
Olympus Mons is the highest volcano on Mars and the largest volcano in the solar system.
It is 21,171 meters above the Martian datum plane and more than 10,000 meters higher than Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth.
It's really a giant. Even if you stand on Earth and observe the planet with a telescope, you can still see Olympus Mons.
However, unlike Mount Everest which is steep and difficult to climb, Olympus Mons has a sloping slope, making it very easy to climb.
Its biggest feature was simply too high and too big. Climbing Olympus Mons is tiring and time-consuming. But this was no big deal for Ling Jiu and Niu Ben, as both of them could fly.
Both of them rose into the crater, and a dark sinkhole appeared at the bottom of the crater. That's the road that leads into Olympus Mons.
With the dying of the inner core, the geological movement of Mars is almost non-existent. The largest volcano in the solar system has died. For hundreds of millions of years, the crater of the volcano was buried by dust and sand. It was Niu Ben who dug this part.
“We can get into Olympus Mons by following this quote.”
Niu Ben pointed to the sinkhole in the crater happily. “That dimensional part is at a depth of thirty thousand meters underground.”
“Come get down there.”
Ling Jiu did not hesitate, and Ling Jiu flew down towards the sinkhole without hesitation. Niu Ben followed immediately.
This was not the first time Ling Jiu had entered the sinkhole. But compared to the sinkhole in Pandora, this one was clearly much quieter.
No moss, no mold, no moisture, just thick volcanic ash and layers of rocks. Mars has been silent for too long.
After descending for half an hour, they finally reached the dimensional passageway that was emitting a fiery red light.
Its appearance is almost identical to other stable dimensional parts. The only difference was, this one was a fiery red, like a ruby that was magnified with a scorching heat wave coming from the dimensional passageway.
“I can even feel the heat in the hallway. Can you imagine how hot the planet on the other side is? ” Niu Ben said.
“Can we go?” Ling Jiu was an excited beaver now.
“Sure.”
Niu Ben nodded and then entered the dimensional passageway with Ling Jiu. In an instant, they came to the world at the other end of the dimensional passageway.
A terrifying heat wave hit them, and they could feel an irresistible heat even with their Venom Suits.
They felt a force of attraction acting on their bodies, and it made the movements extremely difficult as if they were at a depth of 1,000 meters under the sea.
The sky is orange, while the surface is dry and red.
It was a hot, dead world, completely different from Mars.
“Bro, we won't be able to stay here long,” Niu Ben reminded. “We will go after a few minutes, then rest and enter again.”
“Understanding.” Ling Jiu nodded and even took out a neighborhood reader. “Brother Niu, I'll explore while you take a reading.”
“Sure.”
“Gosh! The temperature here is 470 degrees Celsius. No wonder the Venom Suit couldn't last long. I wonder if anyone can survive here. But, the greenhouse effect can cause this, because the atmosphere contains 96% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, and 1% sulfuric acid. ”
“The carbon dioxide content is so high?” Niu Ben was surprised because carbon dioxide was the main greenhouse gas.
The carbon dioxide content on the planet is so high that it causes serious greenhouse effects. It was as if there was a thick insulating board wrapped around the planet. When the sun is shining, the heat only goes in, but it does not come out.
The greenhouse effect is out of control.
“So much carbon dioxide. How nice it would be if we could take some for Mars. “
Ling Jiu could not hold her breath. What is Mars' lack?
Mars lacks everything — water, oxygen…
However, Ling Jiu thought that what Mars lacked the most right now was heat. It was - 5 to -6⁰C during the day, and even as low as -70 or -80⁰C at night.
Where does the heat come from?
Carbon dioxide…
If Mars had so much carbon dioxide, it would only take half a day for the sun to heat Mars and turn it into a friendly world.
“There is a dimensional part between this planet and Mars. It might be possible to transfer some of the carbon dioxide to Mars! ” Ling Jiu exclaimed as she suddenly thought of something.
“That makes sense! You have a point. ”
Niu Ben was very happy. As a veteran of the matriculation camp, he knows some inner stories that ordinary beginners do not know.
High-level humans on Earth have thought of many ways to transform Mars using ways such as nuclear bombs and the planting of Arcana trees.
Unfortunately, they are not very effective.
Now that the planet has a huge amount of carbon dioxide, if they report it to a higher level, it will help terraforming Mars efforts, in addition to getting a nice reward.
