Chapter 3 Landing

Time passed, and after four days of sailing, the ship finally reached the final stage of landing.

Back in the 1960s, the landing was the most difficult and the easiest stage for things to go wrong. At that time, the technical means were limited, and the take-off and landing of the spacecraft were all set at once, and no manual intervention was possible in the middle. A week long, 380,000 kilometers of travel, when to go where, when to change speed, must be accurate to the second, once the error is destroyed.

Now in 2020, computer systems have developed rapidly, and space technology is much more advanced than before. "The Atlantis spacecraft is mainly unmanned, and the supercomputer in the main control room has written all kinds of equations to deal with a large number of unexpected situations.

After circling the moon for 2 weeks and slowing down twice, the spacecraft finally arrived at the South Pole above Bailey Crater.

This is the largest crater on the Moon, about 303 km in diameter. In mid-air, you can see with the naked eye a circular glass cover about 2 km in diameter and 1000 meters high, which is densely covered with solar electric panels and surrounded by a large number of mining machines and all kinds of machinery in the open space.

This is the moon base! A miracle, a ninth miracle belonging to mankind!

"Dingdong, the spaceship will soon be landing on the moon, the process may have some bumps, please fasten your seat belts and hold the handrails." A gentle electronic tone sounded automatically, prompting everyone to prepare for the final moon landing.

The entire barn cheered, and some even shed tears of excitement. Many people came to the moon for the first time, but seeing such a huge artificial complex gave birth to a warm feeling from the bottom of their hearts.

People are a kind of creature that needs security very much, especially after the explosion of the Earth, the warm sunlight, free air, solid earth no longer exists, people lost their backing, and can only face the cold and silent universe alone, which brings a lot of pressure to people.

The ship was destroyed, air leakage, mechanical failure and so on, as long as there is a small point of error, it will immediately lead to the death of the whole barn people, without the slightest chance.

In such a situation, a sense of insecurity arises within a person, and it will gradually accumulate. When a person accumulates more pressure than he or she can bear, it is likely that he or she will completely explode out, either by mad destruction, or suicide, or becoming crazy and stupid, are possible.

For this situation, the best solution is twofold: first, hope, so that people believe they can survive.

Second, if there are enough people, it can also bring a sense of security, which is determined by the human herd mentality. When disaster strikes, more than 90% of people will run to the place where there are many people, even if the crowd is not necessarily safe, but the public will still choose this way, this is the human herd mentality.

Four days of cosmic voyage to the passengers brought enough mental pressure, but this pressure in the people see the moon base a moment to reduce a lot. This is because people see the hope.

With a loud "coaxing" sound and a violent shudder, the ship finally landed on the moon!

The crowd was suddenly noisy, many people got up from their seats and crowded to the door, anxious to be the first to get off the ship. They were in an eager mood to see more people, more of their kind.

"Silence! Quiet! All sit where you are!" Oliver yelled, pushing a few people out, only to have a steady stream of people squeeze through.

Oliver saw this, made a hand gesture, a tall, brawny man of one meter nine stood up. He was dark-skinned and muscular, and with a wave of his hand he pushed the crowd away and stood immediately after, blocking the entire door.

"Who are you to block the door?" A young man with glasses shouted excitedly, he pushed and moved a few times and found that he could not push the big man at all.

"Outside is a vacuum environment, anxious to go out to seek death?"

The young man was furious, "What about ... spacesuits? What about the moon car? Not said that there is a moon rover? How are you guys serving!"

Most of the people sitting here are skilled workers, about to participate in the construction of the moon base, this part of the people have been carefully selected, the quality is generally high.

But there is also a small group of tycoons and rich people who pay to come to the moon purely for tourism, that is, this part of the population is the least likely to accept the reality that the Earth exploded. From the dress of this young man, at a glance, it is the rich and the powerful, but now, everything is a passing cloud.

The big man who blocked the door was named James OCHOA, a member of the Special Forces. He hated this kind of bossy rich generation, sneered and gave the young man a fierce glare.

"Moon rover? Oh, you guys don't think about it, you have less than two hundred people and you're in such a mess. How much better can the moon base be? Maybe the base is in rebellion, in massacre ..."

"You nonsense! How is that possible?" The young man shouted, his face starting to turn gloomy. According to reason, there really should be a moon rover to pick them up, but now the moon rover didn't come, which made him associate with the bad side.

"This base has a large number of death row inmates, don't you know that? Maybe that group of death row inmates are on an orgy of doom." James said slyly.

The young man listened to completely frozen, froze for half a day before sitting down, his face pale horribly, I don't know whether it was because James's vicious look scared him, or because words like rebellion and massacre reminded him of something bad.

He has completely do not know what to say, with his status, may know some of the regular people do not know the inside story, if the moon base really what went wrong ... thinking about it, with a trace of fear in his eyes.

Seeing the crowd getting more and more chaotic, Oliver spoke directly: "Everyone, because of the chaos inside the base, we have to carry out some tasks, the time in a day to three days or so. In between, for safety, you have to stay inside the airship ..."

When these words were said, everyone clamored loudly, and the crowd began to realize that the moon base was not necessarily safe either ... but this was the last hope! Where else could we go but here?

Some people shouted to take them with them, and there were some women who cried. These soldiers are a bit overbearing in their actions, but most people still don't want them to go because their presence means safety and reliability.

"You just have to wait for a few days, there is enough food and water in the cabin ..." Oliver nagged for half a day and found that it didn't have any effect, finally he could only make a hard hand gesture, "Execute plan b! "

Vice captain Wade nodded, followed by a white mist quietly spread from the bottom of the cabin, with some irritating smell. Not long after, someone began to cough, the noisy cabin slowly became silent, and numerous passengers fell east and west to the floor.

Taking this opportunity, all the members put on their spacesuits, carry their weapons and equipment, and set foot on the moon's land.

Here, except for Oliver and Wade two people, others have never been to the moon, so the lunar environment is still somewhat new. Now although it is daytime, but the sky is still black, only the ground reflects a layer of blinding white light, this is because there is no atmosphere.

James jumped excitedly and jumped seven or eight meters, which is the height of two floors! As a result, he was unsteady on his feet and fell to the ground, but luckily, it didn't hurt.

"They stay inside, nothing will happen, right?" A young man with a shaved flat head next to him asked in his headset.

"No problem, these hypnotic gas effective period is 24 hours, during which they will not wake up. Okay, we need to hurry up." Wade chuckled to himself again, "Extraordinary times, extraordinary means, if put in the usual way, this will not only have administrative penalties, the lawsuit alone is enough for us to eat."

The crowd laughed as if in bitterness.

At that moment, Oliver made a hand gesture, signaling everyone to be quiet. He said out loud, "The moon's gravity is only one-sixth that of the earth, which means you can jump higher and farther, but it doesn't mean you can go faster! Just like James did, he fell down when he wasn't careful, because he hadn't adapted to gravity yet."

James listened and scratched his head awkwardly.

"Here except for me and Wade, everyone else has never been to the moon, can not immediately adapt to the gravity environment here. So ... I ask everyone fighting to try to use firearms and not to fight in close quarters! Otherwise, if you miss and fall, you may lose your life!"

Oliver said seriously, "I do not want to lose any of my comrades, do you understand?"

"Understood!"

"Good then, let's go!"