can't be any NG shots; we have to get it right in one take."

"I feel like I performed well this time. Bill, you were too nervous. Luckily, you switched to the Canxing language that humans can't understand halfway through, pretending you hadn't learned Chinese well."

"Captain, do you think my performance was good enough? Can I get a Canska Little Green Man award when we return to Canxing?"

Linnaeus smiled and nodded. "Everyone performed well this time, but there's still room for improvement. Valentina, I noticed that the right arm of your large mech malfunctioned. It clearly wasn't repaired properly before. Fix it again; this can't happen again tomorrow."

"Bill, you're too nervous. If there are other people present when you meet the BOSS later, just speak Canxing language directly; the BOSS can understand."

"Bob, you did well, but you were too unrestrained. If it weren't for the fact that our race is different from humans, they would have seen that you were acting, so you'd better restrain yourself later."

"That's it for now. Do whatever you need to do, and then rest. We have to continue acting with the BOSS tomorrow."

"Yes, Captain."

The alien side fell silent, but Tang Chao's side was very lively.

Back in the manned module, the crew removed their powered armor, took turns going to the toilet, and then began contacting Earth.

Due to the delay, they also discussed among themselves while waiting for information, but mostly the others spoke while Tang Chao listened, only occasionally saying a word.

Compared to Tang Chao, the others were really thinking about the issues.

Because the contact with the aliens was smooth and no fighting occurred, some of the tactics they had prepared were not used, and they only listened to the aliens speak Chinese.

In particular, the fact that the aliens spoke Chinese shocked them for an entire year.

It was a good thing that humans could communicate with aliens, but it wasn't a good thing that aliens knew human languages while humans didn't understand alien languages.

Humans had to maintain the initiative in their own hands, so learning alien languages needed to be put on the agenda.

Also, there was the matter of learning alien technology. They had carefully observed the alien spacecraft, and the alien spacecraft was indeed more advanced than human spacecraft. Just looking at the original materials of the spacecraft and the human equipment materials used for later repairs was different.

Although they weren't material scientists, as astronauts, they dealt with aerospace equipment every day, so they had some discernment.

They also saw some symbols in the spacecraft. If nothing else, those should be alien characters. If they wanted to learn alien technology, language would definitely be an obstacle.

Although the aliens could speak Chinese, the initiative still needed to be in their own hands, so alien languages had to be learned.

One good news was that, through their observations, they found that the alien technology tree seemed to be very similar to the human technology tree, not the strange 'alien technology trees' seen in science fiction movies. This should be relatively friendly to human learners.

Half of the astronauts who came this time were 'combat personnel', and the personnel in scientific research and engineering were in geology and machinery, so they had no say in alien environments, biology, chemistry, etc. The Earth side was screening questions and would directly transmit them to them to ask the aliens.

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At the same time, people on the ground were also holding meetings to discuss whether to have Tang Chao bring the aliens back quickly instead of staying on Mars.

Although Tang Chao had previously said why he was staying on Mars, some people said that those were not important. After bringing the aliens back, they could be directly confined in research institutes. The only people they would see would be scientists and engineers, and no one could disturb them.

As long as the aliens were brought back, human actions would be much more convenient. Not only would there be no information delays, but some key academic information would not have to be relayed by non-experts.

Regarding this matter, the people on Earth had obviously thought a lot and thought very carefully. Tang Chao didn't comment on these things, but he had his own plans, so he couldn't go back so quickly.

So he readily agreed.

But in the end, he still had to ask the aliens for their opinions.

If the two sides really fought a battle, and Tang Chao had killed or captured these four aliens, then he would naturally have the final say.

But now that the two sides hadn't fought and were communicating smoothly, the human side had to consider normal diplomatic relations.

Or rather, the diplomatic relationship between the entire human civilization and the alien civilization.

The key was Mars. Although Mars was a planet in the solar system, Mars didn't belong to humans. Even according to the principle of 'first come, first served', the aliens had landed on Mars earlier than humans.

So if they wanted the aliens to move, they had to discuss it with them.

A busy day passed, and the next day, as soon as Tang Chao and the others arrived at the alien camp, the aliens gave them a big gift.

"We heard that you are looking for a suitable location to build a base. We have thoroughly explored the surrounding area during this period, and I think this resource-marked map can help you."

With that, Linnaeus handed a tablet to Tang Chao, which contained resource marking information within a 500-kilometer radius.

The others thought blankly: "Good家伙, are the aliens really serious? Really cooperation and win-win?"

Chapter Two at 12 o'clock