“One more thing, if carbon dioxide is transferred to Mars, the carbon dioxide content on the planet will be reduced, and the temperature here will drop significantly. Later, the planet will be a suitable candidate for terraforming, ”, Ling Jiu said. “At least, when the temperature drops, we can plant Arcana trees here.”
Yeah, that's it! Niu Ben said with passion. “That means, it's possible that the planet is terraformed. In this way, the reward we get. Wah sob, you are very smart. ”
“Explore! Let's explore! ”
“After we finish exploring, we will meet the camp commander and report the findings. We will share the prize of fifty-fifty. “
“Atal.”
Ling Jiu continued to nod and then continued the exploration with the environmental reader in hand.
“It was scary,” said Niu Ben. “If this is the case, then the pressure we feel now should be at atmospheric pressure. The planet's gravity should be lower than expected. “
“Very possible.”
As the two were busy exploring, a terrifying thunder suddenly sounded in the thick clouds of yellow orange.
As they looked up, they saw lightning bolts thousands of meters long dancing in the clouds, running berserk for seven or eight minutes before disappearing.
“Gosh! This lightning lasted quite a long time! ” Niu Ben exclaims. “This record! Record this. ”
“One more thing, the wind speed on the planet is very slow, but because the atmosphere is thick, slow wind contains very high energy.”
Record this.
Just like that, the two people joined hands to explore the planet. Some time had passed and the Venom Suits were already overloaded. They returned to Mars for a rest. After recovering, they started exploring again.
Three hours just passed.
Both of them arrived at a huge lake.
The lake…
This is an important discovery.
When the two saw the lake's original face, they couldn't help but shudder.
“This lake is ..” Niu Ben gulps. “It will even melt our bones if we fall into.”
There was indeed a lake in front, but it was yellow in color, giving off black smoke and a pungent smell.
Ling Jiu took out a piece of PH test paper and then tested the liquid in the lake. PH paper turns deep red.
This is an acid lake. Ling Jiu was out of breath. “Seeing from 1% sulfuric acid in the atmosphere, it is not difficult to say that the liquid in this lake is sulfuric acid.”
“Asam sulfate?” Niu Ben shivered all over his body, and could not help but take a few steps back. “Come explore other places. It's too dangerous here. “
“Agree.”
Half an hour later, the two of them arrived at the deep red-looking and bubbling river.
No tests needed this time. The two immediately recognized it as a lava river.
“Lake sulfuric acid earlier, and now it's a lava flow,” said Niu Ben. “What exactly is this planet?”
“Do you think it looks like Venus, one of the eight planets in the solar system?” Ling Jiu had a serious expression on her face.
A venus? Niu Ben's heart was pounding.
Yes, Venus. Ling Jiu nodded. All the data we collected suggests the possibility that this planet is Venus.
“If it really is Venus..”
Just then, lava suddenly surged. They turned to look and saw two spiral horns, followed by a head, slowly emerging from the lava river.
“This...” They were surprised to see the head coming out of the lava river. “There is life on this planet?”
In the eyes of the two, life could not possibly exist on such a hostile planet. Even if there is life, it can only be micro life like bacteria and viruses, and it is impossible to breed larger life forms.
Now, the creature with two spiral horns in front of their eyes was over ten meters long, and its head was larger than a bus.
Then there's his body…
Ling Jiu and Niu Ben looked on with bated breath as the creature exited the lava flow.
It was over 100 meters tall, and its body was covered in fiery red scales. It also has a pair of large bat-like wings, which are also covered in the same fiery red scales.
Overall, it looked like an enlarged version of a pterosaur, and a firebird with a fearsome wingspan at the same time.
What monster is this? Niu Ben's voice was shaking.
“Looks like that monster, Rodan in the movie Godzilla 2,” muttered Ling Jiu to himself.
Call it Rodan.
After exiting the lava river, Rodan flapped his wings that were over 300 meters tall. They were so big that they could almost block the sky.
It opened the mouth of the bird-like monster and roared with bursts of sound, its energy forming a huge circle of shock waves.
Soon after, Radon flapped his wings to attack the two of them.
The explosion!
A tornado swept over them, making them fly backwards like two sheets of paper before they landed thousands of meters away.
“It's very strong!” There was a glint of excitement in Ling Jiu's eyes. He hid the neighborhood readers and laughed out loud. “My brother Niu, you took a photo while I was going to play with this beast.
Taking photos as evidence…
Since there are terrifying living beings on this terrible planet, taking photos as proof is absolutely necessary. They can get more details that way.
“What will you do?” Niu Ben asked with a trembling voice.
“Kill this animal and bring it back to learn more.”