Chapter 53: Sophia's Ambition
The south pole of the moon is a forbidden area that humans have not yet conquered, and unlike the earth, the threat does not come from the temperature, but because the climate of the moon is originally relatively cold, and it is almost indistinguishable if it is cold to tens of degrees Celsius, but the endless craters in front of it.
With a diameter of 295 km, Bailey is the largest crater on the Moon, and Sophia's exploration department has long been ambitious to conquer this great mountain.
In the past six months, the exploration department has been quietly arranged, and 12 temporary camps have been established in the southern part of the lunar base, such as Pulbach, Tycho, Clavi and other areas, and a supply line stretching for thousands of kilometers has been constructed.
At the same time, they radiated from these temporary camps and discovered more than 100 resource deposits with the guidance of alien geology, which provided a full reference for the follow-up exploration of the moon by the East Galaxy Company.
Little by little, they came to the foot of the Bailey crater, looking up at the peak, the 9,000-meter-high crater is not tall at all compared to its diameter, but it is the biggest challenge facing mankind on the moon.
There are a total of 28 employees of the exploration department, and at first glance, they have a significant thing in common - they are tall and big, and their eyes are bright, even if it is Qiao Hehe, after active exercise on the moon, they can only meet the physical fitness indicators required by the work of the exploration department.
The light protective armor they wear is a little different from what ordinary people wear, weighing 20 kilograms, mainly in the head, shoulders, chest, knees, tibia and several key parts of the alloy armor, under the gravity of the moon, whether it is falling into a rift dozens of meters deep, or being hit by dozens of kilograms of rocks, it will be fine, which greatly protects their bodies.
They are also equipped with pistols, space explosives, unmanned aircraft, off-road vehicles with armor plates, and even if they can't touch aliens, at least they have a way to get out of danger when they encounter danger.
An unmanned aircraft flew up, revealing the detailed road ahead, Sophia swept her eyes and stretched out her finger: "Everyone will follow this route later." β
She was the first to climb up, she was once a soldier, she was athletic, and she was far more agile than men, and in the blink of an eye, she had reached the flat slope at a height of 100 meters and waited.
The people behind followed, leaving some marks from time to time, and there was no place for off-road vehicles on the crater, and the off-road vehicles were placed in a makeshift camp.
Without the guidance of their predecessors, it was difficult to find a way forward in the mountains, their progress was not fast, and some of the roads had to be blown up by explosives, and at the end of the day, they only went up 1,000 meters.
At night, there were no off-road vehicles, and everyone would not carry much supplies, so they had to find a deep rift and hide in it to sleep in the open to survive the difficult days.
The next day the climb continued, and the dangers in the process increased, such as a sudden earthquake, small extraterrestrial bodies, fortunately they were small in number, and it was unlikely that they would be directly taken care of by the disaster, basically shaking under their feet, and there were rocks rolling down from time to time in front of them, etc., paused for a few hours, and then continued when the disaster was over.
In the afternoon, Sophia found a very easy path to follow, and the employees were inspired to go up 2,000 meters in one day.
However, in the evening, perhaps because the exercise during the day is too intense, many people become sore and exhausted, and have to rest early.
"Good luck!" The next morning, Sophia sent a reply to the lunar base in the rear, and began the third day of exploration with the staff.
The place where they first set out was 3,500 meters above sea level, and now, they have reached an altitude of 6,500 meters, and from here, the view is quite good, and the arc of the moon can be clearly seen, as if they will fall down at any moment.
The road became flat and wide, and even a passage to the interior of the crater appeared, however, their goal was to conquer Bailey Crater, and if you wanted, wouldn't it be okay to enter directly by spaceship? Why take such a risk?
When you take out your binoculars and look ahead, you will see the location of the highest point of the entire crater. "That's where we want to go!" Sophia held out her finger forward.
"Let's conquer it!" Employees motivate each other and strive to move forward.
Sophia, who still has a lot of energy to spare, is using the alien geology they have learned to observe the geology inside Bailey's crater.
She muttered: "Sure enough, there are traces of natural craters and underground lava turbidity currents everywhere, which means that the interior of the crater has produced a high temperature and high pressure environment due to the impact of meteorites, which meets the conditions for the birth of rare metals." β
Later, Qiao Canal came up: "Sister Sophia, do you think there will be a giant mineral deposit here?" β
"There must be!" Sophia replied confidently, "When we conquer Bailey crater first, and then enter the interior of the crater, set up a temporary camp, and conduct a 15-day expedition, we will definitely make discoveries." β
"That's right." Qiao Hehe smiled, and when he saw the mature and sexy Sophia talking to him, his face suddenly brightened.
"Let's go! There are still 2,000 meters left. Sophia shouted.
The employees then lined up to approach the highest point, because there was no snow and the road was as easy as before, the only problem was that it was steep.
Twenty-four hours later, after a full four days of climbing, all 28 employees finally reached the summit. Standing at the highest point of the largest crater in the entire moon, they take pictures everywhere, upload Facebook what, as employees of the East Galaxy Company, they also have spiritual needs, especially to share this kind of show-off thing, they are quite enthusiastic.
And after the completion of this matter, the exploration will be carried out later, you must know that it only took a few days to climb the crater, and the subsequent exploration will consume at least half a month, just because the interior of Bailey Crater is too vast, and the area of the flat part alone is more than 10,000 square kilometers, which is enough to put the most prosperous city of the Night Rabbit Country into it.
Just as they were about to descend the southern road into the depths of the moon, an accident happened, and an employee was caught off guard and fell into a deep valley of several hundred meters.
When the rest of his companions descended cautiously and found him, they found that his legs were completely shattered and he could no longer walk.
ββββββββββ signing is about to be signed, I ask for more collections and recommendations here, thank you book friendsββββββββββββ