Chapter 40: Preparing for Liftoff
A minute after the elevator went down.
"Ding!" A bang.
After the elevator door opened, Li Guangqi took the lead and walked out, and everyone followed behind him.
After turning around, Lee Kwang Kai led everyone to the door of a house.
The door is on the mountain wall, and the whole room is a space carved out of the mountain wall.
Li Guangqi and a few people went in.
"Come in here and disinfect. Ultraviolet sterilization room," he said.
Li Jun and his gang all understood it in their hearts. It's been the same process since the last time I came.
After coming out of the disinfection room, Li Guangqi led everyone to take the elevator again, and the elevator fell again.
This time it didn't take long for the elevator to stop.
The elevator doors slowly opened.
Li Guangqi said.
"Everyone, it's here."
Then led a few people out of the elevator.
"Wow !!" Everyone was amazed!
Li Guangqi turned his head and smiled at the group of people and said.
"Welcome to the Z Peak base."
The first impression given to Li Jun here is one word.
"Big", the whole space has a feeling of emptiness.
There are people coming and going in the base, looking at the number of people, it is definitely not less than tens of thousands, and everyone is busy with the work in hand.
The most shocking thing is the first space ship that catches everyone's eye.
Although this ship is large, it is still a small amount compared to the entire base.
Because Li Jun saw that there were dozens of giant ships parked on both sides of the base.
Li Jun had an illusion in his heart: "Is this hollowing out the entire Z peak?" ”
Lee Kwang-qi was about to introduce it to everyone.
A voice interrupted him.
"Chief Engineer Li, you're back." A man in his twenties walked over and said to Li Guangqi.
Li Guangqi let out an "um" and then asked.
"Zhipeng, how are you preparing?"
Ye Zhipeng replied.
"All the work is ready, and Director Zhong has just come over."
Li Guangqi nodded. "Good. I'll report to Director Zhong, and you lead them to change into spacesuits. ”
"Okay."
Li Guangqi turned his head and explained a few words to Li Jun and the others, telling them not to run around here, and not to move anything. Signal that you will be back soon.
After saying that, he left.
Ye Zhipeng smiled and said to everyone.
"Guys, please follow me."
Li Jun and the others followed behind Ye Zhipeng and walked towards the other side of the base.
"Are you the team of this moon mission?"
Li Jun replied.
"Yes. Ten of us were in charge of protecting the engineers who landed on the moon this time. ”
After hearing Li Jun's confirmation, Ye Zhipeng's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at everyone.
"First time here?"
Li Jun shook his head.
"I've been here once, but last time I was supposed to have only lived outside the base for a week, and I haven't been inside the base."
After Li Jun saw the space ship, he basically determined that this should be the core area of the Z Peak base.
"I'll introduce you to you."
A few people behind Li Jun were still looking left and right just now, looking here and there, but they only had shock in their hearts, and they couldn't understand it at all.
Hearing that Ye Zhipeng was going to introduce it to everyone, he immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
Ye Zhipeng smiled when he saw everyone's appearance.
"The Z Peak Base, which is located under the mountain of Z Peak, covers an area of 20 square kilometers, and is where the ships of the base are parked, occupying half of the entire base. It took 500,000 people to build it and more than a year to complete. ”
"It is used here to build all the space ships of our country. When it was first built, it took a whole month to dig directly down from the top of Z Peak, and hundreds of excavation machines were scrapped. Only then will the lift-off shaft be opened. ”
"Look up, there's the well there! The entire diameter is 3,500 meters, and the depth is 10,000 meters. It's just that it's closed now. ”
Ye Zhipeng pointed to everyone.
When Li Jun looked up, he saw a huge disc-like lid on the top of his head.
"When the ship lifts off, the ship will be lifted up by the central lifting platform, and then it will take off in the lifting shaft."
A group of people continued to walk forward, and Ye Zhipeng pointed to a ship that happened to be parked on the right hand side.
