Chapter 66: The Old Man

"When I was at Sichuan University, I often went out to work, usually to Zigong, Jiangyou and Siguniang Mountain, which are all very famous geoparks." Liang Jing chewed broccoli in his mouth, "Sometimes I go alone, sometimes I go with students, and I have encountered a flash flood when it is most dangerous." ”

"Siguniang Mountain? That's a lot of elevation. Jiang Zi was a little surprised, "The main peak must be more than 6,000 meters, right?" ”

"That's why I'm still a national second-class mountaineer."

"I can't really see this, I thought that the associate professor spent most of his time in the lab with students......"

"Actually, it's an associate researcher and an associate researcher, but it's the same level as the associate professor in terms of title." Liang Jing swallowed the broccoli and ate a large mouthful of hot rice, "Most of the people who are engaged in basic theories do often stay in the laboratory, but like us, we run around in the wild for half a year in agriculture, forestry, and mineral oil, and occasionally encounter wild boars and black bears or something." ”

Liang Jing and Jiang Zi sat on chairs like two migrant workers eating a boxed lunch, chatting with each other, but the carriage was still very warm and airtight, and the extremely low temperature of minus 180 degrees Celsius outside could not be entered for a while and a half. Liang Jing tilted his head and looked out, it is actually difficult to detect the cruelty of the planet Titan with his eyes alone, because when the wind is calm, it is really a quiet and fantastic planet, the endless shallow lake is diffused with pale yellow mist, you will imagine that there are huge mushrooms suspended in the clouds, they hang down with strange long tentacles, slowly swaying in the breeze, like a forest of willow trees hanging down, but if you dare to put your hand out without wearing the iron float, your claws will be frozen into glass slag within three seconds.

No creature can adapt to the climate on Titan's surface, whether it's a huge whale in flight or a forest of mushrooms, but now Liang Jing doesn't dare to assert that there is no creature on Titan, because they have discovered that strange heartbeat - a certain extremely large creature may live underground, speaking of which is really a discovery that shocks the world, if they can return to Earth safely, they will definitely win the prize, and Liang Jing can no longer only succumb to a small sub-research position, With so many university positions around the world for him to choose, he will go down in history.

As long as they can go back safely.

"Liang Gong, why don't you get married?"

Liang Jing smiled and shook his head, "It's all some old yellow calendars with old sesame seeds and rotten grains, they almost ended when they were young, and they suddenly broke up when they were about to kick the door, but now that I think about it, it's good that it's not over...... Women really can't tell. ”

"yes, women really can't tell."

Jiang Zi touched the food box, but he didn't touch the wine, which was a little regrettable.

Liang Jing pinched the water bottle and came over, Jiang Zi also raised the water bottle and clinked glasses with him, talking between men and men, there must be something.

"Liang Gong, let me explain to you our next plan of action, according to Dabai's requirements, I will go one kilometer in that direction." Jiang Zi stretched out his hand and pointed forward, "But now we don't have that long safety rope in our hands, so we have to carry out cordless tethering operations." ”

Without a safety rope, it is undoubtedly extremely dangerous to advance a kilometer alone on the half-foot lake, the visibility is low in the dense fog, and there are no markers on the half-foot lake for reference, the only thing Jiangzi can rely on is Dabai's instructions, in case the communication is interrupted, Jiangzi is the second Keir Horton, and he will never be able to find it back.

"It's too risky."

"I know it's risky, but if we don't take it at this time, we're probably in real danger." Jiang Zi frowned and picked up a piece of pig's heart, "Da Bai said that the weather still has the possibility of continuing to deteriorate, and if there is another gale of more than ten levels, we will both be reimbursed here." ”

"Is Dabai reliable?"

"At this time, we can only rely on Dabai." Jiang Zi replied, "For a distance of one kilometer, it takes about ten minutes to walk at the earliest. ”

Jiang Zi has never trekked such a long distance in the half-foot lake, so he is very conservative in his estimate, the liquid alkanes in the half-foot lake are very different from water, their density is much lower than that of water, and it is easy to stay in the cracks of the mechanical structure, people who have been in the lake before think that this texture is very similar to oil, so the bottom of the lake is smooth and difficult to fix, in the usual tasks, the stationed team members are not able to go to the lake without going to the lake.

"Ten minutes."

"Yes, ten minutes, I'll get there first, wait for Dabai to determine our exact coordinates, let's go back again, I'll rush back as soon as possible, Liang Gong, you stay in the walking car, don't go anywhere, you must remember, stay in the car and don't go anywhere, the fewer people who go out at this time, the better."

This thought is understandable, Liang Jing has never been down the lake, and his best choice is to stay in the walking car, the cockpit of the walking car is warm and comfortable, and the chairs are still soft, which is safer than anywhere else.

After the two finished eating, Jiang Zi checked the state of Tiefutu for the last time, the power and life support systems of the extravehicular suit were still working normally, and they could hold out for at least ten hours, this was their first good news, the two of them were on the table once, the current time was half past five in the afternoon, the tidal Titans did not take twenty-four hours as the cycle of day and night, so the sky was bright for the next ten hours, they didn't have to worry about the light, this was the second good news, Liang Jing looked directly into Jiang Zi's eyes through the transparent helmet mask, and the latter nodded forcefully.

Jiang Zi's age is much older than Liang Jing, according to the generation Liang Jing should call Jiang Zi brother, this age gap is reflected in their eyes, Liang Jing described it as an 'old man' eyes, he realized the strength of this man, every old man is a warrior, when he is in Cassini station, you see that he is a drunkard who likes to brag, but on his battlefield, he can raise the banner and be a man and a man.

Jiang Zi, an old drunkard who likes to brag, lost his wife, lost his daughter, and was an extreme failure in life, the only thing he didn't lose was Cassini Station.

"Big White!" Jiang Zi raised his head and shouted.

"I'm here, Mr. Stationmaster."

"We can get started! I will continue to walk one kilometer! Remember to give me navigation! ”

Jiang Zi didn't have any extra words, he opened the door of the cockpit, jumped into the calf-deep lake, turned around and made an OK gesture to Liang Jing, and smiled, and then staggered forward, with the sound of rushing water, little by little to widen the distance between him and the walking car, Liang Jing sat in the cockpit, watching the man go farther and farther, his shoulders crooked, and his back gradually disappeared into the thick fog.