Chapter 13: The Entangled Ralph

At this point, three days had passed since Atlas discovered the planet where life was alive. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Given the large number of plants growing on the planet, almost all the continents are covered. Therefore, Zhou Xin named this small planet "Green Star" without thinking. The name also aptly describes the first picture captured by the detector that Zhou Xin saw at the beginning.

After three days of investigation, Zhou Xin had a preliminary understanding of the environment on the surface of the planet. However, at this time, he encountered a problem in the office, and it was a very headache. Fortunately, what bothers Zhou Xin now is not the investigation on the surface of Green Star, but the source of - Ralph.

"Uncle Captain, you agree, I'm about to die of boredom after staying here for so long." Ralph shook Zhou Xin's arm and said coquettishly, not only her, but also a few people who usually played with Ralph stood in front of Zhou Xin. Except for Christie, who looked a little helpless on her face, who seemed to have been dragged over by Ralph, the other people all looked at Zhou Xin with expectant eyes.

Because it wasn't classified information, the news spread the day after Green Star was discovered. Originally, this was nothing, but what Zhou Xin didn't expect was that when Ralph learned the news, his nightmare came. She found Zhou Xin as soon as possible and pestered him to agree to let her go to the surface of the Green Star. Yesterday was okay, after all, I only learned the news in the evening, so Zhou Xin sent her away without preparation in a few words. But today is different, since Zhou Xin's routine inspection of the base early in the morning, Ralph has been entangled with him. But unlike yesterday, Ralph has a different strategy today. Following Zhou Xin, she didn't say a word about wanting to go to Green Star, but kept crying to Zhou Xin about how boring life in the base was.

In fact, before Ralph could say a few words, Zhou Xin could already see that she was pretending. Because Zhou Xin didn't see tears on her face at all, and even the crying expression was obviously pretended. However, Zhou Xin didn't dare to demolish her, for fear that she would make something more radical after being exposed, so he had to perfunctory her along the way, and once her crying revealed the idea of going to Green Star, Zhou Xin immediately tried to change the topic. In this way, in addition to going to the toilet, Ralph followed Zhou Xin and walked almost the entire base one morning.

At noon, just as Zhou Xin was on his way to the restaurant, Ralph, who had been following him, disappeared. Although he felt a little strange about her disappearance, Zhou Xinzhong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But what he didn't expect was that just after a noon, Ralph, who he thought he had given up, appeared in front of him again. And she wasn't the only one who appeared in her office this time.

For the few people who appeared in front of him, although Zhou Xin felt a little troubled, he was not so troubled. What worries him the most is the current situation in the base revealed by the performance of the few people in front of him. Although the purpose of this place is to recuperate, everyone has been in this base for some time. In the case of a relatively lack of entertainment facilities, Zhou Xin would not be particularly surprised by their current reaction. He worries about how many people in the base have the same thoughts as Ralph and how he should respond.

"It seems that this kind of news cannot be spread too soon in the future." Looking at Ralph, who was still pestering him in front of him, Zhou Xin's thoughts inexplicably turned to other directions. As if realizing that Zhou Xin's attention was not on him, Ralph's pestering voice grew louder and louder. At the same time, Aina seemed to be a little unbearable, and she slowly moved to Zhou Xin's side. It wasn't as bold as Ralph's, but it was clear what she was thinking.

"Alright, Ralph, you can be quiet for a while." Then he thought about it for a moment, and then made a decision.

"Uncle Captain, do you agree?" Hearing this, Ralph immediately changed his tone.

Zhou Xin didn't answer this question, but asked, "Atlas, how is the environment on the Green Star?" Is it fit for life? ”

"To date, the probe has not found any conditions on the planet that are clearly life-threatening." The little girl replied earnestly, "The atmosphere on the surface of the planet is a little thinner, and the air pressure is only one-third of that on the Voyager. However, perhaps because of the large number of plants on the planet, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere is more than half of the total, and there are no toxic gases in it. Of course, this example is only to show that the environment on the surface of the planet is not bad, and it does not mean that the personnel who go to the planet do not need to wear protective clothing. When Zhou Xin asked the question, Atlas saw his thoughts, so he added the last sentence. After talking about the previous ones, she added again: "In addition, the investigation found that most of the plants on the Green Star are extremely photosynthetic, and their ability to produce oxygen is almost four times that of the existing plants on the spacecraft. Therefore, it was suggested that some green star plants could be transplanted on the Voyager. ”

"In the beginning, don't have too many of them." Zhou Xin reminded, "Transplant a little first and do experiments to avoid the problem of species invasion." ”

"People understand."

After explaining the matter, Zhou Xin turned his attention back to Ralph. After hearing the question that Zhou Xin asked Atlas, she no longer continued to pester Zhou Xin, but at the same time, the look of anticipation on her face became more enthusiastic.

Coughing lightly, Zhou Xin said slowly: "It's not impossible to let you go to Green Star. ”

"Really?!" Ralph was about to jump up, but before Zhou Xin could finish speaking, she hurriedly interrupted, "Uncle Captain, you are really good!" ”

"Not now, though."

