I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Year 88 of the New Era.

"Blue Planet, Blue Planet, this is Zhurong 101, we have successfully arrived at the South Pole of Mars."

"Blue Star received. Please check the equipment and carry out the inspection mission as planned."

"understand!"

Ten years after establishing the Mars outpost, humans have finally set foot on the entire planet and conducted an on-site survey of the entire Martian situation.

Just as humans were preparing to build the first Martian city on Mars and begin a vigorous Martian immigration operation, scientists unexpectedly discovered some traces of unusual creations at the South Pole of Mars.

After thoroughly studying the samples brought back, scientists came to an astonishing conclusion - these are the remains left by an alien civilization!

Once the news of this discovery came out, it immediately caused a sensation, and the plan of building a city on Mars had to be temporarily shelved.

A super scientific expedition team carrying militarized weapons was sent to Mars to excavate alien ruins.

The scientific expedition team even carried nuclear weapons and was prepared to die together with any possible danger.

The ruins are located on a granite mountain. The traces of weathering indicate that the ruins are at least a million years old. There are still some alien characters with unknown meaning left on them.

The entire ruins have been severely weathered, with only some broken walls remaining. However, in the core area, a well-preserved giant stone gate blocked the expedition team's way.

This is a magnificent circular stone gate that is forty meters high, as shocking as the entrance to the kingdom of giants.

After the exploration, the scientific expedition team made a shocking discovery.

The surface of this stone gate is made of granite, but the interior is made of a super alloy that is far stronger than any material on Earth.

The thickness is over ten meters, the total mass is estimated to be over one million tons, and there are no electronic mechanical devices on the door. It can be said to be a huge iron wall.

I really don't know why aliens built such a strange door.

How do they open the door?

Because the door was too strong, scientists had to adopt a roundabout strategy and break through the mountain next to the door in an attempt to bypass it.

The result was unexpected. There were no defenses on both sides of the gate. After digging through more than 100 meters of the mountain, they actually bypassed the gate.

Scientists are even more puzzled. They don't understand why aliens would build such a strong door, just to protect themselves from loneliness?

"Zhu Rong, I am the probe. I have entered the gate and found nothing abnormal. The situation is safe."

"Got it. Please explore carefully and report any situation at any time."

In the spacious hall, the vanguard of the expedition team, consisting of about thirty people, were checking the surrounding situation with nervous excitement and trepidation.

Surrounding them were a group of soldiers wearing space-powered armor, armed with electromagnetic rifles and laser cannons, and in the center was a scientist.

The team leader is a leading figure in the field of archaeology.

"Professor Chen, why does it feel like the style here is a bit like prehistoric civilization?" a researcher couldn't help but ask.

Professor Gu nodded and looked carefully at the rough stone pillars and stone carvings around the hall that looked like they were hand-carved.

"Well, it does look like the style of the early ancient civilization. But you must not be careless, maybe this is the unique aesthetic of aliens, and it may contain high-tech that we can't imagine!"

"Yes, Professor. I'll be careful."

Everyone checked again and again, but found no danger.

Only a few huge metal objects were found in the corners of the hall, which looked like cold weapons, but they were extremely large, several meters or even dozens of meters long, and weighed hundreds or even thousands of tons.

Everyone was surprised and shocked, and couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the aliens who lived here before were all huge in size?

The scientific expedition team members' doubts could not be answered because, apart from some artifacts, no alien relics such as remains were found here.

There are no murals or anything like that to give us a glimpse of the appearance and civilization of aliens.

Finally, everyone had to turn their eyes to the round hole in the center of the hall.

In the center of the innermost wall of the hall, there is a very regular circular hole that looks like it was dug by a tunnel boring machine, with a diameter of ten meters.

The walls of the cave are smooth and flat, with a glass texture, as if they were melted by some high-energy weapon.

This made the scientists present secretly shocked.

What kind of weapons or technology could melt such a neat channel out of a hard granite mountain?

After entering the passage, the scientists were even more shocked.

Because they found that this passage went straight underground at a precise 45 degrees, without any bends or changes, and was as uniform as the water pipes produced in a factory.

The expedition team carefully went deeper into the passage. They found no danger or alien remains in the passage, and it seemed that it was just a simple passage.

[Is there something wrong with the aliens' brain circuits? Why did they go to so much trouble to build such a passage? The same thing happened with the previous gate. ]

Aliens give people a sense of separation, being both primitive and advanced, which makes the people on Earth feel conflicted and confused.

