"It's so cold here."
On a gray lunar soil, a young man in a heavy spacesuit said emotionally as he looked at the external temperature value projected on his helmet.
"Oh, you think you can freeze in a spacesuit?"
The person walking next to him was the captain of the lunar scientific research station engineering team. His name was Wu Gang. The people in the engineering team often teased him about whether he came to the Moon to cut trees. He joked that he was a labor contractor on the Moon.
In fact, this was the case. There was only one engineering team in the entire scientific research station.
The things that were thrown down from the Moon Palace were all unloaded, installed, and deployed by these people.
He was the one who repaired the solar array and the lunar collider. It could be said that all of the facilities on the Moon were built by him and the engineers operating the space construction equipment.
As for the person next to him, he was the engineer who was recently assigned to the team. His name was Xu Chengli. Apparently, he graduated from Jin Ling University with a master's degree in aerospace engineering.
Due to the close cooperation between Jin Ling University and the Institute for Advanced Study in the research and development of aerospace technology, this resume was considered very popular in the aerospace industry. Even Wu Gang didn't understand why Lu Zhou wanted to come to this remote place.
"I'm just saying, don't get too excited."
Xu Chengli smiled awkwardly when he heard the voice coming from the communication channel.
Because he had just arrived here, he always felt like everything was new. Many of his teammates thought he was a bit talkative. However, most of the time, he didn't feel like it. Instead, he regarded it as a strength.
After all, it was too difficult to hear a human voice on the silent Moon. He always felt that if he didn't speak more, he might go crazy from holding it in one day.
However, Captain Wu didn't seem to agree with him.
"You talk too much."
Seeing that he seemed to be hated, Xu Chengli's face showed a helpless smile.
"Okay then, I'll control myself and talk less nonsense … Actually, when I was on Earth, I didn't talk this much."
"… Your last sentence is superfluous."
The two of them continued walking for a while before stopping on a flat surface.
Wu Gang stepped on the ground and confirmed that the soil was solid enough. He then reached out and took the navigation beacon from his backpack. He skillfully set the parameters and firmly inserted it into the ground.
At this point, their work was considered to have come to an end. All that was left was to wait for the cargo spacecraft to drop the landing module, then disassemble the cargo placed on it and carry out the correct deployment.
The two of them stood in the desolate wilderness, quietly waiting for the goods to arrive.
Time ticked by. Just when Xu Chengli began to feel bored and hesitated about whether to talk about something, Wu Gang suddenly spoke.
"You're only twenty-five."
Seeing that the captain actually took the initiative to talk to him, Xu Chengli hurriedly replied.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
Wu Gang: "Why are we here?"
"Do you even need to ask? The salary was high, three times that of the same job above ground. Food and accommodation were provided, and the work intensity wasn't high. One rotation every six months, three months off. The only thing that made me a little unhappy was that the network latency was too high, the communication bandwidth was limited, and … there were no nightclubs, so it was a little boring. What about you? "
Wu Gang went silent for a while, seemingly hesitant to answer this question.
But seeing the expectant look in Lu Zhou's eyes, he finally sighed and spoke.
"The reason seems to be the same as yours … But I'm not quite the same as you. I have a family to support, two children to go to school, and a mortgage to pay … A word of advice, young people shouldn't waste their youth in this kind of place. This kind of work is for people like us. "
Xu Chengli frowned and said, "How is this a waste? Don't you think it's cool to work on the Moon? "
Cool?
What the hell is that?
Hearing this, Wu Gangming was slightly stunned.
Did the youngsters nowadays all think like this?
He felt like he couldn't keep up with the times, but he also couldn't keep up with the ideas of young people.
At least from his point of view, there was nothing interesting about this place other than a barren gray land and craters that had no sense of beauty at all.
"You don't want a girlfriend?"
"It's boring, I'm tired of it. It's more comfortable to be alone. I can go wherever I want, why bother? Oh yeah, now that you mention it, I remember one of the benefits of working here. At least no one is rushing me to get married here, haha. "
Xu Chengli smiled heartily and looked up at the deep and dark sky. He suddenly said emotionally, "Every time I look up at the sky, I think that the fate of an individual is simply insignificant in the face of the universe. Not to mention that there is no throne to inherit, even if there is, it is nothing in front of him. "
Wu Gang glanced at him.
