Interstellar Energy Tycoon

October 26, 5 p.m.

Guanghan Palace Moon Base.

Astronaut Lei Gang, a 33-year-old, burly man, is still busy with his work of moving bricks.

He put the "moon bricks" continuously produced by the 3D printer into a small electric transport vehicle, then controlled the transport vehicle, and ran to the construction camp hundreds of meters away, and then acted as a porter , Move the moon bricks one by one out of the truck, and put them neatly on the ground and stack them up for the construction workers to use.

Due to countless meteorite impacts, there is a layer of powdery soil more than ten centimeters thick on the surface of the moon.

But after nearly three months of construction.

The lunar surface within hundreds of meters near the Guanghan Palace base has been trampled very hard, and the ruts are densely packed and criss-crossed.

The gravity coefficient of the lunar surface is only 1/6 of that of the blue star, which is equivalent to a 180-jin strong man, and only weighs 30 catties. Therefore, Lei Gang can only jump around, walking like a frog, and wants to go fast If you want to move, jump hard, if you want to slow down, jump lightly... It took Lei Gang several days to get used to this way of walking.

Construction site area.

There are already more than 30 moon brick houses built. The structure of these houses is also very simple. They are hemispherical structures like brick kilns. They don’t need windows or many doors. The passages are connected, and the top is covered with a layer of super photovoltaic panels. A relatively simple first-generation "moon immigrant house" was built in this way.

The construction goal of the first phase of this planned residential area is to meet the living needs of no less than 100 people. According to the standard of one room per person, about 100 moon brick houses will be built. The current construction progress is only three one-third.

It means that Lei Gang still has a lot of bricks to move.

"I didn't expect that after I became a glorious astronaut through strict selection, the main thing I did was to move bricks. If I knew that the main job was to move bricks when I participated in the selection, I would have hesitated for a few seconds. .”

In the process of moving the moon bricks one by one out of the transport truck, Lei Gang couldn't help sighing.

"I've also become a master wall-builder."

Responsible for the use of adhesives, Hong Guochao said: "If my family was not poor when I was young and I learned this craft from my father, I would not be able to build such a beautiful and standard wall."

"Our manpower is too small, there are only 12 in total, which is not enough at all. Unless we increase to more than 50 people, we will have to work overtime every day."

Astronaut Shi Yongdao, who was in charge of plastering the walls, said in a complaining tone when he was tired.

Although seeing the construction of these moon brick houses, I feel very fulfilled, but working 12 hours a day for more than two months, even the physique of an astronaut, will not be able to bear it. After all, they are not Iron man.

"Hurry up. We are still short of the last three waves of supplies. They haven't been delivered yet. When all the supplies are in place, we will add more manpower. If you persist, it will be too much. You can stop and rest. Don't wear yourself out. It's gone." Gu Pingyang's voice came into everyone's headsets.

"Yes, I understand."

"I don't feel tired, I can bear it."

"This hard work is nothing."

All the astronauts said one after another, and continued to work hard.

...

Six thirty in the afternoon.

Lei Gang, who finished moving another cart of bricks, stopped, sat on a brick, and had to rest for a while.

I'm a little hungry too.

From the inner pocket of the space suit, he took out a few chocolate bar-like foods, put them in his mouth and ate them. As for the water to drink, he only needed to take two sips from a straw at the neckline of the space suit. That's it.

If you want to pee, it’s easy. There is a urine bag in the space suit, just pull it against the urine bag. If it is a big one, you can only take off the space suit, enter the rest camp, and use the space toilet to solve the problem. ——However, each astronaut will usually only do it once a day, and he will only do it during the rest time.

During the working period from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., try not to take off your spacesuit or enter the rest camp as much as possible.

Because the surface of the moon is vacuum, if you want to change your spacesuit, you have to enter the airlock room to change it. You need to wash off the dust on your body. This process will consume a lot of precious air and water. With the spirit of never wasting resources, Astronauts would rather hang urine bags for 12 hours than consume too many precious resources, because these are all transported from the blue star and cost tens of billions! If you waste a little more, you feel like you are committing a crime.

sit on a brick.

With an energy bar in his mouth.

Facing the blue planet.

I saw the halo of the equilateral triangle again, not to mention that it was bright and dazzling. Recently, the speed of its rotation around the blue star has gradually slowed down, because the light pressure effect has become more and more obvious, and the reaction force is generated. On the one hand, it can resist The gravitational influence of the blue star, on the one hand, makes the rotation speed slower and slower. Over time, it is entirely possible to maintain a relatively static state with the blue star, like a constant halo.

In Lei Gang's eyes, from the perspective of the moon, he felt that the blue star was very beautiful, but the triangular halo was not only beautiful, but also had a sense of overwhelming, gradually becoming an eye-catching cosmic spectacle.

However, this is still a man-made landscape.

