I live in the Martian wilderness!

The air in the conference room instantly froze to freezing point.

"Arrested? By whom? Why?"

"We don't know. But in the millisecond before Mars disappeared, our deep space radio telescope picked up an extremely short 'noise'."

"Commander-in-chief, what frightens us most is not the content of this signal, but its symmetry."

"What do you mean?"

"Noise in nature is disordered. But this waveform..."

"If you fold it along the timeline or flip it along the energy axis, it will perfectly overlap. This is known in physics as the 'breaking and rearrangement of parity conservation'."

"It's as if someone placed an invisible space in the void. Mars wasn't knocked away; it was bounced off by some kind of repulsive force the instant it passed through this 'space.'"

"Popped out?" Zhang Jianguo frowned, looking out the window at the vast expanse of space. "You mean there's a wall in space?"

"Perhaps it's not a wall," Academician Wang murmured to himself, "Perhaps it's a part of the universe that we can't see..."

Zhang Jianguo fell silent. This level of physical conjecture went beyond the realm of war; it questioned the very reality of the subject.

"Seal this file and classify it as top secret."

He severed all philosophical weaknesses, leaving only the iron will of a soldier: "No matter what kind of monster is hidden behind that 'space,' and no matter what kind of pawn it uses Mars as."

"Now that our warriors are already on the chessboard... we'll absolutely fight to the bitter end!"

......

At this moment, on Mars, more than 60 million kilometers away from Earth.

"mysterious."

"I'm here, Captain." Xuan Jian's clear, girlish voice responded immediately, becoming the only solace in the universe at this moment. "Project Fireseed has failed. From now on, we only have one plan."

"Our goal is no longer to establish outposts for the main force, but to create a viable oasis in this red wilderness."

"Oasis Project...name recorded." Xuanjian's voice was very calm. "Based on the survival objectives of the Oasis Project, three priority action suggestions have been generated for you. Captain, you now need to make the first decision."

Three data streams unfolded before Gu Yu:

[Recommendation 1: Establish a survival baseline.] Immediately conduct a precise inventory of all carried resources, and determine the survival limits and available tools.

[Recommendation 2: Construct a permanent shelter.] The radiation shielding of the landing module is a temporary design and cannot withstand long-term cosmic rays. A permanent shelter capable of shielding against radiation and dust storms must be found or built as soon as possible.

[Recommendation 3: Achieve a closed-loop resource system.] Before reserves are depleted, find local sources of water, energy, and food, and establish a sustainable micro-ecosystem. This is the ultimate key to the plan's success.

Gu Yu's gaze swept over the three suggestions, almost without any hesitation.

"Follow up with recommendation number two. Our first goal is to build a permanent shelter that will allow us to survive the next dust storm season."

"Xuan, open the complete list of supplies. I need to see all the details."

[Decision recorded. Priority objective: Construct a permanent shelter. Detailed cargo inventory of the "Candle Dragon One" is being retrieved to support this objective.]

The interior lighting system of the landing module was turned up to maximum brightness, and streams of data were projected onto the bulkhead in front of Gu Yu, unfolding like a waterfall.

[Oasis Project Initial Supply List]

I. Survival and Medical Supplies

[Food Unit]: 66 servings of military standard Type VII nutritional paste, a small amount of dehydrated vegetables and high-protein jerky, for supplementary use and emergency reserves. (Estimated to last for 66 days of standard consumption)

[Water Source Unit]: 120 liters of ultrapure water, sealed in an independent storage tank. Equipped with a water purification system, it can recycle and treat 100% of wastewater.

[Medical Unit]: Military-grade V-shaped multi-functional medical kit, containing nano-repair gel, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and mental stabilizers.

[Planting Unit]: Hope Seed Bank, containing fertilized eggs of high-yield crop seeds, and a small LED photoculture module.

II. Scientific Research and Tools

Geological exploration toolkits, atmospheric analyzers, life detectors, etc.

High-strength carbon fiber repair tool kit, universal interface data cable, spare electronic components.

50KG of high molecular polymer adhesive (core consumable for 3D printing).

III. Heavy Equipment Unit

Tissot Multi-functional Engineering Vehicle No. 03

The Mars rover, named "Tianxun", is a space-based rover.

Gu Yu's gaze swept across the list line by line, each piece of data deeply imprinted in his mind.

This is all he has, the last remaining spark of human civilization on this desolate planet.

His gaze lingered for a long time on the names of the "Tianshuo Multifunctional Engineering Vehicle" and the "Xuntian Mars Rover".

One is for "building," and the other is for "finding." They are the key to the success of the "Oasis Project," and also the technological transformation that the nation has achieved by pouring in its national strength and burning through countless riches.

Even though Earth has entered an era where fusion energy is as cheap as air, "mobile energy" remains the ultimate shackle binding civilization.

The next stage goal is to simultaneously conquer both the "source of energy" (nuclear battery) and the "pool of energy" (chemical battery).

In the era of nuclear fusion, the infinite reduction in energy costs has completely overturned the manufacturing logic of "nuclear batteries".

Neutrons, those neutronic particles that make up the atomic nucleus, are like a "master key" that can unlock the internal structure of all matter.

In the past, Actinium-227 could only be synthesized by bombarding radium-226 with neutrons using precious nuclear reactors.

But now, the massive amounts of neutrons produced daily by fusion power plants have turned the previously exorbitantly priced synthesis of actinium-227 isotopes into a cheap and routine sideline.

Actinium-227 is the perfect fuel that can decay stably and continuously release enormous amounts of heat, thus providing the Candle nuclear battery with decades of charging capability.

The ceramic substrate is the perfect container to safely encapsulate this "miniature sun" and convert its lethal radiation into usable heat energy.

Similarly, the high temperature and pressure required to synthesize this "container" become negligible due to the unlimited power supply.

Therefore, the two major cost constraints that previously limited the development of nuclear batteries—"fuel" and "technology"—no longer exist.

The real challenge lies in the "pool"—how to create the ultimate battery that can safely store and instantly release the energy of this "miniature sun".

To this end, the nation launched the ultimate research and development project codenamed "Tianchi".

In order to develop the "Tianchi" supercapacitor battery pack that can release hundreds of kilowatts of power in milliseconds, the country has established a supercomputing center for "materials genome engineering".

When the clumsy "Tianshuo Zero" prototype finally completed its first full-power charge-discharge cycle, the total investment in the entire "Tianchi Project" had reached 320 billion.

The production cost of the [TianSuo No. 3 machine] in front of him has been reduced to less than 30 billion.

The same applies to the "Sky Patrol"; it represents the achievements of the "Tianchi Project" in the "energy density" branch.

Its "Starry Sea" solid-state battery, on the "Xuntian-1" prototype vehicle, requires each electrode to be printed at the molecular level in an environment close to absolute zero.

It was thanks to the breakthrough in room temperature printing technology that the cost was reduced to two billion.

From the "Tianchi Project," which will determine the future of civilization, to two vehicles that are capable of changing the world, behind these numbers lies the price a nation pays for pulling its dreams from the laboratory into reality.

But now, the most advanced battery technology product of human civilization, along with itself, has become a lone star in this red wasteland.

Gu Yu took a deep breath, suppressing these heavy memories deep in his heart.