"Hmm, it's shockingly desolate, which direction are you talking about the lighthouse?"

Jamie stood on one of the highest nearby hills and looked around, but all he could see was the gray-white surface of the moon and the endless darkness of space, with a few bright stars.

Unlike the Yushu No. 1 base, which began to take shape, now that they landed near the mine, the only trace left behind was the Tianmu No. 2 mission, and the multi-day expedition could only rely on the Jiuzhang spacecraft.

"It's two hundred kilometers from here, Jamie, you can't see it even at the curvature of the moon, and even if it's high enough, the light will be attenuated to the point where the human eye can't see it."

"Okay, but you can definitely see the flash of a nuclear explosion there, and I hope you will take precautions."

Talking to Jamie is Yang Xinjun, who, his assistant and two astronauts have driven away two lunar rovers and are conducting expeditions along a predetermined route to collect samples, leaving Jamie alone.

He was using a telescope to observe the terrain and compare it with the satellite images in his memory, confirm the location of the mine site, and then select the test site.

He had to first identify several alternatives, and after a quick review by experts from the five parties, he would conduct an on-site investigation to ensure that he could obtain as much data as possible during the test explosion.

Jamie was bouncing along the mountains in search of the best vantage point, when he suddenly began to envy the motorcycle that Artemis III was equipped with.

Although his spacesuit is very light and easy to move around, it still requires more physical energy than on Earth, and it would be nice to have a motorcycle for the next resupply.

"Captain, what if we leave him there alone?"

Yang Xinjun's assistant couldn't help but ask, he didn't have a good impression of this foreigner who almost made his mentor lose his job.

Building a hydrogen bomb sounds like nonsense, but it is feasible on the moon, and even if it can't be repaired completely, it can reduce a considerable amount of work.

Moreover, this proposal is also known to the ground, and it is extremely exciting for this method that can greatly reduce costs, and it is not a hassle to get a nuclear bomb anyway.

However, due to the lack of actual data to support and the inability to determine the effect, once it is really feasible, the two road construction teams that originally played an important role will have to suffer from unwarranted disasters.

Deng Lei heard the complaints in the assistant's tone very clearly, but fortunately, they are now using a private channel.

"Ahem...... Don't talk about things that are not conducive to unity, Jamie has also been trained for half a year, there will be no problems, and his sampling work will be scheduled until tomorrow.

Needless to say, I have to drive. ”

"But aren't we driving autopilot?"

“……”

"It's just auxiliary, auxiliary!"

Deng Lei put his hand back on the steering wheel, the latest lunar rover is equipped with an intelligent driving system regardless of cost, and has the support of GPS positioning, which is not only safe and energy-saving in the barren land of the moon, but even more reliable than human drivers.

……

[2017 fiscal settlement in progress......

Long-term event: Fly higher

In the past calendar year, you have sent more than 160 professional astronauts/payload specialists and more than 130 non-professionals into space, with a total of more than 300 people and more than 500 passengers, which is a remarkable progress;

In 2017, three organizations led the completion of 6 manned landing missions, 12 astronauts landed on the moon, a total of 18 passengers, and the first phase of the space race was successfully completed.

Achievements: Outpost, the first long-term habitable module on the Moon;

Achievement: Dragon, you launched a super rocket that weighs more than 10,000 tons;

Achievement: Atomic, you traveled to the nearest celestial body using a nuclear vehicle;

Achievement: Master of Collecting Cards, absorbing more than 100 scientists above B+ level at one time;

Reward Settlement...... You get the following items:

38% concentration 77-year-old standard uranium rod*10000,

A-Rank Skill Card*10,

Dedicated research funding*30 billion yuan (non-withdrawable).

Note: You are trying to mine resources from other celestial bodies, and the first step of the Long March is the hardest, so please keep going.

Note: The use of nuclear weapons to mine ore in the universe is an inefficient and dangerous act, so please apply it with caution. 】

At 0:00 on January 1, 2018, Lin Ju finally ushered in the third annual settlement of the system.

The last annual settlement system rewarded 10 billion yuan in research funds, which greatly reduced the operating expenses of the base, and he hopes to receive a similar award again this time.

The system did not disappoint him, although 30 billion yuan can only be used for research technology, but it has greatly alleviated the original stretched budget, at least the funds misappropriated by the early Saturn exploration plan can be made up, and the progress of other projects will not be delayed.

As for the 77-year-old uranium rods...... At most, 1,500 were given, and this time it was 10,000, and if all of them were concentrated to make an atomic bomb, the base would be among the sixth largest nuclear-armed organizations......

It's a pity that these things can't be exchanged for money, otherwise so many uranium rods would be quite valuable.

But what makes him happiest is the A-level skill card, which means that the base can have 10 more A-level scientists or up to 5 A+ level scientists.

Although they have been bold enough to absorb hundreds of top scientists before, the help for the substantive applied technology research at this stage is still too limited, and the next upgrade will be to play an important role in the field of application talents, and the gain to the overall scientific research is also very high.

According to the price of other skill cards in the past, how can an A-level card cost 1 billion, and 10 cards are almost 10 billion yuan, which is definitely the most precious reward.

As for the last two hints of the system, he directly ignored them, anyway, United Mining could not find a more effective tool than a nuclear bomb, and even began to study how to use a hydrogen bomb to build roads.

Lin Ju, who got up in the middle of the night, carefully counted the harvest in his mind, and suddenly his mobile phone lit up.

The screen displayed an encrypted notification that would only be sent via satellite network in the event of a major emergency at the base, the first time in a long time that it had actually been encountered.

He immediately clicked on it and decrypted it, quickly reading the content:

"Off the Fire, Log: MD64, 67, 68 Anomaly Summary:

AM0, AM4 and AM5 observation objects were monitored to change orbits many times, and the purpose was unknown.

A large increase in the communication volume of AM0, AM4 and E0 was detected, and a large increase in the communication volume between AM0, AM2, AM4 and AM5 was detected, and the purpose was unknown.

Overall Recorded Anomaly Duration: 8 days, 12 hours, 05 minutes and 32 seconds, in line with BBB warning level, has entered M05 level of silence, waiting for the order to be lifted.

P.S. The Lihuo probe seems to have been discovered, and the activity of several Mars probes in Ami has skyrocketed, and we judge that it is likely to be looking for it, and now Lihuo has automatically entered a sub-top silent state and no longer sends any signals to the outside world.

We request that the Stellar 3 supercomputer be invoked to investigate and confirm the NACA database and key personnel communication records.

(Ye Changsi, Seryov, Xiao Okada, Anderov)"

(End of chapter)