doomsday exile

Earth calendar, April 4th.

The radar detected the birth of a strong storm and pushed it in this direction, so the work was suspended.

At this time, the atmosphere at the scientific research station is very gloomy, because it is difficult for colleagues working outdoors to get back in time, so they can only find a huge rock nearby as a temporary shelter to prevent the Mars rover from being completely buried by the sandstorm.

Storms on Mars can even change the terrain and damage electronic instruments.

Under the action of strong winds, sand and gravel are more deadly than bullets, and will make the Mars rover pitted.

Cao Yan used the fastest speed to cover the car with a layer of silver synovial film, and then parked the car in a safe enough position through calculation.

One second before the communication was interrupted, Cao Yanbi's "OK" gesture could still be seen at the Tiandu scientific research station.

Professor He Fengping had been busy contacting the Earth before, but now looking at the blurred screen, he turned to ask the remaining staff in the scientific research station: "What is the progress of Cao Yan's construction of the new Mars base? "

"It has been excavated seven meters down, and the speed is very fast. Since the initial construction of the quantum transmission network on the 22nd, they don't have to spend ten hours on the road. The progress is comparable to the speed of our scientific research station in half a month."

The speaker was tall and thin, wearing a pair of glasses, his face was pale, and his forehead was sweating.

This is Liao Chen, an engineer and intelligent programmer of Huaxia Mars Research Station.

"I was supposed to help." Liao Chen coughed twice, took out a medicine from his pocket and took it.

He Fengping was worried, and Liao Chen forced a smile: "I'm fine, it's not that serious."

"I looked at the diagnostic instrument, you have appendicitis, and painkillers won't help." Professor He said with a headache, "Surgery is necessary! I have already contacted the health doctor at the Isis station, and he promised that it will be within three days. Come to us."

"...as long as there is no storm." Liao Chen pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled wryly.

The Federation's Isis Station is not far away from them. With the assistance of professional medical equipment, it is not difficult for Dr. Kang to complete an appendix cutting operation independently. However, Liao Chen's illness is a bit urgent, and obviously he cannot delay it for too long.

"Go back and lie down first."

"The storm will cause some damage to the external facilities of the scientific research station..."

"I also have an engineer certificate, I can repair it, you go to rest." Professor He raised his voice.

Liao Chen moved his lips, lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry."

At the time when manpower was the most scarce, when the continuation of human civilization was the most critical time, he lost the chain.

Professor He walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "It's not your fault, why do you apologize? If you encounter difficulties and don't solve the problem, you will blame others and shift the responsibility to your companions. Our civilization is still alive." Can it develop?"

Humans may have been extinct long ago, or they could only climb trees and call like monkeys.

Professor He knows that Liao Chen is able to stand here because of his excellent psychological quality. However, the current pressure is unimaginable-the earth is in a sudden emergency, and the spaceships of various countries set sail half a year or even a year earlier. It deteriorated rapidly. In just one month, more than [-] strong earthquakes of magnitude [-] or above occurred. Although more than half of them occurred in the ocean, the earthquake and the secondary disasters caused by the earthquake have killed tens of millions of people.

South America and Africa have opened a gap hundreds of kilometers long, the crustal activity is still intensifying, and the energy value is increasing.

According to the latest news obtained yesterday, the super volcano in Yellowstone Park in the Americas also showed signs of eruption, which is a bomb enough to destroy the earth's ecology.

On the other hand, Cao Yan's progress is gratifying. From detection to construction, it seems to have taken a triple jump. The construction of the base started in just ten days. Liao Chen, who is sick, can only do some liaison work and help them modify it. Design drawings.

This strong gap, coupled with the torment of illness, is like a clock hanging above Liao Chen's head, reminding him that every minute and every second is wasting his own, wasting everyone's, and even wasting the lives of countless people.

Breathless stress.

"I will tell Cao Yan and Yan Long about this after the communication is restored. Yan Long has learned first aid on the battlefield, and Cao Yan has a nursing certificate. He was originally half of the medical staff in our scientific research station. If it doesn't work, let Yan Long do it for him." You do surgery."

"No, it will take ten hours for them to come back once. These hours..."

There was more sweat on Liao Chen's forehead.

If he was the leader of the scientific research station, he would definitely hide his illness and wait for the medical doctor to arrive.

"Liao Chen, we don't just have to spend four years here, don't give up your health easily... We haven't talked about this topic in detail, but everyone knows about it." Professor He looked deeply at Liao Chen, and then The reporter showed a smile that was uglier than crying.

When they were on a mission to Mars, they were told about the meteorite crisis, but at that time, most scientists were optimistic.

It can be said that although they have made preparations and thought about what to do when things get to the worst, they still cannot accept such a cruel fact emotionally.

Even the optimist Cao Yan is subconsciously avoiding this topic.

Just in time for the quantum transmission experiment and the construction of the new base, Huaxia Station has less contact with other scientific research stations, and uses busyness to hide inner anxiety, so that it has not really sat down to talk about the "future".

The people staying at the Mars scientific research station this time have no children, and they are all single.

