Chapter 4: Turning to Mars

After making sure that there were no more noteworthy good things in this underground cave opened up by Xuanjizi, Ye Qiuli no longer hesitated, and soon climbed to the surface of the moon with satisfaction along the long rope that had hung down before, and after that, without making any stops, he immediately went to several other caves on the moon with similar conditions to investigate, to see if there were any relics left by other earth cultivators.

After casually digging on the moon and successfully excavating the secret cave of hidden power left by Xuanjizi, Ye Qiuli had already begun to be convinced that his previous guess was indeed not wrong, although the earth cultivation world had long since declined and disappeared, but after all, it had also been inherited for countless years, the scenery had passed for many years, leaving countless legends and stories, and a few high-level cultivators had left some relics on the moon, which was definitely a very normal thing.

After all, the moon is too close to the earth, and there are so many myths and legends about the moon that it can't be ignored, and any cultivator who has the ability to fly to the moon will definitely come up to see what is going on. This is a mysterious complex that every normal human on earth will have, and when he has the ability to realize it, he will definitely realize it, and almost no one will be an exception.

Just like Ye Qiuli, after successfully creating the "Red Rabbit" spacecraft, the first thing he did was to land on the moon, in fact, this complex is also at work. Otherwise, if he simply wants to collect helium-3 and other nuclear fusion reaction materials, he can go to Jupiter or Saturn to collect it, where helium-3 is not only abundant, but also more convenient to collect, not at all like on the moon, which has to be extracted from lunar soil.

Gossip aside, back to business, since it is certain that there were many people on Earth who had the desire and ability to go to the moon, then what happened after that can be imagined. No matter what kind of person he is, since he has successfully landed on the moon, he will definitely not come and go in a hurry without doing anything, and will always leave a little trace of his own arrival, at the very least, "so-and-so has come here for a visit!"

Although Ye Qiuli didn't think that the realm of those cultivators would be so vulgar and leave such vulgar marks, it was still very possible to open a secret room and leave some hidden treasures such as pills, magic weapons, and exercises. Moreover, it is also very much in line with the habits of those who are high-level. No matter what they do, they like to be mysterious, as if they don't do that they can't reflect their superior status.

In addition to these relics of cultivators left on the moon, Ye Qiuli believed that there were many similar relics left on the earth, but they were all excavated by later cultivators, and finally gradually disappeared in the long river of history with the decline of the cultivation world, leaving no trace of them, and the relics on the moon were lost due to the lack of strength of the descendants, but they were fortunately preserved, and now they are waiting for him to excavate.

It's a pity that the hope is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. It was probably because the good start used up Ye Qiuli's luck, and after digging hard several times in a row, he didn't get anything useful. Although he could be sure that those suspicious places were the relics left by the cultivators, they were already empty, and there were no treasures left, so it was obvious that someone had taken the lead and collected them before him.

"I'm afraid that this Xuanjizi is the last Earth cultivator to land on the moon, and no one has come up since, so his legacy can be preserved so smoothly, and in the end, it will be cheaper for me. After many explorations and similar results, Ye Qiuli couldn't help but secretly speculate about the situation at that time while regretting.

Thinking about it like this, he also felt that his luck was not bad, and he finally caught the last train in a hurry, and successfully obtained the two extraordinary treasures of "Xingchen Jue" and "Xuanji Spectrum". Otherwise, after a while, other earthlings who landed on the moon may discover this underground cave, and at that time, the "Xingchen Jue" and "Xuanji Spectrum" will really be dusty.

Ye Qiuli didn't think that the scientists on Earth would be able to successfully decipher the information burned in the jade slips using his divine sense. These two completely different civilizations are not so easy to link, and cultivators may be able to learn for a period of time and become proficient in the use of scientific and technological equipment, but if scientists want to use the magic weapon of cultivation equally successfully, it will be difficult! Without the control of divine consciousness and the drive of true yuan, no matter how good the magic weapon is, it is just a piece of stubborn iron.

No other treasures were found, and Ye Qiuli was not discouraged, and after carving a few words on the walls of several caves, he flew back to the spaceship, preparing to return home. This trip to the moon was really fruitful, and several unexpected treasures were enough to make him return with a full load.

Ye Qiuli, who had a bad taste, did not expect that these few words he carved on a whim would cause a lot of sensation and controversy in the future, almost subverting the general perception of the earth science community, and once again cloning the moon with many mysterious colors.

"Ye Qiu is here for a visit!September 23, 2040!"

