Chapter 241 Mars?

This is a dark and empty space, and the nearest star here is about a light-year away. Wei Feng has been sailing alone in this vast universe for more than three hundred years. Under such circumstances, Wei Feng opened a device taken from space in the Xinghai spacecraft, and then saw a... creature that definitely did not belong to any known category of human civilization.

It undoubtedly belongs to the biological category. Wei Feng could even distinguish its thinking organ and torso from its appearance. It was frozen motionless in a light blue transparent solid, just like amber. It had a large head, a thin torso, and skin covered in what appeared to be scales. It looks like a freak.

The most frightening thing is that on its head, two places that seem to be light receptors are wide open, and two black eyeball-like things are staring quietly above. Just now when Wei Feng came over to check the internal situation, Wei Feng's eyes happened to meet these eyes.

It is conceivable what a huge impact this will have on Wei Feng. The impact is so great that even Wei Feng, who has undergone more than 20 years of professional training and hundreds of years of voyage training, is temporarily a little confused. Can not bear. It took Wei Feng a few minutes to regain his composure, then stood up again, walked to the hibernation cabin equipment again, and carefully looked at everything inside.

Ye Luo's voice rang out at this time: "Captain, whether this alien died because we cut off the energy supply, this matter requires further analysis to draw a conclusion. The existence of this device After all, it has been too long, and it is very likely that it died before we found it."

Wei Feng did not respond to this sentence, but remained a careful observer and said slowly: "Look, this should be its light receptor. Since it can evolve eyes, it shows that the race that gave birth to it has There must be plenty of light on that planet, which means that the planet must be near a star. Hmm. No, its visual receptors are larger than those of us humans. This shows that the planet it lives in Although there is light on that planet, the intensity of the light there must be weaker than that of the Earth.”

"Like us humans, their visual receptors also grow on the front of their heads, which means that on their planet, they are also at the top of the food chain and are also predators. Because only predators will evolve to grow long Frontal light receptors. Prey animals evolve light receptors to the sides of their heads out of the need to avoid predators.”

"Its eyes are always open... Well, I found that they seem to have no eyelid structure, which means that their eyes cannot be closed. From this, it can be inferred that in the early stages of their evolution, they had a certain ability to perceive light. It is very important. The need for survival requires them to maintain the ability to sense light at all times, even when resting. This means that in the early stages of the evolution of this race, their living environment must be very harsh, and they must face In response to many crises, organs have evolved that can sense changes in light even when resting."

"Ye Luo. You see, they also have organs similar to human ears on both sides of their heads. I think these should be their sound receptors. Sound depends on air transmission, which means they also live in a planet with an atmosphere. On the planet. Well, this suspected respiratory organ also proves this, which means that their survival also needs to rely on gas exchange with the planet’s atmosphere. As for the composition of the atmosphere of the planet they live on, they Exactly what kind of gas is needed for survival is unknown and will require further anatomical analysis."

"Is this opening on the lower side of the head a mouth? Since they have sound receptors, we can speculate that in daily life they most likely rely on sound vibrations to transmit communication information, so we can further speculate. This kind of There is a high probability that life makes sounds through this opening."

"There are what appear to be scales on its body, which I think may have evolved for thermal insulation. Through the analysis of their eyes, we concluded that the light in their living environment is weaker than that of the earth. And the light intensity Weakness usually means less heat and lower temperature, so the evolution of scales can be explained. Life on earth will evolve hair in order to keep warm, and this kind of life will evolve scales. As for why this difference occurs, this It may be due to the difference between their living environment and the earth. It is very likely that on their planet, scales are a more suitable way to survive than hair. As for what this difference is, it is impossible to speculate."

"You see, this kind of life form has a big head, but its trunk is relatively weak, which means that the gravity of their planet is much smaller than that of the earth. The following data allows us to estimate that the ratio of our human trunk to head is approximately Nine to one, and this kind of life form..." Wei Feng glanced up and down at the alien's body in the hibernation cabin, and then said: "The ratio of their torso to head is about 3.5 to 4 points. Five to one, which means...the gravity of the planet they live on is about 35% to 50% of the Earth's gravity. Although the volume and mass of their planet cannot be determined, it can be determined , both of which must be smaller than Earth.”

The appearance of life forms that evolve in the universe, especially intelligent life forms, must follow certain rules. For example, life forms that evolve on planets close to stars must evolve light receptors. Because when there is enough light, being able to feel the light is a great advantage. Since those who can feel the light will have an advantage, and those who cannot feel the light will have a disadvantage, according to the theory of evolution, advanced life forms will inevitably evolve towards the path of being able to feel the light.

The same goes for the proportions of the torso and head. Intelligent life is good at wisdom, not physical strength, so in a low-gravity environment, it would be a waste to evolve an overly powerful torso. Compared with a powerful torso, in that environment, it would be a waste. The weak will have an advantage. So this advantage will also be preserved.

Similarly, if there is an atmosphere, then advanced life will almost certainly evolve hearing and vocal organs. Because under the atmospheric environment, hearing and vocal organs have great convenience. On the contrary, if a life form is born in a vacuum environment in space, or on a planet without an atmosphere, then they will definitely not evolve hearing and vocal organs. If a kind of intelligent life were born underground or far away from the stars, then they would definitely not evolve light-receiving organs such as eyes.

It can be seen that if there is another planet in the universe with an environment very similar to the earth, then the intelligent life evolved on that planet must not be much different from humans. Because this is a process of natural selection, the fact that humans can survive and reproduce to this day has proven that human beings' current body structure is the optimal solution and the most suitable for today's environment. Since this is the optimal solution, then on another earth, life forms that deviate too much from the optimal solution and have wisdom-led development direction will be eliminated by the natural environment in the early stages of evolution. It is impossible for them to develop to have advanced Technology opportunities.

It is precisely because of the existence of these premises that Wei Feng can infer so many things through the appearance of this alien.

But... even after inferring so many things, Wei Feng still had no idea about the origins of this alien. The universe is too big, there are too many stars, and there are too many planets that may meet the above planetary indicators. Weifeng simply cannot determine which galaxy they come from.

"Captain..." Ye Luo said faintly at this time, "It is indeed as you said. Without additional sources of intelligence, we can only speculate on the approximate living environment of this kind of alien intelligent life, but cannot determine where they come from. As for that planet, which star system it comes from. But... I wonder if you have noticed that among the planets we have observed, there is one planet that completely meets the indicators you speculated above? "

"Oh?" After hearing Ye Luo's words, Wei Feng immediately became interested and asked: "Has it been observed by us? Which star system is the planet? How far away is it from us? We have already speculated through material science. The technological level of this alien civilization is not too high. If the planet you are talking about is not too far away from us, then that planet is likely to be their birthplace."

"This planet is very close to us." Ye Luo continued to speak in an incomprehensible tone. "It is one of the earliest planets we have ever detected. It is even in our solar system, next to our earth. .”

Wei Feng was startled, and then he realized what was happening. He felt extremely shocked and ridiculous: "You mean... Mars?! How could it be Mars? How could it be possible?"

"Is there anything wrong?" Ye Luo said, "Look...it has plenty of light, but the light is weaker than the earth. It has an atmosphere, a lower temperature than the earth, and the gravity is only 35% to 50% of the earth. …Which of the four indicators you proposed does not meet Mars?”

Wei Feng squatted on the ground again, feeling bitter in his mouth and unable to speak a word. (To be continued ~^~)