novelsmap Chapter 78
Chapter 78
The No. 200 base is backed by a small volcano, and on the right is an endless stretch of sand dunes, extending all the way to the polar dry ice cap. On the left, one kilometer ahead, there is a small crater with a diameter of [-] meters. There is a layer of water ice, and a water intake base station is erected beside the water ice layer.
This gap in the bottom of the crater leads right into the underground liquid water aquifer from which the entire base's water comes.
Shi Lingyin wanted to see the Martian water ice in that crater today.
The land vehicle stopped beside the crater, Shi Lingyin got off the vehicle, stepped on the rough sand, and walked forward slowly.
She was not used to the artificial gravity of the base.
The wind was blowing the sand, and it was blowing head-on. The wind was not strong, but Shi Lingyin's body still swayed.Wang Wang, who was following behind, immediately nervously supported Shi Lingyin's arm.
Shi Lingyin pushed him away and waved her hand to show that she was fine.
She walked forward to the mouth of the crater, Wang Wang followed closely behind her.
The walls of the pit are covered with snake-like gullies, running vertically and horizontally along the walls of the pit.
Shi Lingyin walked slowly along the edge of the crater, and occasionally a stone was stepped on by her and rolled down from the edge of the crater, raising a yellow tail of smoke.
Wang Wang followed her, staring nervously at Shi Lingyin's feet.
"Why are you so nervous?" Shi Lingyin joked with him through wireless communication, "Are you afraid that I will roll off?"
Wang Wang stuttered and didn't answer.
In the distance, a base station changing shuttle came slowly, dragging yellow exhaust.
The car stopped on the hard flat ground next to the crater, and the two staff members got out of the car, lined up and walked towards the wall of the crater.
There were no people around the crater, and almost no one came here, so the two were surprised to see someone walking here, and they couldn't help discussing with their companions, guessing the identity of the person casually.
The two of them hadn't finished their discussion when they suddenly saw the slender figure walking at the mouth of the crater suddenly fall down and roll down the wall of the crater.
The other person immediately stretched out his hand to pull it, but an accidental landslide occurred at the mouth of the crater, and the sand and rocks loosened and collapsed, bringing the two of them rolling down the crater wall together.
The diameter of the crater was more than 20 meters, and the two people rolled for more than 20 meters in the smoke and dust, until they fell on the water ice layer.
The two staff members paused for a moment, then ran wildly and slid down the pit wall to check the situation.
pit bottom.
The sand and rocks rolled down by the two spread out for several meters, and the smoke and dust filled the sky, blocking sight.
Shi Lingyin was lying not far away, with his back to Wang Wang, curled up, and did not move for a while.
Wang Wang got up on hands and feet, slipped and ran over, and hugged Shi Lingyin.
Shi Lingyin's helmet was covered with a thick layer of Martian sand, and Wang Wang wiped away the sand. Seeing Shi Lingyin's pale face and closed eyes, he shouted "Ma'am!"
The wireless public channel was on, so the two staff who rushed down from the other side heard Wang Wang's cry, and immediately realized who the person who rolled down the crater was—General Gu's wife.
The two quickened their pace and ran over to help lift the unconscious Shi Lingyin onto the landing vehicle, while notifying the people in the base to prepare for first aid.
The process of the general's wife being carried back to the base took place in full view, so the news was spread by word of mouth in the form of private gossip, and soon spread to half the base.
Colonel You rushed over from area b of the base, and came out a few minutes after entering the medical room. On the one hand, he informed that the general's wife was fine, but she was in a sudden coma caused by hypoglycemia. , rushed to the No. [-] base at lightning speed.
Although Colonel You said nothing was wrong, the dignified atmosphere in the base clearly hinted that something was wrong.
Five hours later, Gu Chaolan rushed back from Base No. [-] with a medical team borrowed from Base No. [-].
So everyone can guess what happened.
The general's wife probably didn't simply go into a coma, but suddenly suffered a severe emergency, so that General Gu spared no effort to move a medical team from the No. [-] base.
The door of the medical room was not opened all night.
