Man in Marvel: The Manifestation of the Gods

If you want to farm on Mars, you need to overcome several difficulties.

The soil on Mars is rich in perchlorates, and because there is no life, no bacterial activity, the land is severely desertified and lacks sufficient fertility, making farming basically impossible.

However, this problem is not a problem for Roddy. He can use the collected human feces to make compost, just like Watney did. After fermentation, the feces can become a good fertilizer.

As for perchlorate, it can be washed away with water, and part of it will be diluted from the soil, while the other part will not affect crop planting.

But this requires a large amount of water. In the book, Watney chooses to make water through hydrazine, which is a complicated and dangerous operation.

However, the automated base can produce water, so the most difficult water source problem can be easily solved.

Now all Roddy has to do is ferment the collected feces and transport the Martian soil to the "planting greenhouse" that has been built.

As for farming in the habitat, Roddy doesn't recommend it anyway. He has the conditions to build some real Martian vegetable greenhouses, so why take the risk of using the already limited living space?

That is to say, there is no unlocking authority now, and every opportunity given by the Black Palace is very precious. Rody does not want to waste it because of some ordinary water sources or fertilizers, otherwise he can just get fertilizers directly from Rody in other worlds.

"Damn... this stuff is really too strong. These people eat mush, how can their feces be so smelly?"

Roddy's head was buzzing from the smoke.

Finally, he threw away the stick in his hand, took a few steps back from the bucket of smelly feces, and found a place where the smell was not so strong.

"How can I help you, sir?"

It happened that Jarvis controlled the iron suit to scan the entire habitat and check for hidden dangers.

Roddy laughed and tapped his iron suit half-jokingly.

"JARVIS, do you mind if I put on my Iron Man suit and stir up trouble?"

"..."

"I think you can wear a space suit to do this job, sir. Using an iron suit will only make the job more difficult."

Jarvis's serious attitude made Roddy laugh.

"you sure?"

"Of course sir."

"Forget it, I'd better give myself a hard time."

Roddy sighed to the sky. He already had a super-automated production base and could soon colonize Mars, but he had to stir up trouble himself... What kind of life was he living?

Just as Roddy found the space suit helmet and put it on himself, preparing to continue fighting with the feces bucket.

Jarvis suddenly spoke.

"Sir, I think NASA should have noticed the anomaly here. They have mobilized satellites to observe you."

"Oh?"

Roddy was a little surprised.

But they quickly regained their composure. NASA discovered that there was something unusual here, which was expected.

A week ago, he had Jarvis invade satellites released by various countries on Earth high in the sky of Mars, just waiting for the day when the Earth paid attention to the situation here so that he could be the first to know.

However, Roddy originally thought it would take a month or two before they would turn their attention to him.

"Which country's satellite is this?"

"China and the United States' two satellites."

It seems that China is putting pressure on the United States. Roddy nodded in understanding.

I took off the plastic gloves on my hands and looked up at the ceiling of the living cabin. Well, I couldn't see anything.

But Roddy knew that at this moment there was a group of people who were shocked by what was happening near the habitat.

Roddy didn't think about hiding the automated production base. He had already thought of an excuse. Humans have always wanted to discover aliens.

Just blame everything on alien forces. As for what these alien forces are doing, it is up to Roddy himself to decide.

As for now, Roddy is not ready to communicate with NASA immediately, so let the bullet fly over the earth for a while.

...

And the Earth is more than 200 million kilometers away.

Fast forward twenty minutes.

"Gentlemen, the results are in. In the future, we will carry out the Ares IV mission, and there will be an additional mission to recover the bodies of Rody's teammates."

Inside the building where NASA's department responsible for the Mars program is located.

Director Teddy just received news from Congress that the results of the communication between the president and Shuntian have come out.

Agree to continue to push forward the Mars exploration program, and intend to use Roddy team members to increase people's confidence in the exploration program.

Finding the bodies of Roddy's team members became a political task.

