"Is there anything suspicious?"
Chen Yi stood up, took the detection image from Qin Xiaoyu's hand, and looked at it carefully.
This is an image data similar to a CT examination.
Under the joint detection of 36 Mars probes.
The entire stratum and core of Mars seem to have been cut into countless parts, and all the mysteries are clearly visible in the image.
"This is."
Chen Yi frowned as he looked at the stratigraphic conditions of Mars displayed in all the images.
"There is something wrong with the stratigraphic structure of Mars."
The structure of a planet is similar to an onion, with countless structures.
The innermost is the earth's core and core, followed by the mantle, and then the crust.
Among them, the earth's crust often forms countless geological layers due to geological sedimentation caused by planetary movements.
Although the core of Mars has cooled, there has been no intense geological activity in recent billions of years.
However, the geological layers formed 3 billion years ago, as well as the cooling mantle, core, etc., will still be preserved in their original structure.
The condition of these structures often contains the last information about Mars.
But now, in Chen Yi's eyes, there is a big problem with the stratigraphic structure of Mars.
"All over Olympus, the deep stratigraphic structures are completely uplifted."
"On the other side of the planet corresponding to Olympus Mons, the stratigraphic structure is in a state of point-like depression and collapse."
Chen Yi instructed Xuannv to build all the images into a three-dimensional model, which was displayed on the nearby projector.
Now, the situation is clear.
The highest peak in the solar system, the 21-kilometer-high Olympus Mons, was not formed naturally by the activity of the planet's crust at all, but by a huge impact.
A huge impact force penetrated the formation of Mars.
The huge energy even caused the surface of Mars on the other side to bulge high, eventually forming the majestic Olympus Mons, the highest peak in the solar system.
"Scientists analyze that Mars suffered an asteroid impact 3 billion years ago. This impact completely destroyed the planet's structure and triggered volcanic eruptions around the world."
"Volcanic eruptions spew out the molten iron-rich mantle material and core material."
"After hundreds of millions of years of oxidation, these materials formed the reddish-red surface that now covers the entire planet."
"At the same time, the loss of high-temperature mantle material and core material also led to the rapid cooling of the planet."
"Eventually, the core of Mars stopped functioning, the planet's magnetic field disappeared, and the entire planet completely entered death."
"To cause such a result, the mass and volume of the impacting asteroid must be not small, but..."
Chen Yi looked at the stratigraphic images of Mars.
In addition to the high uplifted strata of Mount Olympus, there are also strata on the other side that correspond to deep depressions and collapses.
Although the stratigraphic structure of the rest of the area is riddled with holes, every wound and hole is a trace left behind by the volcanic eruption.
However, the structure of the stratum remains generally intact, and there is no sign of being hit by an asteroid.
"If an asteroid impact could create such a huge Olympus on the other side of the planet, then the structure of the entire planet would be smashed to pieces, and it would not be said that it would remain generally intact."
"This performance is more like being hit by a high-speed object containing huge energy."
"Because the speed is too fast and the energy is concentrated, the huge energy penetrates the entire planet before it is completely dispersed, creating the 21-kilometer-high Mount Olympus in the solar system on the other side of the planet."
Chen Yi started to analyze bit by bit.
The impact of an asteroid seems to have terrifying energy.
But this energy is based on a huge mass. In fact, due to the low speed, the energy of the impact will only spread as a whole and will not penetrate point-wise.
There are only impacts of high-speed objects, because energy is based on speed.
Because of the strong speed, the energy will penetrate the object at the moment of impact, forming point-like penetrations.
Image point metaphor.
The impact of an asteroid is like a hammer, 50 per hit, and the sledgehammer will smash the planet to pieces.
Of course, because the mass of the planet is so large and the gravitational attraction of the planets attracts each other, even if it becomes pulpy, it can still reunite.
And the other one was hit by a bullet. With a bang, the bullet almost penetrated the planet.
The bullet hole on this side of the planet only left a point-like depression, while on the other side, a high bulge was formed due to the diffusion of energy.
"Brother Yi, you said that Olympus Mons on Mars was formed by the impact of high-speed objects."
"What kind of object can penetrate almost the entire planet and create such a towering mountain?"
Qin Xiaoyu next to him heard Chen Yi's analysis and asked curiously.
"It is unlikely that such an object would have formed naturally."
Chen Yi thought for a while and said, "There are only three possibilities I can think of. Have you seen The Wandering Earth?"
"I've seen it. Brother Yi took me to see the first one." Qin Xiaoyu nodded.
"The first one is an asteroid equipped with a planetary engine that accelerates to a terrifying speed and hits Mars."
"Because it triggered a global volcanic eruption, and over hundreds of millions of years, the traces of the asteroid have been completely covered up and erased."
"The second one was a supernova explosion that vaporized the surrounding planets, but the core of one of the planets was accelerated to a terrifying speed before it had time to vaporize. After countless years of flight, it happened to hit Mars at that time."
"The last possibility is mass bombs."
"Mass bomb?"
"Yes, objects the size of a fist or the size of a human head are accelerated to infinitely close to the speed of light, and mass bombs whose inertial mass is increased by hundreds of millions or even billions of times are bombarded from space."
"The huge energy penetrated the core of Mars, causing a global volcanic eruption, and also created the towering Olympus Mons on the other side."
Chen Yi said three possibilities he could think of.
After speaking, he looked at Olympus Mons at the northern latitude of Mars: "Three possibilities, I prefer the analysis of mass bombs.
Because Olympus and the corresponding depression on the other side are not the front side of Mars.
If it were the first two, the impact of an asteroid, not only would the entire Mars lie down like Uranus, but its rotation axis would also be tilted to an incredible angle.
Only mass bombs that are infinitely close to the speed of light will not have much impact on the rotation axis of Mars because they are faster and the energy penetrates the planet before it has time to disperse. "
"Brother Yi, so there was a civilization on Mars before? And it was a super civilization that entered space?" Qin Xiaoyu suddenly grasped the key point and asked incredulously.
Whether it is the first possibility of accelerating an asteroid impact, or the third possibility of a mass bomb.
These are not natural phenomena, but phenomena of technological civilization.
"It's possible."
"Theoretically, during the period when the magnetic field of ancient Mars had not disappeared, it was very possible for life to be born, and then civilization to be born."
"Moreover, Mars did not encounter the impact event of Theia, and its evolution time is nearly 1 billion years longer than that of the Earth."
"In this way, when life on Earth was born, life was likely to have appeared on Mars and a powerful civilization had developed at the same time."
Chen Yi thought of the origin of the moon and the impact of Theia.
This impact can be said to have directly pressed the reset button on the earth that has evolved for hundreds of millions of years.
This coming and going is equivalent to Mars having 1 billion years more development and evolution time than the Earth.
The evolution of life, the emergence of wisdom, and the birth of civilization are all very random.
The dinosaurs developed for more than 100 million years without igniting the spark of wisdom. It only took Homo sapiens a few million years to embark on a unique route of wisdom and establish a splendid civilization.
No one is sure.
In such a distant time, will Mars give birth to civilization first and move towards space and the interstellar world?
In the end, wars broke out due to civil strife or other external factors.
The mass bomb destroyed the core of Mars and simultaneously triggered a global volcanic eruption, throwing out materials from the core and mantle, creating the red surface of Mars today.
PS: Chapter 1, there will be more later
(End of chapter)
