Chapter 62: Eros
The control panel in the ship's cabin began to flicker, and an anti-radiation film was being automatically applied to the outside of the cabin.
"The spacecraft has entered the solar system. Ahead is a group of terrestrial asteroids. "The synthesized sound sounded.
Suzaku looked at the military intelligent control board, and said in a calm and unemotional tone: "Cosmic radiation has increased. An anti-radiation film has been applied. ”
Suzaku silently displayed a map of the surrounding terrain on a huge air screen inside the cabin.
As soon as the picture appeared, Luo Chuan was taken aback and exclaimed, "Potato." ”
Potato, a perennial herb of the Solanaceae family, is the fourth most important food crop on interstellar Earth, after wheat, rice and corn. Potatoes are also known as ground eggs, potatoes, potato, etc., and are the tubers of Solanaceae plants. Together with wheat, rice, corn and sorghum, it has become the world's top five crops.
Then, the rest of the people's eyes turned to the giant air screen.
In the vast and endless universe, a potato appears in a close-up of the screen.
"This," Luo Chuan asked shyly, "Potatoes won't be killed by cosmic rays in space?" ”
After asking, Luo Chuan regretted it, he seemed to have asked an idiot question.
If you look closely at the air screen, it seems that the potato is not just a potato.
In the dark universe, it seems to reflect some light.
"That's not a potato." Xuanwu waved his folding fan, "That's Eros, an Earth-like asteroid." ”
Eros is not spherical in shape, but like a potato, with different gravitational pull on its surface. The temperature on the sunny side of Eros can reach 100°C, while the temperature on the negative side can be as low as -150°C.
"Eros." Luo Chuan said that he had never heard of this planet, his knowledge of the planets of the solar system was limited to the eight most famous planets, if you asked him where Saturn was, he would not hesitate to tell you the exact location of Saturn, but now that he saw Eros, Luo Chuan couldn't help but shake his head, "This planet is not spherical, but like a potato." ”
A huge shockwave hit, and the entire ship began to tremble.
Luo Chuan felt a tremor under his feet, and his body shook unconsciously.
"What's wrong?" Luo Chuan shouted, "What's wrong with the spaceship?" ”
Suzaku's tone was a little eager, "We may have to make a crash landing." ”
"And," Suzaku said in an accentuated tone, "the ship's fuel is already insufficient. We have to make a crash landing. ”
"Crash landing location, Eros."
Luo Chuan staggered to the corner of the cabin and sat down on the sofa, two tentacles stretched out from both sides of the sofa, tying his body with a seat belt.
At this time, Luo Chuan was depressed in his heart.
Every time you take a spaceship, you never reach your destination safely and without error.
Either hit by a magma body, or without fuel.
Can you have a good interstellar voyage?
As I thought this, the tremor under my feet disappeared.
The feeling of weightlessness in the mind is stronger than ever.
Luo Chuan's heart calmed down a little, and he turned his head with difficulty and looked at the window side of the cabin.
Looking down from the spacecraft, the surface of a large crater with a diameter of 5.3 kilometers is paved with an unusual layer of decay. Most of the decay on the surface of Eros is probably the debris and dust from the impact of small meteorites over a long period of time.
Luo Chuan couldn't help but gasp.
What he and the rest of his teammates will face may not be as distressed as in Shaxing.
What they are about to face is likely to be an environmental and psychological test.
The spacecraft suddenly shuddered.
"We're here." Qinglong said calmly, "Eros." All the crew disembarked. ”
"Also." Qinglong frowned, "This planet is not quite the same as other planets in the interstellar world, so you should be careful, there may be beasts or other problems." ”
Luo Chuan unbuckled his seat belt and went straight off the boat.
Suzaku left the control panel, opened the storage cabin, and pulled out a few booklets made of kelp paper from inside.
Next, leave the ship.
Eros is not as scary as Luo Chuan imagined.
Its ground is a mixture of sand and stone.
Luo Chuan stepped on it gently, a little hard, and a little soft.
Looking up at the sky, the sun was directly opposite him.
It had been a long time since he had looked at the sun like this.
Soon, though, he gave up on the idea of looking at the sun.
It was horribly hot, and sweat poured out of every pore all over his body without warning.
The mind is also hot and can't think at all.
"The temperature on the sunny side of Eros can reach 100°C, while the temperature on the sunny side can be as low as -150°C." Suzaku said as he wiped his sweat.
"I'm so thirsty." Luo Chuan said that he had never wanted to drink water more than he did today.
Every cell in his body seemed to be telling him one thing: water.
Even if it's just a drop of water.
However, Qinglong and Xuanwu shook their heads one after another, and their reactions seemed to say that they didn't find any signs of water either.
Luo Chuan suddenly remembered one thing, Qinglong, Xuanwu, and Vermilion Bird were all star masters, and their bodies could withstand extreme environments.
This kind of temperature, for them, may still be bearable.
And he, Luo Chuan is different, Luo Chuan has not been genetically modified, although he is the child of the Star Master, but for this kind of weather, the instinct of the body tells him that he can't bear it.
"Water." Luo Chuan said, licking his chapped lips, "I really want to drink water." ”
However, the further I went, the more I could see the cracked earth and sand, and there was no sign of water.
Without water, he would be turned into a dried corpse.
"There's water up ahead." Xuanwu shouted, "I saw a waterhole. ”
Luo Chuan's eyes lit up instantly, as if the whole world was bright.
There is water, there is water, and his cells can come alive again.
However, when Luo Chuan ran to the waterhole with great anticipation, he found that the entire waterhole was only one square meter in size.
Not only is it small, but the waterhole is black, and there seems to be some unknown creatures swimming back and forth in the water.
Still, it's better than nothing.
Luo Chuan almost closed his eyes and put his hand into the water, but quickly pulled it out.
Looking down at his hand, the whole hand changed color.
"This water" Luo Chuan was a little disappointed, "There is a problem with the water." ”
"Don't tell me." Luo Chuan looked up to the sky and shouted, "I will die here." ”
Luo Chuan's eyes shone with a faint light, and he knew that he was about to go into shock due to lack of water, and his whole brain was blank.
"Xiaochuan" Suzaku patted Luo Chuan's shoulder, "Hold on for a while, I have a way, I don't know if it will work." ”
As he spoke, he took out a booklet made of 32-carat kombu paper from his pocket.
This was given to her by Professor Nangong before she left Yuxing High School.
"Take these." Professor Nangong said, "Maybe it can really be used." ”
She looked at the kelp book in her hand and was a little suspicious.
Can these ordinary kelp paper really save Luo Chuan's life?