On the 130-square-kilometer island, along the edge of the stream flowing to the southwest, rows of excavated foundations in an east-west direction will be a soil substrate thermostat shed and a nutrient solution matrix thermostatic shed, of which a wooden frame is half built, and a nutrient solution thermostat shed of about two acres of land has been completed from the outside; Not far to the east of the building under construction, there are now tents, probably dozens, which will be used as laboratories and living quarters in the future. Further east, the basic lines of the planned integrated metal smelter, integrated metal processing plant, selected concentrator and so on have been drawn, and one of the fusion power plants looks almost complete.

On the side of the creek facing the building, a dam has been built in some sections.

Between the buildings and tents, in addition to the people traveling and the transportation of equipment, various building materials are scattered and piled up.

At the end of the evening, Ivan summoned all the people of the island for a meeting, a convention that had been formed a long time ago - a convention to be observed at the end or beginning of every important event.

Next to Ivan's tent, on a tall and straight tree trunk, hung a dazzling lamp, which, like everything else on the site, illuminated part of the entire construction surface of the base.

Before the host arrived, groups of men, some were laughing with each other, some were kicking and playing like children, and the ladies, all in groups, were chattering about the situation at home - more about the situation of the children.

Ivan's long body had begun to crumble, a thin neck was clubbed on his shoulders, his gray hair was against the light, and above the neck, only the top of his head, the raised nose and his cheeks full of folds were illuminated by the bright light, and the folds of his cheeks changed shape as he spoke. The clothes and pants on his body couldn't hold up at all because of his body, so he walked as if there was an empty object inside, and he shook it one by one.

The dust on Ivan's clothes was not clean, and in some places there were pieces of scraps of building materials, and most of his head was covered with hair, and a few strands of hair were hurriedly pulled up by his hands.

Wen He, who was about a head shorter than Ivan, crossed his legs and hung his hands on his coat. The face of the nearly forty-year-old man looked much more rounded than Ivan's, giving the impression that he was more than twenty years younger than Ivan.

Someone joked to Ivan: "Old man, how are you taking care of it, you look more and more slim and delicate?" ”

Ivan smiled: "When you reach my age, you still eat your own excrement every day, hehe!" You'll be like me. The crowd burst into laughter

Ivan straightened up in a moment: "Back to business, everyone is quiet!" Well! It's getting colder, so I'll save some time and go to bed early. ”

Ivan's usual opening remarks came: "As you can see, our culture liquid constant temperature shed is about to be completed, and we are about to enter the stage of trial production of grain." Tomorrow at noon, after the last piece of glass is installed, the construction of this greenhouse will be completely completed, and later, more tedious things should begin. Therefore, starting tomorrow, all the personnel on this island will stop the construction of other projects to focus on the last works of this greenhouse.

Specifically, it includes the following aspects, first, it takes two days to do a comprehensive airtight test and subsequent disinfection of the entire constant temperature shed, which is presided over by Lu Yuan and assisted by Wen He. Second, it is necessary to start the selection of corn, wheat, rice, and several kinds of vegetables and the preliminary treatment of seeds. The third is the preparation of the culture medium, which is also presided over by Helley! Four, ah! Fourth, the inspection of disinfection equipment and water disinfection of culture medium water are presided over by Lu Yuan. Fifth, the final laying and operation monitoring of the cable from the power plant to the constant temperature shed are presided over by many times. Sixth, the personnel entry and exit regulations of the thermostatic shed must be formulated, and this will be prepared by me and Helary! Seventh, it is the installation and commissioning of spray disinfection and temperature control equipment for personnel entering and leaving the room, which is presided over by Wen He. As he spoke, he coughed dryly, swallowed a few more times, and moistened his throat: "Uh-huh! This is how the work will be arranged after tomorrow, and if there are any changes in the specific implementation, please notify it separately! That's all, if you have any questions, ask them now. ”

Wen He: "I don't have more people there, the space is too big, I'm afraid it won't be done well." ”

Ivan: "Arrange it yourself!" Isn't it still yours to arrange all the personnel! He also said to everyone: "All relevant personnel should go directly to Wen He if they have any questions about their work arrangements." Nothing else to do! ”

As the night wore on, the shouts of the people on the construction site, the clinking of tools, and the sudden sound of various machines had disappeared. Since the Jiana incident, the two bases have arranged for men with the surname to be on duty every night, and tonight, Zhao Li and Lu Yuan are on duty on the island.

