The rise of nanometers

Moon.

Southwest region of Procellarum, near Kepler crater.

The Outpost 2 base established by NASA is carrying out a series of difficult tasks.

Baloo went to the abandoned Outpost 1. He stood in front of the exit hatch of the Outpost 1 base. After entering the access code, the airtight cabin door slowly opened.

At this time, he stepped forward and walked into the air-tight traffic cabin. However, Balu did not start the established air-tight pressurization procedure. Instead, he opened another hatch on the inside.

As the inner hatch opened, due to air pressure problems, the gas in the living cabin rushed out. The shock of the loss of pressure at that moment even made Balu a little unsteady. Fortunately, he grabbed the handle in the cabin in advance. .

After a few seconds, all the gas in the living cabin was lost, turning into a sub-vacuum environment.

The main reason why the capsule gas here is not used is because it is unsafe.

More than eight months have passed since the original nuclear leak at the Outpost 1 base. Because the water circulation system in the capsule was contaminated by radioactive materials, the radioactive concentration inside the space capsule increased rapidly and continuously contaminated the items inside.

The things inside the living cabin are now more or less contaminated with radioactive materials, or have been transformed into new radioactive materials after being irradiated by neutrons from radioactive materials.

Although the newly transformed radioactive material will not be too much, the things in the living cabin must not be used anymore.

In addition, the bodies of Wade and Hawke must have released a large amount of gas into the living cabin after more than eight months of decay and fermentation.

These gases are not only very smelly, but also very dangerous.

Many people have seen "whale explosion" in documentaries. The situation in the living cabin at this time is comparable to the situation inside the body of a dead whale.

There is no doubt about the airtightness of the space capsule. After the death of the two astronauts, the bacteria in their bodies will multiply rapidly, decompose the organic matter in the bodies, and release a large amount of gas at the same time.

If it is an open open environment, these gases are not a concern.

However, the small and airtight space of the space capsule prevents these gases from being released and will continue to accumulate inside.

Therefore, the first time Balu came here was to "ventilate" the place and release the gas inside.

After releasing the internal gas, Baloo walked into the living cabin. The situation in living cabin 1 did not change much. Before going to the moon, he had seen the internal situation of Outpost 1 at the simulation base in Houston Space City. .

But the situation that really embarrassed him was living cabin 2.

Walking into the interior of Living Module 2, what you see is a corpse leaking juice, which is restrained in a spacesuit.

Even though he was wearing a spacesuit, the scene was still very disgusting. Then he thought of Hawke and Wade, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

He, Hawke, and Wade are all NASA astronauts on staff. They have trained and lived together, and they still have some friendship.

Unexpectedly, he would have to collect the bodies of two people today. The indescribable feeling was very complicated.

What's more, at this moment, Baloo is also a member of NASA's Lunar Expeditionary Force. Seeing his colleagues die tragically on the moon will inevitably bring it to him.

Take a deep breath.

Baloo calmed down, took out two sets of extravehicular spacesuits from the warehouse, and put the bodies of Wade and Hawke into the extravehicular spacesuits.

After putting on the helmet of the space suit, he stared silently at what was in front of him. In the end, he didn't say anything sensational, but just saluted and pulled Hawk's body outside the cabin.

About 50 meters away from Outpost 1, the body was put aside. Balu took out the shovel from Outpost 1 and began to dig a hole hard under the bright sun.

More than three hours later.

A large pit that could accommodate two people appeared in front of Balu, with newly dug sand on the side.

He pushed the bodies of Wade and Hawke, together with the extravehicular spacesuits, into the pit, then rested for a while, then filled the excavated sand back into the pit.

Finally, it became a small dirt bag.

He inserted the sand shovel in front of the small earth bag, then took out the nameplate with the two names engraved on it, and tied the nameplate to the shovel stick with wire.

"Rest in peace! May God bless you!"

Just as Baloo was about to leave, he remembered another thing. He returned to the electric car and took out a small box from his backpack. This was a box that Wade and Hawke's family had asked him to send.

He opened the small box. Inside were family photos of Wade, his wife, and two children, as well as a family photo of Hawke and his family, as well as two letters.

Before returning to the cemetery, Baloo buried the small box.

In front of the cemetery, Balu stood for a long time, but remained silent. Finally, he said silently in his heart:

"Goodbye! May there be no outer space in heaven."

He returned to the Outpost 1 base, took out some portable scientific instruments from the scientific research module 3, and placed them in the back of the electric vehicle.

After 11 hours of busy work, Balu finally completed the mission and returned to the Outpost 2 base with scientific instruments worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Balu, who was driving the car, returned to the original route and contacted David at the Outpost 2 base.

"David, I've completed the first phase and am now preparing to return."

After a while, David's reply came from the communicator.

"OK, by the way, those scientific instruments are not contaminated by radioactive materials, right?"

Turning the steering wheel lightly, Balu replied: "No, I tested it with a radiation detector and there is no problem."

As for the scientific research module 3 of Outpost 1, NASA is actually aware of the situation because the previous nuclear leak occurred in scientific research module 2, and the problem of nuclear contaminated water was due to the water circulation system of the living module.

As for the scientific research cabin 3, since it was temporarily sealed from the beginning, the interior was naturally not contaminated. As long as the water circulation system of the scientific research cabin 3 is not opened, it can be ensured that radioactive materials will not leak into it.

The electric car was driving slowly on the dry and hot Yuehai Plain, with a speed of only about 30 kilometers per hour.

Although it can be faster, Balu is very cautious. This is not the homeland of Blue Star. If there is a car accident, it will be difficult to even call for help.

Cherish life and stay away from racing.

Baloo didn't want to die on the moon, so it took him about 20 minutes to return to the Outpost 2 base 8.4 kilometers away.

After returning to the base, the whole person relaxed a little.

Around eight o'clock in the evening.

After a busy day, the three people took off their heavy spacesuits and wore the spacesuits in the cabin, chatting while making dinner.

At this time, it was still sunny outside the cabin.

David, who was heating the cooking bag, said, "I heard that the Xizhou Space Agency has established a base in the northwest region of the Sea of ​​Clouds."

"Sea of ​​clouds? It's quite far away from us." After Balu finished speaking, he took a sip of coffee.

Phillips, who was nibbling cucumbers, shook his head: "It's not far, at least it's much closer than going to Hongwan, but can Xizhou keep up now?"

After David pressed the heating button, he turned around and said, "It was an unmanned base with only three space capsules, but the other neighbor's reaction was very violent."

Another neighbor? Phillips and Balu naturally knew who it was, and Balu asked curiously: "What did they do? Did they use laser cannons to knock down the spaceship?"

"How is that possible?" David shook his head and smiled: "They only established 11 strongholds in the northeastern region of Yunhai in about 11 days."

Phillips was shocked: "11 strongholds in 11 days? Oh my God! Isn't this gap too big?"

"Their strongholds are composed of at least three space capsules. Now the northeastern area of ​​​​the sea of ​​​​clouds is occupied by the other party." David spread his hands helplessly.

For a moment, the three of them were silent.

This gap is indeed very large.

NASA has tried its best for more than eight months, but it has only sent 15 space capsules and three astronauts to the moon, as well as enough living supplies for three astronauts for eight months.

It only took the other party 11 days to build 11 strongholds on the moon.

This kind of gap simply makes people unable to muster the courage to fight.

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