"But there's a problem here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info," Wren said.

"What's the problem? I'm feeling good right now, I'm just a little hungry. "It's Rhea who asks this question.

"It's not a physical problem." Wren explained, however, that the next sentence was a bit surprising, "But, you don't want to go back to the base." ”

"Huh?" This time it was Zhou Xin who expressed his surprise.

"His body has adapted to the high concentration of oxygen, and now if he wants to return to the base, he will have to gradually adapt to the low concentration of oxygen, otherwise he will suffer from decompression sickness. And Leia, who has adapted to the current environment, will have to experience a long time of discomfort if she wants to return to the previous low-oxygen environment, and decompression is not the same as pressurization, you can only take it slowly, otherwise the consequences of decompression sickness will be very serious. Anyway, I'm going to live on the ship in the future, so it's better not to go back than to go through the process of decompression again. Wren continued.

"That's right." It dawned on Leia.

"Then you just stay on the ship and don't go, anyway, your companion will be here in a few days." Zhou Xin persuaded.

After thinking for a while, Leia said, "Okay, that's really bothering you. ”

At this time, Ralph came back with some food, and she didn't care about continuing to talk to Zhou Xin, so Leia couldn't wait to start eating.

Seeing Leia gobbling up there, Zhou Xin asked Rennes uneasily, "Are you sure there is really no problem?" ”

"Looking at her eating, do you think she looks like there's something wrong with her now?" Wren laughed.

Zhou Xin saw Leia's face flush, but she still didn't stop moving, looking really hungry.

At this time, Ralph asked, "Since Sister Leia is fine, can she leave after eating?" ”

"There are still a few tests to be done." "But don't worry, it won't take long." ”

"Uh-huh." Ralph nodded, "I'll accompany her to finish the check-up, and then it's almost time for us to go back, we've been here for four days, and it's almost time to call the next group of people." ”

You can go back, but Rea can't. Then, Wren repeated the explanation he had just given to Ralph.

"That's right—" Ralph said with some dismay, but after a while she became envious again, "In that case, Sister Leia shouldn't wear a protective suit, it's great, I don't want to wear it." ”

"There will be opportunities in the future." Zhou Xin comforted.

At this time, Spred's communication came, and Zhou Xin turned on the communicator.

Spred saw Rhea sitting on the hospital bed at a glance, and he greeted her, "Rhea, are you okay already?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." Leia said slurred with food in her mouth.

"This-" Seeing Rhea eating, Spred was a little embarrassed, and he looked at Wren.

Wren hurriedly explained to Spred what was going on with Rhea.

"That's right—" After listening to Wren's explanation, Sprede understood, "Then Lea you stay on the ship and don't come back, anyway, we will be up in a few days." There was a hint of relief in his voice.

Hearing the meaning of Spred's words, Zhou Xin asked, "I don't think you will send me a communication for no reason." Why, the large-scale device has been successfully studied? ”

"We failed once, but we succeeded." Spred said happily, "The unit has passed the full power test of your generator, and we now need a larger power unit." With a larger power plant, we can start testing the engine. ”

"The power plant." Zhou Xin thought for a moment, "Is there a bigger one in the temporary base?" Zhou Xin asked the Voyager. The Voyager gave an affirmative answer, and Zhou Xin continued: "I don't think that temporary base is useless, otherwise it will be demolished directly." The energy device will be sent directly to the Kilo base. ”

Then he said to Spred: "The power plant should be delivered to you tonight, and the rest is up to you." ”

"If I can get there tonight, I'm going to get ready, the converter is still a bit unstable at high power, and I'm going to fix it. Okay, so let's do it first. I'm going to get busy. Spred hung up.

"It's still so urgent." Zhou Xin complained, and then he said to Ralph, "Then I'll go and get busy first, and I'll send you down later." ”

…………

In the following week, Zhou Xin received two more groups of guests from the Kilo base. At the same time, Spred's operational tests of the warp engine are also underway. On this day, it was time for Zhou Xin and Spred's routine communication again.

"The people who sent it didn't cause you any trouble." Spred asked.

"You know how to ask that." Zhou Xin said angrily, "The people who have been sent up three times in a row are those conspiracy theorists, and every time I come up, I have to educate them ideologically, I always feel that I am not a captain now, but a bit like a warden." ”

"Hehe-" Spred laughed awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't want to take more people." And they didn't give you any trouble, did they. ”

"Forget it." Zhou Xin said helplessly, "I'm just complaining, as long as you don't send Guresta up, the others can do whatever you want." ”

"Actually—" Spred continued to say awkwardly, "he's on the next list to go on the ship." It seemed that Zhou Xin's face changed a little, and he hurriedly added, "But this is the last group of people, otherwise I wouldn't have put Guresta on the list." So—"

"Okay, okay." Zhou Xin was helpless, "Come on, send them over, it seems that I, the warden, are decided." ”

"That's a real problem." Spred said gratefully, "I'll thank you well in the future." ”

"Words of gratitude don't need to be said." Zhou Xin said weakly, "You better tell me good news to boost my mood." ”

"How do you know, I'm going to have good news." Spred said curiously.

"Oh? What's the news? Zhou Xin returned to his usual tone.

"Initial testing of the engine has been completed and the test run is in good condition, and we have only replaced a few small parts that were damaged during the test run." Spred said happily.

"No, it's really not bad." Zhou Xin felt a little surprised, and then his mood improved, "Well, this is good news, I thought that after being put on for so long, there are no big problems, there are always some small problems." ”

"I'm actually surprised by that." "But we've only done low-power testing, and I'm not sure the engine will perform at full power." ”

"That's not going to work, we can't always run the engine at low power in the future, when can we do a full power test." Zhou Xin said.

