Chapter 15: The Surface of the Green Star

In the next half day, Zhou Xin and the people on the green star explored the environment around the spacecraft's landing site. In general, at the first glance of this place, it can indeed give people a sense www.biquge.info of vitality. But if he stayed longer, Zhou Xin felt that this place was similar to those lifeless planets. After all, only the presence of plants makes it lack the vitality of some animals. In fact, all you can hear around is the sound of the wind blowing the leaves, which feels a little too monotonous.

For Zhou Xin, he obviously doesn't like this kind of environment very much. Of course, perhaps because he could only see, he quickly felt it. However, this is not the case with Ralph, who was able to make contact with Green Star in person, and although the excitement of setting foot on the planet at the beginning has disappeared, it does not prevent her from continuing to explore. After the robot dug a passage into the woods, Ralph immediately ran in with all the Thundermen.

In the woods, there are noticeably less weeds on the ground, replaced by a variety of unknown low plants. However, the splendor was only relative to the towering trees around them, and for Ralph and the others, most of the plants were still a head above them. Of course, these shrubs don't grow as densely compared to the outside, and a little clearing is enough for people to walk through them.

After entering the woods, most of the people scattered, each looking for something of interest to them, except for Christy and Aina, plus Blue who followed Ralph. Looking around, Ralph was attracted to a nearby bush.

At first glance, it was just an ordinary shrub. Perhaps because of the severe cold that lasted for more than ten days, there were not many leaves left on it, and it was a little ugly bare. But if you look closely, you can see some unusual white spots between the branches that resemble snowflakes.

However, as Ralph approached the plant, Zhou Xin also saw the true face of those "snowflakes". It turned out to be milky white fruits that had been knotted on the bushes, and the fruits were only the size of a finger, mixed with the snow, and it was really difficult to make out if you didn't look closely.

Walking up to the bush, Ralph reached out, apparently trying to pluck a white fruit. However, no one expected that at this time, an accident happened.

Ralph's hand had just touched a white fruit when Zhou Xin heard a slight "thud". With this sound, the fruit exploded. At that moment, Zhou Xin saw a large amount of white powder sprayed out of the fruit, and then it seemed that it was snowing heavily on the screen.

"Ahh Immediately after the sound of the fruit exploding, Ralph's screams were heard. Then there was the concern of Christy and Aina behind her, "Ralph, what's wrong with you?" Along with this voice, a burst of footsteps can be heard in a puff of white smoke on the screen. However, after a few footsteps, Aina's exclamation sounded, and before this exclamation was over, Zhou Xin heard a sound that sounded like an impact. At the same time as the impact was heard, Ralph's screams rang out again. At the same time, at the same time as Ralph's second exclamation sounded the familiar popping sound of fruit that had been heard early in the morning. The rest of the noise was even louder, and it sounded like the people behind Ralph were all panicking.

Because the camera was blocked, Zhou Xin couldn't see anything except the sound during the whole process, and when the sound of the fall came, most of the screen was even black. Seeing this situation, Zhou Xin repeatedly asked what happened in the communication, but he did not get a response from Ralph's side from beginning to end, and his heart suddenly rose.

Fortunately, Ralph is not the only one with a camera on his suit. At the same time that the screen was half black, Atlas decisively switched the screen. At first, the screen switches to Aina, but the image that comes back from her is almost the same as the previous one, except that the shadow is smaller, and it also transmits back the screams of Ralph and Aina. Seeing this scene, Zhou Xin couldn't help but start worrying about Ralph and them. With a glimmer of hope, Zhou Xin asked Atlas to switch the scene to Christy's body.

Fortunately, the picture sent back from Christy is relatively clear. Zhou Xin saw that at this time, Ralph was struggling on the shrub he had seen before, and there was an Aina who was also struggling on her stomach. It was difficult for both of them to stand up because they were struggling together. As they struggled, a large amount of white powder rose from the two of them, accompanied by the sound of some intact white fruit crackling.

Seeing that the two of them seemed to be fine, Zhou Xin finally relieved himself, so he began to ask Christy what had just happened.

Looking at the two who were still tossing, Christy smiled bitterly, and then replied: "Actually, it was just that white fruit that was fried at the beginning, and it looks like Ralph should be fine." However, in the midst of our nervousness, as we rushed to her, Aina tripped over something and fell on top of Ralph. Led by Aina, Ralph accidentally fell on a fruity bush. And then it became what it is now. ”

With the help of the others, Aina and Ralph are finally pulled up. However, after getting up, the two of them continued to shout.

"I can't see it, I can't see anything." While screaming, the hands of the two were still waving in front of them, if it weren't for the people around them to help them, maybe the two of them would fall again.

Zhou Xin was still a little nervous when he heard that the two of them couldn't see it at first, but as he saw the current situation of the two people clearly, Zhou Xin couldn't help but laugh. At this time, Ralph and Aina, the white powder on their bodies almost dyed the entire gray protective suit white. And not only their bodies, but even the masks are covered with a lot of white powder, which is no wonder they keep shouting that they can't see. With the violent movements of the two of them, the white powder on their bodies was raised again, which made everyone present more or less stained with some white powder, which looked quite embarrassing.

After waving their arms for a moment, the two of them finally realized what had happened. After wiping the white powder off their masks three times and two times, Ralph and Aina finally fell silent.

Seeing the disgraced appearance of the two now, Zhou Xin didn't even know what to say, and after a few glances, he could only warn: "Be careful in the future, don't be so careless anymore." ”

"Oh—" both men replied honestly, bowing their heads.

After this small turmoil subsided, everyone once again focused their curious eyes on the white fruit that would burst. Because of the struggle between the two of them just now, there is not much fruit left on the bush now. Looking at the few fruits he had, Ralph did not stretch out his hand rashly this time, but asked curiously, "What kind of fruit is this, and why did it explode?" ”

Zhou Xin was also the first time he had seen this kind of thing, so he didn't know how to answer this question. At this time, Atlas's laughter was heard in the communication between the two parties, and she explained while laughing, "This shrub is one of the more common plants on the Green Star, and can be seen in most places that the probe has explored. The white fruit is the seed of the shrub, and it seems that this time is just in time for those white fruits to ripen. And when the fruit is ripe, it has the property that it will burst open at the slightest vibration, and a large number of powdery seeds will be ejected from it, and those seeds will be scattered by the wind and then take root in other places, which must be the special way of propagation of this shrub. After a brief introduction, she added, "By the way, the detector has already examined it, and those scattered seeds are at most causing some trouble, and there is no harm to the human body." ”

"Since you already knew, why didn't you just remind us?" Ralph said reproachfully.

"People want to, but it's too late." Atlas's tone seemed innocent, and then he reminded, "By the way, there aren't many dangers on this planet, but there are still a lot of interesting plants like the one just now. So, before you take action, it's a good idea to ask people about the consequences of your actions. ”

"Okay, okay, got it." Ralph said casually, but Zhou Xin was sure that she hadn't listened. Then, after briefly cleaning up the white powder on his body, Ralph and his party continued to advance deeper into the woods.

Under Ralph's leadership, their journey was full of accidents. After encountering the white fruit that explodes, the group also encountered trees that spray water, small plants that look very, very weak but are actually extremely hard, and so on. As Atlas said, none of those plants are dangerous, they just make people feel embarrassed.

Among all of them, Ralph, who is at the forefront, is naturally the focus of all kinds of accidents. However, although she was still frightened by all kinds of strange plants from time to time, she was not afraid, and still led everyone forward with great interest.

In contrast, Zhou Xin's reaction seems to be more exaggerated than Ralph's. Of course, he was not frightened by the accident itself, but worried about the accident that Ralph had encountered. However, with Atlas's explanation and what he saw with his own eyes, Zhou Xin, who got used to it, began to slowly calm down.

After his mentality returned to normal, Zhou Xin was also able to refocus his attention on Green Star itself. At this time, Zhou Xin found that this place was not as bad as he thought at the beginning, and many interesting things were hidden under the seemingly calm appearance. If you can calm down and observe, in addition to those frequent accidents, every few steps forward on Ralph's side, Zhou Xin can always find something very interesting.

Due to the time difference, a few hours later, night was ushered in in the base, but for the people on the green star, it was not even noon. Perhaps because of the over-excitement, the biological clock did not affect the current state of Ralph, and everyone continued to explore forward with great energy. Compared with them, Zhou Xin couldn't hold on. Seeing that there were no serious accidents along the way, Zhou Xin relieved himself to hand over the next monitoring work to Atlas, and he went to rest.

= Nothing happened overnight = The next day, when Zhou Xin got up, it was night on Ralph's side. In this way, Zhou Xin can be more relaxed, and he no longer has to be distracted to pay attention to the situation on the green star. However, what made Zhou Xin feel unexpected but reasonable was that Ralph, who had been active on the Green Star for more than fifteen hours before, did not spend the night according to the time on the Green Star, and only woke up after sleeping for less than eight hours.

Now that they had woken up, it was impossible for them to stay quietly inside the spaceship any longer, and instead came to the Green Star as a matter of course. Although it is said that according to the time of the Green Star, it should be considered late at night in Ralph, but at this time, the night on the Green Star is not as dark as the night on most planets. Because in the sky, there is also a bright source of light - the supergiant planet.

That's right, if you look at the sky from Ralph's position at this time, you can see a "crescent moon" hanging across most of the night sky. It was so bright that the light of the other stars in the night sky was as faint as the light of fireflies. Of course, the ability of that "crescent" is not enough to make the ground as bright as day, but it is more than enough to see everything on the ground.

After stepping out of the spaceship and seeing the night sky for the first time, both Ralph and the others were fascinated by the "crescent" in the sky. The people who came out in the back were even more led by the people in front, and they focused their attention on the sky as soon as possible. In the end, everyone present looked at the sky without saying a word, for fear that their voices would spoil such a beautiful view, and all that could be heard was the faint sound of the wind and the crashing of leaves.

At the time of communication with Ralph, she happened to get out of the ship. Therefore, following her perspective, Zhou Xin in the base also saw the wonders in the sky. Seeing this scene on the screen, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's really - indescribable-" After a while, he added, "This is probably the biggest 'moon' I've seen so far......