"It's the protagonist here. It can be said that the entire Z Peak base was built for it, and our country spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources to be able to successfully develop it. ”
"The entire ship is five thousand meters long, the highest point is three thousand five hundred meters, the forward cockpit is five hundred meters wide, gradually increasing, and the tail is one thousand meters wide. Each ship is equipped with all the necessities of human survival. ”
Bai Qi asked.
"It's so big, how many people can this carry!"
After Ye Zhipeng heard it, he replied with a number that shocked everyone.
"A conservative estimate of 20 million. If according to the plan, a part of the population will be put into hibernation, and 50 million can be carried. ”
"I'll go! So much! ”
Zhang Qiang couldn't help but exclaim.
In fact, Ye Zhipeng still had something to say.
Although this number sounds like a lot, for a superpopulous country like country Z, the number of ships currently planned is far from enough.
This means that some people will be left on Earth at that time.
Ye Zhipeng did not continue the topic.
"Let's go, time is urgent, let's go change clothes first. After changing clothes, go directly to the ship used for this mission. ”
Although Li Jun still has some questions about space ships, he is short of time, and he can see that Ye Zhipeng doesn't want to continue this topic, so he didn't ask.
Everyone came to a room called the Equipment Room, and everyone received a new set of space equipment suits.
The whole is black, and the function is similar to the clothes that Li Jun can wear.
Ye Zhipeng spent half an hour introducing them to an oxygen generator and a quantum communicator on the spacesuit.
As for some other features, he didn't say much, and there was not much time left before the scheduled take-off. said let Li Jun and them slowly grope in the back, and it would be.
After the ten people changed into spacesuits, Ye Zhipeng took them to find Li Guangqi, and happened to meet them halfway, and Li Guangqi was also about to come to them.
"Hurry up, it's too abrasive for you to change your clothes."
Li Guangqi said a word to everyone.
Li Jun knew that this was caused by Ye Zhipeng introducing the situation of the base to several people while walking.
"Hurry up, everyone else is already waiting for you."
Li Guangqi said to the group in a slightly impatient tone, and after finishing speaking, he turned around and walked in the direction he came.
"Hurry up."
The group hurriedly followed.
After walking for a while, everyone came to the center of the entire base.
This is just below the lift-off shaft.
At this time, I saw that a small space ship was already parked on the lifting platform facing the liftoff shaft, and the appearance of the ship had changed slightly, but in general, it was similar to the giant ship parked on both sides.
It looked like a miniature version of a giant ship, but even so, Li Jun still saw that the group of people standing next to the ship at the moment was only the size of a tire compared to it.
Li Jun saw Li Guangqi walking over quickly, standing in front of a middle-aged man and whispering something.
Then the middle-aged man turned his head to look at them. He smiled at Li Jun and nodded.
Li Jun also immediately smiled and nodded in response.
Li Guangqi beckoned to a few people and asked Li Jun to come over.
Li Jun walked over and only listened to Li Guangqi's introduction.
"Jun'er, this is the director of the Office of the National: Escape Program. Director Zhong Xiangtai. ”
Li Jun hurriedly said. "Hello Director Zhong."
Zhong Xiangtai smiled.
"Hehe, don't be so polite, Li Jun, right? Your dad and I are old friends, so don't mind calling me Uncle Zhong in the future. ”
"Uncle Zhong is good."
Zhong Xiangtai smiled.
"Good boy, I heard your dad just now, there are ten of you this time, right?"
Li Jun nodded.
Zhong Xiangtai looked at Li Guangqi. Patted him on the shoulder.
"First of all, you and your husband contributed to the country, and now you are two children participating in the moon landing, and your family can be called a contemporary national hero family."
Li Guangqi hurriedly waved his hand.
"Director Zhong, what you said is too serious, both of us are soldiers, and now our two children have also been incorporated into the Ability Army, but now the family belongs to the military, as a soldier, it is natural to serve the motherland and dedicate themselves to the country."
Zhong Xiangtai smiled.
"Hehe, as far as your kid's mouth can say, okay, don't talk nonsense, how long is it until the scheduled take-off time?"
Li Guangqi looked at the time.
"Half an hour to go."