Professor He's parents have both passed away, but Cao Yan and Liao Chen's parents are still there, and they still have relatives and friends - staying in an underground refuge on the earth, it is impossible to say that they are not worried.

In the face of the catastrophe of human destiny, many things become insignificant and can only fall heavily in the heart.

Liao Chen tried his best to ignore the pain in his body, but the pain would not be diverted by his willpower.

The same goes for tears.

Liao Chen covered his face, and when he looked up again, his eyes were red.

"I will rest in the room and change the engineering design drawings of the new base. Professor, you know that I feel flustered when I have nothing to do."

"Don't be discouraged, all problems will be solved."

Professor He opened his arms and hugged his subordinates and colleagues vaguely.

This is a habit that Chinese people who have stayed on Mars for a long time learned from the staff of other scientific research stations. When they are on a barren and lonely planet, and their hometown is on another planet tens of millions of kilometers away, people There will always be an urgent desire to communicate and seek trust.

At this time, people will forget their nationality and race, abandon their contradictions and prejudices, because they miss the same planet.

Thousands of kilometers away from the Huaxia Scientific Research Station to the east, a Mars rover galloped crazily to the outskirts of the canyon, brushing against the largest sandstorm.

"Kang Ke calls the ISIS station!"

"Kang Ke called Tian Dui Zhan!"

There is only a buzzing sound in the communicator, and the purple warning of the radar is still flashing, but the harsh notification tone has been turned off.

"God has given me a new test."

A man with brown curly hair slumped on the seat, then tapped the button of the automatic mechanical arm, and quickly put on the spacesuit.

Putting on the bulky suit in five minutes would have been impossible without the help of a robotic arm.

The specific operation may be similar to that in a sci-fi movie. The person leans back and spreads his limbs in the driver's seat. The heavy seat back cushion automatically pops up. Follow the steps to wear and activate the life support system in an orderly manner, and check the airtightness.

Against the growing wind and sand, Kang Ke climbed out of the Mars rover with a radar detection rod in his arms.

He needs to analyze the data of the storm and change the route. There is no place to escape the storm. He can only try not to let the rover be buried. Otherwise, if the rover is unlucky, he himself will have to wait for rescue.

"East..."

Kang Ke quickly returned to the car, entered the coordinates on the map, and then continued to drive wildly.

The sand crackled on the vehicle's shell, and several times Conco even felt the rear wheels of the vehicle slightly off the ground.

This is driving too fast, plus the thrust of the storm.

"I'm probably crazy, looking for death on Mars." Kang Ke said to himself.

It stands to reason that he should stop the vehicle, wear a spacesuit and wait for the storm to pass. After all, this is not the storm season on Mars. This sandstorm lasts at most three to five days before it ends. The supplies and energy he carries are sufficient, but——

"The case analysis report of the diagnosis and treatment equipment from the Huaxia Station must be operated within a week, and it has been two days since the illness."

Because Mars has limited resources and even more limited medical personnel, there are only fifteen people on this planet. Except for the fixed quota of one doctor at the Earth Federation ISIS station, the other three stations only have one doctor during the stay period, and they still take turns. out.

Unfortunately this time, it was the turn of the Russian station, and the patient with sudden acute appendicitis was a staff member of the Huaxia station farthest from the Russian station, so this important task fell on the health doctor at the federal Isis station.

Conco had been out for more than a day, and there was no sign of a storm at that time.

The weather on Mars is like this, and strong sandstorms come as soon as they are said.

Kang Ke spent several difficult hours, and finally made a reverse turn and drilled out of the strong wind circle, and the instruments in the car slowly returned to normal, only the communication was still interrupted.

"Huh?" Kang Ke looked at the map in surprise. He actually took half a day to complete a normal day's journey, and this was still a detour.

Kang Ke stopped to check the damage of the shell and found that there was no major problem, so he happily crossed himself on his chest.

Then while driving, the car suddenly bumped abnormally.

"not good."

Kang Ke stared at the red light on the car program, suspecting that the engine had failed.He was sweating profusely. If the Mars rover broke down, his previous adventures would be in vain.

However, no matter how much he prayed, God obviously didn't care for the believers far away in the alien world. The vehicle rushed out a few hundred meters crookedly, then fell down a sand dune, and could no longer start.

Conco closed his eyes.

Then he took a deep breath, pulled out the toolbox, and tried to fix it anyway.

As soon as the car door opened, Kang Ke was dumbfounded.

A robot who looked like a robot fished out of the yellow sand stood beside his car in the gray sand and greeted him in broken English: "Hi, are you passing by? What a coincidence, we are nearby Dodge the sandstorm."

"It's a Federation car."

The robot made another sound, and it wiped the hood with its arm, revealing the Confederate emblem covered in sand.

Because the radar showed that the sandstorm was about to pass, Lu Di and Yan Long came out to check the situation, and then saw a Mars rover "leap" down from the height of the sand dunes, and then lay down.

"Need help?" Lu Di looked around.

The author has something to say: Note: Isis, the goddess of life in Egyptian mythology