Chapter 132 Manned Moon Landing
In fact, the Sugar Country had the strength to land manned people on the moon a long time ago, but the mineral resources on the earth have not yet been exhausted. According to the current understanding of the moon, before it is possible to achieve a large-scale population and equipment to land on the moon for mining and return safely at an acceptable price, the symbolic significance of individual people landing on the moon is greater than the practical significance, and it does not help much to improve the country's comprehensive strength. Coupled with the limitation of funds, the space engineering of the Sugar Country has been developing steadily at a relatively slow pace. However, when this country starts to push something with all its strength, its efficiency and ability are very amazing.
Huang Yanxin and Luo Xiaoyou are the two astronauts responsible for the moon landing this time. As the first astronauts in the history of the Sugar Country to undertake the moon landing mission, the nervousness in their hearts is self-evident. They have made a will before coming. If anything happens, they will be posthumously named martyrs, but perhaps even their bodies will never be returned.
After eleven days of flying in the sky, the launch pad finally landed firmly on the back of the moon, and the lunar module shook for a moment before immediately regaining its stability. The two men, already wearing their space suits, looked at each other, nervously and apprehensively opened the hatch, and walked down the ladder step by step.
As the first manned lunar landing flight of Sugar Country, the whole process this time was not broadcast live on the Internet as before, because they were not going to the moon for sightseeing, but carrying a major secret mission. There were cameras inside and outside the lunar module and on the helmets of the two space suits. In the Sugar Country Space Agency, countless people were watching their actions. Some people couldn't help but put their fists against their chests and prayed for them silently. At the front of the crowd, an old man standing with his hands behind his back was a very common face in the Sugar Country News Station.
It was daytime on the far side of the moon. Huang Yanxin stepped onto the ground first, followed by Luo Xiaoyou. The hatch closed automatically behind them. The takeoff, landing and return of the lunar module were all controlled by the ground. They were only responsible for the mission of exploring the moon.
“Hoo…Hoo…”
Huang Yanxin could clearly hear his own breathing echoing in the helmet. He took two tentative steps and said, "Report, we have now landed safely on the back of the moon!"
"Wow!"
"Yeah! That's great!"
“Success!”
Even though they had already seen this scene on the screen, everyone was still very excited at that moment. Warm cheers and applause immediately rang out in the hall, and some people hugged each other and cried excitedly.
After Ren Sanda shook hands with several people around him and briefly celebrated, he calmed down and said into the microphone: "The target location is 870 meters away from your landing point at 2 o'clock. Go to the target location first and search for abnormal conditions!"
"yes!"
Huang Yanxin and Luo Xiaoyou immediately turned around and walked over. Although they had undergone very strict training in the space station, they still felt uncomfortable walking on the moon. The two were trying their best to control their bodies, but they were still jumping forward, causing the images in the camera to shake. However, no one on the ground complained, and everyone tried their best to scan the blurry images, trying to see what they wanted to find.
When they arrived near the target location, the ground here was full of traces of the Sugar Country's lunar rover activities. The two were carefully searching these traces, trying to find the last location where the lunar rover disappeared, when suddenly a young girl on the ground cried out, "What is that?"
Everyone looked at her, and the girl hiccupped nervously. Ren Sanda asked, "What did you see?"
The girl pointed at the big screen and said, "Just now when Luo Xiaoyou turned around, I saw something in the corner of the screen."
Ren Sanda immediately ordered Luo Xiaoyou to turn back. He turned slowly in a circle. The girl stared at the screen and suddenly shouted, "That's it!"
The video was immediately paused. The desolate lunar surface was full of rough rocks and craters, and stars dotted the distance. Nothing special could be seen. But after the girl circled it on the computer, everyone noticed it.
In the corner of the screen, there is a small red object supported by a straight thin rod . It doesn't look like something that can be formed naturally.
There is a certain time difference in the transmission of information from the earth to the moon. When Luo Xiaoyou also noticed the abnormality in his field of vision, he heard the ground instructing Huang Yanxin to continue searching on the spot and asked him to go for reconnaissance.
Luo Xiaoyou skipped over there, and the closer he got to the place, the more he felt that it looked like something he saw often. However, his reason told him that it was impossible. It was not until he was less than ten meters away that he finally stopped doubting his eyes.
——That is the flag of the Sugar Country.
Luo Xiaoyou walked over slowly, looking at the flag with doubtful eyes. He even reached out to touch it to see if it was real . He could feel the taut texture of the fabric through the thick space suit. He withdrew his hand, and his heart was filled with shock.
"Oh my God! That's not real." In the ground command hall, a group of people stared at the national flag appearing on the screen in amazement, and someone muttered to himself.
Ren Sanda's body shook involuntarily, and he quickly grabbed the back of the chair next to him to stand firm. Many thoughts emerged in his mind, but his thoughts were so chaotic that he couldn't make sense of them.
——What on earth is going on? Who on earth is…
The silver-haired old man standing at the armrest next to him also opened his mouth wide, showing a rare look of loss of composure.
"Look!" It was the same girl again, and she shouted, "There are footprints on the ground!"
There is no wind on the moon, so any trace left behind, even shallow footprints, can be preserved for a long time. Luo Xiaoyou also quickly discovered the footprints on the ground. He walked along them until a deep crack blocked his way. He bent down and looked, and saw several fingerprints and a palm print on the edge of the crack.
——These are the marks left when climbing with gloves.
He turned on the flashlight on his arm and shone it into the crack. He found similar handprints and footprints on several protruding rocks below, crisscrossing and extending up from an unknown depth.
——A person... maybe a human... climbed out from the depths of the crack!
It was like an electric current suddenly jumped from the coccyx to the top of the head, and Luo Xiaoyou shivered all over and felt cold all over.
There was a deathly silence in the command hall, and no one wanted to talk. The June sun was blazing, but they all felt as if they were immersed in ice water, and their fingertips couldn't help but tremble. There were even two timid people who screamed and sat on the ground when they saw the fingerprints, using their hands and feet to move back, as if they were afraid that something would crawl out of the cracks in the screen.
The girl couldn't help but swallowed with a "gulp" sound. The sudden sound broke the silence. Several people around her were frightened by her and trembled all over and almost jumped up.
The joy of the successful moon landing was of course gone at this point. The biggest feeling of the people present was that they seemed to have accidentally witnessed the moment when Pandora's box was opened.
…
Huang Yanxin, who knew nothing about these situations, was still searching the place where the lunar rover sent the last signal. He didn't know that the people at the command station on the ground had almost forgotten his existence in fright. He just walked and walked, and suddenly felt something was wrong.
——What’s wrong?
Huang Yanxin looked back carefully and found that there were also a row of footprints on the ground where he had not yet walked. Whether it was the pattern on the soles or the size of the shoes, they were completely different from their space suits.
He cried out in his heart, "Oh no!" At this moment, he had not thought of other places, but only remembered that there were astronauts from the Nut Country who landed on the moon before - could it be that they had already reached that mysterious city?
Huang Yan felt a little relieved when he thought about the fact that there had been no news of the Nut Country landing on the moon again in the past few decades. He walked in the direction of the footprints, being careful not to step on them. After walking a short distance, he found that the footprints disappeared abruptly somewhere, and there was no other trace around except a large potato-shaped stone.
——What’s going on?
Huang Yanxin circled around the place where the footprints disappeared in confusion, hoping that the ground command could give him some instructions, but more than ten minutes passed and there was still no sound coming from the headset. Suddenly, the potato-like stone moved, and Huang Yanxin actually saw a red light flashing on it.
Before he could figure it out, the stone started to turn with a creaking sound and moved a few times on the ground. No one knew what mechanism was triggered, and a dark hole suddenly appeared on the ground.
Huang Yanxin turned on the light and shone it into the tunnel. On the not-too-deep ground, there was a pile of rocks and a series of unique wheel tracks left by a lunar rover.
…
Huang Yanxin's discovery cheered up the people on the ground, but out of fear of some mysterious existence, some people were tempted to give up the exploration. It took countless manpower and material resources to get to this point, and Ren Sanda would never allow himself to give up halfway before seeing the enemy. He looked at the silver-haired old man for instructions, and the old man nodded, then looked up at the screen with a very solemn expression.
Ren Sanda gave the order: "Huang Yanxin, stay where you are. Luo Xiaoyou, quickly reunite with Huang Yanxin."
Luo Xiaoyou, whose hands and feet were cold, finally heard the voice that brought him back to life. He returned without hesitation to reunite with Huang Yanxin. After completing the preliminary investigation and prevention work, the two of them walked into the tunnel carefully. Luo Xiaoyou was still frightened by the darkness underground and unconsciously fell behind Huang Yanxin.
Walking in the dark tunnel, there was nothing to guide them except the ruts on the ground, and no other sound except their own breathing. If there was not a companion within reach and countless people on the ground to support them, it would drive a person crazy very quickly in such an environment. Luo Xiaoyou unknowingly leaned close behind Huang Yanxin, and looked back from time to time, fearing that something would pop out from behind him. At this time, he felt that no situation was the best situation. If something really happened, he felt that his heart might explode.
Finally, the darkness before my eyes gradually came to an end, and the cave entrance in the distance was filled with a hazy light blue light, like a dream.