After going nearly ten kilometers underground, everyone became numb.

The depth here has exceeded the world record for human exploration on Earth.

Just when everyone was wondering whether this straight channel would penetrate the Martian crust and even go straight to the Martian core, the scene suddenly became clear.

A huge dark red space appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone instantly thought of a world-famous science fiction novel - "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

In front of me was an underground space that was larger than I could imagine. It was estimated to be more than 100 kilometers long and wide. In this underground space of more than 100 kilometers, there were more than a dozen rivers of lava flowing, and even several lava lakes. The red light illuminated the entire underground space.

On the ground outside the lava river, everyone actually saw large tracts of forests and vegetation! There were even some strange animals moving around in them.

"Oh my God! This is unbelievable! It turns out there are really living things on Mars!"

The researchers screamed in surprise, unable to contain themselves.

Scientists have long speculated that life may have once existed on Mars. The vibrant underground world before our eyes has definitely confirmed this speculation.

In the team, an expert in the field of biology frowned and reminded: "Everyone, be careful, these alien creatures may be aggressive or even contain deadly pathogens. Don't get close to or touch them at will!"

Everyone's expression was startled, and they quickly calmed down and responded in a yes manner.

When the news reached Earth, the planet was also shocked that year, and it almost became a global sensation.

Soon, the order came back. The expedition team decided to use drones and robots to explore the underground world, and broadcast the exploration process live to the Earth for everyone to watch.

According to scientists' evaluation, the aliens who left behind the relics had already left Mars, and there were no alien relics in the underground space.

Scientists believe that this is a "zoo" or "biological reserve" left by aliens to preserve Martian creatures. But for some reason, the aliens never returned after leaving.

After testing, it was found that this strange underground space actually contains enough oxygen to support normal human breathing. If it can be developed, it may be possible to directly transform it into a livable underground city.

With nearly 5 million people watching, drones and robots equipped with multiple optical response lenses entered the forest in the underground space from both the sky and the ground.

As the camera zooms in, the audience immediately feels a sense of physical discomfort and worry.

What looked like forest plants from a distance were actually some slimy tissue structures that looked like exposed flesh and blood, like lichens and anemones, or like the uneven inner walls of some giant creature's internal organs, which made people lose their sanity.

"Something's not right. Immediately ask Blue Star whether to cut off the live broadcast." Seeing this, the expedition team's commander-in-chief frowned and ordered the liaison officer.

Before the communication could be transmitted, the situation in the live broadcast screen suddenly changed.

Suddenly, several strange and ferocious giant insects rushed out from the forest of flesh and tentacles, and rushed towards the camera with terrifying roars.

From the perspective of bystanders captured by other cameras, the ferocious monster insects rushing out of the forest used their hideous mouthparts and sharp claws covered with spikes to tear apart the steel robot as easily as tearing up newspapers.

A group of flying insects that looked like a combination of a dragonfly and a mantis even discovered the scientific expedition team members at the entrance of the cave and swarmed towards them like a swarm of bees.

"Open fire! Protect the scientists!"

The commander immediately gave the order to attack.

The soldiers pulled the triggers, and the combat drones took off and opened fire. The powerful firepower shot the flying insects that attacked from the air into pieces.

"Retreat! Get out of here immediately and block the passage!"

The scientific expedition team retreated in time to avoid casualties, and then temporarily blocked the entrance to the underground space with construction materials and arranged soldiers to guard it 24 hours a day.

At the same time, the order from Blue Star also arrived, asking the scientific expedition team to temporarily seal off the alien ruins and wait for further processing.

Soon after, all the headlines of major media on Earth were filled with news about the discovery of alien relics and alien life on Mars.

It caused an uproar in global public opinion and a heated discussion among the whole nation.

A few days later, the current leader of the country delivered a televised speech.

[Fellow citizens of the Republic, our scientists have discovered the remains of alien civilizations and surviving Martian creatures on Mars, which reminds us that humans are not alone in the universe.]

[We cannot be sure what attitude alien civilizations will have towards human civilization, nor can we know whether the universe follows the law of the dark forest. But what is certain is that the law of the jungle is the unchanging truth of nature, and humans can only control their own destiny if they are strong enough.]

[In order to cope with the possible alien war crisis in the future, I announce the establishment of a planetary defense army. In the next fifty years, all human resources will be prioritized to improve the Earth's space military operations and defense capabilities! ]

【Only by being prepared for danger in times of peace can we achieve long-term peace and stability. Fellow human beings, let us work together for the survival of human civilization! 】

【Everything for human civilization! 】

From the day after the speech, the human beings on Earth launched a craze for large-scale scientific research and production, and countless people enthusiastically devoted themselves to the cause of space development.

