I Have A Super USB Drive

by <unknown>

  Many people believed that the act of bringing back Martian microbes would cause a huge disaster to humankind. Some believed that aliens also had human rights and that bringing them to the earth was disrespectful to the aliens. Others thought that the dark law of the jungle should be obeyed and humanity should use nuclear bombs to extinguish all creatures on Mars. Otherwise, if the creatures on Mars evolved into humans in the future, there would be several technological explosions and the ones who were then wiped out would be humans…

  Just like Lu Xun's words: "The sorrow and happiness of those people aren't related. I only find them noisy…" Toward the Ares Project, everyone had different ideas and everyone had their own perceptions.

  This group of people was those who had opposed the practice of bringing living things back to Earth by the Ares. They even set up an alliance to oppose the Ares Project. They took a plane to Namibia at their own expense and came to the space base to gather in crowds to demonstrate on this day.

  However, the opinions of this group of people were destined not to be known to the public. With the influence of Blackwatch in the world today, all well-known media would not risk opprobrium to report these things. Only those who wanted to attract attention like small media groups would occasionally report, but these sporadic objections were like stones thrown into the lake. At most they could only stir up a few ripples, but could not set off any storms.

  At this time, as the spacecraft gradually shut down, the surrounding air slowly returned to its previous temperature. At the same time, the rescue team that had been preparing on the right side of the tarmac drove two trucks quickly to the side of the spacecraft door. As hundreds of people worked busily, a huge negative pressure isolation room was built at a visible pace.

  Finally, the passage of the isolation room was completely connected to the spacecraft's hatch. At this point, everyone in the spacecraft could come out.

  At this time, the reporters hundreds of meters away could not wait to rush forward, but they were blocked by a group of soldiers on the tarmac, and they could only stare from afar with mouths agape.

  In this way, they waited for about half an hour. Finally, at the other end of the negative pressure isolation room, the first person who was disinfected inside and had put on an isolation suit walked toward the podium step by step, accompanied by a guard.

  Seeing this, countless reporters finally let out a burst of cheers.

  This man in the isolation suit was a middle-aged white man. After he came to the podium, he waved to everyone. After warm applause from the endless crowd, the man spoke, and his voice was transmitted into the microphone through the isolation suit. "Thank you, Earth Federation and thank you, Blackwatch…

  "I'm Zhou Xiong, the captain of Ares, and an employee of Blackwatch. What I can tell you is that we have conquered the earth, the deep space of the universe, and have overcome countless difficulties. We… Have returned from Mars!

  "Next, I'll be quarantined for three months, but before the quarantine, I'll take three questions, and I'll answer truthfully no matter what they are."

  The man named Zhou Xiong showed a hint of mischief. "Of course, it must be related to Mars. I declare in advance that I have a wife and will not accept any marriage inquiries."

  "Hahahaha…"

  The crowd suddenly chuckled and then countless reporters raised their hands, eager to ask questions.

  "How about you, you can be the first to ask!"

  Zhou Xiong pointed to a blond man in the first row.

  "I'm from ABC Radio in Northern America. What did you bring back from Mars this time?"

  The other party asked with delight, "I heard that it's life forms from Mars, right?"

  "Erm, yes!"

  Zhou Xiong nodded. "We brought back soil samples, rock samples, air samples, and water samples from Mars. Of course, there are biological samples too… Okay, next one, that beautiful lady over there."

  Then, he once again selected a reporter from Mainland China.

  "Hello, I'm Wang Bing, a reporter from China TV. Did your team encounter any dangers on Mars?"

  "Dangers?"

  Zhou Xiong smiled. "No, the word 'dangers' shouldn't be used because we were grappling with death all the time."

  As soon as this sentence was said, many people suddenly started murmuring in low voices.

  "The average temperature on Mars is about minus 90 degrees. The air there is thin and the oxygen content is less than 0.1%. Humans cannot survive without wearing any equipment and every time we go out, it's a test of life and death. Because no one knows when a sandstorm on Mars will blow us away or tear off our protective clothing…"

  Zhou Xiong said with a faint smile, "But now we've successfully built a life cycle research station on Mars. With a research station, it's equivalent to having a foundation and our survivability will be greatly improved."

  Many people nodded silently. This group of human pioneers was indeed facing death. Even putting Mars aside, just this journey back and forth between the planets might be plagued by accidents at any time, whether it was a space meteor or a solar storm. Plus, the probability of such an accident was much higher than the probability of a car accident.

  "Alright, now isn't the time to talk about these. Next one."

  Zhou Xiong finally pointed to a black lady, but before the black lady spoke, a man on the side suddenly spoke first, "Are the alien creatures you brought back dangerous? Will it result in species invasion and even the extinction of humans?"

  "Absolutely not!"

  Zhou Xiong's expression sank, then he shook his head and said, "We did find Martian microbes but those microbes all live in water. There are no microbes in the Martian air and soil.

  "As for species invasion, it's even more impossible because we'll isolate them well such as using level-4 biosafety laboratories and so on. And forget about the extinction of human beings. These alien creatures cannot do this at all. Everyone, you can rest assured!"

