Chapter 22: Atmospheric Changes
"Jiang Ping, why don't you go down and pick up your loot?" Noticing Jiang Ping's strange appearance, Catherine asked on the private channel of communication.
Jiang Ping shook his head and said, "I'm not in the mood. They are all admirable and brave warriors, and any action that desecrates them is a shameful insult. ”
Catherine smiled and said, "But they're just plants, aren't they?" They are not higher life forms. ”
Jiang Ping said seriously: "You are wrong, they are intelligent life forms, I can feel it." They are brave warriors who defend their homeland, and we, we are shameful aggressors! We have killed their lives, should we shamefully take their corpses and ask for merit and reward? ”
Catherine shrugged her shoulders and said, "Jiang Ping, I think you're exaggerating. But I can understand your feelings. I know that in the old century, your ancestors were subjected to foreign invasions like this, so they developed sympathy for them. ”
Jiang Ping snorted and said: "It's the era of the Federation, I'm not a nationalist, I'm not sympathetic to them, I'm admiring them, they are worthy of respect!" ”
Catherine said helplessly: "Okay, I can't talk about you." But I can tell you a little secret. ”
Jiang Ping's eyes turned to the other party, and he asked casually, "What little secret?" ”
Catherine said with some excitement: "Do you know, I sliced and analyzed the green vines, and found that their similarity with the DNA of that light blue microbe, reached an astonishing 99.9 percent!" ”
Jiang Ping was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Is it the light blue microorganism that exists in the soil?" ”
Catherine nodded and said, "Yes." ”
Jiang Ping fell into deep thought. In Wang Hengxing's investigation these days, he has found that this light blue microorganism is almost everywhere in the land here, and he doesn't know what it means when Catherine says this.
"Catherine, do you mean that the green vine has some kind of similar connection to the light blue microbe?" Jiang Ping asked hesitantly.
Catherine sighed, "I guess, at least they are very close relatives between them." It's hard to believe that one of them is the lowest microorganism, and the other is a higher plant with a terrifying power. Unfortunately, I don't have more sophisticated instruments at hand to study them further. ”
Jiang Ping glanced at her and asked, "In that case, why don't you go down and pick up a piece of loot like them and continue your research?" ”
Catherine's expression flashed with a strange expression, and she said, "Maybe I was moved by what you said, they are warriors full of courage and perseverance, and I don't want to desecrate the corpses of warriors." ”
While the two were talking here, on the other side, Andrew raised his hands at this time and shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet, be quiet!" ”
After this battle, his prestige soared in the team, and when he shouted, the crowd soon fell silent, and they all looked at him, waiting for him to speak.
Andrew glanced around proudly, and said in a deep voice: "Now that we have got our wish, won a big victory, and captured the blue vines, what are everyone's plans next?" ”
The crowd began to discuss, and someone shouted, "What else do you plan, go back and receive the reward!" ”
Many people echoed in unison. Andrew smiled and said, "No, we can't just go back." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, and said in a seductive voice: "Don't you want to look ahead, maybe there is something better waiting for us in front of you!" ”
One of the team members objected, "Sergeant Andrew, we've gotten enough blue vines, we can't let go of any more, there's no need for us to go any further." ”…,
Andrew snorted and said, "Think about it, since there are green vines and blue vines, will there be other vines?" Although we have not seen any other vines other than the green and blue vines, this does not mean that they do not exist, and we need to explore them further. And I guess that there must be more powerful vines than this blue vine in the front, and such a more powerful vine will definitely make NASA even more coveted, and if we can get it, it will be a unique credit, and then we will really get rich! ”
I have to say that his words have a huge temptation, and many people have begun to ponder the possibilities in his words.
"Andrew, all this is your guess, you can't guarantee that there will be more powerful vines ahead, maybe there is nothing in front of us, wouldn't we be busy in vain." Someone asked.
Andrew snorted heavily and said, "I can't guarantee it." But I would like to remind you of what we are, we are interstellar expedition volunteers, and expedition is our responsibility! I still say the same thing, if you agree to follow me Andrew to continue the adventure, then stay, if you don't agree, I won't force it, everyone will go to the sky, go their own way, and do their own thing! ”
Andrew reverted to his old tactics and adopted a forceful approach, coercion and inducement. In this situation, other people who have different opinions have no choice but to swallow their opinions back and be coerced to follow him and continue to explore.