Almost all the people on earth are united as one. When all individuals in human civilization unite as one, the energy that can be unleashed is beyond imagination.

Five months later, scientists officially completed the exploration of the underground space of Mars and discovered that it was a site excavated by an alien civilization to preserve prehistoric creatures on Mars.

What surprised earth scientists was that they found a double-helix genetic structure in these prehistoric alien creatures that was similar to that of Earth creatures, and even 80% of their genes were the same as those of Earth creatures.

They also discovered many types of archaea that also exist on Earth, including the T virus, on Martian organisms.

The conjecture that life on Earth originated from outer space seems to have received strong support at this moment.

But scientists dare not draw conclusions.

What if the life on Mars migrated from Earth? Who can say for sure?

After all, the Earth has a history of billions of years, so it is not surprising that there has been a civilization like humans that can go out into space. Humans have only existed for a few million years, so can't they also go out of the Earth?

In the 89th year of the new era, mankind has made a series of major breakthroughs in materials science and physics, and the construction of a space elevator has been included in the national plan.

In 92nd year of the New Era, nuclear fusion engines made a breakthrough, and mankind officially bid farewell to chemical fuel rockets and entered a new era of high-speed space travel. Driven by powerful nuclear fusion engines, a spacecraft only needs 30 days to travel from Earth to Mars.

In the 95th year of the New Era, the first real space battleship of mankind, the Vanguard-class multi-purpose frigate, was finalized and assembled. It is 600 meters long and has a total mass of 20 tons. It can perform multiple combat functions such as space combat, orbital bombing, and near-ground delivery.

……

In the 99th year of the New Era, human scientists have developed a biochemical transformation technology called [Space Warrior] that can significantly enhance the human body's adaptability to space combat.

Professor Zhang Hongxing, who led the research and development of this technology, was awarded the Medal of Humanity's Special Hero.

"Professor Zhang, thank you for your outstanding contribution to human civilization!"

"This is what I should do."

After the grand award ceremony, Professor Zhang Hongxing returned home with a calm face, as if suddenly receiving such a huge honor was not a big deal for him.

As soon as he closed the door to the living room, a sweet voice sounded behind him: "Mr. Commander, welcome home."

A beautiful girl dressed like a gentle wife walked out of the kitchen, stood obediently, and looked at the man who returned home with eyes as clear as water.

Professor Zhang Hongxing's face flickered and turned into another appearance, a young and handsome man.

The man nodded and said "thank you for your hard work", washed his hands and sat down at the dining table. The girl sat opposite him in an apron, and the two of them ate dinner slowly.

"Master Commander, why do you go to so much trouble to do those things on Mars?" After eating in silence for a while, the girl couldn't help but ask, her eyes inquiring.

The man using the alias Zhang Hongxing is none other than Zhang Hong.

The girl opposite him was, of course, the Red Queen.

After Alicia died, Zhang Hong also faked his own death and escaped, changing his appearance and using the pseudonym Zhang Hongxing to live in another city. He still worked as a professor at the Academy of Sciences.

Red Queen disguised herself as his girlfriend, but was actually a maid and housekeeper who took care of his daily life and assisted him in scientific research.

He could still stay in this world for a few more years, and didn't want to waste time, so he might as well do some more research to add some foundation to himself and the humans in this world.

The alien civilization relics and alien life forms discovered by humans on Mars were actually all created by him.

Facing Hong Hou's confusion, Zhang Hong just laughed, with a gleam in his eyes that seemed to see through everything.

"Because humans have a certain bad nature, if there is no external threat, they will easily fall into internal friction."

"Humans are prone to arrogance and complacency. If I don't give them a little sense of crisis, I doubt that human civilization will be divided again in a few years, and a five-village fight will take place in the Milky Way."

“Pressure brings motivation. If you don’t move forward, you will move backward. This is true for humans and for human civilization as a whole.”

Red Queen looked at Zhang Hong with admiration.

"Master Commander, you are truly great. You have devoted all your energy to humanity."

"Haha, of course. This is 'my Earth', so of course I have to protect it well."

Zhang Hong said something that Red Queen couldn't understand.

The look of admiration on Red Queen's face became even more intense.

"In this case, I will also share the pressure with you, sir."

"Hey, hey, hey, we're just chatting, why are you taking off your clothes?"