Bixi's enormous body crawled out of the Pyramid and stood like a mountain on the reddish-brown desert. His fearsome dragon head surveyed the desolation and silence all around before he raised it and let out an earth-shaking "Wooo!"
Mars was not without an atmosphere. Its atmospheric composition differed greatly from Earth's, consisting primarily of carbon dioxide, followed by nitrogen, argon, and small amounts of oxygen and water vapor.
According to the scenes from the distant past Chen Jue had previously seen in the Civilization Stele, Mars had originally been called the Earthly Realm. It had been covered in water and green vegetation, making it even more suitable than Earth for species to live and reproduce.
It had ended up in its current wretched state because the great god Gonggong had drained the entire planet's water and used it as a weapon to attack his enemies.
The Bixi Clan had been native to Mars. Having escaped from countless years of slumber, Bixi naturally had much to lament upon seeing Mars's present desolation, and could not help raising his head to howl.
Yet the moment he appeared, every planetarium on Earth observing Mars, along with space bases such as NASA, was thrown into an uproar.
"OMG!"
"What is that thing?"
"A living giant turtle creature?"
"How could such a terrifying creature exist on Mars?"
Because this had happened so suddenly, unlike those elusive UFOs, footage captured by various space probes and radio telescopes began leaking out of planetariums and NASA. It spread like wildfire through astronomy circles and was even posted online.
UC-style clickbait headlines such as "Shocking! Unidentified creature discovered on Mars!", "Suspected giant turtle creature appears on the surface of Mars," and "Aliens discovered on Mars" began spreading virally across the internet.
Fortunately, the cameras aimed at Mars did not