At this time, someone raised a realistic question, and said: "But now the energy of the flamethrower in our hands is a little insufficient, there must be blue vines in front of us, if we don't have the power of the flamethrower, we can't deal with those blue vines at all!" ”
Andrew said without hesitation: "Then use the backup energy source and charge the flamethrower." Now we're here for an hour, and everyone is using the spare energy in the armored car to fill up the energy of their respective flamethrowers. An hour later, we'll set off again! ”
After that, he quickly got into the armored car, opened the backup energy box behind him, took out twenty matchbox-sized energy batteries from it, and shouted to everyone around: "Everyone is still stunned, come and get energy batteries, one for each person, and charge the flamethrower!" ”
As one person came to pick up the energy battery, the others followed, each receiving an energy battery and starting to charge their respective flamethrowers.
The flamethrower actually uses a type of bioenergy, and the rechargeable battery used is also a bioenergy battery. There are not many such energy batteries in the team.
It takes time for the flamethrower to recharge, and the explorers who have nothing to do for a while are looking for their own things to do. Jerry and Jim are in charge of the daily atmospheric data measurement in the team, so the two of them took advantage of this time to find a vacant land, take out the instruments, and start their daily routine.
"The atmospheric temperature is 54.35 degrees Celsius, the absolute humidity is 9.700 Pa, the air pressure is 1,350 mm Hg, and the radiation intensity is ......"
Jerry, who was in charge of the observation, suddenly stopped when he read this, and a very strange look appeared on his face.
Jim, who was next to him, saw it and asked strangely, "What's the matter, Jerry, look at you like you've seen a ghost." ”
Jerry still looked like he had seen a ghost, staring at the tiny red pillar on the gauge of the atmospheric gauge and muttering to himself, "Jim, I think I'm really a hell of a ghost!" ”
Jim punched him angrily, and said impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense here, report me quickly, I still have to record!" ”
Jerry had a bitter look on his face, pointed to the atmospheric detector next to him, and said, "Look at it yourself, how do you tell me to report the number?" ”…,
Jim snorted, approached the atmospheric sounder beside Jim, and was dumbfounded at this glance, looking like he had seen a ghost.
At this moment, the option of the detector shows that the radiation intensity of the atmosphere is being measured, and the small red column in the middle of the instrument that indicates the radiation level has greatly exceeded the usual amplitude, and has broken through the astonishing 1,000 roentgen mark!
And what is even more surprising is that the tiny red pillar is still climbing upwards at the moment, and there is no sign of stopping!
In this case, it is really unreadable. In this case, either the detector is malfunctioning, or the radiation intensity in the atmosphere is very unstable at the moment, and the radiation intensity is constantly increasing.
Both of them turned a little pale. If the data displayed on the atmospheric sounder is true, then the condition of the atmosphere at this moment is already very bad, it is a very serious heavy radiation, and the space is filled with all kinds of high-energy particle rays, if it is not for the spacesuits on everyone's body to block these strong cosmic rays, allowing such strong cosmic rays to be directly irradiated, the damage to the human body will be catastrophic.
"This, isn't this detector broken?" Jim ate and ate.
"Probably not." Jerry adjusted the measurement option of the atmospheric sounder to the temperature option, and the data displayed on the instrument at this time was 55.43 degrees Celsius. Although the atmospheric temperature is a little higher, it is still within the acceptable range.
"Wait, isn't the atmospheric temperature you just measured 54.35 degrees Celsius?"
Jim found the data record just now, and the two of them compared each other, their faces turned even paler, and in just a few moments, the temperature of the atmosphere had already risen by more than a degree Celsius!
"No, I'm going to inform the team leader of this situation immediately!" Jerry, who knew that the matter was serious, turned over and jumped up, grabbed the atmospheric gauge on the ground, and ran towards Andrew next to the space armored car.
At this moment, Andrew was arguing with Jiang Ping. Jiang Ping refuses to charge the flamethrower with an energy battery, and advises Andrew not to go any further, much to Andrew's annoyance.
When Jerry arrived, he was viciously saying to the other party: "If you don't want to follow the team, no one will force you, you can do it yourself!" ”
"Team leader, something is wrong!" At that moment, Jerry ran over in a panic, still clutching the atmospheric gauge that made his heart flutter.