"Guochao, what do you think the aura of Xingyuan Group is for? Is it just for looking good?" Lei Gang asked.

"It's definitely not for viewing, but it has very important functions, but I don't know how to use it, and I haven't thought of it for the time being." Hong Guochao said.

"Xingyuan Group should not be underestimated. We were able to successfully land on the moon this time. The superconducting materials and super photovoltaic panels of Xingyuan Group have played a very important role. Our aerospace plane can transport 25 tons of materials at a time. , one is to rely on super photovoltaic panels, which can generate a large amount of electricity, and the other is to rely on ion engines to generate high thrust with high specific impulse. With the blessing of these two technologies, so many materials can be delivered. If the traditional moon landing method, with the help of various rocket engines, with a load of 50 tons, we can have five tons of effective materials for the construction of a lunar base, which is very good. It is the technology of Xingyuan Group that allows us to achieve the moon landing ahead of schedule. The Guanghan Palace moon base was destroyed, and other countries were caught off guard."

Astronaut Shi Yongdao: "So I think the big move that Xingyuan Group plans to launch may be bigger and exaggerated than our moon landing project, and the investment will be several times more. I think, if Xingyuan If the group takes action, it is estimated that we will all be left behind soon, I have such an intuition and hunch."

"Maybe."

Lei Gang nodded: "We fired more than 100 rockets a month, and now we have more than 1,000 rockets. It's only been ten months. Compared with the actions of Xingyuan Group, Space Company pales in comparison. It just burns money and burns a bit." sharp."

"From the establishment of the Xingyuan Group to the present, it took less than three years to come up with so many black technologies and march into space on a large scale. It took our country more than 50 years to complete this journey. The Xingyuan Group It’s just like opening and hanging. It’s a super freak that ordinary people can’t understand. Sometimes I even think that if Xingyuan Group also aims at the moon, it is estimated that at least 90% of the moon’s resources will be robbed, and we can’t get it. How much." Hong Guochao said.

"It doesn't matter. Xingyuan Group is a company of our country, and the boss is also from our country. After all, the meat will rot in our own pot. If it is a foreigner and a foreign company, then we are working hard to build a lunar base 24 hours a day. The Xingyuan Group, which has mastered superconducting materials and super photovoltaic panels, can build hundreds of space planes at any time, occupying every corner of the moon." Shi Yong couldn't help but shiver road.

"Indeed it is."

Lei Gang nodded in agreement.

suddenly!

Hong Guochao's face changed slightly.

"Look what's over there, it seems that there are a group of small light spots flying towards us." He quickly reminded.

"That's not a small spot of light, but a group of small satellites, at least forty or fifty." Shi Yong stood up hurriedly, his expression changed drastically.

"No, these satellites are getting faster and faster, and there is no sign of slowing down at all. They are just rushing towards our moon base, attacking, this is a deliberate attack!"

Lei Ganghuo stood up and predicted where the small satellites would fall according to their flight trajectories, his face changed wildly.

Material camp!

These small satellites are aimed at the warehouse camp dedicated to storing materials, where hundreds of tons of equipment and materials have been stockpiled.

He jumped over quickly and shouted anxiously: "Material camp, these satellites want to attack our material reserves, is there a way to interfere with these satellites, or use weapons to destroy them?"

"No interference! We don't have any weapons and equipment at hand, and it's too late, those small satellites have already fallen!"

Bang bang bang bang!

The small satellites, which are less than the size of a basketball, lined up and fell down one by one at a speed of 2 kilometers per second.

The material camp was hit with considerable precision.

Some hit water storage facilities, and a large amount of fresh water flowed out to waste.

Some hit the edge of the 3D printer, causing the printer to stop working immediately.

Some hit the food warehouse, causing a small amount of food to be damaged and wasted.

Another one actually fell into the rest camp, destroying the airtightness of the camp and losing at least a few hundred cubic meters of air. Fortunately, there was no one in the rest camp, otherwise all of them would be in danger.

Because the attack came too suddenly, and the moon base itself did not have any military defense capabilities.

Lei Gang and the others could only watch the attack happen, their eyes were tearing apart, their hearts were filled with rage, but they were powerless to stop it.

After half a minute.

Looking at a messy material camp.

Saw a lot of supplies lost.

Lei Gang and other astronauts all clenched their fists, feeling extremely sad and angry. While reporting the situation to Azure Star, they asked each other if anyone was injured in the attack. After confirming that no one was injured, they breathed a sigh of relief and comforted and encouraged each other. I think this is a blessing in misfortune.

But after taking stock of the losses, all the astronauts changed their faces and became even angrier.

The loss of materials reached 300 tons.

The air compression tank was the key target of attack. Six of the eight compression tanks were destroyed, and one of the remaining two had been consumed halfway. The remaining air could only be used by 12 astronauts for about 45 days.

In other words, if within 45 days, they do not receive sufficient air resources, they will all die of asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen!