In the Dome lab at the South Pole Observatory, holograms magnifies CT scans of Mars rover debris by 3,000 times. The quantum computer suddenly buzzes as Wang's fingers hover over the wedge-shaped symbols engraved on the titanium casing - symbols that are 137 quantum levels isomorphic to the "stargate opening spell" recorded on Mesopotamian clay tablets.

  "They're not decorations." The bar code on the back of her neck suddenly glinted with light, and the cuneiform text in the projection automatically reorganized into a constellation: "A distress signal, pointing to a site beneath the ice cap of Mars's North Pole."

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  As the 3D model of the probe's remains rotates to 197 degrees, everyone gasps. Crouched inside the wreckage was a half-human skeleton in a silver protective suit, a liquid metal heart beating inside its chest cavity. Lin Wanqiu shuddered to call out the gene comparison results: "The mitochondrial DNA strand of this corpse... Contains all the variants of modern humans."

  Paul's robotic arm suddenly penetrates the bulletproof glass, gripping the holographic screen with six fingers: "The lab accident your father was involved in was no accident at all." Blue electric arcs erupt from the joints of his prosthetic limbs, and an encrypted video unfolds in the air - showing researchers in protective suits attaching biochips to the Mars rover.