This sentence, which was found in the underground caves of several moons, almost shocked the entire earth, almost making them really think that aliens had visited the moon, and they didn't know how much chaos it caused. And it was this simple line of Chinese characters that instantly made Ye Qiuli the most well-known mysterious figure on the earth, firmly occupying the front page headlines of many unsolved mysteries about the moon.

Of course, the Ye family naturally didn't count, they already knew the ins and outs of the matter at that time, and they had also personally landed on other planets in the solar system on the "Red Rabbit" spaceship, so they were already surprised and mentally prepared.

After returning to the "Red Rabbit" spacecraft and taking off the spacesuit, Ye Qiuli briefly checked the fuel reserves, and was very pleased to find that in such a period of time, the spacecraft had extracted and stored several tons of helium-3, although it was still far from a full fuel tank, but it was enough for it to operate for a long time.

"Alright, Chitu, retrieve the collection vehicle, start the spaceship, and prepare to go to Mars. Seeing this situation, Ye Qiuli was really satisfied, and after sending a new command to the spacecraft again, he did not turn back to the earth, and directly put the next destination on Mars, which was even more farther away.

Indeed, after successfully setting foot on the moon, Ye Qiuli set his sights on Mars again.

In addition to experimenting with the performance of the spacecraft, he also wanted to satisfy his curiosity about the planets of the solar system. Because the moon is the closest and has the most legends, it is listed as his first stop. Mars, on the other hand, is the most similar to Earth, and the legend is very likely to contain life, and the mystery is not small, so it is listed as the second stop.

After discovering several relics left by cultivators on the moon, Ye Qiuli also had an expectation for landing on Mars, hoping to find the relics left by cultivators on Mars and get some treasures left by his predecessors. Although he himself didn't have much hope for this idea, since the "Red Rabbit" spacecraft was playing so well at this time, it wouldn't take much time to go back and forth, so he didn't hesitate to go on it.

Mars is about 0.5 astronomical units away from Earth, and it would take 4 minutes to reach it, even at the speed of light. Such a long distance is naturally out of reach for a spacecraft propelled by a chemical-fueled rocket, and it will take a year and a half to make a round trip, to say the least, but for the speed of light of the "Chitu" spacecraft up to 33%, that distance is not a problem at all, even if only one reactor is turned on and full speed forward, it will only take 40 minutes to reach Mars, which is about the same time as taking a bus.

However, although 40 minutes is not too long, if he can reach Mars quickly, Ye Qiuli will naturally not wander around slowly. So, after taking off from lunar orbit, he first let the spacecraft run at 10% of the speed of light for a few minutes to test its stability, and then turned on all three reactors, accelerating the spacecraft to 33% of the speed of light and flying at full speed to Mars.

After a rush of rapid advance, just over 20 minutes later, Ye Qiuli drove the "Red Rabbit" spacecraft into the orbit of Mars.

"This is the legendary Mars?...... The planet in the solar system that is most similar to the Earth is nothing more than that!" Looking at the desolate and lonely red planet below the porthole, Ye Qiuli really couldn't connect it with the beautiful appearance on various astronomical photos, this Mars, which was like a big iron ball covered with rust, really didn't make people much interested.

"But since I'm here, I'm going to go down and have a look. ...... Chitu, comprehensively scan the Martian environment, draw a topographic map, compare whether there are traces of cultivators' activities, and by the way, see if there are any traces of the teleportation array. Then listen to my orders and prepare to land. Glancing at the Mars outside the window again, which was far away from his expectations, Ye Qiuli muttered to himself for a while, and finally issued the established instructions to the spaceship Zhi Brain.

Although he knew that there was no teleportation array on Mars, Ye Qiuli still turned on the specially installed teleportation array search system on the "Chitu" spacecraft to comprehensively search the overall environment of Mars. This system was specially designed by him to facilitate the search for the teleportation array, and it had never been tested in the field before, but this time it was used on Mars, but it was the first time since it was made.

"Yes. After receiving Ye Qiuli's order, the "Chitu" spacecraft quickly adjusted its attitude, slowly circled over Mars, and recorded all the terrain and geomorphological features of Mars in great detail through the spacecraft's own radar scanning system, optical photography system and other devices, and transmitted it to the spacecraft's central intelligent optical brain for processing, and finally drew a map of the terrain and landform of Mars, which was displayed on the big screen in front of the cockpit in real time.

In addition, in order to facilitate Ye Qiuli's observation, the central brain of the spacecraft also virtually projected a small Martian hologram in front of him. Which part Ye Qiuli wants to observe, with just one click, the big screen can immediately display the detailed terrain and geomorphological information of the local area.