"This is a good thing. With Rody's efforts, the cooperation between the two countries can be strengthened. It's a pity that this young man is now sleeping on Mars. We have the responsibility to bring him back."

Tommy, the supervisor in charge of liaison with the Hermes, agreed. He was just a good guy, a very good supervisor, a scientific researcher, but not an official like Director Teddy who needed to consider a lot.

He showed joy when he heard that.

"Let Venkat handle this matter."

Director Teddy made the final decision and said that he had arranged for the Mars mission director: Venkat, to go to the satellite base to mobilize satellites to observe the area where the Ares III mission was located.

On the one hand, they are looking for Roddy's body to prove that Roddy has sacrificed himself. After all, many people think that the cause of Roddy's death has been concealed, and many conspiracy theories are flying around. Damn, some people even say that Roddy was abducted by aliens.

This is no joke.

Chief Teddy needs some convincing photos to shut those people up.

At the same time, another purpose is to evaluate the damage to the habitat of the Ares III mission. If the damage is not serious, it is entirely possible to save a sum of money and use it for other missions next time.

The service life of the habitat is more than ten years. The reason why the astronauts evacuated was entirely because the sandstorm posed a threat to the rocket MAV used by the team members to return.

The Ares III mission lasted only eight days, which was only a quarter of the original thirty-one days.

“Let’s wait for news from Venkat.”

And it is right inside the Mars Satellite Observation Base.

Late at night, Mindy came to her work station with coffee.

As a newcomer, she thought the job of Mars satellite data observer would be very interesting, but the reality was far from what she had imagined.

All she had to do was to receive the email and attach the required data to it. It was so simple, yet she, a master's degree in mechanical engineering, was asked to do something that any normal person could do.

"Take pictures of Mars...oh my god."

While Mindy was complaining in her heart, she received an email, which contained the work she mentioned above, which was to use a satellite to check the coordinates and send the photos.

But this time, as soon as Mindy entered the coordinates, the two pictures that popped out made her body tremble suddenly.

"Wow!"

This is the sound of a coffee cup being accidentally broken.

But Mindy had never heard of it. She stared with wide eyes at the two completely different photos on the screen. A bean-sized bead of sweat ran down her forehead and fell on the edge of the frame.

Finally it flowed into her eyes, and the salty burning feeling suddenly made Mindy wake up from the extreme shock.

She reached out in panic to grab the public phone on the table.

The voice became sharp and trembling due to tension and fear.

"Police, police station, I need the contact information of Mars Mission Director Venkat, yes, now! Immediately!!!"

Chapter 288 The world is shocked!

Inside the NASA building's conference room.

At three in the morning, the lights are on

"Where did you find these photos?"

"NASA intranet... This is a picture taken by the satellite on the day the Ares III mission ended."

"What about this one?"

"Just now... not long ago..."

"..."

Important figures from NASA gathered here.

Including but not limited to Mars Mission Director Venkatekapp, NASA Administrator Teddy and other NASA executives.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, but they were all more energetic than each other.

His expression was one of disbelief and solemnity.

Staring at the photos displayed on the big screen.

They were all called here by an urgent call from Venkat half an hour ago.

After looking at the photos, they had the above conversation with Mindy, the satellite center staff on duty who was called over.

...

Let's start from the beginning.

half an hour ago.

Venkat had just fallen asleep for more than an hour when he was woken up by an emergency call.

This forced him to rush to the satellite center wearing a short-sleeved shirt and jeans.

Normally he always appeared in formal attire, but this time the situation was urgent and his casual clothes showed how hurried he was.

"Are you Miss Mindy Parker?"

Walk quickly into the central control room.

Venkat yawned and came to Mindy who was sitting at her workstation with a cup of hot coffee in his hand.

She was the only one around, and it seemed that she was on duty tonight.

But seeing how panicked she looked, Venkat frowned and spoke in a somewhat stiff tone.