Both were dressed in a dark raincoat with a hood over their daytime overalls. The cone-shaped pillars of light from the flashlights in their hands were short-term as they moved, sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west. Although the conversation between the two was not loud, it could be heard far away in the quiet of the night.

The sky dome, a torn irregular opening, stretches from one end of the sky to the other—it is a river of countless shining stars in the Milky Way, which is billions of them! Although there are too many of them to count, they can follow their own trajectories in a regular manner, and do not easily collide with each other, and whether it is a black hole or some other type of planet in the center, how much energy should there be to dispatch the stars revolving around it! And any of these visible stars is much larger than the two red dwarfs in front of it.

Zhao Li looked up at the Milky Way for a while, and he sighed: The Milky Way, you are so big, where we run to see you, is it no different from looking at you on the earth!

Lu Yuan looked at the sky and then at Zhaoli: "What do you see, it will be covered and snowing in a few hours." ”

Zhao Li nodded: "Hmm! I saw it. "From the northwest, the edges of the dark clouds begin to obscure the starlight of the Milky Way, accompanied by starlight.

Lu Yuan tugged at the clothes on Zhaoli's body: "Can your clothes withstand the cold at night?" ”

"No problem, it's not cold to walk like this! I was looking at the Milky Way and thinking about the Earth, and I don't know what it looks like now! There are a few friends and colleagues there, how are they doing now! ”

Lu Yuan smiled: "What do you think the earth should be like now?" ”

Zhao Li shook his head: "I can't think of it, and I don't dare to think about it." ”

"What was it like when we left, remember?"

Zhao Li nodded: "Remember!" The heat kills people, some places always rain, some places do not rain at all, it seems that places close to the equator have begun large-scale desertification. ”

"What else?"

"Then there's the fact that the sea level is rising so fast that the coastal cities have been swallowed by the sea. ”

"Hmmm! And also? ”

"And so much more! Many people have begun to dig holes in the ground to escape the heat. ”

"That's right! Your friends and colleagues have a few digging holes. ”

Zhaoli shook his head: "I don't know!" I feel like it is, as if it doesn't. ”

"No digging holes! When we set off, the climate was already very bad, and in many places the surface could no longer be moved, and the climate was deteriorating at an accelerated rate. Would they have survived without digging a hole? ”

Zhao Li shrank his hand into his sleeve and nodded, "I really feel a little cold at this moment." I hope those friends can dig a hole in the ground and hide it, and they can survive these ten years. ”

Listening to Lu Yuan's words now, Zhao Li couldn't help but flash the words and appearance of how Lu Yuan was reluctant to leave the earth at that time. I felt that I couldn't mention it, so I lowered my head and smiled.

In the dark night, Lu Yuan sighed: "Hey! We can only wish them here now. ”

"It's quite far away, 40,000 light years away, if they are really alive, they will be happy enough."

Lu Yuan smiled: "That's, it's interesting to think about it, there is a friend 40,000 light years away who is blessing himself, hehe!" It's happy enough. ”

Zhao Li teased again: "It's happy and awkward, right?" ”

Lu Yuan smiled knowingly.

Zhao Li turned to another topic: "A layman like me in science can be saved by you scientists, and in the future, your task will become heavier and heavier." ”

"It's nothing heavy, it's for everyone, it's for yourself, and it's been idle for more than ten years, and now it's just a matter of reworking on the old business."

"I just admire you, the realm is high, you can see far, and as soon as something is put on you, it must be explained by the height of human beings to understand."

Lu Yuan smiled: "You are becoming more and more philosophical in your speech, I think, what you said is approaching this height." ”

"I just use my mouth, but my mouth can't solve the real problem. Before, were there not many people like me on earth? ”

"That's it! However, you don't just talk about yourself, you are not selfish, so it is very rare. Hey! I don't think we're flattering each other right now! "Say hey, hey!

