Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

From Xia Guang to Xuanqiao, a pedestrian on the Moon Palace stopped for 24 hours.

As the replenishment loads are completed, they will travel to Mars on the Magpie Bridge, which is more capable of accelerating and better suited to carrying large numbers of passengers and supplies, and land on the surface of Mars through the Xufu, which floats in Mars orbit as a temporary space station.

At this moment, fifteen days have passed since the departure of the Moon Palace.

As Mars and Earth were moving relatively far away, they would spend two to three more days on Mars than the first colonizers.

But even so, their current location is fairly close to Mars.

If you happen to have the right angle, you can even find that bright red spot hidden in the starry sea on the side window...

“To A, my last card. ”

Two cards were thrown on the table, shaking the last canoe in his hand, so that he could lean back against the chair in his spare time. Opposite him were Joel Aubrey, a professor of astrophysics at Stanford University in the United States, and Kubo Romonov, an aerospace engineer at Moscow University.

At this moment, I'm frowning and staring at the two people on the hand card, and my face is covered with lightly drifting note paper.

As for Wang Peng, who was an ark bodyguard, and Professors Schultz and Vernal, he stood behind the three men and watched the game with interest.

Ultimately, Professor Aubrey and Professor Romonov looked at each other and gave up their struggle in despair.

“Can't afford to...”

The ark smiled slightly and inadvertently threw the last hand card.

“Looks like I won. ”

Sailing for half a month is pretty boring.

There are only three kinds of cards, chess, and chess that can handle the time. At first, nine people (counting the two lead co-pilots) spent their time playing chess until the ark was bored and modeled on two chess boards using algebraic geometry to solve a “solution" with a winning chance of almost 100%, and nobody was willing to play the game.

In contrast, poker with a larger luck component is more likely to win the ark.

But it's just theoretical.

In reality, apart from Schultz's occasional ability to win a few arks, the archaeologist Vernal, who is standing behind the ark watching and learning, is even more pitiful that he has never won.

“Damn... it was a mistake to fight your landlord. ”

His face was almost full of notes, and Joel Aubrey cursed and threw the cards in his hand on the table, unwillingly pulling off a note and carelessly gluing them to his forehead.

In fact, as a punitive game, stickers are the most troublesome thing not to stick a note that blocks sight or anything, but in a gravity-free environment, if the note accidentally drops off and flies away, it has to chase the note all over the cabin.

Joel Aubrey did this once, and he didn't want to do it again.

Shot Aubrey on the shoulder, Vernal said comfortingly. “Give it up, my friend, and play this digital game with the mathematician, how hard you have to think about it. ”

Aubrey said unwillingly.

“I know… I'm just trying to win. ”

Professor Vernal smiled and said.

“I've seen so many people like you in Las Vegas, you'd better stay away from the casino in your life. ”

“If it doesn't exist, I go there once a year… sometimes I can win some money. ”

Listening to the conversation between the two, the ark shook its head, put away the poker on the table and threw down a sentence.

“You don't have a sticker on your face anymore, unless you want to shove it in your nostrils, that's all for today. ”

Upon hearing this, Romonov, who had not spoken well, relieved himself and pulled the chair up, but Aubrey said with dissatisfaction.

“Hey, how long do I need to stay like this? ”

“Ten hours. ”

Ten hours later, Aubreyton frowned bitterly.

“Can't we be lenient? ”

The ark smiled and said, "Sure, but only if you give up your chance to go underground and stay at the base on the day of your adventure. ”

“Sorry, bro, there's nothing to talk about, I wouldn't agree," pushed the chair up, Aubrey expects to say sadly, "those notes are completely fearless, let the punishment be more severe! ”

Looking at Professor Aubrey standing there alone, silly, the ark shrugged its shoulders.

“I was just kidding. ”

“But remember, if you're willing to lose, don't think about sneaking around. ”

Though at that moment, the ark that said it was sure that it wasn't a joke, it really gave rise to similar ideas.

But think about it. How could you possibly agree to that?

Looks like we'll have to wait underground and find a way to get rid of the obstructors and move alone.

Gently touch the wrist-mounted computer worn on your right arm, as the ark thinks in your heart.

……

Eighteenth day from the Moon Palace.

The flame-red planet, in a complete position, finally appeared before everyone.

“Here we are! ”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! ”

Excited cheers echoed the entire cabin, standing next to the starboard window looking at the giant red egg, even though he had looked over the planet countless times through satellites and telescopes, and at the moment when he was truly in orbit and captured by Mars gravity, his heart not only sparked excitement and desire.

It's like finding Columbus from a new continent on a mast.

“… to Ground Command Center, this is Migratory Bird, we have been successfully captured by the Mars Gravity System and are switching to the Mars Synchronized Circulation Orbit. ”

“… the track has been switched and the track height is being lowered. ”

“This is the 'migratory bird' calling HQ, we have reached the edge of the Mars atmosphere! 1.27KM straight from Xufu, approaching! ”

Meanwhile, the cockpit's alloy doors opened, and the co-pilot in the cockpit's costume walked in front of the ark pedestrians and gave them a military salute, after which he spoke.

“We have arrived. You will follow me to the Xu Fu first, and I will tell you what to do. ”

“Wait, why did you go on the Xu Fu first? Can't we do it here?” Vernal raised his hand and asked nervously, "And how do we get down there? ”

The ark laughed and said when it heard this kind of idiotic question.

“Do you have to ask? It jumped like a bungee, of course, so why not here, because there's no rope. ”

Upon hearing that, Vernal's face was green, Schultz and Aubrey's face was a little white, and only Romonov, himself an astronaut, had left his mouth open and did not believe in the jokes of the ark.

Jumping like a bungee?

Think about it. Is that possible?

After twelve minutes of careful parallelism, the Magpie Bridge, code-named "Migratory Bird", finally set up a silver-white corridor between it and the Xufu, which remained in Mars orbit, to complete docking.

Though the last moment gave rise to the idea of retreating from the drums, Vernal finally resolutely bit his teeth and bravely followed behind a pedestrian through a silver-white corridor.

Standing in a spacious compartment, the driver stopped and looked back at a pedestrian approaching the ground.

“Well friends, we have arrived… at this moment you are at the foot of our outpost on the New World, where the monument dream begins, you will land together in a landing deck and living materials and an additional function deck, where you will be received. ”

“You should have learned how to use the landing pad while you were in training, so I'll send you here. ”

“Now, first connect the interfaces on the space suits in your cabin to the life support system in the landing bay, then check every button, whether each seat belt is secure, and think about if there's anything you haven't got time to say that you need my help to bring back to Earth. ”

“If it's all right, raise your hand and let me know. ”

Looking up at one hand, the co-pilot was satisfied with the location.

“Very good.”

“Now that we're all set, let's go! ”

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