"Report, an asteroid was found in front of it, the distance is 1.76 units, the radius is about 357~361 kilometers, and the ice rock type is ......"

"Is it a new asteroid that hasn't been discovered?" Ma Wu, who was on duty in the cockpit, asked.

"It's a new asteroid that hasn't been discovered before, and the system has automatically generated a number: Ice God 5736."

Ma Wu looked at the Explorer's logistics system, and then ordered: "Slow down and get close to the Ice God 5736 asteroid, we will replenish some water and materials that can be used." ”

"Roger, start decelerating and braking."

At this time, the explorer had been sailing in the cosmic void of the North Star Region for 94 days, and it was already more than 2,260 astronomical units away from the Helic planetary fortress at the edge of the solar system.

Not only is this very strange place, but they have encountered two troubles these days, one is a stardust storm, which is an interstellar dust area that stretches for more than a dozen astronomical units, and the density of matter in it is very high, and what is even more terrifying is that these materials have a high concentration of radiation, fortunately, the condensed matter shield is powerful, otherwise the electronic system of the battleship will suffer.

The second trouble was a gamma-ray explosion encountered during the 83-day voyage, although the energy level was not very large, but the gamma rays could penetrate the condensed matter shield.

Although it did not endanger the lives of the astronauts, the gamma burst caused damage to some of the electronics, and the Explorer lost a neutrino radar.

Therefore, Ma Wu plans to stay on the Ice God 5736 asteroid for a day to repair and replenish some water resources and usable materials by the way.

"Captain Ma, do you want supplies now? Isn't it not yet the first cordon?" Zhang Handong, who had just come out of the rest cabin, asked.

"I'm going to fix it in advance, after all, we've been sailing for more than three months in a row, and by the way, I'm going to replenish some materials on the asteroid." Ma Wu explained.

"I see, it's time to take a break." Zhang Handong nodded.

He has found that many astronauts have some psychological problems these days, and some people are psychologically sensitive during long-term space voyages, and there will be more or less adverse psychological problems, such as anxiety, insomnia, depression, cosmic phobia, and so on.

If this issue is not taken seriously, sometimes the consequences can be very serious, and the Sos people have had this kind of thing in their wandering days, because they can't bear the torture of mental illness, and there is a wave of suicide.

The two of them looked at the hologram while discussing the mental illness of the crew.

For these mental illnesses, the alliance has long anticipated, so many special treatment cabins have been prepared on the Explorer, and psychological correction treatment generally adopts simulated environment and psychological counseling, combined with drug treatment.

Now that the human body is strong enough, mental illness has become the number one disease in human history, which has become a social problem, and the alliance has invested a huge amount of money in the correction and treatment of mental illness.

Soon, the explorer slowly approached the side of Ice God 5736.

"What a beautiful planet." Zhang Handong looked at the round gray-white asteroid and said.

Ma Wu, on the other hand, did not have that kind of leisure and elegance, he was directing the crew to prepare for the collection of minerals.

"Launch of 6 exploration satellites."

"Roger."

A missile manhole cover popped open in the side compartment of the Explorer, and six exploration satellites circled around the orbit around IceGod 5736, a recoverable exploration satellite typically used to explore asteroids.

Soon, six exploration satellites circled the Asteroid 5736 for comprehensive exploration, of which neutrino radar and spectrometer were the most common detection equipment, and countless data were uploaded to the battleship supercomputing center.

"The asteroid as a whole is ice-type, without a metallic core, with a water content of about 24.6%, and the water-bearing ice layer is mainly on the surface, and the spectral feedback of rare metal rhenium and palladium is detected, and the overall content is expected to be 5000~8000 tons of rhenium, and the palladium content is 1.7~19000 tons......"

"Zone B2 has a flat topography and dense aquifer ice, making it suitable as a water extraction area."

Ma Wu looked at the holographic simulation of the Ice God 5736 asteroid, and more and more areas on it were marked with detailed exploration conditions, and he hurriedly ordered:

"The resource collection team will immediately land and collect water resources in Area B2."

"Roger."

Huang Yaozu, the leader of the resource collection team in the landing module of the explorer, hurriedly replied, and quickly drove a small multi-functional mining spaceship with the resource collection team towards the Ice God 5736 asteroid.

"Captain, it's about to land."

"Okay, open the landing stand."

Due to the negligible gravity on the asteroid, the landing of the spacecraft was very smooth, after all, the alliance has accumulated a lot of experience in space navigation and landing, and these experiences have made great progress in spacecraft design and technical improvement, and the current spacecraft are much more advanced than before.

Burst! The slight collision sound between the landing bracket and the ground ice made Huang Yaozu and the five people feel that their spacecraft had landed through solid conduction.

"Unleash the mining robots." Huang Yaozu commanded.

"Roger."

Some robots resembling mechanical spiders were released, and they quickly crawled towards the vicinity with the help of supercomputing.

Soon they were collecting minerals from the nearby ice and sending them into the mineral processing chamber, which contained not only water, but also solids such as carbon dioxide and methane, which could be initially separated by the mining spacecraft.

The equipment of this mining spaceship was designed by the Galaxy Mining Group, which has rich experience in planetary mining, and the mining efficiency is very fast, and in less than half an hour, 1,500 tons of pure water were extracted, which is enough for the Explorer, after all, there is a water circulation system in the battleship.

Huang Yaozu saw that the fresh water had been collected, so he began to collect other materials, such as nutrients for the artificial meat and artificial vegetable factories on the battleship.

The collection is proceeding in an orderly manner.

On the other side, in the cockpit of the battleship, Ma Wu looked at the Ice God 5736 asteroid that had been surveyed and mapped, turned around and ordered: "Launch the boundary monument locator to the Ice God 5736 asteroid, the area is D6." ”

“OK。”

A 2.4-meter-diameter spherical shape was driven from the top of the Explorer into the rock formation of the asteroid Ice God 5736, and the Boundary Marker Locator represents the expansion of the territory of the Human Revolutionary Federation.

A day later.

At this time, it was the 2nd year of the galaxy, at 14:34 on June 25.

After replenishing the material from the asteroid 5736 of the Ice God, the explorers once again headed for the unknown starry sky, and they rode the wind and waves towards the unknown new world just like Columbus in the Age of Discovery.

After a short rest on the Ice God 5736 asteroid, the psychological problems of many crew members have been initially alleviated.

And the outer space communication center of the Helic Planetary Fortress is also in uninterrupted contact with the explorer.

On the holographic star map of the Outer Space Communication Center, the asteroid Ice God 5736 is flashing green at this time, which means that the asteroid has been brought under the control of the Alliance.

The Explorer is moving forward, it is a flashing red arrow, although its sailing route is said to be in the Polaris region, but the Polaris region is a huge sector, the specific voyage route of the explorer is [64.73156 degrees north latitude of the sun, 134.67439 degrees west longitude of the sun], probably biased towards the direction of the four galaxies of Tianyuan.

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