  After saying this, Zhou Xiong left without looking back under the support of several bodyguards.

  "Mr. Zhou Xiong!"

  "Mr. Captain, please wait…"

  There was a commotion in the crowd. Many people wanted to catch up to him, but they were stopped mercilessly by soldiers with guns and live ammunition.

  In the end, these people had to return in disappointment.

  On the Ares spacecraft, all of the various samples from Mars were taken by the four continents, except for one set, which was secretly transported to the Spire Experimental Base.

  The exploration of extraterrestrial life had officially begun.

  Chapter 527: Chinese New Year's Eve |

  As the Martian biological samples arrived at the Spire one by one, a small team was specially formed in the Spire to further probe into the life forms from Mars.

  Although they had been studied on Mars for a long time, this could not be compared to a top laboratory such as the Spire no matter in terms of equipment, manpower or energy. The team leader in charge of this matter was James Watson, the father of DNA.

  At this time, Chen Chen had not participated in such research work for a long time. His task all day was to read the reports and exercise his body and Field ability.

  On the other side of things, the Ares parked at the space base had already opened its door at this time and a group of blank-faced, non-human-like workers was constantly transporting something into Ares' cargo area under the cover of night.

  These were huge containers. These workers used forklifts and cranes to transport them to the cargo area little by little. Next to the Ares, the same blank-faced soldiers in black stood guard.

  Both the workers and soldiers wore the logo of Blacklight on their uniforms.

  When the containers had been transported, the workers boarded the Ares spacecraft one by one. Then, the spacecraft's engine started again. Without too much delay, it rose toward the sky again.

  The Ares flew to Mars again and no country in the Earth Federation w
as aware of all this…

  …

  One month later.

  Time had gradually reached the end of 2028.

  The Eco Science City was close to Sandwich Bay on the Atlantic coast. Gorgeous high-end villas stood on the coastline.

  Just a few days ago, many villas were filled with Christmas trees, symbols of European and American holidays. On New Year's Eve, those villas that had never celebrated Christmas began to hang festive red ornaments outside their doors, on which there was also the gleaming golden Chinese character for "fortune".

  The air of Christmas quickly dissipated and the festival for Han Chinese was about to begin…

  In one of these vast villas, it was very lively. A dozen old and young people were laughing loudly. The TV was turned on and the voices of adults calling to children could be heard.

  "Little Yu, don't run so fast!"

  A young woman of about 30 years of age powerlessly chased after a three or four-year-old child, watching as he sprinted in the living room on short legs, holding an airplane toy in his hand and shouting playfully, "Fly, fly!"

  The entire living room was filled with the sound of childish enjoyment.

  "This little guy, he's crazy!"

  On the side, a beaming 30-year-old man clapped and laughed. Next to him, there were several men and women. One of them was a wretched-looking little man who was somewhat plump, who smiled flatteringly. "Uncle, little boys have to behave in an unruly manner so that they'll work up an appetite later!"

  Next to him, there was a woman with a cold expression and in front of the woman stood a boy of almost the same age. At this time, he was staring with dark, glittering eyes and watching the other boy running around in the living room.

  "Little Tong, do you want to play with him?"

  The wretched-looking man turned his head and looked at the boy in the woman's arms. "Little Tong, why don't you accompany your uncle and have fun?"

  "I won't!"

  The boy in front of the woman quickly turned around and buried his face into the woman's lap

  "This poor kid…"

  The wretched man murmured and touched his nose unhappily.

  "Okay, based on the time, Little Chen is coming back soon. Hey, dear, let the nanny take care of Little Yu. Everyone's finally got together, so come over here and talk to the adults too. It's not easy for them to have traveled all the way here."

  The young-faced man in his thirties called out to the young woman chasing the child and urged her to stop.

  "Alright. Sigh, this little goblin…"

  The young woman sighed. Although she looked very young, she spoke like a middle-aged person in her fifties or sixties. She called to the Filipino maid wearing a servant's attire and asked her to take care of the children, then sat down beside the man.

  "Eh, in the end, it's your Little Chen who did so well…"

  Seeing that the young woman had sat back down, several other people started rushing to talk to the two of them. One of them, a middle-aged couple, said, "In Earth Federation now, who hasn't heard about Blacklight Biotechnology? They've even gone to Mars. I heard that aliens have also been found!"

  "Hahaha, it's not aliens, just alien life."

  The man immediately laughed, his eyes filled with joy. "Big Brother, if they found aliens, that'd be something. Won't we have to start Star Wars then?"

  "Hahaha, that's right!"

  The middle-aged couple immediately laughed self-deprecatingly. "This brain of mine, it's becoming duller the older I get!"

  Everyone roared with laughter.

  At this moment, the boy running wantonly in the living room was holding the plane. He happened to run to the front door of the front hall, but at this moment, the door suddenly opened with a crash, and the boy directly ran into a pair of legs in a black suit.

  "Little Master, slow down…"

  The maid chasing behind saw that the boy was about to hit the door and she was about to yell. She was relieved when she saw the boy was stopped by a person.

  The little boy did not feel any pain when he bumped into the person. He giggled and tried to push the person back, but found that the person did not move back as he wanted. Only then did he raise his head and look at the person.

