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As we all know, Mars has a thin atmosphere and a weak greenhouse effect, which results in very low surface temperatures.

It is impossible for people to survive and live there.

If we want to make Mars the second home of human civilization, it is necessary to transform the Martian environment.

The most critical one is to increase the thickness of the atmosphere and raise the surface temperature of Mars.

Increase the oxygen content in the atmosphere.

In addition, artificial magnetic fields will even be built at the North and South Poles of Mars.

To ensure that the transformed environment remains stable.

Any one of these transformation processes can be considered a huge project even for today's human civilization, and it is unknown how much investment is needed to complete it.

The key point is that we still don’t know whether the final result will be satisfactory after actually doing all these.

After all, this is not something that will show results in three to five years.

It will span dozens or even hundreds of years.

If the environmental transformation plan is relatively gentle, the cycle will increase dramatically to hundreds or thousands of years.

Xu Yuan wants to transform the Martian environment and make early plans for the future development of human civilization.

You need to first determine whether the plan you come up with is feasible.

All we can say is that fortunately the discovery of room-temperature superconducting materials has led to the birth of true superconducting quantum computers.

It just happened to help Xu Yuan calculate the large model of the Martian environment.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers, especially when it comes to highly professional experts, this is absolutely true.

In just a few months, with the help of many world-renowned experts in the field of computer models, Xu Yuan successfully built this model.

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The college entrance examination, for which thousands of students have worked hard, has come to an end. In the midst of the hot summer, many scientific researchers have gathered in the headquarters building of the Global Space Exploration Alliance.

One of the spacious halls has long been transformed into the central control center.

As a place to manipulate the Mars model.

At this moment, in front of the huge display screen, Xu Yuan was wearing a short-sleeved shirt. Although he seemed a little out of place with the other people in uniform around him, his eyes were always fixed on the screen.

You can see a rotating Mars in the middle of the screen.

It was during this period of time that everyone completed great works.

Large model of the Martian environment.

The reason we gather here today is to verify the accuracy of this model.

After all, if we are not sure whether the model's calculation results are correct, how can we judge whether those plans to transform the Martian environment are feasible?

"Chief Xu."

"Our Mars model has been debugged, and the quantum computer has reserved all its computing power for us. We can now simulate it at any time."

Peng Yiheng, who is over 50 years old and currently serves as the dean of Qinghua Planning Institute, suddenly spoke up to remind Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan obviously believed in the other party. He nodded and said, "Then let's officially start."

The reason why Peng Yiheng was able to become the dean of Qinghua is because of his profound research in the field of large models. When he learned that Xu Yuan wanted to build a Mars model and planned to use quantum computers to try to use the model to simulate the changes in the Martian environment, he immediately became very interested.

So basically, without waiting for Xu Yuan to come to him, he took the initiative to express his willingness to help.

After joining the large model team, he was quickly attracted to Xu Yuan and became more and more looking forward to this Mars model.

After all, if it succeeds, it can accurately simulate the changes in the Martian environment.

Then it can also be applied to other planets.

The value that can be generated is absolutely immeasurable.

The key point is that he has been engaged in research in this field for many years, but he has no experience in using quantum computers for calculations.

We have finally got this opportunity, how can we not seize it?

Facts proved that his choice was not wrong. With everyone's cooperation, Xu Yuan completed the model in just a few months. Even he could not catch up with such efficiency.

However, what we are most looking forward to right now is naturally the verification results of the model.

Everyone wants to know what the performance of the big model they participated in developing will be like.

After getting Xu Yuan's affirmative response, Peng Yiheng did not delay any longer and immediately turned around and went over to make arrangements.

As for the specific experimental content, it is to use model calculations to determine in advance the subsequent changes in the environment at a certain location on Mars, and to observe and finally confirm them through detection equipment and satellites on Mars.

Yes.

The Zhengtu has not been idle at all in these few months.