Zhong Xiangtai immediately arranged it.
"All the people are there."
Li Jun, Li Lin, Zhang Qiang and his group immediately stood up and walked to the miniature ship.
At this moment, twenty personnel wearing aviation equipment uniforms were standing neatly under the ship.
The twenty-person station is neat and tidy, and it looks like a professionally trained person.
One of the leaders, a young man of about twenty-five years old, saw Li Jun and them. He took the initiative to come up.
He stretched out his hand towards Li Jun.
"Hello, I am the commander of country Z for this lunar temporary base construction mission, Yi Chuan."
"Hello, Captain of the Fifteenth Squad of the Ability Army, Li Jun."
After the two shook hands with each other, Yi Chuan looked at Li Lin's group of team members.
I thought with some doubts in my heart.
"How could such a team be sent? Isn't it said that it is the strongest team? Except for a few of these men. Can those women have combat effectiveness? , an uncle and a child? ”
But although I thought so in my heart, I still didn't dare to say anything.
In short, he has made his own judgment in his heart about the ability of this team.
He is a person with self-confidence, even too much self-confidence, he is a little conceited, he thinks that he sees people very accurately, and he firmly believes in his own vision.
But this time he did see it wrong.
To say that in Li Jun's team, the strongest ability is definitely Mu Mu, who is the little girl he despises the most.
However, Li Jun didn't know what he was thinking, and even if he knew, he would only laugh it off, and he wouldn't explain anything at all, he was most unaccustomed to this kind of person who judged others with his own eyes in his life.
After the two got to know each other, the two squads stood together, standing together in front of the miniature ship, and it was not yet time to go up.
At this time, a guide car in the distance drove over at great speed, and I saw Ye Zhipeng helping an old woman get out of the car.
Li Guangqi hurried over to help her.
"Guangqi, what about the two children?"
"Mom, over there. Go, I'll serve you in the past. ”
The old lady nodded.
Li Guangqi helped the old lady and walked towards Li Jun and the others.
Li Jun saw her at a glance and hurriedly ran towards her, followed by Li Lin.
"Grandma!"
The two of them ran to the old lady and knelt on the ground with a pop.
The two have always felt that the person they are most sorry for in their lives is their grandmother.
Not being able to take grandma to the dungeon was the most guilty thing in the lives of the two.
The old lady hurriedly went to help the two of them up.
"Good boy, get up, get up."
After Li Jun and Li Lin stood up, they directly hugged the old lady.
The three of them hugged each other and cried.
After a while, Li Guangqi comforted the two children with a few words. Just said.
"Hurry up, it's almost time. There are only ten minutes left. ”
After Li Jun and Li Lin heard this, they wiped the tears on their faces.
Li Jun said to the old lady.
"Milk, let's go first, we'll wait for you above, and then we can't say that you don't want to move."
The old lady smiled and nodded.
"Okay, grandma will go. Go ahead, this mission, grandma supports you, good boys have to be like this! Dare to dare to do! Go ahead! ”
The two nodded, then turned and returned to the group.
Li Guangqi accompanied the old lady and watched from the side now.
Zhong Xiangtai saw that the time was almost up, walked to the front of the team, and said to the group.
"Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of myself and the people of the whole country, I would like to say a word of thanks to you for your fearlessness and for your reckless dedication. It is because of the fact that there is a group of people like you in our country who have paid silently, and many of them have even paid the price of their lives! Therefore, although our people are in the last days, they are also absolutely happy. ”
"Hundreds of years of technological development have made the earth what it is today, even if it is a disaster. The need to build a new home is also a blessing for humanity. Now you are the Sharp Knife Troops who have carved out a new home and stepped into the stars. Hats off to you. All: Forerunners. ”
"Science and technology is the beacon of our human exploration, as a former scientist said, the development of human science and technology has reached a bottleneck period, if you want to develop again, entering the universe is likely to be an opportunity for the development of human science and technology. Therefore, as the vanguard of mankind's entry into the universe, I wish you all the best. ”
"The vehicle on this flight has successfully landed on the moon dozens of times before, so please rest assured about safety, but the potential crisis on the moon is still unknown, so please always maintain a high degree of vigilance after going up, after all, so far, there is no precedent for my country to be stationed on the moon for a long time."
