Each compartment in the "Bird's Nest" base is an independent space, so that in case of an emergency in any part, it can be physically isolated immediately without affecting the safety of other compartments.

The "Bird's Nest" has a total of 12 living quarters, 10 of which are for astronauts, and the remaining two were added after the "Interstellar Travel" project was launched. Zhang Fan lives in one of them. Each living quarter is independent of the others.

Zhang Fan rarely interacted with other astronauts. He was somewhat familiar with Professor Su, but not to the point of being able to enter her "boudoir." Therefore, Zhang Fan did not know which room belonged to Su Muran.

However, this was not a problem. Zhang Fan walked to the first living quarters door and entered the password 1018.

Bilibili——

This is a password error message.

Each cabin's combination lock has three attempts. If three incorrect attempts are made within a day, the cabin door will be locked, requiring a security question to reset the combination and unlock it.

Move to the next living quarters and continue entering the password.

Bilibili——

Bilibili...

Beep—click. After entering the code at the fifth hatch, the lock opened.

Zhang Fan was a little excited at this moment. This was the first time in a month that he had stepped into a new field. Humans can't help but feel excited when exploring new environments.

Grasping the handle, Zhang Fan pushed open the door and entered Su Muran's "boudoir".

Zhang Fan was somewhat disappointed, as Professor Su's "boudoir" was no different from his own room.

To reduce costs and increase efficiency, each living pod in the "Bird's Nest" base is modularly designed with consistent standards. Building materials from Earth are transported to Mars by weight measured in grams, so there's no need for unnecessary decorations.

Zhang Fan opened Professor Su's wardrobe with a pounding heart. Inside, besides work clothes, there were naturally no black stockings, lace T-shirts, or underwear.

disappointment.

When astronauts return to Earth, they usually take their personal belongings with them, which is perfectly normal.

Zhang Fan lay on Professor Su's bed.

There was no smell in the air, and no trace of a woman's body odor remained on the sheets. The only possible smell was perhaps that of disinfectant.

When astronauts leave Mars and return to Earth, the ultraviolet light detector and air circulation system in the living cabin will thoroughly disinfect the room to maintain cleanliness and hygiene.

Staying in this empty room is utterly boring. Zhang Fan had thought that Professor Su might have left some personal items or something to give him something to hold onto, something he could use to do strange things when he felt lonely.

What strange thing is going on?

It's just some weird stuff, kids shouldn't ask!

After lying in Su Muran's room for half an hour, Zhang Fan got bored and got up to leave the room. He walked through the corridor and past the other nine living quarters, entering the passwords "0101" and "0102" one by one.

Bilibili—Bilibili—Bilibili…

The continuous error message sounds echoed through the corridor, forming a simple musical melody that was actually quite pleasant to listen to.

Zhang Fan deduced that his room password was 0607, and Professor Su's room password was 1018. Based on this, Zhang Fan concluded that the room passwords of the other nine astronauts were likely also their birthdates.

The living quarters' combination locks can be set with 4 to 8 digit numeric codes. There are no keys to the doors; a code is required to enter or exit the room. For convenience, Zhang Fan used the shortest 4-digit code, incorporating his birthdate for easy memorization.

Entering and exiting rooms is a frequent activity, and long passwords take a long time to type, which can become quite annoying after a while. There are no secrets to keep in a Mars base, so there's absolutely no need to set overly complex passwords.

After one round, all the passwords were entered incorrectly.

But Zhang Fan wasn't in a hurry; he had plenty of time. If his guess was correct, with 365 days in a year, plus leap years, there would be a maximum of 366 sets of codes. Zhang Fan could try twice a day, and in the most extreme case, he could open all the hatches in a maximum of six months.

However, Zhang Fan does not believe that all nine astronauts will set the password to "1231". Statistically speaking, he can open at least one hatch each month.

People tend to use the same password for the same type of things. For example, with bank cards, people may have multiple bank cards from different banks, but they often use the same password.

In the video, Su Muran told Zhang Fan not that the room password was "1018," but rather that her authorization password was "1018." After all, entering her room wouldn't actually help Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan knew what the "authorization password" meant, so he went to the base's main control room.

This place can be considered the brain of the entire "Bird's Nest" Mars base. For safety reasons, Zhang Fan's activities within the base are restricted to the living area; he does not have permission to enter many of the cabins, nor is it necessary.

Zhang Fan placed his right hand on the palm print combination lock on the main control room door, and a green light flashed, sweeping across Zhang Fan's palm.

Beep beep—

After a short alarm, the combination lock screen lights up red, and the security system issues a voice warning.

"Zhang Fan, unauthorized personnel, is prohibited from entering!"

"Request authorization."

"Application accepted. Please select an authorizer."

"Su Muran, astronaut number 003."

"The application has been submitted, but no authorized person information has been detected within the base area."

"Request to exercise the transfer of vacant authority, and transfer the authority of astronaut Su Muran (number 003) to Zhang Fan (an unstaff member)."

"You meet the prerequisites for requesting unauthorized access. Please enter your authorization password."

"1018".

"Application approved."

Zhang Fan placed his right hand back on the palm print lock screen, and with a "click," the hatch opened.

This was his first time entering the base's main control room, but the place didn't offer him many surprises.

In Zhang Fan's original imagination, the main control room should be full of blue light, holographic projections, and science fiction, with a three-dimensional holographic projection sister standing next to him, and maybe even a cross-border romance between humans and intelligent AI could be staged.

If Zhang Fan had to put it another way, the main control room was more like an internet cafe with a huge screen, except that all the screens were currently off.

In fact, highly advanced technology and automation have greatly simplified the work that humans need to do. At the "Bird's Nest" base, astronauts only need to focus on their own areas, while the rest is handled by computers. With the help of intelligent computers, ordinary people can also live in the "Bird's Nest," which is the source of Shenyu Group's confidence in developing "interstellar travel."

"Turn on power in all compartments, turn on all cameras."

After gaining access, Zhang Fan turned on all the cameras inside the "Bird's Nest" base and projected all the camera footage onto the main screen.

Through the 100 sub-windows on the main screen, Zhang Fan was able to see the entire interior of the "Bird's Nest" for the first time.

Okay, let's see what we have to survive...