Although no specific news came out, there was a lot of discussion and suspicion in private.
What kind of emergency is it that makes it so urgent?
The next day, when the sky was getting hazy, You Yinghan suddenly ordered that within an hour, the No. [-] starship would be vacated, ready to depart for Earth.
At this time, Mars is nearly 08 billion kilometers away from the earth, and only large starships have enough kinetic energy to travel such a long distance in two or three days.But the problem is that there are a large number of soldiers living on all starships.
Thousands of soldiers need a reasonable reason to evacuate from the starship where they lived, so You Yinghan disclosed Shi Lingyin's cause of illness—sudden organ failure, and urgently needed to return to Earth for organ replacement surgery.
Some people couldn't help asking why Mrs. Gu fell ill suddenly. Wasn't she fine when she sent the general away in the morning?
You Yinghan glanced at the ordinary soldiers who asked the question, with a cold expression and no emotion, she didn't answer, and only urged the last group of people to leave.
An hour later, the starship was vacated as scheduled.
Wrapped in a space suit, Shi Lingyin, who couldn't see the situation, was carried out of the No. [-] base and sent to the land transfer vehicle.
The location of the starship is two kilometers away from the No. [-] base. After the land vehicle arrived, Gu Chaolan ran into the starship with Shi Lingyin in his arms, followed by medical soldiers and several orderlies. A group of people hurried into the starship .
The door to the starship was then closed.
It stands to reason that in the next few minutes, the starship should start to leave Mars and head for Earth.
But after half an hour, the starship did not move, but opened the door, and a large number of crew members, medical soldiers and orderly soldiers came down.You Yinghan also got off the starship, with a sullen face, returned to the No. [-] base to handle business for Gu Chaolan.
And Gu Chaolan didn't come out of the starship all night.
The people in the No. [-] base couldn't help but began to speculate whether the admiral's wife had already left, that's why the starship didn't set off, and Admiral Gu didn't come down for a long time.
By noon the next day, Admiral Gu still hadn't come down from the starship.
You Yinghan entered the starship once, and when he came out, not only was his face wounded, but his expression was also very gloomy.Those who guessed what happened to the general's wife were more certain about their guesses.Something must have happened to the general's wife.
But just at this time, good news came from the newly opened detection pit. The detection team dug up a mysterious vein. After preliminary inspection, the unearthed rough stone contained a mysterious metal that had never been seen on earth.
The purpose of the existence of the No. [-] base is to explore, develop and utilize Martian resources. Now that there is such great news, it stands to reason that Gu Chaolan should personally deal with it.
But there was no movement on the starship.
Discomfortably quiet.
People in the entire No. [-] base gradually became unstable. People who had been on the starship kept asking for news, but everyone just kept silent with heavy faces.
Not even a word about the specific situation on the starship.
On August 8, night fell.
Starship No. [-], medical room.
The personnel in the starship were all evacuated, and the entire medical department was quiet and dead. The corridor lights were faintly emitting a cool white light, and this dim white light suddenly flickered and then went out suddenly.
Some buildings inside the medical department suddenly cut off the power secretly and quietly.
Because of the small number of people, it seems that no one has noticed this sudden anomaly.
In the corner of the corridor, a figure suddenly appeared.The shadow was tall and thin, with quick steps, like a ghost, and moved quickly along the corridor.
He rounded a corner and stopped outside the innermost ward.
The figure leaned against the door, listening to the movement inside the door.
very quiet.
The entire medical department was exceptionally quiet.
The figure stayed for three seconds, then held the doorknob, pressed it, and opened the door with a click.
The hospital bed was facing the door, and there was a person lying on the bed, still wearing a space suit, and his face could not be seen at all.
The figure stood silently at the door, didn't enter, and didn't see anything wrong and left immediately.He was standing at the door.
Chilala——The dimmed lights came back on one after another.The light gradually poured down, illuminating the dark corridor brightly.
Gu Chaolan was standing at the deepest part of the corridor.
