Chapter 57: The Choice

Wade's group was tense and was closely monitoring the movement of the flying saucer, and with Oliver's authorization, the nuclear button could be pressed at any time.

The Noah where the people were was still a little too close to the alien ship, just over 130 kilometers. If a billion ton equivalent helium-3 nuclear bomb detonated directly, it would probably ripple itself!

Oliver clearly knew that the new human civilization was no stronger than a grasshopper in front of the real interstellar civilization, and the nuclear bomb was their last protector. Before the tetrahydrogen nukes came out, the helium-3 nuke was the most powerful weapon of mankind!

Anyway, the Noah is also the product of a super civilization, a little rippled by the nuclear explosion should not be a problem ...

Oliver was not a coward, so he did not order the first escape. He clearly knows the huge opportunity contained in it, if we can get the alien flying saucer, human technology has the possibility of soaring to the sky!

A 5,000-meter diameter flying saucer, although it is not as strong as the Noah, but compared to human technology, there is no limit. Limited to material technology alone, humans can not build a sphere of a thousand meters in diameter!

A simple analogy to describe, Noah is as God-like technology, across the age is too big, too big, what the conservation of mass, vacuum zero-point energy, etc., people simply can not understand, can not understand, can only speculate.

Scientists have been studying it for so many years, simply do not expect it, so to speak, the Lifetime Series ... is like a primitive man got a computer, simply do not understand the principle of it, so it can not be imitated.

But this alien ship is different, there are circuits and machinery inside, at a glance, human science can still understand the scope of ... is like a primitive man got the technology of iron making and waterwheel in the feudal era, or can draw a dipper according to the gourd.

His deep sense of crisis lingers, but there is also a sense of reluctance at work: If this great opportunity for mankind still can not grasp, what makes humans rise in the stars, do not really slowly climb technology? One is the sense of crisis of the total annihilation of humanity, the other is the possibility of a flight ... this temptation and contradiction is too great, Oliver really can not order a direct escape.

He clenched the palm of his hand, the degree of force even let the nails deeply embedded in the flesh, no matter what, he always have to make a final decision!

His head was running wild, trying to find a final answer. One by one, questions popped up: How did this alien ship get destroyed? Why was it on Mars, which happened to be dug up by humans?

Was there really a Martian civilization?

Why would it be underneath the uranium mine, as if hiding itself from the general ... If an alien flying saucer crashed because of the war, at least smashed a big crater, how could it be completely covered by sand and soil?

Could it have buried itself, trying to hide from the enemy, or some other reason?

A fine bead of sweat appeared on Oliver's forehead, and he began to think back, scientists used to say that the stones in the uranium mine area were particularly soft, could it be due to excavation?

Yes, the aliens had excavated once, of course the land was soft! If you think so, the probability of alien life in there is greatly increased!

Oliver got a stiff chill, it doesn't make sense, it definitely doesn't make sense here!

"Mr. Yu, I think your question can be explained from the geology!" A middle-aged scientist suddenly stood up and said, "This ship has stayed here not for hundreds or thousands of years, but for more than a million years!"

"Geological movements at the north pole of Mars are infrequent, but they do happen occasionally. This ship once smashed out tens and hundreds of kilometers of big craters. But because of landslides or earthquakes, it was gradually buried by sand and soil over the course of a million years and became what it is now."

"This also explains the particularly soft rocks within a few hundred kilometers radius, which can be easily excavated. Please wait for a moment, the results of the relevant geological report will be out soon ..."

Oliver nodded silently, his frown dissipated slightly, the scientist's words were just a guess, but it was still reasonable, thousands of years, geological movements did have the potential to bury it, was he too sensitive?

From the discovery of the alien ship in the morning, it was now twelve o'clock noon, and it was time for lunch. But all those in the know were tirelessly discussing and arguing.

Everyone present knew what it meant, and many eyes were red with excitement, especially the group of scientists, all scratching their heads and ears, no different from anxious monkeys ...

But they had to find evidence that the ship was absolutely safe.

The universe is not a kind place, the district Mars virus may make the human group extinct, not to mention the powerful alien civilization? Many people have taken this into account, and after calming down, there are more and more scientists who are inclined to be cautious.

Many scientists are busy speculating and looking for evidence, and this meeting will not end for a while. oliver had to get someone to bring boxed lunches into the conference room, so they could eat while discussing ...

"Martian civilization should not exist, this flying saucer is just lost on Mars for some reason and happened to be dug up by humans. Because we didn't find traces of civilization in other parts of Mars."

"Yes, I think so too ..."

At 1:30 p.m., a geological report finally appeared at the meeting, giving a powerful explanation: "According to the analysis of the geological profile of Mars, it is likely that this area where we are docked has historically experienced a major earthquake of magnitude nine or higher! The time was between three and six million years ago ..."

"The earthquake may have been triggered by the impact of a flying saucer!"

"The strong earthquake and the long lasting associated aftershocks caused massive landslides that gradually buried this basin ... Uranium ore on an ore mountain that can be found hundreds of kilometers away is the best proof of geological movements such as landslides! Because the wind on Mars is not strong enough to blow large pieces of rock hundreds of kilometers away, only geological movements are possible!"

On stage, the geologist was getting more and more excited: "So the ship has been buried for at least a million years! It's been there for millions of years and hasn't moved at all ... That's the best proof of safety!"

"What kind of life can survive for millions of years?" The geologist asked, "Besides, the moment a flying saucer hits the ground, it generates a huge impact that can crush a lead ball into a pancake ... Is there really life that can survive?"

"This is not necessarily! Earth life can not survive for millions of years, but alien life is impossible to say!" A scientist immediately frowned and objected: "For example, artificial intelligence, as long as there is energy can always survive!"

"Also, the large hibernation silo technology necessary for interstellar navigation can also allow life to survive for a long time ... So your statement does not prove that the flying saucer is absolutely safe, maybe we have woken them up!"

"Can hibernation silo technology really do it?"

"Just because we can't do it, doesn't mean alien civilizations can't do it!"

Scientists are saying different things, arguing with each other, one by one, red-faced, no one can convince anyone, just about to fight ...Oliver listened to the frown, several times out to maintain order.

At this time, James of the security department suddenly ran into the conference room panting, "Captain, the surveillance video all out, did not find any abnormal!"

Oliver's expression moved, took a USB stick and inserted it into the computer, then began to play the surveillance video.

The meeting room instantly quiet, more than a hundred pairs of eyes staring at the screen, trying to find a little trace.

This is the first view of an automatic excavator, which works automatically according to the designed program, and the whole workflow does not look too problematic.

In the middle of the night at 2:30 in a digging, it "bang", hit a piece of extremely hard things.

According to the program's judgment, it was probably a very hard rock, and forcing it to dig would cause damage to the equipment and should be bypassed. So the excavator moved a dozen meters to the side and dug hard, but again it hit something hard with a bang ...

In this way, it kept moving and dug out the flying saucer little by little. Although the final digging out only a small part, but also can be a glimpse of the size of the flying saucer, there should be most of the buried in the ground has not been dug out.

During this process, the flying saucer did not react at all, as if it was a dead object, did not move at all.

"No reaction."

"Yes, there is indeed no ... at least not to the naked eye."

"The vast majority of the flying saucer should still be buried deeper."

Many scientists were slightly relieved that at least the naked eye did not see any particular danger, it had crashed a million years ago, it should be relatively safe, right?