Peerless Immortal Emperor in City

Chapter 833 833: Witnessing the Destruction of Mars

Earth.

Purple Gold Mountain Observatory, China.

Qi Jia swiped her access card, opened the office building's access door, walked through a series of security doors, and arrived at her team's laboratory, ready to observe the condition of Mars.

She is twenty-three this year, yet she has already graduated with a PhD in astrophysics from Beijing University for two years, serving as an assistant in the Solar System Life Research Project at Purple Gold Mountain Observatory.

She can truly be called a genius.

Perhaps due to her age, Qi Jia doesn't have the seriousness of other PhDs; both her personality and demeanor are very lively.

Today, as usual, she wore the standard lab coat of a researcher, but underneath was her self-designed black shirt, with a line of white text across her chest, "Life must exist in the starry sky."

"Good morning, Dr. Qi."

"The telescope is already activated, Dr. Qi, you can start your observation right away."

"Dr. Qi is looking beautiful today as well."

Many researchers in the laboratory greeted Qi Jia as she arrived, not just because she is a genius in astronomy and assistant in charge of the lab's project, but also because she is very beautiful.

Standing at 1.69 meters tall, with a perfect curvature that is nearly flawless, despite her short hair, it is simple yet clean-cut, complemented by exquisite features that resemble a masterpiece painting; she's definitely rated above an 8 on the beauty scale.

Crucially, this is her natural beauty!

Without makeup, she is already at such a level of beauty; not just in this small lab, but even looking at astronomy researchers worldwide, she is a rare gem.

However, Qi Jia does not have the arrogance of beautiful girls nor the pride of geniuses; she smiles gently at everyone, nods warmly, and arrives at her workstation, makes some data preparations, and then plans to observe Mars again.

Mars is one of the eight major planets in the Solar System, the fourth planet outward from the Sun, belonging to the terrestrial planet category, with a diameter about 53% of Earth's and a mass about 11% of Earth's.

In ancient Chinese texts, Mars is referred to as "the shimmering planet."

In the entire Solar System, Mars is the most similar planet to Earth; once a Mars meteorite fell to Earth, and people found fossil-like traces on it.

Now, liquid water lakes have even been discovered on Mars.

Many people believe that life could exist on Mars, and even if it doesn't now, surely it existed in the distant past; limited by the current level of technology, most research now can only be conducted through observation.

Qi Jia is one of the researchers firmly believing that life once existed on Mars.

After preparing the data, she began adjusting the telescope's angle to observe a crater on Mars. Previous data research indicated that there may be significant clues within this crater.

The astronomical telescope used isn't a conventional telescope; it's a high-tech device, and the images captured are directly displayed on the lab's large screen.

"Here... closer, a bit closer..." Qi Jia carefully adjusted the telescope's angle and distance, enlarging the image of the crater; the images on the lab's large screen gradually became clear.

"What!?!"

Qi Jia suddenly exclaimed, startling half of the people in the lab; she stared blankly at the image displayed on the screen, her entire being trembling with excitement, her voice trembling, "Architectural remnants, architectural remnants!!"

"Architectural remnants!? From Mars!?"

"How is it possible, architectural remnants discovered on Mars?"

"My god!!"

Everyone in the lab exclaimed, each gaze turned to the screen, seeing what was displayed—the center of the dark crater, surprisingly filled with a large group of architectural remnants!!

These were architectural remnants with a clearly ancient Chinese style, covering a large area—according to scale estimates, they occupy at least a hundred thousand square meters!!

A great discovery!

An explosive great discovery!!

If this observation result is further confirmed, it would definitely be a groundbreaking discovery!!

"Move closer, zoom in a bit more!!" Qi Jia's eyes were glued to the screen as her hand continued adjusting the telescope, locking in on a part of the architectural remnants, observing them!

Signboard!

There's actually a signboard!!

A signboard with a distinctly ancient Chinese architectural style emerged, visible to everyone; even the text on it could be seen clearly!

Judging by the style of the characters, it seems to resemble Oracle Bones script.

This is so mysterious!

"How is it possible, Earth's current technology can't achieve such clear observation!!"

"Dr. Qi, are you sure you're observing Mars? With our technology level at Purple Gold Mountain Observatory, such clarity isn't possible!!"

"Oracle Bones! What do these Oracle Bones characters mean!?!"

"Heavenly Bird of Mandate, descended to create Shang! This, this is the meaning of these Oracle Bones characters!!"

"What!?"

The lab was filled with chaotic chatter; everyone was excited beyond coherence, looking at the screen's displayed scene in utter shock, and Qi Jia also focused all her spirit on the screen, intending to document everything.

Document everything enough to shock the world!!

"Wait, the observational data isn't right; the spatial index seems to be distorted by something!??"

As Qi Jia recorded the data, her heart suddenly sank; this meant the spatial distance between Earth and Mars suddenly changed to some degree, enabling such clear observation with the telescope, yet this is nearly impossible!!

"Look quickly! What's that!?!"

"My heavens, what is this thing, it's even larger than Mars itself!!"

"It's colliding with Mars!!"

People in the lab exclaimed, pointing at the edge of one screen, displaying Mars's appearance in cosmic space, the originally red Mars suddenly cloaked with a layer of dark shadow.

This is an enormous object eighty times the diameter of Mars and twenty times its height; in a different comparison, this object has a length forty times Earth's diameter and more than ten times its height!!

Terror!

Truly terrifying!!

Such an enormous object suddenly entered the Solar System, appeared beside Mars, and collided with it directly, in front of everyone's astonished gaze in the Purple Gold Mountain Observatory lab!!

It struck Mars!!

Accompanied by a silently magnificent burst of light, Mars from ancient Chinese texts, the fourth major planet closest to Earth in the modern astronomy field, vanished in dust!!

"My god, what, what did we see?!!" Qi Jia collapsed onto the ground with a thud, her face pale, murmuring: "What was that?"