Reborn in 2014: A One-Man Tycoon

"Yes, Zhan Yi will fight to the death to complete the mission."

Zhan Yi immediately pledged his loyalty.

After being sternly reminded by Prince Fu, Zhan Yi no longer dared to object to Meng Chuan's orders.

Because he also realized that he had indeed been somewhat "outrageous" towards Meng Chuan recently.

Of course, most importantly, facts have once again proven that Meng Chuan's decision was correct.

The observers clearly trusted them more.

The next step is to wait for the right opportunity.

The observer's mothership remained outside Mars' orbit.

Even if there were a massive explosion on Mars, it would be difficult to damage their mothership.

Moreover, Meng Chuan had witnessed firsthand how fast their mothership was.

Meng Chuan's Stardust is the lowest-level starship, with a speed of only 0.1C of light.

Their motherships travel at least 0.5C, or even faster than the speed of light.

At such a distance, even with a huge explosion, they would have enough time to escape.

Meng Chuan could only hope that their engineering vessel would be damaged and that the mothership would come down to rescue them.

Only in this way can we possibly decide the fate of the world in one battle.

However, the observer's engineering vessel remained outside the atmosphere.

Outside the atmosphere, Meng Chuan had no way of assessing whether the massive explosion on Mars could damage their engineering vessel.

They have to wait until their engineering ship enters the atmosphere.

This is because a large amount of methane gas has already accumulated in the atmosphere.

Only if the engineering vessel explodes inside the atmosphere could it possibly cause damage to their engineering vessel.

However, before the opportune moment arrived, the observers took the initiative to contact them again.

"The atmospheric transformation is progressing faster than expected because of the large amount of methane gas being replenished. It will be officially activated and started in about ten days."

The observer said to Meng Chuan.

"activation?"

Meng Chuan was somewhat puzzled.

Does the atmosphere need to be activated again?

Meng Chuan didn't know much about the principles behind the artificial atmosphere.

"We have now added a large amount of nitrogen (N) to the atmosphere, which is a gas with low escape rate. It also prevents the oxygen concentration from becoming too high and prevents flammable materials from spontaneously combusting."

The observer explained:

"Next, we just need to replenish hydrogen (H) and deploy a large magnetic confinement device, that is, an artificial magnetic field, to reduce the rate at which atmospheric molecules are stripped away and drive atmospheric circulation, and we can complete the initial activation of the atmosphere."

Meng Chuan listened with a mixture of understanding and confusion.

However, Meng Chuan was not completely illiterate.

Having earned a doctorate, Meng Chuan certainly possesses basic common sense.

Hydrogen is not the target gas of the atmosphere.

In other words, the atmosphere does not need hydrogen.

Hydrogen in the atmosphere is merely a "byproduct" produced during the electrolysis of water.

Moreover, hydrogen is harmful to the human body.

Although it is colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

However, if the concentration of hydrogen is too high in a confined environment, the human body will experience symptoms of hypoxia.

The presence of large amounts of hydrogen in the atmosphere is not even conducive to the survival and evolution of life.

"Why use hydrogen instead..."

Meng Chuan frowned and raised his doubts.

"I know what you're trying to say, but hydrogen can be obtained through electrolysis, which is inexpensive and efficient. Furthermore, hydrogen has a lower mass, which is beneficial for artificial magnetic fields to influence atmospheric circulation."

The observer said:

"Once atmospheric circulation forms, the hydrogen will be gradually consumed, and it will not have a significant impact on life on Earth."

"You just need to be prepared, our mothership will land in the Martian atmosphere the day after tomorrow. And the artificial magnetic field must not be interfered with by any electronic equipment."

"Therefore, starting the day after tomorrow, all your starships and spaceships are prohibited from taking off. Otherwise, we will shoot you down."

With that, the observer hung up the communication.

His contact with Meng Chuan today was merely to issue an ultimatum to Meng Chuan.

Instead of coming to discuss it with Meng Chuan.

