Chapter 1371: Under the crack

"cough……"
"Calling base ... coordinates 15 ° south latitude, 1281 ° west longitude ... need support."
no respond.
The only disturbing current noise came from the communication channel.
There was a dark surrounding with no fingers, and the flashing [Contact Lost] icon on the computer on the right arm reminded him that he had completely disconnected from the base.
And the depth here is at least 20 meters or more.
Hematite can also accelerate the attenuation of electromagnetic signal ...
"Damn ..."
There was a flash of despair in his eyes, but the flash of negative emotions was soon replaced by a strong desire to survive.
Many people on the planet are waiting for him to return.
He can't explain here ...
Recalling the survival knowledge learned during training in the Gurban Tungut Desert, Fan Tong clenched his teeth and laboriously got up from the ground. After taking a deep breath, he entered the supervisor password on the wrist-mounted computer and closed Positioning systems and communication modules are meaningless other than increasing energy consumption.
This is the Mars underground that doesn't know how many meters deep ...
Here, he can only rely on himself.
Thinking that I might have missed the hot pot tonight, Fan Tong swallowed, gritted his teeth and took out the special paint marker from the toolbox behind him. He found a place to meet on the wall of this cave and left himself Marks of whereabouts and some last words.
"I hope these last words will never be used."
From the moment he lost his connection to the present, the base should have discovered the problem, but it should be no accident that the rescue team should have set off.
However, he did not dare to expect too much about the rescue capabilities of the base.
After all, as far as simple engineering equipment is concerned, he really can't think of anything that can help himself to climb up underground without knowing how many meters deep.
He is still young.
Do not want to "martyrdom" for science.
Fan Tong prayed for his own destiny. Fan Tong then took off the folding multi-function and held it in his right hand. At the same time, he turned on the independently-powered flashlight on the helmet and began to fumble forward in a gravel and rubble cave.
Although it may not be the way ahead, at least it is better to stay here and die.
Thinking of the crack that opened and closed like a timer switch, a sense of urgency was born in his heart.
No one can guarantee that where he is now will not be buried by sand or something else tomorrow.
As for why he is here ...
Everything has to start from a few hours ago.
...
Mars Scientific Station.
The rather quiet morning was broken by an unexpected news.
"Autonomous decision-making power?" After listening to the captain's explanation, Dr. Sun Wenzhe, who was sitting at the end of the conference room, frowned, and asked, "In other words, can we decide on our own whether to take action in the future?"
"Yes," he nodded, looking at the other four teammates sitting here. Liang Youcheng continued, "This is a decision made by the command center to make more flexible decisions. What special clues are found during the exploration outside the cabin, you can report to me without waiting for the command of the command center. "
There was a whisper in the conference room.
From the perspective of a researcher, this is of course a good thing, at least it means that they can communicate with the ground command center without a delay of nearly ten minutes and be able to engage in research topics in their own hands more flexibly.
However, the risks involved are equally difficult to ignore.
Facing the conference room that was in the discussion, Captain Liang Youcheng coughed gently, then looked at Dr. Fan Tong, the only planetary geologist at the scientific research station.
After a pause, he said.
"In addition, the priority of the '128 outliers' project has been raised to a level."
"The ground command center has already set up a new work log code" 128 "on our database. If you have any new findings, you do n’t need to report to me, you can directly use your personal terminal. , You will find the updates in a separate work log. "
"Separate work log?"
With an unexpected expression on his face, Fan Tong calmly asked, "I can ask, does this mean that when studying the project, my direct responsibility object changed from the scientific research base to"
"Yes," Liang Youcheng nodded and said concisely. "From now on, your research will be directly responsible to Academician Lu."
Academician Lu? !!
Hearing this unexpected name, Fan Tong immediately looked surprised, and opened his mouth subconsciously.
The three colleagues sitting next to him also showed inexplicable expressions on their faces. After returning to God, they immediately cast an envious look on him.
For an ordinary scientific researcher, being able to work under Academician Lu means more than just an academic ability recognition, it also means that you will get resources unimaginable by ordinary people!
It is no exaggeration to say that this feeling is like winning the jackpot of the lottery
No, it's more exciting than the jackpot!
Happiness came too suddenly, and it took a while to return to God.
However, although the excitement in his heart is not false, Fan Tong's heart is also full of doubts. Although Professor Lu's research covers a wide range, he has never heard of his research in geology.
Even if that fractured structure did reveal a lot of valuable clues, it wouldn't have caught the attention of that big guy?
Compared with the manned ascent plan itself, this is only a trivial matter.
"Academician Lu ... does he also study geology?"
Captain Liang Youcheng shook his head.
"I'm not very clear about the specific situation. Has he studied it? You can only communicate with him yourself. But I think these minor issues can be ignored. Since Academician Lu attaches so much importance to the fault structure, it should be Found something unusual. "
Unusual clues?
If so.
I really need to find some time to communicate with Academician Lu ...
After the adjournment, the work of the day continued as usual.
