Chapter 16 There is no turning back on the Yellow Springs Road

"In the final analysis, it depends on human labor, and robots just can't be relied on, and Dabai can't do it." Jiang Zi put on a heavy extravehicular suit and buttoned up the mask, like a firefighter who was about to go out on a mission, "In the end, I still have to go out in person." โ€

"If anything can be solved by robots, what else do we need to do?" Lou Qi and Liang Jing helped him check behind him, patted the life support system, and gave him a thumbs up, "No problem, OK!" โ€

Cassini station's special extravehicular activity system, the whole body is dark red, the standard mass is forty kilograms, this is a rather specialized extravehicular suit, and the Mingguang armor series that adapts to the work of Mars is very different, the most important thing on the Titan is not air pressure but low temperature, so it is specially optimized for ultra-low temperature, and can last for twelve hours in an environment of minus 180 degrees Celsius, according to convention, its nickname is called Iron Float.

Jiang Zi slapped the button on the airlock chamber, then turned his head, "You send someone to call the devil's claws back, and I will take over the following work." โ€

He stood in front of the hatch and moved his hands and feet, the motors on his limbs made a slight humming sound, the reason why the Iron Float is called the Iron Float is because its core is a monkey version of the combat mechanical exoskeleton, in the harsh environment of Titan, manpower can not resist the sudden change of weather, in this case can only rely on powerful machinery, although the official name of this thing is called "Titan Surface Work Assistance System", but when running at full power, it can also punch through the brick wall, and its siblings are widely used in army units, Charging with hundreds of kilograms of weight, the latter is the real Iron Float.

The air pressure in the airlock chamber drops to a standard pressure, and Dabai opens the hatch.

"Good luck, Mr. Stationmaster."

Lou Qi went to get the operation box of the devil's claw robot, turned around and glanced at Jiang Zi, and suddenly felt that Jiang Zi's back was inexplicably a little heroic.

Strange, how could I have such an idea?

It's not like he can't come back.

Lou Qi shook his head and shook off this strange thought in his head.

The reason why Jiang Zi is the stationmaster is that he is the most experienced and the best station player here, and it is difficult to find a second person in the world who is more familiar with Cassini Station than Jiang Zi, and it is just a piece of cake to repair an energy cabin.

"Dabai, how's the situation with the devil's claws?"

"Mr. Lou Qi, the Devil's Claw Robot is in good condition and is returning to the warehouse."

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The moment the hatch opened, Jiang Zi regretted a little, regretting that he didn't call Lou Qi together, Lou Qi said that he wanted to help together, but Jiang Zi refused.

The situation outside was worse than he expected, the white smoke from the volcanic eruption lasted for a long time, obscuring the sky and the sun, and the visibility of the Iron Floating Tu with spotlights was less than three meters, Liang Jing said that this was a solidified and crystallized hydrocarbon compound, and there were no demons and monsters, but when Jiang Zi walked into this smoke, he realized that what was really frightening was not the demons and monsters, but the nothingness and loneliness that could not be left and right.

He was reminded of the classic "The Mist", and the more classic "Silent Hill".

The ghost place of Shangri-La Plain is windy all year round, but at this time, the atmosphere does not move at all, and the viscous liquid methane falls on the mask of Tiefutu, Jiang Zi walks along the safety rope, and he can find the energy cabin anywhere with his eyes closed.

It is not necessary to move in Cassini station, but you still need a safety rope, everyone needs to buckle themselves to the safety rope, these ropes are like safety ropes used in mountain climbing, except that the former is erected on the ground, and the bracket is driven deep into the permafrost with a drill, no matter how strong the wind is, the different colors of safety ropes represent different directions, yellow means to go to the energy cabin, red means to go to the communication tower.

"Dabai, it's too quiet, give me some music."

โ€œOKใ€‚โ€

Dabai began to play the Spring Festival overture.

The influence of BGM is huge, all the sinister under this song is hidden, even the female ghost in the midnight bell crawled out of the well to greet the people of the whole country, or how can she be worthy of this festive gong, drum and cymbal. Listening to Jiang Zi, he felt that there should be a stage hidden in the white fog in front of him, there were four hosts standing on the stage, and as soon as the white fog cleared, they would pick up the microphone and say that at this moment of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, I wish the people of the whole country a happy New Year.

The energy chamber is just a few tens of meters away, and it is kept at a distance from the main station to prevent the strong magnetic field of the superconducting magnet from interfering with the electronic system.

It is one of the most advanced light fusion reactors in the world, using deuterium tritium as fusion fuel, the structure is highly integrated and modular, the core technology is the first breakthrough by the Hefei Institute of Materials of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the manufacturing project is undertaken by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.

A cycle of energy chambers can last for 20 years, which means that the Cassini station will not be decommissioned until it is abandoned, but this does not mean that it does not need maintenance, because fusion produces a large number of high-energy neutrons, so the absorbent material must be replaced every three years.

"Stationmaster, the devil's claws are back." Lou Qi's voice came from the headphones.

Then Jiang Zi heard the footsteps of the robot, and the devil's claws crawled over like a spider, and it passed by Jiang Zi's feet, and stretched out its mechanical arm to high-five Jiang Zi.

The clawed robot crossed the river and slowly disappeared into the mist.

Jiang Zi remembered that the legendary Huangquan Road was like this, the vast fog, you can't see clearly in front of you, and you can't see behind you clearly, but you can only go forward, you can't look back on the world, and once you turn back, you will be pulled into hell and never be able to live forever.

Fortunately, Jiang Zi soon saw the energy capsule, and the safety rope took him to his destination correctly and did not take him to hell.

"Dabai, the source of the fault?"

"The cable interface is falling off." Da Bai replied, projecting on Jiang Zi's mask at the same time, marking the source of the fault, "Mr. Stationmaster, you only need to reconnect the cables and restart the control circuit to restore the power supply to Cassini Station." โ€

Tiefutu's feet drove the spikes into the frozen soil to stabilize Jiangzi's body, he opened the toolbox, and then the repair progress of the devil's claw continued to work, he saw the detached cable, not the thick cable that transmitted electricity, but the wire in the control circuit, a screw was badly aged, and broke in the vibration, causing the control circuit to fail.

This is a minor problem that can be solved with just a different screw.

"Lou Qi, Liang Jing, which of you is going to tell the chef that if you don't have any wine tonight, this electricity won't be repaired."

Jiang Zi snorted and knocked on the shell of the energy cabin with a screwdriver, and now the lifeblood of the energy cabin was in his hands, and he used electricity to order the chef.

Lou Qi, who was holding the robot remote control, was stunned.

Liang Jing reacted a little faster.

"Then I'll go talk to him."

Jiang Zi cleaned out the broken screws, then found the spare parts from the toolbox, compared and tried the specifications, and there was silence in the headphones for a few minutes, and the voice came back.

"How?"

"Chef says he doesn't have any wine."

Jiang Zi replaced the new screws, ", this person, dare to do it?" You asked him if the bottle of Beijing Erguotou in the kitchen cabinet was his? I still don't admit it, the dead duck has a hard mouth. โ€

There was silence in the headphones for another half minute.

"Chef said the bottle was indeed his."

"That's not it." Jiang Zi was very proud, and everyone got the stolen goods.

"But it's vinegar in it."