"The conditions in the base make it impossible to test at full power." "An engine running at full power affects the surrounding space, so full power testing has to be done in an open space. The first full-power test we conducted that year was on an asteroid. ”

"Asteroids?" Zhou Xin thought for a moment, "Wait a minute, I'll ask the Traveler." After waiting for a while, Zhou Xin said to Spred with a little embarrassment, "The Voyager did not detect the existence of asteroids nearby, and it seems that they were blown away by the Nova explosion." ”

Spred said calmly: "This is actually what I expected, so I have planned it for a long time, and the next step is to test it directly on the ship." ”

"Are you sure you can?" Zhou Xin was a little skeptical, "You must know that there is only one spaceship, and if it fails, it will be all over." ”

"There's no problem, this engine has been tested many times when it was first built, and the main reason for testing on asteroids before was because we hadn't built a complete spacecraft at that time, otherwise the full power test would have been carried out directly on the spacecraft." Spred said confidently. "You must know that there are seven safety devices on the engine, so even if something goes wrong, you are not afraid."

"Well, I'll believe you once." Zhou Xin made a decision, "By the way, I wanted to ask you a few times ago, where should the engine be installed in the spaceship, are there any requirements?" ”

"As I said earlier, the engine will affect the outer space when it is running at full power, so the closed end of the engine must be exposed to the outside of the spacecraft, otherwise it will affect the spacecraft itself." Spred explained.

"That's right-" Zhou Xin lowered his head and thought for a moment, "I understand, I'll find a place to install the engine as soon as possible." ”

"Well, I'm going to get ready for that, and we'll be ready to leave this place after the engine test." Spred's voice carried a hint of nostalgia.

"Now that you're ready to go, don't you have to send the next group of tourists?" Zhou Xin was still thinking about the previous events.

Spred glanced at him, "Well, that's what I said, Warden." ”

"Okay, okay, I'm really convinced." Zhou Xin made a gesture of surrender, "Then let's get here here today, I should also make preparations and find a place to install the engine." ”

After ending his correspondence with Spred, Zhou Xin began to communicate with the Voyager.

"Did you listen to my conversation with Spred, is there a suitable place on the ship to install a warp engine?" Spred asked.

"According to his description, there is no ready-made place to install engines on this ship now." Voyager replied.

"With so much outside space, isn't there a suitable place?"

"There's a lot of space outside, but there's no proper hardpoint, do you want to find a random place to hang the whole engine outside the ship like a missile?" The Voyager asked solemnly.

"Forget it then." Zhou Xin rejected the Voyager's suggestion without even thinking about it, "An engine hanging alone outside, it feels strange to think about it." ”

"Maybe Captain, you can tear down the broken engine number one and put the warp engine there

"The Voyager gave a suggestion.

"That's a good idea, Engine One can't be repaired anyway, but is it the right size?" Zhou Xin asked.

"The warp engine is a lot smaller than the number one engine, but there are no problems, just install some auxiliary brackets."

"Okay, then it's decided, you can send some robots to dismantle Engine No. 1 first."

Over the next few days, the Voyager sent a large number of robots to dismantle the broken Engine One. At the same time, Zhou Xin also took the plunge to receive the fourth group of visitors, including Guresta.

Originally, Zhou Xin wanted to ask Leia to receive them, but after thinking about it, Leia seemed to be one of them before, and Leia herself didn't seem to want to see Guresta, so Zhou Xin finally felt that it was more appropriate to go and see them by himself.

This is the second time Zhou Xin has seen Guresta, and it is completely different from the first time he saw him, the Guresta he saw this time was full of beard and looked a little decadent. He didn't have anything like torture on him, and it seemed that Spred just imprisoned him.

Zhou Xin walked up to Guresta, "We meet again." ”

Guresta raised his head and glanced at Zhou Xin, silent.

"Since you don't want to say anything to me, let's take a good look at where you're going to live in the future." After a while, Zhou Xin broke the silence.

"Have you forgiven me?" Hearing Zhou Xin's words, Guresta spoke, his voice speaking in a heavy voice.

"Then it's up to you to do in the future." Zhou Xin was noncommittal, "It seems that Spred didn't say anything to you, come with me, let you see the truth that Sprede is hiding, I don't know if you will have that kind of thought after seeing the truth." ”

Like the previous groups, Zhou Xin first took Guresta to see the results of the Voyager's previous investigation of the planet.

"That's the truth that Spred didn't tell." After reading the information, Zhou Xin said to Guresta, and he was still immersed in the shock caused by the video, unable to speak for a long time.

After a while, he finally recovered from the shock, and he whispered, "It's not like this, how can it be like this." I know that the planet was destroyed, but what happened to the people left in our base, and what about the others, why didn't they survive. Impossible, impossible! He began to cry.

"Alas, think about it, Chang'e will show you around the ship next, and I hope you can make the right choice." Zhou Xin sighed and walked out

Leaving aside the Guresta, the Voyager had already completed the dismantling of Engine One, and then the engineering robot had taken a moment to install the appropriate brackets in the position of the original Engine One, and now it was almost ready to install the warp engine.

"The shape of the ship is really ugly now." Seeing that the Voyager was missing an engine, Zhou Xin complained, "It feels like a toothless grandmother." ”

"The change in appearance does not affect the flight of this ship." The Voyager replied solemnly.

"It's really a host with no sense of humor." Zhou Xin pouted, "Okay, the brackets have been installed, everything is ready now, only the engine is owed......"