#573 - Chapter 573 Loopholes in the Ecological Transformation Plan

"How did those insects get to Mars?" Dongfang Chen asked.

Long San said that this question would be addressed later, but now that humanity has lost the ability to leave Venus, it's impossible for those insects to have left.

"This stems from a loophole in the Blue Star Ecological Modification Project," Long San explained.

"After the Venusian ecology encountered problems, the supercomputing center at the Martian secret base automatically adjusted the plan based on the situation at the time."

"The system determined that the complete destruction of the Venusian ecology could lead to the failure of the Blue Star Ecological Modification Project. Because the Martian base only has a human gene bank, the extinction of other species would be truly permanent."

"If other species went extinct, the Blue Star's ecological modification would become an impossible task."

"It was based on this loophole that Mengka spent decades collecting biological samples from Venus and transferring them to Mars."

"However, most of the species transferred at the time were drought-resistant plants and animals."

"Insects, due to the protection of their external exoskeletons, are the most resilient creatures, and naturally were included in the transfer."

"Then why wasn't humanity prioritized for transfer?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Because the base's supercomputing center system determined that transferring humans would not only not help the smooth implementation of the Blue Star Ecological Modification Project, but could also greatly increase the risk," Long San explained.

"..." Dongfang Chen was speechless.

It seemed to make sense.

From the current perspective, the Monee people are everywhere. Transferring humans to Mars would only complicate matters further. If Mars were to repeat Venus's mistakes, it would be a tragedy.

"Then didn't the Dragon Country's government at the time consider using Mengka's spacecraft to transfer humans?"

"It wasn't that they didn't consider it, but they simply couldn't contact him, let alone control him," Long San replied.

"Alright, please continue."

"The destruction of the Venusian ecology was already inevitable. The continuous warming led to the mass death of organisms, especially the extinction of plants, which further accelerated the process. Soon, the surface temperature of Venus exceeded 80 degrees! At this temperature, not to mention plants and animals, most microorganisms couldn't survive."

"The ocean's water vaporized and evaporated, super storms arrived, and after struggling for a few years, humanity was completely wiped out."

Dongfang Chen looked at the dark, dense sky, the sandstorms flying everywhere, and the heart-shaking lightning and thunder, knowing that this world was truly finished.

"After the extinction of humanity, the Martian base extensively restructured the Blue Star Ecological Modification Project. In addition to transforming Blue Star into a habitable planet, it also needed to cultivate humans. So, this project became the current Human Cultivation Project."

"In the initial 500 million years, the evolution of Blue Star was very slow. The fragility of the ecosystem led to extremely unstable climates. A rainstorm could last for decades or even centuries, and a cold snap could last for tens of thousands or even millions of years."

"At that time, Blue Star was simply not suitable for the survival of plants and animals. Only algae, single-celled organisms in the ocean, performed photosynthesis day after day, slowly increasing the oxygen content in the atmosphere."

"Even so, these algae experienced several extinctions during extreme weather. In between, Mengka traveled back and forth between Mars and Blue Star, spreading new algae populations."

"Because a large amount of minerals in the land and ocean needed to be oxidized, the accumulation of oxygen was very slow during these 500 million years, reaching only about 10% of the level."

Dongfang Chen stood in the sky above Blue Star, looking at the land and ocean before him.

At this time, there was only one continent, mainly yellowish-brown in color.

The color of the ocean was also not blue, but dark green, like a huge stinky ditch.

This was because the minerals in the seawater were also oxidized, giving it a color similar to the sewage discharged from factories.

"Although it was only 10% of the level, this was a critical threshold. Because this already met the survival conditions for multicellular organisms."

"Mengka collected a large number of Martian seawater samples and released them into Blue Star in batches."

"Through millions of years of evolution, the marine ecosystem was finally successfully activated."

"As microorganisms decomposed and absorbed marine minerals, the oxygen content in the air began to experience a qualitative leap."

"The reason why the oxygen content index is important is that, in addition to greatly promoting biodiversity, its greatest effect is to stabilize Blue Star's climate."

"Climate stability is very important for the growth of terrestrial plants."

"However, the Blue Star land at this time still had another problem, which was the soil quality problem."

"After repeated scouring by rainwater, and bringing a large amount of organic matter and nutrients from the ocean, another 50 million years passed, that is, 400 million years ago, the first type of plants finally grew on land: moss."

"Their roots can fix the soil, and their corpses also have an effect on improving the soil quality."