Zhao Li suddenly said, "Really? Hey! But I think the credit should be given to you, which cannot be erased, and cannot be erased, otherwise we will not be able to explain it to the next generation. We can't say to them, 'We fell from heaven, we were made by God's hands or grown out of the earth?' Can they be convinced? ”

Lu Yuan smiled: "It's up to you to say anything." ”

Zhao Li then smiled and said, "Since I am up to me, then I will not be polite to you." He also explained: "You are polite to your own merits, and we, who are standing and watching, are we still human beings if we don't praise you?" ”

"Thanks! Yo! It started to rain, and after a while it turned to snow. Let's find a place to hide. ”

Zhao Li pointed to the shed where materials were piled up not far away: "Where to go!" Where I always rest. Like everyone else, let's just make rounds once an hour. They each found a place to sit down, and for a moment each thought about his own thoughts, and had nothing to say.

Lu Yuan: "Ah! He yawned deeply, and Zhao Li also yawned and then smiled: "Drowsiness has come over." ”

Zhao Li picked up the topic: "It seems to be Ivan's tent over there, and the lights inside are still on." ”

Lu Yuan: "Since he came here, he has been working and resting according to the earth's schedule. ”

Zhaoli sighed again: "It's too hard!" I don't know what to exclamate to express my feelings.

Lu Yuangang yawned, and there were still tears left in his eyes, and it was also a dry affirmation: "Yes!" ”

"There is a question, after this second base is built, will the first one, that is, the base on the mainland, be abolished?"

"I'm not sure, but I don't think the first base should be abandoned, and the two bases can be used for different purposes. In the end, this base is surrounded by the sea and has limited space, especially because there are not too many mineral resources or specimen resources for research. I don't think Ivan will give up the first base easily, but most of the personnel will probably have to move here. ”

"Hmmm! That's good, too. Zhao Li nodded: "Do the wheat, corn and rice we eat have to be planted in the constant temperature shed like this all the time?" ”

"Well! It's hard to say, it depends on how these crops adapt to the future of our crops. Even if it does, it will be a long time later. ”

"Are they more complex than a wormhole ship?"

"You can't compare that way, these are two completely different fields of science."

"I'm mainly worried about our future survival and development."

"Worried about what?"

"You think! We live and die like this, and it's over, what about the survival of our next generation, the next generation, our children and grandchildren? We can't always produce food this way, right? Do you think that our race team will grow and develop in the future? In the future, there are thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, all of whom produce the means of subsistence in this way? All with such a large production cost to produce production? I am engaged in economics, and I know that if the cost of production of the means of subsistence is too high, it will affect the development of the race. For example, will it affect future investment in education, scientific research, etc., right? So I don't think it's about the present. These crops cannot be produced under normal conditions, that is, in an open space, which will certainly not be conducive to the continuation of our future generations. ”

Lu Yuan smiled: "It's a long way to go, but your idea is that you can be sure of the future, so let time answer!" ”

"Is it hard to answer?"

Lu Yuan shrugged: "It's hard to say, aren't we solving it now!" Maybe if you understand the factors of biological growth here, it will be easier to solve. ”

Zhao Li turned his face to look at Lu Yuan: "You are a biologist and a chemist, right?" ”

"It's not so clear now, and it can be said that it's a biochemist."

"What kind of neurology is your wife, cryocytologist?"

"Hmmm! What's wrong? ”

"You are the treasure of all of us, and we can't do without you for the construction of the project here."

"Hey! What should I do? As far as you treat us as treasures, we don't feel anything about ourselves, but we just do what we love. ”

"It's already the middle of the night, I think you better go back to sleep! I can rest during the day, your task is so heavy, and there is no possibility of resting during the day. ”

"It's okay! It takes a long time to take the turn to work the night shift once, and once it will not affect the daytime work. ”

"You're going to be tired, we can't afford to lose."

"Thanks! Didn't you notice that I've changed a lot? ”

Zhao Li thought to himself, how could he not find it, but his mouth was down: "Is it?" Didn't you find out, haven't you always been like this? ”

Lu Yuan pouted: "You just pretend!" When we were about to leave the earth, you don't know what I was like? ”

Zhao Li smiled: "Oh! You mean that! ”

"Didn't I feel reluctant to leave Earth at the time?"

Zhao Li nodded and looked at Lu Yuan: "Hmm! ”

"Now, you see, I didn't accept it with peace of mind, and I was so diligent. Isn't that a big change? ”

Zhao Li wanted to liven up the atmosphere: "Le Siya is a few years younger than you!" And optimistic and cheerful. Under her influence, it's not surprising that you have such a change. ”

Lu Yuan wanted to argue, but changed his words again: "You are right, this is also one aspect." ”

Zhao Li smiled: "Are there any other 'aspects'?" Don't hide it from me!"

