There can't be only one base for the Earth fleet, and the planet Oritha in the Kuiper Belt, as well as the "outer Neptune object" Sedna, which is 518 astronomical units away, are all alternative considerations for sub-bases. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIt's just that compared with the abundant resources around Jupiter and the asteroid belt, the Kuiper belt to which Ornitha belongs can only be described as lacking resources, and Sedna is located in the Oort cloud zone, which is already the outermost planet of the solar system.

The environment in which these two sub-bases are located limits their size, and it is impossible to grow as large as the main base, so they are mainly used as temporary bases for the future fleet to settle down, recuperate, and make strategic choices when the fleet leaves the solar system.

It is not a day's work, and it will take time to accumulate these plans to be implemented.

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In the middle of summer in August, the weather is like a moody urchin, and it changes when it is said. Just now it was a good day with clear skies, and in the blink of an eye, dark clouds and thunder roared, and under the black curtain of rain clouds, raindrops the size of beans crackled and fell, and a thick rain curtain was pulled up between heaven and earth in an instant.

The ground, which had been hot and dry just a moment ago, suddenly turned into a vast ocean, and raindrops splashed on it, stirring up flying droplets, and then causing even greater ripples to spread.

Zhou Chen and Yang Xi came out of the movie theater and looked at the connected world with some blankness.

In the past few days, Zhou Chen and Yang Xi have been contacting QQ with their mobile phones from time to time, and the two have become more and more familiar through communication, although they have not officially broken the relationship, but the relationship is rising rapidly, and they all enjoy this pure and ambiguous hazy feeling between each other.

Today, Zhou Chen tried to ask Yang Xi to come out to watch a movie, but Yang Xi readily agreed, but he didn't expect that after a movie, God suddenly changed his attitude.

"Brother Zhou, it seems that we can't go anywhere." Yang Xi glanced back at Zhou Chen, his eyes full of aura were full of helplessness.

Zhou Chen nodded, he looked at the parasol in Yang Xi's hand, this umbrella was very small, and it was definitely impossible to ensure that the two of them would not get wet in such a heavy rain.

"Oops, why is it raining so much......"

"It's miserable, we don't have an umbrella."

"Looks like there's no going back......

As the movie ended, the flow of people continued to pour out of the theater, and in the blink of an eye, the entire ticketing hall was crowded with people who were about to leave but were trapped by the shower.

Seeing that there were more and more people coming out, and the small hall was about to be overcrowded, Zhou Chen saw that it was not possible to go on like this, so he said to Yang Xi: "Why don't we go out with your little umbrella first, and then buy a big one when we get to the grocery store!" ”

"That's all there is to it." Yang Xi nodded slightly, and handed the umbrella in his hand to Zhou Chen.

A shallow smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Chen's mouth, and he was not welcome, he opened the umbrella, and then grabbed Yang Xi's thin shoulder, "Let's go." He said and hugged Yang Xi and walked outside.

There was a lot of water on the ground, and when the two of them walked, they could only walk with one heavy foot and one light foot, constantly switching where they landed. In order to avoid getting wet by the rain, Zhou Chen could only hug Yang Xi as much as possible. But even so, it was inevitable that the rain carried by the strong wind was half wet.

However, compared to the faint fragrance smelled at the tip of his nose and the soft touch from his fingertips, Zhou Chen immediately felt that if he could keep embracing beauty like this, it would be worth it to rain a little, and this rain was really timely.

At this time, Yang Xi lowered her head slightly, like a shy girl in the boudoir, let Zhou Chen support her.

Creak...... Chirping!

Just when Zhou Chen was in a pleasant reverie, there was a sudden sound of rapid brakes in his ears, no, he turned around suddenly, and saw a bright beige beetle constantly racing in the heavy rain. The tires pressed against the ground, splashing three or four meters away.

"Damn, what the hell is this! Does this driver have a sense of morality, and he still drives the car so fast in such a heavy rain! Zhou Chen scolded secretly in his heart, and when he saw the car approaching, he hurriedly turned around and protected Yang Xi in his arms.

There was a loud bang, and a piercing chill hit from behind. With the screams of the girl in his arms, Zhou Chen knew that he must have been drenched in cold at this moment.

"Ah, Brother Zhou, are you okay?" After being frightened, Yang Xi asked with concern.

"Do you look like I'm fine?" Zhou Chen showed a wry smile.

"Haha...... Brother Zhou has become a soup chicken......" Yang Xi couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw Zhou Chen's embarrassed face.

"You can still laugh, and you don't look at who I'm for!"

"Ah, then I just don't laugh." Yang Xi thought about it, and suddenly realized that he was really too heartless when he laughed like this, "Then what to do now, you are all wet......"

"What else can I do, let's find a place to shelter from the rain first."

"That's not good, even though it's summer, it's cool with this rain just now. If you don't dry it out as soon as possible, it's easy to catch a cold! Yang Xi said with a serious face, after the storm, people felt a little cold, she thought about it, and finally gritted her silver teeth and said: "Why don't you go to my house first, anyway, my house is nearby!" ”

"To your house?"

Zhou Chen was stunned for a moment.

"Isn't it too fast?"

"What's so unpleasant, anyway, my parents and brother are not at home!"

Yang Xi had an indifferent attitude.

"Lonely men and widows, this is even worse."

