Chapter 101: Arrival
Huo Gu has never let go of the things on the side of perpetuality, especially after this, there is no news at all, which makes it even more heavy, and during this period of getting along, unconsciously, they have occupied a little place in Huo Gu's heart.
Without the radio broadcast, Hogu didn't know exactly how much time had passed, but he could see that the destination planet was slowly zooming in.
Gradually, they saw meteorites floating in space.
The hydrogen-oxygen propulsion jets on the sides, Hogu they approach the planetary ring from the outside in a no-cut course.
"It's so strange, they're all so scattered, I thought every stone was dense when I saw it before."
One of the individuals looked at the nearby meteorites with curiosity, and strictly speaking, they had already entered the range of the planet's rings.
At this point, they had regained their former vigor after their long journey, and Hogu even had some suspicion that their previous behavior was actually some kind of hibernation-like mechanism.
"Will, when do we approach them?"
"Not yet, our speed is too fast, we need to slow down, go in at the current speed of 780 kilometers per hour, once there is a collision, it will be the end of broken bones, no matter how hard the carapace is, it is useless."
Although the cosmic organism cuts into the outer edge of the ring, it cuts in the opposite direction, using the traction of the planet to reduce the speed.
The process of deceleration is relatively slow, but it is a continuous deceleration, similar to air resistance, as long as it continues to circle the outer edge of the ring for a period of time, the speed can be reduced.
The original plan was to slow down like this, but Hogu was now worried about the situation on the perpetual side and decided to take a little risk.
In order to slow down as soon as possible, Hogu temporarily modified the structure in front of the cosmic organism, filling the remaining hydrogen and oxygen fuel into the front to slow down in reverse propulsion.
After a few dozen laps, the speed dropped to a safe speed, and all the oxy-hydrogen fuel was completely depleted.
The cosmic organism that is the carrier of Hogu is like rubber in the high temperature, slowly extending a few tentacles from the side, and losing all fuel does not mean that it is no longer capable of moving, as long as the hand grows long enough.
A tentacle flicked outward, and immediately hooked up a meteorite equivalent to one-half of the volume of the organism, and under the action of force, the two massive objects pulled each other and interfered with each other's trajectory.
Obviously, a meteorite of this mass can't stop the organism, but it doesn't matter, Huo Gu repeated his old trick, hooking up several larger meteorites with his tentacles, and the organism's body immediately stabilized in a gravityless environment.
The explorers had been nesting inside the organism, all of them were startled by the sudden Thomas maneuver.
"Will, we're so lucky!"
"The stones were so close to us, just a little bit away, we ......"
Before the prospector could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Hogu.
"No, I calculated it."
"Ladies and gentlemen, we don't have time, there's something going on on the other side of the surface, and we have to step up."
With that, Hogu handed over the information he had received to the prospectors to make them understand what had happened, and then Hogu gave the order.
"I'm going to catapult you into a meteorite-dense area, and if you find a large ice meteorite there, you'll send a radio signal, and I'll go over and receive it."
"What if you can't find it?"
"Then keep looking, we urgently need ice to refuel hydrogen and oxygen fuel."
"You don't have to worry about movement, in that kind of meteorite-dense area, you can move between meteorites just by relying on the reverse thrust of your tentacles."
"As soon as possible, do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Hogu squeezes the Prospectors out of the cavity of the organism, and then throws them with his tentacles, throwing bowling balls in a single motion.
The ejected Prospector nimbly dodged the floating meteorite fragments, thanks to the pre-departure training and Hogu's specially designed dynamic vision.
One by one, they seemed to be incarnated as ace fighters in air combat, and each time they activated the chemical propulsion vents just right, perfectly avoiding those meteorite fragments.
The first prospector to be ejected is naturally the first to approach the target site.
The prospector adjusts the vent and turns itself, and the tentacle is facing the meteorite, and then the reverse propulsion that uses up all of its hydrogen and oxygen reserves.
After an onslaught, the Prospector's landing was complete.
"I'll leave this meteorite to explore, and you can go to other targets."
"Understood."
"Understood."
Some of the explorers who had locked on to the meteorite reversed course and headed for other target meteorites.
The prospector's tentacles held its body in place like a spider, and then the chrome teeth at the bottom easily pierced the meteorite, gnawing on the next piece of chewing.
"30% iron, 65% nickel, 11% silicon, and other trace elements......"
The prospector spits out the chewed meteorite powder and uses its tentacles to move to other parts of the large meteorite, repeating the same behavior.
This method is very rudimentary and one-sided, and Hogu knows this very well, but he can't help it, because there is no better way.
The most important thing to find now is water, and once it finds this, it can use it as a basis to exert greater power on this planetary ring.
"It's been so long, and I don't know if they can hold up in the future, it's really worrying......"
Hogu stared worriedly at Twilight's location.
After another period of time, a radio signal was finally received by Hogu in the dense meteorite area.
"It's in that direction!"
"Nearby prospectors get out of the way!"
After Hogu simply determined the direction, he commanded the organism to throw itself towards the meteorite-dense area with the help of the swing of his tentacles, and then there was a strong collision of two small mountain-like objects.
Thanks to the vacuum environment, the sound cannot be transmitted, otherwise the sound may be like a bomb.
This level of impact would not cause much damage, and even if it did, Hogu would have the ability to recover, which was the basis for it to dare to mess around like it is now.
The rhizome system that extends from the organism quickly wraps the meteorite, extracts the water element inside, and gradually recovers the water from the rhizome after it is completely drained.
"The water element is only one-twentieth? Too little. ”
Still, Hogu broke down the collected water into oxy-hydrogen fuel and continued to the next radio signal.
Pieces of meteorites are scavenged, and the water element is still collected quickly, although the water content of a single meteorite is small, it can not withstand the large number of meteorites.
So much so that after refilling the organism's hydrogen and oxygen fuel, Hogu found that there was still a lot of water reserves left.
After thinking about it, Hogu recalled the prospectors and headed deeper into the meteorite belt.