"Okay, that's all I have to say, I wish you success again, pioneers."
Li Guangqi walked over.
"Alright, board."
Under an order, the ship's cabin door opened, Yi Chuan took the lead in leading twenty engineers to board the spiral ladder, Li Jun and a few people followed, and the following thought that the controllers pressed the ascending button of the spiral ladder, and the spiral ladder slowly rose, and after reaching the position of the ship's cabin door, it stopped.
Yi Chuan turned his head, waved his hand at the crowd below, turned his head and got into the ship.
The crowd followed.
Li Jun waited for the end, and after everyone had entered, he turned his head to look at Li Guangqi, and then at his grandmother in the distance.
He smiled at the two men, turned his head and got into the ship, and as soon as he entered, he heard a system voice.
"Please confirm your identity."
Then a display panel fell in front of him, Li Jun glanced at it and pressed his hand up.
The female voice of the system rang out again.
"Identity confirmed."
I saw all the information about Li Jun displayed on the panel.
Li Jun, male, age: 23, current position: Captain of the 15th squad of the Z Country Alien Army. Military rank: Major.
Li Jun glanced at it and was a little surprised when he saw the column of military ranks, even he didn't know this, it should have been mentioned by General Xie after the formation.
The system panel was put back, Li Jun continued to walk inside, and when he came to the cabin, he saw that everyone had already taken their seats, and was about to find a place to sit down, when an engineer next to him said.
"Yi Chuan said to let you go to the cockpit."
Li Jun: "Oh? "Yes. He's a guy who can't even fly a fighter, what is he doing in the cockpit?
He stood up again, walked into the cockpit, and saw Yi Chuan sitting in the main driver's seat.
Yi Chuan turned around and saw Li Jun, angrily pouted at the co-pilot next to him, and motioned for him to sit in the co-pilot.
Li Jun didn't care, so he sat down directly and said.
"What do you need me to do?"
Yi Chuan asked.
"Will you drive this?"
Li Jun was a little embarrassed and shook his head.
"No, it won't."
Yi Chuan also shook his head and said.
"Forget it, just sit and watch. I hope you don't move anything, though. Otherwise, if there is danger, you and I can't afford it. ”
When Li Jun heard this, he didn't say anything, sat down directly, and fastened his seat belt.
Even if Yi Chuan didn't say anything, he wouldn't move, he didn't want this mission to make some mistakes because of himself.
Yi Chuan looked at Li Jun's appearance and smiled contemptuously.
Heartway.
"I can't fly the plane, and I deserve to be the captain, hehe."
He didn't hide his contemptuous eyes in the slightest, and was looked at by Li Jun.
Li Jun had a trace of anger in his heart.
This man was very arrogant, so he spoke.
"No, come on to another of your engineers, I'm sitting here and doing nothing."
With that, he got up and prepared to go out.
Yi Chuan looked at it and said.
"You're the squad leader, you can't sit here, it's a rule."
Yi Chuan ignored Li Jun after speaking, if it weren't for this rule, he wouldn't care where Li Jun sits.
After everyone was seated, Yi Chuan said a word to everyone in the cabin through the microphone.
"Everyone, fasten your seatbelts and please put on the mask of your suit."
"Roger!"
After everyone reported, Yi Chuan adjusted the intercom channel to the terrestrial channel.
"Chief Engineer Li, the personnel are ready, and I request to take off."
Li Guangqi said to this Yi Chuan through the headset.
"Okay, ready to take off."
He looked at the time. There is only one minute left.
"A one-minute countdown. All personnel are ready to be in place. ”
The clock ticked by.
"Open the liftoff well." Li Guangqi said.
Li Jun saw through the skylight that the wellhead was slowly opening to both sides. A pitch-black hole was revealed.
Li Jun's body suddenly felt a shock, and the lifting platform rose up, lifting the ship up.