In addition to traveling back and forth between the Earth, the Moon and Mars many times, it also placed several satellites in the orbit of Mars.

It can ensure that the ground can grasp the situation on Mars at any time.

This will also make it convenient to judge the extent of the subsequent transformation after the environmental transformation plan is implemented.

Soon, as the powerful computing power of the quantum computer ran, the virtual Mars on the screen began to change.

The most striking of these are the environmental changes marked in most areas of Mars.

This process did not last long, and Peng Yiheng's surprised voice suddenly sounded in the hall.

"Chief Xu."

"Our model calculations predict that dry ice snow will appear in the north pole of Mars in five hours."

"Estimated duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes."

When Xu Yuan heard Peng Yiheng's shout, there was no obvious change in his facial expression.

Apparently he noticed this, too.

He must be very familiar with the Martian environment, one of which is that it snows on Mars.

But unlike the snow on Earth, the snow on Mars is made of carbon dioxide, and it evaporates into the thin Martian atmosphere before falling to the ground.

If someone were able to stand on the ground on Mars and admire the snow, at most they would only be able to see something foggy floating above it.

However, although it snows at both the South Pole and the North Pole of Mars, known data show that the amount of snowfall at the South Pole is much greater than at the North Pole. The current model predicts that dry ice snow will soon appear at the North Pole of Mars, which is a good opportunity to test whether the model prediction is accurate.

Based on this, Xu Yuan felt somewhat happy.

Because the sooner the accuracy of the model can be proven, the easier it will be to verify his plans for transforming the Martian environment.

If it is confirmed to be feasible, there is no need to be so restrained as it is now and we can take action immediately.

With his thoughts lingering here, Xu Yuan did not waste any time.

He immediately turned around, fixed his eyes on He Luping, and said in a deep voice:
"Director He, please pay attention to the monitoring of the Martian environment, especially the area around the North Pole."

"Don't worry, Chief Xu." He Luping replied.

that's it.

In the following period of time, everyone's attention was focused on the environmental monitoring data transmitted back in real time from Mars orbit satellites and detection equipment, to see whether the model's predictions were really accurate.

But the one who was most nervous was Professor Wood. First of all, he was the most supportive of Mars environmental transformation, but he also knew that this could not be done without Xu Yuan.

The voice of others obviously cannot convince all member states of the alliance.

Therefore, he hoped very much that this model could make accurate predictions, otherwise the transformation of the Martian environment would become a distant dream.

If human civilization remained the same as before, traveling to Mars would be a luxury.

Naturally, we won’t consider the issue of environmental transformation on Mars.

After all, it's too far away.

But now, let alone Mars, any planet in the solar system is no different from your own backyard.

It is easy to get there by relying on the Zhengtu spacecraft.

In addition, there is no need to worry about controlled nuclear fusion energy. Obviously, human civilization is capable of carrying out this project. It just requires a little more investment and time. But doing more now means that human civilization will do less in the future.

It is equivalent to leaving a huge wealth for the future of human civilization.

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So while everyone was waiting patiently, Wood couldn't help but come to Peng Yiheng's side.

"Dean Peng, are the model's predictions really accurate?"

"This is accurate to the minute."

Wood spoke first and expressed his doubts to Peng Yiheng, with a hint of worry in his tone.

It would be fine if it was just an approximate prediction range, but now the duration of snowfall is accurately predicted to the minute. Although this proves that the model is indeed extremely accurate, it also increases the difficulty for oneself.

If the actual time when snow falls deviates from the predicted value.

Even just one minute would not satisfy Xu Yuan.

After all, he had been a member of the Global Space Exploration Alliance for such a long time, and he had also completed the interstellar spacecraft project with Xu Yuan, so he was very clear about Xu Yuan's requirements for himself and the project in certain areas. In addition to striving for excellence, he also had to meet expectations.

This makes him a little worried. After the actual results come out, Xu Yuan will optimize the model again.

