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After the five fully armed men stepped off the plane, the inside of their spacesuits began to operate.

The life support system inside the spacesuit was operating at full speed and was also providing feedback on the external situation to the personal control system.

Although it is still not clear what changes occurred in the air structure near the volcano after the eruption, the system shows that the ambient temperature was extremely high.

The average external temperature has reached about 70 degrees Celsius. If it weren't for the spacesuits and the effective life support system inside, people inside would feel the temperature rising.

The five of them continued toward the crater, soon approaching the edge of the lava that had already solidified.

When the five of them approached the solidified lava, they all stopped. Their first task was to collect a sample of the lava.

The snowy owl, holding an iron bucket, stood before the solidified but still radiating heat lava. Then, it took a shovel and swung it down into the lava.

He expected the shovel to hit something hard, but he didn't feel it at all. Instead, it felt like a knife cutting into tofu, with no sensation of hitting anything hard.

Snowy Owl was still puzzled by this feedback, not understanding what was going on. The four people behind him also noticed the change in Snowy Owl's actions at this moment.

Under the watchful eyes of the four, the snowy owl used a shovel to scoop up the lava in front of it. When the shovel was lifted up, they all understood why they hadn't felt like they had hit anything hard.

This is entirely because the magma in front of them has not yet completely solidified. Although it appears to them that the previously flowing, orange-red, and hot magma has solidified and turned iron-black, in reality, only the outer layer has solidified.

The interior of the magma has not solidified at all; it remains soft and contains a large amount of heat that has not dissipated. Only the surface has solidified.

The snowy owl was also somewhat bewildered by the situation. Before they came down, the five of them really thought that the lava had solidified!

But what was the actual state of the magma? It hadn't solidified at all. Since it hadn't solidified, their plan to go to the crater was impossible.

If they were to rashly step into the scorching lava, no matter how high-tech their spacesuits were, they would still be damaged if exposed to high temperatures for an extended period of time.

The current reality is that they cannot move forward at all. Only after the semi-solidified lava in their path has completely solidified can they reach the crater to collect the necessary samples.

"It seems we came down at the wrong time. The lava hasn't solidified yet. I think we should wait in the plane. What do you think, Commander?" One of them, seeing the others still in a daze, spoke up first to remind them.

Upon hearing the astronaut's words, the snowy owl snapped out of its daze and threw the shovel of lava it was still holding into the iron bucket they had brought.

"Yes, that's right. Let me fill this bucket; we can't have come all this way for nothing. We need to bring back something!"

As the snowy owl answered, he swung the shovel swiftly, quickly filling the iron bucket with semi-solidified lava. Then, with the help of another person, he put the lid of the bucket on top.

He then secured the lid of the iron barrel securely, fixed the air composition detector nearby and turned it on. After doing all this, he led the other four people back onto the spaceplane.

The five of them failed to achieve their mission objective on this trip; they only brought back a bucket of molten lava that had not yet solidified.

After returning to the spaceplane, fearing that something unexpected might happen again, they started the plane again and it floated in the air near the volcano.

After completing these safety-assured actions, they quickly imported the volcanic eruption video they had been filming into their computer and edited out the important segments.

They then compressed the edited videos and used the communication system to send the information about the volcanic eruption they were experiencing back to Earth.

This was also the optimal time to communicate with Earth, so even though the video file was still quite large after compression, it took a long time to send it all.

On Earth, more than thirty hours have passed since Kyushu News Channel broadcast the news of the Mars landing, and everyone who heard the news is still deeply immersed in it.

At this time, discussions about Mars colonization had begun in Kyushu, as if immigrating to Mars were a very simple matter.

The people of Kyushu were dreaming of a bright future, but in societies outside Kyushu, no one believed that the news released by Kyushu News was true.

Because even they themselves haven't achieved it, how could Kyushu possibly do it? It's a typical case of judging others by oneself: if I can't do it, why can you?

Basically, this is the prevailing viewpoint, and it's also the most prevalent viewpoint in other countries. Actually, it's somewhat understandable; don't assume they don't engage in cognitive warfare. Sometimes, their masses are even more ignorant than the people of Kyushu.

Just like their own questioning of the Apollo moon landing, which began as soon as it was launched, they always use their limited knowledge to judge the practices of the whole world.

Landing on Mars is utterly absurd, just like how a significant portion of them refuse to believe that the Earth is round—it's utterly ignorant.

The general public has limited knowledge, but some of their officials are not much better at understanding either. They all think that the news of landing on Mars was deliberately released by Kyushu to drag them into the space race.

The reason for this idea is that this is exactly what they did back then. They used the Cold War and various competitions between countries to drag down the Soviet Union.

It is often said that a gentleman is open and honest, while a petty person is cunning and scheming; this is exactly the kind of behavior described.

As for the top leaders of some countries, they were really anxious and worried after receiving this news. Their focus was not on the truth of the matter, but on how they should deal with it.

