Chapter 16: Black
Base 3 is not the same as Base 2 and Base 2. The purpose of the construction of the No. 3 base is simple, that is, mining, refining ore, and then transporting the finished mineral products to the main base. So Base 3 is relatively much simpler.
Fifteen days after construction, most of the materials brought by the Rare Earth Expeditionary Corps have been turned into factories and machines, and under such construction progress, it is estimated that the remaining materials can support about three days.
It was at this time that the material replenishment brigade set off. This material replenishment brigade consisted of 300 load-carrying robots, carrying a large amount of supplies, and set off towards Base 3.
The main base has become a strong backing to support the construction of the entire Titan.
And all this is built for the purpose of building an interstellar fleet!
In the dark of night, this huge army moved silently, and this time the Fengshen 1 helicopter still took on the role of navigator. Xiao Yu first contacted Fengshen No. 1 through the satellite in the sky, and then Fengshen No. 1 guided the material replenishment team towards the finish line.
Two days later, the unit managed to reach Base 3, and some of the robots began to return, while others stayed.
The lake next to the No. 3 base was named No. 2 lake by Xiao Yu, and at this moment, next to the No. 2 lake, there was a construction scene in full swing.
At this moment, the No. 3 base has begun to take shape. With such a group of extremely efficient, infallible, and tiring construction troops, no construction tasks are worth mentioning.
Xiao Yu even thought proudly, if he let the boss of the contractor on the earth know that there is such a construction army, will his envy saliva flow out.
Lake No. 2 covers an area of about five square kilometers and has a maximum depth of about 60 meters. This methane lake, which is not very large, provides the most solid fuel backing for Xiao Yu's construction army.
Next to Lake No. 2, there is a lone robot walking around. This is a robot responsible for surveying the terrain and geological data for Xiao Yu to make the next construction plan.
It walked freely around the lake, crouching on the ground from time to time, and using its red eyes to do some testing on the ground. Five more geological points have been measured, and it has completed its task for the day, and it is time to go back and rest.
However, after it completed the detection of four more geological points, Xiao Yu suddenly lost its signal.
In the center of the No. 3 base, there is a large radio station, which is responsible for communicating with the satellites in the sky, and more than 1,000 robots in the No. 3 base will transmit signals to it at any time, and then it will send the signals that need to be processed to the satellites in the sky, and the satellites will turn the signals around and pass them to another satellite, and finally transmit them to the main base, where Xiao Yu will process these signals.
Then Xiao Yu will relay the processed signal to this radio station according to the same procedure, and the radio will relay the signal to the more than 1,000 robots busy in Base 3, directing them to work tirelessly.
It can be said that more than 10,000 robots and hundreds of millions of sensors on Titan are Xiao Yu's eyes. The photonic computer provided Xiao Yu with huge computing power, and the failure of any robot or sensor would be immediately detected by Xiao Yu.
The communication between the radio and the robot is real-time, which means that the radio and the robot are in contact at all times. Now, the signal of a robot suddenly disappeared suddenly, and Xiao Yu immediately noticed it.
Xiao Yu immediately retrieved all the information about this robot.
"Well, the rare earth type 3 robot, responsible for geological survey, the location where the signal disappeared is 500 meters in the direction of Lake No. 2 near Base No. 3."
"Could it be that the transmitter is broken?" Xiao Yu made this speculation, but then denied it.
Because the maintenance records clearly show that the robot was just replaced with a new transmitter just eight hours ago. As for the quality of his products, Xiao Yu is very confident.
This is not the mass of scum on the earth, this is for your own use. Xiao Yu produces these things, and naturally has very strict quality requirements.
"The lake is at high tide and floods it? Is it possible, according to calculations, that the next high tide in Lake No. 2 will be three hours later, or is there something blocking the signal between it and the base? It can't be, on Titan, is there anything else that moves besides me? ”
Xiao Yu was puzzled, so he had to send the rest of the robots to check.
In order to prevent accidents, Xiao Yu sent an exploration team consisting of a flamethrower robot and four ordinary robots.
The robots closest to the missing robots received the order and immediately gave up the work they were doing and walked towards Lake No. 2. A searchlight also turned on the light, illuminating their path.
Xiao Yu increased the computing power placed on these five robots a little, and immediately, all the information explored by these five robots was transmitted to Xiao Yu's mind, and even some secondary information that did not need to be handled by Xiao Yu himself was also transmitted.
In the darkness of the night, a high-powered searchlight paved a bright path for them. In this bright avenue, these five robots are moving forward cautiously.
It is getting farther and farther away from the No. 3 base, and it is getting closer and closer to the No. 2 lake.
Xiao Yu silently calculated the distance.
At this distance, the searchlights at base three have lost their effectiveness.
"The missing robot is nine hundred meters to the left in front of the robot squad. Okay, turn on the overhead miner's lamp, turn on the power to the maximum, and the forward speed to the maximum. ”
Xiao Yu gave a new order. This command was transmitted to the five robots through satellites in the sky and radio stations on the ground within a few tenths of a second.
The five robots immediately turned around and turned on the searchlights above their heads, creating a patch of light in the night.
"The methane level in the air has not increased, that is, the lake water has not risen at high tide. Seismic waves were also not detected by seismic wave monitors, which means that no geological changes have occurred here. So, what exactly caused this robot to go missing? ”
Xiao Yu silently speculated, manipulating the robot to move on.
Xiao Yu can't be cautious. In the universe where murder is everywhere and crises are everywhere, any negligence may lead to annihilation.
Suddenly, Xiao Yu sensed that something was wrong.
The ground here is orange-red. This is the color of lanthanide oxides. But Xiao Yu saw that three hundred meters in front of the robot team, the ground had all turned black.
Xiao Yu's heart jumped.
"No, no." Xiao Yu ordered the robot team to stop and quietly looked at the black.
This piece of black is moving. Coming from the direction of Lake No. 2 and moving towards Base No. 3. Xiao Yu made a calculation and found that the movement speed of this black piece reached five meters per minute.
"It's ...... Creature? Xiao Yu's brain spun rapidly, increasing the share allocated to the five robots several times, and at the same time ordered the Fengshen No. 1 helicopter to take off immediately and rush here, which was expected to arrive in fifteen minutes.
During this time, Xiao Yu did a thermal imager test.
"Won't it?" Xiao Yu was surprised in his heart. Because, on that black ground, the average temperature is minus 156 degrees. The temperature on the orange-red ground next to it was minus 162 degrees.
This piece of black is six degrees warmer than the next one.
Xiao Yu knew that this must mean something. But to say that this piece of black is a creature is really difficult for Xiao Yu to accept. Although there are some very hardy bacteria in the South Pole and the North Pole of the earth, the minimum temperature there is only minus 60 degrees, which is not comparable to here.
"Could it be that the universe is so big, the creation is so magical, there are really creatures that can survive in an environment of more than 160 degrees below zero?"
Xiao Yu felt very incredible.
More than 160 degrees below zero, what is this concept? In such an environment, people will be immediately frozen into ice sculptures, and if they are hit slightly, their heads and arms will be broken off like stones, and even steel will be frozen and lose its hardness and toughness. The three bases and robots built by Xiao Yu would have been frozen and unable to move if they hadn't been added to the building materials with nickel and cadmium and had special cold resistance.
In such an environment, there are also living creatures? Xiao Yu really couldn't accept this speculation.
The Fengshen 1 helicopter has arrived. In these fifteen minutes, this strange black color advanced eighty meters, and there were still two hundred and twenty meters before the exploration team.
On the Fengshen 1 helicopter, a huge detection beam hit down, and within the bright circular light spot, there was a deep black. Then, the black within the spot of light surged strangely under Xiao Yu's gaze, as if the black next to it sensed the light here and rushed towards here.
Taller and higher, taller and taller. Within five minutes, the thickness of the black substance in the area of the circular spot increased to one decimeter, and compared to the flatness of the rest of the place, it seemed as if a small mountain had risen out of thin air.
"These ...... Something that has phototaxis. Xiao Yu came to a conclusion.
For the time being, it is impossible to determine whether these things are creatures, and Xiao Yu can only use the word "thing" to call them.
"Detection team, forward." Xiao Yu made up his mind to figure out what they were, and for this, even if he sacrificed these five robots. If you don't figure out these things, just think about it, Xiao Yu will be uneasy.
On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?
One of the five robots began to move slowly, while the other followed ten meters behind it, closely monitoring all of this.
The distance is slowly closing.
200 meters...... One hundred and fifty meters...... 100 meters...... Fifty meters...... One meter ......
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