Only artificial magnetic fields can hold the atmosphere in place and prevent it from being dispersed by the solar wind.

Before the artificial magnetic field stabilizes, the passage of starships or spaceships will disrupt it.

"Bullshit! They say it has no impact? This is clearly a blatant disregard for life on Earth. They're cutting corners in their atmospheric modifications..."

The call had barely ended when Zhan Yi became furious.

He's been on Mars for quite some time now, after all.

Our understanding of the atmosphere has also become more profound.

Hydrogen is present in very low concentrations in Earth's atmosphere, almost negligible.

Because this is a highly flammable gas, it is better to use less rather than more.

As long as there is a large amount of hydrogen in the atmosphere, even a lit match can produce a flame as large as a torch.

There is even a risk of suffocation.

"No, they may have had ill intentions, but it was a lucky accident for us."

However, before Zhan Yi could finish speaking, Meng Chuan excitedly interrupted him.

Meng Chuan had just gleaned two pieces of information from the observer's words.

For convenience, they used large amounts of hydrogen as a filler gas for the atmosphere.

This will give Meng Chuan's "explosion plan" a significant boost.

Meng Chuan was initially worried that the methane explosion wouldn't pose a threat to them!

They added hydrogen to the atmosphere, and the explosion on the ground would ignite the hydrogen in the atmosphere.

The explosion will be at least three times more powerful than Meng Chuan predicted, or even more.

The second is that their mothership will descend into the atmosphere the day after tomorrow and install some kind of artificial magnetic field to drive atmospheric circulation.

"It seems that God is on our side after all."

Prince Fu also became somewhat agitated:

"Their use of hydrogen is clearly not to make Mars suitable for long-term life on Earth. In fact, they don't want us to be able to survive on Mars for long at all."

"However, as long as there is a large amount of hydrogen in the atmosphere, the explosion will definitely be more powerful."

A single word awakened him from his dream, and Zhan Yi's eyes lit up instantly.

"That's not all, they brought this on themselves. Their mothership actually attempted to descend into the atmosphere; they were practically sticking their heads out for us to chop off."

Yingdie was also getting ready to fight.

The opportunity that has been troubling them for so long seems to have finally arrived.

"Zhan Yi, get ready. Wait for my orders the day after tomorrow. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of us."

Meng Chuan excitedly addressed Zhan Yi.

"We will certainly live up to the leader's expectations in this battle."

Zhan clasped his hands together, looking as if he were ready to die.

But the next moment, Zhan Yi seemed to have made some kind of decision.

He knelt down in front of Meng Chuan with a thud:

"Master, none of us can predict the power of the explosion the day after tomorrow. Zhan Yi will fight to the death. But Master, your precious life is not worth risking on Mars. We urge you to act immediately..."

"Get out of my way! You're a human being, but I'm not? You can take risks, but I can't?"

However, before Zhan Yi could finish speaking, Meng Chuan kicked him away.

"Master, Zhan Yi is right. This old servant will also stay to oversee things. I urge Master and Ying Die..."

Prince Fu also stepped forward, bowed, and clasped his hands in greeting.

But each time, he would help Prince Fu up:

"Uncle Fu, Zhan Yi is still young, it's understandable that he doesn't think things through, why are you joining in the fun?"

Meng Chuan said to Prince Fu with a wry smile:

"At this critical juncture, concerning the life and death of all mankind, can I back down?"

"The emperor guards the nation's gates, and the monarch is the foundation of the state. If I don't even have this much courage, what right do I have to be the leader of the Green Gang?"

Prince Fu wanted to say something more.

But Meng Chuan interrupted:

"Besides, if I desert at this moment, what do you think the observers will think? If I alert them, how long do you think I can survive even if I return to Earth?"

Prince Fu remained silent for a long time.

Zhan Yi got up from the ground.

She looked at Meng Chuan with a wry smile.

He really wanted to say: I'm already over forty, what does it mean to be "still young"?

However, Meng Chuan was the troupe leader, so he could only swallow all his grievances...