Faced with Wood's sudden question, Peng Yiheng was honestly not very sure.

After all, this prediction is about a planet.

There are just too many variables involved.

But I don’t know what suddenly came to his mind, but his expression suddenly became firm.

He even said to Wood in a decisive tone: "Chief Xu has invested a lot of effort and energy in this model. I believe that this model can achieve accurate predictions and will not disappoint everyone." After speaking, he immediately turned his gaze back to the screen and said nothing more to Wood beside him.

Hearing this, Wood seemed to be thinking about something.

Although his lips moved slightly as if he wanted to say something, he swallowed it back in the end.

As time passed, the predicted time arrived.

He Luping in the hall also shouted in surprise almost at the same time: "There really is a large area of ​​dry ice snow in the north pole of Mars."

"This is the satellite and ground monitors capturing the images transmitted back."

As the voice rang out, with a few simple operations with both hands, the images appeared on the big screen.

It is possible to see quite clearly that there is something foggy floating over the Arctic.

Obviously, these snowflakes are made up of small particles of dry ice.

Such a result can be said to have proved that this model is successful.

It can indeed make predictions about the Martian environment.

But after the surprise, most of the scientific researchers on the scene did not show much emotional fluctuation.

Because everyone knows that the subsequent prediction on how long the Arctic snow will last is the most important.

In this atmosphere, even Xu Yuan, who was confident in his situation, couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Compared to the five hours of waiting before, the two hours and twenty minutes of snowfall should have felt like it went by faster.

But in reality, it is no less than living a year in a day.

Many people even dare not go to the toilet, for fear that the dry ice snow on the North Pole of Mars will suddenly stop.

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"Time is up."

An unknown amount of time had passed before Wood, who was closely watching the passage of time, was the first to speak.

Everyone's spirit, which was originally a little tired due to tension, was instantly restored to the best state.

Even Xu Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"What are the conditions like right now in the area around Mars' north pole?"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on He Luping, He Luping himself did not dare to delay for a moment. After confirming the weather conditions at the North Pole of Mars at that time, he suddenly stood up from his seat and then turned to Xu Yuan and answered him while suppressing his excitement.

"Chief Xu, we succeeded."

"The dry ice snow at the north pole of Mars has completely stopped after lasting for 2 hours and 20 minutes."

“That’s exactly what the model predicted.”

Although Xu Yuan had guessed this result long ago, after hearing He Luping's emotional words, a smile appeared on his face.

"very good."

After simply uttering these two words, he began to arrange the new work content without any hesitation.

"Now that we have confirmed the accuracy of the model, let's start controlling the variables according to the plan we set. I hope we can get a good result soon."

"Of course they will." He Luping took over the conversation and echoed.

As soon as he finished speaking, he began to execute it.

According to the Martian environment transformation plan determined by Xu Yuan and others, the first thing to do is to find a way to increase the thickness of Mars' atmosphere.

The most common solution to this problem is to use some greenhouse gases with more powerful effects.

By continuously releasing this gas on Mars, the thickness of the Martian atmosphere can be gradually increased. However, the time required to achieve the desired thickness of the atmosphere through this method will undoubtedly be a very long time.

So Xu Yuan chose another way.

That is, controlling an asteroid and using artificial means to make it collide with Mars.

This would release a large amount of energy and gas, increasing the air pressure on Mars.

However, this method is extremely dangerous. If the impact trajectory of the asteroid cannot be accurately calculated and 100% controlled, then any deviation in the process may even affect the safety of the earth.

But with the current technological level of human civilization, there is still a way to accurately control an asteroid.

It is not an exaggeration to say that even if the asteroid deviates from its orbit and heads straight for the earth, the Kunlun aerospace mothership parked in low-Earth orbit can easily smash the asteroid and resolve the crisis by relying on the powerful weapon system on the mothership.

Of course, this violent and direct method was still somewhat frightening to Peng Yiheng.

(End of this chapter)