"Are you going or not going?" Yang Xi looked at Zhou Chen weakly, with a trace of doubt in his eyes, how could a big man become so twisted at this time?

"Go, why don't you go!"

It doesn't matter if the girls are any other, what does he have to worry about, Zhou Chen grinned, his attitude took a turn of one hundred and eighty degrees, and he happily agreed to Yang Xi's invitation.

Isn't it an attitude for a girl to take the initiative to invite a boy to her house, and when no one is at home, to prove their relationship? Zhou Chen thought secretly.

Mingdu Jingyuan, it is indeed not far from the place where the two are dating, this is the first time Zhou Chen has gone to Yang Xi's house, and there is an inexplicable little excitement in his heart.

After walking into the community, Zhou Chen quickly found that Yang Xi's home was a small hardcover bungalow, judging from the surrounding spring-rich greenery and the location of the bungalow, this should be a valuable house. It can be seen that Yang Xi's family conditions are not bad, and when he entered the house, the interior decoration also confirmed his guess.

"I didn't think you were still a little princess......"

After walking into the simple and girlish boudoir, a unique fragrance came to his nose, Zhou Chen looked around, and said with some surprise.

Yang Xi smiled faintly, as silent as a youlan.

"Now, this is my brother's clothes, you can take them and put them on first."

Yang Xi snatched out a set of clean clothes from the next room and handed them to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen smiled happily and quickly changed out of the clothes that were already wet. And Yang Xi also ran into the bathroom to change into clean clothes.

Then the two sat down at a distance of one person, but they didn't speak, and they were a little cold for a while.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, how is your paper? Is there a reply from the editorial office of Science? Yang Xi suddenly asked curiously.

"Not yet, I guess it's still in the stage of preliminary screening by the review committee."

It has been less than two weeks since the paper was sent, and according to the normal process, it should be reviewed by the members of the review committee.

"Brother Zhou, you are really amazing, you started publishing papers in internationally renowned journals at such a young age." As he spoke, Yang Xi showed an unreserved expression of adoration on his face.

Zhou Chen shook his head: "Forget it, if it was really powerful, I wouldn't have been rejected by Nature before." ”

"That's because they don't know the goods......" Yang Xi's beautiful eyes flowed, and her words were full of disdain for "Nature", she originally thought that "Nature" was very good, but after Zhou Chen's submission was rejected, she suddenly felt that "Nature" was nothing remarkable.

"Ah yes, Brother Zhou, it's rare for you to come back to my house, or ...... Give me some homework. ”

As if thinking of an excellent idea, Yang Xi smiled brightly, and after speaking, he jumped off the edge of the bed and took a copy of "Biological Reaction Engineering" from the bookshelf.

Zhou Chen was stunned by her behavior like this, and looked at Yang Xi, who was already sitting next to her, and was speechless.

"Aren't you a little stupid, in such a charming atmosphere, you actually asked me to give you homework?" Zhou Chen couldn't cry or laugh, stretched out his hand and pinched Yang Xi's face, changing into various shapes.

"Where am I stupid, and ...... The atmosphere we have now is not glamorous at all, right? ”

Yang Xi shook her head, squinted and smiled at Zhou Chen, but anyone with a little brain could see that she was pretending to be stupid.

"You, you are so incomprehensible......" Zhou Chen said, took the book of "Biological Reaction Engineering", and sighed: "Okay, let me give you tutoring today!" ”

"Uh-huh!"

Yang Xi nodded again and again, then sat next to Zhou Chen, flipped the book to the place she didn't understand, and let Zhou Chen teach her slowly.

Zhou Chen couldn't cry or laugh, it was really an encounter that was difficult to come to outsiders!

The study time passed very quickly, and it was more than four o'clock in the afternoon in the blink of an eye. Maybe Zhou Chen taught too well, or Yang Xi listened too fascinated, in short, when the two were immersed in preaching and teaching to solve doubts, each other's bodies were getting closer and closer.

When Zhou Chen reacted, he saw Yang Xi leaning over, the whole person half leaning beside him, and the little bird couldn't help but Zhou Chen's heart fluttered suddenly. glanced down at her, but found that Yang Xi's eyelashes trembled slightly at this time, as if he had a premonition, and his whole little face turned red.

What a beautiful girl!

Zhou Chen secretly praised in his heart, if he retreated in such a situation, he would not be a man.

"Xi'er......" he called softly.

"Huh?" In response to him, there was a glutinous voice as thin as a mosquito.

Zhou Chen smiled, reached out and grabbed Yang Xi's silky and white left hand, so that she could not escape, and then slowly lowered his head, looking at Yang Xi's eyes that were wide open because of shyness and uneasiness, and their eyes kept getting closer to each other.

Zhou Chen seemed to be able to see a touch of autumn water rippling from her clear eyes, uneasiness, and a trace of unclear expectation, and finally, the lips touched the two soft and delicate red lips, and obtained a warm and smooth touch.

It's done!

Seeing the gaze from a distance away, he became shy, his little face became more and more ruddy, and the whole person was about to melt like a snowman. Zhou Chen took this opportunity to go one step further and directly hugged this beautiful girl who was kissing with him in his arms.

Yang Xi's body was not heavy, so he was easily picked up by him.

"Dead you!" was begged by Zhou Chen, Yang Xi was ashamed and angry, and raised his fist to fight down.

Zhou Chen stretched out his hand to shake it, but he grabbed her fist and raised the corners of his mouth proudly.