"If everyone thought like you, then we would have gone extinct a long time ago."
"It's only a matter of time … I mean from the perspective of time." Xu Chengli looked at the electronic clock printed on the upper right corner of the transparent surface and said impatiently, "Speaking of time, don't the people on the Moon Palace have any concept of time? When will our cargo arrive? We've been waiting here for a while. "
"There was probably an accident." Wu Gang glanced at the time counter on his helmet and frowned. He said, "But it shouldn't be serious, at least the headquarters didn't send any additional notices."
Xu Chengli: "Speaking of which, what was sent this time?"
"Sample entry Dr-111 active substance … I don't know much, don't worry about other things, just focus on the work at hand … It's coming."
The moment he finished speaking, Xu Chengli raised his head and looked in the direction Captain Wu was pointing at.
Suddenly, a flickering green dot appeared in the deep and gloomy sky.
Like a merchant ship sailing from a distant world, the green dot gradually approached. It flashed at a special frequency, gradually approaching the area that the two could see with the naked eye.
The shadow became bigger and bigger, getting closer and closer.
In the end, the wide chassis steadily hit the surface of the Moon, setting off billowing moon dust.
"Let's get to work."
Wu Gang patted Xu Chengli on the shoulder and walked in front. He walked toward the silver-white landing capsule with a green signal light flashing above its head.
"You're late."
Wu Gang looked at the astronaut walking down from the landing capsule. He raised his right hand and tapped twice on the side of his helmet, connecting the astronaut's signal to his own communication channel.
"It took a while to correct the orbit. Let me introduce myself, my name is Yang Xingyu. "The astronaut who walked down from the landing capsule coughed and reached out to wipe the dust off his mask. He said," Recently, we have been replacing the navigation system. We don't need to worry about stability, but it will be fine after a while. "
Xu Chengli asked curiously, "Replacing the navigation system?"
"Yes, all of our computing services have been handed over to Star Voyage One. You should have heard of the world's first quantum computer."
Wu Gang frowned and said, "Is it okay to maintain such a high latency?"
"The latency isn't a problem. Apparently, the problems caused by this part can be covered by algorithms. After a while, Star Sky Technology will install an extension on the Moon Palace, so this problem will be perfectly solved. "
The astronaut patted the landing capsule next to him and said, "This is it, I'll leave the deployment work to you guys … I'm in bioengineering, so I don't know much about this. If it's okay, can you contact Captain Ma for me? I remember he's in charge of the scientific research station. "
"He's already on the way." Wu Gang looked at the landing capsule and said, "If it's okay … Can you tell me what this thing is?"
"It's okay, you'll know soon anyway." Dr. Yang reached out and clicked on the wrist-mounted computer on his left arm. He selected the information that needed to be transmitted and clicked the send button.
After reading the progress bar, a project brief of about 200 words was quickly presented on the mask of Wu Gang's astronaut helmet.
"Dr-111 active substance … Metabolite purification project in a low-gravity environment … Is this thing —"
"Looks like you already guessed it." Dr. Yang smiled and continued, "If the project goes well, maybe a large-scale migration to the Moon won't be a problem."
"Come on." Wu Gang smiled and clicked on the wrist-mounted computer on his left arm. He closed the project brief and said, "Other than some people with mental problems, who would come to a place like this?"
"Hey, what do you mean?" Xu Chengli said with dissatisfaction, "Do I have mental problems?"
Wu Gang gave him a look that said, "Isn't that so?" and then said expressionlessly.
"Cut the crap, you're still on probation. If you don't want to get a C, hurry up and get to work."
When the young man heard this, he suddenly became timid. He carried his tools and walked toward the landing capsule without saying a word.
Dr. Yang looked at the young man's back with a smile and said, "You can't say that. In addition to living in the present, there is also poetry and the future. What you see now is barren land and barren craters, but if you look at it ten years later, I believe that you will miss these landscapes that have gone far away. "
Wu Gang: "Are you talking about after I retire?"
"I think it's the same whether you retire or not."
Haha, I hope that you can still say such words after staying here for a month.
Wu Gang looked at Dr. Yang and smiled faintly. He didn't say anything. He shook his head and went to work with his tools.
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