"The eye of Jupiter's storm has disappeared for more than eight months. According to satellite observations, there may be the possibility of land formation. The surface federation is recruiting pioneer pilots from everyone in the solar system... Successful landings will be generously rewarded..."
"What kind of pioneer? Do you want to die first?"
In the office of the Lunar Transformation Department, Captain Hao turned off the interstellar broadcast released by the federation with a look of disgust on his face, and worriedly patted his barren head.
Because his best apprentice signed up without telling him.
"Si Qian, listen to Master, what's the point of going to a place where birds don't poop?"
The girl sitting on the leather sofa is holding a teacup and thinking a lot. She has fair skin, small facial features, a fleshy face, and a soft black ponytail hanging low on the back of her head. Her whole person exudes a peaceful temperament like boiled water.
"I know, but I still want to go. My biggest wish from the moment I graduate is to transform a planet from scratch."
Captain Hao knew that Xu Siqian was stronger, but these words were just symptoms.
The most important thing is that Qi Yu, who was many years behind her, climbed to the same level as her in less than a year.
He must be unwilling to accept it. He is obviously the most capable technician, but he is assigned to a moon that is full of renovations and even a street lamp is too crowded.
However, Qiyu, a well-connected maintenance engineer from a well-off family, became a popular person, leaving many tatters on the moon in disrepair.
"I won't stop you from leaving, but you really can't come back. You are not an insider. You don't know... Decades ago, the eye of Jupiter's storm disappeared once, and the exploration team of that year did a good job He was fully prepared, but he was completely torn apart by a sudden huge storm without even passing through the atmosphere, leaving no trace behind!"
Captain Hao made it obvious that if you go, you will be dead.
Jupiter has been unknown to mankind throughout history.
All the previously dispatched detectors disappeared into the terrifyingly dense high-pressure clouds.
Xu Siqian decided to go anyway. On the night before leaving, she parked the multifunctional spacecraft Jasmine filled with supplies to the only quiet place on the moon.
This place is not like the transformation zone. There is no liquid oxygen buried underground that releases oxygen 24 hours a day. Just like the predecessors who first landed, wearing the most primitive protective clothing and staring at the beautiful dark blue planet opposite.
"Are you really going to leave? Is it because of me? No, there is no return to that place. At worst, I will just let you go. The two swords combined are invincible! Our two partners are invincible in the entire solar system. !”
I don't know when Qi Yu appeared behind Xu Siqian and said some emotionally intelligent speeches that he thought were touching.
On the surface, he looks like a steady boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his personality is completely opposite. Sometimes what he says can make the moon rover angry enough to push him away.
Xu Siqian pretended that this person did not exist, turned around without any response, and went straight to the cockpit.
She hadn't flown a spaceship for a long time, so she sat in the driver's seat excitedly and nervously.
The moment he held the U-shaped handle, the cabin became dark, and only the visual glass was bright, so that he could better observe and avoid potential flying rocks.
As he continued to rise into the sky, Qi Yu's figure became smaller and smaller, as if he was waving to her.
Jasmine's gentle neutral voice sounded from above her head: "Automatic cruise mode is on, Jupiter is 780 million kilometers away from the moon, and the estimated flight time is 60 minutes."
Jasmine is the grand prize winner of the third solar system infrastructure masters competition. Its performance is comparable to that of a military spacecraft. It can turn on the automatic cruise mode except for starting and landing.
When Xu Siqian was free, he could observe Jupiter's data through the real-time survey machine on Europa 2.
The tablet computer shows that the oxygen content in Jupiter's atmosphere is thin, the upper and lower airflow is chaotic, and the surface temperature is too low for unknown reasons.
The wind level is 15 and the average speed is about 50 meters per second. The spacecraft can land but it is not recommended.
Jupiter's interior has changed dramatically since most of the storms disappeared, or that's how it's always been.
In humankind's concept for hundreds of years, it is a huge gaseous planet with no land inside it. However, just a few months ago, the survey aircraft Juno 3 sent survey information that could change the history of the entire solar system.
"There may be the possibility of land formation."
All previous human studies of Jupiter have been overturned.
Before landing on Jupiter, you have to pass a checkpoint at Europa 2. Europa 2 is the second satellite of Jupiter and is similar to the moon. The moon is also called Dimas.
Europa is covered with a thick shell of blue ice, with only two humanoid robots guarding the smooth ice.
Strictly speaking, these robots are not under the control of the earth.
They were created by advanced people from alien civilizations.
About 2277, that is, 100 years ago, high-level people whose homeland was not suitable for survival came to the earth in spaceships. The only 19 people left tried to develop civilization in our homeland after crossing the Andromeda Galaxy.
Their home is in the distant Kepler-22b.
That's right, it's the Earth-like planet that is regarded as humanity's second home.
