From ship girl to machine god

That is to say, she symbolically wore a breathing mask on her face, so that she did not look like she was using her body to fight against the atmospheric environment of Proxima b below her feet.

Otherwise, I'm afraid some people will doubt whether she is human after all, even though she doesn't look much better now.

However, no one raised any questions about Qade Bird's outfit. On the one hand, Han Duoduo's set of programmable nano-armor had already allowed them to see how to turn a long skirt into a full-coverage exoskeleton armor.

On the other hand, Qingniao has already demonstrated how to use this outfit to walk outside the cabin without protection. No one doubts that she can really resist the vacuum of space and all kinds of outrageous natural environments.

Some people even bet that even if the blue bird falls into the lava, it will just take a bath and there will be no damage at all.

"Even if I fall into lava, I still can't take a bath, and I'm using lava to take a bath. How did you come up with such an outrageous idea?" Qingniao just felt funny after hearing that the crew bet her.

However, when Han Duoduo heard what Qingniao said, what he was thinking in his mind was, "If you fall into lava, you just can't take a bath, but won't it cause problems?"

So now when Blue Bird dressed up casually and expressed that he wanted to go down to the surface with them, no one raised any objection.

"Peiqiang, you are responsible for driving today, are you confident?" Han Duoduo asked Liu Peiqiang, who was still reading the mission briefing, while carrying the boxes containing supplies.

"Of course I have confidence. Your husband and I are the best pilot in the whole flight team." Of course Liu Peiqiang showed a confident look in front of his wife, but at the same time he did say timidly: "This is the aircraft. I have only flown in space, and only simulated and landed on a ship. I am worried about accidents when we actually land on the surface of the planet."

"Don't worry about accidents. This Bluebird-class fast amphibious landing craft is originally prepared for storm landings. It is enough to face complex and changeable battlefield environments. Landing on planetary surfaces is just child's play for it, unless your skills are too bad." Jade Bird heard the conversation between Liu Peiqiang and Han Duoduo, and said to them expressionlessly: "But even so, don't worry, I am already familiar with the Jade Bird class, even with my eyes closed. Can get you to the ground safely.

If you don't have confidence, just stay up there and eat ice cream. I'll just take your wife down. You can watch us complete the mission from the sky. "

There was no malice in Jade Bird's words, nor any theoretical or logical errors, but Liu Peiqiang felt a strong sense of ridicule from Jade Bird's poker face.

This undoubtedly made Liu Peiqiang's teeth itch, but he had nothing to do with the blue bird.

Because so far, all the pilots of the flight team, including the digital personalities, still have zero victories against the Blue Bird.

For a whole year, even with the full cooperation and assistance of the digital personality, no one of the pilots in the flying team could beat the Blue Bird in terms of driving skills.

No matter what event they competed in, the Blue Bird flew faster and more steadily than them, and its driving skills were more superb. Even the entire flying team attacked the Blue Bird without any moral ethics, and even used the tactic of crashing the aircraft, but she was single-handedly able to defeat it. , I was so embarrassed that I didn’t even mention it as an adult, but I even cleaned all the toilets on the spacecraft for a month.

Although there are automatic cleaning robots responsible for the toilets on the spacecraft, and their cleaning of the toilets is just a formality, the shame is real.

But from then on, no one would doubt Qingniao's flying skills, because it was so outrageous that it made people wonder if she was the reincarnation of a fighter jet, otherwise there would be no way to explain why her flying skills were so strong. .

"Okay, Chief Engineer Qing, please stop teasing him. He is already under a lot of pressure." Han Duoduo hurriedly stood in front of Liu Peiqiang to prevent him from being literally pressed to the ground by Qingniao again. At the same time, he was also facing Qingniao. Asked: "Chief Engineer Qing, how many days will we stay this time? I see that the mission briefing says it is three to five days?"

Seeing Han Duoduo begging for mercy, Qingniao let go of continuing to have fun with Liu Peiqiang and answered Han Duoduo's question: "It depends on the situation. If the conditions below are good, the mothership will airdrop supplies. We need to be responsible for unfolding the basic foundation of the forward base.

If the situation is not ideal, we will return to the mothership after completing the survey of the planet's surface, and the mission time will be determined based on the progress of our survey. "

"That is to say, is it possible that we will be responsible for building the forward base?" Han Duoduo understood what Jade Bird meant and was very concerned about what she said about building the forward base.

Qingniao nodded, affirmed her words, and said to the couple at the same time: "Get on the boat when you are ready. Although I don't really believe in your skills, the driving job is still left to you. My life and that of your wife's It's all in your hands.

Even if I jump directly, nothing will happen to me, but your wife can't bear the airborne physical orbit, so fly more steadily, okay? "

Hearing what Jade Bird said, Liu Peiqiang had nothing to say. He could only secretly make up his mind to complete the task beautifully this time, leaving Jade Bird speechless.

With this idea in mind, Liu Peiqiang boarded the landing craft. After everyone got on board, he drove the former hull of the Blue Bird, flew out of the current hull of the Blue Bird, and headed towards the Earth-like planet below.

Chapter 46 Breaking through the atmosphere

The landing craft flew out of the mothership's hangar, and after a slight adjustment, it plunged towards the red earth-like planet below.

It's not that the soil of this planet is all red, so that the whole planet looks red, but because the light emitted by the red dwarf star in this galaxy is red, this causes the light on the surface of this planet to be red. They are all in the reddish spectrum.

"Proxima Centauri b, a standard Earth-like planet, is initially estimated to have a mass of 1.27 M⊕, a diameter of 1.1 R⊕, and an observed surface temperature of –39 °C." A crew member in the cabin of the landing craft was talking to everyone Broadcasting data about Proxima Centauri b, this is the information they collected yesterday: "The orbital period of Proxima Centauri b is 11.86 days, and the orbital semi-major axis is about 0.05 astronomical units, which is 5% of the Earth's orbital semi-major axis.

By comparison, Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun in the Solar System, has an orbital semi-major axis of 0.39 AU.The amount of radiation that Proxima Centauri b receives from its parent star is 65% of the amount of radiation that the Earth receives from the sun, but the amount of X-ray radiation that Proxima Centauri b receives is about 400 times that of the Earth.

Therefore, after we land on the surface of the planet, everyone must wear protective clothing and are strictly prohibited from directly exposing themselves to the sunlight of Proxima b. Excessive X-ray radiation is enough to directly kill anyone. "

"Don't worry, except for Chief Engineer Qing, no one on the ship has the courage to face the natural environment of an alien planet." A crew member complained with a smile, and the people next to him hurriedly pulled him, while still observing the blue bird Reaction.

Although in the past year of getting along with each other, the crew members have gradually understood Qingniao's temperament and character, and know that she is not a difficult person to get along with.

However, the subspace incident that happened in the past still left a psychological shadow on many people, making many people feel a little helpless when facing the Blue Bird.

However, Qingniao himself didn't care about this at all. He just looked at the surface of the planet getting closer and closer outside the porthole, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Is this planet tidally locked?" Han Duoduo also looked at the planet and suddenly asked curiously.

The so-called tidal locking is the phenomenon in which the planet's revolution period and rotation period are synchronized with each other.If the orbital eccentricity of the planet is 0, synchronous rotation will occur, and one side of Proxima Centauri b will always face the parent star, while the other side will always be in darkness.

Between these two extremes, the twilight zone may be a habitable area.

Such a special environment does not exist on the earth. The eight major planets in the solar system also have an alternation of day and night, although the alternation of day and night on some planets is so long that you cannot see sunsets twice a year.

But the moon is a satellite that is tidally locked by the earth. Only one side of it always faces the earth.

If this Earth-like planet is in the same state, it will undoubtedly be a less ideal habitable planet. After all, no one wants to live in day or night forever.

Moreover, such an extreme environment is indeed not suitable for survival. It is either too cold or too hot. Excessive solar radiation will kill people, and the eternal lightless night is equally deadly.

"It's still unclear. This requires further investigation and calculation of this planet." The crew member who reported the situation made a helpless gesture before continuing: "We currently only know that the orbital eccentricity of Proxima Centauri b is less than 0.35 , but it may be enough to produce a 3:2 orbital resonance like Mercury, that is, it rotates exactly three times in the time it takes to orbit the sun twice.

If that is the case, then the natural environment on Proxima b may be better than we expected, its environmental temperature will be closer to the earth, and the habitable range will be larger than expected.

But all this is still uncertain. We must land before we can obtain further data. After all, if its atmosphere is thick enough, it can also transfer heat to the backside of the planet and increase the temperature. "

After hearing what the crew member who reported the situation said, someone asked curiously: "Since its natural environment is similar to that of the Earth, do you think there will be life on it?"