  As he raised his head, an angular face filled his vision at once.

  This person's eyes were as dark as ink, gazing at him calmly, but after seeing the other's eyes, the little boy suddenly showed a look of horror. He subconsciously stepped back and then plopped back down on the ground. At the same time, he started wailing in tears!

  "Oh, Little Master, this isn't a stranger, this is your brother!"

  The maid behind him immediately stepped forward and was about to squat to help up the little boy.

  "Don't coax him, let him get up by himself."

  Chen Chen said lightly.

  "This…"

  The maid looked consternated.

  At this time, hearing the crying from the front hall, a man and a woman in their thirties rushed over. The voices could be heard before they even arrived. "Little Qiu, what's going on, why is Little Yu crying?"

  "Master, it's okay, it's just that Young Master came back…"

  The maid quickly explained.

  At this time, the group of people also came to the front hall and immediately saw Chen Chen standing here in the front hall.

  "Little Chen!"

  "Brother."

  The people behind the middle-aged couple suddenly looked elated and they came up, greeting. For a while, even the crying child sitting on the ground was forgotten…

  "Big Uncle, Big Aunt, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin Chen Zheng…"

  Chen Chen nodded and then looked behind everyone. "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

  "Good to have you back. Come, come and have some dumplings!"

  The middle-aged man guffawed suddenly and led Chen Chen into the house.

  In addition to Chen Chen's elders, there were also people of Chen Chen's generation. At this time, Chen Chen sat next to Cousin Chen Shan. He looked at the little boy in front of Chen Shan and then asked, "How's life recently in China?"

  "Very good. Although I'm taking care of my child full-time now, I have a very fulfilling life."

  Chen Shan nodded and she patted the boy's head with some affection. "It's a pity that my parents left us so early. Otherwise, surely they'd be very pleased to see that I have a child now?"

  "As long as you're doing well."

  Chen Chen nodded then glanced at the wretched-looking man who was constantly rubbing his hands.

  "Hello, cousin, hello!"

  Zhang Heng nodded and smiled immediately.

  "Treat my cousin well."

  Chen Chen nodded and said casually.

  After Chen Chen came back, almost everyone in the room was paying attention to Chen Chen. At this time, Big Aunt took advantage of everyone's pause and quickly asked with a smile, "Little Chen, you'd be 29 years old after the Chinese New Year. When are you going to get married?"

  "Right, Little Chen!"

  Chen Chen's other uncle on the side also chimed in. As he spoke so suddenly, his voice made everyone jump. "This year you're 28 years old, so it's time to start a family, right? When your father was this age, he had already given birth to you!"

  "Yeah, yeah..."

  Instantly, many people voiced their agreement.

  "Little Chen, do you have a partner?"

  Seeing that her topic got a response from everyone, Big Aunt secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then she squeezed out a bigger smile. "If you don't, I know of a few candidates. Would you like to take a look?"

  "Sheesh!"

  Another uncle hurriedly said, "Hey, Big Sis, you should forget about whomever you have in mind. What kind of guy is Little Chen now? Could they even possibly be well-matched?"

  With that, he looked at Chen Chen and took out a bunch of photos. "Let's look at the ones I have. These are the sons and daughters in our country's system. Although they aren't as good as Little Chen, they
are at least clean and pure!"

  This sentence immediately made Big Aunt upset. She was just about to say something when Chen Chen simply waved his hand.

  The entire living room fell silent at once.

  "That's enough. We'll talk about this some other time."

  Chen Chen merely smiled as if everyone had been talking out of their *sses a moment ago.

  "Little Chen…"

  Chen Chen's father was a little embarrassed.

  Chen Chen ignored his father and just took the dumplings from the maid beside him. "The dumplings are already here, everyone should eat them while they are hot."

  "Okay, okay, let's have the dumplings!"

  Seeing the dip in the atmosphere, Chen Zheng on the side immediately smiled and shouted.

  Chen Chen's uncle, aunt, and the rest swiftly caught on. They laughed loudly and walked toward the dining table and the atmosphere regained a cheerful air for a while.

  After eating the dumplings, Chen Chen was the first to leave the table. He bade good night to everyone and took the elevator to his bedroom on the fifth floor.

  Chen Chen had long been used to this kind of thing.

  Since his fortune began, many relatives had wanted to market various women to him every year. The first time, Chen Chen accepted those photos casually out of politeness, but later the other party had greedily wanted to set up a blind date, so Chen Chen started to ignore everything.

  His parents still clung to their familial link to those relatives, so every year they would invite many relatives to Namibia.

  To Chen Chen, the New Year's Day and New Year atmosphere from his childhood memory had long deteriorated. Among the many relatives, the only ones of whom he still had a good impression were Cousin Chen Zheng and Cousin Chen Shan.

  These affairs were like vignettes in life, which did not affect Chen Chen's mood at all. By now, he had persuaded his parents to move to the Eco Science City, and their second child was four years old.

  The second child of his parents was named Chen Zeyu, whose nickname was Little Yu.

  However, for some reason, the little boy would cry every time he saw Chen Chen and this had not changed since Chen Zeyu was born.