At the same time, the bright light illuminated the figure's face, a skinny man's face that seemed to have only a layer of skin left.He turned his head and stared at Gu Chaolan with those huge empty eyes.
Gu Chaolan walked over slowly, his voice was cold, "Where is Gao Ningxing?"
The man did not speak.
In the ward, the person lying on the bed suddenly sat up and got out of bed.It was facing the figure, and through the smooth helmet glass, the mechanical metal human face inside could be clearly seen.
The man glanced at the robot, a change finally appeared on his calm face, and he frowned.
At this time, Gu Chaolan and 0001 were approaching at the same time.
The man let go of the doorknob, turned his right foot slightly, arched his back slightly, and then suddenly flicked forward, rushing straight at Gu Chaolan.
The two collided head-on, their limbs and strength collided with each other, and there was a dull and horrified crash. Both of them were pushed back by the force.
But the man took a few steps back before being entangled by 0001.
As a combat robot whose main functions are fighting and killing, 0001 emphasizes efficiency, ferocity and precision in its shots.Every attack is directed at the weakness of the human body, and the intensity is ferocious, without showing any affection.
The two made several moves in the narrow corridor, their fists and feet collided, and they hit the metal wall. The wall rumbled and dented in an instant.
Gu Chaolan stood aside, watching the two strike back and forth, leaving countless traces of violence on the ground and walls.
In the end, 0001 crushed the skinny man's breastbone with his foot.
The man's chest was instantly sunken, and he opened his mouth to bleed out a mouthful of blood.
0001 remained expressionless, grabbed the man by the neck, and dragged him to the other end of the corridor.
Shi Lingyin was waiting in another room.
0001 dragged the man with one hand, and knocked on the door with the other hand, maintaining a polite "Master."
Shi Lingyin responded, "Come in."
0001 pushed open the door and dragged the person in.
Gu Chaolan followed behind and walked into the room slowly.
The man was thrown at Shi Lingyin's feet, half of his face was covered with his own blood, he lay on the floor, his huge dim eyes looked at Shi Lingyin quietly, his expression was very calm.
"She has something for me to bring to you."
Shi Lingyin knew that the man referred to her as Gao Ningxing.
"Why doesn't she come here by herself?" Shi Lingyin jumped off the hospital bed and approached, "Isn't she afraid that my organs will fail because of the thing she injected me?"
"That's why I'm here," the man said.
Shi Lingyin smiled, "This only shows that she doesn't care about me as much as she said."
The man did not reply to Shi Tingyin's words, but said, "Mandela does have a base on Mars, let me tell you the location."
Shi Lingyin lowered her eyes, with a cold smile on her lips, "Why?"
The man didn't answer, but directly said a coordinate.
"The base is underground, you can find the entrance yourself."
Shi Lingyin frowned, grabbed the man by his collar and lifted him up, "Why did you tell me this?"
The man rolled Hei Suosuo's eyes, fixed on Shi Lingyin's face for a second, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch Shi Lingyin's neck.
0001 reacted quickly and grabbed the man's arm, and twisted it in the opposite direction. The bone cracked and snapped.But the man didn't dodge. Instead, he straightened his body, clamping 0001's head with his legs.
0001 grabs him and throws him.
The man's body flew out and hit the metal wall heavily. He spat out a big mouthful of blood. His body pressed against the wall and slowly slid down without moving.
I'm out of breath.
Shi Lingyin glanced at the man's body, then couldn't help looking at Gu Chaolan.
She and Gu Chaolan staged a feigned death scene in a grand manner, just to trick Gao Ningxing into reacting.After all, Gao Ningxing had only administered medicine with unstable effects to Shi Lingyin, so there was a possibility of discomfort.
If Gao Ningxing cared about Shi Lingyin's life and death, he would definitely be anxious, and then he himself or sent someone to check the situation.
What Shi Lingyin didn't expect was that Gao Ningxing not only sent someone, but also directly gave her the location of Mandela's base on Mars.
This is a base on Mars. It would be expensive to build a wall on Mars, let alone a secret base.
Why is Gao Ning so generous?