Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 982: Difficult Landing
They did not wake up the advance team members who were still in hibernation - they were enough to operate the shuttle, and waking up others would not help the situation. It would be better to let them lie in the hibernation cabin. If the shuttle crashed, with the protection of the hibernation cabin, these people might have a higher chance of survival than Ke Lan and the others.
In addition, there is one point that everyone knows but does not make clear: if you are really in a desperate situation, it is better to fall into eternal sleep in an unconscious state than to watch death coming helplessly.
From a certain perspective, this can also be considered a kind of "kindness".
Anyway, if it were Lu Dan and his group lying in the hibernation cabin, after they were sure that waking up would not have any impact on the situation, they would definitely hope that the person on duty would not wake them up.
Even if they are the elite selected from thousands, even if they have prepared themselves to be buried in the universe or on an alien planet before setting out, they would definitely be lying if they said they did not feel the slightest fear when facing death.
One hundred and thirty-five seconds is neither short nor long... Including Ke Lan, several people put on protective clothing and breathing masks in just two minutes.
The air composition on the surface of Alpha Planet is very similar to that on Earth and theoretically can be breathed by humans, but some areas still contain toxic gases that are harmful to the human body. No one knows whether the landing site of the shuttle will be safe. If the outer shell of the shuttle is damaged, it may be too late to wear protective equipment by then.
"Finally fifteen seconds." Lu Dan and the other team members looked at each other, "I hope we are not so unlucky."
A series of explosions were heard, and dozens of round metal covers flew off the outer shell of the shuttle. Orange-yellow cushioning airbags squeezed out from the opening that was originally blocked by the covers, and expanded rapidly, soon enveloping the entire shuttle.
Ke Lan and the others used safety belts to secure their bodies to the bulkhead, and then held on tightly to the pull rings on both sides.
“Bang!”
This "big balloon" composed of dozens of cushioning airbags piled together hit the surface of Alpha Star heavily , and then was bounced high by the huge reaction force.
The shuttle bounced on the ground more than a dozen times before it was able to dissipate this terrifying force. At this time, it had deviated by nearly 10,000 meters from the initial landing site.
In the last stretch of landing, the fuel of the retro thrusters was completely used up, so the shuttle finally hit the surface of Alpha with almost the momentum of a free fall... The shuttle did not disintegrate in this situation, which only shows that the quality of the first batch of this model of shuttle is really good.
However, after the large-scale exploration of Alpha Centauri and mass production of this type of shuttle began, the quality began to plummet. There was even an accident in which a shuttle burned and exploded while passing through the atmosphere, turning into a fireball in just a few seconds.
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The control room was dark, all the screens were off, and only a few emergency lights that used their own power supply were left, emitting a dim red light.
"Are you all still... alive?" The first person to speak was the team doctor. In the darkness, Ke Lan vaguely heard a rustling sound, which seemed to be caused by the friction between the safety belts and the fabric of the protective clothing.
"I'm alive, but I'm a little uncomfortable because of the shaking. I feel dizzy and confused... Fortunately, we didn't have time to eat just now, otherwise... the helmet would probably be full of my vomit now." Lu Dan continued.
"That's really disgusting." The bespectacled loli said. According to the impression of her in the Fool's memory, she was a girl with mild obsessive-compulsive disorder and mild mysophobia. If she were to have such close contact with such a pile of filth, it would be more .
"Nausea is secondary. The most troublesome thing is that the vomit backs up and blocks the respiratory tract, which is fatal. And in the situation just now, there is no way to take off the helmet to clean it... In short, our luck is pretty good." The team doctor concluded.
"What about the other two? 'Scavenger'? 'Passerby'? Are you all still alive?" Lu Dan shouted into the darkness.
"I'm alive, but my head is a little dizzy." Ke Lan responded.
Although he knew that this was the Fool's memory world, and no matter what happened, it would not cause him any real harm, he could still feel the strong dizziness. Moreover, the worst thing was that his body's tolerance had become the same as the Fool's at that time. As the saying goes, "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality." After getting used to the monster-like strong body, it would be really difficult to adapt to the "fragile" normal human body for a while...
Ke Lan even wondered for a moment whether this memory would be forced to end if she was knocked unconscious.
"Still... alive." This was the voice of the insignificant passerby. After she said this, she immediately made a retching sound, followed by a violent cough.
"Very good, everyone survived, and no one should be injured, right? If everything is OK, I will open the hatch." asked the boiled egg - each group of people on duty has a "team leader", and the team leader of Ke Lan's group of people on duty is this big, black and shiny boiled egg.
However, becoming a team leader does not mean that you have absolute say. When there is a disagreement within the team, each team of rotators still votes to decide the final choice, but the team leader's vote is equivalent to the three votes of the others. A group of rotators consists of five people. When the other four people oppose the team leader's choice, the team leader must listen to the opinions of the team members.
You can even select a new team leader through voting.
"Don't worry." said the team doctor. She had already unbuckled her safety belt and put her feet on the ceiling of the control room. The shuttle was now lying upside down in the wilderness, and Ke Lan and the others were hanging upside down on the wall... To be honest, the feeling of all the blood in the body flowing to the brain was not pleasant.
The other four people unbuckled their seat belts, but Ke Lan's seat belt buckle malfunctioned, and there was no response when he pressed the unlock button. Just as Ke Lan felt his brain begin to feel dizzy and the buzzing sound in his ears gradually became louder, the team doctor walked up to him.
She took out something that looked like a thin wire from her body, inserted it into the seat belt buckle and twisted it a few times. With a crisp "click" sound, Ke Lan, who was freed from the shackles, slid down the wall headfirst, and hit the upside-down ceiling with a "bang".