"Ahh ”

"At least until this long night on the Green Star is over." Because Ralph and the others didn't know the details of the situation on the Green Star, Zhou Xin had to take a moment to explain to everyone the difference between a short night and a long night. After explaining, he added, "The extreme cold on the planet aside, our protective clothing should be enough to withstand it, but there is nothing we can do about the darkness." While the probe has not encountered any danger to date, there is no guarantee that there is something threatening hiding in the dark. Besides, I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything in that extremely dark environment, so I'd better wait until the long night has passed before sending you there. ”

"As long as you can let us go, Uncle Captain, whatever you say is what you say." Ralph agreed, "Wait a few days, just a few days." ”

"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Ralph with a smile, "Since I promised you, then in exchange, you can do me a small favor." ”

"No problem, Uncle Captain, you just say it." Ralph agreed.

Zhou Xin couldn't help but smile and said, "I want you to conduct a survey among all the members of the Voyager to count how many people want to go to the Green Star like you." ”

"Huh?" Although the investigation was not difficult for her, it would take a lot of time to interview the nearly 2,000 people on the Voyager, and it was not a very interesting task. So after hearing Zhou Xin's request, Ralph still felt quite surprised.

"Since you've already been asked to go, there's no reason why you shouldn't let anyone else go." Zhou Xin pretended to be serious and said to Ralph, "Moreover, you brought up this matter again, so it is best that you are in charge." Seeing the obvious rejection on Ralph's face, Zhou Xin answered, "What?" I've already agreed, can't you even do such a small thing? ”

"Okay, then I'll just do it." Ralph's answer was a little weak. But it didn't take long for her to get back to normal, and then she pointed to the others around her and said, "I need their help though." ”

"It's up to you." Zhou Xin shrugged, "As long as you can convince them." After saying this, Zhou Xin seemed to remember something, and he added, "Oh, by the way, for other people, you just need to ask them what they think, and you are not allowed to forcibly drag them along." ”

"People get it." Ralph did have such an idea just now, and seeing that Zhou Xin had already seen it, he replied a little embarrassed.

"Well, it's good to know." Zhou Xin waved his hand at Ralph, "If there is nothing else, then you can go and complete the task I have assigned first." ”

After Ralph and the others left his office, Zhou Xin finally couldn't help laughing. Hearing the laughter, Atlas also smiled and said: "Brother Captain, it's not good for you to be like this, it's obviously a simple investigation that can be completed by relying on the communicator in everyone's hands, and you want her to ask them one by one." ”

"Who let her pester me for so long, just tidy her up a little." Zhou Xin said with a smile, "And isn't Ralph not very fond of resuming sports, so let her run around the base for a while, and force her to do a physical exercise." And, isn't she bored? Finding her something to do is just enough to distract her. ”

"If that's the case, she should have been allowed to make a trip." Atlas nodded.

"I didn't mean to fix her, I wasn't so careful." Zhou Xin replied in a normal tone.

And just like that, another two days passed. In the afternoon of that day, Ralph walked into Zhou Xin's office with a few people panting and slapped a piece of paper in front of Zhou Xin.

"Uncle Captain, this is the statistical result you want." While panting, Ralph said to Zhou Xin, "I've been really tired of the past two days. Then she added, "Also, I asked my dad about the people who stayed on the ship, so you don't have to ask again." ”

"Well, well done." Zhou Xin replied with satisfaction, and then he picked up the piece of paper on the table and looked at it.

Zhou Xin felt a little surprised, and at the same time it was a matter of course. According to Ralph's statistics, more than half of all people expressed the idea of visiting Green Star, less than a quarter said they would definitely not go, and the rest did not care whether they wanted to go or not. Such a result has been able to make Zhou Xin see some problems from it.

"So many people?" After glancing at it, Zhou Xin said thoughtfully, "It seems that I have to reconsider." ”

"Uncle Captain, didn't you promise me before?" Hearing his words, Ralph thought that Zhou Xin would not let her go, so she asked a little anxiously.

"Tell me, how many people in the list were persuaded by you?" Seeing Ralph's anxious look, Zhou Xin couldn't help but want to tease her.

"How is it possible, they are all voluntary." Ralph immediately retorted, "I only asked one question for everyone, and even the Green Star's information was found in the database by themselves. ”

"Haha." Zhou Xin laughed, "Don't worry, what I said before still counts." Looking at it now, Green Star is definitely going to go, but with so many people, I'm afraid I can't send a random ship over as I thought before, and I need to make some arrangements. ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's explanation, Ralph breathed a sigh of relief, and then she made a suggestion, "Uncle Captain, or let's build a base on the Green Star like here." ”

Shaking his head, Zhou Xin said, "Not for the time being, we don't know enough about the situation on the surface of Green Star." It's okay for people to go up and play for a day or two, but if you live for a long time, the conditions are not mature enough. In addition, I also asked Dr. Wren, and he thinks that the gravity on the surface of the planet is still a little too small, and it is difficult to say if it can help us recover. Since staying here has allowed us to recover, it is better not to have any side effects in between. ”

"Oh-" Zhou Xin's second reason, Ralph had no way to refute it, she could only reply in a dragging voice.

"There's another thing next." Zhou Xin said, "As I just said, so many people must not all be sent to Green Star at the same time, so they can only be arranged in batches." As for the work of this arrangementβ€”" he looked at Ralph, and before she could speak, Zhou Xin took it upon himself, "I'll do it myself, and if I leave it to someone, maybe she'll put herself on the list of every batch of people going to Green Star." ”

"How is it possible, I will definitely arrange it." Ralph said sternly, but the look on her face at the moment clearly betrayed her.

Next, no matter how much Ralph pestered, Zhou Xin did not agree to leave the matter to her. But then there was really no way, Zhou Xin finally agreed to her a small request, that is, to arrange these people in front of him now on the list of the first batch to go to Green Star......