Chapter 566 Wandering (I)
Moon, far side.
Doppler base.
A tourist spaceship converted from a Spark spaceship is slowly docking in the middle of the crater. The Doppler base is right in the center of the crater.
Hundreds of tourists from Earth are still in the cabin, slowly adapting to the lunar gravity under the guidance of the crew.
As the New Granada region was one of the earliest to establish a fully-powered branch, the local economy is not much different from that of Southeast Asia.
Although a half-month trip to the moon costs 1,500 gold yuan per person, it is nothing for some employees whose monthly income is more than 3,000 gold yuan.
For example, Luna, who previously worked at the Antarctic branch, took advantage of her holiday to travel to the moon with two colleagues.
Experiencing one-sixth of the Earth's gravity, she was like a fat penguin, with her movements somewhat funny and uncoordinated.
"I don't know when I can go down..." My colleague Jin Xiaoying also walked unsteadily.
Another colleague named Shi Linqi was lying on her seat feeling a little dizzy. It was obvious that she had an adverse reaction to the body. The flight attendant was giving her a full body check.
It took Luna more than ten minutes to get used to it before she could walk normally. Then she half-walked and half-jumped to Shi Linqi's side: "Qi, how do you feel?"
"Much better..." Shi Linqi's face was still a little pale.
The flight attendant reminded him: "You should rest on the spacecraft for 24 hours! This is environmental mutation syndrome, similar to altitude sickness..."
Luna quickly asked, "Will it be dangerous?"
The flight attendant shook his head and said, "No, in fact, many people feel a little uncomfortable when they go to outer space for the first time. It varies from person to person. Some people adapt quickly and are in good health, so the symptoms are mild; some people adapt slowly and are not in good health, so the symptoms are obvious. Don't worry, they will usually be relieved in about 24 hours."
After that, the flight attendant put a helmet on Shi Linqi and told her:
"This is a headache and tinnitus relief device. I come here to check it every three hours. Of course, there is an emergency call button on the side. If there is an emergency, press this button immediately."
"Thanks……"
"You're welcome. Have a nice trip everyone."
Jin Xiaoying suggested to Luna: "Luna, Qi is not feeling well, why don't we stay here with her for a day? Anyway, she needs to adapt to the lunar environment now."
After thinking for a while, Luna nodded: "That's fine."
In fact, at this time in the cabin, more than half of the 120 passengers chose to stay, because more than a quarter of the passengers suffered from environmental mutation syndrome.
After all, these passengers have not undergone long-term professional training, so it is very normal that their bodies cannot adapt all of a sudden.
At this time, the tourist spaceship was pulled to an exclusive berth by a trailer.
This berth has a huge dome protection layer. After all, the spacecraft’s own protection layer is not omnipotent. To be on the safe side, it still needs to be parked in a berth with a high protection dome.
After lying on the spacecraft for more than seven hours, Shilinqi finally felt that her body was not so uncomfortable.
Even with biochips and symbiotic worms, the new humans are not 100% adaptable in outer space.
However, in this case, it usually only takes ten days or half a month to stay in outer space for the body to adapt.
The biochip and symbionts will also record the data of this discomfort and begin to fine-tune the body's hormones, blood pressure, breathing, electrolytes, etc. until the body can fully adapt to the lunar environment, and there will be no obvious discomfort next time.
The next day, the flight attendant came to check on Shilinqi's physical condition and allowed her to move freely after confirming that there was no problem.
The three of them did not bring any suitcases or anything like that, because tourists were not allowed to bring too many personal belongings on this trip, and all daily necessities and clothes were provided by the space tourism company.
They wore a space version of biological armor inside, and a T-shirt and denim shorts outside, and then got off the spacecraft directly.
There is an underground tunnel between the berth and the base city, which directly connects the upper and lower hatches of the spacecraft.
Using the employee card, the hatch was opened directly. At the door was a downward staircase, which was set up a bit like a subway station, except that it had more compartment-type gates.
The intelligent tour guide robot stuck on their shoulders introduced to everyone: "These gates are airtight gates. The purpose is to prevent air leakage in some areas, which would affect the use of the passage."
After walking up the stairs, you will arrive at the station.
Twenty minutes later, a tram slowly stopped at the platform.
The tour guide robot reminded: "Swipe your card to get on the bus."
The three of them swiped their employee cards and got into the parking spaces.
At this time, the voice of the tour guide robot sounded again: "On the display in front of the seat, enter the location you want to go to."
There was indeed a display screen in front of the seat, that is, behind the front seat. Luna found the place she wanted to go on the map navigation and chose the place to get off.
The tram twisted and turned in the underground tunnel for a while.
About seven minutes later, the train's automatic announcement system warned:
"Dear passengers, we have arrived at the Laurel Hotel Station. Passengers who need to get off please bring..."
"We're here!" Kim Hyo-young quickly pulled Sirinqi and Luna out of the car.
There are also layers of gates.
After passing through five levels of gates, they arrived at the so-called Laurel Hotel, which is actually the astronaut dormitory of Doppler Base City.
However, there are only 40 to 60 permanent astronauts here, but there are 300 dormitory rooms, so some of them are rented out by travel agencies.
A synchronized robot with a convex front and a curved back came to Luna and the other two and said, "Guests, welcome to the Laurel Hotel. I'm Cathy, the waitress. Please give me your employee card and I'll take you to your room."
"Isn't this a robot from a game played in recent years?" Luna stared at the robot in amazement.
Kim Hyo-young seemed to remember where she had seen this robot before: "It must be Atomic Heart!"
As the waiter swiped the card, he explained, "Yes, our company purchased the copyright of the characters in Atomic Heart and reproduced a group of robots with similar appearances to serve as waiter robots for the Outer Space Hotel."
"So that's it!" Luna suddenly realized.
Kim Hyo-young joked, "Can this robot dance ballet? Will it suddenly lose control and run away?"
"Of course... Impossible!" The waiter replied while returning the employee cards to the three people: "Please follow me!"
Their room is on the third floor of the hotel.
While riding the elevator, the waiter asked again: "What do you need to eat? You can use the holographic projection of the tour guide robot. It has an automatic ordering system."
"Oh?" Luna's eyes lit up when she heard about food, and she turned on the holographic projection screen of the tour guide robot.
After a while, she found the menu of the Laurel Hotel.
"Qi, Xiaoying, what do you want to eat?"
Jin Xiaoying looked through the menu: "Mashed potatoes, fried chicken, sparkling water, and a celery stir-fry!"
"I want something a little more exciting. I want a plate of pickled fish and rice, plus a bottle of lemon tea."
Luna nodded, ordered for her two friends, and then ordered a small pizza, a plate of New Orleans grilled wings, a tomato salad, and a bottle of sugar cane juice for herself.
"We're here!" The waiter robot opened one of the rooms.
Every room here is independent, there is no such thing as a large dormitory room.