"I just hope that there won't be any outrageous alien life on this planet." Another crew member's face was not good-looking, obviously he thought of the outrageous alien creatures in some science fiction works.

Those things are not the products of natural evolution that can be carved out by the miraculous craftsmanship of nature, but are complete monsters caused by human beings letting their own imagination run wild. If you really face those things, it will really give people nightmares.

Even if they call for assistance from the mothership above their heads, they may not be able to defeat those monsters that are so outrageous that they open the door to outrageous things - so outrageous.

But Qingniao didn't care about this. She just looked at Liu Peiqiang who was driving the landing craft and asked him: "Are you sure you can descend? The atmosphere of this planet is much thicker than expected. If you are not sure, then Let me do it instead.”

"Don't worry, this difficulty won't trouble me!" Although Liu Peiqiang felt a little nervous, and the data displayed on the display screen of the landing craft console also indicated that the situation was worse than expected, he still had enough confidence to descend.

When Qingniao heard what he said, he didn't say much. He just set the joystick in front of him so that he could take over the driving authority at any time, and then watched Liu Peiqiang control the landing craft and plunge into the planet's atmosphere.

The planet's atmosphere began to rub against the outer wall of the landing craft. In an instant, a layer of orange-red flames enveloped the entire landing craft, reflecting a red light in front of everyone.

Qingniao glanced at the instrument readings of the landing craft and suddenly said to Liu Peiqiang: "Slow down and open the outer cooling ice shield. The methane content in the planet's atmosphere exceeds the critical value. This speed will ignite the methane in the air, causing a big explosion." .”

Liu Peiqiang heard what Jade Bird said, glanced at the readings on the instrument, and knew that what Jade Bird said was true, so he quickly pulled up the joystick to slow down, and opened the ice shield of the landing craft as Jade Bird said.

Of course, the so-called ice shield is not to put an ice shell on the hull of the landing craft, or to put a magic ice element shield in front, but a set of special cooling equipment.

Through special nozzles installed around the landing craft, special refrigerants are sprayed onto the hull of the landing craft. Because these refrigerants will freeze instantly in space, and then absorb heat during the process of atmospheric friction, evaporate and take away the heat, protecting the landing craft. The hull will not burn due to overheating.

This technology is not attached to the Zhongnan Tianmen Project in the core of the Blue Bird mind, but is a technology used by the United Government of Wandering Earth to replace insulating ceramic tiles on the space elevator.

Chapter 47 Planetary Surface

Ice shield technology can indeed effectively solve the heat dissipation problem of the spacecraft when it enters the atmosphere, but at the same time, the evaporated coolant also has a considerable impact on the spacecraft's field of vision.

Of course, if there is no ice shield, all they can see is the red light brought by the burning air, which is not much different.

However, when they finally saw the surface of Proxima b after passing through the atmosphere, everyone was still shocked.

It was an orange-red world similar to the surface of Venus and Mars in the solar system. The entire world was covered with orange-red soil and rocks. A glance at it could even make people suffer from snow blindness, because the only color in front of them was orange-red.

Of course, those mountains, rivers and ravines that have experienced hundreds of millions of years of wind and frost erosion are the main reason that really shocked the members of the investigation team.

After all, the endless orange plains are nothing to see, but the thousands of fragmented ravines and the endless rolling mountains are truly shocking.

The broken mountains pierced the sky like sharp knives, looking like blazing flames that were scorching the entire land.

Seeing the scenery in front of him, even the blue bird felt dazed by it, and said with emotion: "It is really a scenery so magnificent that it cannot be described in words!"

"Chief Engineer Qing, there is a piece of flat land below, do we want to land there?" As a pilot, Liu Peiqiang saw a fairly flat area on the ground, so he asked Qingniao if he wanted to land in this area.

However, the blue bird shook his head and said: "Let's fly around first. I want to collect more information about the planet's surface topography first."

Hearing what Jade Bird said, Liu Peiqiang nodded, then pulled the joystick to level the flight attitude of the landing craft and maintain it at a cruising altitude.

As the landing craft passed by, more scenery was presented to the members of the investigation team, and after sighing with emotion, they quickly got into intense work.

Some people have set up photography equipment and are taking pictures of the planet's surface, some are observing the planet through the observation equipment of the landing craft, and others have begun taking air samples to analyze the composition of the planet's atmosphere.