This is what they should be considering. And the current situation is that it is difficult, even impossible, to catch up with Kyushu's progress in space. But there are still some things that need to be done.

Leaving aside their reactions for the time being, the staff on duty in the Kyushu Space Agency were all excited after receiving the documents that were being transmitted back from Mars.

They are all keeping a close eye on the movements of Mars, and after this, they will unveil most of the mysteries of Mars.

They will gain a detailed understanding of Mars, a planet still shrouded in mystery, and their previous perceptions of the planet will be completely different.

With everyone at the space agency patiently waiting, the files sent back by Snow Owl and his team were finally received. The next file was a video that was over 300 megabytes in size, 15 minutes long, and in 480p quality.

After receiving the video, they couldn't wait to open and play it. Someone double-clicked the file, and the system's built-in QVOD player software popped up. The file was then quickly decoded by the software.

The video started playing, and people who didn't know its content stared at the big screen with great curiosity.

After a second of blackout, the screen lit up, and then the scene of the Martian active volcano eruption that Snowy Owl and his team had filmed appeared.

When they saw this scene, everyone in the command room was stunned. They hadn't expected the video to be so explosive.

The meaning of "explosive" is completely different for different people. For an old pervert, long legs in black stockings are "explosive," but for a porn expert, the meaning of "explosive" is also different.

For the people present, the Martian volcanic eruption was truly spectacular.

"What incredible luck! Our astronauts encountered a volcanic eruption right after they went up there!" A staff member watching the video commented, expressing his disbelief at the astronauts' incredible luck.

The expressions on everyone's faces in the command room varied, but everyone's reaction was one of joy.

The on-site commander didn't even finish watching the video. After glancing at the beginning, he left the command room and went to make a phone call to report to his superiors.

They reported everything that had happened here to their superiors. After receiving the news, a high-ranking official immediately rushed over to their location, representing their status.

After this news was reported, the leaders of the Kyushu Space Agency also learned what had happened, and the agency leaders immediately contacted the experts studying Mars.

They took these experts who studied the Martian environment with them and headed straight for the command center in Beiping.

After receiving the notification, all the experts had a general idea of ​​why they were being called in. In fact, they had been waiting ever since they saw the Mars exploration plan that day, waiting for their superiors to summon them.

The situation on their side was chaotic, but Li Zhenhua in Dongshan was completely unaffected.

He continued to modify his vehicle. The custom-made Iveco underwent a comprehensive inspection after it came into his hands, and Li Zhenhua even reassembled some parts of it.

During the reassembly process, he also installed the particle energy shield he had designed later onto the vehicle.

The portable particle energy shield—a self-contained particle storage device—had already been tested before. After contacting Wang Yuesheng earlier, the other party urgently dispatched a solar energy core for him.

After acquiring the particle production equipment, the Solar Star, he immediately recharged all the storage treasures he had produced.

After charging, various real-world tests and experiments were conducted, such as how long the particles in the storage tank could be stored! The particle charging time, particle release efficiency, and so on all underwent rigorous testing.

Although he had already conducted tests in the virtual laboratory before, real-world testing still needed to be carried out.

Especially the smallest portable particle energy shield, this thing has the most rigorous testing program, because it can't be said to be the last safety measure, but it's not far off.

So everything is for one's own safety. As for how effective this particle energy shield will be, we still need to test it in reality.

The shield's maximum expandable area is 1.44 square meters, which is 1.2 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. As for its height, it is the same as his height.

Furthermore, the outer shape of this shield is adjustable, and it can be adjusted to perfectly match your body shape, as if a thin film is covering your body.

The energy shield can withstand an astonishing amount of attack power. It's worth noting that a fully powered energy shield used in conjunction with the Sun Star can withstand a nuclear explosion.

Although the storage capacity of the storage treasure is still limited due to its portability, and the shield generator is simplified, the effects it can achieve are still particularly amazing.

Defending against firearms and the like is a piece of cake; it takes absolutely no effort.

The 40-fire and 60-force attacks mentioned online, even if they explode head-on on the shield, still won't cause much damage to the people inside the shield.

This achievement showed him that as long as the energy shield existed, he could go anywhere in Kyushu, and no organization had ever been able to obtain a weapon with a power greater than 60 mortars within Kyushu.

Moreover, the shield's protective limit was not fully utilized; it had an even greater effect, but Li Zhenhua simply did not test it.

As for the usage time of the storage treasure, it's not a problem, because when using it normally, the shield only activates around the head, which is a small area, so the power consumption doesn't need to be too high.

When danger is encountered, the shield will automatically detect the threat and expand, giving the user a safe time to escape into a sufficiently thick protective device.

As mentioned here, Li Zhenhua has already created a holographic camouflage projection, making it difficult for the enemy to track him down. The final result may be that the enemy has no idea where he is.

How can you pose a threat to him if you don't even know his location?

Once the particle shield on the Iveco is installed, his main vehicle for travel will be complete. Next, as long as he finishes the Blue Ox Bus and the spare vehicle, he will be able to set off to tour Kyushu.