"I thought about it crookedly."

"The 'aspect' of life is 'crooked'"

Lu Yuan said with a smile: "On the other hand, I am talking about it, yes, our team is very united and friendly, and it is these that encourage me." ”

"Oh! That's it! But that's exactly what you're saying. I often see scientists in the lab working the same way as you, and they don't expect anything in return. Although it is true that I can't repay it now, I think this spirit is worth learning from. Hey! I now have a great idea. ”

Lv Yuan""

Zhao Li was a little excited: "We should record all this, so that it can be used not only as historical materials in the future, but also as teaching materials for the education of future generations!" I'll mention it to Duoban or Ivan tomorrow. There is no historical record, so how will future generations know what kind of hardships we are facing now? Furthermore, it is possible to be forgotten without a record, and to be forgotten is to have an incomplete history. ”

Lu Yuan also nodded: "Hmm! It must indeed be recorded, otherwise, our descendants may even forget the ancestors of the earth. ”

Lu Yuan rubbed his face with his hands, raised his body and shook his arms a few more times: "Talk while walking." Zhao Li followed.

Zhao Li remembered another topic and smiled: "Huoman has been chasing Abaka recently, you know?" ”

"I've heard of it."

"Hey, hey! It would be interesting if they were partners. ”

"What's the point? Doesn't this happen to people and other kinds of animals on Earth? ”

"Or you scientists are well-informed." He explained, "I'm curious about what their descendants will be like if it happens." For you, there is a new research topic. ”

Lu Yuan said with a smile: "What is already there can't be studied, and then new species will come out, and then new topics will be launched!" Hey! Hey! It is very valuable for research. ”

"You're getting a lot quicker, but they still seem to have some people who still oppose it."

"Who?"

"Check it out!"

"That kid, he's not serious, I think he's jealous. He doesn't talk to Abeka, he always chills others - I can see that. ”

"Oh! It's understandable. You don't usually talk much, your eyes are quite thieves, and your heart is quite broad. ”

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "That has connotation." ”

"You remind me of a person again."

"Who!"

"Huoman! You and him are similar in their appraisal of themselves, not modest at all, and the two of you really have a fight. ”

Lu Yuan smiled: "This guy has a lot of energy, and he is infected everywhere, it seems that I was also infected by him." ”

"Chad is the first."

Zhao Li thought: The brain is the same as Huoman, so it's interesting! Oh! It's already finalized, it's impossible: "Huoman, this guy, you've been checking for so long, what's the result?" ”

"We haven't put it together yet, what? Interested? ”

Zhaoli hurriedly explained: "It's just curious, curious." ”

"Some of the results came out, mainly in the general structure, the internal organs that make up the physical genus of these organs."

"Physical caste?"

"It's the size, length, weight, etc., and if you want to explore all kinds of cells, you can't figure it out completely and unclear in a few years." Then he said: "His brain capacity is quite large, and the proportion of his body is higher than ours, we are about sixty to one, and his, almost fifty-seven to one." Well! The bones that support the body are made up of hollow structures to facilitate flight. Of the six limbs—including the pair of wings, of course, they had more developed muscles at the base of their wings; Compared with the other limbs, the muscles of the legs are more developed, and the muscles of the hands and arms are the secondary; The top of the three fingers and three toes of their limbs are cuticles, which are sharp enough to collect and obtain food, and the toes are shorter and may begin to degenerate compared to the fingers. What about the others! Like the skin, the skin is covered with scales that can change color, and they can change the color of the scales by their own minds in order to match the color of the environment. This may be a function they evolved to pounce on or prevent being pounced. There is also a very special place, which is their two pairs of wings. Their wings take up very little space when they are folded into their bodies, which is particularly surprising to our researchers. Later, after research, I learned that their wings were actually just a very tough membrane, and when they wanted to spread their wings, they only needed to inject a kind of gum and air into Monet's body, and they could stretch out, which is amazing, right? ”

Zhao Li nodded: "It's amazing." It's so amazing that I can't describe it. ”

Lu Yuan continued: "If there is another one, I can't remember it." ”

Zhao Li suddenly remembered: "Scales can change color?!" Interesting. How do you know by changing color with your mind? ”

"That's what Huo Man said! He said that when he saw the color of his surroundings, he wanted to become that color, and then he became. (To be continued.) )