"The composition of the planet's atmosphere is very similar to that of Venus. It is mainly composed of carbon dioxide and methane. There are opaque clouds formed by sulfuric acid in the atmosphere, and there will be strong atmospheric circulation on the surface of the planet. The wind speed may reach 100 m/s or 360 km. /h, if we want to establish a forward base or observation station, it is best to choose a crater or a leeward valley, otherwise it will be like being blown by a Category [-] typhoon every day." A crew member read the data from the spacecraft's observation instrument The records reveal daunting data.

As if to confirm this, a very fierce strong wind suddenly blew on the surface of the planet below them, and blew away the dust and gravel on the ground layer in front of everyone's sight, which really allowed everyone to see what it means to be real. Flying sand and flying rocks!

Seeing the magnificent scenery of the mountains in front of him as if covered with a layer of red gauze, Qingniao was admiring the scenery of the planet while getting in touch with Dimensity 0017 on the spacecraft through communication equipment: "Launch three A small synchronous orbit communication satellite, first build a planetary communication network, and then have people analyze the data we send back, and establish a location where an advance base can be established as soon as possible. In addition..."

However, just as Qingniao and Tianji 0017 were talking about the construction arrangements for the forward base, Liu Peiqiang on the side suddenly shouted to her: "Chief Engineer Qing, look, there is a big lake down there! There is water on this planet! "

The amphibious landing craft flew very fast, so they quickly passed over the mountains that were being blown by strong winds, and then they saw a huge lake that looked like jade embedded in the ground, which made everyone feel happy.

Because having a lake means water resources, and water resources are undoubtedly very important to a planet. They are not only a hotbed for the birth of life, but also an important resource for the survival of life.

For humans, a planet with water is completely different from a planet without water.

However, Qingniao just looked back at the crew member who was operating the detection equipment, gave him a look of "understanding", and said nothing.

The crew member who was glanced at by Blue Bird had no choice but to take the initiative and said: "According to the instrument analysis, there may be no water on this planet. What we see is a methane lake. This lake may be filled with methane."

"Methane lake? Are these liquid methane? How amazing!" Someone couldn't help but sigh when they heard that the huge lake below might be a methane lake.

"Methane isn't bad either! As long as methane is ignited and reacts with oxygen, it can produce carbon dioxide and water. If we build a forward base on this planet, at least we won't have to worry about the source of fuel and water. We just need to pump it from the lake. Then just light it up!" Some people are very optimistic and are very optimistic about the future prospects of the advanced base.

However, another crew member took a look at the atmospheric composition detected by the instruments on the landing craft and said: "That may still be a bit difficult. The planet's atmosphere lacks oxygen. We may not be able to ignite methane to produce water."

After hearing what the crew member said, Qingniao interjected and said: "This is not difficult. There is a large amount of carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere. As long as the carbon dioxide is decomposed into carbon and oxygen, the problem of methane burning can be solved. It can indeed be done." Burn methane to produce enough water.

There are production drawings of relevant equipment on the spacecraft. If you go back and find the mining area, you can first produce two sets of relevant equipment to solve the water and energy problems. "

Of course what Jade Bird is talking about is the design drawings that come with the engineering shelter, which include a methane generator that uses methane to generate electricity and provides water as a by-product, and an oxygen generator that can produce oxygen from carbon dioxide.

With these two types of equipment, the two biggest problems in establishing the forward base, oxygen and water, can be solved, which undoubtedly greatly improves the possibility of successful establishment of the forward base.

However, this is only one of the necessary conditions. If you want to really establish an advanced base on this planet, there are many issues that need to be considered.

For now, it is better to search the surrounding area as much as possible, find a suitable landing place, and set up a temporary camp to start further investigation.

So Qingniao said to Liu Peiqiang: "After flying around, find a suitable place to land first. Judging from the current situation, this planet is in good condition. It is a place where space colonization can be carried out. Maybe in 500 years Posthumans can colonize this planet.”

Chapter 48 Temporary Camp

After flying for about an hour or so, through the cooperation of the spacecraft's observation equipment, the landing craft found a valley surrounded by mountains near the south pole of the planet as a landing site.

"This area is good. There are mountains around it to block strong winds. There is also a small methane lake and iron mine nearby. It meets the necessary conditions for selecting a site for an advance base." A crew member walked out of the cabin of the landing craft and looked around before announcing own opinion.

Qingniao also walked down at this time. She stretched out her hand to feel the surrounding temperature and wind. She nodded slightly and said: "The temperature is not high, about 70 degrees Celsius, and the wind force is 7 to 8. In terms of the environment of this planet, The climate is already considered pleasant.”