Volume 1 The Gold Rush Threat Chapter 40 Contest
On the workbench, the crew is debugging the best place to land.
Through the narrow window, you can see the earthy yellow planet with ravines.
Compared with the earth, there is a great contrast; There are no rivers, no air, no life, and humans can only occupy a small piece of territory, living in a space as small as a space warehouse.
Although living here is always a challenge to live and die, the Mars base is undoubtedly the greatest achievement of human settlement on other planets in this century.
Pan Wentao was a little apprehensive in his heart, he clasped his hands tightly in front of his chest, and walked out of the small bedroom to face his fate.
He paced down the circular corridor and met a crew member. Seeing his pale face and panicked expression, Pan Wentao had already guessed that they must have "immigrant phobia".
When he first arrived on Mars, he also had such a physiological reaction, and this feeling is hard to describe. It is a sudden physiological discomfort caused by a drastic change in the heart.
When you see this lifeless planet, you feel hopeless from within. It's not heaven, it's hell.
Even if you're mentally prepared, you'll still feel a strong discomfort when you actually face it.
这让潘文涛暗自窃喜,抓到了这群人的些许弱点,说不准这会成为他不小的突破口! His keen sense of smell could already smell that everyone's emotions were a little abnormal at the moment.
The man whose name he didn't know was sitting in the core of the spaceship at the moment, and as long as he sat here, the sky would fall, and the others would not be afraid at all.
What kind of person is this? Pan Wentao sighed in his heart.
At this moment, Morandi, like an animal trainer who trains hounds, controls his tamed hounds to face the final exam.
"Need my help?" For the first time, Pan Wentao found that his voice was weak, which made him very uncomfortable.
Morandi raised his head slightly and glanced at Pan Wentao with his spare eyes, and said slowly:
"How do you want to help?"
"I ......"
Pan Wentao couldn't answer for a while, he thought of his countless answers, the only one that didn't think of this kind of answer.
"Mr. Pan Wentao, I know you have more experience with landing on Mars than anyone else, but you don't have anything, so you can't help."
"I don't have anything?" Pan Wentao was a little surprised.
"Yes, out of all of them, you are the only one who doesn't think of yourself as yourself!"
Pan Wentao wanted to immediately deny his joking words, but he was just rightly said. How dare others ask him to help a person who doesn't have his own?
Seeing that Pan Wentao did not answer, Morandi continued:
"I guess you can see the purpose of our coming to Mars, and you will see the last thing you want to see happen!"
Pan Wentao felt that he was a transparent person at the moment, and his every move seemed to have been clearly seen by the man in front of him.
"Yes, I know the purpose of your visit to Mars, although you saved me, I will still protect the Martian base at the risk of my life."
Saying this, Pan Wentao felt a lot more relaxed, he had already made his position clear, and he would not be merciful because Morandi saved him.
"I knew you were going to do it from the moment you got on the boat, and even then I would save you without reservation."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll stop you?"
Morandi smiled mysteriously: "Since I dare to save you, I am ready for you to stop me." ”
"You...... What does that mean? ”
Pan Wentao suddenly felt that this person was too arrogant.
Although he can't do anything now, if he goes to Mars, with his familiarity with the terrain, he will definitely be able to pay a huge price for dealing with these unaccustomed invaders.
"Don't worry! I'll let you go back to the base and give you plenty of time to prepare. ”
Hearing this, Pan Wentao was instantly stunned. It's like being held with ice water and poured down from the top of your head. After a while, he slowly asked:
"You're telling me to go back and report the news? Maybe you're thinking too highly of your combat capabilities on Mars! ”
"I don't mean anything else, I've said everything I want to say," Morandi kept his usual composure, holding up three fingers, "I'll give you three days, and you go back and prepare." Of course, I am also conditional! ”
"On what terms?"
Pan Wentao suddenly became alert, and the soldier's intuition told him that he had entered the enemy's trap at this moment.
"Don't be so nervous," Morandi patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "My terms are simple, if you are defeated, you have to surrender and convince the others. ”
Pan Wentao reacted instantly, it turned out that he wanted to make himself his weapon!
If Pan Wentao is used as a weapon against the base, then the effect is a hundred times stronger than the cold gun in his hand now. After all, Pan Wentao is their hero, and they will believe in the hero's choice and give up resistance.
Human beings tend to obey the choices of the majority, but it is often one or two people at the helm who can determine the direction of the public.
Morandi has already seen that Pan Wentao is such a person at the helm!
"Alright! I accept. Pan Wentao said firmly, "But we may protect our homeland until the last soldier!" ”
"Hmm~" Morandi nodded, "I'm looking forward to fighting you." ”
Pan Wentao returned to the cabin.
Only then did he realize that he was already sweating. He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and now he finally understood why these men who licked blood with knives were so willing to die for him.
Morandi and his battle, when he entered the ship, had already begun.
Now Morandi has pushed him to a moral high point, and as he said, Pan Wentao's only flaw is that he does not have himself. He can accept his sacrifice and bloodshed, but he can't accept the 1,000 people at the Mars base and turn them into powder.
Three of his teammates, although not fully recovered, were able to move freely. As soon as the ship came to a steady stop, the four of them were ejected.
Dressed in bulky spacesuits, several people supported each other through the wide wasteland and arrived at the entrance to the Martian base.
It's a W-shaped mountain, and the Mars base is built in the middle of the col.
It's a clever design, not only is the ground solid, but the two mountains can withstand the hurricanes on Mars that can lift any building.
Not far from the entrance are two low, domed watchtowers with useful detection instruments. At this moment, the people in the base had already seen these four people, but they were wearing thick anti-radiation suits, and no one recognized them in advance.
Pan Wentao walked to the door, waved his arm at a camera, and Dou Sha in front of the surveillance monitor immediately recognized him and ordered:
"Xiao He, quickly notify the door to open! It's you, Uncle Pan, who is back. ”
"Okay~" A little boy with a childish face bounced up from his seat and ran away happily.
Pan Wentao didn't wait long for the door to slowly open. He first passed through a dark and narrow isolation room, entered the cleaning area, took off his spacesuit for a full cleaning, and finally entered the base.
What made him strange was that since there was no one to answer him.
He had just thought that it must have been the naughty ghost who did it, but he suddenly appeared behind him and roared childishly.
"Xiao He!"
Pan Wentao didn't have much to do about this naughty child, so he could only grin helplessly,
"You're such a kid! Go and call your dad and Uncle Dou, I'll wait for them in the conference hall, I have something very important. Go quickly~"
He Lingbao saw Pan Wentao's pale face, as if he had seen a ghost, he only slapped his thighs with a smile, and said vaguely:
"Uncle Pan, how did you become so timid? I just yelled like that to scare you like this! ”
"Stinky boy! Just go~! Pan Wentao pretended to slap him, but his raised hand stopped in mid-air.
Seeing Pan Wentao so fierce, He Lingbao knew that something must have happened, and went to find his father like oil on the soles of his feet, and when he left, he didn't forget to turn his head and stick out his tongue at Pan Wentao.
He Lingbao was born on Mars, his skin was as white as paper, just like his whole person, he had never experienced the world.
There are not many children growing up on Mars, and the harsh and confined environment is extremely cruel to them. A child born on Mars like He Lingbao embodies a beautiful vision for mankind to colonize extraterrestrials. So too much love makes He Lingbao as naïve as a child even though he is 19 years old.
Pan Wentao sat on the chair in the conference room, and the chair was shaken "creak~".
He held his tired face plate with both hands, and sorted out his thoughts: how should this battle be fought?