After two days of flight.
MOSS 2 entered lunar orbit.
The journey also passed by the Lagrange point between the Earth and the Moon, where the first space base was under construction.
The construction here was mostly done by robots, with only a small number of humans coordinating the operations.
The detectors deployed in the base were all installed by Mousse Technology, but in reality, they were all operated by Sophon behind the scenes, so naturally they could not detect the traces of Mousse II.
Ye Chen piloted the Mousse II directly to the far side of the moon, activated the radar, and searched for the crash site of the lander.
Before long, Mousse 2 detected a circular crater.
"Found it! This is where the lunar rover's signal disappeared," Ye Chen said, pointing to a circular crater in the distance.
Soon, Mousse 2 arrived at its orbit above the circular crater.
"Scan the surrounding terrain and create a simulated terrain map."
Soon, a simulated 3D image of the circular pit appeared on the screen.
This is a huge meteorite impact crater, with a diameter of about 200 kilometers and a maximum depth of 10 kilometers.
Along the edge of the circular pit, there are countless cracks of all sizes.
Ye Chen could imagine that the landing vehicle had landed in one of the cracks.
"Brother-in-law, where do we start? Do we have to explore all these cracks?" Chen Ziqiao asked, speechless, looking at the dense array of cracks before him.
"This is the only way."
Ye Chen said helplessly, "Although Mousse II can detect the general terrain around us, it is not accurate."
The temple, a man-made structure, appeared indistinguishable from the rest of the rocks during the exploration.
"Zhizi, send out drones to investigate these cracks and see if we can find the wreckage of the landing vehicle."
After Ye Chen gave his instructions, eight drones flew out from the bottom of Mousse II and scattered in all directions, heading towards the surrounding cracks.
These drones are small in size and can easily slip into cracks to improve terrain data.
As the drone generates the data, the 3D terrain map on the screen becomes increasingly accurate.
Half an hour later.
"Found it!" Chen Ziqiao exclaimed excitedly.
Ye Chen opened his slightly closed eyes and looked at the screen above.
In the footage from a drone, the wreckage of the landing vehicle was clearly visible.
"Drone No. 5"
As Ye Chen spoke, he looked toward the location of the No. 5 drone and saw a crack tens of meters wide appear before him.
"Ziqiao, meet me in Mousse No. 2."
Ye Chen withdrew his gaze, stood up, and spoke to Chen Ziqiao.
"No, brother-in-law, am I not going with you?" Chen Ziqiao was taken aback, stood up, and asked in surprise.
"If both of them go, what if something goes wrong? Wouldn't they both perish inside, and there wouldn't be anyone to rescue them?"
As Ye Chen spoke, he pressed him back into his seat and said, "I'll go first. If there's no danger, I'll let you get down."
"Brother-in-law, let me go first," Chen Ziqiao said after a moment's hesitation.
Ye Chen's importance to China is very clear to him; a hundred Chen Ziqiaos couldn't compare!
If Ye Chen really has an accident, even if Chen Ziqiao returns to Blue Star alone, he won't have a good time!
"Don't worry, I'll be careful. I cherish my life more than anyone else," Ye Chen said with a smile, somewhat moved.
After saying that, he went to the rear wall of the cockpit, pressed his hand, and the wall automatically opened, revealing three two-meter-tall humanoid mechs inside.
Mechs aren't technically difficult to build, and he developed one while developing the space carrier.
These three mech suits were specially designed by him and can be used for operations in space environments, making them much more effective than spacesuits.
Ye Chen walked to the front of the dark mecha in the middle, turned around and leaned against it.
"Snap!"
The front of the mecha opened automatically and was put on Ye Chen.
"I'm leaving now. Stay in touch."
Ye Chen's voice came through the cockpit speaker.
Then, Ye Chen, dressed in his mecha, went to the hatch and jumped down.
At the same time, the jets on the back of the mech spewed out a stream of air, propelling the mech rapidly toward the crack where Drone No. 5 was located.
In less than a minute, Ye Chen arrived at the site where the landing vehicle had crashed.
The landing vehicle was otherwise intact, but some of its external instruments, including the communication module, were damaged.
He looked up at the sky above the crack, and the height immediately appeared in front of him: 575 meters.
Ye Chen walked to the side of the landing vehicle, reached out and pulled, and a steel plate was opened to reveal the interface inside.
Then, a metal strip extended from the front of the mech's right hand and was inserted into it.
Soon, Ye Chen copied the data stored on the landing vehicle, and the final fall of the landing vehicle was also presented before his eyes.
"Judging from the direction of the fall and the angle from which the film was taken, the temple was located in that direction!"
Ye Chen's gaze fell on the middle of the crack, where there was a protrusion.
Then, the mech took off and flew towards the protrusion.
Before long, Ye Chen arrived at the halfway point of the crevice.
Sure enough, there was a large hole halfway up the wall, and you could look inside through the hole.
Scattered on the cave floor were pieces of crystal, emitting a faint glow.
Through this fluorescent light, Ye Chen could see the temple inside the cave.
This temple was actually built underground on the moon; it was only exposed when the surrounding lunar surface was struck by a meteorite.
It's likely that this temple will not be discovered for who knows how long!
"Brother-in-law... Brother-in-law, received... Please respond! Communication... Communication signal... is being interfered with!"
Suddenly, Chen Ziqiao's intermittent voice came through the earpiece, as if it had been interfered with.
Ye Chen was startled and instinctively steered his mecha backward, away from the crack.
After flying about a hundred meters, Ye Chen asked, "Ziqiao, how's the communication signal now?"
"Communication signal is back to normal, brother-in-law, what just happened?" Chen Ziqiao's voice came through, still shaken.
"I don't know either, Ziqiao. Hand over control of UAV No. 5 to me, and I'll try to use it to conduct reconnaissance."
Ye Chen looked at the cracked hole, his heart filled with vigilance, and dared not rush in rashly.
What if this is like the underwater ruins, where you can only enter but not leave? That would be a tragedy for him!
Inside the cockpit of Mousse II, after a flurry of frantic operations, Chen Ziqiao said, "Brother-in-law, control of UAV No. 5 has been transferred to you."
Ye Chen took control and maneuvered the drone to follow him, slowly flying to a place about 10 meters away from the cave entrance.
With his gaze fixed on the temple inside the cave, he slowly maneuvered the drone over there.
As the drone flew into the cave, the entire space where the temple was located was revealed to Ye Chen.
This is a semi-circular cave with a radius of ten kilometers.
The cave is very regular in shape, so it should not be a natural formation. The temple is located right in the middle of the cave floor.
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