Chapter 1412

A beam of light came from the cave several kilometers below.

Dragging the sleeping cabin with ropes, a group of people walked forward step by step with heavy steps.

This kind of sleeping cabin installed on the spacecraft has the nature of escape, with independent energy supply module, without external power supply. Fortunately, although general Reinhardt did not carry any food and supplies on the ship, he did not dismantle the facilities that originally belonged to the ship.

Otherwise, there is no way out.

"It should be far enough That's it. "

He said to himself that the ship took off the positioner from the spacesuit and installed it under the sleeping cabin.

Man can only live in a vacuum for thirty seconds.

From the 10th second, the skin and subcutaneous tissue developed mild, reversible, painless swelling, until the 15th second began to lose consciousness. Considering that Mars is not an absolute vacuum and there is still a certain concentration of carbon dioxide gas in the underground, he should be able to hold on for a longer time.

But for the sake of caution, it's better to finish all the steps in ten seconds

In order to enter the state quickly and conveniently, before taking off the spacesuit, the land boat injected itself with the standby x-0172 bacterial culture liquid in advance.

Every astronaut will be equipped with one of these devices, which can enter the state of feign death in extreme environment to reduce the consumption of oxygen and energy, and strive for time for rescue.

Quietly waiting for the medicine to come up, the boat lined its mouth and sat beside it, holding the sleeping cabin that had been opened.

"There's one thing I've always wanted to ask you."

"You ask."

"Then I asked directly, what are you now?"

After hearing this, the communication channel was quiet for a while.

It seemed that he was thinking about it. It took about half a minute for Reinhardt to answer.

"Probably a memory."

“…… A memory? "

"It is said that if you copy all the memories of a person, you can recreate him in theory."

There was a slight surprise on the face of Lu Zhou.

"Can such a thing really be done?"

"Those people can."

Lu Zhou knows who he is talking about.

It was the civilizations that sent out strange drops to warn the whole universe, and then, at the time of the "natural disaster", took in all the refugees who fled to the center of the galaxy and brought them into the void.

Thinking of this, the boat was silent for a while and asked.

"Do you know what a natural disaster is?"

"I don't know. Even observers are secretive about the crisis. Maybe they think this is the most likely way to survive the natural disaster after calculation. But I suggest you don't think too much. You'd better think about how to live first. "

There was a touch of pity in the voice.

But more of it is indifference.

Keenly hearing this, Lu Zhou grinned.

"You don't seem to want me out alive?"

"No," Reinhardt replied faintly, "in fact, whether it's you or the human civilization behind you, your life or death has nothing to do with me. And I'm here to fulfill the contract. "

"From the moment I arrived at the center of the galaxy, my destiny no longer belongs to me. Everything I have is firmly bound to the void. I'm willing to keep my promise, but that doesn't mean I'm happy with being manipulated. "

Lu Zhou: "that is to say, it doesn't matter to you what?"

"Probably. Anyway, my civilization has been destroyed."

There was a moment of silence in the communication channel.

After a long silence, Lu Zhou took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

“…… I'm sorry for what happened to you, but I don't want to give up. "

The Adam's Apple moved, he continued.

"There are people waiting for me on earth."

There was a light sigh in my ear.

"Then why do you choose this road? I gave you a choice from the beginning. "

"Because my civilization has not been destroyed," he said, opening his eyes to the sleeping cabin next to him. After a moment's silence, the boat continued, "what do I want to do before the disaster comes?"

"That's a reason, isn't it?"

The voice was silent for a moment.

"All right."

"I accept your offer."

"Anyway, I have nothing else to do. If you succeed, I will accompany you through the rest of the journey until the end of your life..."

……

Twenty four hours have passed since the collapse of the Hellgate.The last dynamic on the official website of the manned fire landing office is still the picture of the Mars rover taken yesterday when the diplomatic mission of human civilization set out from the Mars base.

In more than 20 hours, there has been such a serious disaster, but now there is no news.

Even the most nervous people feel something unusual.

The manned fire landing office remained silent, and the Jinling space launch center declined to be interviewed. The collective silence of relevant units caused all kinds of rumors to fly around for a while.

Some people say that they talked with the aliens, causing them to launch their weapons and blow up the hell gate on Mars to warn human civilization.

It is also said that there is no extraterrestrial civilization there at all, but the diplomatic corps triggered the institutions left by the Martian civilization when they went deep into the ruins.

At this time, the world's major astronomical observatories have announced the suspected earthquake phenomena observed on the surface of Mars. And then NASA's curiosity Mars rover confirmed this information through seismic wave sensors.

As soon as the news was announced, the world was in a uproar.

Under the pressure of the outside world, the manned fire landing office, which knew that it was impossible to hide what happened on Mars, finally held a press conference to disclose the current situation.

The remains of Martian civilization are confirmed.

Clues to extraterrestrial civilization have not yet been found.

In addition, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.5 or more occurred near the Hellgate mountains.

In the earthquake, two members of the diplomatic corps were missing.

And the list of missing people

The land boat!

……

Across the Pacific.

NASA headquarters.

Sitting in his office and watching the live broadcast of the press conference, director Carson suddenly burst into a frenzy when he saw the list of missing persons.

"Hahahaha! God bless America! "

However, just at this time, he did not catch a breath when he was laughing wildly, the whole person's eyes were staring out, and the laughter also turned into a shriveled sob.

Noticing the changes in his body, the staff and assistants beside him immediately stood up from the desk in panic and rushed around him.

"Come on! Call an ambulance! "

"Falk! He's not breathing! "

"Give him artificial respiration!"

"Stretcher! Drag the stretcher in! "

After a flurry of tossing and turning, director Carson, who was lying on the stretcher, was finally sent to the ambulance, but this scene was photographed by a reporter lurking in the door of NASA headquarters.

In the early morning of the next day, the news that director Carson was sent to the ICU was published on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

According to the assistant in the same office, after hearing the news of the shipwreck, director Carson couldn't help but fainted on the spot.

At the same time, a person familiar with the matter said that during Mr. Carson's visit to China, the two had once met each other in Jinling, and at that time, they formed an old friend.

In any case, now that Carson is in the ICU, he's almost a notice of death if he has no evidence of death. Even if he was consumed by the North American media and NASA colleagues, he could not be interviewed to make any clarification.

But then again, even if he is awake, I'm afraid he won't make any explanation, let alone let the reporters know that he passed out because he was so happy that he fainted.

There is no nationality in knowledge.

Even if I hate the man who brought the Chinese academic community to the forefront of the world, after learning the news of his death, governments of all countries have sent condolences to China and Jinling.

On this day, human civilization lost a great scholar.

The whole world is in heavy sorrow