"Professor, we've arrived."
A familiar synthesized voice came from the outside world.
The sound seemed extremely distant.
As Lü Yongchang's consciousness gradually returned, an unprecedented sense of heaviness and sluggishness came from all parts of his body.
It felt like I was in a slow-motion movie.
The brain issues a command, but the body is several beats slower in executing it.
After some effort, and with Zero's soft call, Lü Yongchang slowly opened his eyes.
Upon seeing the pale yellow liquid in front of him, Lü Yongchang felt a pang of panic.
But he quickly realized his surroundings.
Deep-sea cabin.
In order to conserve resources as much as possible, Lü Yongchang chose to enter hibernation after issuing the departure order in the deep-sea compartment.
Lu Yongchang's eyes darted around slightly as he quickly issued a command in his mind.
The brainwave reading device obtained the information.
The next moment, the pale yellow deep-sea liquid in front of them began to descend.
A very slight sensation of suction came from my lungs.
That's a lung tube made of nanorobots drawing in deep-sea fluid that fills the lungs.
After a few minutes of waiting, several lines of holographic text appeared on the deep-sea hatch in front of him.
[Deep-sea fluid recovery complete]
[Lung duct recovery complete]
[Professor Lü, welcome to Mars]
[The hatch is about to open...]
The sound of the hydraulic system operating reached Lü Yongchang's ears.
As he watched the hatch slowly open, a hint of excitement appeared in Lü Yongchang's eyes.
Mars!
He will soon be able to set foot on planets beyond Earth!
For Lü Yongchang, this scene was like something out of a dream!
His hands trembled slightly as he unfastened the EEG reading device on his head and then removed the mask covering his mouth and nose.
"Cough cough cough!"
He subconsciously took a deep breath.
The residual deep-sea fluid in his lungs gave him an extremely unpleasant experience.
As he wiped the deep-sea fluid that had spilled from his mouth and nose, Lü Yongchang staggered out of the deep-sea cabin.
Guided by Zero, Lü Yongchang quickly arrived at the bathroom.
At this time, the Earth-class starship was still in a Mars-synchronous orbit.
Therefore... the bathroom in zero gravity caused him considerable trouble.
After a lot of effort, he finally managed to clean himself and put on a clean, tight-fitting spacesuit.
...
Earth Starship Command Center.
"Yongchang, we've arrived."
As soon as he entered the command hall, Lü Yongchang saw the councilor standing quietly by the porthole, looking at the scenery outside.
Lu Yongchang walked quickly toward the Speaker of the Council.
Through the round porthole, a planet glowing crimson came into his view.
"Yes, we've finally arrived." Lü Yongchang's eyes were full of emotion. "This will be our home for the next five years."
"Where are the others?"
Representative Li withdrew his gaze and looked in one direction of the Earth-class starship: "Most of them are still in hibernation."
"The second group of landing personnel will only wake up after we go down."
Lü Yongchang nodded slightly.
Too.
Sending 500 million people to Mars all at once is clearly an unrealistic idea.
Zero's holographic image quietly appeared beside him.
"Speaker, Professor Lü, the Earth starship is about to enter Mars Port."
"Please return to your seat immediately."
Lü Yongchang turned his head to look at the porthole on the right.
Outside the porthole, a disc-shaped building, similar in structure to the [Jianmu] spaceport, floated silently in the deep expanse of space.
Mars Port.
The place where future humans will build starships.
Below Mars Port, there is also a straight and slender ribbon.
The ribbon stretched straight down to the ground.
That's the space elevator [Seeking Wood] located in the center of Mars City.
(Xunmu, a mythical giant tree, from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Overseas Northern Classic)
...
[Seeking Wood] Space Elevator.
Lu Yongchang helped the councilor into the space elevator.
He silently scanned the crowd.
Perhaps because they were about to set foot on alien soil, every researcher's face was filled with excitement and anticipation.
Infected by this, a smile gradually appeared on Lü Yongchang's face.
The gloom of being forced to flee Earth also dissipated at this moment.
He found his and the Speaker's seats, fastened his seatbelts, took a deep breath, and gave the order to land.
"Zero, activate [Find the Wood]!"
"Received!" Zero's voice rang out quickly.
At the same time, a slight buzzing sound rang out!
Unlike Jianmu and Babel, Xunmu was built on Mars.
Thanks to Mars' smaller mass and gravity, the length of [Xunmu] is less than half that of the former two.
35,000 kilometers.
Therefore, the journey to Mars will be much shorter.
After the space elevator was activated, a holographic projection slowly unfolded in front of everyone.
A short video introducing Mars City is now playing.
"Mars City consists of five parts, which can accommodate a total of 500 million people at the same time."
As the electronic synthesized sound of "Zero" rang out, a video shot from an aerial perspective appeared before everyone's eyes.
Five huge white hemispherical buildings.
The arrangement resembles a "回" (hui) shape.
This split structure is also for better differentiation of functional modules.
The entire Mars City is functionally divided into four parts.
Cities one and two were mainly responsible for scientific research, city three was the so-called residential area, and city four was designated as a warehousing area.
As for City Five in the very center, it is an important functional area connected to the space elevator and responsible for transporting supplies.
"For ease of construction, the main structure of Mars City is a steel frame and a skin structure," Zero's voice rang out again. "Although it is a skin structure, everyone can have complete confidence in the sturdiness of Mars City."
As soon as he finished speaking, a slight tremor came from the soles of his feet.
Immediately following was a noticeable feeling of deceleration.
The space elevator automatically triggered an emergency mechanism, and its operating speed began to decrease rapidly.
A slight commotion came from all over the cabin.
Lü Yongchang turned his head and glanced out the porthole beside him.
A deep crimson.
Boundless Martian dust obscured the entire sky, even swallowing the space elevator between heaven and earth.
A continuous, slight tremor came from the soles of my feet.
"Yongchang?" The councilor standing beside him asked softly, a hint of worry in his eyes, "What happened?"
Lu Yongchang withdrew his gaze, shrugged, and said somewhat helplessly, "Speaker, it seems our luck isn't very good."
"What's the meaning?"
Upon hearing Lü Yongchang's words, the old man's anxiety deepened.
This is a space elevator!
If anything unexpected happens...
The old man didn't even dare to think about what would happen next.
“Speaker, it’s a Martian dust storm.” Before Lü Yongchang could speak, Ling spoke up.
As soon as Ling finished speaking, the discussions inside the elevator became even more pronounced.
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