Although the priority of the "128" project has been raised to level a, he is now directly responsible for the academician Lu himself, but the work to be completed must be completed normally.
Drive a Mars rover to the water source and make a circle to confirm that the drilling equipment is still working normally. Fan Tong went to the several deposits marked on the map for sampling investigation.
After doing these things, today's work is considered to be over.
Considering the weather information forecasted by Xufu, there will be a sandstorm passing through this area in the afternoon, so Fan Tong did not waste time, and started the Mars rover and started to return to the base.
Unfortunately, the dust storm arrived five hours earlier than expected.
When he had just set off less than two kilometers, the overwhelming red sand had completely obscured the view outside the car window, and the visibility was less than two meters.
Fortunately, this regional sandstorm will not last long.
For safety reasons, Fan Tong did not hurry to face the sandstorm, but instead drove the Mars rover to a mountain range less than one kilometer away from him, and found a leeward along the terrain contour line Place to stop.
The raging scraping sound outside the window finally weakened a little.
Compared to the wilderness, this is a good temporary haven.
Speaking of which, this mountain seems to be called the gate of hell?
Judging by the unsharp outline, it really looks like an entrance to hell.
Thinking about this, Fan Tong, who turned off the engine, was prepared to quietly wait for the "light rain" to pass. When he was thinking whether he should do something to pass the boring time, he suddenly caught an unusual shadow from behind the heavy red sand.
At this glance, his eyes couldn't be moved, and the whole person sat upright from the reclining seat.
"Crouching? How come here?"
With a soft whisper in his mouth, there was an unbelievable trace in his eyes.
It was a fracture about ten meters long, imprinted there like a scar.
"how can that be……"
When he came here with Sun Wenzhe yesterday, he drove more than ten kilometers around the edge of the mountain, and clearly passed through this area!
If there is such an obvious earthquake crack here, he will definitely not miss it!
Is it ...
Like the broken structure that suddenly disappeared, did this thing just grow up recently?
Not afraid to hesitate, Fan Tong immediately opened the vehicle communication system and reported the situation here to the base.
"Call the base ... coordinates 15 ° south latitude, 1281 ° west longitude, the disappearing fault structure reappeared ... Repeat again, coordinates 15 ° south latitude, 1281 ° west longitude ..."
no respond.
"Ji! Is it because of a sandstorm?"
Scolding badly, Fan Tong hung up the communication system, pushed the car door and jumped down, and walked to the fractured mouth with a stinging pace.
The density of the atmosphere on Mars is very low, and even with a dozen or so dust storms, the lethality is far less exaggerated than described in the Martian rescue movie.
However, this does not mean that this dust storm is not dangerous at all. First of all, the impact on the field of vision is one aspect, and secondly, the composition of the Martian sand is similar to that of hematite, even compared to some iron-rich minerals on the earth. The iron content is also high.
For radio, it is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.
Walking towards the fault structure, Fan Tong glanced down.
Laser ranging shows a depth of about 20 meters ...
Because of the sandstorm, even if there is a flashlight, the visibility at the bottom is still not high. If you want to know what is going on, you can only go down and see.
It is best to collect a few more rock samples for lithological analysis.
However, thinking of this, his eyes flashed a hesitation.
or……
Or wait until the sandstorm is over?
But if this crack disappeared ...
Thinking of the autonomous decision-making power mentioned by Captain Liang Youcheng before, Fan Tong finally gritted his teeth and made a decision after some ideological struggle.
Just look at it, there should be no problems.
Withdraw for up to a minute.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated. After setting up an automatic mail sending procedure on the Mars rover, he got out of the car and went to the trunk, removing the safety rope hanging from it.
As has been done in countless exercises, he fastened the buckle to his waist, and then came to the fractured structure, which was scarred like a scar.
Thinking that the secret behind this was about to be unveiled, Fan Tong's heart couldn't help but have a touch of excitement.
"Come on, let me see what secrets are hidden below ..."
With a low voice in his mouth, he took a deep breath and lowered carefully along the edge of the rock wall.
Everything went smoothly in the beginning.
Along the safety rope ~ EbookFREE.me ~ he slowly descended to the bottom of the fractured structure.
However, as soon as the bottom of his boot touched the bottom, the feeling of stepping on the dead leaves quickly came from the sole of the foot.
As if touching a switch, the sandy ground collapsed suddenly.
Looking at the abyss that could not be reached to the bottom, Fan Tong's heart instinctively gave birth to a little nervousness.
or……
Forget it today.
However, just as he was about to retreat and climb up the safety rope, the original rock wall suddenly seemed to be touched by an institution, while trembling like an earthquake, while moving toward the naked eye at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. The middle is closed ...
(Some kids do n’t struggle with this too hard every day. That ’s not reasonable. If life is well organized like textbooks, everyone ’s college entrance examination is 750. As an off topic, if I switch off the spaceship switch, a group of people get on The sky almost couldn't come back, but the astronaut found a pen that was not thrown away, and luckily connected the switch, did I have to pour a dog's blood on me? Well, this is the story of Apollo 11. )