What is gratifying and sad is that the climate of the earth is not suitable for them, or it may be that Mother Earth is rejecting them. In short, this race has suffered from all the diseases that humans have suffered since landing.
Soon they were gone, except for the ships and robots they left behind as if they had never been there.
The female robot repeatedly confirmed whether she was really going to enter Jupiter more than a dozen times. They had been guarding here for decades, and this was the second time they saw humans.
The male robot used a laser to carve a Jupiter-like circular mark on the spacecraft, and then Xu Siqian was allowed to pass.
"It's time to start, Xu Siqian, you can do it, take a deep breath!"
The moment the spacecraft passed through Jupiter's atmosphere and entered the troposphere, it was surrounded by red and black cloud-like airflow, and lightning and hail were carried by the storm and slapped on the spacecraft.
People who have never experienced it will never understand how horrific this experience is.
The spacecraft was bumpy and bumpy. After turning over N times, it gradually stabilized. After passing through the clouds, the surroundings became normal, although it was still pitch black.
Looking up at the dark clouds above, a faint light squeezed in through the narrow gaps. The beams of light did not provide any illumination.
Jasmine and Xu Siqian were stunned at the same time.
"Jasmine, it turns out this is what the inside of Jupiter looks like."
"This is also the first time I've seen it. Xiao Qian, you'd better sit still. The distance between Jupiter's atmosphere and the land is like a hawthorn wrapped in a marshmallow, so we are not completely safe."
In order to better plant crops, Xu Siqian chose the equator of Jupiter as the descent location.
The temperature here is slightly higher, and the terrain is difficult to see clearly because of the weak light, so we can only find a gentle sandy land to park the spacecraft.
When it was only about 20 meters above the ground, the spacecraft suddenly sounded a piercing alarm, and all the control lights turned red and flashed continuously.
At first, she thought it was a common malfunction caused by Jupiter's strong gravity, so she reluctantly stopped the spacecraft and turned on the self-test mode.
The result of the self-test was that a huge red exclamation mark appeared on the display screen, and the login data that should have been reported to the organization was stuck on the progress bar.
Not only could the spacecraft fail to start, but the signal was also interrupted.
"Technician No. 636 calls the Surface Federation!"
"Call the Moon!"
"Call Mars!"
"Huh... forget it... call Europa!"
Xu Siqian was never a depressed person, so he tried to repair the spacecraft first. If he couldn't repair it well, Team Hao and the others would definitely find something unusual and come to the rescue.
After calming down, Xu Siqian started the first task of transforming Jupiter, which was to generate electricity.
The Jasmine's own power storage is only enough for ten days. Only when the spacecraft has enough power can subsequent work proceed smoothly.
Wearing a blue protective suit, special anti-gravity strips are added to the back of the soles and hands. Then he put the wind power generation base block on the pickup truck and drove out of the hatch.
The pickup truck didn’t have a roof, so if I hadn’t been wearing a helmet, I would have been full of sand.
Looking up at the sky, I was shocked. The dark clouds quietly dispersed at some point.
There are 62 Jupiter moons, large and small, in the sky. The largest one can cover almost half of the sky, and it seems like you can touch it if you stretch out your hand.
However, although the scenery is beautiful, it has a big disadvantage. They block most of the weak sunlight, and the scenery within ten meters can barely be seen clearly with the crescent-like reflected light.
Because Jupiter is too far away from the sun, the daylight is very short. It only takes three hours from sunrise to sunset. Now the sun has set half way down, and it looks only a little bigger than the stars in the distance. The earth is so faint that it is almost invisible. arrive.
After appreciating the scenery, Xu Siqian turned on the headlights of the spacecraft, and then realized that he was backed by a steep cliff.
I drove up to the spot between two rocks halfway up the mountain, and dug the wind base block in hard, splicing them one after another like building blocks. I used a ladder to build it for nearly four meters, and finally inserted the disc base block diagonally from the top. Go in.
In an instant, the base block that felt the wind slowly popped up and rotated with the direction of the wind in a pinwheel shape. While rotating, the base block also had a lighting effect, which was much better than ordinary street lights.
Because the wind is strong enough, the power is transmitted smoothly. The power is transmitted directly to the mother computer of the spacecraft through the program in the cornerstone. Excluding normal consumption, the excess power will be stored by the mother computer as backup power.
She placed three more on the cliff. Because there was no wind on the moon and solar power was used, she was not sure whether these things could withstand the hurricane mixed with sand and gravel here.
Anyway, the truck's paint has become matte, so I'd better put a few more on to be prepared.
Just as she was studying adding a roof to the pickup truck and applying a coating, a loud noise caught her attention, coming from behind the mountain.
Curiosity prompted her to drive her pickup truck around the back of the mountain.
It was pitch black in the shade, and all the car lights could illuminate were sand and gravel particles that blocked the view.
Wow!
“Damn, there are puddles in the sand!”
Unprepared, a landlubber drove his pickup truck into the lake.
